Chapter 1533: Unspoken Words

Bei Gong Ke's identity and status were not merely his own.Leading troops to this Lawless Land surely meant a strong cultivator held the line, likely Duke Ying, Bei Gong Yu.They spoke of sealing this place for a thorough investigation of Mo Jingyu's death.Yet the suspected murderer, Huang Jinmo, had already been captured, and Zhu Weimei's fate remained unknown, his whereabouts unclear.Who were they investigating by sealing this place?And when would this封锁 be lifted?During the封锁, could this Lawless Land still remain "lawless"?Once the雍法 (Yong Law) was implemented... would it ever be abolished?No sooner had two real-level cultivators of the Mo School captured Huang Jinmo than the great army of the Yong State arrived to seal the border.This tacit understanding could truly be called perfect harmony.From blaming the City Lord to investigating the common folk, the death of a single Mo Jingyu seemed to implicate everyone in the Lawless Land!Jiang Wang was no longer the naive youth from a small town. Holding a high position in a dominant state, long influenced by Chong Xuan Pang, and having voraciously read historical records, he could now discern some of the overarching situation.In the past, during the war between the Zhuang and Yong States.The Nine Dragons collapsed, Yong State's Emperor Emeritus Han Yin fell in battle, and Du Yehu was the first to ascend the Suolong Pass. The Yong State thus lost the Qi Chang Mountain Range and the Suolong Pass, a strategic choke point of the realm.The rich hinterland of their nation was exposed to the Zhuang State's military edge.Emperor Yong Han Xu brought in the power of the Mo School, erecting Yinge City overnight. With this fortress of steel, they faced Suolong Pass from afar, finally stabilizing their position.Thereafter, the front line of Yinge City and Suolong Pass became the new life-and-death line between Zhuang and Yong. Both sides stationed vast armies, facing each other from a distance.The Yong State yearned every day to reclaim the strategic pass, while the Zhuang State spared no expense, strengthening its fortifications day and night.This standoff had lasted nearly two years.Even a three-year-old child would know that the front line between Yinge City and Suolong Pass was impossible to break through for either Zhuang or Yong, and both sides were prepared to shed their last drop of blood there.For the Yong State, there was no retreat. For the Zhuang State, a single step back would mean losing everything they had gained. The fat they had carved from the aging Yong State would be difficult to regain from the nascent Yong State.War was inevitable between Zhuang and Yong, but when this war would be fought. The degree of support the Mo School behind the Yong State and the Jade Capital Mountain behind the Zhuang State would provide... remained an open question.Even if the Daoist School did not value the Zhuang State, it was impossible for them not to be wary of the Mo School seeking to enter the official path. Therefore, the Yong State introducing the Mo School itself provided the Zhuang State with an excuse to gain more Daoist School support. This was also one of the reasons why Zhuang Gao Xian could initially reach a tacit understanding with Han Xu.And what would it mean if the Lawless Land represented by Not Redeeming City, this border area between the three states of Zhuang, Yong, and Luo, were to be occupied by the Yong State?It would mean that the Yong State could entirely open another front line outside the Yinge City-Suolong Pass front!Forget the natural barrier of Suolong Pass, they could simply bypass it.Truly, a single thought broadens the world!Of the three nations surrounding Not Redeeming City, besides the weak Luo State with no power to expand, which of Zhuang and Yong did not covet this prize? Who did not want to place a knife at the back of another nation?But the Yong State was certainly the faster one to act.After all, they had two real-level cultivators from the Mo School paving the way – this might be a turning point of great significance.Although the Yong State had established the Mo School as its state learning, and the Mo School was indeed formally supporting a nation and entering the official path for the first time, the Mo School's support for Han Xu had never openly exceeded the real-level investment.This was a very clear warning line.Crossing it would mean a completely different significance.Clearly, both the Mo School and Emperor Yong Han Xu himself had some reservations.This time, the Ingenious Crafting True Man and the Discernment Ghost True Puppet joined forces to capture Huang Jinmo, though under the pretense of investigating the death of a Mo School prodigy. Yet in reality, they completed the action of clearing obstacles for the Yong State with real-level combat power.Only then did the Yong army enter the territory.For the Yong State, the sudden death of Mo Jingyu was important in truth. But how the Yong State itself responded to Mo Jingyu's death was the more crucial issue. They could first achieve de facto occupation of Not Redeeming City, secure national interests, and then slowly investigate the truth.If Huang Jinmo had indeed killed Mo Jingyu, there was nothing more to say, the Mo School had its own majesty. If this matter was related to the Zhuang State, then it was opportune to settle old and new grievances together.Huang Jinmo was not dead, so there was still room for maneuver. Even if Huang Weizhen truly returned, the deceived Mo School would not be without arguments.As for the Yong State...What did it concern the Yong State? The Yong State merely sealed the border with a large army to investigate a truth.Han Xu's reaction and decision were fully embodied in Bei Gong Ke, this young general with the double-edged sword at his waist.The Mo School's attitude and toughness had departed with the Ingenious Crafting True Man and Discernment Ghost True Puppet.So what more could Jiang Wang say?He was willing to stake the credibility he had earned with life and death on his journey to vouch for Huang Jinmo and Zhu Weimei. If he had the chance, he would do everything in his power to uncover the truth of Zhuang Gao Xian's framing.But his credibility was irrelevant.And behind Huang Jinmo and Zhu Weimei, there was actually no one who could stand up for them.Unless Huang Weizhen immediately returned from illusion and transformed the ethereal possibility into reality.But even Jiang Wang, who had just witnessed the mystique of the Mountain Sea Realm and had considerable confidence in Huang Weizhen's return, knew that it would take a century as the measure of time.He could not influence the Mo School, and on this matter, he could not influence those who had the right to speak with the Mo School.Even now, he was still insignificant.So he was silent.Pressing the tip of his spear against Bei Gong Ke's neck, uttering those words he knew were useless but still held a sliver of hope... was the only thing he could do.At this moment, the injuries he had deliberately inflicted had not yet healed.Flying forward swiftly, he truly found no way.When he severely injured himself to cover Du Yehu, he hadn't considered whether it was worth it. Just like returning to Not Redeeming City the moment he sensed the fighting.Some things are not about worth.It is that you must do it.But some things, you do them, you throw caution to the wind, and there is still no result.He had nothing to say.In this desolate, deserted wilderness, he fell into a silence facing himself.He had nothing to say, but at this moment, starlight ignited in the sky.He could not express it with any words, but his cultivation, his path, had been constantly stating it.Where was the starlight in the sky?The Pivot of Heaven of the Big Dipper!Zhu Jiuyin's myriad schemes turned to naught.Chaos was ultimately unwilling to die in the cage.San Cha was manipulated by love and hate, and then casually killed.Only Chu Yuzhi, in the Inner Mansion realm, had to forge a path for the common people of the world.Xiao Shu's forty-day assault on the Divine Arrival realm ultimately resulted in death.Zhu Weimei, who had shone in his starry sky since he stepped into the City Dao Academy, was an elder brother and a dazzling presence he sought to catch up to, lost a single move, broke his weapon, lost his beloved, lost everything...Heaven and Earth were like a cage!Everyone was trapped within.In the distant celestial dome, within the concept of the Tian Shu star, the starlight belonging solely to Jiang Wang began to flicker.But at the same time, within the core definition of the Yu Heng star, the Yu Heng Star Tower belonging to Jiang Wang, poured down starlight like a waterfall!While he began to build his third star tower, Jiang Wang also mobilized the power of the Yu Heng star's core concept to carve his star path!There was an unspeakable frustration in his heart.He could not vent his anger, could not alleviate his pain, could only press forward.He had always been this way, facing everything by moving forward.Jiang Wang and his Yu Heng Star Tower were already intimately connected.Looking at the entire present world, he should be the closest person to the core concept of the Yu Heng star. Outside of the present world, perhaps only one person was closer than him, and that was Guan Yan, who had attained the Dao of the Yu Heng Star Lord.At this moment, with almost a single thought, starlight flowed like a waterfall.In normal battles, due to the vast distance between the starry sky and the present world, coupled with the limitations of his own cultivation, his uniquely advantageous Star Tower was actually difficult to manifest its superiority.Although star power could be said to be almost endless, the speed and quantity of star power transmission were ultimately limited. The starlight his body could receive and control was also not infinite. At most, it meant that in prolonged combat, compared to the star power reserves of other cultivators, his was more abundant.The expansion of the star path meant that he could obtain more star power support in a short period, perhaps truly unleashing the advantage of the Yu Heng Star Tower.It was here, at this moment.Xiao Shu's meticulously explored star path secret art reappeared in the world.Connecting that distant starry sky with the present world, like a bridge spanning the human realm.On that side of the bridge was the Yu Heng Star Tower, and on this side was Jiang Wang.Under Jiang Wang's deliberate control, the star power remained hidden, not causing any particularly flamboyant phenomena.But from his own perspective, as he gazed into the distant sky at this moment, he had a vague illusion – he could tread his star path, follow the footsteps of the ancients, and reach that distant starry sky!Not the depths of the universe where the old Dragon of the Forest Sea captured Yu Heng, which he had reached by treading the divine steps through the Origin Realm of the Forest Sea.But the true connection to the River of Destiny, the distant starry sky corresponding to the concepts of all stars in the present world."Yu Heng" was the integration of the Yu Heng star concept, gathering the reflections of the Yu Heng star in all worlds. It did not exist in a specific time or space. After Guan Yan attained the Dao of the Yu Heng Star Lord, he was constantly at the core of Yu Heng.Only at moments similar to the old Dragon of the Forest Sea capturing Yu Heng would it have a more concrete, though relatively one-sided, existence, existing in that space at that particular time and place.But the distant starry sky, which gathered the concepts of all stars in the world, truly existed in a certain time and space.Although distant and ethereal, ancient and mysterious, intangible, it certainly existed.The ancients once divided the star domains there, inscribed the paths of the Dao, and expounded the great Dao. It was also there that they stabilized the River of Destiny.It was there that Jiang Wang at this moment felt the illusion of "I can also go."Xiao Shu took thirty days to build his own unique star path.And Jiang Wang, after thoroughly comprehending it, with a single thought, completed the Yu Heng star path in just three quarters of an hour!At this time, his third star tower had just anchored the starlight, and its outline was not yet formed.At this time, Jiang Wang's body was far from its peak state.But the connection of the star path gave him a sense of ancient, unbreakable stability.He floated in the air, with a point of support outside of his body.At that time, he could not clearly see the truth of Xiao Shu's star path, only speculated. Later, having obtained the complete secret method, he naturally knew that Xiao Shu's several star towers were all connected by star paths.At this point, he also immediately began to build the star path between the Yu Heng Star Tower and the Kai Yang Star Tower, connecting these two celestial sacred towers as one.Constantly mobilizing Yu Heng star power, naturally also constantly drawing upon the power of the old Dragon of the Forest Sea.The old Dragon of the Forest Sea in the prison cell at the base of the Yu Heng Star Tower was ultimately unable to bear this rapid loss of power. Not knowing what was happening outside, it only felt that this star tower was becoming more stable and undergoing a more powerful transformation. It suspected that Jiang Wang was going to kill it without a word, and couldn't help but wildly strike the prison cell!Roaring, cursing, threatening, enticing, begging for mercy...The powerful existence that once wantonly manipulated the destinies of sentient beings was at this moment thrashing about in the prison cell, on the verge of collapse!Jiang Wang in the present world turned a deaf ear.The star path between him and the Yu Heng Star Tower was the main trunk. He used the star path extending from the Yu Heng Star Tower to stabilize the existence of the Kai Yang Star Tower.Once this star path was established, the Kai Yang Star Tower had support other than Jiang Wang, and immediately stabilized, able to in turn provide Jiang Wang with more power.At this time, Jiang Wang, the Yu Heng Star Tower, and the Kai Yang Star Tower were connected as one, and in the ethereal realm, a sufficiently stable connection was established.The third star tower, belonging solely to Jiang Wang, was almost instantly cast by vast star power, completing in a flash!This was a red seven-story, four-cornered flying eaved small building. Compared to the ancient simplicity of the Kai Yang Star Tower and the heaviness of the Yu Heng Star Tower, it appeared lively, yet with hidden malevolence.After all, Tian Shu was also known as Greed Wolf, one of the legendary killing stars.But what Jiang Wang thought and felt, what he gained and understood, set the character "Ren" for this tower.To control killing with Ren.仁 (Ren), from "人" (person) and "二" (two). Two people being close, the friendliness and closeness between people, is the earliest meaning of Ren.When he was very young, his father told him that the heart of compassion is inherent in everyone. His father said so, and he did so, the Jiang family's medicine shop often gave medicine to the poor.His father was very ordinary, had never been exposed to cultivation, and had not seen the scenery outside the Fenglin City Domain.But he truly fulfilled the responsibility of a father, possessing greatness in an ordinary life.He also often carried compassion, always drawing his sword against injustice.But the Ren he established at this moment was more than that.Having come this far, he had his unique experiences and his own unique reflections.In his view, the character "仁," those two horizontal strokes are not just two people, but also heaven and earth. One above, one below, eternally parallel, unchanging. And the "人" standing next to them must discern this meaning."仁" can be seen as a variation of the character "天" (heaven), both containing "人" and "二," both representing heaven, earth, and man.What he sought should not only be the Ren of one person, but also the Ren of heaven and earth.What is the "Ren" of heaven and earth? Nothing but fairness!Just like the even two horizontal strokes of the character Ren, there should not be the slightest bend.If there is fairness.San Cha should not have disappeared.Chu Yuzhi should not have been left without a path.Xiao Shu should not have died.Huang Jinmo should not have been captured.Zhu Weimei should not be of unknown fate.Zhuang Gao Xian should not still be at large!Of course, there is no absolute fairness in the world, and Jiang Wang himself is not even sure where the path to fairness lies. He does not know how the so-called Ren of heaven and earth should be sought.But this character is a restraint, a warning... a雏形 (prototype) of an ideal world.Many people have had such a thought – they hope to make this world a little better through their own efforts. Even if it is just a little.Every person who rolls in the mud also wished in childhood to be a hero who saves the world.Only later, covered in mud, they could no longer remember.Unlike the 信 (trust) and 诚 (sincerity) of the first two towers.This is a character that Jiang Wang may never achieve or realize.Of course, he has compassion, of course, he has mercy, and of course, he has never been stingy with the goodwill within his power, and he has fought desperately for the justice in his heart... but these can only be considered the Ren of one person.To seek the Ren of heaven and earth, how difficult it is!In the future, he may not falter, may not change, may not give up.A person has different thoughts at different times.But at this moment, it is indeed his true feelings.Before Xiao Shu died, he said to him – "A person willing to risk giving me sympathy, I believe he has the courage to change the world... if he is willing."Jiang Wang, at least at this moment, tried to respond.Now, three towers are built.