Chapter 691 – A Blade with a Dao (1/2)

Chapter 691 – A Blade with a Dao

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

The news that Wang Po might be coming to the capital spread very quickly and caused much consternation.

After Su Li's departure, Wang Po had become the greatest idol in the minds of the young cultivators of the continent.

He was not as confident and easygoing as Su Li, nor did he have a particular bearing like Su Li, yet his aloof and emotionless self had attracted the reverence of others. He was similar to Su Li, however, in that he was a cultivating genius rarely seen in a hundred years. He had once compelled Snow-Treading Xun Mei to shut himself up in the Mausoleum of Books and he had never given Painted Armor Xiao Zhang or Liang Wangsun a chance to surpass him. There were many experts below the Divine Domain, such as Xue Xingchuan, yet it was him, ranked first on the Proclamation of Liberation, that was publicly acknowledged as the strongest of the lot.

Moreover, compared to Su Li, he was more in accordance with the commonly accepted definition of a hero, an example of this being his actions in that dark rain within Xunyang City.

Most importantly, the aura of a legend was too thick about him. As the sole descendant of a fallen clan, he had grown up in the vilest of conditions, far more arduous than any other cultivating genius. In the Wenshui Tang clan, he had played the part of an accountant for several years, and then he began to travel the world. In the space of ten-some years, he had set up Scholartree Manor in the south and become a wealthy power.

Just like Su Moyu, the greatest question people had after learning this news was this: Why was he coming to the capital, and what was he prepared to do?

The story of Wang Po of Tianliang was a story known by the entire continent. As the last descendant of the Wang clan, he had chosen Wang Po to be his name. The meaning of this name was known without needing to ask, and perhaps it was for this reason that the Imperial Court had always been wary of him and had attempted to suppress him countless times before. He was also aware of this, so he very rarely appeared in the capital.

Wang Po's coming to the capital was naturally a major event.

In the past, even if he did come to the capital, he would come without a sound and in a very low-key fashion, such as the night of Xun Mei's death.

Now, the situation and time were both completely different. He wanted to enter the capital in a low-key fashion, but it was impossible for him to do so.

That night on the Mausoleum of Books, Zhu Luo had pushed himself to attack while heavily injured, opening this majestic campaign of the entire world against Tianhai, paying with the death of his body and the vanishing of his soul. He had done this all to extract a promise from Shang Xingzhou, who represented the new government: Let the Wang clan never rise again.

The Wang clan was precisely Wang Po.

If Wang Po remained in the south and quietly stood guard over Scholartree Manor, then with the mutual protection of the Mount Li Sword Sect and the collective voice of the other powers of the south, the Imperial Court would not have been able to touch him. After all, with the confluence of the north and south in the background, some harmony had to be maintained on the surface. However, if he were to leave Scholartree Manor and enter the capital alone, the Imperial Court would not let this chance slip by.

No matter how strong he was, he was no match for the Great Zhou Imperial Court.

If he appeared in the capital, the Imperial Court had numerous methods to kill him.

No one understood why he wanted to come.

Chen Changsheng understood, because he had once endured a storm together with Wang Po in Xunyang City.

He deeply admired this expert. In the past two years, he had applied some of what he had learned from Wang Po to his own behavior, a matter which had once deeply concerned Tang Thirty-Six.

Besides Chen Changsheng, there was one other person that clearly understood why Wang Po had come.

It was Zhou Tong himself.

Consequently, once he learned of this news, the first thing he did was enter the palace and request a meeting with Shang Xingzhou.

Not long after he entered the palace, the capital once more became tense. From the military to the Ministry of Justice, from the Department for Purging Officials to the City Gate Department, countless experts and assassins began to sweep through the streets of the capital.

Chen Changsheng was somewhat concerned. After a night of contemplation, he took a chance and had the people of the Orthodoxy assist with the search, but they turned up nothing.

The Imperial Court's search was also fruitless.

No one had been able to find Wang Po.

He had just vanished.

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