Chapter 1295: Snowing Heavily

"You call this debating the classics?!"

As Jiang Wang turned his head on horseback, he saw a young scholar with eyes of different sizes.This person approached from the golden expanse, clad in a Confucian robe, carrying a book satchel on his back, a very typical appearance of a traveling scholar. He was frowning, looking at him.Li Kui encountering Li Kui, it was truly awkward.Fortunately, Jiang Wang wore a hood, so his expression wouldn't be seen. He simply gave a cold snort, and with an air of arrogance, turned his horse away, showing that he disdained to bother with this person."Hey!" The man swayed and blocked the horse's path. "Don't leave! You were quite spirited just now, teasing that little girl, weren't you? Didn't you want to debate the classics? I will debate with you!"He sneered, "But I must first teach you what debating the classics means!"Jiang Wang thought to himself that he hadn't actually teased the little girl, but had been very seriously "debating the classics." However, the other party was overflowing with righteousness, so he let him be.Immediately, without a word, he continued to turn his horse and change direction.The scholar swayed and blocked the horse's path again, with a half-smile, "We Confucian scholars, when traveling, should not fear discussion and exchange. Why do you keep trying to leave? May I ask from which academy you hail? Who is your esteemed master? And which classic is your main study?"What "main study" or not, he didn't understand.Jiang Wang was terribly annoyed and said casually, "I'm from Qingya Academy, alright? I don't have the time to bother with you today, let us part ways now!""Ah, how coincidental!" The scholar said with great pride, "I, Fang Zongwen, am precisely a disciple of Qingya Academy! Please, venerable sir, remove your hood, so we fellow disciples may become acquainted?"He emphasized "fellow disciples," clearly deeming Jiang Wang to be a villain who tarnished the reputation of Confucian disciples, and reached out to lift the hood.Jiang Wang steered his horse back a few steps. "My friend, let us speak words, and not engage in physical actions!""Haha! Now you're a friend again? You should at least address me as 'worthy brother' or something, to resemble the proper demeanor." Fang Zongwen pressed forward aggressively. "Unwilling to remove your hood? Are you someone who cannot be seen? From where do these demonic beings and monstrous spirits come, pretending to be disciples of the Confucian school!"Jiang Wang, unable to outargue him, began to roll up his sleeves. "Do you truly wish to debate the classics with me?""Heh, what now?" Fang Zongwen also rolled up his sleeves with great momentum, and sneered, "Cannot argue and wish to resort to physical action? A guilty conscience? Do you know which are the Six Arts of a Gentleman... Ah!"As he spoke, his right eye received a punch.Then his left eye.As his vision turned black, he took another punch to the abdomen, doubling over on the ground, as if the entire world began to curve. Then a hook punch landed on his chin, and the world flattened out again...After a good period of crackling sounds.Fang Zongwen lay on the grass, bruised and swollen, gazing blankly at the sky. His book satchel was completely broken apart, and his books were scattered everywhere.Among them was a copy of Chun Qiu Fan Lu, precisely the book Jiang Wang couldn't buy. He picked it up casually.As he did so, he said offhandedly, "Junior Brother, in the debate of the classics, your Senior Brother has won. I imagine you have nothing more to say. Your Senior Brother will borrow this book from you and return it after I've read it."These printed classics were readily available everywhere and did not involve any cultivation knowledge, thus not precious.Fang Zongwen did not speak, seemingly acquiescing.Jiang Wang nodded in satisfaction, leaped onto his horse, and headed east.He had not been heavy-handed. The other party appeared miserable, but they were merely superficial injuries and would be fine shortly. Lying there and refusing to get up was purely due to injured pride.Returning the book would be easy. Since this Fang Zongwen was also a disciple of Qingya Academy, he could return it to Xu Xiangqian later.Reading books, riding horses, beating people up.Life was truly joyous!Heaven's Mirror, also known as "Divine Mirror Lake," is the center of the entire eastern grassland. The supreme royal court of the Mu Kingdom is located beside Heaven's Mirror.Jiang Wang set out from the Washing Moon Bamboo Forest and first entered the southwestern part of the grassland, thus now heading east.Speaking of which, the war between the Mu and Sheng kingdoms ahead seemed not to have affected the grassland at all; the lives of the herdsmen remained peaceful. To some extent, this also reflected the disparity in national strength between the two kingdoms.It is likely that only when the Jing Kingdom truly dispatches troops will this boundless grassland become tense.And the attitude of the Qi Kingdom is very important in determining how many troops the Jing Kingdom can deploy against the Sheng Kingdom...Jiang Wang shook these thoughts from his mind and continued to ride forward.Along the way, he passed by the home of the girl with small freckles on her face. It was a very large yurt. In this tribe, it also seemed quite conspicuous, indicating that her family was well-off, one of the best in the tribe.At that time, the herdsman girl was grooming her horse in front of the yurt, gazing with burning eyes at the scarlet-red horse galloping past.However, since the "transaction" had failed earlier, she said nothing more at this moment.There was even no thought of gathering her tribesmen to rob him, although many strong young men were home at this time, enough to teach someone a lesson...Grassland people are direct in nature, speaking up when they like something, saying what they want, but at the same time, grassland people also have their rules.Those who wantonly rob and commit evil are bandits, not the children of the蒼圖神 (Cang Tu God, implied deity of the grassland).The feeling of riding a horse across the grassland was exceptionally invigorating.A clear sky stretching for miles, eyes filled with golden hues, the mood also became open and vast.Jiang Wang was pondering over matters after meeting Zhao Rucheng and Deng Shu, a smile on his face, when suddenly his vision darkened, and the entire sky turned dim!In an instant, frosty clouds pressed down from above, and in another instant, snow began to fall from the heavens and earth.The temperature plummeted.At the same time, roars resounded throughout heaven and earth.The distance was a vast expanse of white, one could barely see their hand extended five fingers away. The falling snow was swept by the gale, howling towards him.A blizzard!A "blizzard" is when during winter, a strong wind blows the snow, often sweeping across heaven and earth.It is one of the most feared disasters by herdsmen.But it was autumn now, how could there be a blizzard?Moreover, the snow fell so suddenly, the wind blew so abruptly!The scarlet-red horse beneath him trembled, shivering. A moment ago, its mane was flying, its posture vigorous and agile, yet now it was completely on its knees on the ground, awed by the might of heaven and earth.Jiang Wang lifted it up with one hand, turned around, and flew rapidly.Such a sudden appearance of a blizzard of this magnitude must have a cause behind it.There were naturally strong individuals on the grassland, and Jiang Wang, concealing his identity, did not wish to invite trouble.However, that small tribe he had just passed, with no transcendent power whatsoever, clearly could not withstand such a sudden blizzard.With the ability to help, he could not ignore it.Wu Yan Lanzhu was the嫡女 (di nu, legitimate daughter) of the chief of the Chahe tribe. Their branch of the tribe belonged to the Hue Lian tribe.The Tu clan, higher up than Hue Lian, was the most noble true-blooded tribe on the grassland.She had been properly grooming her horse. After grooming the horse, she still had to go and feed the cattle.These were her cattle, her horses, her dowry, she had to take good care of them.But suddenly, the sky and earth turned dark, and the surroundings were already a vast expanse of white!How could she not know that the blizzard had arrived!But blizzards only appeared in winter. In her memory, appearing in autumn was the first time, she was completely unprepared.Moreover, in the past, before a blizzard arrived, the cultivators in the supreme royal court would mostly give notice in advance, so they could properly settle all the cattle and sheep.Wu Yan Lanzhu stood stunned in front of the yurt, motionless, her heart as cold as ice.The cattle were finished, the sheep were finished, the dowry was finished, the tribe was finished!In the midst of extreme fear and helplessness, she suddenly saw a figure holding a scarlet-red horse descend from the sky, blocking the raging wind and snow!A person actually supporting a horse.It was that strange man who had been spouting scholarly phrases at her.At this moment, seeing him, he simply placed that scarlet-red horse behind him, and extended his palm forward to press.The boundless wind and snow actually stopped for him!