Chapter 395 - The Sword of Humaneness

Utter silence.Not only were the surrounding “neighbors” shocked, even Zhongxuan Sheng and Shi Si, who had full confidence in Jiang Wang, were actually taken aback.

They knew Jiang Wang would definitely win, but they didn’t know he could win so easily, without even using the Flame Sparrows.

Being first in one land does not necessarily make one the first in a country.

Being first at one time does not necessarily mean being first for all time.

In the present world, so vast and extensive, there are naturally stronger ones among the strong, and a higher mountain beyond each mountain.

No one dares to claim invincibility.

However.

A strong contender of the Ascending Dragon Realm, who could vie for first place in both Linhai County and Pingxi County with three fights to one, was still easily defeated by Jiang Wang.

This inevitably gave rise to a thought—what is Jiang Wang’s current position in the Ascending Dragon Realm?

Looking across the whole of Linzi, or even the entire world, what then?

At present, by general consensus, the number one in the Ascending Dragon Realm of Qi Country should be Wang Yi Wu, whose name is the most prominent.

But unlike his time in the Tongtian Environment when he swept through his peers, with figures like the Ninth Prince of the Daqi Royal Family, Jiang Wuji, as his vanquished foes, and even directly breaking historical limits, leaving his name in the annals of cultivation history…

In the Ascending Dragon Realm, Wang Yi Wu has yet to achieve any real deeds.

Everyone knows he is strong, but they don’t know just how strong he is.

And Jiang Wang…

In the battle at Yunwu Mountain, he had already demonstrated his genius in creating the Flame Sparrows, a top-level Dao Technique, and revealed his strength in facing off against fighters from the Inner Mansion Realm.

Today, facing three adversaries, he didn’t even use the Flame Sparrows; instead, he easily defeated three strong contenders of the Ascending Dragon Realm with a self-created swordsmanship technique never before seen by others.

Stepping over the fame of the Sealing Sea Hand and the Pingxi Duo, he naturally acquired the qualifications to compete for the title of the strongest in the Ascending Dragon Realm.

The speed of this progress, even for Zhongxuan Sheng and Shi Si, who were with him day and night, was secretly astonishing.

Three strong contenders of the Ascending Dragon Realm lay twitching on the ground, their bodies sliced up by many sword cuts; not dead at the moment, but also deprived of the strength to resist.

All of them endured the pain, not one crying out.

Being defeated was already a blow to Bao Zhongqing’s face; if they couldn’t bear the pain, that would just be directly helping to slap Bao Zhongqing’s face.

“If you’re not dead, then drag yourselves onto the carriage!” Bao Zhongqing said with a dark face.

Jiang Wang didn’t finish them off, holding his sword back at the last moment—certainly due to his grasp of restraint, but this undoubtedly illustrated even more the gap between the two sides.

Yan Er and the Pingxi Duo, enduring their pain, struggled to get up and silently crawled into the Bao family’s luxurious carriage.

The two horses pulling the carriage both had demonic beast bloodlines and were not violently repulsed by the scent of blood.

Bao Zhongqing’s face was unsightly, making him look even uglier, but surprisingly he did not explode in anger again.

He only looked at Jiang Wang and asked, “What swordsmanship is this?”

There was nothing to hide, and Jiang Wang replied candidly, “It can be tentatively called…

the Sword of Humanity.”

He tilted his chin slightly, “Right now I have only mastered two moves.”

The implication was clear—do you want to give it a try?

This was in response to Bao Zhongqing’s initial provocation.

During his first encounter in the Taixu Illusion Realm, the first blessed land challenge he faced.

His opponent was probably a practitioner from the Confucianist Gate, using a remnant move of the Gentleman’s Nine Swords from ancient times.

He was killed in a single blow.

He had pondered over this sword countless times; whether his newly acquired moves were an elevation or a manifestation of the Sword of the Boundless Sea, in any case, they were based on it.

On the other hand, they benefited from it as well.

So far, the greatest benefit the Taixu Illusion Realm’s blessed lands gave him was the chance to confront those opponents he could hardly match.

Of course, how much he could absorb from it was still up to his own efforts and talent.

However, he had only mastered two moves of this swordsmanship so far, and he didn’t even know how many moves it would end up including—it was all still being explored.

Facing Jiang Wang’s response, Bao Zhongqing didn’t say much more, seeming to have no intentions of personally entering the fray to recover his dignity.

He only turned to Zhongxuan Sheng and said, “Fatso, I gave you a chance.”

Being called ‘fatso’ and the like didn’t bother Zhongxuan Sheng in the slightest, not even a twitch of the eyelid.

It was downright ineffectual.

He cast back a glance, giving a look of extreme scorn: “Bao Mazi, if your hands were one-third as effective as your mouth, you absolutely wouldn’t have lost face today.”

Bao Zhongqing gritted his teeth and nodded, too furious to turn around and leave.

“Take your junk at the door with you!” Zhongxuan Sheng called after him.

Bao Zhongqing acted as if he hadn’t heard a word, got on the carriage, took the reins, and drove away himself.

This right here was somewhat unexpected for Jiang Wang.

He had assumed that the man would have left his subordinates behind and departed on his own.

It was known that driving a carriage was not considered a respectable task for sons of aristocratic families.

In families with stricter rules, doing so might even result in a reprimand.

No sooner had Bao Zhongqing’s carriage disappeared around the corner than Zhongxuan Sheng gestured grandly with his hand and instructed the gatekeeper, “Call some men over to move these things inside!”

Jiang Wang felt somewhat embarrassed for him, “Didn’t you say earlier that you didn’t want this junk?”

In reality, this embarrassment was completely unnecessary.

Zhongxuan Sheng waved his hand carelessly, “Poor old Bao was outclassed and has brought shame upon himself.

These things are just an apology.”

At that moment, Jiang Wang could only look skyward.

Regardless of whether the situation was right or wrong, it was difficult to clarify.

What concerned him most was that you hadn’t actually ‘forgiven’ them, so why accept their apology?

The servants were busy moving the items, as the three of them made their way into the inner courtyard.

Once the door was closed, they could speak freely.

Zhongxuan Sheng’s pace slowed, and he suddenly said, “Unless something unexpected happens, it must have been Wang Yiwu who took action!”

Jiang Wang was confused, “What does Wang Yiwu have to do with this?”

To say that Bao Zhongqing was a man from Wang Yiwu’s camp, here today to set up an ambush, did not make sense.

Bao Zhongqing was himself a scion of a top aristocratic family and would not serve as a vassal to Wang Yiwu.

The boy, Fourteen, also looked over, clearly just as confused as to what was happening.

Zhongxuan Sheng, feeling a sense of superiority, smiled, “We’ll talk about that later!”

He then looked at Jiang Wang with a hint of jealousy, making Jiang Wang’s skin crawl.

Back when they were in Tongtian Environment, Jiang Wang had been hot on his heels, from being utterly overpowered to increasingly closing the win-loss gap, eventually reaching a point where victories and defeats were about even.

Fortunately, Zhongxuan Sheng had timely opened the Heaven and Earth Gate and used the advantage of his realm to suppress and dominate once again for a while.

But since then, up until now…

The story of Zhen Wudi and Dugu Wudi seemed like it was about to turn a new page…

Zhongxuan Sheng couldn’t help but feel emotional, “Your combat power today might have caught up with me already!”

Just might?

Just caught up?

Jiang Wang smiled and said nothing, but his mind quickly descended into the Taixu Illusion Realm, where he sent an invitation to spar with Zhongxuan Sheng—also promptly rejected.

The chubby one guessed what he was up to just by looking at his face and therefore responded in a timely manner.

“Ahem,” said Zhongxuan Sheng gravely, “Let’s talk business!”

Joking!

At the Ascending Dragon Realm, on the Discussion Platform, where a fight is worth eighty points of merit, would I, Zhongxuan Sheng, suffer such a loss—pfft…take such a risk?

Jiang Wang rolled his eyes but there wasn’t much he could do with such thick-skinned behavior.

The Shadow Guard formed by Zhongxuan Sheng operated with high efficiency; they had barely entered the study and as Zhongxuan Sheng’s rear just fit into the chair, the intelligence report was delivered.

Glancing at the note casually, the chubby one opened it, took a few looks, then smiled with the sly confidence of someone holding all the aces, “Exactly as I thought!”

Passing the note to Jiang Wang, who after scrutinizing for a while, then handed it to Fourteen.

Honestly, reading the intelligence report only made Jiang Wang more puzzled.

Because he simply couldn’t see how this report corroborated Zhongxuan Sheng’s earlier judgment.

In fact, it more likely overturned his judgment!

He looked at Fourteen, who was buried in heavy armor, impossible to confirm whether he understood what was going on.

Jiang Wang had always considered himself smart, but this time he truly couldn’t follow the train of thought.

As reported in the intelligence, just yesterday, Wang Yiwu had made several moves, striking hard against many of Bao Zhongqing’s businesses.