Chapter 71: The Joy of Having a Family, Turning the Imperial City into a Purgatory on Earth
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
August, the scorching sun arrived.
Jiang Changsheng was enjoying the shade under the tree when Li Jun came to visit and told him about Eunuch Li’s passing. Jiang Changsheng was silent.
Li Jun said, “Daoist Master, he said that when he was with you for the last part of his life, he felt as though he had returned to the time of his youth when he serve the Jing Martial Ancestor, full of fighting spirit and energy. He also said he has no regrets in his life.”
Li Jun was not sad about Eunuch Li’s passing. Eunuch Li had lived for more than 90 years and was definitely considered to have a long life in Great Jing.
Moreover, he did not experience much pain before he died.
Jiang Changsheng sighed and said, “Life is predestined. Alright, alright.”
Li Jun added, “A few months ago, during the martial arts competition at Jusong Lake, a new supreme martial artist was born. This person…”
He hesitated.
Jiang Changsheng asked, “Why are you hesitating?”
“He is your senior brother, Meng Qiuhe.”
Li Jun took a deep breath and said, stunning Jiang Changsheng.
Meng Qiuhe was still alive and had even become a supreme martial artist?
Ever since Meng Qiuhe followed the Seventh Prince to challenge him and failed, he had never appeared again. It was as if he had evaporated into thin air. Jiang Changsheng even thought that he was dead. After all, it had been 41 years.
Meng Qiushuang’s only regret before she died was that she did not see Meng Qiuhe. After all, they were biological siblings.
Li Jun said, “I don’t know where this person learned an unparalleled divine technique, but during the competition at Jusong Lake, he suppressed everyone. The people of the martial arts even thought that he is qualified to challenge Emperor Yang Zhao.”
Jiang Changsheng said, “Pay more attention to his movements in the future.”
Li Jun nodded and said a few more things before leaving.
Jiang Changsheng looked at the sky in a daze.
White Dragon curled along the tree trunk. Its huge body made the Earth Spirit Tree tremble. Fortunately, the Earth Spirit Tree was also very huge, like a hundred-year-old tree.
It stretched out its snake tongue and licked Jiang Changsheng’s face.
Jiang Changsheng silently used incense to deduce, “I want to know how strong Meng Qiuhe is now.”
[Requires 500 incense points. Do you want to continue?]
Jiang Changsheng raised his eyebrows slightly.
500 incense points was not low. What kind of fortuitous encounter did Meng Qiuhe encounter that allowed him to advance so quickly?
Could it be that the surviving members of the Mahayana Dragon Tower were helping him?
Jiang Changsheng thought of many possibilities. There were good and bad ones. In any case, he was prepared for the worst outcome that Meng Qiuhe might become his enemy.
However, he did not panic. If Meng Qiuhe was courting death, he would be giving him a survival reward. If he did not seek death, Meng Qiuhe would also not be able to live for many years.
The former senior and junior brothers might have become enemies now.
When he was young, Meng Qiuhe had saved him.
Life was really unpredictable.
Jiang Changsheng sighed with emotion for a while before continuing to cultivate.
He was getting closer and closer to the seventh level of the Dao Technique. He felt that his strength had already surpassed the Universe realm. Compared to when he had just reached the seventh level, there was a world of difference.
Unfortunately, he could not display his strength to his heart’s content. Firstly, he did not have a suitable opponent. Secondly, if he used it for no reason, it would easily affect the innocent. Even so, he did not want to completely reveal his strength, as one had to keep some trump cards.
Half a month later, the nine-year-old Jiang Xiu came to visit Jiang Changsheng with a box of snacks.
It had to be said that Jiang Xiu really looked like Jiang Changsheng when he was young. When Qing Ku saw him, he could not help but be in a daze. He had some guesses in his heart, but he could not say them out loud and could only keep them to himself.
“Grandmaster, I had a dream last night.”
Jiang Xiu obediently sat on Jiang Changsheng’s lap. The two of them did not look like grandfather and grandson, but more like brothers because Jiang Changsheng looked too young.
Jiang Changsheng smiled and asked, “What dream?”
Jiang Xiu tilted his head and said, “I dreamed that demons and ghosts attacked the capital and even pounced in front of me to eat me. Fortunately, an immortal descended to the mortal world and saved me in time. That immortal even brought me flying…”
He began to describe the dream excitedly while Jiang Changsheng listened with a smile.
Suddenly.
Jiang Xiu pointed at Bai Qi and said, “Martial Ancestor, could that demon be Bai Qi? It usually doesn’t like me. Perhaps it even wants to eat me!”
Bai Qi, who was lying on the ground, rolled its eyes and could not be bothered with him.
Jiang Changsheng smiled and said, “If it really dares to bully you, Grandmaster will make it into soup. How about that?”
“Okay, okay. I’ve never had wolf soup before.”
Jiang Xiu clapped his hands and laughed, causing Bai Qi to tremble.
After playing for a while, Jiang Changsheng let go of Jiang Xiu. Jiang Xiu then went to look for the God of Thieves to learn martial arts.
Last year, Jiang Xiu met the God of Thieves by chance. The two of them even played together. When the latter found out that Jiang Xiu was the current Crown Prince, the God of Thieves became even more attentive. He suddenly felt that he might become the next Xu Tianji.
With Jiang Changsheng around, the God of Thieves did not dare to teach indiscriminately or bully Jiang Xiu. When the two of them interacted, the God of Thieves took extremely good care of Jiang Xiu and even played as his horse to tease him.
Jiang Changsheng looked at Jiang Xiu’s departing figure and suddenly felt that such a life was not bad.
Was this the joy of having a family?
In the 14th year of the Qianwu Era, Ping’an broke through the Northern Zhou battlefront and charged into the enemy’s camp alone. However, the generals in the camp had long retreated. The army took the opportunity to attack the Liang Province’s camp, and the situation changed.
On the other side, more than half of the Jin Dynasty had been annexed by the Jing Dynasty, and they were getting closer and closer to the imperial city. The Jin Dynasty seemed to have given up resisting and was constantly getting defeated. Even then, the mysterious martial arts faction was nowhere to be seen.
The Emperor gave the order to send 200,000 soldiers to support Liang
Province. Most of these 200,000 soldiers were martial artists from the martial arts world. Perhaps they were not as orderly as ordinary soldiers, but their individual strength was very strong.
At night.
In the imperial study, Jiang Ziyu put down the memorial in his hand and rubbed his eyebrows.
After the dynasty became bigger, there were more and more memorials submitted every day. Other than war, there were also people’s livelihood, law enforcement, martial arts matters, and so on. Not only were there small mountains of memorials on the table, but even the ground in front of the table was piled up with memorials.
Jiang Ziyu stood up and walked to the window sill. He looked at the bright moon outside the window and fell into a daze.
This was his habit. When he was too tired, he was used to looking at the night sky to relax.
A gust of cold wind blew. He was in the Heaven Arrival realm now, so he was naturally not afraid of the cold. However, he frowned.
It was a hot summer day. Where did the cold wind come from?
Jiang Ziyu suddenly felt uneasy. He had a feeling that something was about to happen.
‘Could it be that the mysterious expert who slaughtered the royal family of the various dynasties is about to arrive?’
Jiang Ziyu thought silently. Ever since he gave the order to attack the Jin Dynasty, he had been waiting for the other party to arrive. However, the other party could not be seen. Even so, he did not let down his guard.
At the same time.
On Longqi Temple, Jiang Changsheng, who was meditating under the tree, stood up with anticipation in his eyes.
Bai Qi sensed something and opened its eyes. It kept sniffing and said, “Daoist
Master, there’s an evil aura. Something dirty is about to enter the city.”
Jiang Changsheng said, “Take care of the courtyard. I’ll be back soon.” With a leap, he disappeared into the night.
Bai Qi was shocked. What kind of movement technique was this?
It stayed by Jiang Changsheng’s side every day and knew how much Jiang Changsheng loved to cultivate. This fellow’s strength had definitely been improving.
“When can I learn his martial arts… Should I take the initiative…”
Bai Qi lay on its paws and thought to itself.
Flying past the palace walls, a figure was as fast as an afterimage as he quickly entered the palace silently. The guards and the White-robed Guards patrolling the eaves did not notice him.
This figure quickly entered the palace. He seemed to know where the Emperor was and actually rushed straight to the imperial study. Soon, he arrived at the courtyard of the imperial study.
Clunk.
Jiang Ziyu suddenly pushed the door open and walked out with a sword in his hand. The birthmark between his eyebrows emitted a faint light.
“Who is it? Come out!”
Jiang Ziyu said in a deep voice. When the enemy approached, he felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows, so he immediately took out his sword and left the room.
As soon as he finished speaking, a black shadow attacked at an extremely fast speed. Jiang Ziyu did not have time to react. In his pupils, he only saw a black-robed man holding a dagger with the tip pointed at his throat.
Ding!
The dagger suddenly bounced off, and the black-robed man’s movements changed. However, he took the opportunity to kick Jiang Ziyu. However, a figure appeared in front of Jiang Ziyu out of thin air and kicked the black-robed man’s chest, sending him flying.
Boom!
The black-robed man smashed through the courtyard walls, raising dust a thousand feet away, startling everyone in the palace.
When Jiang Ziyu saw the figure in front of him, he heaved a sigh of relief. He was also secretly vexed. He had still slacked off in his martial arts cultivation. That black-robed man’s speed had actually stunned a Heaven Arrival realm martial artist like him. How big was the difference?
Before the dust dissipated, the black-robed man stood up from the ruins with difficulty. He held his chest and blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were filled with disbelief.
He was a True God realm expert, but his sternum had been shattered by just a kick, and his internal strength was almost dissipated.
How was that possible?
They were both True God realm experts, so why was the other party so strong?
His pupils constricted. He saw a figure standing on the roof of the palace on the left. Under the moonlight, the Great Feathered Robe emitted a silver light, making Jiang Changsheng look like an immortal that had descended to the mortal world, shocking his soul.
“Who the hell are you?”
The black-robed man gritted his teeth and asked, “How can Great Jing have such an expert? Did you come here because you saw the decline of the Mahayana Dragon Tower? You’re definitely not from Great Jing!”
He was certain that the other party was an old monster. It was impossible for him to be as young as he looked.
Jiang Changsheng was expressionless as he looked down at him and asked, “Back then, when I killed that group of experts from the Mahayana Dragon Tower, why didn’t you think that I was at the Golden Body realm? Why did you have to come to Great Jing to die?”
The black-robed man gritted his teeth and said, “Impossible. It’s been a hundred years since a Golden Body realm expert was born in the land of the surroundinng dynasties. That Xiao Duotian was only close, but he did not resonate with the world. After entering seclusion for decades, he developed a demonic barrier. Even without you, we still had to deal with the Mahayana Dragon Tower, but you beat us to it.”
Jiang Changsheng asked, “Then why didn’t you guess that I’m a Golden Body realm expert that has lived for a long time?”
The black-robed man said in a deep voice, “I’ve guessed it, but there’s no choice. The Chao Sects are fighting for luck. There is no retreating for us. If you’re really an old monster at the Golden Body realm, and you dominate the thirteen prefectures and even support the expansion of the Jing Dynasty, it’s obvious that you’re provoking us. Even if you’re at the Golden Body realm, we have to resist!”
He suddenly took out a scroll from his pocket and quickly opened it. A black aura surged out of the scroll.
Jiang Changsheng did not stop him. Looking at his performance, the black aura was only slightly stronger than the black-robed man and could not threaten him.
“Immortal Master Changsheng, you are too greedy. You want to monopolize the resources of the thirteen prefectures alone and even expand them. Tonight,
I will turn Great Jing Imperial City into a purgatory on earth!”
The black-robed man said coldly. The black aura that surged out of the scroll quickly condensed into a skeleton. The skeleton then flew up and let out a human-like cry. It was extremely terrifying.
In response, Jiang Changsheng raised his hand and shot out an energy finger with his index finger while looking down from above.
Spiritual energy transformed into an arrow that pierced through the skeleton. The skeleton instantly fell apart and landed on the ground.
Seeing this, the black-robed man widened his eyes and trembled..