Jiang Wang thought Yin Guan would kill him, after all, he had disrupted his plans.

But he didn’t expect Yin Guan to be preparing to fight Zheng Chaoyang.

What he didn’t expect even more was that Yin Guan could fight Zheng Chaoyang to this extent.

How many geniuses are there in this world!

At this point, Jiang Wang had already figured out Yin Guan’s purpose.

He must have been preparing for today for a long time.

He not only understood the weaknesses of the Guardian Sacred Beast, but also the Upper City Array.

Moreover, he meticulously planned in the twenty-seven cities, waiting for the Guardian Sacred Beast to carry the Upper City on its inspection tour, waiting for everyone in the know to expect him to be devoured, waiting for the Guardian Sacred Beast to be satisfied… and then he suddenly struck!

Of course, the Guardian Sacred Beast could not be controlled by him, but it was enough to stimulate its ferocity. The Thousand Absolute Curse could accomplish this task very well.

Ideally, the top combat power of You Country and the Guardian Sacred Beast would be severely injured, and then he would display his real strength, which he had hidden for many years, to destroy the Upper City in one fell swoop, and destroy the existing political system of You Country.

Rebuild You Country on the ruins.

But by chance, he was triggered ahead of schedule, and the trump cards of the You Country’s high-level officials exceeded his understanding – after all, he had been in the Lower City and had no opportunity to learn too much.

Not only did Zheng Chaoyang alone temporarily stop the Guardian Sacred Beast, but the Guardian Sacred Beast itself was not too crazed. And from beginning to end, Zhao Cang had not yet taken action, and could take over in case of an accident at any time.

Yin Guan realized that the action had failed, so he decisively withdrew.

But why did he appear outside the city again, fight a great battle with Zheng Chaoyang, and then leave?

On the surface, it was a reluctant fight, trying to see if he could kill Zheng Chaoyang.

But in Jiang Wang’s view, there was only one reason: Su Muqing.

Neither the cursed paper doll, nor the curse of Su Muqing’s nanny, would actually harm Su Muqing’s life. But they would sever the connection between Su Muqing and him, so that she would no longer be implicated by him.

His great battle with Zheng Chaoyang was to show his strength.

In this way, even if he left, those who still had ideas about Su Muqing would have to consider whether they could withstand his anger.

After his battle ended in a draw with Zheng Chaoyang, no one in the entire You Country would dare to test his bottom line.

Perhaps he still cared about Su Muqing, or perhaps he didn’t, but it didn’t matter anymore.

What mattered was that he was still so young, yet he could fight Zheng Chaoyang to a stalemate. What would happen in five years, ten years, twenty years?

More terrifying than the combat power he showed was his talent.

More terrifying than now was his future.

This also explained why he didn’t kill him, even though he was one of the people who disrupted his plan.

Because he saved Su Muqing.

This trip to You Country could be described as hasty, but it left an extremely deep impression on Jiang Wang.

Especially Yin Guan, who was so talented, so powerful, and had prepared for so long, still failed. The Upper City of You Country was almost unscathed.

You Country had been operating like this for the past few hundred years, and would continue to operate like this in the future.

It seemed that nothing had changed.

And Jiang Wang himself, what a long and difficult road he faced!

Jiang Wang raised his finger in front of him, and a flame flower bloomed.

He was already accustomed to doing this, accustomed to releasing the flame flower at any time and place, and then letting it extinguish.

He had repeated this tens of thousands of times along the way.

He wanted to master all the details of this Taoist technique, so that he would have the opportunity to glimpse an even stronger landscape.

Flowers bloom and fade, there will be a time.

He leaped forward, his hand on his sword, already beyond the mountains.

This journey through wind and frost had not diminished his fighting spirit in the slightest.

A journey of ten thousand miles begins with a single step.

The road is obstructed and long, I will search up and down!

The Guardian Sacred Beast came rumbling, and left rumbling again.

The giant turtle beast with the bloodline of Bixi will continue to move forward with heavy burdens. It was already accustomed to this territory of You Country, accustomed to this symbiotic relationship.

By regularly receiving essential food, its strength could continue to improve.

Although it seemed to have suddenly had a small tantrum today, it was insignificant. It was not worth mentioning in its long life.

For most of the people in the twenty-seven cities, today was a grand and terrifying day.

A routine political assessment stirred up wind and clouds.

They would continue to discuss many topics, about Yin Guan. About why he betrayed the country, why he was so strong, what evil cult he had joined, what evil he had done… of course, there would occasionally be voices suspecting that Yin Guan was forced to do so.

Some people even talked about the Confucian scholar with the high forehead who was full of doggerel poems, the white-haired young man, and Zhao Che, who behaved like a playboy.

But no matter how people discussed it.

People would soon forget.

In the Upper City.

Although the giant turtle beast was moving, the entire Upper City did not shake at all, it was exceptionally stable.

The Lord of the Upper City is the Lord of You Country.

But everyone knew that the current Lord of You Country had neither the aptitude for cultivation nor the wisdom for governing. He was uniquely talented at reveling in wine and women, and he and Zhao Che, the son of the national teacher, could be called unparalleled twins.

He would not come to court, he would not manage state affairs. At most, he would come out for a walk during sacrifices, acting as a signboard.

There was no way, he was the only bloodline of the previous king. He was born noble.

Loyal courtiers could only place their hopes on the next generation. Fortunately, the current Lord of You was more fertile than the late emperor, and now had three sons and seven daughters, so there was no worry about not having a suitable choice to cultivate.

As for those who were not loyal… they could only hold it in.

After all, both the national teacher Zhao Cang and the commander of the Monument-Bearing Army, Zheng Chaoyang, were staunch royalists.

They were devoted to the late emperor, and they transferred this loyalty to the current lord.

Because the current lord did not manage state affairs, the one who presided over the government was the national teacher.

Above the main hall.

Zhao Cang sat alone in a seat.

Besides the Lord of You, only he and Zheng Chaoyang had seats in this hall in the entire Zhuang Country.

Placed at the head of the officials.

However, Zheng Chaoyang never sat, saying that he couldn’t get used to it.

At this time, there were only Zhao Cang and Zheng Chaoyang in the hall, there was no third person.

Tortoise shells were scattered on the table.

But Zhao Cang did not look at the divination, but closed his eyes and said, “Why did Commander Zheng let Yin Guan go today?”

Like most cultivation schools in the world, the military cultivation method also originated from Taoism.

The most ancient Taoism was originally a method of integrating human explorations of the path of cultivation.

It was only in the long years that different directions gradually emerged, and thus different schools were born.

Almost all cultivators of all schools also have a series of realm divisions such as Wandering Meridian, Heavenly Cycle, Connecting Heaven, Soaring Dragon, Inner Palace, Outer Building, Divine Advent, and Cave Truth…

It was only the difference in ideological guidelines and the difference in emphasis that led to changes in combat methods.

The military focuses on the power of Qi and blood, and is best at using baleful aura, and is known as the first in killing power among all schools.

Although today’s battle between Zheng Chaoyang and Yin Guan also erupted with extremely strong combat power, their killing power, which was above cultivators of the same level, was not fully manifested.

In other words, he did not use his full strength.

Zheng Chaoyang stood like an iron tower, and after a long silence, he said, “I have never seen such a talented cultivator in our You Country.”

“I was thinking,” he said, “If a genius like this is given the opportunity to grow up, couldn’t he become a pillar of You Country? Isn’t he enough to protect You Country?”

Zhao Cang raised his eyelids slightly and said lightly, “There were those who were even more talented than him, but they didn’t have the opportunity to grow up, they all died in battle.”

He added, “Before the Guardian Sacred Beast appeared.”

There was a long silence in the hall afterwards.