Chapter 988: Inner Demon Tribulation (Seeking monthly votes)

Almost in an instant, the boundless and endless red dust of the human world surged over and drowned Xu Jin.

It was so fast that Xu Jin didn't even have time to trigger the Five-Aggregates Divine Thunder.

Because these endless red dust thoughts were felt externally but originated internally.

In just an instant, Xu Jin fell into the red dust illusion.

And it was all the negative kind.

The purer the golden light of the divine faith of the believers under the statue Xu Jin erected in the Kunling Domain, the stronger the backlash of the red dust thoughts at this moment.

It was the unfulfilled desires of Xu Jin's tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even tens of millions, hundreds of millions of believers!

It was love that could not be obtained.

It was longing that could not be seen!

It was seeking without gain!

It was regret that had not been compensated.

It was diligence without results.

It was the various regrets and resentments of Xu Jin's tens of millions of believers, all erupting toward Xu Jin at this instant.

In just an instant, Xu Jin began to sink.

The scene changed, and it became the time in Jinshan County when Xu Jin failed his first star-pointing.

Feeling that there was no hope for cultivation and no result in returning.

Life suddenly became desperate and gray in an instant.

After sitting withered by the river for a night, he originally wanted to throw himself into the river to see if he could travel back, but Xu Jin felt that since he was already here, why not experience life?

So he took his only silver and came to the largest Liuxiang Building in Jinshan County.

After being welcomed by the singing and dancing girls, the procuress brought a group of her daughters and let Xu Jin choose one to spend a night of pleasure with.

The first one came up to Xu Jin; the powder was thicker than the skin, and it fell off as soon as she smiled, making him frown directly.

The second one, when she smiled at Xu Jin, those big yellow teeth... Xu Jin waved his hand.

When the sixteenth one was sent up by the procuress, the procuress couldn't hold it anymore, "Young Master, this is the top courtesan of our Liuxiang Building, skilled in everything from zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting to blowing, pulling, plucking, and singing. If you still don't like her, there is no one in the whole city who can catch your eye."

A sixteen-year-old beauty was sent to Xu Jin; her figure was not bad, better than the dozen or so that Xu Jin had sent away before, but Xu Jin looked left and right and always felt she was too ordinary, unable to arouse any interest.

It was missing so much.

Then he waved his hand.

"Damn it, this kid is here to find trouble!" A group of thugs beat Xu Jin until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen and threw him out.

Walking on the street, Xu Jin looked confused, "What's wrong with me? Where should I go?"

As the scene changed, the voice of his father, Xu Dajiang, suddenly came, "You loser, how did you end up like this? Your father provided you with food and drink..."

After a round of punches and kicks, Xu Jin was already unconscious.

When he woke up again, it was Jiang'er serving Xu Jin.

"Brother, it's okay, I believe in you." Jiang'er looked gentle, but immediately, a group of bullies and thugs rushed in and snatched Jiang'er away. Xu Jin rushed up to fight, but was kicked until he vomited blood repeatedly and had his leg broken directly.

Before leaving, a bully even urinated on Xu Jin.

Human life is truly miserable!

Swaying, Xu Jin came to the big river again. This time, he crawled over, in the pouring rain, looking miserable!

He was making his final struggle.

"If I jump in, will I leave here? Will I get rid of this..."

"Better jump..."

In his mind, a flash of inspiration flickered, and reason told Xu Jin that avoidance couldn't solve things.

But the rain poured down, the ice rain was bone-chilling, and it seemed like even his heart was about to freeze.

Carrying countless negative emotions and willpower, it constantly washed over Xu Jin's will, wanting to pull Xu Jin into the river of red dust formed by hundreds of millions of people and drown him.

Suddenly, a floral umbrella appeared above his head.

The pouring rain was blocked instantly, the heart-piercing cold disappeared, and a bit of warmth was born.

As Xu Jin lowered his head, the pretty face of Ning Yuchan, who was holding the umbrella, appeared in Xu Jin's eyes.

She didn't speak, there were no words.

Her sword-like eyebrows and apricot eyes stared dead at Xu Jin, wanting to say something, but unable to speak.

But in the pouring rain, Ning Yuchan's knuckles began to turn white, and the umbrella she was holding began to tremble; under the washing of the rain, it felt like it was about to fall apart and dissipate.

"Instructor Ning, what are you doing?"

Xu Jin was puzzled.

But because of Ning Yuchan's blocking, Xu Jin had the leisure to glance at Ning Yuchan, and saw that Ning Yuchan's legs were actually intact.

No iron crutches!

In an instant, Xu Jin was stunned!

He thought of something instantly.

It was precisely this sudden discovery that caused the bit of inspiration that Xu Jin had been guarding in his spiritual platform to shine brightly instantly.

That was the spiritual platform star technique that Xu Jin had been cultivating since the beginning of his cultivation.

Under the endless red dust, it protected Xu Jin's last bit of wisdom.

At this moment, this bit of inspiration was detonated, and in an instant, it made Xu Jin remember a lot; with just one thought, he realized something was wrong.

"No, this is not the current me, and it's even less the past me.

This is an illusion!

Right, this is an inner demon!

But this is not me!

I am me!"

In an instant, Xu Jin, who had crawled to the side of the surging red dust river, had a clear look in his eyes, sat up cross-legged instantly, and all the illusions disappeared.

Almost at the same time, Ning Yuchan's phantom disappeared.

In the meditation room of the Great Sage Palace, Ning Yuchan, who had wrapped Xu Jin with her divine sense power, also saw her divine sense dissolve and retreat rapidly in an instant; the moment blood gushed from the corners of her mouth, she fainted directly on the ground.

Emperor Fenghua's divine sense, which had been shrouding the Great Sage Palace, probed out silently and directly lifted the fainted Ning Yuchan. The moment he fed her the heavenly materials and earthly treasures to repair her soul, Emperor Fenghua breathed a sigh of relief, but he had a lingering fear.

"This inner demon tribulation is even more formless, intangible, and cruel than I imagined. It arises from the outside and is born from the inside, almost impossible to defend against. Jin'er almost sank into it completely. Divine Dao is indeed extremely difficult!"