Chapter 114: Gu Jiangming's Gold Content is Still Rising!!!

【Indeed, Shushan only has seven people, but as for the people behind Shushan, how could it be a mere seven?】

【With one word from Gu Jiangming, the millions behind him responded.】

【For so many years, the path Shushan has walked is clear for all to see; this is not something that can be easily erased by a single sentence or a single act.】

【The Hundred Schools perhaps believe that with their long-inherited esoteric arts and tens of thousands of aristocratic cultivators, they are enough to deal with these mere seven people of Shushan.】

【But they have forgotten that even a tiny grain of sand in this world has a meaning for its existence.】

【In the seventh year of Shanghe of Northern Wei, in the fourth month, the people of the world had long suffered under Northern Wei and these so-called Hundred Schools of Northern Wei; the commoners would no longer endure, no longer retreat; even if they were just ordinary mortals, they all raised their weapons and bared their swords at those who stood high above.】

【They do not know why the people of the Hundred Schools are so hostile toward Shushan, nor do they know why they must keep hounding the disciples of Shushan.】

【Wang Shengxuan is running about for them, fighting for their justice.】

【Many people do not understand grand principles, but they know that when others stand up for them, if they were to step back, then in the future... would anyone still be willing to stand up for them, willing to speak for them?】

【Those who carry firewood for the masses must not be allowed to freeze to death in the wind and snow.】

But unlike those people of the Hundred Schools who are used to being superior, Gu Jiangming at least knows how to respect every single person.

Wang Qinghe, however, was greatly shocked.

Gu Jiangming, who was on the official road of Huainan, was traveling by riding the wind.

【"Everyone only has one life; if we go all out, who is afraid of whom?"】

The degree of this cohesion of the people's hearts is simply terrifying to the extreme.

Because she has the background of being from an official family, she knows how difficult it is to win the hearts of the people of the world and gain the trust of the commoners.

【And Wang Shengxuan is just there in Huainan, locking horns with the people of Dangyang Prefecture.】

And Gu Jiangming is not a sage; these matters are too ordinary for him, just a matter of lifting a finger.

And in another part of the Nine Provinces, in the territory of Huainan.

From a certain perspective, this is the ideal that Wang Qinghe has dreamed of achieving: to raise one's arm and have ten thousand people respond.

【You people of the Hundred Schools, were you born to step on our heads from high above?】

Even every person with some cultivation can do it.

He is worthy of being the man she has her eyes on.

【The Shushan people of the One Venerable Six Heroes once stood up for them, and now, when threatened by the Hundred Schools, they should also stand up for the people of Shushan.】

This is the reason why he can get a hundred responses to a single call.

【This also makes it convenient for them to consume Wang Shengxuan and take the divine abilities on Wang Shengxuan's body.】

Because Shushan is not the government, nor is it a country; at best, it is only a sect, yet now it has gathered the reverence of the masses.

And this has always been his bottom line as a transmigrator.

She never imagined that in just a few short years, Shushan... Gu Jiangming... would have such a lofty status in the hearts of so many people.

Nowadays, that heart that knows how to respect others has also won the respect of others.

It is hard for Wang Qinghe not to feel moved.

【If Shushan did not protect the disciple Wang Shengxuan, then the people of the Hundred Schools would not trouble Shushan in the short term, but only go after Wang Shengxuan.】

【"We stand with Shushan!!!"】

【It is a pity that... the people of the Hundred Schools never imagined that Gu Jiangming would declare war on the Hundred Schools directly for the sake of one disciple, with no room for moderation.】

On the other side are the powerful and influential led by the Hundred Schools; their expressions are heavy, and behind them, there is no one, only city after city.

It is the Shushan disciples led by the One Venerable Six Heroes, and behind them are the masses, united as one, who have suffered enough from the aristocratic families.

But Wang Qinghe also knows that such a thing is actually very difficult to achieve.

【When these so-called powerful people ignored them, it was the people of Shushan who took care of them; when they could not get enough to eat, it was the people of Shushan who opened the granaries; when floods struck, it was also the people of Shushan who helped them control the disaster.】

【And now, it is the moment for them to repay it.】

【The people of the Hundred Schools previously tested Shushan's intentions... wanting to take a knife to Wang Shengxuan; on one hand, Wang Shengxuan is the most active in Shushan, and also the most 'arrogant and domineering' person in Shushan, who is at odds with the Hundred Schools everywhere.】

Not every strong person needs to find that unnecessary confidence in the weak.

【"Strike the unprincipled, punish the tyrannical government."】

【The long-repressed public indignation and rage should have been vented at the Northern Wei Imperial Court, but now the people of the Hundred Schools have become the recipients of this anger.】

【In the seventh year of Shanghe of Northern Wei, in the fifth month, the people of the Hundred Schools in the Huainan region jointly suppressed the rioting masses in Huainan; the people of the Hundred Schools in the Huainan region formed an alliance and called themselves—Dangyang Prefecture.】

【Since that is the case, then let's all go crazy once!】

【They enumerated the many 'crimes' on Wang Shengxuan's body and made things difficult for Shushan, just to see if Shushan would distance itself from Wang Shengxuan.】

【"Having bent our backs for a lifetime, this time, we will stand tall as human beings."】

Yet Gu Jiangming, in just a few short years, achieved this level of cohesion.

Asking himself, he did not do many extraordinary things; Gu Jiangming just did what he could after descending the mountain.

The impact of this scene is truly too strong, too strong.

In the scene of Wang Qinghe's 【Mie Changsheng】.

【What the people of the Hundred Schools did not expect even more was that the chaotic masses within those jurisdictions actually followed Shushan, not only verbally attacking them but also spontaneously attacking the government offices and becoming their enemies.】

【To prevent Wang Shengxuan from suffering, Gu Jiangming rushed all the way to Huainan upon learning the news.】

【Very soon, you attracted the attention of the Huainan Hundred Families.】

"Honored Lord Gu, although Huainan is small, the power of us gathered together cannot be underestimated; your Shushan, all told, only has a few disciples."

"If we really fight, no one will get any sweetness out of it."

"It would be better to take a step back and restore friendly relations."

The person speaking before Gu Jiangming is the Prefect of Dangyang Prefecture, and also the head of the Hundred Schools in this Huainan area, Lu Fangjue.

Behind Lu Fangjue stand the various family heads of the Huainan Hundred Families, totaling nine people in all.

"Restore friendly relations?" Gu Jiangming said coldly: "So, you people of the Hundred Schools can take a knife to my disciple whenever you say you want to take a knife to my disciple."

"And now that my Mount Shu has come down from the mountain, you lose your nerve?"

A force that could almost be felt, capable of overwhelming everything, emanated from Gu Jiangming's body.

"Since you have all drawn your blades, then don't put them away."

"Lest others look down upon my Mount Shu."

Lu Fangjue's expression tightened, and he said in a deep voice, "You are too overbearing, Honored Lord Gu. Even if you wiped out our Huainan's Dangyang Prefecture, there are still other descendants of the Hundred Families."

"If we fight to the end, it is hard to say who will die or who will be injured. Could it be that you wish to see the disciples of the Buddhist Sect seize the opportunity to rise in the chaos?"

"There is... actually still room for us to remain calm," Lu Fangjue took a deep breath and continued to speak.

"Room to remain calm?" Gu Jiangming looked at him coldly, "You think too highly of yourself."

"When you decided to take a knife to my disciple, you should have thought of this day."

A stream of air, primarily composed of Spirit Qi, gradually ignited on the sword in Gu Jiangming's hand.

"My disciple, apart from me, no one has the right to manage him."

Gu Jiangming's figure vanished from the spot in the blink of an eye.

Lu Fangjue sensed a feeling of crisis, and instinctively, he wanted to find the location of Gu Jiangming's silhouette.

His head could not help but sway left and right, observing the situation in the surroundings.

It was just that he did not expect that what awaited him was not a human silhouette, but a Flying Sword; yet, when Lu Fangjue's attention was entirely shifted to this Flying Sword—

Gu Jiangming said softly from Lu Fangjue's side: "Heavenly Gang Five Thunders—"

Soon, a pale silver bolt of lightning lit up from Gu Jiangming's fingertip; it was merely an extremely small beam when viewed from afar, but when it landed on Lu Fangjue, that beam of light suddenly magnified several times over.

In an instant, it swallowed the entire body of the distracted Lu Fangjue.

A living person who had just been speaking, and even confronting him, was thus reduced to ashes under the lightning.

To the eyes of others, the visual effect of this scene was extremely shocking.

"Now, who among you here can be considered the person in charge?" Gu Jiangming's gaze swept over the remaining heads of the Hundred Families from Dangyang Prefecture.

His expression was as if he had casually executed someone of little importance.

This sudden occurrence happened far too quickly, so fast that people could not react; the leader of Huainan, whom the descendants of the Huainan Hundred Families had pushed forward, was killed in seconds on the spot.

The speed of the kill was so Ganjing Liluo that it could be described with the phrase "flowing clouds and running water."

And such a terrifying gap, even now, was something they had not yet fully processed.

What was most terrifying was that most of them recognized the esoteric technique Gu Jiangming had just used, 【Heavenly Gang Five Thunders】; this was the standard esoteric technique of the Celestial Master Mansion.

It could even be said to be an esoteric technique that everyone in the Celestial Master Mansion knew.

Yet, no one had ever seen such a majestic, or rather, monstrous pillar of lightning; the Old Celestial Master of the Celestial Master Mansion likely could not even achieve such a level of power.

"I originally should not have come, but since it concerns my disciple, I could not help but show myself," Gu Jiangming looked at these stunned people of the Huainan Hundred Families, "Where is Wang Shengxuan now? Do you know?"

Facing Gu Jiangming's question, the few people present all retreated slightly; the positions they usually scrambled to compete for, they now didn't even have the thought of glancing at.

Even those with the best self-cultivation could not help but want to blurt out a curse at this moment.

Damn it, what kind of Immortal character is this person?

Just this move he casually revealed was not on the same level as them; it was no wonder that Gu Jiangming's disciple, Wang Shengxuan, could run rampant in Huainan.

This master of his was the most terrifying person of all.

Still wanting to snatch others' Daoist traditions and snatch others' divine techniques and arts?

Are you worthy?

Thinking of this, those present could not help but curse the scoundrels of the Central Plains Hundred Families in their hearts; not only were they blinded by greed, but they also came to bewitch them into falling for the trap.

Now it was fine; someone had come knocking at the door, and the ones suffering the hardship first were those of them who were close by.

Isn't this just pure suffering?

The moment they thought of how Lu Fangjue couldn't even last three breaths of time, their hearts grew increasingly horrified.

Being able to become the leader of Huainan and being pushed forward by many family heads, Lu Fangjue was naturally no mediocre person.

But before anyone could answer.

A rough voice was heard, and this voice carried some joy.

"Master, why did you come in person?"

"These Huainan rats, not one of them can fight; for you to take the trouble to come, it truly is elevating these people."

As the voice fell, Wang Shengxuan threw out a head that was still bleeding.

"This person said he was from the Xie family of the Central Plains and had been in secret contact with this Huainan leader, Lu something; I caught him and took the opportunity to eliminate him."

As soon as these words were spoken.

One person said with a trembling voice: "Xie Yiming."

And his tone was full of despair and disbelief.

The Central Plains Hundred Families were far superior to their Southern Hundred Families, who were tucked away in a corner, in both strength and influence.

It could be said that only those who could not compete with the Central Plains noble families would migrate south and act as tyrants in these small places.

The Hundred Families here all had more or less some connection with the Central Plains Hundred Families; many of the Huainan noble descendants were also students and old subordinates of the noble clans from the Central Plains, having intertwined relationships.

Lu Fangjue was a local powerhouse among the Huainan noble descendants, and at the same time, he was a retainer of the Central Plains Xie family, arguably a lackey and thug for the Xie family.

And Xie Yiming was precisely a prominent figure within the Central Plains Xie family, whose cultivation and strength would only be stronger than Lu Fangjue's.

Yet his head appeared in Wang Shengxuan's hand.

The gold content of Mount Shu's One Venerable Six Heroes was currently rising in a straight line.

Previously, they had not fought, so they did not know their true strength; but now that they had clashed, they discovered that the ones who shattered at a single touch were not the newly risen sect of Mount Shu, but rather they themselves, the members of these long-established noble families.

The problem was that even Gu Jiangming's disciple, Wang Shengxuan, could easily deal with someone they had once considered unreachable.

In this way, they could only re-evaluate the overall strength of Mount Shu.

Thinking of this, everyone drew a cold breath in their hearts.

What kind of joke are you all playing?

Could it be that you really intend for seven people to level these disciples of the Hundred Schools?

And the image of Mie Changsheng in Wang Qinghe's mind stalled at this moment.

Watching the expressions of these people from the Hundred Schools, who were dumbfounded and dared not say another word.

She felt satisfied once again.

Strength?

It's just giving you bunch of people who have never seen the world a little shock.

If the Four Thousand Bureau were to emerge, wouldn't you frogs at the bottom of the well kneel down on the spot and pay respects to a living immortal?

(End of this chapter)