Lei Jie stared at Tang Jun. Tang Jun said calmly, "Lei Dalang, you have your reasons for venting your anger on me because of that person. But it doesn't mean that I deserve everything you've done to me.
"Some people in the Lei family looked down on me and humiliated me because of you and that person. But I grew up eating the Lei family's food. I will not hate the entire Lei family. Back then, there were people who pitied me and took care of me. Even though there were only a few of them, I will repay them one by one. And I will never forget those who humiliated me back then.
"As for you, there is only enmity between us. There is no gratitude or affection. Although we are brothers, it is only a bloodline connection. In your heart, I have never been your younger brother, and in my heart, you have never been my elder brother."
"Back then, you nearly killed me in the Despair Valley of Souls. You beat me until I fell to the bottom of the valley. Half of my bones were broken, and my internal organs were pierced by broken bones. The reason I survived was because of my will to live and my luck.
"Today, we will settle this debt. In a battle of life and death, victory or defeat is up to the heavens. I will not show mercy. Whether you can live or not will depend on your own ability."
Silently, Tang Jun said, "I will repay kindness and enmity. I am not like you. I will not vent my anger on others because of you. But as my ancestral master said years ago, you must repay what you owe us. If you don't, I will beat you until you do."
Nothing in the outside world would sway Tang Jun's heart towards the Dao, and in the process of walking on this path, he would repay kindness and enmity.
Hearing Tang Jun's words, Lei Jie's eyes narrowed. "Don't brag too early!"
Tang Jun looked at Lei Jie without any change in expression. His tone was indifferent. "My original intention was to fight you as a Yuanying cultivator after you reached the Primordial Soul realm. But after seeing your state of mind today, it is hard to say if you can reach the Primordial Soul realm. So, I might as well fight you today. Today, I will suppress my cultivation to the late Golden Elixir realm."
Lei Jie's expression changed. Seeing this, Tang Jun shook his head. "You think I am humiliating you on purpose? "You're wrong. Right now, we're both in the mid Nascent Soul stage. A competition like that would be an insult to you. The Sect I come from, the resources I enjoy, and the teachings I receive, none of them can compare to yours."
"Although you have been nurtured by the Great Zhou Dynasty in addition to the Lei Clan, you still cannot compare to me, Xuanmen Tianzong." Tang Jun's tone was indifferent. There was not a hint of arrogance or boasting. It was as if he was stating something that could not be more objective. "What you are obsessed with is whether Lei Jie with the Nine Qi True Lightning Body can defeat Tang Jun with the Azure Flame Emperor Body, but not whether Lei Jie of the Great Zhou Dynasty's Lei Clan can defeat Tang Jun of Xuanmen Tianzong.
"I do not care about this. Since you have this thought, I will give you this chance.
"Only by suppressing my cultivation can it be considered fair between us. Otherwise, since we have different paths, it will be unfair to you."
Lei Lie looked at Tang Jun and was momentarily speechless.
To this day, the strength of the successor of Xuanmen Tianzong was publicly acknowledged. What Tang Jun said was actually a very objective conclusion.
However, when Lei Jie hunted down Tang Jun, one was the proud son of the Lei Clan. His cultivation was in the Golden Elixir Period, and he had enjoyed the best cultivation in the clan since he was young. The other was a poor Foundation Establishment cultivator who struggled to survive. Lei Jie had never thought of giving Tang Jun a fair fight.
However, Lei Lie could clearly see that this was not because Tang Jun was being merciful or arrogant. He was intentionally looking down on and humiliating Lei Jie.
All of this stemmed from Tang Jun's confidence. He was confident that even if the two stood in roughly the same position, he would still win.
In reality, Lei Jie, who was in the middle Yuanying stage, was even stronger than many late Yuanying stage cultivators. Even if Tang Jun had the battle record of killing late Yuanying stage cultivators in the late Golden Elixir Period, it was still unknown whether he could win against Lei Jie if he suppressed his cultivation to the late Golden Elixir Period.
Among the four innate potential values, the direct impact of innate potential on a cultivator's cultivation would gradually decrease after the Golden Elixir Period. This was only because of the differences caused by building the Spirit Platform, establishing the Dan Cauldron, and forming the Golden Elixir Period.
However, there were always special exceptions. For example, Lei Jie's Nine Qi True Thunder Body not only helped in cultivation, but also had a profound effect on his combat ability.
The Nine Qi True Thunder Form, besides being blessed by the heavens when cultivating lightning attribute Dao Arts, had another rare characteristic that everyone envied was that a cultivator could condense a Nine Qi True Thunder Form at the Aurous Core Stage. In terms of characteristics, it was similar to the Dharma Form of the Heavens and the Earth. Both of them were the refinement of one's own Dao Art essence into a furnace, thus obtaining even more formidable strength.
To a certain extent, a cultivator with the Nine Qi True Thunder Body could condense a shrunken version of the Worldly Aspect before the late Yuanying stage.
The difference in strength between late Yuanying and middle Yuanying stage cultivators was enormous, and the key was the Worldly Aspect.
With this connection, under normal circumstances, Lei Jie, who possessed the Nine Qi True Thunder Body, could advance from the middle Yuanying stage to the late Yuanying stage. It was even easier than advancing from the early Yuanying stage to the middle Yuanying stage. As long as he accumulated enough transcendence energy, success would come naturally.
After attaining the late Yuanying stage, Lei Jie would possess two Worldly Aspects. He would condense one for himself and sublimate the Nine Qi True Thunder Body. His combat ability would far surpass other cultivators of the same stage.
If he could successfully attain the Nascent Divinity, apart from merging the Yuanying stage with the Worldly Aspect and forming a Nascent Divinity incarnation, his second Worldly Aspect would also undergo a transformation and form a special existence. It would be somewhere between a dharma body, a doppelganger, or an avatar. It was neither one nor the other. It was called the Nine Qi God of Thunder Body, and it was equally useful in combat.
Although Lei Jie was still in the middle Yuanying stage, he possessed many top-notch Taoist techniques. With the help of a large amount of resources and the Nine Qi True Thunder Body, he was superior to most Yuanying stage cultivators.
Even Tang Jun himself admitted that he did not have an absolute chance of winning against Lei Jie with his Golden Elixir stage cultivation.
However, Tang Jun did not care about this. He had never been a person who only dared to fight battles that he was certain to win.
Lei Jie looked at Tang Jun and said coldly, "What a condescending attitude. Fairness? Only the strong have the right and capital to give to the weak. Are you sure that you're stronger than me now? Are you taking pity on me? Are you giving alms to me because you think you're stronger than me? "
Tang Jun said calmly, "There's no need for me to do that. I've said it before, I won't be lenient in today's battle. Whether you can live or not will depend on your own ability."
"As for whether it's fair or not, you'll have to fight for it yourself. If you don't have it, then you don't have it. If you hope for others to pity you, then what you beg for will be like flowers in a mirror or the moon in the water."
Lei Jie wanted to retort, but he suddenly recalled the silent and resolute expression that Tang Jun had when he was chasing after Tang Jun all those years ago.
He did not question or beg for mercy. He did not try to soften his attitude with words just because they were blood brothers. He did not feel angry or unwilling because of the huge gap in strength caused by the treatment he received in the Lei Family. He only gritted his teeth and did his best to resist.
In the end, when he was beaten to the bottom, Tang Jun's eyes did not have the slightest hint of weakness. There was only ice-cold fury.
Lei Jie asked in a deep voice, "Then why are you giving me fairness today?"
Tang Jun answered, "We are born from the same mother. You and I are not brothers, but mother and I are mother and son. You are also her son. I'll fulfill your wish and give mother an explanation."
Lei Jie's eyes narrowed and he was a little absent-minded. Before his mother passed away, she had asked him to take good care of Tang Jun, but he had thrown it to the back of his mind because of Tang Wenhua.
Many people in the Lei Family made things difficult for Tang Jun because they wanted to please him. He was well aware of it, but he silently allowed it and even hinted at it.
If it wasn't for the dangerous environment at the bottom of the Spirit Extinction Valley, which was dangerous for cultivators during the Golden Elixir Period, he would have rushed down there and turned Tang Jun to ashes.
Lei Jie shook his head and came back to his senses. He took a deep breath and looked at Tang Jun. "Back then, I didn't suppress my cultivation to the Foundation Establishment stage to fight with you. Today, you don't need to suppress your cultivation either. Let me see what kind of strength you have after studying in Xuanmen Tianzong for so many years."
Tang Jun said indifferently, "Up to you."
Lei Lie stood up at this moment and said Slowly, "True Lord Tian Cang, please wait and listen to this old man."
He knew that there was no familial love between him and Tang Jun, so he directly called him by his Daoist name and didn't take advantage of his seniority to establish a relationship.
Hearing this, Tang Jun turned to look at Lei Lie and said Silently, "Grandfather, please speak."
Unlike Lei Jie who called Lei Lie grandfather, Tang Jun called him grandfather with an indifferent tone. Back then, this old man completely treated him like air. When the Lei Family was hunting him down, the order to kill him was issued by this old man. Now, he called him grandfather purely because of Tang Jun's mother.
Hearing Tang Jun's way of addressing him, Lei Lie understood. He sighed inwardly and continued, "This old one will not interfere if the two of you want to fight to the death. Your grudge must be settled."
"But before that, why don't you investigate Tang Wenhua first? Where did he go? What's his background? What's his plan?
"No matter who lives and who dies, the dead won't know these things. Are you willing to go to the netherworld with regrets?"
Tang Jun shook his head. "I don't care."
He was confident that he would be the one to survive. At the same time, he didn't care that Tang Wenhua's background and whereabouts were no longer important.
Knowing what Tang Wenhua was planning to do, it was also for the sake of the sect, the overall situation, or his own basic safety. It did not affect Tang Jun's state of mind at all, so he had no regrets to speak of.
Lei Jie's expression tightened when he heard this.
Although his state of mind had already calmed down a lot under Tang Jun's influence, he was still exceptionally concerned about this aspect.
If he could break through this mental barrier like Tang Jun, his cultivation path would immediately become much smoother. Not to mention the Primordial Spirit realm, he would at least be able to break through from the middle Yuanying realm to the late Yuanying realm.
But now, he still hadn't completely broken through it.
In an instant, Lei Jie fell silent again.
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