Chapter 1470: If There is a Moon at This Moment

The night seemed to be lifted.The world appeared in a different guise.Only then did Jiang Wang realize, with a sudden clarity, that he had been conversing with Wang Changji within the environment he had constructed.Compared to their encounter in the State of Yong, how much stronger had he become?Yet Wang Changji's methods were even more silent now...Back then, he could still sense that he was being drawn into a battle of divine souls, and immediately summoned his divine soul serpent to prepare for combat. Today, however, he detected not the slightest anomaly.Although it was also because Wang Changji did not initiate an attack, his divine soul capabilities were undoubtedly on a higher level.If one were to say that his divine soul capabilities were on the same level as Xiang Bei, one level above other prodigious talents. And at the same cultivation stage, Xiang Bei was slightly stronger.Then Wang Changji was already at a higher position.After the fishing rod in his hand vanished, Yue Tiannu, who was seated in the left palm of the Mahoraga, opened her eyes almost instantly and sprang to her feet.After surveying left and right with vigilance, her gaze settled upon Jiang Wang."You saved us?" she asked, her tone filled with inquiry. "What about that person from before?"Jiang Wang looked at his empty palm,愣了一會兒, before standing up and saying, "He is already gone.""How did you defeat him?" Yue Tiannu’s question slipped out, and only then did she realize it might be inappropriate. She added, "I mean, that person is very mysterious and not easy to deal with."Jiang Wang was quite frank, stating directly, "We did not fight. After a few words, he left.""Who was that person? Do you know him?" Yue Tiannu asked again."I do know him, but I am not sure if he is willing to let you know... so please forgive me for not being able to say."Jiang Wang's tone was sincere. Although Yue Tiannu felt a little disappointed, she nodded in understanding and said, "Wu Ling and Ge Fei...""Wu Ling is already eliminated. Ge Fei has disappeared somewhere for now... but I think he will not appear before us again."Yue Tiannu looked at him deeply. "I did not expect you could achieve such a feat under those circumstances.""There was an element of luck.""Destiny never favors the weak." Yue Tiannu sighed. "I was preparing to recover eighty percent of my fighting strength and return to find you, but I encountered those two people.""Two people?" Jiang Wang furrowed his brow, but did not pay too much attention. It was only natural to bring an ally to the Mountain and Sea Realm; not everyone pursued challenges like Dou Zhao."But only one person attacked," Yue Tiannu said."Do you mind discussing the details of your encounter?" Jiang Wang asked with interest."Although I don't mind... there were no details to speak of." Yue Tiannu's voice still had that unnatural sound produced by her puppet voice box, but the genuine sense of loss was equally impossible to conceal."He walked over alone, and my divine soul quickly collapsed. I don't know where I was defeated. When I woke up, it was already now."Jiang Wang was quite surprised, as Yue Tiannu's strength was definitely not weak. Even if she was slightly inferior on the divine soul level, she should not have been crushed in this manner.It was at this moment that he vaguely understood the words Wang Changji had spoken."He told me..." Jiang Wang said, "You are actually very strong, but your divine soul has significant flaws... I think he seized upon your weakness and took advantage of it.""Impossible! I acknowledge his strength, but he cannot speak so carelessly and belittle others wantonly. Does he know what he is evaluating? To achieve victory in this realm, how arrogant! How ignorant!" Yue Tiannu displayed an unprecedented surge of emotion, her eyes frighteningly serious.But she quickly suppressed her emotions."I apologize," she said, looking at Jiang Wang. "I am not targeting you, nor am I unable to accept my failure. But forgive my directness, in terms of divine soul, even prodigious talents like you and Xiang Bei, renowned in the way of divine soul, would not be stronger than me. Do you know that at my current level, I can already manifest a Pure Land? In Buddhism, this can only be achieved by a Golden Body Divine Arrival.""I was only repeating his original words... if I have offended the Zen Master, I apologize." Jiang Wang said with a sincere attitude. "But I believe he was acting out of kindness. Otherwise, he would not have needed to say these things."Yue Tiannu's gaze was strange.At times bewildered, at times pained, at times resolute...It was a gaze tinged with a sense of fragmentation.Finally, she said, "I... I have been impolite.""As you have seen and thought. My body is a puppet. My divine soul was also reshaped. I am someone who should no longer exist, yet is forcefully existing...""I demand perfection at this moment, desiring success too much, perhaps falling into a certain obsession. I have fallen into the labyrinth of the Dao. I cannot control my emotions, perhaps my Zen heart has already shattered.""I apologize." She descended to the sea surface, clasped her palms together, and bowed solemnly to Jiang Wang. "This humble nun has been truly impolite."Jiang Wang stood in place, not moving.After accepting the bow, he said, "I should not have accepted the Zen Master's bow. But I took the scolding for him, so I shall also accept this bow for him... He left a suggestion, I wonder if the Zen Master is still willing to listen?"Yue Tiannu's eyes showed shame. She clasped her palms and bowed her head, saying, "I am ashamed to accept, but this body is truly a disgrace... Please enlighten me.""My friend said, just tell you these eight characters, and you will naturally understand." Jiang Wang said, word by word: "Self-awaken Precious Nature, Original Body Spirit Vessel."Yue Tiannu was struck as if by lightning. She愣了一時, and remained silent for a long time.The grey robe concealed her physique.Her face, with its bronze hue, was truly an exquisite puppet creation, showing no difference from a human face.And Jiang Wang had already shifted his gaze, looking at Zuo Guangshu in the right palm of the mechanical Mahoraga, and couldn't help but smile, "What are you愣ing at?"From the speed of waking, it was also evident how much difference there was between Zuo Guangshu and Yue Tiannu's divine souls.Yue Tiannu's claim of a powerful divine soul was by no means boastful. It was also no wonder she found it so difficult to accept that her divine soul had major flaws.The childishness on his face was what made Zuo Guangshu different from others in the Mountain and Sea Realm.He was the youngest and had experienced the least.At this moment, having just awakened, sitting in the giant palm of the Mahoraga, he had a sense of helpless innocence.Although his clothes were noble, and the puppet was majestic.He looked down at the familiar figure standing on the sea surface. Tears almost rolled down, but he forcefully held them back."I dragged you down... Brother Jiang," he said.This proud young man was clearly deeply affected by this journey to the Mountain and Sea Realm. When encountering exotic beasts, he could only flee. When surrounded by the Hound of Disaster, he could only rely on Jiang Wang to draw away the hunters. When encountering Dou Zhao, he could only wait for Jiang Wang to save him. Not to mention, when he was ambushed by Wu Ling and Ge Fei, he was still unconscious...After finally waking up and wanting to save his elder brother, he encountered a person he didn't know and was easily crushed!It was truly difficult for him to convince himself again that he could be "like him"...He felt a great sense of frustration, doubting his courage and beliefs that he had held all along.Jiang Wang gently stepped on the sea surface, leaped up, and landed gracefully in front of Zuo Guangshu.The Mahoraga's palm was indeed very large, sufficient for him to stand.He bent down, smiled, and curled two fingers to knock on Zuo Guangshu's smooth forehead, tap, tap.Then he tilted his ear, making a gesture of listening intently. Then he frowned and said, "That's strange, why don't I hear the sound of water?"Zuo Guangshu's urge to cry disappeared in an instant."What are you doing!" He couldn't help but push Jiang Wang away."Do you know how old I am this year?" Jiang Wang looked at him with an exaggerated expression. "I have been working hard since I was young, and I am many years older than you! You want to catch up with my steps now and not drag me down, how dare you even think that? Aren't you looking down on me, the destined First Inner Mansion to be recorded in history! Huh?"Zuo Guangshu was speechless for a moment."If you ask me, there's nothing for you to be upset about." Jiang Wang said with a smug expression. "There are many people in this world who are not as good as your Brother Jiang, from south to north, from east to west, looking forward and back hundreds of years, people like Wang Yiwei, Qin Zhizhen, Huang Shelizi, Xiang Bei, Wu Ling... too many to count! They are also national prodigies, young heroes, and yet they are all living well!""What are you so proud of!" Zuo Guangshu gritted his teeth. "I will surpass you sooner or later!"Jiang Wang very handily flicked him on the forehead and said with a smile, "It's a promise."Zuo Guangshu thought spitefully, he would definitely flick him back in the future.He couldn't help but bare his teeth, feeling a pain in his forehead.But his heart was truly warm.If there was a bright moon in the Mountain and Sea Realm, tonight would be a very good night.Walking on the water surface as smooth as a mirror, Wang Changji thought this inexplicably."Counting it, you should have entered the Inner Courtyard in the same year as him. You should be very familiar with him, right?" he asked casually."Ah, yes, very familiar." Fang Heling still followed behind Wang Changji, stepping on the water, making a very faint sound that spread in the silent night.When he was not using his Hatred Heart divine ability, he was like this.Not ugly, of course, but not outstanding either.He had no memorable temperament, and gave the impression of being taciturn.He said slowly, "In the past, I once regarded him as an enemy, a competitor that I had to defeat. And I have been working towards that goal."Even a person like Wang Changji was愣了一下for a moment.Perhaps he felt that it was too unrealistic."He and my cousin Fang Pengju are sworn brothers. There are five of them in total, one the oldest, like a good old man, named Ling He. One who is addicted to wine and has a very bad temper, named Du Yehu. One who is very handsome, named Zhao Rucheng. They are very famous outside the Dao Academy, called 'Maple Forest Five Heroes'."Fang Heling shook his head as he spoke, with a very inexplicable smile on his lips. "Is it very cliché? Like a minor character in a storyteller's tale, mentioned in a single sentence."Wang Changji did not speak for a moment.When he was in Maple Forest City, he lived in seclusion, disregarding all matters, and had no knowledge of anything outside the Wang clan's territory, nor did he care.Wang Changxiang would often tell him about this and that, but he would deliberately avoid anything related to the Dao Academy.Maple Forest Five Heroes...As Fang Heling said, it was a bit cliché.But there was also a certain youthful spirit.He could almost, from Fang Heling's description, picture what Jiang Wang was like at that time.Just as Jiang Wang himself had said, he was very foolish and easily deceived back then.Including Fang Heling behind him, how many people had been changed by the White Bone Evil God..."But I was very envious." Fang Heling did not know what Wang Changji was thinking, and continued speaking. "I really wanted to join them..."Speaking of this, he paused.It seemed that only at this moment, as he sorted through time, did he finally see himself as a youth clearly.Then he said, "So actually, at first, I didn't think that title was cliché. I thought it was very imposing. I wanted to become the Maple Forest Six Heroes.""It's just that they often ignored me. No matter how I jumped, I couldn't get into that circle. I couldn't become them, so I made myself look down on them. So later, when I entered the Inner Courtyard, I told myself, I must make them look at me directly."He spread his hands, as if to say, so that's how I was back then. I accept that I was like that."What happened later?" Wang Changji seemed very interested in these not-so-interesting matters."Later..." Fang Heling lowered his gaze and did not continue speaking, turning to say, "Thinking back on those things now, it feels very meaningless. Young pride is insignificant. If all of that could not have happened, I would rather be ignored by them forever..."Young pride is actually worth ten thousand jins.But people are different.Wang Changji understood this especially well. Even if Fang Heling willingly humbled himself into the dust, his choice was not base.After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Why would they ignore you?""Who knows?" Fang Heling shook his head. "Perhaps it was because my talent was insufficient for them to look down on, or perhaps they wanted to vent their anger on my cousin?""Vent their anger on your cousin?""The Fang family's patriarch at that time was my father." Fang Heling's voice lowered. "He loved me very much, very much. Everything he did was for my sake. He directed the family's resources towards me, rather than my more talented cousin. My cousin therefore distanced himself from me.""The five of them had a very good relationship, so it was normal for them to be hostile towards me, thinking back now.""Before your cousin distanced himself from you?" Wang Changji asked. "Didn't you say that they had always ignored you? Before your cousin distanced himself from you, what was the reason?""I don't know." Fang Heling shook his head, and then smiled. "Perhaps because I was useless."Wang Changji stopped walking and said slowly, "You still don't understand me well enough. If you understood me, you would know that I cannot gain pleasure from belittling you. Not only that, to be precise, no matter what you do, it cannot affect my emotions. Do you understand what I mean?""I'm sorry." Fang Heling immediately bowed and apologized. "I am used to debasing myself, it has nothing to do with you. I will change, I will definitely change.""Why don't you ask yourself?" Wang Changji said.Fang Heling愣了一下, then said, "Ask what?""Ask Jiang Wang and the others why they ignored you back then."Fang Heling looked down at the water reflection. "I have never thought of that.""You seem reluctant to face Jiang Wang," Wang Changji said."I don't know.""Do you dislike him? Or hate him?"Fang Heling was silent for a long time and said, "Perhaps it is jealousy."At that time, there was a faint wind, but like ripples on the water, it quickly dissipated.