"Hello." Even though he knew the other party was a sacred beast, Ji Jiayu still bowed and greeted them.

Ji Jiayu was born into a poor family, raised in an orphanage, and after coming to the sacred Chenghai, he always tried his best to improve himself, never arrogant or conceited. Even though the other party was a sacred beast, he was humble.

"Okay, that's good."

The Heart Monkey held by Nie Lanxi, unsurprisingly, made a human voice, and it was very standard human language. "You can call me Master Heart Monkey." The Heart Monkey's eyebrows were gray, and there was a hint of kindness.

"Master Heart Monkey!" Ji Jiayu immediately called out.

"Did Lanxi tell you?" The Heart Monkey said, "The Nian Palace Challenge is a challenge of spiritual power and a challenge of the soul."

"She already told me," Ji Jiayu said.

"The challenge begins now." Xinyuan said, "You must remain calm at all times in front of Xinhu for half a year."

"Heart Lake?" Ji Jiayu asked suspiciously.

Heart Monkey raised the crutch in his right hand, pointed to the lakes stretching across the green fields not far away, and said, "Currently, there are four heart lakes in Nian Palace: one is mine, one is his."

Heart Monkey glanced at Yima, who was lost in herding, and then turned to look at Nie Lanxi beside him. "His." Finally, he looked at Ji Jiayu, "And that's yours."

"Can I go and see it?" Ji Jiayu asked.

"Of course." Heart Monkey smiled, "Let's go together."

As soon as those words fell, Heart Monkey walked towards the heart lakes in the distance with Nie Lanxun's support. One person and one monkey chatted as they walked, essentially Heart Monkey asking questions, and Nie Lanxi answering. The content was about Nie Lanxi's life after leaving the Arctic Icefields.

It cared about him.

Ji Jiayu listened from the sidelines and couldn't help but envy Nie Lanxi. Nie Lanxi not only had a friend like the Silver Snake of Nine Hearts, but also received the care of a kind elder like Heart Monkey. He didn't know what the other guardians of the Seven Sacred Palaces were like or what kind of relationship they had with Nie Lanxi.

As he walked to the Heart Lake, Ji Jiayu also reflected.

He felt that his state of mind was quite peaceful, not arrogant, not proud, rarely jealous, rarely hateful or angry, and his mental strength was also very strong. He subconsciously felt that the Nian Palace level should be relatively easy to pass.

However, in the parliamentary hall of the Defense Council, many parliamentarians looked solemn as they watched him and Nie Lanxi enter the Nian Palace.

Among the nine sacred palaces in the Far North Ice Fields, the Nian Palace's difficulty could be ranked among the top two, and the difficulty of the Temple challenges that tested intelligence was comparable to that of the Divine Palace. Ji Jiayu entered the Nian Palace not long after arriving in the Far North Ice Fields, and he must have spent a long time inside.

After a while, the two of them walked to the lakes.

The four heart lakes were about the same size and were essentially adjacent to each other. Three of them were calm, and you could tell at a glance that they were Heart Monkey, Yima, and Nie Lanxi. However, the remaining lake was constantly rippling and would occasionally set off waves. Clearly, this Heart Lake belonged to Ji Jiayu, and it reflected Ji Jiayu's current state of mind.

Ji Jiayu couldn't believe it. He glanced at Heart Monkey, Yima, and Nie Lanxi several times before walking to the lake to take a closer look. As he looked down, a scene suddenly appeared.

In the scene, a majestic young man stood in front of a child with footprints on his clothes. He reached out with his large, calloused hands, pulled the child up from the ground, then grabbed the child's hand and led him to the water room to wash his toys.

Seeing this scene, Ji Jiayu was instantly speechless. The Heart Lake, which had initially only rippled slightly, suddenly set off raging waves, and large amounts of lake water splashed onto the grass.

The scene shifted, and the young man suddenly crashed into the child's room, covered in blood. In the latter's terrified gaze, the young man told the child something, and finally closed his eyes helplessly.

The waves grew larger, and dark clouds gathered over the small lake.

The scene changed again, and the red mark on the boy's left forehead suddenly bloomed with a bright red light, and flames spread in all directions, centering on him. In the blink of an eye, the young man's previously blood-soaked body was burned to ashes, and the nearby houses and the lives within were also reduced to flying ashes.

Seeing this scene, Ji Jiayu's face suddenly turned pale, and guilt and self-blame were written all over his face. This was the first time he had seen his Yuan pattern erupt and destroy Leju Orphanage.

"Can you stop it?" Ji Jiayu looked at the monkey in his heart.

"This is your heart, how can I stop it?" The monkey in his heart stared at him and asked. Nie Lanxi stared at him from the sidelines, a hint of worry in her originally indifferent golden eyes. Ji Jiayu faced the lake, and the dark clouds in the lake exploded with a rumbling sound, and thunder and lightning crashed down.

He closed his eyes, trying to clear the scene from his mind, but no matter how hard he tried to calm himself and distract himself, he couldn't.

Rain fell from the dark clouds, and the overflowing lake water flowed onto the grass, expanding the area of ​​his heart lake. On the lake's surface, the transformation of the images hadn't ended.

In the world of Holy Shine, the Chosen Ones he could have saved ended up dying tragically; in Qiming City, the light people he couldn't save died of exhaustion after being demonized; the Holy Kingdom was full of suffering beings, and he, as the bearer of the Holy Radiance Orb, was unable to help them. He carried their hopes, he was responsible for the sacred relic of the Light Clan, what should he have done...

Self-blame, guilt, frustration, sadness, pain... Countless negative emotions surged into his heart, completely drowning him.

After a long time, he finally calmed down a little from his complicated feelings. After opening his eyes, he slowly took a few steps back until he could no longer see the images in the lake.

"Huh." After a while, he took a deep breath, looked at the Heart Monkey, and said, "I've realized my problem, and I'll try to resolve it."

The Heart Monkey nodded slightly, "You can do it."

"I'll help you," Nie Lanxi suddenly walked over to him and said.

Nie Lanxi's heart lake calmed down, thinking that he had endured a difficult cultivation. However, Ji Jiayu shook his head when he heard this. "This time, I want to come alone."

There are some things that outsiders can't help with.

Nie Lanxi didn't insist, "I'll be here when you need me."

"Okay, thank you," Ji Jiayu said, "Thank you very much."

After saying that, Ji Jiayu sat down and began to cultivate to calm himself.

Half an hour later, he was probably ready. He walked to his heart lake again and began to face his heart. But he soon failed. He retreated to his previous position with a pale face and began cultivating and calming down again.

Time passed quickly, and two months passed in the blink of an eye.

As time passed, Ji Jiayu not only failed to resolve his spiritual issues, but also increased the pressure. The people outside were still suffering, he had to pass the test as soon as possible!