Chapter 2513

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Hua la la, hua la la.

Zhong Li Yan seemed to hear two kinds of ocean waves.

One kind was outside the window, howling on the approaching road, quite far away.

Another kind was in a place even farther from his ear consciousness.

At first, he thought it was just an auditory hallucination. He always remembered that he and Zhuge Zuo were still stepping on the waves in the East Sea, he leading this serious little brat, battling wits and courage, contending over who was the true leader of this team.

The roaring sea wind, the mountainous waves, the giant fish hundreds of *zhang* long... The South Domain had many mountains and distant seas, everything was free and fresh.

This little brat... how could he suddenly just die?

How could Master Zhong Li still hold his head high and be a person afterward?

He couldn't even protect a small child!

When he first entered the Transcendence Jar, he was arrogant. Waiting until he realized Zhuge Zuo's ending, he had no trace of arrogance left, only an endless... stifled feeling.

The so-called having knots in the mind and blocks in the heart, he always felt they were just the sour words of weak literati.

If something wasn't smooth in the heart, draw your sword and chop it. If the road was uneven, draw your sword and clear it. If you couldn't win, then cultivate desperately and come back to win. A great good man should view the world like an eagle, fight in the sky, what did being stifled and unhappy have to do with anything!

But Zhuge Xiao Zuo died.

He just walked by his side and died silently.

This little thing died voluntarily, who should he draw his sword against?

Although the *Nan Yue* in his hand was real, in front of him was only a Nameless One...

He drew his sword several times, wanting to chop it.

Of course, he couldn't see any opportunity.

Jiang Wang, at the absolute peak of Derive Dao, could only wait for an opportunity to move, let alone him, a Martial Dao True Man.

Acting rashly would only become a burden. And that would undoubtedly be the biggest shame.

He really wanted to fight.

Even if he chopped towards this strange Ksitigarbha... he was almost stifled crazy by himself!

Just at a certain instant, the illusory sound of waves in his ear suddenly became extremely real. He clearly felt water vapor, waves splashing and wetting his shoes and socks. The guest room where his body was located instantly fell into a boundless ocean!

The space inside this Transcendence Jar was infinite, but the vast waves were also boundless.

Blood energy surged like a pillar. Zhong Li Yan lifted the *Nan Yue* sword and looked around— he saw Zhuge Yi Xian's descending body in Zhuge Zuo's small body, suspended in the rotating star chart formation.

He also saw Ksitigarbha's descending body in Tian An Ping's body, pressing down on a stone beast shaped like a Calamity Fighter.

He saw Huang Wei Zhen strolling on the peak of the mad waves, saw Xu San using his sword as a raft, drifting with the waves.

He saw Duke Huai Guo, suspended in the air, arrogant and fierce like the sun.

But he didn't see Jiang Wang...

Jiang Wang?!

The Nameless One?!

Ksitigarbha's palm only had the silent stone beast image, and Huang Wei Zhen's long robe corner was not seen before.

Zuo Xiao alone held a flag, his body empty both before and after.

"Jiang Wang!" Zuo Xiao, suspended in the air, was originally dragging Jiang Wang while retreating, waiting for the opportunity to intervene in this Transcendence battle. But that green shirt and jade crown suddenly turned into a bubble illusion in his hand.

The daydream shattered!

This old man immediately changed his complexion, turned his head like a tiger in the air, and stared directly at Zhuge Yi Xian in the star chart formation: "What is this matter?"

Zhong Li Yan had never seen such eyes on Zuo Xiao!

Even with his personality of not fearing heaven or earth, several points of alarm suddenly arose in his heart.

As if he just remembered that this person in front of him was the leader of the Great Chu world families, the first among all the noble meritorious families!

The small and tender body of Zhuge Zuo seemed unable to bear Zhuge Yi Xian's aged soul.

He was weak against the wind, and slightly hunched. He just stood there with his head slightly lowered, lonely in the star chart formation piled up with broken altar stones.

Of course, he could say that the Transcendence struggle was unpredictable. It was natural to have unexpected changes— but he couldn't say that.

Jiang Wang originally had nothing to do with this matter.

He had no responsibility towards the Chu country, and even less connection to the Nameless One.

This world's first heavenly pride came for Duke Huai Guo!

It was he, Zhuge Yi Xian, who actively set up the situation, using Duke Huai Guo's safety as bait, creating an "accidental encounter" to invite him.

If this matter was not handled well and ended unfortunately, it would be a permanent rift between Zuo Xiao and he, Zhuge Yi Xian.

Indeed, at this time, he, Zhuge Yi Xian, didn't need to care about anything, but he still couldn't not care about the Chu country.

The Chu country strived for the world, and the Zuo clan was the vanguard.

There was no need to mention the merits of past generations, no need to discuss the Zuo clan's contributions during the founding of Great Chu.

Just speaking of the contemporary era, the famous general Zuo Hong, the heavenly pride Zuo Guang Lie, which one didn't burn out everything on the battlefield?

Zuo Xiao also removed his armor and then put it on, put down his flag and then held it, losing sons and grandsons! He still fought for the country and strived for the country.

The Chu country was currently undergoing bold reforms to eliminate the country's four thousand years of accumulated ills and to cut off the fundamental interests of the world families.

Historically, this kind of key matter never happened without bloodshed, thus shaking the foundation of the country, which is not rare in history books.

It was Duke Huai Guo who first stood up and responded, strongly suppressing the internal factions of the Zuo clan, willingly cutting off his family's interests, and even actively handing over military power!

It was precisely because of Duke Huai Guo's leadership and support that other dukes, marquises, earls, and sons could relatively easily let go.

With Zuo Xiao's merits, Zuo Xiao's achievements, Zuo Xiao's sacrifices, and Zuo Xiao's prestige, no one in the whole country could match him. When Zuo Xiao opened his mouth and said he supported it, no one had the face to say that they should lie on the merit book for a lifetime!

Duke Yu Guo seemed not to strive or grab, Duke An Guo quietly endured and hid deeply, Duke Wei Guo seemed to have everything decided by Old Madam Song...

But if Zuo Xiao hadn't nodded and shown such a clear attitude, would they really still be so easy to talk to?

Zhuge Yi Xian saw clearly that among the several dukes, only Zuo Xiao, who looked the most unrestrained and arrogant, had the most public spirit and the most Chu soul. If not so, he couldn't have raised sons like Zuo Hong and Zuo Guang Lie.

One must know that even the Immortal Valley Zhong Li clan, and Zhong Li Zhao Jia, who was loyal to the state and the emperor, also had many dissatisfactions with this reform. He even intentionally said after drinking that "Armored men die for the country, do they die and the fallen branches cannot shelter their descendants? This is an ancient mistake!"

It was Duke Huai Guo who personally called him to the military camp and said, "Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for one time. The whole country pays them handsomely, armored men die for the country, why shouldn't they!?"

Zhong Li Zhao Jia then shut up.

Returning to the topic, could it be because the Zuo clan had the most public spirit that they could be treated lightly?

How to treat the Zuo family, the former Chu Shi Zong had already given the answer—

Save the country with everything, then get the reward of the whole family.

Zhuge Yi Xian had more reasons, more natural excuses, and still had to carefully treat Zuo Xiao's inquiry.

"After Dou Zhao achieved the absolute peak, he connected yin and yang with the Three Ways Bridge, connecting Jiang Wang, each serving as a door. But this precisely fell into the Nameless One's arrangement. It truly mastered the means of the Yin Yang family, interfered through the Three Ways Bridge, connected the bridge with people, and took both Jiang Wang and Dou Zhao away." Zhuge Yi Xian said seriously: "It is very likely the near ancient era's Yin Yang true saint Zou Hui Ming, or at least deeply related to Zou Hui Ming!"

Zuo Xiao at this time appeared calm instead, one person with one flag, standing alone in the air: "I don't want to listen to you continue analyzing the Nameless One's intelligence."

The Nameless One was the one who blocked his transcendence, the existence that cut off the legend of the name "Zuo Xiao", one could say it was his life enemy.

But now was not his focus.

Jiang Wang had been captured, the most important matter at present was naturally rescue.

But could he be saved? Was there still an opportunity?

He knew that Zhuge Yi Xian calculated without omission, he worried that Jiang Wang was also within Zhuge Yi Xian's calculations, a piece for filling the calamity!

If it was true, he would never forgive.

Not only could he not forgive Zhuge Yi Xian, he also couldn't forgive himself.

Between people, it was nothing but exchanging true hearts for true hearts. After these years of getting along, they were already true family.

Jiang Wang's great future and legendary life, how could they be buried because of his emotions with Zuo Xiao?

Then what did Zuo Xiao's care for this child these years count as? Eating at one table, drinking happily at one table, reading in one room, cultivating in one room, was it only for the use of Great Chu today?

"I want to tell you— we will soon be able to confirm Its name, and Jiang Wang will be fine. The more It exposes, the closer this situation is to the end." Zhuge Yi Xian's voice was firm: "Now the pressing matter of the moment is to hurry and leave here to pursue the Nameless One."

It was not necessary to say that the Nameless One could hide in the world for so long, even after showing its head during the reign of Chu Shi Zong, it could still take the Fallen Immortal Forest as its forbidden ground, existing grandly at the side of the Chu country, indeed having its extraordinary ability.

In order to capture and kill It, Zhuge Yi Xian calculated almost every aspect, mobilizing all available forces.

Besides Huang Wei Zhen's relentless pursuit, there was also Ksitigarbha, this mysterious and powerful transcender, joining the battle.

But It still escaped from the Fallen Immortal Forest to the East Sea, from inside the jar to outside the jar. This Transcendence Jar, made for binding the Nameless One, at this time instead became a prison for Ksitigarbha and Huang Wei Zhen!

Even the subconscious sea it left behind, through the reality of the daydream, filled this Transcendence Jar! Making the water inside the jar full of fish and insects. Among people, some were fish, some were insects. Water was also a prison, water was also a jar.

The golden body fell into the water, and Ksitigarbha sighed softly.

And Huang Wei Zhen didn't speak, only spread both hands—

Visible ripples followed the swing of Its long robe.

Where the ripples reached, everything was dissolved.

Including the endless vast waves, including the infinitely spacious guest room itself, the floor, the house beams, the doors and windows...

It personally dissolved the jar. Everything that had become real quickly returned to illusion.

In the real space-time, everything that happened inside "Guan Lan Tian Zi San" had already become the past!

Huang Wei Zhen let all this truly pass, naturally dissolving the jar and returning.

The already scarred Xu San, still wanted to say something with his mouth open, but instantly became a bubble illusion, disappearing with a "pa" sound.

"Where to pursue the Nameless One?" The flag-holding Zuo Xiao only asked.

Inside the star chart formation arranged with broken altar stones, Zhuge Yi Xian finally looked down at the reflection in the water, bearing the body that carried him into the Transcendence Jar, the serious and tender youth... had already become an illusion.

"Very early on, I gave Dou Zhao a death command." He said: "No matter at what time, no matter what happens, Dou Zhao will only ascend to the absolute peak in two places— the Great Chu imperial palace, or the Fallen Immortal Forest."

Inside the Great Chu imperial palace, there were truly existences with Transcendence battle power. And in the middle of the Fallen Immortal Forest, the trap for binding and killing the Nameless One was still there, the Chu emperor could bring the entire country with just a thought.

That is to say, no matter where the Nameless One descended, it would necessarily face a new round of encirclement and killing.

So Zhuge Yi Xian dared to be certain that everything was not yet over!

But Zuo Xiao didn't relax, instead, he raised his eyebrows: "Did you calculate early that the Nameless One would utilize Dou Zhao's step of proving the absolute peak, using the Three Ways Bridge to escape today's situation?"

If Zhuge Yi Xian had calculated this step early, then he should have foreseen Jiang Wang's danger early! Once this yin-yang connecting path existed, it was fundamentally not something Jiang Wang himself could refuse.

This had nothing to do with ability, wisdom, or will. This was a pure gap in rank!

"How could I calculate this step? Lord Zuo thinks too highly of me!" Zhuge Yi Xian explained seriously: "Because after Dou Zhao's body was devoured by ten thousand ghosts and his spirit was refined by a hundred tribulations in the Avici Ghost Cave, he turned into a war ghost, and then filled the Yin Yang true saint's dao intent, knife by knife, into the daydream town. As his cultivation progressed, I became worried."

"Sitting in the South Chu for thousands of years, I have doubts about the Yin Yang true saint, and even more doubts about the Fallen Immortal Forest— I worry that something will go wrong when Dou Zhao proves the absolute peak, allowing external evil to invade. So I gave him an absolute command, requiring him to return to the country during the proving time, so that the country's power can protect him."

"Dou Zhao proving dao in the Great Chu imperial palace is worry-free."

"Dou Zhao proving dao in the Fallen Immortal Forest can then be used to start a situation against the Nameless One— at that time, I hadn't thought of using the immortal palace as the opening move of this situation."

"Today, the Nameless One uses the absolute peak Dou Zhao as a path, one can only say that heaven blesses Great Chu, the country's luck is prosperous, allowing me to encounter this."

To counter the Nameless One's situation, Zhuge Yi Xian had designed it for a very long time and prepared for many years. Many ideas were overturned, and many preparations might never be used.

He sighed: "How can there be calculation without omission? It's nothing but pouring out my heart and soul!"

"This old man is not omniscient and omnipotent. These years of diligence, exhausting my heart and strength, is nothing but making full preparations, making many preparations that are fundamentally unnecessary... so that one time, one matter can be completed!"

Zhong Li Yan was silent for a moment.

These years, the Yellow Path Twelve Star Gods acted in the human world.

These years, the Star Witch sat in control of Zhang Hua Tai.

Zhuge Yi Xian was almost a symbol of wisdom, the guardian spirit of the Chu country, and even more an existence that knew everything and could do anything.

As long as he was still sitting there, people could always believe in the stability of the Chu country.

It was precisely because he still existed, he still supported, that the current Chu emperor dared to carry out a great reform of court politics that was like cutting bone and washing marrow.

But those past glories, those illusions that were almost omnipotent, were created with what?

It was by staying in the deepest part of the trap of Zhang Hua Tai, pouring out heart and blood, day after day, year after year!

Only at this moment, Zhong Li Yan looked at these aged eyes and realized that Zhuge Yi Xian was just a person.

An old man whose sun was setting in the west.

He had been disrespectful all his life, but at this moment, he felt three points of respect. And then his body swayed and was wiped away by the ripples.

Zuo Xiao also stopped speaking, but saw waves rolling in one layer after another, and disappearing one layer after another.

Jiang Wang indeed didn't expect that he, who did nothing, could still be rolled away together with the Three Ways Bridge.

In this battle, he had been careful again and again. When Ksitigarbha acted to fix the Nameless One, he acted. Once the Nameless One let go of its hands and feet, he immediately retreated again.

Only because Dou Zhao said "open the door", he was rolled into this black and white mixed, everything flying past yin-yang world.

What did that have to do with him?

Dou Zhao was trapped, he had been vigilant from the beginning, and also actively cut off the bridge!

Like awake, like dreaming, seemed drunk and then startled.

Fundamentally unable to feel his own body, let alone check outside.

The six senses were chaotic, the five aggregates were all迷.

Only the surging subconscious sea at the absolute peak could still have contact with that fierce daydream realm.

Simply put—

He could still chat with Dou Zhao.

"How did you get the news, old sir?" Jiang Wang's voice rippled in the subconscious sea: "Really, a timely rain in the plum rain season, a completed game with a horse after a cannon— you helped a great deal!"

Dou Zhao's voice didn't have the slightest hint of embarrassment: "Zhong Li Yan notified me."

Zhong Li Yan in the positive order space-time was still standing guard in the East Sea.

Zhong Li Yan in the Transcendence Jar was still standing on the handle of the *Nan Yue* heavy sword, like a one-legged quail.

Neither Zhong Li Yan could have notified him!

Not to mention whether he could.

Even if he could, with Zhong Li Yan's personality, he would only wait until the great merit was announced to boast, and absolutely not call Dou Zhao to personally witness his distress. Even less so to seek help from Dou Zhao— he would rather be beaten to death.

"How did he notify you?" Jiang Wang couldn't help but ask.

Dou Zhao's voice was like an ancient well with no waves: "He said he was currently killing the Nameless One greatly, creating a history unprecedented in ancient times, and wanted me to hurry over to lick his shoe bottom— I planned to go over and unload his leg."

Jiang Wang didn't comment on this, only saying: "I'm asking, through what method he notified you."

Dou Zhao said: "Using his unique message transmission secret method."

What unique or not unique, in front of the Nameless One, there was no such thing as "unique". Even Zhuge Yi Xian's methods could be copied, what was a mere Zhong Li Yan, who was a big mouth himself, considered a secret?

Jiang Wang thought for a moment, still very unconvinced: "Didn't you receive his letter? Zhong Li Yan said you fundamentally didn't dare to read his letter!"

Dou Zhao said: "I just didn't reply."