As Lei Lie spoke, Xiao Yan had already skimmed over the voice that had been recovered from the remnant traces. His expression did not change much as he sat motionlessly.
Tang Jun looked at Lei Lie and nodded. Then his gaze landed back on Lei Jie. "Speaking of which, if it wasn't for the traces left behind by light and shadow, I wouldn't even know what he looked like. My relationship with him was even more indifferent. It could be said that there was no emotional foundation to speak of."
"Ever since I was young, all the difficulties and humiliation I've suffered actually come from him."
Tang Jun was silent for a moment. "The only person who cared about me was my mother, but because he left without saying goodbye and fled with the treasures, she died of depression and left us early."
"However, perhaps it's because I don't have any feelings for him apart from the bloodline connection between us that even after hearing those words, I only felt a bit of disgust and didn't feel particularly angry."
"As for you, before he left, you had already started to remember. He was a live-in son-in-law of the Lei Family, and even had to wear a mask in front of others. It seems that you and him were not completely emotionless. There would have been a happy and loving relationship between father and son."
Because of this, Lei Jie had been especially mindful when Tang Wenhua had fled with the treasures without saying a word.
When he dreamed at night, when he was alone, and especially when he thought of his mother who had died early, did Lei Jie ever think that Tang Wenhua might have had his own difficulties back then?
After learning the truth of the matter, Lei Jie was naturally furious, and he felt that he had been deceived and humiliated.
Especially when in Tang Wenhua's eyes, he was not just an object, but a failed product. He was a pave and experiment for the birth of the successful product, Tang Jun.
How could Lei Jie, who had always been proud and aloof, not be furious? He completely lost control of his emotions, and when he couldn't find Tang Wenhua, he vented all of his anger on Tang Jun.
"Shut up, don't speak!" Ignoring the presence of Xiao Yan and Lei Lie, Lei Jie shouted in a low voice, his eyes fixed on Tang Jun.
The face that resembled Tang Jun's was slightly distorted at this moment.
Lei Jie, who was already in the middle stage of Yuanying, rarely lost control of his emotions like this, but he was clearly unable to calm his mind at this moment.
Tang Jun looked at him calmly and shook his head. "Do you think I'm deliberately humiliating you and showing off?"
"You and I have a score to settle, but I have no intention of humiliating you, much less showing off to you. At the end of the day, whether we succeed or fail, in that person's eyes, we are not his flesh and blood. There is no familial love between us."
"But I still have to thank him. My Azure Flame Monarch Body was indeed bestowed by him. This made my path of cultivation much smoother, but because of him, I also suffered many setbacks and tribulations."
Tang Jun placed his hands in front of him and spread them out. Looking at the lines on his palms, he said unhurriedly, "After listening to those words just now, for a moment, an idea popped into my mind. I'm now working hard to cultivate, constantly working hard. My cultivation is getting higher and my strength is getting stronger and stronger. So far, I've achieved some results. Isn't this indirectly proving what he said about success products?"
"My continuous success is actually proof of his success?"
"Is it because he helped me create the Azure Flame Monarch Body that I can achieve what I have today? After all, back in the Lei family, my performance was very ordinary. "
Tang Jun looked at Lei Jie calmly and smiled slightly. "But this thought was fleeting."
"Whether it's in terms of talent or talent, whether or not I could enter a sect without the Azure Flame Monarch Body, whether or not I could still achieve my current results, I have always persevered and worked hard. I have chosen the path of cultivation, so I will do my best to walk it and see the wonders of the Great Dao in the blue sky."
"Perhaps, if I hadn't changed my constitution at his former residence, I would have been mediocre for the rest of my life. But even so, I will persevere on that path."
Hearing this, Lei Jie's face twisted slightly. Slowly, he closed his eyes.
Scenes from his youth were replaying in his mind one after another.
Lei Jie was not a spoiled brat. Although he was proud, he was not blindly arrogant. Because of Tang Wenhua, he had been working hard since he was young to avoid being criticized behind his back.
After learning the truth and his initial rage, he worked even harder in order to have the ability to find Tang Wenhua in the future. He wanted to prove that he was not a failure and that he was better than Tang Jun.
But as he worked hard, he also felt fear in his heart.
In the past, he had thought that he was born with the Nine Qi True Thunder Body and was destined to become a legend. Because of this, the Lei family thought highly of him and did their best to nurture him so that he would not be blamed for Tang Wenhua.
Even though he had been suppressed by the dual-pupiled Shi Tianyi in his early years, Lei Jie had been full of motivation to surpass him.
But after learning the truth, he could not help but doubt. If not for the Nine Qi True Thunder Body, could he have reached his current height?
Perhaps he would still have some achievements. After all, his comprehension ability was not bad, but how far would he be from where he was now?
More importantly, if he hadn't displayed the Nine Qi True Thunder Body since he was young, would the Lei family still put in so much effort to nurture him? Would he have suffered the same fate as Tang Jun, dragged down by Tang Wenhua and faced the wrath of the Lei family?
Tang Wenhua's Nine Qi True Thunder Body had caused him to walk the path of fate that was completely different from his own. But this father who had treated him as a test subject, an object, a failed product, and this experiment were the source of his humiliation and anger.
Perhaps, if there was no Tang Jun, the so-called "successful product", as a comparison, Lei Jie would have been slightly better off.
However, as Tang Jun continued to soar and rise to power in recent years, the pressure on Lei Jie increased.
This kind of contradictory mentality had always been in Lei Jie's heart. Even though he had successfully formed his Nascent Soul, it still existed.
It did not lessen, nor did it disappear. Instead, it would completely erupt at a certain time.
Lei Lie looked at Lei Jie and sighed in his heart. He could sense Lei Jie's state of mind and tried to ease it, but unfortunately, the effect was limited.
Although Lei Jie had been trying his best to calm himself down in order to ease his mind, how could Lei Lie not see that Lei Jie was only forcefully suppressing it?
If this trend continued, it would be extremely difficult for Lei Jie to reach the late Yuanying stage even though he had reached the mid Yuanying stage.
In reality, for a cultivator with the Nine Qi True Thunder Body, it was actually relatively easy to reach the late Yuanying stage from the mid Yuanying stage. At least, it was much easier than for other cultivators. For Lei Jie, under normal circumstances, it would be much easier than going from the early Yuanying stage to the mid Yuanying stage.
However, with his current state of mind, it was extremely difficult. Even if he reached the late Yuanying stage, it was almost impossible for him to break through to the Primordial Spirit stage.
With the Nine Qi True Thunder Body, the Lei Family's dragon steed, who could challenge the status of the dual-pupiled Shi Tianyi, and was also known as a young prodigy, was actually going to stop at the late Yuanying stage with no hope of becoming a Primordial Spirit. This was undoubtedly a huge irony, but it was something that could actually happen.
Thinking of this, Lei Lie looked at Tang Jun and couldn't help but sigh.
After Tang Jun's incident at Tang Wenhua's former residence, Lei Lie and the Lei Family began to re-examine this person that they had either ignored or looked down on.
Many things that no one cared about or treated as a joke were dug up.
Although his innate talent was only average, he was tenacious, courageous, decisive, and hardworking. He could be said to be number one among all the Lei Clan disciples, even more hardworking than Lei Jie, who was already extremely hardworking.
Even though the progress of his cultivation was not gratifying, it did not shake his determination and faith. More than ten years were like one day, and as he grew older, he would only become more hardworking and diligent.
Because he was ostracized and deliberately made things difficult for him, he rarely had the chance to formally come into contact with dao techniques and spells. He could only slowly explore on his own, and there were few opportunities to show off. But when Lei Lie and the others thought about it, they couldn't help but be shocked. At that time, Tang Jun had already displayed shocking comprehension.
Without the Body of the Blue Flame Emperor, perhaps Tang Jun would not have been able to achieve what he had today. It was also unknown whether he would have been able to enter Xuanmen Tianzong's tutelage, but with his heart towards dao and other talents, he would most likely have walked his own path. Perhaps it would not be as dazzling, but it was destined not to be mediocre.
Lei Jie's eyes were tightly shut, his face slightly twisted, and even his body was trembling uncontrollably.
At the beginning, the first thought that popped into his mind was that Tang Jun was mocking him and looking down on him. Since when had he fallen to the point where he had to be reprimanded by Tang Jun?
Just as Tang Jun had said, although the two of them could be said to be in the same boat, the specific circumstances were still different.
Putting aside the fact that the entanglement between him and Tang Wenhua was even more complicated, he had been labeled by Tang Wenhua as a failure who was inferior to Tang Jun. This made Lei Jie feel that Tang Jun was making sarcastic remarks.
Why don't we swap places and try putting you in my position?
But very quickly, Lei Jie's heart suddenly became alert.
If he continued to immerse himself in this kind of emotion, then he would only be left further and further behind by Tang Jun, who had already caught up to him. In the end, he would not even be able to reach the late Yuanying stage, let alone prove his Primordial Spirit.
Lei Jie's expression finally calmed down. He opened his eyes and looked at Tang Jun again. "Are you going to use this kind of method to attack my spirit? Is Xuanmen Tianzong not enough for you to maintain your confidence? "
These words were at the tip of his tongue, but Lei Jie swallowed them back down.
This was because the Tang Jun before him had a calm and clear gaze that contained only self-confidence, unyielding determination, and firm determination on his own path.
Looking at Tang Jun like this, Lei Jie suddenly felt something.
Even if the two of them had really swapped places, Tang Jun would still be like this.
With the Ashen Flame Emperor's Body, he would not say that he did not need it. It was an objective fact that it was convenient for him on the path of cultivation. But if he did not have the Ashen Flame Emperor's Body, it would not have affected his state of mind that much. The path he wanted to walk would never waver.
It was my fortune to have it, and it was no harm to lose it. I will walk my path without wavering.
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