Chapter 992: Reflections

"Ge Jianshi."

"Congratulations on your breakthrough."

When Wang Jian saw Gai Nie, he was quite surprised, especially when he sensed the aura on the other party, he was even more so.

However, Wang Jian was, after all, a General-in-Chief of a region, so in the blink of an eye, he recovered, and then a smile appeared on his face to offer his congratulations.

He naturally recognized Gai Nie.

After all, the Gai Nie of the past was the Qin King's personal bodyguard; although his power and such were not great, and his official rank was only a Palace Physician General, he was far inferior to him, a General-in-Chief.

But at that time, no one would underestimate Gai Nie.

Firstly, Gai Nie did not come from a noble family, but he came from Ghost Valley.

What kind of place was Ghost Valley? It was a place where talents emerged in large numbers; any one of those people from back then could have increased the power of a state.

Therefore, no one would look down on a disciple from Ghost Valley, even if the other party did not seem to be proficient in Militarystrategy or the Vertical and Horizontal School.

Secondly, Gai Nie was the Qin King's personal bodyguard and could be considered a person close to the Qin King; he stayed by the Qin King's side almost all the time. Such a person, having no grudges or grievances, no one was willing to offend.

Wang Jian had no grudges or grievances with Gai Nie; back then, he only had a nodding acquaintance with the former, and he did not know much about Gai Nie.

However, he later learned that the other party had left His Majesty to go to Nanzhan Buzhou for training.

At the time, he even felt that the other party was a naive youth.

Staying by His Majesty's side and teaching the various princes, glory and wealth could be said to be within easy reach, yet the other party gave it up.

He had also secretly felt it a pity for this young man; after all, apart from the personal eunuchs, very few people could manage to stay by His Majesty's side.

He did not believe that Gai Nie, coming from Ghost Valley, had learned nothing; as long as he had one percent of the ability of his predecessors, he would likely have been heavily relied upon.

As it turned out, the other party had left without a sound.

Of course, regarding Gai Nie's departure, Wang Jian did not care; after all, he was just a palace guard and a sword master.

He had never thought of befriending this person either.

To him, Gai Nie was just a stranger.

As for the other party being a Sword Cultivator, in his eyes, it was just that his cultivation was not bad.

However, meeting again, he could not have imagined that the other party had truly broken through and was already, like him, at the cultivation level of a Golden Immortal.

One must know that he was only able to break through with the help of the power of Great Qin; otherwise, he would likely still be a martial arts expert at the True Immortal or even Heavenly Immortal level.

He was very clear about the difficulty of breaking through to Golden Immortal; even for him, with the help of the power of Great Qin and the awakening of the Ancient Human Innate Bloodline, it was a narrow escape from death before he broke through that barrier.

Regarding that barrier, he had deep personal experience, and even he was unwilling to endure it a second time.

Yet the other party had broken through without a sound.

Regarding Gai Nie's talent, Wang Jian felt deep envy in his heart; of course, while envious, he also felt deep admiration that the other party could leave Xianyang City, leave this prosperous place, and head to a barren land to train and break through his own realm.

There were many noble children in Xianyang City who practiced the Tao; after all, for ordinary people, they had no yearning for the path of longevity.

Living itself was already difficult enough, and they still had to live for so long.

However, the nobles were different; they craved longevity.

But those who could truly cultivate to become Immortals were very, very few, because worldly desires made far too many noble children unable to calm their hearts to cultivate.

Those who could truly cultivate were also few and far between, and each one was a person of resolute character.

Wang Bi was taught by him personally, yet compared to Gai Nie, he was still a bit lacking; as for his grandson, he was even worse.

He knew that Gai Nie's age was actually thirty years younger than his son, Wang Bi.

But now his cultivation had already surpassed Wang Bi's, even though Wang Bi was also in a high position of power and had already reached the peak of the Great Qin army.

His noble rank was also Great Shuzhang, only half a step away from his own rank of Guannei Marquis.

It could be said that the status of the two of them, father and son, in Great Qin was already very high.

Of course, Wang Jian also understood that the reason His Majesty gave his Wang Family such treatment was actually a form of restraint on other military families in the army.

For example, the Bai Clan of Lord Wuan, as well as the Meng Clan, the Li Clan, and so on.

Especially the Bai Clan of Lord Wuan; although Lord Wuan did not have a high background, having experienced three generations of emperors, the Bai Clan had also become the number one military family of Great Qin under his leadership.

Lord Wuan's title was Lord, yet he was not the least bit inferior to a Chehou, and he had his own fief.

It could be said that he was the true number one person in the Great Qin military, and his prestige in the army was truly rare.

Wang Jian was clear that His Majesty had never been wary of Lord Wuan; after all, His Majesty's prestige in Great Qin was much higher than Lord Wuan's.

After all, the unification of the world by Great Qin was accomplished in His Majesty's hands.

If Lord Wuan wanted to rebel, it was estimated that apart from his personal followers, no one in the army would be willing to follow him.

But one family could not dominate the army; even if His Majesty was not afraid, in the long run, it would cause the other party to harbor improper thoughts.

That would be bad for everyone.

And by raising their status to balance the major military families in the army, the army would be more peaceful.

Of course, he and his son, Wang Jian, were not people who could not be supported; he himself was a veteran general who had walked out step by step from being a small soldier.

Wang Bi had been trained by him even more, walking up step by step from the bottom of the army.

The abilities of the two were worthy of His Majesty's promotion.

It was just that Wang Bi was promoted faster and experienced less.

In terms of cultivation, he had now reached True Immortal Martial Dao, which was slightly ahead of his peers at the time; of course, that was because the latter had received much higher resources than he had back then.

However, True Immortal was still a mountain difficult to cross to reach Golden Immortal.

He had experienced it personally and was very clear about the difficulties and dangers of wanting to break through this barrier while practicing Ancient Martial Dao.

For this barrier, he had also had a narrow escape from death back then.

Wang Bi's accumulation was insufficient, and to force a breakthrough would likely be even more dangerous than his own breakthrough back then, so all these years, he had never let him go there to break through.

As for his grandson, he had not even let him practice the Ancient Martial Dao that they practiced.

Although Ancient Martial Dao was powerful and the speed of cultivation was faster, the dangers involved were also very numerous.

With the two of them, father and son, the Wang Family already has enough glory and wealth; in the future, Wang Bi even has the chance to become a Marquis, and when that time comes, with two Marquises in one household, the Wang Family will be exceptionally honored.

There is no need to go any further; Wang Jian is very clear about the consequences of decline after reaching the peak, so the third generation of the Wang Family only needs to maintain what they have.

However, even so, Wang Jian is still very envious of Gai Nie breaking through to Golden Immortal; he knows how great an improvement a Golden Immortal is for a family.

Especially for a military family like theirs, besides their cultivation in the Military School, they also value their own personal martial strength.