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The key to transforming fierce beasts into demon beasts is the demon race. Possessing a complete set of Dao meridians, the demon race needs to be placed inside special arrays or instruments. The power of their Dao meridians is extracted little by little, catalyzing groups of fierce beasts into demon beasts.

The key to transforming wild beasts into fierce beasts is human *qi*. They need to swallow human *qi* to shape their roots and establish their foundations. They need to grow wild and free to complete this qualitative change. Thus, they need to be guided, but cannot be raised in captivity. They cannot be bound, yet must live near humans. And where does the “fierce” characteristic of fierce beasts come from? Ultimately, they need to see blood, they need to have a bloody aura; deaths and injuries are unavoidable.

For ten thousand ages, how many human heroes!

The reason fierce beasts still appear and allow this method of nurturing “opening meridians pills” through human deaths and injuries to emerge, even becoming the current world’s mainstream, is that someone calculated the cost early on.

This method yields far more opening meridians pills than directly refining pills with the demon race.

This method costs far fewer human deaths and injuries than humans dying in battles in the demon world. And those who die in the demon world are all powerful warriors, too many extraordinary strong ones. Nurturing fierce beasts, on the other hand, only requires ordinary commoners… Commoners are like grass, growing in crop after crop.

History has already made the choice.

But although history has already made the choice, the smartest people have already thought of many methods. A long time and countless human heroes have already tacitly approved this as the best choice.

Should later generations, later not-so-smart ones, just continue to tacitly approve? Should they not think again?

The pain of the era is not uniform.

The experiences of sages and later generations are not the same.

Young rulers are not against the opening meridians pill system; they just want to cherish commoners to the maximum extent within this system.

Xin Zhuang’s policy will certainly lead to a decrease in domestic opening meridians pill production; this is currently the biggest problem. And in doing so, they win the hearts of the people, gain national cohesion, and mobilize the enthusiasm of Zhuang country cultivators… Whether this can compensate needs time to verify.

Young Jiang Wang, upon learning the truth of the opening meridians pill, once had such thoughts:

A large part of the important figures inside Xin An City cultivated their way up step by step from various city domains. They must have also experienced or felt the pain of being ravaged by fierce beasts. Among them, there must be some who, from a young age, harbored ideals of protecting the border and pacifying the people, and had ambitions to save the common people.

However, none of that happened.

Zhuang country has been established for over three hundred years, and all information about fierce beasts is still kept secret from the vast majority of people.

All the youths who once vowed to change the world were ultimately changed by the world!

Not only Zhuang country, not only Yong country, but the whole world is like this!

This made his younger self feel fear.

What he saw was a formless power, a towering flood. This power was so deeply rooted, so taken for granted.

In Three Mountains City in Zhuang country, he participated in overthrowing Yu Heng. In Song Wave City in Xu country, he silently watched the beast nest. In Qi country, he simply couldn’t see the beast nest; even if there were fierce beasts, they were all caught to be circus performers, for commoners to play with.

But the fear of his youth never left. He only learned to be cautious in the wind and frost and told himself he must face it more cautiously.

And today, the attempts of Jiang Wangs, Li Jianqiu, and others can actually be simplified to one question: Between one hundred cultivators who went from being bewildered to tacitly approving, and fifty cultivators who knew the truth of the opening meridians pill from the beginning, which side can bring more power to this country?

This is certainly not a method to cure the root cause, not even necessarily a method to cure the symptoms. And it is absolutely impossible to promote it to the whole world.

But for that young, still beating heart, they made the worst plans and still decided to start this clumsy attempt.

Leaving Zhuang country, Jiang Wang traveled to Chu country again.

He prepared some gifts, all specialties from Star Moon Plain and Cloud country. Not expensive, but thoughtful enough.

He visited the old duke, paid respects to Princess Yu Yun, and played with Zuo Guangshu and Qu Shunhua for a few days.

Frankly, with Dou Zhao and Zhong Li Yan gone, the atmosphere in the entire Ying City was much better, making people happy.

These two fellows, one provokes hatred, the other annoys people.

Jiang Wang, without realizing it, wandered to Xian Valley and inadvertently brought up Zhong Li Yan’s account again — big families handle things slowly. Master Zhong’s request for payment letter was sent long ago, but this side was still processing it.

Fortunately, Shopkeeper Jiang himself came, saving them a lot of time.

It’s just that the expression of Zhong Li Zhao Jia, the lord of Xian Valley, was a bit ugly, though he didn’t know why. Surely it wasn’t just for this mere one thousand blocks of yuan stones?!

When leaving, Jiang Wang thought again and again, and ultimately did not dare to mention sparring. Without Zhong Li Yan’s guarantee, he was only afraid that Zhong Li Zhao Jia wouldn’t be able to restrain himself.

After all, he was only a twenty-three-year-old young person. In the years of contemporary True Persons, he was truly like an infant.

The life limit of a Cave True is one thousand two hundred and ninety-six years; he hadn’t even lived a fraction of that yet.

The future is long!

Every time he left Chu country, Zuo Guangshu saw him off, and this time was no exception.

“Are you planning to go to Calamity Water next? It’s really a pity, I can’t go with you.” Zuo Guangshu was a little dispirited.

Jiang Wang sized him up: “You are also soon to become a Divine Arrival, but you can still take it slow.”

Zuo Guangshu said: “You are a twenty-three-year-old Cave True, yet you call me slow?”

“I have to be fast. But you can be slow, why not be slow?” Jiang Wang said earnestly: “You are a genius of technique laws. I have never seen anyone more talented than you in this aspect. First, explore all aspects of the Outer Building realm to the limit — Dao path, divine abilities, technique laws — then cross the heavenly human barrier and advance to Divine Arrival. Once you enter Divine Arrival, you will be a strong Divine Arrival. Operating your spirit domain will also be much easier, which will benefit both Cave True and deriving your Dao.”

Zuo Guangshu, of course, knew all this knowledge, but he still listened very seriously, nodding vigorously.

After listening to a lecture like this along the road, at the time of parting, Zuo Guangshu suddenly thought of something and said: “Brother Jiang, if you go to Calamity Water to temper yourself, you can call on Ji Li.”

Jiang Wang thought for a moment and then remembered who this person was. He only asked: “Why?”

“I don’t know either.” Zuo Guangshu said: “She told me. She said if you go to Calamity Water, please call her to accompany you. Perhaps it’s because Evening Drum Academy has long been involved in governing Calamity Water.”

Jiang Wang asked: “Are you and Ji Li good friends?”

“Not really.” Zuo Guangshu said: “But do you remember when you first participated in the Mountain Sea Realm, you took someone else’s spot?”

Jiang Wang thought for a while: “You mean you originally invited a heaven’s pride from Evening Drum Academy… Is it her?”

“Indeed.” Zuo Guangshu nodded: “At that time, grandfather and Dean Chen mentioned it. Dean Chen then let Ji Li come to help me, but later you insisted on coming, so I replaced her.”

Jiang Wang casually gave him a tap on the head: “What do you mean ‘I insisted on coming’? Clearly, you insisted on asking me to come. If you had replaced her with Ji Li, could she have swept the Mountain Sea Realm for you?”

Zuo Guangshu shrugged: “If you say so, then it is.”

From Zuo Guangshu’s perspective, he did owe Ji Li a favor. Jiang Wang then said: “I know, I’ll remember to invite her later.”

“This matter is not urgent.” Zuo Guangshu suddenly smiled: “If you want to avoid suspicion, it doesn’t matter if you don’t invite her.”

Jiang Wang made a gesture to hit him, and he quickly hugged his head.

“Huh?”

At this time, Jiang Wang saw in the distance a long procession holding white banners, winding towards the distance. There were about several thousand people, a grand sight. At the very front, four strong men carried a large flat drum, and a witch priest dressed in exaggerated clothing with a face full of paint patterns stood on the drum face, chanting and performing a sacrificial dance.

Within the procession were a large group of soldiers wearing ghost god masks. Many strong individuals walked at the very front, their aura almost unrestrained.

He slightly restrained his perception to avoid causing offense and said to Zuo Guangshu: “What’s going on over there?”

Zuo Guangshu looked in the distance for a moment, his expression also becoming serious: “It’s Wu Ling. He explored Fallen Immortal Forest recently and unfortunately died in battle there.”

The Great Chu’s ancient families of three thousand years have four surnames: Zuo, Qu, Dou, and Wu.

These four families are the most ancient prominent clans in Chu country, sharing honor with the country.

Wu Ling was the direct grandson of the Duke of An and a leading figure of the younger generation of the Wu family. Jiang Wang had also exchanged blows with him in the Mountain Sea Realm, and his strength was quite astonishing.

From early development, if there were no accidents, he would almost certainly have inherited the title and become one of the few people holding the highest power in Chu country.

The funeral of such a figure, no wonder it was arranged with such pomp, even though it was already restrained too much.

Jiang Wang couldn’t help but feel regret.

The early death of ancient heaven’s prides and the perishing of heroes before their rise always make people sigh.

Wu Ling was young, talented, intelligent, skilled in military strategy, highly cultivated, and came from an excellent family background. He could have had a brilliant future.

And such a person who should have written legends and participated in the waves of the era prematurely drew the curtain, not welcoming his own era.

It is the time, it is fate!

“How could something like this happen?” Jiang Wang said: “Someone like Wu Ling must have had many protective items, right? With his knowledge, it’s impossible not to know the danger of Fallen Immortal Forest, and the timing of the exploration should have been very measured, right? Did he encounter some accident?”

Especially since the Great Chu is the overlord country that has long been responsible for suppressing Fallen Immortal Forest, and the Wu clan holds the Evil Face of the Chu Six Armies. Their understanding of Fallen Immortal Forest is absolutely at the forefront of contemporary knowledge. Chu country’s strong individuals exploring Fallen Immortal Forest is almost routine!

Why did such an important person as Wu Ling die so suddenly?

“Not sure.” Zuo Guangshu said: “The Duke of An has already personally gone to Fallen Immortal Forest to investigate.”

“Too much of a pity,” Jiang Wang said.

He thought of the last time he came to Chu country and saw Zhong Li Yan and Wu Ling drinking wine together. Perhaps they had a good relationship.

If Wu Ling had this accident recently, Zhong Li Yan probably doesn’t know the news yet…

“Right, he went in with his friend Ge Fei.” Zuo Guangshu added: “Both sides also brought some followers, but only Ge Fei came out alive. I heard he has gone mad… He doesn’t remember anything.”

This time, there wasn’t just one heaven’s pride who had an accident in Fallen Immortal Forest!

There was also Ge Fei, who had displayed prowess at the Yellow River Meeting!

Especially since Jiang Wang still remembered that when he was being hunted by Zhang Linchuan around the world, Zhang Linchuan was blocked in Yue country, and it was Ge Fei who intercepted and forced him to retreat… Ge Fei’s strength cannot be underestimated. Even if he was not as strong as Zhang Linchuan, he was certainly among the countable few at the Divine Arrival level.

Wu Ling was the most outstanding member of the Wu clan in this generation of Great Chu, and in Yue country, no one could surpass Ge Fei. It can be said that they were both rare human heroes, carrying the expectations of so many people. Yet, in a simple exploration, one died and one went mad.

This really makes people moved!

Jiang Wang couldn’t help but say: “Is Fallen Immortal Forest that dangerous?”

Zuo Guangshu said: “True Monarchs in Fallen Immortal Forest all died, what does Divine Arrival count for? Sometimes disaster comes, and no one can do anything. This time was indeed unexpected; I haven’t heard of any recent changes in Fallen Immortal Forest. But in Fallen Immortal Forest, anything can happen.”

Thinking about it, whether it was in the demon world, Calamity Water, a Mí Realm, or the border wilderness, which time did Jiang Wang not encounter fatal dangers? How many times did he escape death’s blade edge? If he had unfortunately died at any of those times, it would just be an unfortunate event. At most, others would sigh a sentence of pity, just like sighing for Wu Ling today.

Zuo Guangshu added: “The six great dangerous places each have their dangers, but Calamity Water is possibly the most vicious one. So when you go to explore this time, you must be careful, even more careful. Don’t think that just because you’ve become a True Person, you can act without scruples.”

“I naturally know,” Jiang Wang said: “From now on, life will be good. I don’t know how much I cherish life.”

He patted Zuo Guangshu’s shoulder: “I still want to drink your and Shunhua’s wedding wine.”

With Zuo Guangshu’s many years of reading storybooks… Why did these words sound particularly inauspicious? As if saying this meant something was about to happen.

The little duke thought for a moment and said: “Brother Jiang, do me a favor.”

Jiang Wang didn’t mind: “Say it.”

Zuo Guangshu took off the jade pendant he was wearing. This jade pendant was warm and lustrous, and it clearly had an image of a graceful dancing goddess engraved on it, which was the ‘Xiang Lady’ from Chu land mythology.

Chu land does not take the path of gods as the mainstream, but enfeoffing gods is also a tradition. And they are not gods above humans like in Mu country or He country, but mountain gods and water gods who are constrained by the national system. The court once issued an order that these mountain gods and water gods all had to go farming.

The Xiang Lady is also an extremely powerful one within the Chu land god system.

The Great Chu’s little duke handed this obviously extraordinary jade pendant to Jiang Wang: “Wear this and nurture it every day with the heavenly mansion light of the True Person realm. Return it to me the next time you come to Chu country. This is very important to me.”

“A small matter.” Jiang Wang immediately put it on and then waved goodbye to this nagging little brother.

To the east of Chu country, only Yue country is considered a large country.

True Person Jiang also bought some gifts in Chu country and specially went to Langya City in Yue country to visit the White family.

Shopkeeper Bai still had his mother at home. Passing through Yue country, there was no reason not to visit.

“Aunt, please rest assured, Yu Xia is doing well. He is currently striving to be the world’s first Divine Arrival.”

“Yes, we are partners and have opened a wine house in Star Moon Plain. It doesn’t really make money, it’s just a place for friends to come and go and have a seat. We earned about one thousand blocks of yuan stones last month. See, I went to Chu country to collect debts.”

“Right, Yu Xia is just too proud. He has to have achievements before he’s willing to return to Yue country. You must ensure you are in good health.”

“I don’t know if he has a woman he likes… Okay, I will definitely pay attention.”

Dealing with elders, True Person Jiang had a way.

Because he was the kind of “someone else’s child” that elders talked about. Character and talent, all excellent. Everyone felt assured letting their children be friends with him.

Saying goodbye all the way to the city gate to Mother Bai, Jiang Wang stood alone on the official road outside the city, thinking quietly for a while.

He said White Yu Xia was doing well, and Mother Bai Wen Juan Ying also said the White family was doing well.

But from top to bottom of the White family, indeed the entire Langya City, where were there sounds that could escape Jiang Wang’s ears?

From what he heard, the White family was not doing too well now.

Speaking of this matter, it was also related to him.

The Langya White clan was a first-class prominent clan in Yue country, but its momentum was far inferior to before.

The head of the family, White Pingfu, died at the hands of Zhang Linchuan, and the heaven’s pride, White Yu Xia, left the country.

However, the main wife, Wen Juan Ying, was of Yue country’s imperial family origin, and the White family ancestors also had some accumulation over generations. Plus, the powerful figures of Yue country felt somewhat guilty about White Pingfu’s death… This barely maintained the framework. They could still speak in Langya City, but they could no longer make decisions.

As for outside Langya City… The White clan hadn’t been heard from for a long time!

But in February of this year, a regicide true battle that shocked the world occurred. A group of young Divine Arrival heaven’s prides chased for ten thousand li, killing an orthodox emperor, a contemporary True Person possessing national power.

And White Yu Xia was among them!

White Yu Xia, domestically, was a heaven’s pride who had been suppressed by Ge Fei.

Leaving the country earlier, giving up a huge family business to become a guest in the East country, this matter spread as a joke. The people of Yue were ashamed to talk about this person for a long time.

But who would have thought that later he would do such a big thing! Gradually, voices of discussion began to appear again. Some people remembered how White Yu Xia had strived for glory for the country on View River Platform, and how he had won a hall full of applause.

February was still alright because White Yu Xia had not been a Divine Arrival for long, and Ge Fei had been leading for too long; everyone knew how to choose.

Until last month, Ge Fei and that Chu country Wu Ling jointly explored Fallen Immortal Forest, resulting in one going mad and one dying…

Carriages gradually appeared in front of the White mansion’s door.

The Yue country court gradually formed an opinion — Can we let White Yu Xia come back?

The nation has supported the White clan for how many years? A child of the White clan with such ability, how can he not repay the nation?

But White Yu Xia was impossible to come back. Mother Bai Wen Juan Ying didn’t even mention a word about it in her letters home.

Thus, dissatisfaction with the Langya White clan gradually grew between the court.

It’s not that they were openly bullying, but the White family’s business was obstructed, their official careers were limited, even when buying a steamed bun for breakfast, people would charge you two extra coins, how do you cope?

This was a huge family suffering suppression in all aspects. Among them were thousands of threads, thousands of strands outside. It was absolutely not something that could be solved by striking one person — but as long as White Yu Xia came back, everything could be easily solved.

Perhaps this was the result that the people guiding all this behind the scenes wanted.

Mother Bai did not mention a word about it in her letters home, nor did she show any emotion in front of her child’s friend, but sooner or later, there would be a day when she couldn’t hold on. Even if she always bit her teeth and didn’t speak, there were always people who would find ways to let White Yu Xia know the situation of the White family.

Little ghosts are difficult to deal with, but the ones who nod are Yama kings.

Waiting until White Yu Xia returns, the Yama king will naturally have a smiling face, and the little ghosts will also kill a few to sacrifice to the flag, everyone will be happy.

The prodigal son returns, and the country is peaceful and the people are safe.

Jiang Wang couldn’t guard Langya City every day, nor could he sit by and watch, much less feel that throwing the problem to White Yu Xia would solve it.

Since he came, he would handle it.

How could perverse winds and evil *qi* be allowed to run rampant!

After careful consideration, True Person Jiang took out a map he had taken from the White mansion. His gaze shifted slightly, landing on one place—

Hidden Prime Peak.

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