Chongxuan Zun strode out, and Chongxuan Mingguang approached with a jubilant air. “A good performance today! Didn’t shame your father in the slightest!”

Chongxuan Zun pressed a finger to his forehead, a hint of helplessness in his voice. “As long as you are pleased, Father.”

“Pleased, immensely pleased,” the Grand Master replied, his face alight with satisfaction. “Right, what did your cousin say to you?”

Indeed, these two, father and son, walking together, presented a striking picture of seasoned charm and youthful elegance, a truly pleasing sight.

“Exchanged a few pleasantries,” Chongxuan Zun replied casually.

“You must be wary of that little fatty. His mind is a labyrinth of schemes,” Chongxuan Mingguang warned, actively reporting. “Had I not been watching over you, your small family fortune would be utterly depleted.”

Jixia Academy was no ordinary place, and the area where he, a heaven’s proud son in secluded cultivation, resided was even more exceptional. Cut off completely from the outside world, it was impossible to contact those ordinary rotating lecturers. His more than half a year within Jixia Academy had truly been a period of isolation. Thus, hearing this news so suddenly, he was somewhat taken aback.

“Did I not arrange for people to manage things?”

Chongxuan Mingguang rolled his eyes. “Pray, do not speak of it. Everything is a mess! A mere brute!”

Chongxuan Zun: “…”

To hear such complaints from his birth father, he found it truly inconvenient to respond.

“Alas! These are all minor matters,” Chongxuan Mingguang waved a hand. “Your emergence from seclusion makes things easier to handle. I have a proper task for you. That building in the north of the city I wish to expand into a private residence, but the neighbor refuses to budge. Go and speak with them for me. It’s not that your father lacks influence, but you young people are so much better at communication!”

“…Understood,” Chongxuan Zun replied, resigned. At the same time, a peculiar sense of unease settled upon him, though he knew not its origin.

Ah, yes. He suddenly recalled. Today’s “Grandmaster Ceremony.” How was it that Wang Yiwu hadn’t shown his face? Even if that fellow was still refining his limits within the Tenglong Realm, even if the Son of Heaven’s decree summoning him from seclusion had been issued suddenly, he should have received news of this gathering and arrived by now. Could it be that the Military God had assigned him to temper himself elsewhere once more?

On the square, Jiang Wang chuckled. “Had he moved against you just now, I might not have offered assistance!”

Chongxuan Sheng laughed and asked, “If he had not entered the Outer Tower today, and you contended with him within the Inner Mansion, would you have a chance of victory?” His demeanor appeared quite relaxed, yet this question carried a certain gravity.

Jiang Wang pondered for a moment, then spoke honestly. “No.” If it were a battle to the death, he would naturally not shrink back. But now, merely discussing theoretical strength and victory…

Chongxuan Zun’s power today was not solely the might of the Heaven Mansion’s Five Divine Abilities. His development and utilization of those divine abilities were also utterly transcendent and deeply honed. He had seamlessly matched Chongxuan Divine Ability with Chongxuan Secret Technique, achieving a performance akin to the infinite use of divine abilities. He was simply toying with his opponent within the palm of his hand. And the Sun Wheel Divine Ability in his grasp was also subject to his complete control, its utilization flowing from his very thoughts. From afar, it could suppress demonic wills, quell evil, and drive out demons; close at hand, it served as a weapon, capable of both offense and defense. Furthermore, his terrifying life-preserving divine ability, coupled with the peak-level combat talent displayed in this battle… And despite all this, he still concealed two divine abilities, having only fought with a single hand from beginning to end.

Jiang Wang reflected on his own capabilities and truly found it difficult to claim victory.

This answer did not surprise Chongxuan Sheng. He merely laughed heartily, patting Jiang Wang on the shoulder. “Come, I shall take you to see a friend!”

Jiang Wang knew not what scheme this corpulent fellow was hatching, but he followed nonetheless. Chongxuan Sheng led the way, accompanied by Fourteen, the three winding through the paths, quickly arriving at a serene complex of buildings. Above the main courtyard gate hung a plaque, bearing the inscription – Imperial Medical Bureau.

Seeing the guards at the door, Chongxuan Sheng did not wait to be questioned and laughed first. “I am Chongxuan Sheng, a good friend of Young Master Xie. I have come specifically to visit him. I wonder if Young Master Xie is now awake?”

“It seems he is awake,” the guards replied.

“Then I shall enter and see,” Chongxuan Sheng said, walking towards the interior. A direct descendant of the Chongxuan family, a state’s heaven’s proud son personally recognized by the Son of Heaven, strolling about the Imperial Medical Bureau to visit friends was, of course, no issue. The guards would not obstruct him.

The several individuals walked into the inner rooms. Chongxuan Sheng inquired for directions once more, then found a room, and gently pushed the door open. Xie Baoshu, wrapped like a zongzi, suddenly sat up in bed, his face filled with vigilance as he looked at Chongxuan Sheng. He had to be cautious. This fatty had previously roared and cursed near the Taomiao; now, perhaps he was capable of striking him while he was injured.

However, Chongxuan Sheng’s face was wreathed in smiles, and he spoke with great warmth. “Brother Xie, I have come specifically to see you! How fares it? Are you well?”

Xie Baoshu said cautiously, “What business do you have?”

“It is thus, in truth, I have always greatly admired Brother Xie,” Chongxuan Sheng patted Jiang Wang’s shoulder and raised his voice. “My friend, Jiang Qingyang! He admires you even more, and ardently hopes to receive your guidance on the path to the Yellow River Meeting! A pity, alas, that you cannot go. Ha ha ha ha ha!”

His cascade of laughter was ostentatious and unrestrained, audible to almost half of the Imperial Medical Bureau. Xie Baoshu’s handsome face instantly turned a shade of black beyond description. But before he could react, Chongxuan Sheng had already swaggered away. Jiang Wang and Fourteen followed silently, and silently walked away.

Stepping out of the Imperial Medical Bureau, Jiang Wang then asked, “You specifically made a trip to the Imperial Medical Bureau simply to use his own words to humiliate him?”

Chongxuan Sheng merely asked, “Were you happy?”

Jiang Wang shook his head. “It was not I who knocked him unconscious.”

Chongxuan Sheng: “…”

“Then next time, you shall knock him unconscious yourself, and then come and mock him once more,” Chongxuan Sheng said. “This time, too, has its value.”

Without waiting for Jiang Wang to ask, he inquired first. “Having witnessed Chongxuan Zun’s performance today, do you still have confidence in me?”

Jiang Wang pondered for a moment, then said, “I do.” That brief pause before answering only underscored his seriousness.

Chongxuan Sheng laughed. “A pity not everyone is like you. I have offered them interests. But merely interests are not enough. I must also give them confidence.” He said, “Thus, I must be even more arrogant than before. If provoked, I must provoke back. If not provoked, I must still bully them by three points!” Contending directly with Chongxuan Zun in the square before the Taomiao, including this deliberate trip to the Imperial Medical Bureau to humiliate Xie Baoshu, was all for this reason. Of course, venting anger was also a happy coincidence.

Jiang Wang listened, thought for a moment, and then turned to walk back into the Imperial Medical Bureau.

“Eh, what are you doing?” Chongxuan Sheng asked.

“I have a friend named Lei here!”

Let us not mention how a certain Lei person then jumped up and down.

After the “villainous success,” several individuals, feeling refreshed and invigorated, swaggered back to the separate residence on Xia Mountain – Chongxuan Sheng, this time, would naturally not return to the Marquis of Bowang’s residence to be compared. And Jiang Wang immediately returned to his room for secluded cultivation. In fact, he had had an inspiration as early as his time at the Taomiao, but it had not been convenient at that moment, and it was also to cooperate with Chongxuan Sheng in creating momentum. Hence, only at this moment could he cultivate quietly.

His inspiration came from the very Lei Zhanqian who had just been “humiliated” by him. Precisely that “Thunder Realm”! In that brief exchange, Jiang Wang had seen through the weakness of the “Thunder Realm,” and easily shattered it. To see through its weakness, of course, also meant to understand, to some extent, the “Thunder Realm.”

What was the core of the “Thunder Realm”? Thunder Seal, Thunder Source Totem, Nine Heavens Thunder Evolution Art. And Jiang Wang possessed precisely Threefold True Fire, Fire Source Totem, as well as an ability to control fire elements far surpassing the ordinary. Of course, he also had the Taixu Illusion Realm Evolution Platform, which could already be stacked to six layers.

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