I'm About to Die, Can't I Buff My Junior Sister's Strength?

134: Ji Aotian, did Shen Nian teach you this again?Meanwhile, in a side hall on the other side of the Ji Family compound, a father and son were locked in a mutual beating.

”Rebellious son!”

”Are you having an episode again?”

”If it weren’t for the fact that today is your sister’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, if I don’t hang you up and beat you senseless, I don’t deserve to be the Patriarch!!”

A middle-aged man wearing a purple robe, with slightly graying temples but a handsome and imposing appearance, roared furiously, trembling with anger.

This person was the current Patriarch of the Ji Family, a genuine expert of the Dao Integration Supreme rank. However, right now, he didn’t display the slightest demeanor expected of a Ji Family Patriarch, but rather that of a furious old father.

”While I was inspecting the state of the Ji Family army in the Heavenly Demon Realm, you went and claimed I was dead?”

”And demanded to become the Patriarch immediately?”

”Then tried to lead the Ji Family to defect to the Shen Family, willingly becoming their vassal???”

”You F***ing!!”

”You are truly filial to the death!”

In front of him.

A youth, facing away from him, was pressed to his knees by a powerful pressure. He forcibly lifted his head, veins bulging on his forehead. His bruised and swollen face showed only determination. Immediately, he spoke with difficulty: ”Ji Hao, what else can you say besides suppressing me with your realm? Do you dare fight me at the same level?”

His eyes were filled only with defiance; clearly, he was not yet subdued!

”???” Ji Hao immediately flew into a rage, slamming his palm down onto the youth’s head: ”You wretched thing, Ji Aotian, did Shen Nian teach you this again?”

”Ji Hao, I’ve said it many times, I’m not called Ji Aotian. That name is too common, and only you would come up with such a vulgar name. Please call me the name Brother Shen granted me: I am Ji Ba!”

”The ’Ba’ of Overbearing Aura!”

”The ’Ba’ of the Azure Heaven Hegemon Body!”

”Understand?”

”Finally, Brother Shen didn’t teach me any of this; I figured it out myself, understand?”

Although Ji Ba’s head was pressed against the ground by a large hand, he remained defiant, his voice ringing powerfully.

”Ji Ba”

”Ji Ba...”

”What a Ji Ba!”

Ji Hao trembled with anger, forcing himself to repeat the name several times. With every repetition, his mouth twitched, his face darkened, and his eyes reddened, filled with endless regret.

”What an idiotic name!”

”Go ask around, who among normal people uses this name?”

Sometimes he truly wanted to go and brutally beat the initiator of all this!

He truly regretted sending this simpleton, who was born lacking one of the seven Souls, to Lushan Academy back then, originally intending for him to follow Mr. Qi to learn more and improve himself.

Unexpectedly, he spent all day following Shen Nian around.

Following him was fine; after all, they were family, and Shen Nian was his brother-in-law, so Shen Nian shouldn’t treat him too badly.

But when his son returned to the clan for vacation a year later, Ji Hao, carrying a joyful heart, went to pick him up. He never expected the first sentence spoken by his son would nearly cause Ji Hao, the Patriarch of an Ancient Desolate Family, to lose his footing. That very day, he hung the rebellious son up and thrashed him for three days.

”Old Geezer, move aside! Can’t you see Brother Shen is getting off the Divine Ship?”

That was the day the nightmare began.

Things had only started to improve in the years following Shen Nian’s disappearance, but as soon as he heard the news of Shen Nian appearing on the profound dragon ranking, the boy’s old habits resurfaced.

And today!

Not only did he secretly sneak away the Patriarch’s Token, but he also planned to mobilize the grand army to go to the Lower Realm to welcome Shen Nian, causing Ji Hao to nearly spit out a mouthful of old blood.

Sometimes he wondered, with his daughter married to Shen Nian and his son turning into this mess, would the Ji Family still be the Ji Family in the future?

He feared that a single word from Shen Nian could make the Ji Family change its surname!

As Ji Hao continued to press down, Ji Ba’s face gradually changed from red to purple, and a flicker of heartache crossed Ji Hao’s eyes.

The next second.

Ji Ba felt his brain lighten, and the pressure quietly dissipated.

He raised his head and looked at the somewhat desolate figure in purple robes, feeling a strange twinge of pain in his heart. He then spoke, ”You’ve hit me, but are you still angry?”

Upon hearing this, Ji Hao fell silent for a moment, then revealed a solemn expression before slowly speaking.

”Honestly tell your father, did Shen Nian ever force you to do any of this!!”

”Don’t be afraid. Even if it’s the Shen Family, your father is fearless!”

Ji Hao displayed a hint of disdain in his expression, his Aura like that of a monarch. Only now did he resemble the Overlord of a Domain.

Although he hit him, he didn’t actually blame Ji Ba.

When Ji Ba was born years ago, Old Man Tianji came to see him. This child was born lacking one of the seven Souls, different from ordinary people. Perhaps only in this way could he possess a Heaven-Defying Divine Body like the Azure Heaven Hegemon Body.

What does it mean to lack one of the seven Souls?

Nicely put, it’s called the Innate Heart of a Child; harshly put, it’s being a born simpleton—the kind whose mind can’t turn a corner!

How many Divine Soul Holy Medicines were consumed in childhood couldn’t restore that missing Soul. The reason was simple: this was molded by the Heavenly Dao; how could one defy Heaven?

Therefore, Ji Hao only blamed himself for being powerless and blamed the Heavenly Dao for its unfairness. Even if Ji Ba committed many mistakes, he could tolerate them.

But if someone were to bully his son because of this, even if he faced the Shen Family, Ji Hao would still demand justice for his son.

”No!” Ji Ba answered very seriously.

Ji Hao frowned, puzzled: ”Then why do you... worship him so much?”

This was the point he couldn’t figure out. If Ji Ba hadn’t had an episode again, he wouldn’t have wanted to bring this up.

Clearly, that kid’s talent is very ordinary. Who studying at Lushan Academy isn’t the successor of a top-tier power from the Five Regions of the Human Race? Not to mention anyone else.

Just look at his sister! Her talent is so Prodigious; isn’t that worth his admiration?

Ji Ba scratched his head, seeming to struggle with the thought process. After a long time, he said, ”My mom forced me.”

”?” Ji Hao immediately froze, turning around and asking in disbelief, ”Your mom forced you?”

”Yes, my mom forced me.”

Ji Ba nodded. He had actually wanted to mention this a long, long time ago, but for some reason, he always felt that saying it would hurt his old man’s heart.

At these words, Ji Hao fell silent, and deep longing surfaced in his eyes.

His wife passed away when Ji Ba was nine years old. For fifty thousand years, after that great war, although the Heavenly Demon Realm and the Human Race hadn’t engaged in obvious large-scale warfare, they had continuously schemed against each other’s experts, even trying to injure them, all in order to gain the initiative when the great war finally arrived.

Ji Ba’s mother died because of an accident: she fell into a trap in the Heavenly Demon Realm and fought with the Female Demon Emperor, the Mortal enemy of the Qingqiu Clan. The injury damaged her Soul Origin, and even her Revered Master, Old Man Tianji, was helpless. She passed away seven years after giving birth to Ji Chenyu.

Ji Hao once rushed into the Heavenly Demon Realm intending to destroy the Qingqiu Clan, but he was intercepted midway by several Dao Integration experts. As the Patriarch of the Ji Family, he had to consider many factors and couldn’t act impulsively. This was clearly a trap set for Ji Hao. Old Man Tianji advised him to prioritize the overall situation... Furthermore, since his son and daughter were still young, Ji Hao thought carefully and eventually held back.

This was actually a pain Ji Hao had always carried in his heart. Everyone in the Ji Family, and even the Five Regions of the Human Race, maintained a tacit understanding not to mention this matter in front of him.

However, he never expected that Ji Ba listened to Shen Nian so much because it was his wife’s intention... Could it be that she had predicted something?

”Are you done hitting me? If you are, I’ll be leaving.”

Ji Ba stood up, a full head taller than Ji Hao. The bruises on his face had disappeared, revealing a handsome face with sword-like brows, star-like eyes, and sharp features. Aside from a pair of somewhat out-of-place foolish eyes, he looked every bit the handsome Young Lord of an aristocratic family.

”Where are you planning to go?” Ji Hao sighed helplessly the moment he asked.

It was a redundant question.

Forget it, let him go... After Ji Ba left, Ji Hao sat alone in the main hall. A pot of wine appeared out of thin air in his hand, and he gazed into the distance, his sight piercing through layers of space all the way to the Heavenly Demon Realm.

”If grievances aren’t repaid, what is the point of cultivation...” After drinking the wine, Ji Hao revealed a bitter smile. In that moment, he seemed to have aged several years.

”The Third Ancestor of the Shen Family could single-handedly charge into the Heavenly Demon Realm for a Mortal woman, causing rivers of blood to flow until the Great Dao shattered...”

”Unfortunately, I cannot...”

”The Shen Family can afford the cost, but the Ji Family cannot...”

”Yao’er, your husband is incompetent.”

”Heh heh, what is the point of cultivation...”

Meanwhile, at the border between the Human Race’s Upper Realm and the Heavenly Demon Realm, an Imperial Pass stretching for hundreds of millions of miles stood tall. It seemed to have been there since the Ancient Era, enduring endless years, the countless battle scars on the Imperial Pass serving as proof.