Chapter 2305: Is There a Path

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Within the borders of the Wei country lies a mountain named Zheng Xuan.

The True Person Gua Dao, Eastern Master, has been cultivating profoundly here, regulating and absorbing the inner dragon energy of the land. The greatly famous "Dragon Tiger Altar" is also stationed year-round on Zheng Xuan Mountain.

Today, the Great Wei Emperor, Wei Xuan Che, is in full ceremonial dress, performing the Feng Chan sacrifice here.

Today is precisely New Year's Eve.

"May Great Wei prosper the country, lasting for ten thousand years, with eternal merit and universal virtue. Now, the Great Wei Emperor treads upon the supreme Zheng Xuan..."

On the mountain peak plaza, the ceremony is in progress. The ritual official holds a decree and prays to heaven, his voice quite matching the correct ritual sound, very grand.

Wei Xuan Che wears a ceremonial crown with nine pendants, standing before the hundred officials. His posture is straight and majestic, but his thoughts are not on the Feng Chan ceremony.

"Go ask the National Master how the Great General is doing on his side," he instructs via spiritual transmission.

Yan Shao Fei, standing not far behind the Wei Emperor, is now nobly appointed as the Tai Pu Si Qing of the Wei country, overseeing transportation throughout the land. Of course, he doesn't manage many affairs; specific tasks are all handled by several vice-Qings. His main duty is to drive the emperor's carriage during major ceremonies and accompany him, providing security.

Being able to guard the emperor on this occasion naturally makes him a trusted confidant.

Holding a long sword in his hand, he gives a slight bow and retreats from the altar without much expression, leaving the mountain peak plaza and arriving at Liang Yi Hall.

The host of the Dragon Tiger Altar, Eastern Master, is also wearing proper sacrificial ritual clothes today. He sits cross-legged on the altar in the center of the hall, surrounded by Daoist children with cinnabar dots on their foreheads. A ten-zhang long forest of sandalwood incense burns around him.

This person is using burning incense as ink, stroking smoke as a table, and pulling clouds as paper, solemnly writing the "Heaven Table" to offer to the lords of heaven and earth.

"Eastern Altar Master." Yan Shao Fei lowers his head in a bow and then repeats the emperor's original words.

Receiving the emperor's inquiry, Eastern Master's pen does not stop, and his tone contains a few points of helplessness: "Please reply to His Majesty, I, the old man, also very much want to know. Now the inside and outside of the Dragon Tiger Altar are cut off; I am also outside the door."

The Great Wei General, Wu Xun, has put aside national military affairs, put down his daily personal drill of martial troops, and has entered the Dragon Tiger Altar alone for secluded cultivation for over three months.

The court has publicly sealed off this news and released countless smokescreens. But the top figures within the Wei court are all craning their necks in anticipation.

Even Wei Xuan Che, who didn't necessarily need to appear on Zheng Xuan Mountain, personally came today, upgrading a customary New Year's Eve annual sacrifice to a grand Feng Chan ceremony mobilizing national power.

The so-called Feng Chan is nothing more than boasting of merit. Sacrificing to the lords of heaven and earth to display ten thousand years of unchanging merit.

With the present Wei Emperor's governing merit and military merit, there is much to boast about. But to elevate it to the level of Feng Chan for the world, boasting across ancient and modern times, is still somewhat distant.

Eastern Master understands in his heart that this is the emperor displaying martial dao merit in advance.

The present emperor has been laying out the martial dao for many years. In a time when the martial dao was not recognized by so many people, he resolutely placed a heavy bet with national fortune. He raised national power and promoted the martial dao, establishing martial institutes of different levels throughout the country, promulgating the "Martial Dao General Canon," and "making all Wei people capable of correct martial arts."

The Wei land values the martial spirit and is the fiercest in the world.

When discussing contributions to the martial dao, the Wei people surpass all others in the world.

Many years of painstaking cultivation are just for one morning's harvest.

Once the martial dao breaks through, the Wei country will leap forward as a whole, immediately laying the foundation for hegemony!

The best situation, of course, is for Great General Wu Xun to take that step.

Once Wu Xun ascends to the absolute peak, he can then borrow the merit of opening the great dao and achieve supreme transcendence. The Wei country will then dominate the south bank of the Yangtze River, truly having the posture of "gazing at the scenery across the river."

Although a strong person above the absolute peak is said to transcend everything and not interfere in the present world, theoretically they no longer participate in the present world's conflicts. However, protecting a state and its people is not difficult. Until the time comes to tilt the country into battle and life and death must be decided, no one will truly uproot the foundation that a transcendent strong person cares about.

After Huang Wei Zhen returned, the Chu Emperor immediately began national political reforms. Although it was a chronic illness hard to cure, reaching the point where the knife had to be wielded, it was not without reason in this aspect.

Wu Xun has been in secluded cultivation in the Dragon Tiger Altar, and today is exactly the ninety-ninth day.

Wei Xuan Che performing Feng Chan today is precisely to use the national power of the Wei country to help Wu Xun move one step forward.

Yan Shao Fei exited the great hall, returned to the plaza, and came behind the Wei Emperor.

"Everything is smooth," he said to the emperor.

If things were not smooth, Wu Xun should have come out early. No news is good news, it means there is still hope.

How could the Wei Emperor not understand this reasoning?

Why did he still ask Yan Shao Fei to go? It is truly a key moment in history, with a thousand years of national fortune in this one move. He is also somewhat anxious about gains and losses!

"After today, it will be the third thousand nine hundred twenty-ninth year of the Dao Calendar," the Wei Emperor said. "One day late is one year late, ah."

The grand Feng Chan ceremony continued, and the tedious rituals made everything very long.

Yan Shao Fei stood quietly behind the emperor. He couldn't help but wonder — where have Wang Xiao, Cao Yu Xian, Ji Jing Lu, and Shu Wei Jun reached now?

In front of that thick mist and heavenly barrier, who can complete the final leap?

"Raise national power!"

During the long wait, he suddenly heard such a voice in his ear.

Yan Shao Fei raised his eyes and looked forward.

The Altar Master of the Dragon Tiger Altar, Eastern Master, holding the unfinished Heaven Table, suddenly rushed onto the plaza and waved it in the air. His facial expression was completely uncontrolled, and he was so excited that his voice was distorted: "Quickly raise national power! The Great General has already broken seclusion and is about to leap!"

On the vast mountain peak plaza, most people were blank. There was still a portion of insiders who were overjoyed.

This is a matter of great joy for the entire Wei country!

Before Eastern Master could finish speaking, Wei Xuan Che, overjoyed with hope, had already taken out the Great Wei Emperor's seal with one hand and stepped onto the sacrifice heaven platform. With a flick of his left hand, he pulled out a pre-written imperial decree, and with his right hand, he held the seal and pressed down —

No need for inner eunuchs, no need for proxies. The Great Wei Emperor, Wei Xuan Che, personally wrote for Great General Wu Xun and personally sealed for Great General Wu Xun! Exhaust national power to add to it, exhaust fame and salary to permit it!

A huge magic altar, at this moment, leaped into the high sky, resembling a heavenly immortal palace, spreading profound aura, suspended above Zheng Xuan Peak.

Two majestic virtual shadows, towering ten thousand zhang, guarded the two sides of the magic altar. They were the control wind light dragon and the insert wings thunder tiger.

The Great Wei Empire's national treasure, the cave heaven treasure, the Dragon Tiger Altar!

Everyone on the scene could feel a stock of majestic aura bursting forth from this magic altar.

It seemed like an eternally sleeping volcano, after millions of years of undercurrent, calling out to emerge!

But at this moment, the Great Wei Emperor suddenly shook his body, and the hand holding the jade seal tightened slightly. Although his face showed no waves and his majesty was not lost, this subtle change in emotion was still seen by Yan Shao Fei.

He also knew the reason.

Because at this moment, his dao heart was also touched by a kind of great resonance.

He was born in Wei country, grew up in Wei country, and in recent years, he has also followed Wei Xuan Che in paying attention to the martial dao, and also sought advice from Wu Xun on the martial dao. Having personally felt martial qi for decades, at this moment, his heart had a sense.

Between heaven and earth, it seemed like an eternal barrier... was being broken through!

That stock of qi... that stock of qi rushing to the nine heavens...

Yan Shao Fei suddenly turned his body, his eyes blazing, and saw — magnificent martial momentum rising in the west. Martial dao qi, qi rushing to the sky!

At the peak of the martial dao, someone was ascending to the top.

And that person was not Wu Xun!

The majestic flame within the Dragon Tiger Altar almost stopped in an instant.

The present world's five great martial dao grandmasters have all reached the end of the martial dao.

Cultivating to here is a dead end; there is no more road ahead in the martial dao, only a bottomless abyss and endless mist. Before truly leaping out, no one knows what they will face.

But one point is certain — if in this last step, they are at the last moment and still forcibly contend, both sides almost certainly have no possibility of success.

Since another martial dao grandmaster has gone first, Wu Xun can only wait.

"Who is it?" Eastern Master did not show joy or anger as much as the Wei Emperor. He flew into the air, his face filled with shock and anger.

The great peng spreads its wings and covers the vast sea, seeking a single branch of plum blossoms in the snow.

Raising national power to fly, only one step slow. As the Great Wei National Master, how could he not be shocked, how could he not be angry? He held the Heaven Table in his hand and a shake immediately ignited fierce flames. He was about to use his fingers to calculate.

Yan Shao Fei completely believed that at this moment, Eastern Master had the intention to block the dao!

"National Master!" Wei Xuan Che pressed down with a flip of his hand and said calmly: "Hearing the dao has before and after; ascending to heaven requires slow progress. Being one step slow is not necessarily a bad thing. Calm down a bit."

Eastern Master's action of pinching the tactic was directly stopped, and his whole person was also pressed down onto the sacrifice platform. He waited before the Wei Emperor with unwillingness in his heart.

"Your Majesty—" Eastern Master began to speak.

Wei Xuan Che waved his hand, stopping his advice: "This is a time of a hundred boats racing. One step fast or one step slow is each person's fate. Since ancient times, no one has achieved transcendence by relying on suppressing others. This road, if others have not walked down, you cannot go up."

"The martial dao has reached here; there is no road ahead. What is needed is the courage of 'shed me, who else is there?' If we constantly pull others back, it will only shame the Great General, prevent his martial virtue from being manifested, and tarnish his dao heart."

This Wei country emperor, who hoped more than anyone that the last step of the martial dao would be taken by Wu Xun, at such a time, was calmer than anyone: "The Great General needs to release his power outside. This is the Great General's battlefield, and moreover, we need to see what kind of support he wants. Both you and I are half outsiders and should not do meaningless things."

He was calming Eastern Master's heart, and what not in calming his own heart?

Although he is noble and possesses the world, this matter is several times as important as the world.

Only one step difference, who can be willing?

Where are the only unwilling ones in the world Eastern Master?

From Cave True to Absolute Peak, only one step.

This one step, since ancient times, has separated how many heroes.

There are not few geniuses who have achieved the true person realm in the present world from ancient times to the present, but those who dare to say they "must become and derive dao" in one era are so few.

This is still the mainstream cultivation road of the present world, already with countless predecessors' experience.

From the twenty-sixth heaven of the martial dao to the twenty-seventh heaven of the martial dao, only one heaven is separated, just a section of the great dragon walking up the spine.

It will embody in an ordinary adult body, approximately only one inch.

Just this one inch distance has buried how many brilliant martial artists.

In the mist of the martial dao absolute peak, there seems to be only one correct path. It is as fine as silk, yet it penetrates the endless abyss. It is one of countless choices.

But only when you walk out can you know whether you have stepped into emptiness.

From "this shore" to "that shore," falling are the lives of many martial dao true people who have strived to trek.

Now, on the west border.

The present world's martial dao first person, Wang Xiao, has taken that step.

His body, representing the extreme of martial prowess, stands on the peak of Hong Tomb Peak.

At this moment on the mountain peak, only he exists.

The famous Qin general, the present world true person Wang Zhao, has already been blasted down the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, a bottomless human-shaped deep pit has been imprinted.

Wang Xiao did not once lower his head.

It is not that he has no one in his eyes and disdains Wang Zhao, but after this punch was blasted out, everything was concluded. At this time, in his heart, only the martial dao remains. He can only go up, not down; only forward, not back.

He cannot again bow his head, cannot again turn back!

The martial husband body is on the mountain peak, also becoming a part of the mountain. Wang Xiao's name is for the absolute top, also representing the limit of the martial dao. The process of him climbing towards a higher place is also the process of the present world's martial dao leaping.

Martial is the dao of stopping war.

Martial yet has no end.

Countless martial practitioners who have crashed their heads and broken their blood flow for thousands of years also want to continue to walk forward.

Wang Xiao is fixed.

His two feet stand on the mountain peak, seemingly rooted in the earth.

His qi and blood still rise like a dragon, roar like a tiger.

His will is like a trapped beast in a cage, continuously rolling in this piece of heaven and earth; heaven and earth are just his prison!

From the west border, there is a pillar of wolf smoke, rushing to the sky, seemingly endless.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Inside his body, there seemed to be the sound of heavenly thunder.

His body is fixed on the top of Hong Tomb Peak, his mind has already reached an endless height —

All derived dao true monarchs since ancient times have stood here, overlooking all beings.

This realm is "equal to heaven."

The martial dao world is desolate.

It is not comparable to the mainstream "dao" that originated from ancient times, which has long stood in the forest of absolute peaks, and where people have long jumped above the absolute peak.

Wang Xiao looked around, there was nothing before him. Only vast mist, deep hiding an endless abyss, the grave of martial artists.

From now on, every step he takes forward will represent a new limit of the martial dao, and will define the highest position of the martial dao.

He gathered his five fingers and gripped his fist tightly. This grip is a full bow!

The strong wind suddenly stopped, all sounds were dead silent, only his meridians emitted the sound of life's vigorous and continuous tightening.

He blasted out a fist.

Space is truly a thin paper, and time is even softer than tofu.

There were no other movements in the world, only one crack after another appeared — that was the startling electricity embodying itself in every place of the present world!

Regardless of west or east, not dividing south or north, today everyone saw the heaven phenomenon together.

This one fist blasted through the eternally existing heaven dao barrier.

If Jiang Wang was still in the Heaven Human state, and he still wanted to approach the heaven dao, he should have become the person blocking the dao for Wang Xiao at this moment.

But now, he is just a boatman slowly rowing on the river.

Wang Xiao went forward alone.

His body is the hardest iron in the world, his spirit is the fiercest fire in the world.

The mist in front is endless, and he does not know how far the other shore is.

Wang Xiao once again raised his fist.

Cao Yu Xian, born in the Ba country military mansion, brought illness from his mother's womb and was weak since childhood. Among many brothers and sisters, he was fundamentally not valued. He worked hard to practice fists and feet, just wanting to be less sick and make his mother worry less.

Xū reported his age as two years older and joined the army. Wu Xun, who had always grown up in the military, worked his way up from a small soldier to a general. He realized that under the existing military system, the Wei country's army had almost no opportunity to surpass the Ba country's strong army. He decided to personally learn the martial dao and personally feel the possibility of a "martial army."

Ji Jing Lu, born heavenly imperial, also had his own unspoken pursuits and unwillingness. All his indomitable hearts, in the end, became blood and sweat dripping in the endless long night, growing into the power within every muscle.

Shu Wei Jun, from a poor background, first participated in the puppet performer selection and stepped onto the martial dao just to be able to eat more meat without stealing or robbing. To be able to withstand several blows in front of the puppet, support several rounds, better complete the task of inspecting the puppet, and gain more rewards, he worked hard to practice his skills...

In this world, everyone has their own reasons for moving forward.

Wang Xiao does not feel that his reasons are nobler than anyone else's, nor does he feel that he has worked harder than anyone else.

But having walked the road to here, who else is there but me?

He punched out towards the eternal mist covering the martial dao absolute peak.

He represented the countless fallen martial practitioners who had come for thousands of years, and once again asked heaven with a fist —

Is there a road!

Thank you, book friend "明心见性小童子," for becoming the alliance master of this book! For the 761st alliance of Red Heart Patrol Heaven!

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