Chapter 2615: World Peace

The majestic and bright voice of the Li Kingdom's Emperor, like fierce sunlight melting snow, thawed the frost from Wei Qingpeng's bald head, smoothed the veins on his forehead, and wiped away the sweat that beaded there.

Wei Qingpeng let out a breath. The weight of a thousand mountains had finally been lifted from his shoulders!

He slowly released his five fingers, and the imposing figure gradually faded. The endless mountain ranges returned to a single horizontal sword stroke. Jiang Wang, standing alone in his Qing shirt, was still smiling brightly, his sword still held horizontally.

The great flag of the Li Kingdom still fluttered, carrying the scent of soil mixed with green grass in the wind. The warhorses were silent, the cavalry solemn.

Wei Qingpeng, who had tried to grasp the sword with his large hand, flipped his hand over and turned sideways, making a gesture of invitation. "Jiang Zhenjun is no ordinary person. Your Majesty permits you to bring your sword and attend court."

"That's fine too." Jiang Wang smiled. "The children of the grasslands are bold and unrestrained, accustomed to wielding knives and guns. In Mu Country, I haven't seen the tradition of drawing a sword. After all, divine glory shines, the grassland is not a snowfield, and it's not good to make Wei Zhenjun abide by different rules."

He retracted the horizontal stroke that had divided the sky back to his waist.

Wei Qingpeng continued the gesture of invitation without speaking.

He finally realized profoundly that the thousands of years he had spent sleeping were meant to be a ladder for young Zhenjuns, and he had missed it all.

That year, severely injured and difficult to heal, he had feigned death to hide and sought treatment with time. Time had indeed killed his illness, and the harsh winter's immortal technique had frozen his Dao body. But the ever-changing years he had missed could not be filled by a few books.

Meng Lingxiao had grown very fast through continuous battles in the demon realm, while he himself had fallen far behind in the glory of the old era.

Perhaps he should resume his teaching duties... and truly see how the people of this era grow and live.

His Majesty's ability to keep up with the times and remain prominent in the present world was not only due to his immeasurable strength but also, to a large extent, because he bore the heavy burden of the country, enduring everything in the entire Li Kingdom.

The fierce giant man stood there as if turned to stone.

Jiang Wang walked past him, like a wind sweeping the grassland, and stepped into the carriage hall.

His boots tapped leisurely on the floor tiles, and the coiling dragon pillars reflected the snow-like coldness. His Qing shirt reflected in the light, and Jiang Wang looked up at Hong Junyan on the dragon throne, cupping his hands calmly in greeting. "It has been some time. Your Majesty's demeanor is even better than before!"

In the dim light and shadow of the hall, Hong Junyan wore a snow-colored dragon robe but no crown. His long hair was tightly gathered under a snow jade hair-binding crown, making his square, broad, and solemn face the most clear and concrete majesty in the hall.

Seeing Jiang Wang, he smiled as if a glacier had melted, a great river surging. "The nation is prosperous, the emperor's aura is fierce, I also cannot help but change my appearance!"

"Everyone knows the Li Kingdom dominates the northwest, improving day by day. Meng Zhenjun in the demon realm also repeatedly reports victories, which is joyful. The Holy Emperor spans ancient and modern times, and the northwest all looks up to Heaven's blessing." Jiang Wang's eyes and lips were full of smiles. Standing alone in the vast hall, without any discomfort, he gazed at the Li Emperor. "However, northwest affairs are numerous, and Yu Abyss is restless. Your Majesty worries for ten thousand years and bears responsibility for the world. How do you find free time to personally come to the grassland?"

"Jiang Zhenjun has not visited Li for a long time. Do you know world affairs?" Hong Junyan slightly raised his head, like a sacred mountain standing eternally. "There are no affairs in the northwest; the frozen snow does not create waves. There are no affairs in Yu Abyss; the Asuras have stopped their weapons. The Great Li's million elite troops are only performing rotations in the demon realm – I am very idle, naturally."

"The suppression of Yu Abyss is due to the Great Wall, and the quietness of the northwest is in Tang Jing. The clear sky shines brightly, unrelated to wind and snow, and does not involve West Li." Jiang Wang still smiled. "Does Your Majesty truly think it is peaceful?"

Hong Junyan let out a 'ha' sound. "Jiang Zhenjun has come as a lobbyist today! Do you wish to emulate Pang Min's speech? I also don't know from whose position you are speaking. Are you the sworn brother of the Mu Emperor, a member of Tai Xu Pavilion, or the master of White Jade Capital?"

Lian Yuanchuan brought a letter to Zheng Country, and Zheng Country's situation changed. The signature "master of White Jade Capital" on thin paper seemed to be of great concern to people all over the world.

Zhong Xuanzun had pointed out a few things not long ago, and today Hong Junyan mentioned it again.

This "Pang Min's speech" carried a very strong warning. Zongheng True Saint Pang Min, also known as "the most unlike the Zongheng family," unlike other Zongheng family cultivators who mostly formed alliances and connections, traveled the world, spoke through verbal battles, and followed the trend. Pang Min, however, often said only a few sentences before raising his weapons and leading troops. He preferred to beat people into submission rather than convince them.

Jiang Wang's face did not change, as if he fundamentally did not understand the implied meaning. "Sworn brother, Tai Xu Pavilion member, White Jade Capital master, these are identities, not positions."

He dusted the corner of his clothes, looking at the Great Li Emperor above the cinnabar steps. "If you speak of position—"

He smiled. "Formerly, I respectfully stood on the snowfield and welcomed Your Majesty's awakening; today, I accompany you on the grassland and follow Your Majesty's carriage. My heart always remembers the snowfield scenery and bows down to the emperor's majesty... I wonder if this counts as a position?"

"It counts! How could it not count?" Hong Junyan laughed heartily, patting the dragon chair. "A proud son of the era, very much to my liking! Come up! Sit with me, and we'll drink and talk merrily!"

"The imperial system is here, seniority is in order, and respect and inferiority must not be disordered." Jiang Wang performed a proper salute. "I wish to please the guest seat and toast Your Majesty."

At least until the Divine Firmament War ends, he will maintain the current world order, which is based on the highest consideration for the overall interests of the human race. No matter how bad the order, it is better than disorder. This era may still have various problems, but in terms of promoting the great flow of the human path and gathering the strength of the human race, it still surpasses the past.

Maintaining the current world order and broadly benefiting the human race is the key to winning the Divine Firmament War under the current situation.

Fighting a nameless opponent with a sword, contending for fame with Ksitigarbha, burning the Cangtu God with fire, his attitude is consistent!

He respects Hong Junyan's nobility, and naturally maintains the legitimacy of the Great Mu imperial power.

He openly explained this attitude to Hong Junyan.

Hong Junyan raised a hand and said, "Since that is the case, please be seated!"

Immediately, palace guards carried in a wine table, laid out seating, and invited Jiang Wang to sit in the hall.

Jiang Wang then sat down properly with his knees bent.

Er Zhu He, strong like a small calf, walked into the hall holding a wine pot and wine cup in one hand and a food plate in the other. The food plate contained eight exquisite small dishes, half cold and half hot. He tigerishly performed a solemn salute to Jiang Wang. "Mister."

He poured the wine, carefully used Dao Yuan to diffuse the wine's fragrance, and then stood to one side.

The Li Emperor on the imperial seat, looking at this lawless little rascal from the snowfield, in such an obedient appearance, also found it somewhat amusing.

Entering the court to hear the Dao in Heavenly Palace, seeking Dao as one, although Jiang Wang always discussed with Dao friends, the address of "mister" could also theoretically be used.

Jiang Wang looked at him. "How is your cultivation recently?"

Er Zhu He, with his thick eyebrows and large eyes, lowered his eyebrows obediently and said, "I apply diligence and hardship, gaining something every day, taking Mister as an example."

Jiang Wang slightly probed his Dao Yuan, nodded with satisfaction, and personally poured him a cup of wine. "Come, let's drink this cup to the fullest as a celebration of our meeting. After drinking, you can go back and cultivate. We adults talk a lot of nonsense, and you are in the prime of your youth, don't waste your time accompanying us."

Er Zhu He held the cup with both hands and drank a cup with Jiang Mister, drinking joyfully.

When he heard Jiang Wang say, "Three years from now at the Yellow River meeting, I am optimistic about you," his eyebrows danced even more, and he felt a few taels lighter in his bones. He joyfully left.

Hong Junyan watched him coax the child in silence. Only at this time did he say, "Jiang Zhenjun, this wine is quite intoxicating!"

"Little children don't have a great tolerance for alcohol, drinking more can be beneficial."

"Is Jiang Zhenjun really that optimistic about him?"

"Heaven-endowed talent!" Jiang Wang praised.

Hong Junyan smiled and asked, "Do you think... he can replicate your achievements?"

"Why not?" Jiang Wang said without thinking. "There is a champion in every session, why not him?"

"I was not referring only to this one." Hong Junyan said leisurely. "But Jiang Zhenjun's generation is unparalleled, breaking those cultivation records in history."

"With Your Majesty and Fu Zhenjun's guidance, and with the support of the flourishing Li Kingdom, I don't think it's difficult." Jiang Wang said seriously. "Records are meant to be broken by people. Sages strive generation after generation, just so that later generations can stand higher. As the saying goes, 'Rivers and mountains produce talented people in every generation, and each new generation replaces the old'!"

Hong Junyan slightly leaned forward. "There are always some who stand like mountains and rivers eternally, their eyes encompassing the years. New people and old people... perhaps are not replaced that frequently."

"That proves that the new people are not new enough, not strong enough." Jiang Wang said calmly. "But the tide of the era washes the sand, and there will always be new and strong enough people appearing."

"I don't think so. When discussing eras, it often counts in tens of thousands of years. Sometimes, not succeeding is not solely due to weak strength, but also timing, fate, and destiny. A gentleman hides his talent and waits for the opportunity to act, not necessarily failing to achieve good results." Hong Junyan laughed. "Just like you left a shadow in the Cangtu Mirror Wall during your Cave True time, making the Mu Country Zhenren's mirror 'closed death pass' from then on, all turned into seeking death. New people replacing the old? How to overturn this mountain? As I see it, Er Zhu He, if he doesn't die, will have great achievements, but he cannot surpass yours."

From these words, one can see that although Hong Junyan is trapped in the northwest, he overlooks the world.

Jiang Wang breaking Hu Yan Jingxuan's record in the Cangtu Mirror Wall and leaving a peak difficult for anyone to reach was not publicized and was actually relatively secret. In the entire Mu Country, how many people were qualified to approach the Cangtu Mirror Wall?

Hong Junyan, however, knew it like the back of his hand.

Today's Li Kingdom can be considered the strongest country under the overlord country.

But his plan of "striving for hegemony in the future," so grandly prepared, was not for being under an overlord country!

What he wanted was to be the Emperor of the Six Directions. First, he must achieve hegemony, and then he would have the qualification to contend for the Six Directions.

But how could those who had already firmly established their positions allow later generations to ascend the table?

Jiang Shu, who squeezed his way up that year, although the right time, place, and people were indispensable, was also covered in blood!

From Hong Junyan's return and the unification of the Li Kingdom until now, every attempt by the Li Kingdom to ascend the table has been suppressed by the existing six great overlord countries. The tacit understanding of the incumbents is an insurmountable barrier.

In this regard, he and Wei Xuanche can be said to share the same misfortune.

But Wei Xuanche is a rising star. Several generations of Wei Emperors have steadily and solidly operated, expanding the Netherworld, patrolling the Long River, and showing extremely strong patience.

He, the founding emperor of the era since the beginning of the Dao Calendar, is different. That year, he ate at the same table with Ji Yusu and Ji Yanqiu. Now, he can only wait by the dining table... Having waited by the dining table for a long time, he is already hungry!

Establishing a seventh hegemonic country outside the existing six great overlord countries harms the interests of all overlord countries and will inevitably lead to suppression by the countries. However, if they only replace one of them, the difficulty is much smaller.

Because the interests of the other overlord countries will not only not be touched, they are instead likely to seize more interests during the alternation of old and new hegemons.

"Your Majesty overpraised! I only make present efforts and seek visible progress, I have not thought of setting a monument and becoming eternal. If I can be surpassed, why is that not what Jiang Wang seeks?" Jiang Wang said. "That proves I can do better, that is expanding my boundaries."

If an ordinary person said this, Hong Junyan would only find it unbearably arrogant.

But the Chao Wen Dao Heavenly Palace is right there. All his learning benefits those in the world who aspire to cultivate.

Although Hong Junyan himself was not good at going, by claiming to instruct others, he had also seen almost everything and knew that Jiang Wang had no reservations.

This young Zhenjun indeed has a strong heart that forever advances and an unstoppable confidence. He is incorruptible water, an eternally burning flame.

However, thousands of years of wind and snow had worn him down, and Hong Junyan was not someone who could be easily shaken. He only praised, "Good spirit!"

He cast a deep gaze from the dragon seat. "After all, we are acquainted. You can say I am relying on my age, or that I am being alarmist, but I still have some experienced advice for Jiang Zhenjun – you, with your unhealed body, walking everywhere, are like a child carrying gold in a noisy market, truly not cautious enough. A child of a thousand gold, why not value yourself? If it were that old fellow Ji Yumin, he wouldn't even go out with a little cough."

Jiang Wang sat properly and indifferently. "That is why Zongzheng lives long, while I climb high."

Hong Junyan looked at him for a while, then suddenly burst into laughter.

Jiang Wang sat without ripples, waiting until the emperor finished laughing, then lowered his head in a salute. "I still need to trouble Your Majesty for your care. However, Mu Country is a world overlord country, and the divine glory of the Azure Vault God Venerable eternally bathes us. I am here, and I am not too worried about safety."

Hong Junyan said, "Transcend, transcend. If one is always pulled by mundane affairs, everything tied to the human world, that cannot be called transcendence. If reality is too heavy, even the transcendence of the absolute peak will be pulled back to the absolute peak."

Indeed, he is a hero of the era since the beginning of the Dao Calendar. This Li Emperor shared an idea with the transcendent one. The accumulation of red dust threads to a certain extent has a chance of pulling down the transcendent one! Is this why most transcendent ones do not ask about human affairs?

"This is not without Your Majesty accompanying me!" Jiang Wang smiled. "Even if foreign races see Jiang as a thorn in their side, and demons often want to eat my flesh, it is completely impossible for them to do anything to me in front of you."

Hong Junyan smiled but did not smile. "Demons are cunning after all. I am ultimately not eternally proven. What if there is a lapse..."

In a version where one by one looked at no one wrong!

If in the era since the beginning of the Dao Calendar, he could have resolutely put down national power and sought another way. With his accumulation and talent, there was that small chance that he could, like Ying Yunian, achieve eternity. But he could not let go of his grand ambitions and painstakingly strive for hegemony in the future.

These thousands of years of ice sealing and waiting had not only killed time, but also left him with only one road to walk: success could not be achieved without the Six Directions. He had never thought of anything else.

Jiang Wang smiled, and kept smiling, but did not really smile. For a hegemon like Hong Junyan, there was no need to be overly humble. "I have four sentences I want to say to Your Majesty."

"Which four sentences?" Hong Junyan asked.

Er Zhu He brought a set of wine vessels, a total of four wine cups.

Jiang Wang picked up the cup that Er Zhu He had drunk from and placed it in front of the wine table. "The era is always progressing," he said.

He flipped over a new wine cup and placed it beside the previous one. "The present time is different from the past."

He flipped over the last new wine cup and placed it at the very front. "I am the first of my contemporaries."

Finally, he raised his own wine cup. "Respect Your Majesty."

Hong Junyan laughed again, saying a "Good!"

He raised his cup and clinked it remotely with Jiang Wang, then drank it down in one gulp!

He majestically stood up from the dragon seat, just like the highest and coldest peak named "Eternal Holy Winter," standing in this world, all mountains bowing to it, all pedestrians having to bow their heads!

His snow-colored dragon robe was the eternal, unmelted coldness of the icefield. He just looked at Jiang Wang. "Now you should say, why and for what you are drinking this cup."

He had already given full face!

Now Jiang Wang needed to tell him, the young man who had just entered the absolute peak forest, where he got so much face to be given.

Jiang Wang still sat there, his tall figure like a sculpture, his face like gold and jade. He drank one cup and poured for himself, only leaving a precious and ethereal profile for the Li Kingdom's Emperor.

The aura of an Immortal Emperor was also in his momentum.

He poured wine with one hand, the crystal wine liquid like a flying stream, while holding a volume of jade slip in the other hand. His wide sleeve fluttered, and he held it horizontally before the monarch!

"For the contemporary Immortal Emperor!" Jiang Wang raised the cup, seeming somewhat drunk and wild. "Dare I ask Your Majesty, should this cup be drunk?"

Hong Junyan was startled, then laughed. As he laughed, he walked towards the front of the hall. His majestic shadow was all rolled up under the snow robe. With a wave of his wide sleeve, another wine table appeared in the hall, directly opposite Jiang Wang.

He then boldly sat down like that and poured wine for himself. "This is truly, ha, this is truly... Fate!"

He naturally knew that the Cloud Top Immortal Palace was in Jiang Wang's hand. He also understood that only one style, Stepping on Clouds, had been inherited.

The Nine Palaces resonated in the depths of the universe, a shocking battle occurred within the Fallen Immortal Forest, and the Cloud Top Immortal Palace evoked the echo of the history of Immortal Fall... All of this made him aware that immortal transmissions would return.

But he truly had not expected that Jiang Wang had just obtained the long-lost "Immortal Dao Nine Chapters" and was willing to share it with him!

The precise transmission of these nine great immortal palaces was not all determined. This master of White Jade Capital, a newly promoted Zhenjun, truly connected with the world, his intelligence so outstanding, his strike so precise?

Jiang Wang also laughed.

For him, the "Immortal Dao Nine Chapters" needed to be completed because of the nine great immortal palaces.

The twelve signs of the Ruyi Chapter were necessarily complete.

The Wanxian Chapter could at least supplement six signs; the remaining part was in Tian Anping's hands. The Divine Firmament War would open soon, and the Demon Monarch could not avoid responsibility, so there was a chance to obtain it.

The twelve signs of the Yushou Chapter should not be a problem with a few kind words to his senior sister-in-law. Shanhai Dao Master had already attained eternity and did not view the transmission of immortal techniques as a big deal.

As for the Soldier Immortal Chapter there with Wu Xun, and the Cause and Effect Chapter there with Xu Wang, conditions permitting, it was not impossible to talk. And the Longevity Chapter here with Hong Junyan was right in front of him.

Thinking carefully, only the Bliss Chapter and the Hegemon Mansion Chapter still had no definite location. The former was suspected to be with Rakshasa Mingyue Jing, and the latter was also suspected to be in Tian Anping's hands.

Now he was talking with Hong Junyan. The "Immortal Dao Nine Chapters" needed Rindong Immortal Palace's help to be completed, and Hong Junyan also needed this Dao Longevity Chapter to oversee his Rindong Immortal Palace's transmission.

This was a mutually beneficial relationship. Even purely at the immortal dao level, they shared karma in some sense.

"This humble one was lucky enough to obtain the 'Immortal Dao Nine Chapters'. I view it like a heavenly book, confused and unable to understand, the immortal characters ethereal and separated by clouds. The first in contemporary immortal dao belongs to Your Majesty, hence I accompany the emperor to seek instruction!" Jiang Wang said, directly pushing the "Immortal Dao Nine Chapters" in his hand forward.

Hong Junyan grasped it with one hand!

"Why say seek instruction? Too serious." This Li Kingdom's Emperor slowly unfolded the jade slip and said, "We are friends across ages, let's study immortal dao together!"

Saying this, he also took out a small ice crystal hall surrounded by flying snow on one side and pushed it towards Jiang Wang. "The Rindong Immortal Technique is all within it. It contains transmissions from the immortal era and some that I later supplemented. Jiang Zhenjun, please take a look for now. If there are any shortcomings, please help point them out."

Jiang Wang did not immediately take it over, but raised his wine and looked at Hong Junyan, smiling. "Today, I talked very happily with Your Majesty, and I feel increasingly close. But we have chatted for so long, and Your Majesty only said you were idle, but did not tell this humble one how you specially came to the grassland!"

Hong Junyan also temporarily stopped flipping the jade slip, lifted his head to look into Jiang Wang's eyes, and smiled. "I heard that after you returned from Heavenly Country, you ran off the first time, and only came to the grassland today?"

Jiang Wang loudly praised, "What matters in the world is not in Your Majesty's eyes!"

Hong Junyan accepted this flattery, shook his head, and sighed. "Internally, I do not interfere with Mu Country's politics, and externally, I maintain Mu Country's orthodoxy. I only help, without seeking benefits. Jiang Zhenjun, this sworn brother of yours is better than a real brother!"

Jiang Wang thought for a moment, then opened his mouth. "Initially, Your Majesty sealed yourself in an ice coffin to wait for a good time. Fu Zhenjun sat alone on the peak of 'Eternal Holy Winter', like frozen snow that does not melt, profound ice forever solidified. I think this is not only because of his friendship with Your Majesty but also because he believes Your Majesty can bring a correct future to the icefield."

He sincerely said, "This Jiang does not understand the grand situation of the world, I only know that the Divine Firmament will come. Today's grassland, chaos is not as good as order. Moreover, when the former Emperor Zhao Tu left, he said that the victor over wind and snow must wholeheartedly serve the people. The current emperor of the grassland indeed possesses this virtue. This Jiang does have affection for the new monarch of the grassland, but it is not necessarily true that I must support her to ascend the dragon throne. It is just that the situation is such, besides her, who else? Now, not only maintaining the Great Mu orthodoxy but also maintaining the world."

Hong Junyan looked at him. "Is it truly for the public good?"

"Whether it is for the public good or private good, I cannot distinguish." Jiang Wang said. "I only know it is from a true heart."

He truly hoped for Xiao Wu's well-being, hoped for Yunyun's well-being, truly hoped that the people of the grassland could live in harmony and not suffer from wind and snow. He also truly hoped that the human race could win the Divine Firmament and prosper eternally.

So, what is the difference between public good and private good?

Hong Junyan, holding the immortal dao jade slip in his hand, finally smiled. "You don't need to be nervous!"

He said leisurely, "I just heard that Helian Qingtong died, and there is one less old friend in this world. My heart regrets, hence I came to mourn. This is a private trip, it does not involve the situation. The matters of the two countries will be handled by the ritual officials themselves."

A character like Hong Junyan, since he had already made a statement, would not change it.

Jiang Wang then smilingly grasped the ice crystal palace and roamed in the Rindong Immortal Technique, which was claimed to be the "most knowledgeable about longevity in the world". This roaming spanned the entire grand ceremony of enthronement.

No one had expected that Hong Junyan, the world-covering hegemon who had unified the northwest in one move, would personally come to the grassland in his carriage, only to sit down with Zhenhe Zhenjun and find a place to discuss cultivation. The numerous preparations made by various sides, including the Mu Country court, were all left idle, with nowhere to land. Countless expectant gazes turned into inexplicable bewilderment.

But time resolutely moved forward, not frozen by ice and snow.

On June 3rd, the new monarch of Mu Country was enthroned, a great amnesty was declared throughout the world, and grace bathed the grassland.

On June 9th, the Tai Xu meeting was welcomed again.

The ancient deity Mu Fuyao, who walked out of the Netherworld, under the accompaniment of Jiang Zhenjun, came outside Tai Xu Pavilion for the first time.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year's Day.

On the first day of the new year, seeking a guaranteed ticket.

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