Chapter 77: The Southern Office of Jinghu

..All this happened in an instant, and then it was gone.The five fingers that had been extended reached the other party's door, hung suspended for a moment, then retracted."I almost killed you!" he fr..."When all four seasons are dangerous, with officials from all directions, now it is known that the south."

When time stood still, Jiang Wang's thoughts continued to flow, his celestial awareness still flickering. This indicated that the terrifying changes occurring had not yet reached a point where they could completely overwhelm him. The stillness of time could not halt his thinking. He therefore had a strong expectation for the developments to come.

With Huang Sheli, a colleague of mine, around, he was very sensitive to changes in time. At the moment of ignition, he couldn't detect the reverse flow of time.

Just like on a riverbank, Huang Sheli suddenly conceded defeat. He was stunned for a moment, not realizing he had repeatedly won the victory.

The current time standstill across the entire city originates from the power of a certain great formation, cleverly connecting to the Yue Kingdom's national protection array... It is invisible when idle and nameless when used. To manipulate such a vast range of space-time, it cannot be said that it is not powerful. But it hasn't reached the point where Jiang Wang only wants to flee in panic.

It was precisely because the person pulling the strings behind the scenes couldn't control Jiang Wang directly that they chose to manipulate such a vast expanse of spacetime.

Of course, even if one wanted to run away, they are now unable to move.

Time and space are frozen in this moment.

Jiang Wang waited cautiously for the changes.

He needs no national power backing him, nor reliance on a national defense system. Alone with his sword, he is enough to grasp the truth of this world.

He attained enlightenment at the age of twenty-three and, at twenty-seven, caused a great commotion in the Heavenly Capital. He killed six true individuals with one strike.

>More than a year has passed today.

For more than a year, he has been either slaying alien cave-dwelling beings or on his way to slay them.

He can't even say for himself just how strong he is now. But from slaying demons in the Demon Realm to reaching the Borderwaste and then the Abyss, no matter demon, fiend, or Asura, even those who have attained true power dare not venture alone on the front lines these days.

Although he resolutely stepped into the situation and prevented Bai Yu Xia's suicide, displaying an air of overwhelming dominance.

But he never truly underestimated Wen Jingxiu.

In his life experience, no one who could sit on the throne of the country and truly hold supreme power was a fool.

The current upheaval is merely another verification of our understanding.

He remained silent, making no attempt to resist the temporal pressure, nor wasting his energy in futility.

He was waiting for the person who would bring about this kind of change, waiting for truly ruthless methods, even killing—

Any means of killing him would inevitably ripple through this stagnant time and space, marking the very moment when longing ceases to be still and becomes free. Let us see the truth between life and death! He has never feared it.

The Great Formation of the Yue Kingdom protected it, severing his connection with the Illusory Realm. Otherwise, summoning the Taixu Attic at this moment would be enough to break through the blockade of this spacetime. Or he could write a few letters... He, Jiang someone, was just passing through the Yue Kingdom and witnessed some dirty deeds, so the Emperor of the Yue Kingdom wanted to kill him to silence him Did the Taixu Pavilion even matter in his eyes Was there still any mention of the Taixu Alliance in his heart

Can a man of true spirit tolerate this Can a member of the Li family just stand by and watch

It's a pity that I can't write.

The river of stars, a celestial thought, stretches across the primordial sea within. The sound of longing has been silent for eons, waiting for that one call—

Then the enormous celestial compass in the sky appeared.

With a turn of the copper key, everything changed.

In Jiang Wang's perception, at this moment time flowed like water, and space felt like a cage.

The small piece of spacetime that sealed him was wrenched from the vast expanse of time and space by some force, cast into the unknown.

This process is interesting. If the other party were stronger, they probably wouldn't feel this. But to savor the power of time and space right now, that's a kind of cultivation as well.

He could keep moving like this, until he comprehended the mysteries of time and space, finding his way back himself. Sadly, the unseen puppeteer wasn't so considerate, "rudely" flinging him out instead.

Thus, he arrived at the end of his journey.

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"He was still within the borders of Yue." Jiang Wang came to this conclusion in his heart.

He found himself in a semi-transparent corridor, like an animal thrown into a cage waiting to be observed. On either side were rooms like prison cells, their doors firmly shut.

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The walls were engraved with all kinds of inscriptions. Every few steps on the ground, there was a potted plant with nameless flowers and grasses, exhaling an air known as "Hidden".

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Through the translucent ceiling, one could see the water flowing, even the aquatic plants, shrimp and crabs, all sorts of things. There was a huge, ghastly white thing pressed against the ceiling; as it gradually moved away, people finally saw what it was: the eye of a giant fish.

It's too cramped!

This space gives Jiang Wang the most direct feeling.

He spread his divine consciousness, moving the crimson eyes of Qianyáng. He easily explored the boundaries of this space, but he could not expand any further, nor could he capture any useful information. It was as if the entity known as "information" had been purged clean.

As a real person in the present, I can't even feel the passage of time here.

This could also be considered a clue.

Time is the way life perceives the universe, and it doesn't truly exist. In other words, he has lost his sense of time, not "time" itself.

The world continues to flow, it won't stop just because he is gone.

Jiang Wang used serious observation to supplement his knowledge. He paced slowly in the corridor and casually raised a finger to lightly trace the inscription on the wall.

These inscriptions are all very straightforward and don't touch on the core issues of this place.

That's all the valuable information I have.

Neither was there any fluctuation in Master Jiang's expression, he casually pushed open the door beside him.

He knew someone was waiting for him, but with a sword in his hand, he faced everything.

This is a small, square room. All four walls are painted white.

The room was bare, devoid of any decorations, not even a bed—of course, there wasn't anyone inside.

But popularity can be captured.

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This indicates that at some point in the past, there were inhabitants here. They simply vanished for some reason afterwards.

This popularity was unfamiliar, Jiang Wang was certain he had never come into contact with it before.

He was more certain than ever that the person waiting for him tonight wasn't the same as the one who used to live in this room. This "aura" was fierce but not strong enough.

I am not even qualified to stand before him.

Master Jiang stood in the empty corridor, gazing at the bare room. He held his sword without speaking and showed no intention of leaving.

Perhaps it was a long time, or perhaps it was the very moment he was looking—time had certainly lost all measure here—on the wall facing the door, black lines began to appear, segment by segment. As if they had been drawn there with a pen.

This gives one a feeling of being in a painting, facing the terrifying unknown gaze.

Jiang Wang calmly watched the changes in the lines.

The disordered lines intersect to form a chair, which evokes an uncanny feeling. There's a sense of illogical conflict that is unsettling at first glance. Yet, upon closer inspection, it is woven with remarkable intricacy, revealing astonishing calculation—if these thin black lines are perceived as rattan, everything might suddenly make sense.

Then a faint glimmer emanated from the white wall, gathering on the chair and solidifying into a human form.

A beautiful maiden with radiant features, bathed in starlight, sat there quietly.

Of course Jiang Wang didn't calculate the rules of that chair. He just watched the woman on the chair.

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He had never truly met this woman, but the moment he saw her, he knew who she was.

He did not immediately draw his sword, for he knew that the maiden was not in front of him.

Those in charge of the heavens use the Southern Dipper, also known as the Nandou Hall!

It's so interesting.

“Song Zhenjun has been in the Immortal Burial Forest for several months now…” Jiang Wang looked at the woman who was playing Go on a chessboard from Yue Guo, and said, “It seems she hasn’t found you.”

The maiden sitting in the room was none other than Ren Qiu Li, the number one calculatation expert in the world, also known as Nan Dou Tian Ji!

She was very calm, she had prepared for this game for a long time, all the calculations had been done beforehand, now she just waited for the result.

Finally met the world for the first time today!

Ren Qiu'li spoke in a soft voice, "It was thanks to the complex dangers of the Meteor Immortal Forest and the fact that Chu State had many affairs and the Dou clan lacked capable leaders. Of course, I also hid very hard."

Yinxian Forest is a place where even saints perish. Naturally, true monarchs cannot travel through it at will. Even if a true monarch explores it, it's considered a risk. For Song Bodhi to catch someone in Yinxian Forest, he needs luck, not strength. When Dou Zhao had an accident, the Dou clan needed support. A true monarch like Song Bodhi couldn't spend all his time in Yinxian Forest. Just like how Wu Zhaochang also went into Yinxian Forest for a while and found nothing, he could only regretfully withdraw.

Let's be frank, if Song Bodhi also met with an accident in the Yinxian Forest, the Dou clan, which has shone brightly for three thousand years, would probably become the first aristocratic family to be removed from the record.

Jiang Wang could understand these things, but he simply said: "Since I met Tianji Zhenren first, I wonder if you can answer me one question. It's something I've wanted to ask you for a long time—is Dou Zhao really dead"

Ren Qiu's eyes were usually as still as water, but this moment they stirred. She couldn't help but look up at Jiang Wang, as if seeing him anew: "I didn't expect that in such a situation, you wouldn't care about yourself. The first question is about Dou Zhao."

“What do I have to care about” Jiang Wang said nonchalantly, “My opponent is you.”

This is truly a huge act of contempt!

But his attitude wasn't condescending, but rather... matter-of-fact.

All the power players in Nanyu know. Ren Qiu'li was mortally wounded in her early years, and although she survived later using special means, she paid a huge price, resulting in a lack of origin and almost no possibility of deriving a path.

> The reason I say "almost" is because the path of cultivation is a journey of constantly creating miracles. Without the determination to break through "impossibilities," there's no need to fight against heaven and destiny.

Ren Qiu'li had never given up, even though she had never seen hope. Along the way, other top cultivators were paving the way for the ultimate peak, looking towards transcendence. She had no choice but to keep exploring within the realm of true understanding.

She cannot reach the pinnacle of combat power in the Cave True Realm, and this is also the reason why.

So, when Nandou Palace fell, Chang Sheng placed his hope for survival on Lu Shuang He, the heartless celestial being, rather than Ren Qiu Li, who still had feelings for their sect. After all, the latter couldn't bring herself to take that step.

But even though Ren Qiu's progress was hindered by the absolute peak, she repeatedly proved herself. She is undoubtedly the top computing expert in today's world of living people. This time, using the Yuo country chessboard as a platform and making a move with her thought, it can be considered a small display of her skill.

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Jiāng Wàng once asked Yú Bēidǒu, who was stronger between him and Xiàng Féngqí.

Yu Beidou said, "When paths narrow and we meet in a confined space, I might not be as good as him in close combat. But when we spread out our positions, making heaven and earth the arena, dividing life and death between us, he will certainly be inferior to me."

At first, Jiang Wang thought it was likely that the old man was boasting, but later he increasingly came to agree with this self-assessment.

He never saw another human being who could lead people into the River of Destiny.

Those who excel in calculation are best at leveraging momentum, commanding the power of heaven and earth for their own use. The most typical example is Taihua, a grandmaster of array formation from the Xia kingdom of old.—

He was once involved in the siege of Jiang Mengxiong and was targeted and beaten to death by Jiang Mengxiong on Jianfeng Mountain.

Jiang Mengxiong's choice to strike him instead of anyone else is a testament to his strength.

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Ren Qiu Li, a master of such caliber, must have been meticulously preparing for this situation for an unknown amount of time. Her danger should absolutely not be underestimated.

But Jiang Wang was indeed composed!

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Because Ren Qiu is far inferior to Yu Beidou.

But towards Phoenix City, was not his Jiang Wang's endpoint.

The pride of a great person can be admirable at times, but to be treated with such arrogance is certainly not a pleasant feeling.

Even when young, Ren Qiu-li was known as a "peerless prodigy". At this moment, she did not get angry, but calmly said, "Did you know your opponent was me"

Jiang Wang shook his head. "Before this, I hadn't thought of you. When the changes happened, you weren't on my suspect list. But now that I see you, everything feels right again—"

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He looked at the current number one AI powerhouse: "You're afraid."

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"What am I afraid of" Ren Qiu asked.

Jiang Wangping said calmly: "You're afraid Lu Shuanghe will die at my hands. You know if you don't do something, he will die at my hands."

Who did he think his opponent was

What did he think of the world's most powerful human being

He certainly knows what it means to have someone who walked from the Nan Dou small world to the present world, breaking through the innate barriers and achieving a true person admired by all.

He knew nothing, yet he was so confident.

This confidence is simply unfathomable!

But Ren Qiu Li...was unable to respond.

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Ren Qiu, who had fought head-on with Dou Zhao, even felt that such confidence was quite normal. Perhaps this is how young prodigies are like nowadays

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Doesn't that Zhōnglí Yán still claim to be the number one swordsman in Chu

Ren Qiu-li did not respond directly to Jiang Wang's words, only saying: "Nandu Palace has been the supporter behind Yue Guo for thousands of years. Even this stop here is a result of the trade between Changsheng Jun and Yue Taizong Wenzhong back then. You are not a foolish person, why, setting foot in Yue Guo's land and stepping into the game, did you not think about me beforehand"

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This celestial artifact has always been hidden from view, unknown to the world. I never expected it to be in the hands of the Yue Kingdom.

Jiang Wang once again took in the surroundings, her voice filled with admiration: "So this is Jinghu!"

Upon learning that this was the interior of a heavenly treasure, he further understood this strange and peculiar environment.

Ren Qiu'li didn't mind letting him understand, and was even willing to let Jiang Wang have more thoughts. She was certain that she had an absolute advantage in her calculations. The more Jiang Wang thought about it, the deeper he would fall into it.

Cave Heaven Treasures are the only artifacts that can influence the battle of high-realm cultivators, and their effects go far beyond combat.

For example, in the Yue State, its primary function was to suppress national power and sever cause and effect. This is why there exist figures like Zhang Jiefu, who are unrelated to cause and effect and cannot be traced back.

Of course, there is now, as the perfect container, constituting this "Mirror River of Time and Space Array", taking Jiang Wang out of that static spacetime and jumping into this one, isolating cause and effect, confusing time. Making sure that Jiang Wang's traces cannot be captured by any existence.

This way, she had enough time to fully utilize the advantage she had built with her computational power and complete this meticulously planned game.

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Jiang Wang sighed after a moment, replying: "Because Lu Shuang said he would wait for me to reach my own limit before finding me. If I hadn't reached that point, it wouldn't have meant anything to him. His long wait would be a joke. I believe in Lu Shuang's determination, he wouldn't attack me before then. So I didn't think of you. I overlooked one thing - someone like you, a real person, would naturally have your own thoughts and wouldn't completely respect his wishes."

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After a long silence, Ren Qiu Li said: “I never thought that in this world, you would be the one who believes him more!”

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