Free Web NovelChapter 1523: Chapter 173: Those Who Are Arrogant Above, but Humble Below
The first Human Demon, Yan Chunhui, suddenly appeared, and without uttering a word, unleashed a sword strike, covering a battlefield of nearly a hundred thousand soldiers. After a brief exchange with Jiang Mengxiong, he suddenly departed, acting with utmost freedom.
He paid no mind to the intimidation of the Overlord Country, as if no rules in the world could constrain him.
And it seemed that Great Qi’s War God, Jiang Mengxiong, and the leader of Jing Bajia, Yu Que, also had no intention of pursuing him.
"Hahahahahaha!"
Yu Que suddenly burst into laughter, his shoulders shaking.
His sword was divided into black and white, split down the spine; one side was as dark as ink, the other as white as snow.
The sword guard was also a Tai Chi Diagram, with the white-sided edge facing the black blade and the black-sided edge facing the white blade.
The entire sword gave a complex feeling of encompassing everything and resolving the duality of Yin and Yang.
He casually sheathed it, and it disappeared from view.
Looking at Jiang Mengxiong, his laughter continued unabated: "Hahaha... You stood there punching the sky, spouting wild words. People only ask... who are you? Hahaha..."
"If he forgot me, it only means he took the wrong path," Jiang Mengxiong said expressionlessly. "Should we step aside? This war isn’t over yet."
"Of course, of course. This is the young people’s turn now," Yu Que laughed, offering no further explanation before disappearing with a step.
Jiang Mengxiong, too, took a step forward, vanishing into the air without leaving even a glance.
Both sides showed great confidence in their own country’s geniuses, maintaining restraint in the high-level power not interfering in this war.
The conversation between these two True Monarchs made everyone on the Star Moon Plain mere spectators.
Once they departed, it seemed the people could finally act autonomously.
But...
After witnessing a scene that turned the world upside down, narrowly escaping life and death, it was indeed difficult for both sides’ geniuses to immediately fall back into the confrontational mood.
Jinguo’s geniuses connected small formations into a large defensive army formation.
Qi Country’s geniuses followed behind Jiang Wang, charging through the sky, while the army was temporarily guided into a formation by Li Longchuan using feathered arrows.
The geniuses on both sides met gaze... Indeed, they no longer had the will to fight.
Like two ants, initially facing off fiercely, just about to engage in a deadly struggle.
And indeed harbored the determination for a life-and-death struggle.
But suddenly a person walked over, stepping down, and the two ants barely escaped death...
Though that person had walked away, the ants for a moment were unable to shake off the lingering fear.
The strange atmosphere lingered as they looked at each other...
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sound of the clamor rang simultaneously from the eastern and western sides of the Pointing Generals’ Stage.
Striking the clamor with a mallet signaled the sound of a retreat.
Even Lian Jingzhi and Fang You likely understood the morale of the army, knowing that today would be difficult to fight. Perhaps, they also shared similar feelings...
In the presence of Yan Chunhui, Yu Que, and Jiang Mengxiong, such Yan Dao experts, how were Xiang Country’s Pillar Country and Xu Country’s Great Marshal any different from any petty official on this Star Moon Plain?
The geniuses on each side organized their ranks and returned to camp, saying nothing along the way.
The encounters today indeed made people’s feelings complicated, so much so that no one even uttered harsh words like "I will definitely break your formation tomorrow" or "I’ll take your head".
But... there was never a lack of gazes directed toward Jiang Wang.
First, he beheaded the Human Demon before a formation of thousands, and then he was the first to charge against the sky’s sword sea, truly dazzling and impossible to ignore,
"Qingyang!"
Zhongxuan Sheng, having retracted his Law of Heaven and Earth Divine Skill, summoned with a large hand, even utilizing the Power of Zhong Xuan: "Quickly come here!"
Jiang Wang withdrew from the Sword Immortal state, sheathed his sword, and followed the gravity to lightly land beside him, amusedly saying, "Your Power of Zhong Xuan’s intensity is really inadequate, let’s practice more later."
Zhongxuan Sheng seemed oblivious, knowing more practice was certain, but absolutely without "together".
At the moment, with Heavy Armor Shisi on the left and Tianfu Jiang Qingyang on the right, he led them in a grand march toward the Qi side’s camp, with an imposing aura as if sweeping through thousands of troops like a roll of matting.
Li Longchuan sheathed his Qiushan Bow with a flip of his hand, flew over with a light laugh, and said, "How is it that our first Inner Mansion in history is becoming more handsome with age?" freeweɓnovel.cѳm
"Ah haha." Jiang Wang modestly replied, "That depends on who you’re comparing to."
Shisi glared at him discontentedly.
"I mean compared to yesterday’s me!" Jiang Wang quickly explained.
Yan Fu then handed the control mechanism to Lin Jie, indicating for him to properly store the eight Mo Wus, while also handing him unused talismans to be sorted together.
These items of immeasurable value were like a pile of shining Prime Stones.
Yet, because of the hassle, he casually handed them to Lin Jie to organize, seemingly without worry of him embezzling... even though they had only grown familiar these past few days!
It wasn’t that he trusted easily...
The root reason was wealth.
If it were Jiang Wang, he would undoubtedly handle it personally, leaving not even a scrap of paper behind for someone else, much less any chance of embezzlement...
Leaving the items behind, he walked lightly toward Jiang Wang, a gentle smile in his eyes, "So, how much Prime Stone have you spent on this trip?"
Jiang Wang remembered that Dog Da... oh no, Yan Xian Brother had promised to cover all his expenses on this overseas trip.
"No rush." He greeted this brother with the brightest smile, "Haven’t I returned yet?"
There might be expenses on Star Moon Plain to come, and being as shrewd as Jiang Qingyang, of course, he couldn’t suffer for these few days.
Everyone laughed.
Zhongxuan Sheng waved over Lin Xian, saying to Jiang Wang, "Let me introduce someone to you."
Jiang Wang had long noticed, apart from a few friends, there were several gazes landing on him, particularly fervent.
One was the deputy general helping Yan Xian Brother gather things, unknown for now who he was.
The other was Lin Xian.
He looked over with a smile.
"I am your deputy general." Lin Xian said with some embarrassment.
Jiang Wang was a bit unsure, but still smiled warmly, "It’s good to meet again, I’m not very familiar with the battlefield, I’ll rely on you for guidance over the next few days."
"No, not at all." Lin Xian waved his hands repeatedly, "I’ll be learning from you."
"Our front army is divided into ten camps, you have the position of main general for one. Because you hadn’t arrived at the battlefield yet, I had Lin Xian temporarily oversee it for you..." Zhongxuan Sheng explained, "Are you two familiar?"
Jiang Wang didn’t know the other had observed his legendary battle, smiled and said, "I have a deep impression of Brother Lin."
Lin Xian hurriedly said, "Where could I deserve a thought from Son of Qingyang!"
At this moment Gau Zhe approached from afar, smiling and greeting, "Brother Jiang! Long time no see!"
Jiang Wang nodded with a smile, "Brother Gao."
Zhongxuan Sheng reached out to stop him, halting his typical polite exchange. But he left a little face, refraining from saying something like don’t bother with nobody like him.
Gao Zhe stiffly nodded, ultimately saying nothing more, turned, and left.
Jiang Wang sent a questioning look at Zhongxuan Sheng, who only said, "We’ll talk back at camp."
Including Bao Bozhao, Chao Yu... the known and unknown almost all came to greet Jiang Wang actively.
Even Xie Baoshu, wearing a stern face, said, "Welcome to the ranks." Lei Zhanqian also mumbled something like "The Eleventh Prince sends his regards." Even Wang Yiwu held his chin up and said, "Looking forward to more of your performance"...
Jiang Wang wasn’t quite used to such scenes, but he courteously responded to everyone, never displaying arrogance.
He always surpassed the proud and was humble to the meek, no different in those highs or lows.
Finally, Lin Jie, who had finished gathering the Mo Wus, caught up to the group, handing the items to Yan Fu before jumping before Jiang Wang with a wide smile, "Marquis Jiang, I’ve long admired your great name! Seeing you today, your demeanor surpasses legends! I am Lin Jie from Yi Kingdom, you can call me Xiao Lin, or Xiao Jie!"
"Brother Lin, hello, hello..."
Thus surrounded by the crowd, Jiang Wang proceeded towards the camp where the army was stationed.
Later, the records of the military operations would account—
"...As word of Jiang Qingyang’s arrival spread, the three armies vied to behold him, all eager and urgent."
