Chapter 218

This is her home.

To be precise, it was her home before she traveled to interstellar space.

After graduating from university, she rented a small one-bedroom apartment with a small sofa and a plush carpet in front of it. When it was hot, she would buy half Watermelon, sit on the carpet, and watch TV shows while enjoying the air conditioning.

"Is anyone home?" The knocking sounded again.

Xu Jintang snapped out of his reverie, quickly got out of bed, and went to the door to open it.

The door opened, and the deliveryman in his yellow uniform came into view.

"Your takeout." The delivery guy seemed a bit rushed, probably busy delivering the next order. After handing over the food, he quickly turned and ran towards the elevator.

Xu Jintang hesitated, then looked down at the takeout in his hand.

Has she returned to Earth?

She returned to her room, bewildered, with the package in her hand.

The familiar interior decor, along with the sound of car horns coming from outside the open window, created a somewhat surreal atmosphere.

Xu Jintang opened the takeout and sat on the coffee table in the living room. He leaned back subconsciously and it took him a while to gradually come to his senses.

This is clearly yet another illusion.

No wonder the old man said that some people who entered his bamboo house would linger and be reluctant to leave.

This illusion is indeed adept at uncovering the deepest secrets of the human heart.

Xu Jintang took a deep breath, tilted his head back slightly, leaned back on the sofa, and calmly looked into the distance.

The blue sky and white clouds outside the window calmed my mind.

It's been a long time since I've felt this relaxed; it's truly something to cherish.

After a while, Xu Jintang opened the takeout box and took out the hamburger and cola that she hadn't had in a long time.

The cola had ice cubes added, giving it a refreshingly icy taste.

She closed her eyes and slowly exhaled a long breath.

After an unknown period of silence, she opened her eyes and sighed with regret, "Unfortunately, it was just an illusion."

After muttering to himself, Xu Jintang downed the last sip of cola, put down the cup, raised his hand, gathered his spiritual energy, and struck the opposite wall.

The wall, which was originally adorned with adorable murals, shattered and collapsed instantly under the powerful attack.

"Bang--"

The entire world of houses began to collapse.

Xu Jintang closed his eyes, and his body trembled.

The surrounding scenery changed drastically once again, and this time, she returned to the entrance of the trial.

A notification sounded in my ear, "Congratulations, player, on completing the difficult level trial."

"Sigh, Song Ziqian failed again."

"The difficult-level trial is indeed too hard. Once inside, it's full of various targeted illusions, making it impossible to defend against them."

"I also tried the difficult trial last time, and... I couldn't even withstand the first round of the illusion."

A murmur of conversation came from the side.

Xu Jintang opened his eyes, and after seeing the surrounding scenery clearly, he realized that he had successfully passed the level.

At this moment, Song Ziqian, who had failed the challenge, walked over from the opposite side. She had a sullen face and was in a bad mood. She didn't notice Xu Jintang and hurriedly passed by with her head down.

Xu Jintang crossed his arms, stretched, and turned to walk towards the exit.

This was the first time she had ever heard of the reward of Mental Power Irrigation, and she was genuinely curious about what it would feel like.

Since Li Caizhe and the others hadn't come out yet, she went to experience it first.

The moment my foot stepped through the exit, a massive surge of spiritual energy poured down from above, like a spring of water, refreshing and comfortable.

Xu Jintang immediately closed his eyes and immersed himself in cultivation.

A large amount of spiritual energy rapidly poured into the body, continuously being transported to the meridians in all directions, and finally sent to the sea of consciousness.

A strong sense of fullness arises.

The Mental Power Irrigation the difficult-level trial was quite substantial, and it took her more than half an hour to fully absorb and digest all of it.

After this trip, her spiritual consciousness had grown by at least one-fifth.

"The effect is so great," Xu Jintang exclaimed in surprise.

"You can try the final level again; my old friend is there." The Ice Soul Dragon's voice came from the depths of his mind.

Xu Jintang thought for two seconds, "How difficult is the final level?"

"It should be quite difficult, but we can use connections," Ice Soul Dragon said succinctly.

"Understood."

After fully absorbing all the mental energy rewards, Xu Jintang turned around and walked back into the trial entrance.

Li Caizhe and the others haven't come out yet; they're probably still trapped in the illusion.

Xu Jintang didn't think much of it. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he quietly stayed at the entrance of the Purgatory-level trial and quickly entered the level.

A few seconds later, the scenery in front of me changed rapidly.

This time she arrived at a cliff. The sky was misty, with a large patch of dark clouds overhead, and lightning lurking within, ready to erupt at any moment.

A persistent, strong wind made her sway back and forth.

"Boom--"

A thunderclap resounded, making her eardrums tingle.

A few seconds later, a torrential downpour began.

This scene is hell from the very beginning.

"No, where is your old friend?" Xu Jintang asked, covering his head with his hand.

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Ice Soul Dragon said calmly, "That's normal. This is his daily environment."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a bolt of lightning struck down from above.

Fortunately, Xu Jintang reacted quickly and summoned Ice Blade Storm to meet the attack.

The lightning attack was blocked and exploded completely in mid-air with a loud bang.

"Thunder Dragon King, it's been a long time. Let's come out and catch up." The Ice Soul Dragon's voice wasn't confined to the mental sea, but was projected directly to the entire outside world.

The crackling lightning suddenly stopped, and the surrounding environment became quiet.

"Who?" another aged voice, tinged with doubt, rang out.

Clearly, it came from the Thunder Dragon King.

Then, the figure of a thunder dragon slowly emerged in front of the cliff.

The dragon's body was covered in black scales, and faint arcs of electricity crackled around it, leaving a trail of lightning wherever it passed.

"You can't even recognize my voice?" the Ice Soul Dragon continued.

After a two-second pause, the Thunder Dragon King finally remembered something, his tone turning shocked, "You're not dead!"

"Are you looking forward to my death?"

Thunder Dragon King coughed twice. "Of course not. I just heard that humans have been hunting you down, and I thought you were already... But speaking of which, what's your current situation? What's your relationship with this human?"

"It's a long story. Let's find a quiet place first, and I'll tell you slowly."

The Thunder Dragon King's tail swept lightly through the air, and the lightning and thunder instantly vanished.

What followed was a clear blue sky.

The cliffs beneath Xu Jintang's feet have transformed into a wide, flat field, with all sorts of wildflowers growing around her.

"Have a seat." A handsome man walked over from the opposite side, raised his hand, and a set of wooden table and chairs appeared in front of him.

Xu Jintang looked at the man curiously, "You are... that dragon from just now?"

"Hmm." The Thunder Dragon King responded, pulling out a chair and sitting down. "You should know that high-level demonic beasts can transform into human form."

As soon as he finished speaking, the figure of the Ice Soul Dragon appeared beside him.

Xu Jintang had never seen the Ice Soul Dragon in human form before, and glanced over curiously.

A few seconds later, a handsome young man appeared before them, dressed in a light blue robe, exuding a refined and scholarly air.

Xu Jintang's eyes lit up.

Unexpectedly, Brother Long's human form is actually a handsome man.

"What's going on? What's your relationship with this human...?" Thunder Dragon King teased with a gossipy look.

"We are now in a cooperative relationship. I reside in her spiritual sea. I've come here today to ask you to help her improve her strength," the Ice Soul Dragon explained calmly.

The Thunder Dragon King looked at Xu Jintang with surprise, "So you sought out this human to cooperate when your lifespan was nearing its end. And your dragon bones and blood..."

"Yes, it's all been given to her." Ice Soul Dragon nodded.

"Tsk tsk, girl, if this gets out, all of humanity will probably start hunting you down." Thunder Dragon King looked at Xu Jintang with a mocking expression.

The Ice Soul Dragon is the only Tenth Tier divine beast in the entire interstellar space, and its dragon bones and blood can be considered the strongest tonic.

Xu Jintang smiled and spread his hands, "So I'll have to ask you to help me improve my strength, otherwise it will be too difficult to deal with the pursuit of all mankind."

The Thunder Dragon King chuckled, "No problem, come with me."

With a thought, Xu Jintang was forcibly pulled into a void.

The void was like the Milky Way, with countless glittering stars twinkling in the sky. All around was pitch black, giving a sense of endless nothingness.

"This is the Lightning Space I use for cultivation. This space is a small parallel world where time flows at only half the speed of the outside world. Moreover, you can summon lightning power at will to temper your physical strength. If you can completely absorb the lightning power, it will also have a great effect on the growth of your spiritual power."

Thunder Dragon King explained.

Xu Jintang looked up at the Milky Way above, "Wow, that's amazing."

"Do as you please. I'm going to catch up with Brother Long. Call us anytime if you need anything." Thunder Dragon King said goodbye, then his body vanished from sight.

Xu Jintang was left alone in the Lightning Space.

Curious, she wandered around and soon discovered that there was nothing special about the space; wherever she went, the view was the same.

After watching for a while and finding it uninteresting, Xu Jintang casually found a place to sit down.

She crossed her legs, closed her eyes, and with a thought, a powerful surge of lightning tore through the sky and struck down from above.

"Boom--"

A bolt of lightning struck Xu Jintang from the sky, and intense pain rose within her body.

The power of the lightning numbed her entire body.

She bit her lower lip tightly, enduring the pain, and closed her eyes to enter a meditative state.

The tempering of lightning power gave her a pain that felt like her body was being torn apart, but it was this pain that made her will even stronger.