Chapter 166: Number One Talent in the World, A City-wide Declaration of War
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Great Jing, Donglin State.
In a city surrounded by mountains, there were many carriages, merchants, and martial artists everywhere.
Bang!
A young man was thrown out of the casino and landed on the street.
Soon after, a burly man came out and scolded, “Little bastard, if you come in again, I will break your legs!”
The young man was wearing a cloth robe covered with patches. His long hair was tied up with a rag. He patted his buttocks and stood up as he scolded, “I won the money with my strength. You just can’t afford it. Be careful or I’ll
report you to the officials!”
The burly man cursed, “Then go ahead and report. As long as you dare to report, I’ll hang you in front of the city gate tomorrow morning. Do you believe
The young man was frightened and could only snort. “You’re bragging too much. I don’t believe you, but I’m too lazy to argue with you.”
With that said, he ran away.
The burly man spat and turned to enter the casino.
The young man ran for a few streets before he slowed down. He rubbed his buttocks and bared his teeth. “It hurts, you dog. How much money have I invested in you all these years? What’s wrong with winning some money from you? You’re really ruthless.”
His name was Yang Zhou, and he was sixteen years old this year. He was born in an ordinary farming family with seven members. His eldest brother loved to study and was working hard to obtain a scholarship. His other sisters had also been staying in their middle school to embroider. He was the only one who was usually idle.
Yang Zhou cursed as he walked back home. Soon, he began to wail. He had no money again.
Bang!
He suddenly bumped into someone, causing him to stagger two steps back. He looked up at the other party and cursed, “You have no eyes…”
Before he could finish his sentence, he was stunned. The other party was so handsome that even though he was a man, he was amazed, especially by the other party’s temperament. He had never seen anyone with such a temperament.
It was Jiang Changsheng!
Jiang Changsheng said, “I have eyes, two eyes in fact. I’ve already stopped in front of you, but you bumped into me. Who is the one that doesn’t have eyes?”
Yang Zhou smiled awkwardly and cupped his fists as an apology before he walked around Jiang Changsheng.
Jiang Changsheng suddenly stopped him and said, “Do you want to learn martial arts?”
Yang Zhou stopped and turned to look at him. “Of course I do. You want to teach me?”
“That’s right, I want to teach you.”
Jiang Changsheng smiled and sized up Yang Zhou.
A few days ago, he used incense points to calculate that the most talented person on the Dragon Vein Continent was Yang Zhou. Coincidentally, Yang Zhou had yet to acknowledge a master and had yet to grow up.
Yang Zhou vigilantly asked, “How much does it cost for you to teach me martial arts?”
He remembered the old beggar he met when he was young. The old beggar used a random secret book to cheat him of ten copper coins, and to pay for that secret book, he stole the money from his brother’s bed.
Jiang Changsheng smiled and said, “I don’t want money. If you want to practice martial arts with me, you will have to work for me from now on.”
He observed Yang Zhou for a few days. That kid was basically a street thug. Fortunately, he was not a bad person. He only liked to hang out in the casino and bully the children next door.
Yang Zhou frowned and said, “Don’t tell me you’re a demonic martial artist?”
He had heard that those demonic sects liked to cheat young people into devoting themselves to them. From then on, they would fall into the demonic path and do some heinous things.
Jiang Changsheng suddenly grabbed his shoulder and leaped up, bringing him up to the sky to look down at the entire city.
Yang Zhou widened his eyes in disbelief.
Jiang Changsheng landed on the ground and released his right hand.
Yang Zhou staggered and fell to the ground.
He immediately got up and excitedly said, “I am willing. I am willing to practice martial arts with you!” What demonic path!
Forget it!
He wanted to become a powerful person!
Once he was powerful, when he wanted to gamble again next time, would those bastards still dare to throw him away?
Jiang Changsheng took out a purse from his sleeve and threw it into his arms. “Say farewell to your family. Take this money as an allowance for your parents. Wait for me outside the city tomorrow morning. As long as you leave the city, I will be able to find you.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Changsheng disappeared into thin air.
Yang Zhou opened the purse and was extremely excited to discover that it was filled with silver. Soon after, he kept the purse and vigilantly looked around. “Strange, why didn’t the people around us react when that person took me to
Yang Zhou was secretly surprised, but the money was real and he was too lazy to think about it.
The next day at noon.
Yang Zhou stood in front of the gates of Longqi Temple with a dull expression.
“The… the capital… is it really… Longqi Temple?”
Yang Zhou stuttered as he looked at the long line of visitors.
Even though he had never left the city since he was young, he had heard of Longqi Temple.
This was the number one holy land in Great Jing!
Jiang Changsheng left him at the foot of the mountain and let him go up by himself.
Yang Zhou was amazed by Martial Peak. Along the way, he asked the other devotees where they were. He asked three times but was met with rolling eyes.
Seeing this, he did not dare to ask further and quickly walked up the mountain. Then, he saw the words “Longqi Temple”.
There was at least 80,000 miles of distance from the Donglin State to the Si Province. Why did he feel that he had only flown for a short time?
At that moment, a woman walked over.
It was Qing’er.
Qing’er sized up Yang Zhou and asked, “You are Yang Zhou?”
Yang Zhou came back to his senses and said, “I am… My name is Yang Zhou, I am..
Just as he was about to mention Jiang Changsheng, he suddenly realized that he did not know his name.
“Follow me. From now on, you are a disciple of Longqi Temple. From now on, you will be my disciple. I have already understood your situation. Don’t let your bad habits from the past appear again. If I were to find out that you have reverted to your past habits, I will teach you a good lesson.”
After Qing’Er said that, she turned around and walked into the temple. Yang Zhou hastily followed her.
On the other side, in the courtyard of Longqi Mountain.
Jiang Changsheng retracted his gaze when he saw Yang Zhou enter the temple.
Yang Zhou was exceptionally talented. Even though he did not practice martial arts, his senses exceeded that of ordinary people. Therefore, he could hear the sounds in the pot and determine the size of the pot. It was also because he had won so much that he was thrown on the street by the casino without receiving any money.
Right now, Great Jing was implementing the trend of martial arts, but the Donglin State was too far away from the Si Province. The sky was high and the emperor was far away. There, martial arts techniques were controlled by the aristocrats, so Yang Zhou had never practiced martial arts since he was young.
If he were to stay in the city, his talent would be buried.
He had observed Yang Zhou’s muscles and bones. They were very strange. In terms of strength, he was not as strong as Jiang Jian and Ping’an. At first glance, there was nothing special about him. But during the flight, he deliberately slowed down and observed him carefully.
It turned out that Yang Zhou had nine special acupoints in his body that required the stimulation of true qi. Once they were unblocked, his eight extraordinary meridians would definitely undergo a metamorphosis. This was the first time Jiang Changsheng had seen such a situation.
He had already instructed Qing’er to let Yang Zhou directly learn the Great Heavenly Cycle Divine Technique.
Yang Zhou’s arrival did not affect Longqi Temple because there were nearly ten thousand disciples there. It would be hard to discover if one more person joined.
A month later.
Late at night.
Jiang Changsheng opened his eyes. A few breaths later, the Sword God also opened his eyes and looked at Martial Peak.
Good lord!
He had only trained for a month, but Yang Zhou had already mastered the first level of the Great Heavenly Cycle Divine Technique. He had used his true qi to successfully open his acupoints and usher in a transformation. The martial arts spiritual energy on Martial Peak was currently surging towards him, helping him temper his physique.
Fortunately, Jiang Changsheng had instructed him to stay in a room alone, so he did not alarm the other disciples.
The Sword God looked at Jiang Changsheng and said, “There seems to be an extraordinary genius in Longqi Temple. Can I take a look?” Jiang Changsheng nodded in agreement.
The Sword God immediately disappeared from the eaves.
Bai Qi opened his eyes and asked curiously, “Even the Sword God has been alerted. It seems like that disciple is not simple. Tsk tsk, Master, Longqi Temple finally has an unparalleled genius. I wonder how he compares to Zhou Jue and Yu Qingyuan?”
When she heard of Zhou Jue and Yu Qingyuan, she secretly complained.
The second and third holy lands had geniuses whose names were renowned throughout the land, so why didn’t Longqi Temple have any? In the past, Huang Chuan was one of them, but he was already old.
Jiang Changsheng said, “He’s stronger.”
Even though it cost 1 incense point to find Yang Zhou, that was only because Yang Zhou was too weak. It was not because his talent was lacking.
He had already figured it out. The incense value was only sorted according to one’s realm. It did not represent one’s specific strength.
Not only the Sword God, but Qing’er, Huang Chuan, and Ling Xiao were also alarmed. All of them came to Yang Zhou’s courtyard. When they saw the Sword God appear, the three of them immediately bowed.
Jiang Changsheng looked up and his gaze pierced through the immortal mist.
He looked at the bright moon in the sky and muttered, “Another good moon.”
After the war started, in half a year, there was continuous good news. There were even dynasties that took the initiative to surrender and directly asked the vassals to take over the country.
Emperor Shuntian was not idle either. He dispatched a large number of civil and military officials, not intending to hand over his newly acquired territory to the vassals. Even though the vassals were dissatisfied, they did not dare to refute. Everyone knew that the current Emperor had received the Human King’s inheritance and was highly skilled in martial arts. Coupled with the protection of the Dao Ancestor, they did not even dare to say no to Emperor
Shuntian, let alone rebel.
While Great Jing was expanding crazily, Yang Zhou’s reputation in Longqi Temple had also begun to rise.
He would master any external skills after one look.
It made the disciples call him the second Zhou Jue.
Yang Zhou also found it strange. He had seen martial artists performing martial arts before, but he could not remember it back then.
He felt that it was that immortal-like senior who had bestowed him with talent. He had been in Longqi Temple for some time and knew that there was only one incomparably young and handsome white-robed Daoist.
The Dao Ancestor!
Only the Dao Ancestor could let him directly become Qing’er’s disciple.
He was grateful to the Dao Ancestor and felt burdened. He could not disappoint him.
On this day.
Qing’er came to pay a visit.
She was not here to inform Jiang Changsheng about Yang Zhou’s situation. Instead, she brought a letter and said, “Dao Ancestor, something big has happened. This letter of challenge has been circulating all over the city. It says that the number one expert in Tianhai, Ye Xun, wants to fight you. He will fight you at the peak of Martial Peak on the first day of next month.”
Jiang Changsheng opened his eyes and took the letter, secretly rejoicing.
The Sword God frowned and said, “Could it be that the number one expert of Tianhai is here for that thing?”
Bai Qi spread her hands and said, “It doesn’t matter. Anyone who comes will lose. Speaking of which, it has been a long time since a fresh body entered the Hero’s Tomb.”
Jiang Changsheng said, “This person sure knows how to play tricks.”
Not bad, not bad!
He deserved praise!
Wasn’t this giving him a chance to build up his sanctity?
Once this was over, perhaps he could even obtain some incense points from
Tianhai.
Qing’er said helplessly, “I heard that it’s not only in the capital. There’s a group of mysterious martial artists spreading this letter without restraint. Even the White-robed Guards can’t catch them.”
Jiang Changsheng said, “If he wants to come, then come.”
He paused for a moment and said, “In a few days, bring that kid to the True Martial Pavilion. Take advantage of the fact that Zhou Jue has yet to leave and stimulate him so that he will not be arrogant..”