Chapter 2157: Contending for the Future

Damn Nalan Longzhi!

The Taixu Hook Jade is no ordinary object. It is a non-real, non-substantial Taixu faith object. Rather than saying it is a jade pendant, it is better to say it is the embodiment of rules, the concretization of authority.

It is not easy to steal.

Others' material objects, even if hidden in a storage box, still have the possibility of being taken away.

Qin Zhizhen, who possesses the divine ability to refine the void, easily has the ability to invade storage boxes. Not to mention Qu Shunhua, who has the myriad heavens within her. It is not a problem for her to directly move away a storage space; Zuo Guangshu fundamentally cannot hide private money from her.

But the Taixu Hook Jade usually does not manifest as a physical object. It is the meaning of the key, the representation of authority. How could it be stolen?

To steal the Taixu Hook Jade is like someone sneaking into Jiang Wang's Tongtian Palace and stealing his condensed sun, moon, stars, and small Zhou Tian. Without unique Dao principles, such an absurd thing is impossible to achieve.

More importantly, just a very short time ago, outside of Xueji City, Jiang Wang still used the Taixu Hook Jade to move the Taixu Pavilion. In just a blink of an eye, the Taixu Hook Jade was stolen again?

Having experienced being stolen once before, he had already raised his guard against the Taixu Hook Jade, and during this period, he was always by Xie Ai's side!

Who could be so skilled, leaving no trace?

Only the Tiantian Mansion, Nalan Longzhi!

Can it happen once but not twice?

The previous time could be said to be a joke, but this time, it is clearly timed, deliberately putting him, Jiang someone, in an awkward position.

What kind of bad taste is this?

This is simply intolerable!

But at this very moment, Zhenren Jiang needs to face the problem of this moment—

His momentum is fierce as he hovers above the dramatically changing Jishuang City, facing countless kings and ministers, elite soldiers and fierce generals inside the city.

It is quite like one person against an entire city.

A middle-aged man wearing a frost-patterned robe steps forward and confronts him in the air: "Zhenren Jiang! I am Shen Mingshi, the Dongzai Bishop! I have long heard of your great name! Snow Country will open in seven days. Is it a bit urgent for you to visit the Snow Domain capital now?"

In front of him is not only Shen Mingshi.

Also on the head of Jishuang City, like stars surrounding the moon, is the dragon-robed man standing with his hands behind his back, gazing here! The King of Snow Country, the contemporary sect master of the Rindong Sect, Hong Xingjian.

This person has profound facial features and thick hair and eyebrows. He has Zhenren cultivation, and bears the national power of Snow Country. His majesty is far superior to Shen Mingshi.

The rumbling Jishuang City, like a huge warship, repeatedly carries him high into the sky.

There are also strong bows and crossbows set up on high walls, and cavalry running on the city head. Elite troops stand solemnly on the walls!

"Misunderstanding!" Jiang Wang said in a long voice: "The Taixu Pavilion stands for the public, and Jiang someone is even more incorruptible, always neutral! This trip is only to appreciate the scenery of Snow Country, not to involve myself in the affairs of Snow Country!"

After throwing him down, the Winter Emperor had already disappeared. At this moment, even the traces were wiped clean. Jiang Wang did not mention that person, nor did he say anything about Nalan Longzhi, to avoid being involved again.

Coming to Jishuang City was not his original intention. Explaining this accident is just right. Thinking about it now, if he had successfully activated the Taixu No Distance just now, this subconscious reaction would not have been so wonderful, and it would be easy for the people of Snow Country to suspect – is he, Jiang Wang, spying on secrets and going back to move in reinforcements?

"The clouds and mist in the sky were brushed open by others. I intruded unintentionally." Jiang Wang cupped his hands high in the sky: "If your noble country minds, I should retreat three leagues!"

Shen Mingshi frowned: "Zhenren Jiang has already seen what should be seen and what should not be seen. Leaving just like this is perhaps not proper......"

"I promise you in the name of Jiang Wang." Jiang Wang said loudly: "What I have seen and heard before the affairs of Snow Country are settled, must not be known to others!"

Shen Mingshi said in a deep voice: "Zhenren Jiang's reputation is recognized by the world. I also deeply believe it! But when we are raising major matters, how can we not keep them secret and entrust our hopes to others?"

Jiang Wang restrained the polite smile on his face and lightly flicked his sleeve: "What, perhaps you still want to keep me?"

"Snow Country is not willing to be enemies with Zhenren Jiang." Shen Mingshi's expression was very serious: "We just want to invite Zhenren Jiang to enter the city to sit and wait until seven days later—"

Jiang Wang glanced at the heavily armed capital of Snow Country, as if a giant beast had risen and was about to choose people to devour, and interrupted:

"What if I say no?"

Shen Mingshi and the others want to raise major matters and cannot trust him. How can he easily enter the tiger's den and risk his own safety to believe the unfamiliar Shen Mingshi?

Under normal circumstances, no one would dare to touch a member of the Taixu Pavilion. The fear is just the fear that someone might go mad.

Shen Mingshi took a step forward: "Please don't make Shen someone difficult—"

Jiang Wang stood firm, his hand on his long sword.

Instantly, sword energy filled the clear sky!

Making the sky of this snow domain seem as if old gauze had been torn down and new robes put on.

"No harm!" Hong Xingjian, standing on the city head, waved his big hand: "Since Cabinet Member Jiang wants to spectate, then spectate. Our generation's grand undertaking is not something that people can easily glimpse. Cabinet Member Jiang! Moreover, you represent the Taixu Pavilion. Come witness the Rindong grand plan!"

Shen Mingshi stopped his step.

Jiang Wang also only smiled faintly and flew away a thousand zhang: "I will wipe my eyes and wait."

As if the sword energy that filled the long sky just now was not from him.

The Winter Emperor wanted him to stay, and Nalan Longzhi also wanted him to stay. He was inferior in skill and could only stay. But he had already made up his mind not to participate in anything.

Xie Ai said that the five cities undergoing changes at this moment represent five coffins.

What is different about these five coffins?

Jishuang City, as the capital of the Snow Domain, represents the most important coffin, as one might imagine.

Looking back at history, Hong Junyan sat on the dragon throne in Jishuang City in the thirty-fourth year of the Dao calendar, and Snow Country was formally established. This point in time is earlier than the Jing Country and the Chu Country. Its long history is even more incomparable to the Qi Country, which only has a history of two thousand years.

And it was established and then closed off. In its history of up to three thousand eight hundred ninety-two years, except for being blocked by the Jing Country when it once went east,

As well as several times supporting the Northwest Five Countries Alliance, it has almost not experienced any major war of a contemporary level.

To the extent that the understanding of Snow Country by various countries in the world is still not as specific as that of Shura on the Yuyuan side.

"The people of the world all regard Snow Country as a mysterious country, desiring to glimpse its appearance but failing. Thus, the sound of knocking on the door becomes more urgent and closer!"

The hearts of the great powers desire to open the Snow Domain, and the world's thoughts are centered on this! Hong Xingjian stepped onto the high wall, his robe corner fluttering: "Now this mysterious country is ready to open itself. Zhenren Jiang! You, as a member of the Taixu Pavilion, a person who navigates the boat at the head of the era's tide, can you tell me - is this world now ready to welcome it?"

Jiang Wang did not expect that he had already retreated to the edge of the sky in disdain, as a pure spectator, and yet there was still a question and answer session.

But this question was indeed interesting.

At this moment, he not only represents himself, but also needs to represent the attitude of the Taixu Pavilion. So he said loudly: "The present world is so vast that it can accommodate any ideal, any power. This world is of course ready to welcome Snow Country, including any side within Snow Country. But the premise is - you come to embrace it, rather than harm it."

"Of course, we are very willing to embrace this world! It was so in the past, it is so now, and it will be so in the future!" Hong Xingjian spread his big hands, welcoming the wind and laughing, as if he was really embracing the world.

The majestic posture of Jishuang City just stopped in the air like this.

Jiang Wang turned his eyes in all directions and saw the other four cities pointed out by the Winter Emperor, which were also flying in the air and suspended without moving.

They were exactly at the four corners, anchoring the four directions, and evenly surrounding Jishuang City in the center.

The great array covering the entire Snow Country was madly sweeping the yuan qi of heaven and earth. Terrifying power surged like a sea tide.

"By imperial decree, I summon back heroic spirits. Cold cicada rebirth, old people new awake!" Hong Xingjian shouted in a high voice: "Pillow spear and wait for dawn, lodge in cold frost. Our Snow Country warriors, this is the time for expedition!"

Bang bang!

Bang bang!

The vast snow domain, as if a ground drum had been struck.

Bang bang!

Bang bang!

Jiang Wang gradually felt that it was not a ground dragon turning over, but a strong and powerful presence, slowly reviving... the sound of a heartbeat!

If Snow Country is taken as a giant spirit, at this moment it is awakening!

Although Zhenren Jiang stood alone high in the sky, only his green shirt moved. But his perception had already spread out, his eyes exhausted Snow Country, his ears observed the sounds of the world, capturing all sights and sounds.

Hong Xingjian allowed him to witness, then he would properly look at what kind of scheme the so-called "Rindong grand plan" actually was!

The entire snow domain was undergoing drastic changes, absolutely not only in yuan qi, land, and power, but the past time and space were overlapping with the present, colliding out ripples of time and space layer by layer!

Above Xueji City, which belongs to Shuanghe Diocese, white mist first rolled, rising into a dragon shape. Above the dragon's spine, it carried the virtual shadow of a huge ice coffin.

The cold dragon carried the coffin, and it gradually became clear.

That mist dragon condensed into an ice dragon, the ice coffin was exquisite and unparalleled, and scenes were engraved on it, exactly a miniature of the entire Shuanghe Diocese.

The ice coffin was not completely transparent, and only a thick black shadow could be seen inside, but the universe within was unknown.

But terrifying breaths had already spread out, and ice flowers fell around the coffin one by one.

That terrifying heartbeat sound had a specific landing point inside this ice coffin and became extremely clear.

In Xueji City, Wei Yu, who had once fought his way to the main street, had bravely fought his way back to the Taixu Corner Tower and wielded his sword across the door: "This is the Taixu Corner Tower, the foundation of the Taixu Illusion Realm. Cabinet Member Jiang Wang is sitting here to bear witness! All of you, calm down a bit during the killing! If you dare to destroy the Taixu Corner Tower, you are harming the great plan of the human race for ten thousand years and should be jointly punished by all sides!"

The Taixu Corner Tower was already surrounded watertight.

The corner tower that had once been used for discussions with Zhenren Jiang was like an isolated boat in a sea of people.

From the door of the Taixu Corner Tower, all the way to every main road in this city, one could see dense armored warriors!

Armor covered the expressions of these warriors, but the cold eyes under the armor had some obvious sluggishness.

As if a layer of ice had just been broken open, the water flow was slowly coming back to life, but it was not completely fresh.

These are the warriors from three thousand eight hundred years ago.

Snow Country has a great plan!

Although Wei Yu had an early expectation in his heart, he was still shocked by everything he saw.

Snow Country now has two strong armies of the world, one called the Snow Blade and the other called the Rindong Edge. Both are armies that have experienced long battles in Yuyuan and can contend with various strong forces.

And this time of great opening, Snow Country wants to unveil the layout it has had since its establishment... Who can know how many soldiers and horses have been hidden in this time of more than three thousand eight hundred years?

Historical records say that Hong Junyan, who was struck by Jing Taizu Tang Yu in the one hundred fourteenth year of the Dao calendar and broke his Dao body, and who died after escaping back to his country and dissolving his Dao, was killed by his mother?

To freeze so many people!

"Lü Kuiwu, if you have the ability, come for a single challenge! No matter which year's frozen meat you are, let me show you the contemporary heaven's pride! Let you understand what it means for the present to surely defeat the past!"

At the critical moment of life and death, Wei Yu no longer cared about his family's style and shouted a string of curses.

Lü Kuiwu fundamentally did not appear in the Taixu Corner Tower, and of course, he did not respond. Only the vast number of armored soldiers, like a determined tide, invaded the corner tower wave after wave.

"Zhenren Jiang! I know your hearing is very good, you can definitely hear!" Wei Yu blocked the door with his sword, chopping and killing armored soldiers batch after batch, continuously shouting loudly: "Come save me quickly! I will never forget this favor!"

He paused and then added: "I will repay you with my entire family!!!"

Zhenren Jiang, far away outside of Jishuang City, moved his ears... Hmm?

But before the Zhenren's peerless body technique could unfold, a male voice had already rung out, covering all sounds inside Jishuang City and also burying Wei Yu's cries for help. That voice was muffled, low, and heavy—

"Saying so much is not as good as saying one sentence: you are Wei Shu's descendant! Or I can still remember a few points of friendship from that year!"

It was the voice from inside the ice coffin!

Which era's old monster? He actually had friendship with Wei Shu?

Wei Yu was a listener, and immediately shouted: "I am Wei Shu's descendant! I am a direct descendant grandson of Wei Zu!"

"Indeed, you are a descendant of that Wei dog!" The coffin lid of the ice coffin suddenly lifted open, and a bald giant man wearing heavy armor sat up from inside, roaring angrily in a deep voice: "It was originally him who injured my foundation and forced me into deep sleep!"

Wei Yu immediately locked the door and made no sound, cursing in his heart.

After the layer of clouds covering the snow domain was pushed open, the brilliant sun was directly present in the northwest, illuminating everything with golden light for ten thousand li.

At this moment, as if echoing within the sun, Fu Huan's voice followed the sunlight and spread—

"Wei Qingpeng! Don't tease the younger generation and waste time!"

The first generation Dongzai Bishop of Snow Country, Zhenjun Wei Qingpeng!

The strong man who followed Hong Junyan and Fu Huan to establish Snow Country that year, and who also fell in Yuyuan not long after Hong Junyan's death.

He didn't expect that he hadn't fundamentally died, but was in a coffin in Xueji, sleeping for three thousand eight hundred years.

"Brother Fu! This sleep was very long!" This bald giant man laughed heartily, his hand pressing the edge of the ice coffin. He just stood up like this, and the ice coffin was pressed and shattered! That frost dragon, however, opened its eyes, and flames suddenly lit up in its dragon eyes. It chanted in a long voice!

Wei Qingpeng remotely sent a palm strike towards Zhidong City.

An extremely cold light beam penetrated Zhidong City, but like a long spear, it picked up the virtual shadow of another ice coffin. A cold dragon also carried this coffin, its aura magnificent, like an immortal descending into the world.

This is truly a grand play!

Both Xie Ai and Nalan Longzhi did not let me go, they just wanted me... or rather, they wanted the Taixu Pavilion to see these?

Jiang Wang's heart moved, and he again grasped the physical object in his palm. The induction of the Taixu Pavilion and the grasp of the Taixu Illusion Realm also returned once again. The Taixu Hook Jade was back!

But there was still no sign of Nalan Longzhi in his eyes.

Nor did Nalan Longzhi's voice leave his ears.

He rashly stole the Taixu Hook Jade and then quietly returned it, yet it was as if he had never appeared at all. His behavior and intentions were completely incomprehensible. Just like the faintly visible Tiantian Mansion in history.

The virtual shadow of the ancient pavilion descended from the void.

Jiang Wang said nothing, and first summoned the Taixu Pavilion, lest he needed to use it and couldn't.

Standing on the flying eaves of the pavilion, he was like a piece of green feather. He relied on the power of the cave heaven treasure tool to resist the strong aura rising and falling within Snow Country.

At this time, looking at Zhidong City again, he only saw the ice coffin pushed open, and a male scholar sat up from inside. He still stretched lazily, and then lightly jumped out of the coffin, walking step by step on the dragon's spine, standing between the dragon horns.

He casually looked around with a relaxed posture, and with a backhand, took out a folding fan from behind his neck. In this ice heaven and snow ground, at the biting cold wind time, he opened it with a "pa" sound.

There were no poems or paintings on it, only three words, his name - Meng Lingxiao!

He was active from the twelfth to the fifteenth century of the Dao calendar, and once exchanged hands with Xuyuan. He was a top-level Zhenren who discussed the Dao in Wuzhai snow.

Time flew by, and people in the world all thought he had exhausted his life and died.

Who would have thought that he had actually cultivated into a Yan Dao and frozen himself into an ice coffin, waiting until today to come out into the world!

This is a "surprise" that spans time and space.

The "Longevity Palace" among the Nine Great Immortal Palaces is indeed an expert in managing longevity!

Meng Lingxiao stood up from inside the ice coffin, casually brushed it with his folding fan, and a wisp of cold wind, manifesting as a substance, penetrated the void and fell on Dongling City.

A wind brushes over all things born. This fan is like fanning away the dust of history.

In the sky above Dongling City, an ice coffin also appeared, and a cold dragon also carried it.

The cold wind rolled over and directly lifted the coffin lid, but within it, it was empty!

Did something go wrong with Snow Country's plan?

At this moment, Snow Country King Hong Xingjian again lifted his eyes and looked remotely at Jiang Wang: "Zhenren Jiang may want to look clearly, as a true record of all this."

Jiang Wang thought for a moment and said cautiously: "Recording history is not my responsibility, and I do not have the knowledge of the One Word Spring and Autumn."

Thereupon, he reached out towards the pavilion and dragged a person out from the void!

Zhong Xuan, always with a floating beard, steady and composed, was unexpectedly dragged out.

This Zhenren who records history, his long gown was a little dishevelled, and his hand still held a knife pen with bamboo scraps. There was a clear blankness in his eyes - what happened? The Taixu No Distance that happens once a month, how did it activate itself?

"After the Taixu Dao Master agreed, I urgently conscripted a cabinet member to assist—" Jiang Wang dragged him to the top of the pavilion and patted his hand:

"Please come and watch the grand play together!"

Zhong Xuan was about to say something.

On the other side, Hong Xingjian had already flown high into the sky, and with a backhand, pulled out a huge ice frost chain from inside the city. The chain clanged, and he did not know what it was connected to, but his voice was spreading in the snow domain: "This is the great array that tilts the country. It is named the Cold Cicada Winterzai and is an immortal array created by this dynasty's Taizu, Hong Junyan! Taizu back then, set down a grand strategy. He did not strive for a moment, but wanted to strive for hegemony in the future! Hence, he laid down troops for three thousand eight hundred years, concealing strong ones in snow coffins. Snow Country, with the resources of a single corner, has accumulated over time and gained a strong foundation for striving for hegemony - the cold cicada hibernates, silent for four thousand years, and today it cries out, it should make the world know!"