bookbashuk Chapter 94 Abandoning the Sword
Chapter 94 Abandoning the Sword
Chapter 94 Abandoning the Sword
Ji Juechen's memories ended at this point, but his subsequent experiences did not stop there.
At 24, Ji Juechen was diligently practicing swordsmanship at the academy when he felt something was amiss; he seemed to have forgotten something.
An exchange student arrived at the academy. He possessed an extremely powerful aura, and Ji Juechen felt that as long as he fought against him, he could make his sword even stronger.
On a fighting stage, Ji Juechen and Huo Yuhao stood facing each other. After a few exchanges, he was defeated.
However, as a blessing in disguise, he and Huo Yuhao both entered into deep meditation, and he once again perfected his swordsmanship.
After three days of deep meditation, Ji Juechen slowly awoke, but the scene he witnessed gave him a great sense of the bizarre.
Huo Yuhao shouldn't be that weak. His own view on swords is also wrong. Where exactly did things go wrong?
Jing Ziyan looked at Ji Juechen with some worry. Ever since his sparring session with Huo Yuhao, Ji Juechen had been staring blankly into space, seemingly lost in thought.
Fragments kept flashing through my mind, but they were quickly neutralized by the dream, and everything became reasonable.
Ji Juechen resumed his daily routine of sparring and competing with others, focusing all his attention on sword cultivation, and paid much less attention to investigating strange sensations.
At 25, Huo Yuhao left. Before leaving, he extended an invitation to Ji Juechen, hoping that he could join the Tang Sect.
Ji Juechen subconsciously asked, "Isn't it the Spirit Pagoda?" His words were followed by a long silence.
Huo Yuhao looked at Ji Juechen with some curiosity, wondering about the name "Spirit Pagoda".
Ji Juechen fell into deep thought again. Something was wrong with Huo Yuhao. His eyes had lost their indomitable spirit and gained a hint of hatred.
Ji Juechen didn't know where the feeling came from, but he just felt that Huo Yuhao shouldn't be like this.
At 26, the continental war broke out, and countless people rushed to the battlefield one after another. Ji Juechen disliked war and did not go to the battlefield.
Countless Soul Masters saw this as a golden opportunity to make a name for themselves, but Ji Juechen was not interested; he only loved his sword.
After several unsuccessful attempts to invite him to join the Soul Master Corps by the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, he received a letter advising him to withdraw.
Ji Juechen had no choice but to take Jing Ziyan and set off towards Shrek City to see what was going on with the Tang Clan.
However, with war raging everywhere, traveling from the Sun Moon Empire to Shrek City was no easy feat, and he and Jing Ziyan struggled to evade the flames of war.
At 27, Ji Juechen was unlucky; he and Jing Ziyan were intercepted on their way to the border.
The soldiers guarding the checkpoint refused his and Jing Ziyan's application to leave the country, as genius soul masters were not allowed to leave the Sun Moon Empire during wartime.
Ji Juechen was unaware that Mingdetang had altered his information, and that he was barred from leaving the country because he did not want to participate in the war.
Jing Ziyan wanted to ask him to sneak away from the border, but Ji Juechen refused. During wartime, the border's defensive soul tools were fully activated, making it difficult for them to leave.
Ji Juechen returned to the courtyard where he had lived for a long time, staring blankly at everything in the courtyard.
Jing Ziyan sat beside him, unsure how to comfort him, knowing how difficult Ji Juechen's journey had been.
Ji Juechen looked at a cheap scarecrow in the courtyard, the one he used when he practiced swordsmanship as a child. Memories of his father resurfaced in his mind, and he took out the meteorite iron from outer space and began to practice swordsmanship.
He didn't want to go to the battlefield, nor did he want to use it to enhance his reputation. His father never returned, and he didn't want other people's fathers to die because of it.
Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan continued to live in this courtyard, and their relationship grew closer. Ji Juechen's single-minded devotion to the sword seemed to waver somewhat.
With constant daily cultivation, Ji Juechen's cultivation speed gradually slowed down, as he lacked suitable opponents and resources to expend.
He seemed to be getting further and further away from his dream, but looking at Jing Ziyan who had always taken care of him, she didn't seem so important anymore.
At 28, Ji Juechen broke through to the Soul Saint realm. The harsh environment slowed down his cultivation speed considerably, but he didn't care that much.
Every day, I go out to help some low-level Soul Masters hunt for Souls to earn some income, and use the rest of my cultivation to hire people to fight.
In the same year, Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan fell in love, got married, and settled down in this small town.
Ji Juechen's greatest love is no longer his sword, but his wife, and perhaps his children in the future.
His passion for swords had almost stagnated; he gradually let go of his obsession with them, and this kind of life wasn't bad either.
At 29, this year is the happiest year for Ji Juechen. His child is about to be born, and Jing Ziyan is about to become a mother. Both of them have happy smiles on their faces.
Ji Juechen seemed to have become the father he remembered. He made a sword out of wood in advance, intending to use it as a gift for his child's birth.
The dashing Jing Ziyan is quite unlike her mother. She still runs around carefree every day, taking advantage of her powerful physical abilities as a Soul Master to do whatever she wants.
Ji Juechen's usually calm face began to show an uncontrollable smile as he watched Jing Ziyan's noisy antics without saying a word.
At 30, Ji Juechen's child was born, a girl. His icy expression completely disappeared, and he began to smile more often, and he gradually became more talkative.
However, evil spirit masters are becoming increasingly powerful in the Sun Moon Empire, and unrest is beginning to occur in towns and villages everywhere. They are even running rampant in Mingdu.
On a dark night, Ji Nianjian disappeared, and Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan frantically searched for their daughter.
Upon seeing a masked man in black robes holding their daughter, Ji Juechen quickly thought of the evil spirit masters who were causing chaos everywhere.
He took a few steps forward and blocked Jing Ziyan's path. Seven spirit rings appeared, and his Martial Soul True Form was activated. He charged fiercely towards the masked man.
A low laugh rang out, and nine spirit rings emerged from the black-robed man, shattering Ji Juechen's martial spirit true form in one blow.
Ji Juechen still refused to give up and launched a forceful attack with the extraterrestrial meteorite iron. However, after two strikes, the Masked Douluo completely broke the extraterrestrial meteorite iron.
Ji Juechen spat out a mouthful of blood. His martial soul was damaged, preventing him from using it again. His arm was quickly broken off by the mask, and his legs were pinned to the ground.
Jing Ziyan was entangled by the masked man's subordinates. Seeing this, she also used her Martial Soul True Body to rush towards Ji Juechen, trying to save him.
Seeing the Masked Douluo unleash his ninth soul skill, Ji Juechen roared desperately for the first time. His face contorted in rage as he screamed at the top of his lungs.
"Hurry up, Ziyan, hurry up! Don't worry about me, just go!"
Jing Ziyan was hit by the ninth soul skill that attacked head-on. She seemed to have overestimated her strength, or perhaps she had disregarded life and death for the sake of her only two relatives.
Jing Ziyan was dead. Her body lay quietly before Ji Juechen, motionless.