Peace Order

Chapter 1799 - 80: Legend!

After placing a few pieces, Jiang Wanxiang looked at the chessboard and said, "Master, in this game, you have lost. When I was young, you told me playing chess is like the grand affairs of the world, requiring a calm heart. It seems you couldn’t maintain yours."

"Hahahaha."

"I am also a great man."

He rose, turned around, and walked forward slowly, with his white hair hanging down, and said faintly, "One must also use ugly and unscrupulous means to reach the end of one’s path. On the hundred-year historical records at that time, I await the judgment of future generations."

"This parting today means we shall not meet again in the future. I ask you, Master, someday in the future, to look upon this world in times of peace. When I was young, I too saw you at the Academy, when we drank and talked idly."

"I played ten games of chess with you, and lost miserably every time."

"You said my dreams were but illusions."

"Heh...... "

Jiang Wanxiang laughed. He glanced sideways at Gongyang Suwang, who said he was dying, yet in this moment still full of vigor, facing this legendary foremost figure of the Confucianists, he only carried some regrets, fatigue, and a kind of indifference, saying:

"In the end, just a Confucian scholar."

"How could you understand the way of the Central Plains’ emperors?"

Gongyang Suwang was intimidated by the king’s imposing aura, but after Jiang Wanxiang left.

The Qilin suddenly shouted, "This guy, just now when you weren’t paying attention, secretly changed the pieces."

Gongyang Suwang was shocked. Looking again, he indeed saw the chessboard had been tampered with.

Thus, the demeanor of that noble emperor was instantly shattered.

The vigor of youth reappeared once more.

Mischievous, spirited, bold, cunning.

Suwang wanted to laugh, but couldn’t. That old Azure Dragon was still the illegitimate youth of the past, the one who slept soundly under the big tree wearing straw sandals and spoke of the world and future as if they were a basket of rotten chess pieces.

He is still him, yet not him.

Gongyang Suwang sat there muttering, "Ah, the world... "

......

Yuwen Lie left, while the shrewd and ruthless He Ruoqinhu took charge of Jiang Wanxiang’s strategies here. Jiang Wanxiang ordered a manifesto, aiming to recruit the noble families of Central State, the officials of literary and military clans, to jointly wage war against Prince Qin, Li Guanyi.

The officials were afraid, and the noble families evaded.

This was to be expected.

This is their most adept method of problem-solving, cleverly transforming their positions within the rules to gain benefits, exploiting loopholes. But this time, they faced a king with grand ambitions nearing death, who uses every means possible.

And the Military God General, who has seen good and evil for forty-seven years of conquering the world, purely indifferent.

One was the rule-maker.

One was the rule-breaker.

Jiang Wanxiang thus issued an edict inviting opposing noble families and dignitaries to attend. That day, there were those who came, indignant and unhappy, publicly rebuking Jiang Wanxiang. Some used the occasion of drinking to express their intent, and others said they were willing to help, but they were just ordinary families, poor with no manpower.

The myriad truths, the diversity of human hearts.

Enough to write thousands of words, countless brilliant essays.

The historians in the Academy used four words to record the outcome of this event.

[Slain by the Emperor].

The records show that the Emperor of Ying Country slaughtered violently across Central State.

In a few short days, more than one thousand seven hundred nobles and famous scholars were killed by him, under the blade’s edge, all noble families as pioneers, willing to join the battle against Prince Qin. Emperor Ying, Jiang Wanxiang, relocated noble families and dignitaries into Ying Country.

The mighty Long Wind, Jiang Wanxiang walked alone in the Red Emperor’s palace.

Under the perception and gaze of Gongyang Suwang and the Old Qilin far away in the Academy, he calmly reached out his hand and grasped the remaining Qi Fortune of the Red Emperor, the remnant of Ji Zichang, left by the line of Red Emperor.

Once brilliant and splendid, now decayed and barely visible, the twisting Qi Fortune almost visibly intertwined around Jiang Wanxiang’s arm, then spread upwards, with black traces flowing rapidly beneath his flesh.

Jiang Wanxiang’s momentum surged, Jiang Wanxiang’s heart became increasingly strong.

The aged Qilin and Gongyang Suwang simultaneously felt Jiang Wanxiang stepping out in the face of an eight hundred-year twisted Qi Fortune.

The world shook because of it.

In terms of sheer power and height, he directly stepped into the realm of Martial Arts Legend.

Yet, in Gongyang Suwang’s perception, it carried a sense of desolation.

Gongyang Suwang said softly, "In the human world, they always say long life is a blessing."

"But not necessarily."

"With long life, old friends are like autumn leaves, blown away by the wind and rain..."

Old Qilin said, "Is this truly the Martial Arts Legend?"

Gongyang Suwang said softly, "It’s a path carved uniquely by oneself, but not precisely the Martial Arts Legend. Yet, it’s also beyond an ordinary Great Grandmaster. This fierce momentum, tracing back eight hundred years, the remaining Qi Fortune, is borne by Jiang Wanxiang."

"What he seeks is the final battle."

"Regardless of the cost."

"To die for the greater cause, to endure for the grand wish..."

Gongyang Suwang drank and whispered:

"And yet in these few days."

"Ji Zichang and Jiang Wanxiang, both have died."

Jiang Wanxiang turned, the smile of the Emperor of Ying was composed, he felt the twisted vitality, the desires and hearts of generations trying to corrupt him, but he suppressively controlled it.

The Emperor of Ying said, "Heroes of the world slay each other."

"All the mighty of the world are dead."

"Li Guanyi, I shall be your opponent!"

"With the fire in our hearts, let us renew eight hundred years of elegance and valor for this world!"