576: Chapter 25: How many things are to be started afresh 1 576: Chapter 25: How many things are to be started afresh 1 Jiang Wang ntioned an era of great prosperity for divine paths, calling it rare and strange.
He left Xiang Qian utterly bewildered and deeply aware of his own limited knowledge.
However, he felt no embarrassnt about it.
Limited knowledge ant limited knowledge, inferior ant inferior; being useless was quite comfortable.
Xiang Qian, resigned to being ridiculed, stripped others of the joy of mockery.
Jiang Wang tapped on the armrest dissatisfiedly, “Dugu Xiao, go take care of your tasks first.
Later, we’ll deal with your Small Zhoutian.”
Although Jiang Yan had provided a solution and included secret techniques, Jiang Wang still wouldn’t try it lightly without verification.
After all, it involved the Spiritual Soul Level, which required caution for both him and Dugu Xiao.
Dugu Xiao complied and left.
Jiang Wang looked at Xiang Qian, his tone devoid of jest, “When I went to Linzi, you said that the protagonist of the story had reached another hopeless mont.
I told you to watch closely in Green Sheep Town.”
“Now, Zhongxuan Sheng has freed himself from despair, and Zhongxuan Zun has beco completely isolated.
His forces have been swept away, and Wang Yiwu has been defeated by my hand, banned from entering Linzi for three years.”
“When we left Green Sheep Town, could you have imagined this outco?”
Xiang Qian was silent for a while before he said, “You all are very impressive.”
“You know that I’m not saying this to show off.”
Jiang Wang was full of sincerity, “Compared to when you left with , your cultivation hasn’t changed at all.
Your legacy, your talents, they shouldn’t be like this.
I have no right to interfere with your choices, nor can I decide your life for you.
But as a friend, I want to ask, do you really intend to go on like this?
Forever just like this?”
Xiang Qian’s face looked sowhat unnatural, and he covered it up with a yawn, “It’s quite nice this way.”
“Even Zhang Hai dreams of crafting a peerless divine pill and ascending to heaven in a single step.
Although his thod is unworkable, he at least has that hope.
What about you?
Don’t you have sothing you desire deep down, sothing fervent?”
“I’m quite fervent, quite diligent,” Xiang Qian responded perfunctorily.
“Every few days, I regulate my breath.
What can I do if I can’t break through the ignorance?”
“I have seen your sharpness.
Can the fog of ignorance really block your unique Sword Dao?” Jiang Wang said, “Xiang Qian, it’s not the fog of ignorance that stops you, it’s your wavering heart.”
Xiang Qian closed his eyes and lay back, “You won’t understand that kind of despair; you haven’t gone through it personally like I have.
Jiang Wang, I envy you.
But that’s all I can do—envy.”
His deanor was desolate, his entire being devoid of fighting spirit.
The fleeting sharpness he had shown while protecting Qingyang Town seed like a re flash in the pan.
The despair in his heart would never dissolve.
Jiang Wang fell silent for a long while, then said, “Pack up, you’ll leave with tomorrow.
Let’s take a trip.”
Perhaps sensing Jiang Wang’s mood, Xiang Qian didn’t laze around this ti and asked, “Where to?”
“To a place that’s been long neglected,” replied Jiang Wang.
He stood up and walked out.
Xiang Qian still curled up in his chair, but his eyes were now open, watching Jiang Wang’s retreating figure.
From his perspective, the young man was tall and straight-backed, walking erect, no different from every previous turn.
But this ti, Xiang Qian felt a sense of loneliness.
I too have been adrift a long ti.
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Jiang Wang walked out of the living room towards the chamber where Yin Guancang stayed.
Since only Xiang Qian was in the courtyard, there was no need for any deliberate concealnt.
As he approached the door, he had regained his composure, so he knocked on it with his knuckles.
Knock, knock, knock.
Yin Guan didn’t make a sound, but the door silently opened.
“I have sothing to discuss with Yin Guan that requires confidentiality,” Jiang Wang said within the confines of Tongtian Palace.
After speaking, without waiting for Jiang Yan’s reaction, he directly spread out the Divine Soul Flower Sea and enclosed Dark Candle within it.
At this mont, Yin Guan had already removed his Hidden Clothes, sitting alone on a chair against the wall.
He probably had been lost in thought earlier, as his furrowed eyebrows were still not smoothed out.
Seeing Jiang Wang enter, he rely directed a probing look at him.
“I have sothing to ask you,” Jiang Wang got straight to the point, recounting Dugu Xiao’s situation, “With such a condition, do you think there is any solution?”
Yin Guan pondered for a mont and said, “Once she opens the Heaven and Earth Gate, there will be no problem.
People are always growing, and the vast majority cannot stay true to their initial path.
Very few can identify their innermost desires at the beginning of their cultivation.”
“I’m afraid she won’t be able to open the Heaven and Earth Gate; after all, the Small Zhoutian lacks strength…”
“Her Small Zhoutian is not fragile at all.
Emotions are an imnse power, and reverence is one of them,” Yin Guan shook his head, “The fragile one is you.
As the object of her belief, you are not strong enough to sustain a powerful Small Zhoutian.”
Jiang Wang did not mind this level of “criticism,” because what Yin Guan said was a fact.
He directly asked, “So is there a solution?”
“Perhaps learning Incantations from could let her touch the power of emotions.
Starting from herself, she could amplify the capabilities of her Small Zhoutian,” Yin Guan gave a solution indifferently.
But then he continued in an even more indifferent tone, “However, I won’t teach her.”
Indeed, so problems remain problems only because one is not strong enough or far-seeing enough.
Both Jiang Yan and Yin Guan could easily discern the nature of a problem and had the ability to solve it.
Regrettably, Yin Guan was not willing to help.
Jiang Wang did not ask why, nor did he inquire what price would be needed to change Yin Guan’s mind.
Because a person like Yin Guan always had his reasons for everything he did and would not easily change for anyone.
And the price Yin Guan demanded, Jiang Wang might not be able to afford.
“I have a Secret Technique here; can you take a look to see if there are any issues?” Jiang Wang changed the subject.
By bringing out the Secret Technique now, it indicated that Jiang Wang already had a solution in mind but wasn’t entirely sure.
For soone of his strength, this was hard to imagine.
Yin Guan was clearly intrigued, albeit his voice remained calm.
“Alright,” he said.
Jiang Wang looked around and, not finding any paper or pen and not bothering to fetch them from the study, simply used his finger as a brush and fire as ink, silently writing in midair the Secret Technique that Jiang Yan had passed on to him.
The pattern of flas burned in the air, with characters of fire erging in succession, bright and resplendent, never extinguishing.
“Your mastery of the fire elent in your Sword Dao has truly reached a significant level,” Yin Guan casually praised.
Jiang Wang silently finished writing the entire piece, then asked, “How about it?”
“It’s a very good Secret Technique,” Yin Guan said while examining it, “This Secret Technique is highly suitable for your maid’s situation.
It should be able to completely resolve her problem.”
Yin Guan did not ask for the origin of this Secret Technique; he just looked it over once more and then said, “I see no issues with it, each step seems quite reasonable.
However… if you suspect there might be a problem, then the problem can only arise in this section.”
As he spoke, he circled a segnt in the air with his finger.
A green line then wound around the fire characters.
Jiang Wang looked and recognized that it was the part concerning the spiritual branding in the Secret Technique.
“The branding?” Jiang Wang inquired.
Yin Guan nodded his head, “I can’t fully comprehend this branding.
Thus, I cannot guarantee its safety.
I can only say, if there’s to be a problem with this Secret Technique, it would only be in this step.”
He stated it very clearly, but Jiang Wang still wanted confirmation, “So, there are no other issues apart from this?”
Yin Guan’s tone was affirmative, “None.”
Jiang Wang then extended his hand and wiped away the characters of fla in the air, leaving not a trace behind.
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ps: “I too have been adrift for long; for ten years, I have fully borne deep gratitude, death and life with my teacher and friends.” — Gu Zhenguan, “Jinlu Qu.”
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