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Yue country’s former prime minister, Gao Zheng, is an extraordinary character.

From every aspect, he far surpasses the current prime minister, Gong Zhi Liang.

Southern Dipper Hall’s Lu Shuang He is recognized as having the greatest killing power among true persons in the world, yet he cannot be called the Southern Domain’s top true person. To a large extent, this is due to Gao Zheng’s existence.

In the Southern Domain, everyone implicitly acknowledges him as the world’s foremost true person, even though he hasn’t acted for many years and never boasts of his military might.

Given the merits he once established, no one treats him solely as a true person.

He no longer manages worldly affairs, but his position in the hearts of the Yue country people remains high. From ancient times to the present, his merits are unmatched, surpassing successive emperors.

The lord of Yue country, Wen Jing Xiu, must also submit a post first to visit Gao Zheng!

The saying “person hidden in deep mountains, shoulder bears world hopes” describes people like Gao Zheng.

Hidden Prime Minister Peak’s mountain gate is closed, the mountain path is empty.

Jiang Wang ascends the steps, quietly observing the mountain’s presence, quietly receiving the mountain wind.

Strands of hair occasionally float up, his long sword hangs low at his waist.

He is about to face that prime minister, renowned throughout the world, who led the Fallen Immortal Alliance, and his demeanor is so composed.

Today, a true person meets a true person.

The long mountain path quietly faces time, silence witnessing scene after scene.

The thin, fortunate man of the past once flew here, saw Ge Fei, and returned in shock.

Today, he has thought deeply and arrived again, stable and unmoving like this mountain.

Jiang Wang’s steps are light and slow, accumulating momentum while also calming his intent.

He arrives at the courtyard located at the mountain top and pushes open the large door with a rusted copper ring.

A tall, knotted tree has stood silently for who knows how long. A slight breeze passes, spinning the fallen leaves on the ground.

Tied to the knotted tree is an iron chain as thick as a bowl, and at the other end of the iron chain is a disheveled person wearing Confucian clothes. At this moment, he is leaning back against the tree trunk, head hanging down, as if dozing.

In the dark ancient era, the first ancestor of array arts, Feng Hou, in order to buy time for the front lines, single-handedly faced a million demon race army. One person stood up a boundless tree sea, and his body derived the Sen Luo world.

Ultimately, this realm was broken, and Feng Hou also died embracing a tree.

Later generations named the tree he embraced before his death “Hug Festival.”

From ancient times to the present, literati have loved this tree the most.

Of course, several great eras have passed. Whether today’s “Hug Festival” is still the same as the “Hug Festival” of the past is unknown. It has just been passed down like this, passed down like this.

This tree’s trunk is tall and straight, its branches are not numerous, but its leaves are extremely lush. Enough to shade a cool area at the end of August. It blocks the autumn tiger outside the door, making the threshold of the solitary courtyard, which is very high but already beginning to decay, like a dividing line between summer and autumn.

The person locked to the tree is none other than Ge Fei.

It’s not because he is so ugly as to be impressive; from this angle, his face is not visible. But because of his aura, Jiang Wang remembers it from the Mountain Sea Realm.

“Ge Fei?” Jiang Wang spoke.

The person locked by the iron chain seemed not to hear.

Mountain top solitary courtyard, old tree, new guest. Yellow leaves pave the ground, autumn wind is bleak.

That prodigy who struggled desperately in the Mountain Sea Realm, wanting to bring back a Fei for the Ge clan, has now fallen to this state.

“Do you remember the old friend from Mountain Sea, the old friend from the Yellow River?” Jiang Wang asked again.

“He cannot hear. His consciousness has been torn into two parts, one part trapped in ignorant fog, one part sunk to the bottom of the five mansions sea.” A voice echoed in the courtyard.

This voice gave people a feeling of a lonely peak standing independently, strange and dangerous and solitary. When it echoed, the whole courtyard seemed to be sinking.

Ignorant fog is the biggest barrier cultivators face when ascending from soar dragon to inner mansion. It is also a problem that cultivators have to face throughout their lives.

It is constantly produced and constantly dissolves; this process is also the process of a cultivator’s continuous progress.

Constantly producing new confusion, constantly having new understanding.

Once the divine soul is trapped in ignorant fog, there is almost no possibility of return, only waiting for the divine soul power to be exhausted and die.

And the bottom of the five mansions sea is an even more untouchable dangerous place.

When a cultivator is in the inner mansion realm, their dao pulse’s soar dragon perches on an isolated island between heaven and earth. This is because only the isolated island between heaven and earth is safe ground in the sea. Once they sink to the bottom of the sea, it is almost equivalent to being lost at the end of the universe.

The possibility of a sober and powerful divine soul successfully returning is one in billions or two at most, let alone Ge Fei’s consciousness being torn into two parts and lost separately?

The danger Ge Fei and Wu Ling encountered in the Fallen Immortal Forest was not ordinary danger.

“Is it Yue country’s hidden prime minister, True Person Gao?” Jiang Wang just stood before the decayed threshold, not stepping into the courtyard.

And that isolated voice said: “There is indeed no one else here… Does True Person Jiang have any advice?”

Jiang Wang lifted his foot lightly, already crossing this courtyard and appearing in the back mountain, in front of the white stone chessboard on the mountain cliff. Facing the old man gazing at the chessboard, frowning and pondering, he lightly cupped his hands: “Junior thought about it, and still should reply to senior face to face. Only like this counts as some politeness.”

“Speak.” Gao Zheng used his thumb and index finger pads to lightly rub a chess piece: “Your intention in coming.”

Jiang Wang said: “True Person Gao’s name is known throughout the world. I am now traveling the world, all the way to Yue, and cannot but come to this famous mountain… Please discuss the dao with True Person Gao.”

“Discuss the dao?” Gao Zheng slightly raised his eyes: “Not discuss the sword?”

“It is to discuss the dao.” Jiang Wang’s face did not change: “Jiang has never liked fighting and killing throughout his life, preferring literary contests to martial contests.”

“I am somewhat curious, on the contrary.” Gao Zheng said slowly: “The world’s current top prodigy wants to discuss what dao with me, this old man in the lonely mountain?”

That year, Gao Zheng went to Evening Drum Academy to ask for the dao. In the vast academy, no true person could stop him. He walked all the way to the front of the academy head, Chen Pu, before turning and leaving.

Today, this junior wants to discuss the dao with him. This is even more inconceivable than seeking to discuss the sword with him.

But Jiang Wang was indeed serious.

He held his sword horizontally in front of his body, an inch below his eyes. His right hand drew the sword, three inches and three points out of the sheath. With the inscription on the sword body, he faced this former prime minister of Yue country. He said loudly: “Then let’s discuss these three characters with True Person Gao.”

Gao Zheng looked at this world-famous sword and read word by word: “Yan, Gui, Chao.”

“Understood.” He threw the chess piece towards the basket: “Come and take my stance.”

Jiang Wang slowly pushed back, concealing the edge in the sheath: “Mainly want to listen to senior’s teaching. The rest will be addressed later.”

Gao Zheng said: “Achievers since ancient times have been teachers. You and I differ so much in age, yet are both true persons. How can I have the face to use the word ‘teaching’?”

Jiang Wang was about to speak, but he already raised his hand: “I already fully know True Person Jiang’s intention in coming. There is no need to discuss the dao. This matter of the Bai family, they indeed are not right. Initially, Bai Ping Fu died, and no one mourned. Bai Yu Xia went far away, and no one retained her. How can the branched birds whose wings covered the sky be forced back to build nests? I will handle it.”

“Then many thanks, senior.” Jiang Wang bowed.

“I am handling a matter of Yue country, correcting the mistakes of the people of Yue country. I do not need True Person Jiang to thank me.” Gao Zheng’s meaning was quite dismissive: “Do you still have matters?”

Jiang Wang thought for a moment, then said: “That Ge Fei… What exactly is the matter? Can he not be saved?”

“Completely mad. His consciousness has already been torn. It is not even as good as an infant’s. Unless this kind of weak and broken consciousness can still float up from the bottom of the five mansions sea, can find its way back from ignorant fog… External force is useless to him.” Gao Zheng said calmly: “After all, he is my disciple and has studied with me for many years. I am not willing to kill him directly. I can only place him at my side and watch over him like this, lest he harm people.”

Jiang Wang asked: “What kind of thing can harm Ge Fei to this extent?”

Ge Fei was already divine and bright, and his strength was among the top in the divine arrival realm. Ignorant fog was just dust to him, and the five mansions sea no longer held divine souls. Now, he has become like this, simply being beaten back to infancy.

This kind of method is perhaps more terrifying than killing him.

Gao Zheng said lightly: “The Fallen Immortal Forest is a place of saint destiny, a place where immortal palaces are broken, a place where ghostly things are rampant. It is not strange for anything to appear. When they explored this time, I do not know the specific situation. Ge Fei was already like this when he was discovered. Chu country’s An Guo Gong personally went to investigate. Presumably, there will be a result soon.”

Jiang Wang thought to himself, An Guo Gong Wu Zhao Chang must have come to Hidden Prime Minister Peak.

He cupped his hands: “Good people are helped by heaven. Since Ge Fei is alive, he will definitely recover one day.”

Gao Zheng looked back at his chess game again and said casually: “Hope so.”

“Then junior will not disturb you.”

Jiang Wang bowed and was about to leave.

But Gao Zheng suddenly said: “You have been observing this game of chess for a long time. Do you have any advice?”

Jiang Wang is famous for his observation skills, and his peripheral vision was actually detected by Gao Zheng.

He couldn’t help but secretly shudder.

He only said one voice: “I do not understand.”

Gao Zheng seemed to say intentionally or unintentionally: “If you do not understand, then what?”

“If I do not understand, I just don’t look.” Jiang Wang said: “Everyone has their aspirations, everyone has their matters.”

He just walked over the white stone chessboard like this, and also walked in front of Gao Zheng, stepping into the void and walking down the cliff.

The world is a game of chess, and everyone has their own way of playing.

The mountain wind surged between the cliffs, blowing over the chessboard. Not long after Jiang Wang left, his traces scattered completely.

On this Hidden Prime Minister Peak, it seems nothing originally remained.

Only that white stone chessboard remains as before, only that person sitting alone watching the chess game.

It has been too many years.

Under the Hug Festival tree in the courtyard, that Ge Fei with his head lowered, dozing, had no breath. A leaf floated down and fell on his forehead.

On the white stone chessboard in front of Gao Zheng, a white piece was instantly dyed black. In a flash, it was chaotic and distinct, half black and half white spinning at the heaven yuan position.

A muffled voice echoed from within: “Old man, where exactly have you locked me? There is nothing here, I am almost bored to death!”

“Just calm down and reflect properly.” Gao Zheng said lightly.

“What do I need to reflect on?” The voice inside the black and white piece said: “Being your disciple is truly bad luck for eight lifetimes. Every day it’s this and that, and I also have to practice qin and writing. There is no freedom at all. It was better than in the Mountain Sea Realm!”

Gao Zheng said: “You killed the direct descendant young master of the Chu country’s three-thousand-year-old family, the Wu clan. That is this generation’s An Guo Gong’s direct grandson. You have provoked such a big trouble. Do you still want your teacher to clean up after you? Is that not worth reflecting on?”

“Hey?” The voice inside the black and white piece said: “Everything in the Fallen Immortal Forest, isn’t it all that you taught me?”

Gao Zheng was expressionless: “I only taught you the knowledge of the Fallen Immortal Forest, not how to kill Wu Ling.”

The voice inside the black and white piece: “Humans are truly too hypocritical. Teacher, I only did what you wanted me to do but were not convenient to say. You don’t praise me and forget about it, yet you keep teaching me a lesson!”

“If you didn’t expose yourself, would it have come to this step?” Gao Zheng asked.

The voice inside the black and white piece was somewhat annoyed: “I don’t know how he discovered it either. Clearly, I learned everything the same. That different eye—”

The voice suddenly became angry: “He insisted on coming to see me!”

The black and white piece suddenly jumped up, but was pressed down in the air by an index finger.

Gao Zheng slowly pressed the piece down and slowly said: “Ge Fei is actually not as clever as you, not as talented as you, but he reads more books than you and understands this world more than you. Your brain is not yet open, still very barbaric, and you couldn’t keep up with Wu Ling’s thoughts. It’s very normal for him to discover the flaw.”

The voice inside the piece was not convinced: “Clearly, I performed very well. Even Ge Fei’s parents and family didn’t discover anything wrong.”

“That’s because they dare not suspect, they need you.” Gao Zheng said lightly: “The world’s cleverest lie is a person’s self-deception.”

This is a very thought-provoking sentence, but the voice inside the black and white piece only said: “I want to cave true…”

The voice started shouting like crazy: “I want to cave true immediately, I can’t stand it. The little guy I could easily pinch to death in the Mountain Sea Realm is now called a true person! I clearly can already cave true, yet you keep suppressing me. You want me to follow you and learn, only learning how to endure, how to waste time, I’ve had enough!”

The Mountain Sea monster currently occupying Ge Fei’s body is indeed not a good student. It’s not that he’s not clever, but many times, he’s unwilling to put himself in a human shell.

But Gao Zheng showed full patience: “Endurance is the most important lesson.”

The voice inside the piece shouted: “Endurance is useless! If your strength is not enough, you will be killed. It’s like that everywhere!”

“Why could the demon race establish the ancient heaven court? Why could the human race raise the present world’s flood? It is because they established rules beyond the weak eating the strong and survival of the fittest. You must remember. I don’t need you to forget everything you learned as a Mountain Sea异兽. That is your foundation and can also become your talent. But you must learn how to restrain them. Now you want to become a person, become the most noble… person among the heavens and ten thousand realms, in the present world.”

Gao Zheng said here in a slow and methodical manner, his voice becoming even gentler: “If you want to give up, that is also simple.”

The voice inside the black and white piece immediately stopped being angry: “I am still very willing to learn with you, teacher. I just… I too want to progress.”

“The mountain is too high and too dangerous.” Gao Zheng said lightly: “You must walk forward slowly.”

The voice inside the black and white piece said: “You say I am still not enough to become a person and won’t let me cave true. But you clearly can derive the dao. The mountain peak is right in front of you. Why don’t you also walk up?”

Gao Zheng used his index finger pad to lightly wipe over the piece, his tone calm: “You don’t understand this world too much. It’s not that you think you can, you can. It’s not that you can, you can. I always tell you, read more books.”

When his index finger completely wiped over the piece, the piece had already returned to being completely white, and the voice inside the piece no longer echoed.

For a time, there was only the mountain wind.

Thank you to book friend “Tasteless Baron” for becoming the alliance master of this book! This is the 619th alliance for Red Heart Patrol Heaven!

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