"Are you sure it's Jiang He?"
"It should be him …"
A hundred miles away from Lingzhou City, Wang Hou and Lin Tianzheng were sprinting towards Jiang He's house. There was no telling who Wang Hou was talking to on the phone, but the other end of the call said, "Our detectors have detected someone flying over the city base at 6.8 times the speed of sound. I can't think of anyone who could reach that speed aside from Mister Jiang."
Clearly.
Wang Hou did not come by coincidence, but he had received information.
Jiang He had not hidden himself when he flew back from overseas, so it was normal that he was detected when he passed by a city base.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Both Wang Hou and Lin Tianzheng landed outside Jiang He's house.
Jiang He rose to greet them since the array protecting his house was still up, and they would be struck down by lightning at any moment if they were allowed to barge in.
"Minister Wang, Elder Lin."
He greeted them with a smile, saying, "What a coincidence that you came just as I returned … Just as well, I have something important to discuss with you."
After some small talk, Wang Hou and Lin Tianzheng turned towards the Thunder Talisman Daoist nearby.
The Thunder Talisman Daoist was looking for a house near Jiang He's house after hearing what Jiang He had to say. Still, there was not a single intact house around Jiang He's house, which had long since been reduced to rubble due to various battles.
With a wave of his hand, the Thunder Talisman Daoist blew away the rubble in the courtyard of Jiang He's house, and took out a superior-grade soul item that looked like a boat from his Spatial Ring.
He blew out a breath of air and threw the small boat on the ground. Soon after, the small boat rapidly expanded, turning into a large boat that was over thirty meters long.
There were even two floors on the boat.
The Thunder Talisman Daoist leapt onto the deck and offered Jiang He a fist-palm salute, saying, "Brother Jiang He, I'll be staying here for a few days. Just let me know if you need anything."
Jiang He nodded.
The Thunder Talisman Daoist went into the tower. As for Wang Hou and Lin Tianzheng … the Thunder Talisman Daoist did not even look them in the eye. They were merely two secular people who cultivated in martial arts. He could crush them with one finger, so why should he care?
Both Wang Hou and Lin Tianzheng appeared taken aback.
Was he …
A cultivator?
They were unable to see through the Thunder Talisman Daoist's cultivation. After all, the difference in their cultivation levels was too great. However, when facing the Thunder Talisman Daoist, the immense sense of crisis they felt was unconcealable.
It was only after the Thunder Talisman Daoist entered the ship's pavilion that the two men asked quietly, "Jiang He, this is …"
"This is a master that I borrowed to refine talismans. Don't worry about him."
Jiang He extended a hand and gestured, saying, "Minister Wang, Elder Lin, please."
Arriving at the mansion, Wang Hou pressed before Jiang He could say anything, "Jiang He, did you have a conflict with the Penglai Sect?"
Jiang He did a double take, but nodded and asked in return, "You're quite well-informed, Minister Wang. You actually found out about this."
Am I well-informed?
Wang Hou was speechless and said, "How could I not know that you blew up the Penglai Sect?"
Jiang He laughed out loud, appearing a little embarrassed and said, "I had no choice. Didn't I promise the Superpower Research Department to help them capture two Feral Kings? In the end, the Penglai Sect and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect came to my house just after I left. Not only did they barge into the array I laid, they even sent several full-fledged Yuan Spirit and Convergence-tier elites to hunt me down. After I killed them in retaliation, the Penglai Sect and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect sent even stronger Sufferance-tier elites after me, and I was forced into a corner … I had no choice but to retaliate. "
"Back then, I charged into the Penglai Sect and set up an array to trap the island, before improving my cultivation and weathering my retribution in the skies above the island. I had intended to borrow the power of the retribution to break through the Penglai Sect's array … but it's a pity that things didn't go as planned. The Penglai Sect's Mahayana Patriarch came charging out with a demi-immortal item, and I seized the instant the array was activated to throw the homecooked bombs I planted … I mean, I made them, but I didn't expect them to be so powerful that they blew up the entire Penglai Sect."
In the end …
Jiang He even felt a little aggrieved.
Did you think I wanted to blow up the Penglai Island?
Actually, I didn't want to blow it up either. It was such a beautiful island, and if I occupied it, wouldn't I have a place to stay when I travel overseas in the future? Most importantly, the Penglai Sect's thousand-year-old foundation and treasure vault were still on the island …
In the end, there was nothing left after throwing down the 900 Doom Shrooms.
Jiang He felt as if his heart was bleeding.
Wang Hou scowled. You had flattened the Penglai Sect, and yet you still sound so aggrieved. The Penglai Sect would probably come back to life from anger if they knew about this, and added at that thought, "By the way, the Penglai Sect is an immortal sect with profound resources. There's no telling how many of them slipped through the net, and if they retaliate …"
Wang Hou was a little worried.
Jiang He said confidently, "Don't worry. Don't you know how I, Jiang He, do? Since I blew up someone else's sect, I naturally have to pull up the weeds by the roots and leave no scourge behind. "
Jiang He then told Wang Hou about how the Ten Thousand Swords Sect came to ask for forgiveness, saying, "The Ten Thousand Swords Sect would offer several immortal cultivation manuals, which you could directly gift to the nation. Minister Wang, you can decide how to handle them and promote them."
Delighted, Wang Hou thanked him repeatedly.
But immediately after, his expression became serious again, and he said in a low voice, "How to promote it and when to promote the Celestial Way requires a rule. Now that the people have just begun to popularize martial arts, if the promotion of the Celestial Way at this juncture causes many people to give up on martial arts and be unable to make any achievements in the Celestial Way, then the loss will not be worth it."
"Certainly. The requirements for cultivating immortal arts are too high, and those lacking in innate talent and constitution are fated to not go far on immortal arts."
Lin Tianzheng nodded as well, saying, "Moreover, would martial arts necessarily pale in comparison to immortal arts? Martial arts could reach divinity when cultivated to a certain level, and powerful martial artists could turn the tables and slay immortal gods! "
"Is it that troublesome?"
Jiang He was stunned.
There were so many rules and restrictions in cultivating immortal arts?
Innate talent and constitution?
Why could he cultivate immortal arts despite having such poor innate talent and constitution?
Moreover, it did not feel like it was that difficult to cultivate it?
Soon, the topic shifted to the Penglai Immortal Sect and the Ten Thousand Swords Sect.
Wang Hou chuckled. "Jiang He had wiped out the Penglai Sect by himself, which would definitely intimidate the secluded immortal sects and demonic sects. They would have to think twice if they dare to act recklessly when they appear in the future, which is a good thing, a very good thing."
He was even thinking …
Should the nation try wiping out one of the secluded immortal sects as well?
If Jiang He's homecooked bombs could blow up a secluded immortal sect, would it not be more effective to drop a hydrogen bomb?
Still, Jiang He quickly stopped the idea the moment he voiced it.
Jiang He said seriously, "You mustn't, Minister Wang … elites are very sensitive to danger, and those elites would flee if you fire the hydrogen bomb. When that happens, you would blow up their sect but not their elites, and the consequences would be unthinkable if they retaliate!"
"That's the first reason. The second reason is that hydrogen bombs have too much radiation. I used a homecooked bomb with a yield of 270 million tons to blow up the Penglai Sect, and how horrific would the radiation be from such a powerful hydrogen bomb?"
Puzzled, Wang Hou interjected, "The homecooked bombs you made wouldn't have radiation?"
Jiang He could not help chuckling.
'This is a green bomb, a veritable green bomb. It's the same principle as green plants and vegetables — where would there be radiation?'
Not bothered to explain, he revealed the third reason why hydrogen bombs should not be used against the secluded immortal sects.
"According to what I know, the secluded immortal sects, demonic sects, and even daemon cultivators have many Sufferance-tier and Mahayana-tier elites watching over them. It would not be difficult for such elites to intercept a hydrogen bomb, and they could blow it up from fifty kilometers away with a wave of their mystic treasures. How are you going to blow up others?"
Wang Hou appeared a little disappointed and helpless.
A sense of helplessness welled in his heart.
Were the secluded immortal sects that powerful?
If not for Jiang He … he could not even imagine what would happen in the future. Billions of people across the globe were at the mercy of others?
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