He first saluted Li Fei:
"Greetings, Commander!"
Then, maintaining his usual deanor, he clasped his fists in salute to Ning Qingman:
"Greetings, Ning Sword Immortal."
Ning Qingman returned the salute.
"Prince, please have a seat."
Li Fei said.
Wang Chengze said sternly, "Since I am within the military, I should be addressed by my position. You can call Vice Commander Wang."
By his stance, if Li Fei did not change the address, he would not sit down.
Li Fei did not insist: "Alright, Vice Commander Wang, please sit."
Only then did Wang Chengze sit down.
Ning Qingman watched quietly from the side, thinking that it was quite rare for a Martial Saint to act in such a manner.
But upon reflection, Wang Chengze was bowing his head to the world's number one, even if it spread, it wouldn't be too shaful.
"The title of world's number one sure is useful."
Ning Qingman mused inwardly.
"What does Vice Commander Wang want from ?"
Li Fei got straight to the point.
Wang Chengze candidly said:
"To be honest, Commander, last year during the Chief Minister Ye's incident, when the Ten Families ca to Ye Mansion, Yan Family's ancestor Yan Weifeng sought out that night." (Details can be seen in the extra chapter "Floating Feather")
Li Fei's expression remained unchanged; he was naturally aware of this matter.
However, Wang Chengze was very quiet and honest during the Ye Ze'an incident, so Li Fei never ntioned it to Wang Chengze afterward, treating it as if it hadn't happened.
Now Wang Chengze brought it up voluntarily.
Li Fei nodded: "I was aware of this matter."
Wang Chengze looked at him: "I ntion it not to claim credit, but to tell the commander that though my Wang family has existed as long as the Ten Families, it is not a family that clings to obsolete traditions like them. In current tis, if one doesn't advance, they retreat. The Ten Families think themselves strong but have long since grown decrepit, and their downfall is inevitable. As the Wang family's head, I cannot let the family be stuck!"
"This ti, embarking on the expedition to the Western Continent, thanks to Your Majesty's kindness, I was allowed to accompany the army and given the position of Vice Commander of the entire army. These past few days I've been pondering how to repay Your Majesty's grace, how to find a path forward for the Wang family during this expedition. After much thought, I decided to seek advice from the Commander."
In fact, everyone knew that the reason Wang Chengze was sent to the expedition with the West Expedition Army was because the Da Lan Dynasty did not trust him.
Left in the East Continent, who knows what he might do?
With the expedition, Li Fei and Wenren Zheng were in charge, and the Wang family was under the court's control. If Wang Chengze dared to do anything during the expedition, the Wang family could be wiped out at any ti!
"Vice Commander Wang, as a Martial Saint, is a crucial combat power of our West Expedition Army. Why worry about not having the opportunity to earn rit?"
Li Fei said calmly, "Just be at ease and await military orders."
Upon hearing this, Wang Chengze stood up and gave Li Fei a military salute: "Yes!"
Then he did not stay longer and left the room to return to his ship.
"Do you plan to use him?"
In the room, Ning Qingman asked.
Li Fei: "Seven years ago, because of , his heart realm was clouded. I thought he planned to spend decades overcoming the heart tribulation, to advance further, but I didn't expect him to now voluntarily bow his head to ."
Back when Lin Tianyi went to challenge the Daluo Sect, he first defeated Tai Yu, then Qing Xu.
Among them, Tai Yu lost the worst, just like Wang Chengze, defeated in one move!
His Taoism was crushed, completely countered by Lin Tianyi, causing damage to his heart realm.
It took him decades of seclusion to repair his heart realm, allowing his cultivation to advance further.
Wang Chengze, under the damaged heart realm situation, now voluntarily bows to Li Fei. This ans he has entirely given up on advancing in martial arts!
Every strong person is proud at heart.
The stronger they are, the more so.
Peak strong individuals stand among the top in the world. Even when Lin Tianyi swept across the world, no peak strong person ever bowed to him.
Wang Chengze's actions today may not honor his identity as a Martial Saint but do honor his identity as the Wang family's head!
"It seems now he is only focused on considering for the family, he can be utilized."
Li Fei said.
After saying this, he noticed Ning Qingman was just staring at him without speaking, so he couldn't help but smile:
"What's up?"
Ning Qingman smiled and said: "I was thinking, perhaps every world's number one person has this mindset?"
Li Fei was curious: "What mindset?"
Ning Qingman: "Above all, there is no one; beneath all, there are all beings!"
"To you, a dignified Martial Saint is no different from others. You don't rejoice at his bowing, nor do you worry about his strength. All you consider is whether he is useful."
Li Fei was stunned; after thinking it over, it seed that Ning Qingman was right.
If it were him in the past, he definitely wouldn't be as indifferent as he was now.
"However, above all is not nobody."
Li Fei paused, suddenly said.
Ning Qingman looked upward:
"Indeed."
...
The West Expedition Army, sailing on the sea for the tenth day.
The fleet finally encountered Exotic Beasts in the sea, but the highest was only Sixth Grade, which were easily dealt with, and the corpses were collected to bring back for research, hoping to create new implants.
New implants might an new Tao Foundations, new Divine Skills, or even a new path of cultivation!
So many in the fleet were instead hoping to encounter more Exotic Beasts, knowing that no matter how formidable they were, they couldn't create too big of a ripple, the world's number one was watching from the sky.
On the fifteenth day of sailing, the West Expedition Army finally ran into a bit of trouble:
The 'Floating Feather' arrays on two ships suddenly malfunctioned. The 'Floating Feather' arrays are engraved on the ships to enhance their load capacity.
With the arrays malfunctioned, the ship's load capacity decreased, forcing the transfer of excess supplies, otherwise the ship would sink.
The problem with two ships was not significant; the importance lay in finding out the cause of the arrays' sudden malfunction.
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