Although Tang Jun had clearly said that he would grant Lei Jie a wish, it could be considered an explanation to their common mother, the person who had given Tang Jun warmth in his youth.
But his previous words had been very clear. This wish definitely did not include showing mercy when fighting Lei Jie.
For Lei Jie, his pride did not allow him to lower his head to Tang Jun, or even beg for mercy. Otherwise, there would be no need for the fight. He would be crippled. Not only would he have no hope of reaching the late Yuanying stage, he would also have no hope of reaching the Nascent Soul stage.
As a huge hole appeared in his mental state, his actual Dharmic Arts and Dharmic Power might even gradually weaken.
Therefore, his battle with Tang Jun was imperative.
Lei Lie was also well aware of this. Whether it was the intentions of Tang Jun and Xuanmen Tianzong behind him, or Lei Jie himself, he could not stop this battle.
But Lei Lie could not bear to see the successor that he had raised with his own hands walk to his death.
Yes, although they had not fought yet, even Lei Lie did not look favorably upon Lei Jie when he saw Tang Jun's calm state of mind.
Even if Lei Jie said that they were both fighting at the mid Yuanying stage, even if Tang Jun suppressed his cultivation to the late Golden Elixir stage, in Lei Lie's eyes, Lei Jie's chances of victory would be even slimmer.
This was a hurdle that Lei Jie had to pass. Lei Lie only hoped that he had a higher chance of victory. If he could successfully see through Tang Wenhua's origins and goals, Lei Jie might be able to readjust his mental state.
Under these circumstances, even if he lost to Tang Jun, as long as he didn't die, he would still have a chance to rise again.
Unlike now, when Lei Jie faced Tang Jun, he could only win and not lose. If he lost, even if he managed to stay alive, his already self-doubting and contradictory mental state would likely collapse even further.
But when faced with Tang Jun's challenge, Lei Jie had no choice but to accept. If he retreated and admitted that he was no match, the result would be the same as losing.
At this time, Lei Lie could only step forward and help Lei Jie find a way out of this embarrassing situation. At the same time, he also sought an opportunity.
Defeating Tang Jun and Tang Wenhua's secret were two sides of the same coin in Lei Jie's mind. Both were equally important. Temporarily avoiding the battle with Tang Jun because of this matter wouldn't cause Lei Jie any setbacks.
Tang Jun looked at the silent Lei Jie, whose face was slightly twisted again. Then, he looked at Lei Lie.
Xiao Yan sat at the side and did not interrupt, allowing Tang Jun to deal with the situation himself. When he heard Lei Lie's words, he could not help but smile.
What Lei Lie was thinking, Xiao Yan and Tang Jun both had an idea in their hearts. However, the two of them did not say anything. Xiao Yan, as usual, kept his mouth shut and did not speak, while Tang Jun faintly said: "Whether or not I know Tang Wenhua's past and intentions, I am not in a hurry. But if you insist on getting to the bottom of this matter first, I will not oppose it.
His tone was calm and confident. "The current clue is with the two of us. The ancestral land of the Lei Clan and that old residence have been moved away by the entire space-time shift. They are now in the Supreme Imperial Palace. I've returned there to study, and that should be all I have gained. I think it won't take long."
Lei Jie remained silent while Lei Lie nodded, "That is correct. Please follow this old man, master and disciple."
Xiao Yan smiled and stood up. "Thank you for your guidance, Daoist Lei."
The group once again arrived at the sealed Grand Imperial Palace. There were layers of spaces here, as if they were independent worlds. In one of the spatial domains, the Lei Family ancestral ground sat on the ground. However, this ground was like a floating island, suspended in the void.
After entering the Lei Clan's ancestral land mansion, most of the younger generation disciples in the mansion were taken in and placed under the protection of the clan's experts. They were not to be seen. The people who could be seen in the mansion were not even at the Golden Core stage. They were all Lei Clan's Nascent Soul cultivators.
However, when they saw Xiao Yan and Tang Jun walking over with Lei Lie and Lei Jie, they lowered their heads slightly and solemnly bowed.
Xiao Yan was an expert that even Lei Lie could not fight against. The name of Emperor Yan had already spread throughout the Heaven Primal World and shook the Divine Land.
Although Tang Jun was in the middle stage of Yuanying cultivation and was even lower than the late stage Yuanying ancestors of the Lei Family, no one dared to look down on him. He had once replicated the battle achievements of his master Xiao Yan and killed a late stage Yuanying cultivator in the Golden Elixir Period. He had suppressed his peers and made countless geniuses bow their heads in submission.
Even in his sect, Xuanmen Tianzong, which was full of geniuses, only Zhou Yuncong and Han Yang could compare to him in terms of actual combat.
The youth that they would not even look at in the past, who would only think of Tang Wenhua as he ran away with his treasures when he heard his name, who they felt had dirtied their ears, had already grown into an expert that they had to start looking up to.
How many years had it been?
Although every Lei Family cultivator lowered their heads and did not let others see their gazes, they could feel that everyone's emotions were extremely complicated.
If Tang Jun was just a lone lone cultivator, then the Lei Family might change their opinion of him, but they would not be as bitter and helpless as they were now.
They would most likely try to recruit Tang Jun again. If he dared to refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit, then it would not be too late to take him down.
After all, the Lei Family still had Lei Lie of the Return to Void Realm and the clan treasure.
However, behind Tang Jun stood Xuanmen Tianzong, a colossus that the Lei Family could not shake at all.
Even Fen Tianya alone was not something that the Lei Family could shake.
Unlike Lei Jie, who was stuck in a bottleneck and had a difficult road ahead, the current Tang Jun was still in a state of rapid development and continuous improvement.
Under Xuanmen Tianzong's nurturing and protection, the chances of Tang Jun dying were too low. With the strength and potential that he had displayed now, he would be able to look down on the entire Lei Family with his own strength in the future.
This reality was placed in front of everyone, causing every Lei Family member to feel dispirited and lost.
Tang Jun followed behind Xiao Yan. His face didn't have the rueful feeling of returning home in glory, nor did he have the arrogance of being satisfied with his success. But it was just this that made the Lei family's people feel even more upset in their hearts.
"I want to pay my respects to my mother first." Tang Jun looked at Lei Lie and said. He had returned to the Lei Family for only a few things. Pay his respects to his mother, repay the Lei Family members who had taken care of him when he was young, and settle the score with Lei Jie and the Lei Family members who had bullied him.
After that, he had to figure out what Tang Wenhua was doing. He was not interested in it, and it would not affect his state of mind. However, he had to understand it clearly, lest there would be unknown troubles in the future that would bring trouble to himself or his sect.
Hearing Tang Jun's words, Lei Lie nodded. "That's right. After you pay your respects, we will start with Seventeenth Mother's belongings. Everything that Tang Wenhua left behind was kept by Seventeenth Mother when she was alive."
The so-called Seventeenth Mother was Lei Lie's first wife's daughter, Tang Jun and Lei Jie's mother.
After Tang Jun offered incense for his mother, Lei Jie also offered incense for his mother without a word. He looked at his mother's memorial tablet with a slightly dazed expression.
After paying his respects to his mother, Tang Jun followed Lei Lie to a quiet room.
With a point of Lei Lie's finger, a stream of light landed on the table in the quiet room. There were many items wrapped in the light. They had been specially categorized and organized, so there was no sign of disorder.
The Lei Family, and even the Great Zhou Dynasty, had clearly been checked inside and out many times.
Perhaps there was really nothing special about these things, or perhaps they had been processed with special secret techniques. Some strange techniques could not be opened without special techniques. Even if the decider was stronger, if the decider were to forcefully open it, the item would be directly destroyed, and the possibility of it being destroyed was even higher.
Xiao Yan's gaze swept across the items, then he turned to look at Tang Jun. "Try it."
Tang Jun took a step forward and came before these items. He took turns using his Fa Li to absorb them one by one. Then he used the process of opening the secret matrix in Tang Wenhua's former residence to experiment.
Among these items, there were some that he had come into contact with when he was young. However, because his body had not changed at that time, there was no reaction even when he had come into contact with them.
After the incident at Tang Wenhua's former residence, Tang Jun had been hunted down. After escaping, he traveled west and finally became a disciple of Xuanmen Tianzong. He had never returned to the Lei Family, so naturally, he had never come into contact with these items.
When Tang Jun grabbed one of the jade talismans, the jade talisman suddenly changed.
Lei Lie and Lei Jie's eyes shone brightly. The jade seal was not something that Tang Wenhua had left for Tang Jun and Lei Jie's mother, but something that belonged to Tang Jun's mother. In their memories, it had nothing to do with Tang Wenhua. However, it seemed that what was strange was not something left behind by Tang Wenhua, but this jade seal.
The jade seal projected light into the air and formed a flashing white door.
Xiao Yan and Lei Lie immediately led Tang Jun and Lei Jie into the door of light. The moment they saw the door of light, they already knew that the way to open the door of light was special. It needed a special method to open it, but the door itself was nothing special. It was just a path that connected to a small foreign dimension. It did not pose any threat to them.
After entering the door of light, they came to the foreign dimension together. They saw that this place was already barren, and there was nothing left.
However, Xiao Yan could faintly feel some profound and wondrous aura lingering within.
His hands changed hand seals, and streams of purple energy surged out. They instantly engulfed this small foreign dimension, and completely covered the air in purple.
Lei Lie had no intention of objecting or interfering. Instead, he focused all his attention on the air in front of him.
In the air, small dots of light gradually appeared. They were as small as corn, and they quickly gathered together to form a unique scene.
Within that light image, there stood a unique altar, and the figure of a man stood on it.
The pupils of everyone who had seen the image shrank slightly. "Tang Wenhua …"
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