711: Chapter 160 Gold Bricks, Jade Bi, and Colored Glaze Pillars_1 711: Chapter 160 Gold Bricks, Jade Bi, and Colored Glaze Pillars_1 From Jiang Yan’s implied aning, Song Wanxi, who had beco a demon, was chained and restrained by golden talismans in the Mayfair Pavilion, should still possess considerable combat prowess.
However, she had lost her complete intelligence.
Such a beauty, utterly devoid of consciousness, had been lying dazed in this underground demon grotto for hundreds of years.
No wonder Song Hengjiang had said he didn’t know whether he was being more selfish or more affectionate.
Looking at the Mayfair Pavilion, Jiang Wang couldn’t define his feelings, fingers ceaselessly caressing the hilt of his sword, silently communicating with Longing.
“Why do you always fiddle with your sword?” Jiang Yan suddenly asked.
“I don’t know why, but I am very tense…” Jiang Wang murmured, clutching the sword hilt tightly, then said in a slow voice, “According to what Song Hengjiang said, it seems that Song Wanxi’s current state was caused by him…
Can the state of becoming a demon really be driven by another person?”
Jiang Yan seed to think of sothing, pausing for a long ti before saying, “I am not sure.
There are no related mories in the fragnts from the Bone Respecting God.
But it seems feasible if the correct thod is found.
The so-called personal will actually dictates very little.”
I feel that will can determine a lot…
Jiang Wang did not voice his differing opinion.
He shook his head vigorously, regaining brief clarity before that muddled, chaotic feeling slowly began to accumulate again, torturous and extrely uncomfortable.
It seems that very strong emotions can maintain a brief lucidity…
He thought to himself, and at the sa ti said to Jiang Yan, “No, my current state is very bad.
I must first find a way to eliminate the heart demon.”
His attention then turned to the Coiling Star Python.
Inside the Tongtian Palace, this usually lively and spirited python now seed sowhat dull, curled up in a corner motionless, its starlight dimming considerably.
From within the Dark Candle, Jiang Yan’s voice ca faintly, “Actually…
I know how to use the heart demon to beco a demon, an ancient secret technique.
Moreover, right in front of us is a powerful General Demon with no consciousness, and if you can replace her, there is a chance for you to truly beco a demon.”
There was a kind of tempting power in his voice, “I an, beco a true demon.
Achieving the body of a True Devil that is one in ten thousand.
That way, you can imdiately possess the power to overco Zhuang Gaoxian.”
He said, “It’s dangerous, but I know you do not lack the courage to face danger.”
“Really…
Can I overco Zhuang Gaoxian?” Jiang Wang’s spirit was clouded, seems almost ready to agree.
“Of course,” Jiang Yan said softly, whispering as if beside his ear, appearing close, natural, sincere, “We were originally one, and we share the sa hatred for Zhuang Gaoxian.
I too have always been thinking and searching for a way to defeat him.
It’s difficult, but we have never given up.
Your strength is my strength.
Your victory is my victory.
Rember?
I still need your help to seize the Bone Holy Body.
One day, this world will be under our control together.”
“But after becoming a demon, will I still be myself?” Jiang Wang seed very hesitant, repeatedly gripping and releasing the sword hilt as if to draw so power from it.
“By becoming a True Demon, your intelligence and mories will be preserved…
so tell , is it still you?”
“I need to think, I must think…” Jiang Wang murmured to himself.
“Of course, take your ti to think.
No one else can decide for you.
However, I have searched exhaustively, and this is the only thod known from the mories of the Bone Respecting God that can make one stronger quickly.
You should know that the distance between the Inner Mansion and attaining Dongzhen is like a chasm.
Many talents have stopped before God Arrives, becoming a real person is by no ans easy…”
“I know…
I know,” Jiang Wang said slowly while caressing the longsword.
He, of course, would not consider it.
About becoming a demon, what Jiang Yan said should be true, but the unspoken part is the key.
Once one becos a True Demon, one might indeed retain mories and intelligence, but why use the word “retain”?
A normal cultivator wouldn’t lose their mories or intelligence, so why the need to “retain” it?
Moreover, in the Ancient Era, why did those True Demons consider themselves to be a distinct race?
If becoming a demon were just a different thod of cultivation, a re divergence in the path, then why would there be a Demonic Tide that threatened to extinguish the world?
Aren’t there many different paths in this world?
Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, military strategy, Mohism…
haven’t they all coexisted?
Why is it only the path of the demonic cultivators that is spurned by the world?
Why is the demon the great enemy of the Human Race?
Those True Demons certainly possess intelligence and mory, but they no longer consider themselves humans.
This indicates that their perception of the world and themselves might have changed upon becoming demons.
This represents a fundantal change.
After becoming a demon, one is no longer human!
Jiang Wang certainly does not lack the courage to face danger.
What truly stops him is not the peril of attaining the body of a True Demon, but all that cos with being born human – the love, the mories, the expectations…
he cannot give them up.
Moreover, Song Wanxi is still lying here half-dead, having lain without her spirit for over two hundred years.
Even Song Hengjiang, having exhausted the resources of eight hundred li of Qing River, could not help her beco a True Demon.
Just how foolish would Jiang Wang be to “beco the demon in her stead”?
He never considers the option of becoming a demon in his heart.
But now, he must make Jiang Yan believe that he has lost lucid judgnt, that it is extrely difficult for him to maintain his sanity.
Because the lingering influence of the heart demon indeed always exists, it is by his extraordinarily resolute will that he manages to regain clarity ti after ti, allowing for these reflections.
So he shows hesitation, confusion, struggle!
“If I take Song Wanxi’s place, what will beco of her?” Jiang Wang asked hesitantly.
“If you take all the demonic qi, she will of course…” Jiang Yan began, but imdiately corrected himself, “We can’t stay here, move to the adjacent cave, quick!
If you don’t want to die, hurry up!”
Jiang Wang did not hesitate either.
He was very clear about the reason why Jiang Yan would issue a warning now—it could only be that soone had entered the Demon Grotto again; it might be Song Hengjiang or even Du Ruhui!
The topic of “Song Wanxi becoming a demon” was thus glossed over.
In the face of an acute sense of crisis, both body and mind reverted to a relaxed state, returning to his own control.
Without even a mont’s pause, Jiang Wang flew out instantly, returning to the main chamber where one hundred and eight stone coffins hung.
With a turn, he dove into the cave entrance on the right.
The scene in this cave, however, was drastically different.
It was unclear from outside the cave, with the vision being chaotic.
It was probably due to so Array Pattern that concealed it, but once inside the cave, everything was completely different.
The first thing he felt was a “brightness” before his eyes.
This cave was well-lit and dazzling.
Unlike the gloom and oppression of the adjacent cavern, this one had white jade floors and used luminous pearls for lighting, with gold paint and cloud powder on the walls.
All the furnishings were exquisitely crafted.
In the midst of opulence, ingenuity could be seen everywhere.
It didn’t seem like a dark grotto beneath the earth, but rather like soone’s boudoir.
Yet on the left and on the right, one was in hell and the other in heaven.
There might be so information here, but Jiang Wang did not have ti to observe more because ti was so pressing.
Following Jiang Yan’s commands, he acted swiftly and decisively, imdiately finding a dressing table made of green jade.
He pressed on the exquisite bronze mirror three tis, then cast a Seal Technique.
In an instant, the flowing lights transford, and what appeared before Jiang Wang was a majestic and luxurious scene.
Gold bricks, jade Bi, and glazed pillars, with fragrant clouds and subtle scents.
Although he had never been here before, Jiang Wang realized imdiately where he was—the Qingjiang Aquatic Clan’s mansion!
The bronze mirror in what was suspected to be Song Wanxi’s “boudoir” in the underwater Demon Grotto actually led directly to the interior of the Qingjiang Aquatic Clan’s mansion!
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Outside the Qingjiang Aquatic Clan’s mansion, while Jiang Wang was still listening to the whispers of demons, Song Hengjiang and Zhuang Gaoxian were at loggerheads.
Du Ruhui and Zhuang Gaoxian arrived one after the other, with a tough attitude demanding a search of the Qingjiang Aquatic Clan’s mansion to find the murderer who had attacked Dong Ah.
But Song Hengjiang was resolute, considering it an insult to him and firmly refusing the search, even prepared to burn both jade and common stone together.
The situation had thus escalated to an extre point, and a great battle could erupt at any mont.
In these circumstances, it was Zhuang Gaoxian, who should have been full of pride and arrogance these past few days, that maintained a certain degree of restraint.
He gave Song Hengjiang a deep look and slowly said, “Water Monarch desires to fight with , yet I cannot afford to neglect an elder.
We have our alliance of the foundation of the state and the friendship of battle between nations.
How could we fight to the death and beco a laughing stock to others?”
“Water Monarch speaks of bloodshed.
The blood of the Qingjiang Aquatic Clan is, of course, hot and radiant.
It has flowed through these mountains and rivers and has washed a thousand miles of Zhuang Region.
I have witnessed it with my own eyes; this heart will not forget.”
“But Minister Dong was a loyal minister of the Court, a deputy pri among the nation.
Yet he suffered a cruel beheading, dying in tragedy!
Without executing the murderer, how can I stand between heaven and earth, how can I face the populace?”
“Such determination is utterly firm and unwavering.
It will not change for any person, any matter, or any place.
Therefore, the search of Qingjiang Aquatic Clan’s mansion is without leeway; it must proceed.”
“Song Hengjiang.”
He began to address Song Hengjiang by na directly, indicating his irrevocable resolution, and then said, “You are the Water Monarch and also one of the Zhuang people.
My hands will not be stained with the blood of the Zhuang people.
Thus, I give you a chance.”
“I will now start to personally search the Qingjiang Aquatic Clan’s mansion, only pursuing the murderer, irrespective of other matters.
You can use all ans at your disposal to stop , to prevent my search.
Any offense, I will pardon you of.
In this way, both my trust as the Son of Heaven and your honor as the Water Monarch are preserved.”
His final words were not a question.
For it was the ultimate decision.
Song Hengjiang had no choice but to accept, even if he was not willing to.
Zhuang Gaoxian believed that his attitude had fully respected Song Hengjiang, giving him enough honor.
With the Monarch’s authority to forcefully search, no one could accuse Song Hengjiang of groveling.
In terms of face, it would pass muster.
The words of the Son of Heaven carry the weight of the state itself.
Zhuang Gaoxian stood with his hands behind his back, but his terrifying Divine Sense had already swept through.
At this mont, Song Hengjiang suddenly stepped forward.
The eight hundred li of Qing River awoke like a great dragon, with surging waves and raging tides.
The power of the entire Qing River water region bolstered him, and with a fist raised high, he struck towards Zhuang Gaoxian’s face!
Anyone witnessing this scene would have their jaw drop.
Zhuang Gaoxian had rely offered a way out, and Song Hengjiang actually stepped up the platform, daring to strike!
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