thefictionvixens Chapter 208 Clash of the Illusory Realm of Inner Demons
Chapter 208 Clash of the Illusory Realm of Inner Demons
Chapter 208 Clash of the Illusory Realm of Inner Demons
"Huh? What's this?"
After completing the breakthrough, Ye Yang frowned and assessed his condition.
He cultivated a special spiritual power, which should be called "spiritual thought" by cultivators in this world. It is similar to divine consciousness, but also different.
It appears more ethereal, fleeting, and unstable.
The Celestial Immortal Path was perfected and developed after absorbing countless cultivation systems from various worlds. Ye Yang's True Meaning Martial Path was also based on the Celestial Immortal Path. Therefore, after only slightly sensing this "spiritual thought," his divine sense quickly expressed similar characteristics under the transformation of True Meaning.
"It felt like I could ascend to some supreme and mysterious realm at any moment, but I was just a little short, separated by a membrane."
As Ye Yang was muttering to himself, a yellow shadow suddenly appeared silently in his sea of consciousness.
Ye Yang, whose true martial arts were integrated into his entire body, immediately noticed the presence of the yellow shadow. He quickly searched with his divine sense, but found nothing. His newly cultivated "spiritual sense" was also useless, and even his barely converted, half-crippled "spiritual power" could not detect anything.
Only the power of the Great Dao can barely distinguish it!
Just as Ye Yang was about to unleash his Dao Domain, he saw the yellow shadow suddenly burrow in and completely overlap with his divine soul, as if they were inseparable.
"Is this the inner demon?" A thought arose in Ye Yang's mind, and he felt a moment of disorientation.
That wasn't a soul attack, but rather a flow of information.
Unable to be stopped by any means, a large amount of information filled Ye Yang's consciousness.
The gentle breeze of spring is like a lover's tender caress, intoxicating the senses.
"What's wrong with me?"
Wearing tattered clothes, Ye Yang frowned as he looked at his hands, which had become very small and thin.
"An illusion?"
Ye Yang has an unwavering will and a profound understanding of the true meaning of things. He is in control of himself and will never forget who he is or what he is doing.
Therefore, although I "felt" that I was just an ordinary child from a remote mountain area, I still didn't truly empathize with the situation.
Instead, they are clearly aware of what they need to do.
"Break through this mere illusion!" he roared, and the whole world seemed to shake. Ye Yang also faintly felt the connection between his real body and his soul again.
But this connection quickly weakened again, separated by an insurmountable "membrane" that his consciousness and will struggled frantically to overcome.
"What's going on?" Ye Yang was incredulous: "With my willpower, I'm confident I can break free from even the illusions of an Immortal Army Lord or an ordinary True Immortal in a short time."
"I can't even break free from this illusion created by the inner demon during my first inner demon tribulation? It feels like—if I struggle, I'm just fighting against myself, doing useless work?"
Ye Yang stopped and fell into deep thought.
The inner demons of this world are indeed not so simple. Perhaps it is due to some special world law that this situation has occurred.
He cannot break free from this state directly, just like in the primordial universe that devours the world, the primordial universe cannot exceed the speed of light, and the dark universe cannot go slower than the speed of light!
This is the limitation of the law.
Unless it can reach the level of temporarily influencing, distorting, or even directly altering the laws of the world.
"Dojo!"
"If I can comprehend the special laws triggered by the inner demon tribulation, I will be able to use the Dao Domain to resist this phenomenon to some extent."
Although he had an idea, Ye Yang was currently unable to deal with his current state, so he could only continue down the illusion.
Let's see what tricks this inner demon is up to.
"Yang'er, come and eat!"
A familiar voice called out, and Ye Yang turned his head to see his mother, Qian Tong, dressed in coarse cloth clothes, calling out to him from the road.
"So that's how it is. I played a part in creating this illusion, which is why my attempts to struggle only lead me to contend with myself, from which I cannot escape. What about my inner demons? They must be the same, right?"
Ye Yang had a guess: the inner demon must have used a kind of world rule to create an environment similar to a "life-or-death battle".
Whether this is true or not, you'll know once you try it.
"The inner demon lurks in the shadows; we'll see when it strikes!"
Ye Yang obediently went back with his mother in the illusion and resumed his life as before.
The setting of this illusionary world is entirely composed of various information from Ye Yang's memories and a large amount of memory information brought by the inner demon.
This small mountain village is remote, poor, and has no way out.
Almost everyone was bound to the land, toiling day after day. For Qian Tong, a widow, raising Ye Yang was incredibly difficult.
Even in the illusion, Ye Yang couldn't bear to see his family living such a hard life, so he tried to explore various methods of cultivating extraordinary powers.
If you can't sense any spiritual energy, then practice your blood energy and internal strength.
As a result, they couldn't train anything, and because they didn't have enough to eat, they couldn't even build muscle.
"Since I don't have supernatural powers, I can only rely on my knowledge."
Ye Yang began to improve farming techniques. Although the people in the mountain village had been farming for generations, they all followed the experience of their ancestors and were quite casual about it.
Based on his experiences in his past and present lives, Ye Yang used one square meter of land to research planting techniques and develop his own fertilizer fermentation methods in order to increase grain production.
In the first year, grain production increased by about 20%.
However, because her mother was a widow, she could only rent a small amount of land, which was barely enough to feed her. Therefore, even with increased grain production, they were only able to barely have enough to eat.
However, the good times didn't last long. The landlord's steward noticed that Ye Yang had become increasingly plump over the past six months, with his face gradually getting fuller. He sensed something was wrong.
Soon, the secret of Ye Yang's family's farming was discovered. First, the landlord's foolish son beat Ye Yang up on the grounds of "stealing the secret recipe." Although Ye Yang was highly skilled in martial arts, he was physically weak and was so badly beaten that he couldn't get out of bed for three months.
His legs and feet were also left with disabilities.
Unable to bear the pressure, the mother revealed her farming secrets, and the landlord family finally gave up. However, their rent was increased by a quarter, resulting in the same amount of grain remaining as before. In fact, due to the improved farming techniques, farming required more labor and energy, making the situation even worse.
bitter!
Lying silently in bed, Ye Yang felt for the first time that life could be so bitter!
Gradually, as a cool breeze blew in from the window, Ye Yang felt increasingly desolate. This illusion was just too damn ridiculous.
However, his brows furrowed, and his eyes suddenly sharpened:
"Inner demons!"
The inner demon has made its move.
"Screw you, wind!" Ye Yang roared, and a strong wind suddenly blew the window shut.
Everything was calm.
He lay on the bed, a cold smile on his face: "The first round was a draw. But I also saw the slip-up you made."
Ye Yang gradually understood at this point.
If we were to compare this inner demon tribulation to the current stage of a battle between two armies, it would be a standoff between the main forces of the two armies, with the vanguard troops being engaged in battle and worn down in batches.
It all depends on the logistics, supplies, and morale of both sides.
The exchange ratio is approximately one to one.
However, once one side shows signs of weakness, the other side will seize the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, and the exchange ratio can reach one to two or even one to three.
If one side suffers a complete defeat, the exchange ratio could reach 1 to 10 or even 1 to 20!
What the inner demon wanted to do was to completely crush Ye Yang's will and Dao heart, causing his morale to collapse, so that the inner demon could take advantage of the situation.
They swallowed him whole at a very low cost, taking over his place.
However, in the first round of the confrontation, although Ye Yang was badly tormented in the illusion, he did not reveal any weakness in his mind from beginning to end.
On the contrary, it was the inner demon that, in order to intensify the tragic atmosphere, affected the illusion and revealed a trace of its aura.
It not only gave Ye Yang's consciousness and will a severe beating, but also made Ye Yang remember some of its characteristics.
"It seems this struggle will be long—"
Ye Yang shook his head and went to sleep quietly to recover from his injuries.
Three months later, a young boy appeared in the village, but the villagers all looked at him with hostility.
As the improved farming methods spread, landlords demanded a 20% increase in rent, forcing everyone to implement the improved methods.
They put in more effort but reaped no reward.
Although they harbored resentment towards the landlord's family, they clearly harbored even greater resentment towards Ye Yang's family.
"Damn, this is really pushing me to the brink." Ye Yang already knew what was going to happen next, but since he couldn't force the table to collapse, he could only react according to the plot.
"Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to go all the way."
Ye Yang's family naturally followed suit with a 20% rent increase, making it impossible to farm the land. And other jobs were impossible to find in this remote village.
Then there's only one option—kill!
On a dark and windy night, the lame boy poisoned the guard dog and walked into the landlord's courtyard with a sharpened bamboo stick in his hand.
Although they were landlords, they were not extremely wealthy, so their residence consisted of only two halls and six rooms, housing nine people.
Meanwhile, the two thugs who usually bullied and oppressed him lived in his own home.
Ye Yang used bamboo to string gourds together and strung all nine people together. Fortunately, none of them were children under 10 years old, so it didn't cause any trouble.
"Once it's done, go to the rice jar, take some rice with you, search for gold, silver, and valuables, and then leave the village overnight."
This mountain village is surrounded by mountains and inhabited by man-eating black bears. We definitely can't live in the mountains anymore; we can only go to the nearest town, a hundred miles away.
However, just as Ye Yang finished looting the landlord's house and stepped out of the courtyard, a dark figure blocked his way.
Without thinking, Ye Yang grabbed the bamboo pole carrying two bamboo baskets on his shoulder and stabbed at him.
This bamboo pole, which he brought himself, was sharpened at both ends, making it easy to pierce a person's neck.
However, the black-robed figure flashed and easily dodged it.
Ye Yang narrowed his eyes. His disability and limp did not affect his performance at all. He quickly followed up and thrust again!
This time, Ye Yang was extremely fast, even breaking free from the body's instinctive limitations, and the excessive force tore his muscles.
However, the black-robed man moved like a ghost, his feet motionless, and swiftly shifted across the ground to dodge the attack.
"Hmm?" Ye Yang frowned as he looked at the man and stopped attacking.
Clearly, the other party possesses some kind of extraordinary power.
"Little kid, your methods are really ruthless and decisive. You wiped out a whole family of nine in no time. You're not like a novice at all."
The man in black robes chuckled sinisterly, exuding an eerie and malevolent aura as he spoke.