Chapter 2188: Ruckus in Heaven

"You're absolutely finished! You're absolutely finished!!"

Cang Shen was indeed the first to lose his composure. That year, he was also the first to go and find Zhao Xuan Yang, searching across thousands of miles of land, exploring every corner of the Wu Yan Du mountain range, his tears completely dried up!

At this moment, Cang Mou's eyes were bloodshot. He swooped down from the roof, bringing the wind with the momentum of a hunting old eagle, his malicious appearance fully evident—

An ancient pavilion suppressed him from above, forcefully stopping his movement!

"Elder, why such a big temper?"

Jiang Wang looked at him strangely: "You have quite the nerve! To actually conceal the matter of Zhong Zhi Rou, you boldly attacked this pavilion! Do you know that this pavilion can kill you now without bearing any responsibility?"

Among the Jing Tian Six Friends, Ban Xia, who was the strongest, most dignified, and most possessed the regal bearing of a crown prince, finally couldn't maintain his composure.

He stared at Jiang Wang with a deathly gaze: "You will certainly regret this."

Jiang Wang said "uh": "Elder Ban Xia's words, this pavilion keeps in mind."

He lifted his finger and pointed at the old Daoist Cang Shen in the air, saying to Ban Xia: "This old Daoist dog has the guts to reach the sky! He actually attacked during this pavilion's law enforcement! This pavilion could have just now used the Tai Xu Pavilion building to suppress and kill him. But this pavilion didn't do that. Why do you think?"

"This pavilion is precisely worried about regretting it."

"This pavilion is worried that if he died, none of you would dare to avenge him."

His gaze swept over the six elders one by one: "The six elders of Jing Tian Fu always advance and retreat together. If one is missing, it's not right. You all agree, don't you?"

His voice was so gentle and polite, his smile as wild as a demon's, and with a flick of his finger, he shook out a piece of paper that was already written on, sending it steadily towards Cang Shen: "Old Daoist! First sign this life and death contract, then come make your move. Otherwise, if you die under the Tai Xu Pavilion building, how wronged would that be!"

A thin piece of white paper, with clear black words on it.

Simply written—

Life and Death Contract

Now Jiang Wang and the Six Elders of Jing Tian Fu (named Cang Shen, Chen Pi, Fu Ling, Ban Xia, Bai Shu, Gan Cao), have accumulated resentment that cannot be resolved, becoming enemies with each other, unable to communicate without resorting to blades and swords.

Hence, it is agreed to hold this duel on the ninth day of June in the year three nine two seven of the Dao Calendar.

This battle has no limits, no rules, and will not end until one side dies.

Life and death bear no resentment, and neither side shall pursue the other!

And Jiang Wang's name was already signed on it, with a bloody fingerprint pressed on it, the texture abnormally clear, pressed on the name that was written neatly yet through the back of the paper.

"Jiang Wang".

This is a name destined to remain in the history books, and those who fight against him in a life-and-death struggle will also have the good fortune to be remembered.

Now this share of good fortune is left to the Jing Tian Six Friends.

Large blank spaces on the Life and Death Contract awaited them to similarly write their names, press their fingerprints, and complete this contract that determined death.

Wood Row Yuan Force gathered into a sharp pen, suspended above the Life and Death Contract, emitting a silent invitation—inviting everyone to step onto this journey of swearing oaths and dividing life and death.

At this moment, the Jing Tian Six Friends looked at each other. Over three hundred years of tacit understanding allowed them to understand each other, their hearts connected. There was no need to say anything else.

Zhao Xuan Yang was the common disciple of these six people. From a swaddling baby, they cultivated this child into the future prodigy of Jing Country. The amount of effort poured into this, only they themselves knew.

The so-called snap of a finger of several decades, the short instant within people's spoken long lives, yet it was the days and nights that they six people truly invested emotion in, carefully protecting.

What an excellent, what a brilliant child he was, the only true disciple of the six strange men of Jing Tian Fu, fulfilling all their fantasies about the image of a "disciple," carrying all their expectations.

Yet in just the time it took for the six friends to be in a daze, he disappeared from the human world.

They searched without finding, sought without gaining, not even seeing his bones!

The last person to see Zhao Xuan Yang was Jiang Wang.

This is also the reason why they have always paid attention to this person over so many years.

They are the true men of Jing Country, unable to represent only themselves. All their actions must conform to order as much as possible, and they cannot become the subject of gossip, because Jing Country is precisely the existence that leads order, and Jing Country is the biggest beneficiary under the current world order.

They cannot arbitrarily move a hero of the human race, cannot catch Jiang Wang and peel his skin and chase his soul.

They could only wait, one after another!

And now, Jiang Wang admitted it personally.

Although their hearts already had a premonition, at this moment, their minds were still burned empty by anger and hate.

The prior warnings, the so-called importance of the big picture, were all forgotten!

Cang Shen did not say another word, directly grabbed that pen, and on that piece of Life and Death Contract, signed his name. Then he stained it with blood as a print, pressing heavily on the paper.

Life and death bear no resentment!

As long as one side is still alive, this enmity, this resentment, will never be resolved.

The Life and Death Contract flew to Chen Pi's front.

Chen Pi, who usually had to retort a few sentences no matter the topic, was incomparably quiet at this moment. He took the pen, signed his name, yet stared dead at Jiang Wang, as if that pen were exactly a knife, exactly carving Jiang Wang's heart. As he slowly pressed down his fingerprint, his heart called out Zhao Xuan Yang's name.

"Xuan Yang. For master today..."

Today is a suitable time. The weather is also very good.

Jiang Wang waited quietly.

Fu Ling, Bai Shu, Gan Cao, several true men of Jing Tian Fu, successively signed their names and pressed their fingerprints.

Finally, this Life and Death Contract was passed back to Ban Xia.

He took this very thin piece of paper, which was entrusted with the lives of seven present-world true men, and said with the greatest restraint: "God Xiao is imminent, and the human race should not consume itself internally. We six people have endured one after another, not hesitating to humble ourselves and visit. How can you, Jiang Wang, be so rampant, forcing us step by step! Now we have to sign this contract. We think that the court officials, the world's esteemed figures, will all understand!"

Saying that, he grasped the pen.

"And live!"

Suddenly, a voice rose up, stopping Ban Xia's pen tip.

Appearing in the air along with the voice was a young, handsome man wearing Two Yi military clothes. But the years in his eyes indicated that he was not young.

He was precisely Yu Que, the Emperor Party True Monarch, a world-renowned general, in charge of the Dou E Army, the first among the Eight Jia!

Once, in the Battle of Star Moon Plain, he went to Wan He Temple to observe the scene, and sat and discussed the Dao with Jiang Meng Xiong.

At this moment, he soared at a high place. As soon as he appeared, he suppressed the air of eagerness to move among the Jing Tian Six True. With a light push, he pushed the Tai Xu Pavilion building back into the void.

He swept his eyes around, suddenly possessing the momentum of the sea: "What are you doing causing trouble in Tian Jing City!"

The first city in the human world, Tian Jing City.

The long street of East City, at this moment, poured in the sight of almost all the strong individuals in this city.

All the things Jiang Wang did since arriving in Jing Country could be said to be minor skirmishes or, to use Daoist Chen Pi's words, "acting spoiled and rolling around."

But when he drew his sword to kill Chen Suan, a True of Deng Lin Dong, when he stood on the main street of Tian Jing City and proposed a life-and-death battle with the Jing Tian Six True.

This was no longer a "small matter."

Yu Que's arrival highlighted the seriousness of this matter even more.

"Marshal Yu!" Ban Xia represented the six elders and spoke: "You also see, from Jing Tian Fu all the way to Tian Jing City, we have not been unrestrained. This Jiang Wang is aggressive, insisting on fighting a life-and-death battle with us. We could not endure it, so we had to agree—with this Life and Death Contract, even if it spreads to the world, no one can say anything about us!"

"Yes, Marshal Yu!" Jiang Wang supported for the first time: "We seven people, white paper and black words, life and death bear no resentment. Who else can talk more!"

"Is Tian Jing City a place for you all to fight to the death?" Yu Que completely ignored Jiang Wang, looking seriously at the Jing Tian Six Friends: "He, Jiang Wang, is twenty-seven years old and doesn't understand things. Are you all over three hundred years old and also don't understand things?!"

Compared to East Heavenly Master Song Huai, Yu Que, who was also from the Emperor Party, was a more influential figure to the Jing Tian Six Friends.

"I don't know why?" Fu Ling glared fiercely at Cang Shen, not letting him make a rash move, and spoke himself: "This little thief has fought his way to the door, slapping the face of Tian Jing City one slap at a time. Central Great Jing, ancient and majestic, how can we six avoid the battle?"

Yu Que said softly: "Central Great Jing, ancient and majestic, how can it be shaken by some small matters? We, the first empire in the present world, should have the bearing of the first empire and keep our eyes on the big picture of the world. Official Jiang is young, how can we just watch him destroy himself because of a moment of impulse?"

With his hands behind his back, he emphasized: "For the sake of the world, a future talent like Jiang Wang should not die today. This commander also cannot bear to see an official of the Tai Xu die in Tian Jing City."

"To hell with his big picture!" Cang Shen couldn't suppress it, and said angrily: "Jiang Wang has no big picture in his heart, and neither does this old Dao! He wants me to die, and I want him to die, it's that simple—Marshal Yu, there's no need to advise further!"

Yu Que looked at him, his eyes cold and sharp: "This is an order."

"He killed Zhao Xuan Yang!!!" Cang Shen blurted out for a moment, both eyes filled with ferocious blood threads: "How can you order us not to avenge our own disciple!?"

"What Zhao Xuan Yang!" Jiang Wang suddenly became angry, brushed his sleeves forward, and pointed his halberd at the old Daoist Cang Shen: "You'd better pay attention to what you say, otherwise I'll cut out your tongue! How dare you all slander this pavilion?!"

Yu Que suddenly twisted his head and looked towards Jiang Wang. Just his eyes pushed Jiang Wang back several steps: "You'd better stop while you're ahead! No matter what idea you have in your heart, this commander warns you—you should let it go. Looking at your contributions to the human race, Jing Country has been tolerant enough to you, but it also has a limit!"

"What exactly did this pavilion do, Marshal Yu! So much so that you all want to be tolerant for a while, and then want to be tolerant for a while?" Although Jiang Wang was easily pushed away, he walked back fearlessly: "Since this pavilion entered Jing, the cases it has handled, one by one, which one is not supported by solid evidence! When has this pavilion been discourteous, when has it exceeded the rules? Even when enduring the anger of these six old ox noses, it is still proper to discuss first and sign a Life and Death Contract—what exactly did I stab that hurt you all!?"

"Your words are sharp, and your sword is also sharp, but the sharper it is, the easier it is to break." Yu Que looked at him coldly, waved his hand: "Go back! This duel today, you won't be able to fight."

Jing Country is such a prosperous empire, Tian Jing City is such a magnificent capital. No matter how you set up a scheme, no matter how desperately you fight for an opportunity for revenge, when the shadow of this ancient empire is cast down, it can easily wipe away all your efforts.

Jiang Wang knew this point early on.

"If Marshal Yu says it can't be fought, then it certainly can't be fought. I don't understand your decision, but I respect your will. So, farewell! I wish you a good mood!" Jiang Wang didn't waste words either, turned around and left: "Next, this pavilion just wants to go to Jing Tian Fu to thoroughly investigate the case of Zhong Zhi Rou—various elders, see you at Jing Tian Fu!"

Now not only did he hide his hate, but the Jing Tian Six Friends also hated him to the bone. Yu Que could suppress the actions of both sides, but he couldn't suppress the hate of both sides!

He could go to Jing Tian Fu every day, every month, every year!

The case of Zhong Zhi Rou would never be finished investigating. Including Yu Que, no one could stare at them forever. Then sooner or later, this piece of Life and Death Contract would have the last blood print pressed on it.

Yu Que pressed remotely, fixing him in place: "Are you being obstinate?"

Jiang Wang couldn't move, but his spirit didn't diminish. He just looked at Yu Que coldly: "This pavilion advises you to let go now."

Yu Que felt it was absurd: "Otherwise what?"

Jiang Wang was very serious: "Then I will charge you with the crime of obstructing a Tai Xu official in handling a case."

Yu Que instead laughed: "You must be crazy, or did this commander hear wrong?"

"You didn't hear wrong, and I am indeed crazy!" Jiang Wang said: "You can stop me in Tian Jing City, I respect your status, I respect the majesty of the central empire. I can retreat, I can leave immediately.

"When I go to Jing Tian Fu, if you still want to stop me—from today onwards, I will not commit a single wrong, will not give you any reason to kill me, until I can kill you.

"You didn't hear wrong, True Monarch Yu, I will not rest until one of us is dead.

"Perhaps you find it ridiculous, and you all can laugh! But since my debut, everyone I wanted to kill, none have lived. Zhang Lin Chuan was like that, and Zhuang Gao Xian was also like that. Fleeing everywhere will not save them, and relying on a state will not exempt them from death! You rely on your high realm, which is a position I can certainly reach, it's nothing great!"

Everyone paying attention to this scene couldn't help but be shocked.

A twenty-seven-year-old young man actually pointed at a Yan Dao True Monarch and said 'you're nothing great'?!

That was already the absolute peak of the present world, the highest peak on the transcendent path!

Was this still not crazy enough?

There was no expression on Yu Que's face: "So you're saying, you are threatening me?"

"Threatening you how!!!" Jiang Wang seemed completely out of control, almost pointing at Yu Que and shouting angrily, but within this half-true, half-false loss of control, there was how much unspeakable sorrow!

He came to Tian Jing City to avenge Ku Jue, but he couldn't even mention Ku Jue's name.

Ku Jue didn't have to block the path of the Jing Country elders, Ku Jue should have died!

Ku Jue was seeking his own death!

And now, his disciple was also coming this way. Also showing a posture of seeking death.

"Am I still a Tai Xu official or not? Does your Jing Country still recognize the Tai Xu Alliance or not? Does a Tai Xu official still have the authority to govern Tai Xu affairs or not? On what basis do you, Yu Que, stop me?!"

He asked successively, his voice shaking in all directions, becoming more and more rampant: "The Tai Xu Alliance, are you treating it as a piece of toilet paper? During the time of the Qin Emperor, the heavenly sons of the five countries met in Tian Jing, have you all actually forgotten?!"

"The more you say, the more nonsensical it gets!" Yu Que held his sword with one hand, causing the heavenly wind to rise in all directions: "You are too presumptuous!"

"You have quite the official prestige! But you've suppressed the wrong person!" Jiang Wang roared angrily, not yielding an inch, and with his right hand took out a scroll, which was actually a long painting unfolded—

This was an alliance with concise words and clear sentences, the content was not complex either, merely clarifying the rights and responsibilities of various parties. What was conspicuous was at the end of the alliance, that long string of seals, each containing treasure light.

Jing, Qin, Qi, Chu, Jing, Mu, Three Xing Palace, Xuan Kong Temple... these were the treasure seals of various forces in the world!

"The Tai Xu Alliance is here, sincerely inviting the world to witness! Today, this Tai Xu official wants to investigate to the bottom, Yu Que, how do you want to stop me! Facing the masters of the world! Tell me loudly, or publicly kill me!"

Heaven and earth resonated.

Above these seals, treasure light suddenly rushed into the sky.

One by one, majestic virtual shadows condensed within this treasure light.

Great Marshal of Qi Country, Jiang Meng Xiong, Zhen Hou of Qin Country, Xu Wang, the strongest true monarch of Chu Country, Song Pu Ti, Great Priest of Mu Country's God Crown, Tu Hu... the peak strong individuals who initially stamped their seals on this Tai Xu Alliance, at once all appeared, their Dharma forms descending upon Tian Jing City, scattering the heavenly wind!

World strong individuals gathered in the first city of the world.

The great city-protecting array of that magnificent Tian Jing City all activated, causing heaven and earth to change color, and Yuan Force to surge like a flood.

The Heavenly River was vast, and dragons chanted in all directions.

This one move truly shook the heavenly palace!

The Dharma body is achieved by cultivators leaving their bodies with their Yuan Gods and refining and merging with a small world. It is the ordinary body of Yan Dao cultivators. When combined with the Dao body, it is the embodiment of peak battle power.

The Dharma phase is much richer. It can be seen as a projection of will, a projection of power, and can also be achieved through some secret methods, or it can be a means of fighting.

At this moment, the Dharma phases of the various true monarchs, bound by the Tai Xu Alliance, can, to a certain extent, represent the determination of various parties to maintain the Tai Xu Alliance.

Various parties joined hands, seized the power of the two transcendence paths of Xu Yuan Zhi to become the Tai Xu Dao Master, wiped out the Tai Xu Sect overnight, and then swept away all obstacles. The poor present-world power lifted the Tai Xu Illusion, and the Tai Xu Alliance was of course not an empty text.

In fact, its meaning was completely not inferior to the ancient demon-slaying alliance. Even in the situation where the demon race was now repelled to the barren border, its importance surpassed it. It represented the present, and also showed the future!

No one would have thought that Jiang Wang actually received such support from the Tai Xu Dao Master, brought the Tai Xu Alliance with him, and in front of Yu Que, the main commander of the Dou E, unfolded the alliance so intensely.

Even South Heavenly Master Ying Jiang Hong's Dharma phase appeared, looking somewhat awkward. He represented Jing Country in maintaining the Tai Xu Alliance, yet he happened to collide with Yu Que's suppression of Jiang Wang. Not far beside him, there was still East Heavenly Master watching with cold eyes!

This was of course not comparable to the terrifying oppressive power of the five countries' heavenly sons meeting in Tian Jing in history, but it was also an unprecedented grand occasion of the world's absolute peak gathering in Tian Jing City to witness!

"A spring wind sweeps away all the new buds, how can you pity a rotten old tree! Good!" Xu Wang's Dharma phase had just appeared in the sky over East City, and then he pointed at Jiang Wang and praised: "They all say Dou Zhao is crazy. There are even crazier ones than Dou Zhao in here!"

"Perhaps Zhen Hou's words are biased, my grandson is modest and courteous—" Song Pu Ti said, changing the subject: "But Official Jiang truly has a crazy state, this old man appreciates it greatly! Reason is straight and spirit is strong, and youthful spirit is abundant. What can't be crazy!"

Si Yu An leisurely played with a blade of thatch: "Dou Zhao is naturally modest and courteous in front of you. Just like Jiang Wang is also very well-behaved in front of me—what made this young man who understands things so well, become this kind of crazy appearance?"

His eyebrows raised slightly: "I don't know why, my sword intent was actually called out by him."

"Heart has injustice, the sword rings on its own!" Zhi E Zen Master held a sun and moon shovel, and said in a deep voice: "I hate that I cannot shovel away all the injustices in the world. But the Buddha's law is boundless, and this old monk's body is limited. Now that I am in Tian Jing, I actually get a 'hate' word! One true against six true, how much more unfair can it be, it can't be, Jing Country wants to kill a Dong True with a Yan Dao?!"

Chen Pu, who had always been a gentle gentleman, today also inevitably had a slightly heavy tone: "Marshal Yu, I don't know what your intention is? If Official Jiang has acted contrary to the Tai Xu Alliance, then you can kill him. If he strictly follows the iron rules of the Tai Xu, then what right do you have to suppress him here? Organizing the Tai Xu Pavilion is for fairness, letting Xu Yuan Zhi become the Tai Xu Dao Master is for fairness—now everything is realized, where is the fairness? Do you want to be pressed here like this young man?"

Han Shen Tu of the Hold Gui Tian Palace, unlike Wu Bing Yi who was strict to the point of being rigid, seemed like the embodiment of law and regulations. He had always been more broad-minded, and his eyes were on higher places, but at this time he was abnormally serious: "Marshal Yu, please let Official Jiang go. I need to emphasize to you that this is not Han Shen Tu's request."

Yu Que released his hand, undoing the suppression on Jiang Wang, with a smile on his face: "Are you all too serious? Official Jiang is too young, too impulsive, I am also thinking for him, not wanting to hurt him at all! You people, ah, only want to watch a good show, not a single kind heart. But can our grand Great Jing Empire endure the anger for a while and just watch him court death?"

"I am very grateful for Marshal Yu's care." Jiang Wang was suddenly freed, and instead held back his near-out-of-control emotions, performing a very proper ritual to Yu Que, then said: "But there is no need to care anymore. Everyone has their own fate, and we are not familiar with each other."

Yu Que no longer laughed.

Gong Xi Yan sighed: "I don't want to say more about the meaning of the Tai Xu Pavilion today, and I don't need to say more. I hope Jing Country can review its actions well, not arbitrarily act self-important, and put everyone's efforts for so long to waste. The world is not the world of one family!"

"Namo Maitreya Venerable Buddha!" Zhao Wu Zen Master put his palms together, yet said to Jiang Wang: "Donor Jiang, please rest assured. Mount Sumeru owes you much. As long as you do not violate the rules, keep the rules and go, even if this poor monk's relics burn out, I will protect you all around."

Jiang Wang returned the ritual with his palms together: "Jiang Wang fears death, but he fears more that others will die because of me. Master, please rest assured, I will not give them an excuse."

"How deeply Official Jiang misunderstands!" South Heavenly Master Ying Jiang Hong finally spoke, first sighing: "For four thousand years, Tian Jing City has produced heroes! How can it be a place that doesn't lecture reason? Just put your heart at ease, this heavenly master guarantees you that as long as you don't violate the underlying rules, no one will deliberately find fault with you."

"Of course!" Jiang Wang said: "My heart is always at ease, just like True Monarch Yu's hand is always on the sword hilt."

"Hahaha, you boy are quite sensitive." Ying Jiang Hong laughed.

No one followed suit and laughed.

Yu Que's hand also silently left the sword hilt.

The last one to speak was Jiang Meng Xiong. The first to dare, everything did not silence him. Today, however, he paused before speaking.

"Sorry, I just happened to receive a decree."

He said sorry with his mouth, but there was no trace of apology on his face: "My emperor said that Official Jiang is arrogant and self-important, wanting to fight one true against six true. This matter of life and death at his own risk, dying is well deserved!"

"But if he follows the rules and goes, and is forced by powerful forces, it will chill the hearts of the people of the world. If the Tai Xu Alliance signed by various parties cannot be recognized, then what order can be spoken of in the present world? If the Central Empire cannot shoulder its central responsibility, does not know why it holds its authority... my grand Great Qi, perhaps, can replace it!"

As soon as these words came out, Yu Que immediately looked at him with cold eyes.

South Heavenly Master Ying Jiang Hong's Dharma phase also turned its head.

Even East Heavenly Master Song Huai walked out of his mansion and rose into the air.

The undercurrent surged in that great central imperial city!

But Jiang Meng Xiong seemed unaware, and continued to say: "To tell you the truth, my emperor is still too euphemistic."

He looked at the commander of the Dou E in front of him: "Yu Que, beat Jiang Wang to death!"

"Tear up this piece of the Tai Xu Alliance, give me an opportunity—"

He smiled and said: "Beat you to death."

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