The crowd gathered, ate, drank, and talked about the cultivation of Dao. However, most of the attention was on Jiang Ming.
After all, he was the strongest, the most demonic, and the most generous among them. It could be said that all these people owed him a favor as well.
After a meal, those of similar cultivation level as Ye Qingxian, all received immeasurable gains from the discussions.
In the end, Wang Ye went off to break through the levels.All seven Battle Towers were barged through.
It took him half a month to complete level 64 of the Heavenly Ladder. He was shaking and looked as pale as a ghost, as if he would die anytime but managed to finally pull through.
“Congratulations to Brother Hong!” Everyone congratulated him.
“Yet another core disciple!” Hong Zhan lamented, “I’m only one step short, one step, just one step short. It’s not yet unreachable, but, but… such a short step is akin to the difference between heaven and earth.”
“Don’t worry, I will be covering you from now on!” Jiang Ming patted his shoulder.
“And me!” Hong Yi laughed.
“And me!” Wang Ye laughed as well.
Hong Zhan’s expression turned even uglier.
After chatting for a while more, each of them went off and promised to gather again next time.
…
Gazing from the balcony on Chuyang Peak, the sun was setting over the mountains, painting the rivers and hills bright red for miles and miles.
Jiang Ming rocked his lounge chair, admiring the beauty of the sunset and was at peace.
His eyebrow suddenly twitched.
“Little Ming!” A call could be heard from afar. There wasn’t any reverence to it but a natural and casual call of his name. Apart from Gu Hai, there was absolutely no one that would refer to him like that.
“Old man, you’re back.” Jiang Ming didn’t get up either. He merely took a glance and pointed to the side, explaining, “You old man. Your cultivation is improving way too slow. You’re only at the perfect stage of Taiyi Realm. You’re bringing shame to your disciple!”
“Taiyi Realm is still poor?” Gu Hai sat down and his voice plucked up a few notches. “I’ve been at the Taiyi Realm ever since we got here a few decades ago. It’s already unbelievable and has broken the iron law of the ages, yet you’re still saying that my cultivation is poor.”
“You’d be gone with just a breath of mine!” Jiang Ming gave him some attitude.
“Try blowing, why don’t you?” Gu Hai blew on his beard and glared at him.
“I’ll exterminate whoever dares to blow at you!” Jiang Ming hastily grunted, followed by a smile on his face as he continued, “Old man. How about I give you a tailor-made cultivation package, so that you can reach the Demi-Sage Realm straight away without even cultivating?”
“Directly reach the Demi-Sage?” Gu Hai was dumbfounded and said in a shock, “Little Ming, let’s not boast about it. You’re at most in the Demi-Sage Realm yourself, right?”
Jiang Ming rolled his eyes and replied, “You really don’t care enough about your own disciple. I’m your oldest disciple, the head disciple of Chuyang Peak. Just look at you. You don’t even know the situation of your own disciples. It’d be embarrassing to say it out loud!”
“You brat! To think that you’re blaming me about this. If I’m stronger than you, I’d beat you up every day and force you to practice your cultivation for sure!” Gu Hai suddenly smiled and rocked the recliner as well. “Little Ming. Tell me. What are your achievements so far?”
“I’m not telling. I fear your Heart of Dao might collapse from this!”
“Heart of Dao collapsing? Hump! My disciple suppressed the immortals and demons, everyone bowed in his presence and is the pinnacle of all. My disciple is sitting on the Throne of the Heavenly Emperor. where countless of my sect’s disciples are going forth to serve the Heavenly Emperor, overlooking the infinite realms. What else could even make my Heart of Dao collapse? The most you can do is reach the Saint Realm, which isn’t a big surprise.”
“In that case, I’ll tell you a little about it?”
“Stop being so long-winded, spill it!”
“Master, listen carefully. Ahem…Let me count and see, how many Saints have I beheaded again?”
“Wait… hold on! What did you just say? Killed Saints? And you’re trying to count? Did I fall deaf?”
“You’re not deaf! I’ve killed a lot of Saints. Well, maybe not a lot, but just forty or so of them. There’s even a Dao Patriarch who was a Perfect Stage Saints among them. By the way, there’s also a remnant soul that surpassed the Saint Realm.”
*Whoosh!*
Gu Hai jumped up. He stared at Jiang Ming with both his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
“Are you serious, kid?” His voice was trembling.
“One of the disciples is the one and only of the realm whereas the other is sitting on the Throne of the Heavenly Emperor, with the disciples of the sect overlooking the entire infinite realm. Master, how can there still be big surprises? Calm down! Haha! Calm down!”
*Slap…* Gu Hai gave him a slap.
Jiang Ming stared at the heavens, a little lost in thought. To think that he was slapped! And he couldn’t even fight back. This…This was so frustrating! However, he could only take it in.
“You killed forty over Saints and even a soul remnant that had surpassed the Saints?” Gu Hai wanted to give him another slap as he asked rhetorically. He muttered in his heart, ‘If this kid unknowingly reacted and slapped me back. Wouldn’t that mean I’m done for? I can’t hit him any more from now on. The child has grown. He can even take down the Saints already. This is really exciting. Just ask around the infinite realm! Who dares to slap on the back of a Saints head and the Saint couldn’t retaliate! Haha! I’m the only one who can!’
Seeing Jiang Ming nodding his head, he came straight over and said, “Little Ming, you’ve surpassed the Saints? There is even a realm above the Saint? Could it be the realm of the Dao Patriarch? That’s not right either, you have killed a Dao Monarch already.”
“There are King Saints and Saint Lords above Saint. I am now a King Saint and will be a Saint Lord in the future. That’s why, as the master of a King Saint, you old man is only at the Taiyi Realm. Isn’t this a disgrace to the disciple?” Jiang Ming explained briefly.
“King Saints that transcend the Saints?” Gu Hai was dumbfounded
Luckily, he had long been numbed by Jiang Ming’s surprises and managed to quickly calm down. Only his mind was a little dizzy.
“Hmm!” Jiang Ming said, “Maybe in ten or so years’ time, I’ll slaughter a few King Saints for fun!”
Gu Hai raised his palm, wanting to give Jiang Ming another slap, and said, ‘Would you die if you stop bragging?’
But on second thought, this disciple of his was too monstrous. Rather than killing a King Saint, his disciple could even kill the Lord Saint. It was a possibility.
“You’re much more amazing than I am!” Gu Hai sat back down and swayed the lounge chair again. He suddenly became excited and exclaimed, “No! You’re not as amazing as I am! I’ve taught and nurtured a King Saint! What about you? You didn’t, right? Haha! I’m still the amazing one!”
Jiang Ming was rendered speechless and continued to ask, “How come you old man not smothering with First Seat Ming Yue now?”
“It’s because Linglong is currently sitting on the Throne of the Heavenly Emperor and the disciples of our sect have also gone off to serve her. Now that our territory has become bigger, the sect is thinking of expanding and is trying to ask you for your suggestions!” Gu Hai explained in a serious tone. “You don’t have to give me any thoughts, just explain according to your own thoughts. Linglong is also of peaceful nature. If the sect continues to expand and completely take over the seats over at the Heaven Court, it’s a supreme glory for the sect but a disaster rather than a blessing for the whole human race.”
“The Heaven Court should be above all; and the sects under it.” Jiang Ming frowned slightly. “Both the Heaven Court and the Sect will have to come up with an environment that is fair and yet has the means to allow the disciples of my sect to improve themselves. Under the heavenly law, the disciple of the clan will also be treated equally.”
“It’s great!” Gu Hai couldn’t help but smile. “The stronger the sect becomes, and some of them can no longer stand down, starting to turn arrogant. However, they didn’t think back about the situation that we were facing dozens of years ago where the World was shattered and the dynasty wasn’t safe. If it weren’t for you, all of us would’ve digressed back as yellow dirt already. After experiencing the suffering, one should learn to be grateful and also to see how complicated the mortal realm is. Now that they’ve enjoyed the perks, they are still thinking of being the word of law. It’s just that there are some things that’s just inconvenient for us to say. That’s why the Sect Master sent me over to borrow your words to set the iron law and see who dares to disobey them!”
“The Sect Master is full of trickeries up his sleeves. However it’s quite good overall.” Jiang Ming laughed.
After pondering for a little, he took out some materials and casually made a puppet. He then took a drop of his master’s blood and incorporated it into the puppet, saying. “Master, this puppet has the combat power of a Demi-Sage. If you are in any danger, it can even be merged with you. I’ve also left an imprint in its core. The puppet will see you as his master. You can discuss with the Sect Master and see if he should be given a position as a great law enforcer or anything else.
“To be able to refine a Demi-Sage level puppet casually like that?” the corner of Gu Hai’s mouth was twitching.
It was really twitching..
‘God damn! So this is how terrifying a person that surpasses the Saints can become? This is more than awesome, it’s Impressive.’
However, he was still lacking compared to Gu Hai himself. This was good. Very good.
“Alright, I’ll head on over to find that old Sect Master to discuss this thoroughly and iron out a set of iron rules of heavens!
“Master, the iron laws couldn’t go against the ethics of nature!” Jiang Ming reminded him.
“Do you think I’m an old fossil?” Gu Hai replied.
Jiang Ming gave him a smile. It couldn’t be any better to see that his master was happy as well.
‘That old man is still living a more spontaneous life. That is of course not without my credit!’ Jiang Ming laughed again and again.
Alas, human life. Was there anything more fulfilling than making your elders happy?
Suddenly a slight thought rant through his heart.
He stood up and made a quick meal. After eating, he left directly and descended back into the Galaxy!
