Chapter 372

Huang Huang Yaoshi’s words were not without reason.

It’s just that...

to swallow his pride like this, he was truly unwilling.

At this moment, Wang Wang Chongyang’s eyes appeared particularly deep under the light of the glass lamp, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings.

On one hand,

he knew well that Huang Huang Yaoshi’s words were true; in the martial arts world, grievances and entanglements often affect the whole situation, and a slight carelessness could trigger a bloody storm, let alone provoking a top-tier force that possessed several Divine Wanderer Realm masters.

A force like Snow Moon City,

let alone in Northern Li and the Great Song, even looking at the entire Divine Land, it would be hard to find a second one.

But on the other hand,

as the Sect Leader of the Complete Perfection Sect, how could he tolerate his disciples being bullied?

He himself didn’t mind.

But what about his disciples?

I didn’t expect my future father-in-law to be quite reasonable.

Everything that happened in Wang Wang Chongyang’s private room naturally could not escape Jiang Chen’s ears.

Just then,

the person sitting next to Jiang Chen suddenly stood up unsteadily and put his hand on Jiang Chen’s shoulder.

“Hey, Brother Jiang, we’re drinking so happily, why are you... distracted?! Come! Let’s... let’s keep drinking!”

This man was named Lu Lu Wende, formerly a general in the Great Song imperial court.

However,

because he admired Guo Jing’s character,

when the Great Song court almost abandoned Xiangyang City, he was willing to stay and assist Guo Jing in defending against the invasion of the Mongol Mongol Yuan Empire.

And his military talent,

over these years, had played an extremely important role in the battles to defend Xiangyang City.

“Alright.”

Jiang Chen nodded with a smile,

and then raised the wine bowl in his hand to clink with the other party.

Lu Lu Wende, seeing this,

laughed heartily and drank the wine in his bowl in one gulp.

Immediately after, with a thud, he collapsed onto the table, drunk.

People who have been on the battlefield are truly generous.

Now,

at the entire table,

only Jiang Chen remained as usual.

One must know that Jiang Chen had drunk no less than anyone else present.

In fact, because everyone kept coming to drink with him, at least one of the three jars had ended up in Jiang Chen’s stomach.

Unfortunately,

these people were already bleary-eyed from drink, some collapsed, some slumped, all of them muddled; even Guo Jing had two flushes of red on his face.

However,

after the exchange of cups just now,

everyone’s attitude toward Jiang Chen had changed significantly.

And the way they addressed Jiang Chen

had changed from Young Friend Jiang to Brother Jiang...

Jiang Chen looked at Guo Jing, who was the only one still relatively sober, and smiled slightly: “Brother Guo, let’s stop here for today. I have some matters to attend to later, so I must excuse myself. When there is an opportunity in the future, we shall have a proper drink.”

“Brother Jiang has important matters to attend to?”

Guo Jing was stunned, then quickly said: “Alright, anyway, we should be in Snow Moon City for the next few days. When you are finished, we can gather again.”

“It’s just that next time, we can use some ordinary wine; this Seven-Lantern Starry Night Wine is too precious... err, no, next time it should be us treating you, and I hope you won’t find any excuses not to come.”

At this moment,

Guo Jing was also somewhat tipsy,

but even so, he still vaguely felt the agitation of his internal Qi.

One must know,

he had been at the peak of the Swaying Realm for almost two years, and this was the first time he had such a feeling!

This agitated internal Qi was like a giant dragon chained by iron, now stirring within him, seemingly wanting to break free from its restraints.

He couldn’t help but circulate his internal cultivation method,

trying to guide this Qi to his dantian,

but found that this Qi was far more unruly than he had imagined and completely beyond his control.

After trying several times to no avail,

Guo Jing could only give up helplessly, a look of unwillingness appearing on his face.

Having stayed at the peak of the Swaying Realm for almost two years,

am I really that stupid?

From childhood to adulthood,

he had lost count of how many times he had heard others call him stupid.

“Brother Guo, although this Seven-Lantern Starry Night Wine helps with cultivation, for those with high cultivation, the effect is not so obvious. And since you are already at the peak of the Swaying Realm, it is clearly not enough to rely on a few bowls of Seven-Lantern Starry Night Wine to break through to the Great Free and Unfettered Realm.”

“Of course, Brother Guo, there is no need to be discouraged.”

Jiang Chen smiled softly: “With your talent, Brother Guo, breaking through to the Great Free and Unfettered Realm is only a matter of time, and even the Divine Wanderer Realm is not impossible.”

“Brother Jiang is right; I was just being impatient.”

Guo Jing shook his head, then suddenly smiled bitterly:

“I’m not afraid of you laughing at me, Brother Jiang, but I am already satisfied to have the cultivation of the Swaying Realm. You don’t know how many people used to call me stupid. Many said I wouldn’t achieve anything great in martial arts. Like Senior Ma Jue of the Complete Perfection Sect, although he taught me some martial arts a long time ago, he never made me a disciple of the Complete Perfection Sect.”

“Since you are already satisfied with the Swaying Realm, why are you so eager to break through to the Great Free and Unfettered Realm, Brother Guo?”

“Naturally, for the sake of Xiangyang City.”

Guo Jing sighed: “Since you know about me, Brother Jiang, you must have heard some things about Xiangyang City.”

“Nowadays, the Mongol Mongol Yuan Empire’s offensive against Xiangyang City is becoming increasingly fierce, and in the Mongol Mongol Yuan army, both the number of martial arts experts and the scale of the army are far stronger than in my Xiangyang City.”

“To be honest, even I don’t know how much longer we can hold out. And once Xiangyang City is breached, given the nature of those Mongol Mongol Yuan people, the people in Xiangyang City will surely be displaced, and families will be torn apart.”

Speaking of Xiangyang City,

Guo Jing’s expression became much more solemn.

But immediately after, he seemed to feel that it wasn’t appropriate to talk about this now, so he smiled forcedly:

“...Forget it, let’s not talk about this. Regardless, I owe my current achievements to the guidance of Master Ma Jue back then, and it is precisely because of this that I agreed to come to Snow Moon City with the Complete Perfection Sect.”

Jiang Chen smiled and replied: “Brother Guo is truly a man of loyalty!”

And immediately after,

Jiang Chen changed the subject: “Since you mentioned the Complete Perfection Sect, Brother Guo, I have actually been curious about one thing.”

“Please go ahead, Brother Jiang.”

Guo Jing quickly gestured.

Jiang Chen, seeing this, slowly put down his wine bowl, looked at Guo Jing, and asked with a smile:

“Brother Guo, I roughly know the reason why you all came to Snow Moon City this time. Actually, from just now until now, I have been wanting to ask one thing, and that is what you all think of my Snow Moon City.”

“What I think of Snow Moon City?”

Jiang Chen’s words left Guo Jing stunned.

Come to think of it, he had almost forgotten that Jiang Chen was a disciple of Snow Moon City.