Chapter 473: Chapter 319: Wang Ge: Master Yan, I’m coming! "Mutual Teaching and Learning" (Level 3)! [Seeking Monthly Votes!]
Yang Wang grinned at Emperor Yan: "With just this Wang Zhengyi, we have a chance to keep the Hai Character Arena undefeated in this round! With five seven passed, there are only two rounds left after this! Your Majesty, this round can be considered wasted, so for the last two rounds, you’ll need to come up with a strategy specifically targeting the Yan Chuan Team, otherwise, the ’King City’ from the first tier might really go to these few youngsters!"
Yang Wang was enjoying the spectacle without caring about the fuss.
He intentionally mocked Emperor Yan, implying that the tests set in the first two rounds were deliberately meant to target the Yan Chuan Team, to prevent anyone from holding the arena for forty-nine days and receiving the first-tier reward, ridiculing Emperor Yan for being petty.
If the rules of the next two rounds continue to disadvantage Yan Chuan and his team, Yang Wang’s allegation would seem valid; even if Emperor Yan had no such intent, he would find it hard to argue against.
If mud falls on your pants, it’s dung whether it is or not.
And if Emperor Yan, for the sake of reputation, no longer targets the Yan Chuan Team, or even amends the coincidental tests of the last two rounds to not disadvantage, or even favor Yan Chuan’s team, then although Emperor Yan’s reputation would be preserved or even reversed, the first tier’s ’King City’ would be at risk. Could the court, Emperor Yan, really let it go?
No matter the outcome.
No matter what Emperor Yan does—
Yang Wang spreads rumors without caring about the truth!
While Emperor Yan finds it hard to refute!
This Yang Wang!
Is adept at disgusting people.
"He is, after all, a commoner; even having achieved the Innate stage, he can’t change his petty nature." The Director of the Xuanwu Department, one of the ’Yanjing Three Fierce,’ and ’Mountain Opening Sword’ Tan Yunqing couldn’t bear Yang Wang. He snorted coldly and mocked: "Your Black Hawk Sect struggles to hold a single King City, managing it poorly. In two and a half years, when the ’Imperial City Envoy’ returns, you might lose your King City status of the ’Black Hawk City.’ To you, the King City is incomparable, yet you have no idea of the Emperor’s ambition and magnanimity in fostering and encouraging local talents! At this moment, only the Yan Chuan Team has a chance of acquiring a King City; the Emperor is likely mostly disappointed, hoping more talents can shine brightly in this Sword Discussion and ultimately seize a King City!"
Tan Yunqing ridiculed Yang Wang, defending Emperor Yan.
But the words ’commoner,’ ’petty,’ and the mockery aimed at the Black Hawk Sect inevitably stirred displeasure among the likes of ’Sword Shadow’ Qian Lingyi, one of the Four Elders of the Diancang Sect, ’Wave Riding Micro Steps’ Hui Zhenzi, one of the Three Saints of Wuji Palace, ’Stone Breaking Hand’ Xin Zhuang, one of the Eight Great Vajra of Eight Phases Mountain, ’Saint Hand Tathagata’ Divine Monk Ming Chan, one of the three divine monks of Moni Temple, ’Hidden Sword Immortal’ Master Zhong, one of the Five Friends of the Iron Clothes Sect, ’Ghost God Shock’ Wu Yu, Manor Master of Qinghu Manor, ’Cloud-climbing Hand’ Gongsun Diying, one of the Wushan Double Masters and second city lord of Wushan City.
Tan Yunqing looked down on the Black Hawk Sect; when had the court ever looked up to these Jianghu forces?
Above the clouds.
The confrontation between Tan Yunqing and Yang Wang blatantly tore apart the veil of amicability between the court and Jianghu —
There is cooperation between both sides!
But simultaneously, there exist irreconcilable conflicts!
...
"Under the whole heaven, is there any land that is not the king’s land? Under the heaven, is there any subject that is not the king’s subject!"
"This is the court’s pursuit."
"While the Six Great Sects, Qinghu Manor, Wushan City, and other Jianghu forces, they pursue freedom and independence, wishing to establish independent kingdoms. In this new era, these top sects are essentially vassal states, wandering outside the court’s system, the Jianghu defies the court, and the court finds it hard to accommodate Jianghu."
"This is the fundamental conflict between the two."
Jiang Bianliu saw it clearly.
However, he had little regard for the court or the sects; he was a Martial Arts Fool, focused solely on martial arts, seeking to push further along the Innate path, even to glimpse another vista beyond the Innate.
Wholeheartedly!
Advancing on the Martial Arts path!
This life is enough!
Everything else is unimportant.
"If Yan Chuan really manages to clinch the first-tier reward and get a King City, I would shamelessly follow him, saving effort over staying here embroiled in schemes."
Jiang Bianliu made up his mind.
Then he continued to watch.
"When one absorbs the vast Qi of heaven and earth, it loses eight-one zhang of Primordial Qi. Not belonging to oneself, it is instead taken by heaven and earth; how can it seize the righteous Qi of heaven and earth? Accumulated to the point of imbalance, with Yin overpowering Yang, Qi weakens and leads to illness, Qi exhausts and leads to death, falling into the cycle of reincarnation."
At some point, Yan Chuan spoke again, but this time he wasn’t talking about Fist and Feet skills, nor was he discussing combat strategy. Instead, he focused on Inner Strength, how to refine and resist Evil Qi, drawing on all the Inner Strength techniques he had learned and encountered throughout his life. He quoted extensively, progressing from shallow to deep, beginning his explanation.
This lecture!
Was unrelenting!
...
"Some time ago, through painstaking effort, I successively created absolute skills like ’Illusion Yin Finger,’ ’Finger Snapping Divine Ability,’ ’Nianhua Finger,’ ’Duoluo Leaf Finger,’ ’Great Vajra Finger,’ ’Faceless Tribulation Finger,’ further refining my ’finger technique’ to be more comprehensive and thorough, assisting my ’One Yang Finger’ to advance once again, assisting the inspiration accumulation rate for [Task Three: Six Meridian Divine Sword] to multiply."
[Task Three]
[Research and Development Project Name: Six Meridian Divine Sword (Difficulty: Geng★★★★★)]
[Inspiration: 60]
[Completing the task can earn ’Experience +250,000,’ ’Spiritual +250,000.’]
...
With the successful development of each Finger Skill, as Yan Chuan delved deeper into cultivating the ’One Yang Finger,’ the R&D of ’Six Meridian Divine Sword’ also progressed more smoothly, finally breaking through 60, reaching the pass line on the twenty-ninth day of the Sword Discussion, at the end of four seven.
There remain five seven, six seven, seven seven, a total of twenty-one days, and the ’Six Meridian Divine Sword’ has hopes of completion.
But Yan Chuan cannot only focus on the ’Six Meridian Divine Sword!’