Chapter 387 Safety Was the Best
Li Tianlan was on the way.
Dijiang was also on the way.
The time of high-level meetings of the Zhongzhou Decision Making Committee was never disclosed but never kept secret as well, so almost every high-level meeting would attract a lot of attention from the media at home and abroad.
It was just limited to attention.
No media could step into the high-level conference room. All they could do was obscurely grasp the general trend of Zhongzhou State from the place where the meeting was held, personnel adjustments after the meeting, and the announced content of the meeting.
August 1.
Zhongzhou State decided to hold a high-level meeting in the building of the Army Headquarters rather than in the Hidden Dragon Sea.
With heavy casualties in the garrison stationed in Eyme, Zhongzhou State immediately responded and placed this meeting in the building of the Army Headquarters. The purpose was to make the world see the might and strong will of this world’s superpower.
It was bound to be a high-level meeting with specifications no less than those of the ‘Youzhou Conference’ some time ago, either internally or externally.
Externally, Zhongzhou State would formally express its att.i.tude towards the drastic changes in Eastern Europe.
Internally, Zhongzhou State, especially the military, would usher in significant personnel transfers.
The final maneuver of the two academies was the fuse.
The battle between several young people represented the wrestling of several large groups behind the scene. Regardless of victory or defeat, everything would change, and the general trend of Zhongzhou State would also usher in a new balance and starting point.
As the second top expert of the w.a.n.g family of Beihai in public, Dijiang was destined to be the most remarkable role in this conference.
This time, he was specially invited to the high-level meeting.
What about the next time? Was he just going to sit there fair and square?
Dijiang did not consider this. He had always been a man of no fancy. For him, anything that had not been finalized was likely to cause an accident, so he never expected anything that never happened. Without expectation, his heart would be truly calm.
From his standpoint, he didn’t need to be foresighted and resourceful. He would rather just focus on the thing at present and control everything he could see.
Dijiang was watching the video.
The plain black Rolls Royce was getting closer to the building of the Army Headquarters.
On the laptop screen, the video of the team maneuver of the two academies was repeatedly playing.
Dijiang watched Li Tianlan walk into the woods. In the clear picture, he broke a branch in the mottled sunlight.
At that moment, two figures clearly appeared on the screen.
One was Li Tianlan, carrying a branch.
The other one was completely fuzzy and almost transparent, but the outline was exactly the same as that of Li Tianlan.
One of the two figures went left and the other right.
The exclaiming sounds of those who were in disbelief could even be heard from the screen.
Dijiang watched it quietly.
His eyes were calm and focused.
He saw Fan Haoyu, a Thunder-shocking Realm expert who had been overwhelmed by the branch easily.
He saw the Heaven Punishment Sword Formation formed with Chen Moxue as the core.
He saw the bright sword light of the Heaven Punishment Sword Formation that covered the sky.
He saw the green leaf that kept falling in the sword light.
The green leaf twisted the s.p.a.ce with the sword intent and turned into a transparent outline.
The sword light fell down.
Li Tianlan disappeared.
The green leaf that deceived everyone’s perception became what Li Tianlan looked like.
Chen Moxue was held in his hand.
w.a.n.g Shengxiao re-formed the Heaven Punishment Sword Formation.
The siege of three young Chosen Ones, Li Tianlan’s Night Walking, the punch that smashed the lethal sword formation with great momentum, to the Forever Silent World in the end.
The light appeared in the dark and silent world.
w.a.n.g Tianzong’s palm blocked one leaf after another, and a drop of blood appeared in his palm.
Dijiang stared at the notebook in front of him, and he had watched this video countless times.
But…
Dijiang closed the notebook and softly sighed with emotion, “Every time I watch it, I’m shocked.”
This video was like a bizarre and fantasy movie, which was ridiculous in the eyes of everyone.
Dijiang was not shocked by Li Tianlan’s combat effectiveness.
At least not just combat effectiveness.
To be precise, it should be the combination of horrific combat effectiveness and Li Tianlan’s age that could cause such a thrilling shock.
A twenty-two-year-old man with the combat power of the Invincible Realm.
w.a.n.g Tianzong glanced at Dijiang’s notebook and asked, “What do you think?”
Dijiang didn’t know which aspect his master asked. He asked directly, “Which aspect?”
“All.”
w.a.n.g Tianzong’s tone was concise.
Dijiang was silent for a long time.
He felt bitter inside.
He was not afraid of Li Tianlan in this state, but this year he was already 36 years old.
The differences in age and strength were there. Even though he had watched the video many times, it was still difficult for him to accept that.
Dijiang said, “Unbelievable.”
w.a.n.g Tianzong nodded his head, without expressing an opinion.
“His power is not inferior to mine, and his speed is far better than mine. His Martial Arts and sword intent also seem special. Master, I agree with you. Dual Wind and Thunder Veins are incredible, but he makes me feel strange,” Dijiang slowly said.
His speaking speed was very slow, and he was extremely cautious. “His present conditions are favorable. But the strength he showed… If he did it with all his might in the video, then I am sure that he is no match for me now. Although the gap is small, I am better than him.”
“He did it with all his might.”
w.a.n.g Tianzong calmly said, “But what was his stroke with all his might?”
Dijiang froze for a moment.
He thought of Li Tianlan’s punch, which had sent the entire sword formation and all the elite away, and then again, he recalled the extremely quiet and illusory sword stroke.
“It was that fallen leaf,” w.a.n.g Tianzong sighed softly.
Dijiang was silent.
The all-out blow of Li Tianlan in his heart was the Forever Silent World.
That sword stroke was absolutely terrifying, strange, illusory, majestic, silent, but extremely real, obliterating everything.
Dijiang could take this stroke without reservation of his power, but he would be destined to be seriously injured. Li Tianlan, however, would certainly be more miserable than he was.
That fallen leaf?
He couldn’t see how powerful it was.
Although that was amazing.
Li Tianlan twisted the s.p.a.ce with the sword intent to deceive everyone’s vision and perception. In essence, it was a wisp of sword intent instead of a clone, but in the eyes of outsiders, it was a clone.
It was a skill that only a few characters who were truly at the peak of the Invincible Realm in the entire Dark World could master.
Li Tianlan’s ability to grasp this was indeed amazing, but the power of that wisp of sword intent was just mediocre.
“Martial Arts indicate a combination of strength and will. We w.a.n.g family of Beihai practice sword. If Sword Energy is the strength, then sword intent is equal to will,” w.a.n.g Tianzong said.
Dijiang was silent, as if absorbed in thought.
“Do you mean…”
Dijiang said with some uncertainty, “The appearance of the clone formed by the sword intent consumed Li Tianlan’s absolutely focused will so that when his true body appeared later, he failed to show the strongest strength? And his real combat power might be more terrifying than what he showed in the video?”
w.a.n.g Tianzong thought for a while and nodded.
Dijiang looked at w.a.n.g Tianzong aghast. “He hasn’t entered the Invincible Realm. How was that possible?”
“He may not be better than you. But he is definitely no weaker than you.”
w.a.n.g Tianzong said, “You must admit that he is better than you in all aspects. Double Thunder Veins are very mighty. But it’s only when they are matched with Dual Wind Veins that the maximization of their advantages can achieve. There is not much difference in strength between you, but in speed, he is faster than you. In terms of the will, the Invincible Manual in the Li family’s Map of G.o.d of War was initially focused on cultivating the mind. The Li family’s situation in recent years has been very terrible. Li Tianlan’s experience is enough to make his will as firm as a rock. Desert training, the second cultivation, and the third cultivation three years later after the battle in Heaven Capital, which is equal to nirvana. In terms of the will, he has no weaknesses, either.”
w.a.n.g Tianzong’s eyes looked out the window.
Looking far away, he could already see the majestic light shining over the building of the Army Headquarters under the rising sun.
“He now has the most perfect body and the most perfect will. Realm? “Three years ago, he temporarily entered the Invincible Realm in Heaven Capital, destroying his foundation utterly and standing at the highest place. At that time, his realm was infinitely close to the peak of the Invincible Realm. Now he possesses the dragon vein, and his vision will be further expanded. At present, he has insufficient strength, but his vision is far better than yours. Because he has personally experienced the power approaching the peak of the Invincible Realm, he was able to use that wisp of sword intent to deceive the perception of Shengxiao and the others.”
Dijiang rolled his eyes and said bitterly, “I am in despair if you say so. According to your opinion, the present Li Tianlan is perfect without any shortcomings.”
w.a.n.g Tianzong smiled.
Dijiang was looking forward to his reb.u.t.tal, but he did not rebut. “It is true. Li Tianlan now indeed has no shortcomings.”
Before Dijiang could speak, he continued, “But absolute perfection is a weakness in itself at a low level.”
Dijiang’s eyes lit up, and his whole person became serious.
Dijiang was the first disciple of w.a.n.g Tianzong, and the Sword Emperor had spared no effort in teaching him. He had devoted no less painstaking effort to Dijiang than he had to w.a.n.g Shengxiao, the heir to the w.a.n.g family of Beihai. All the resources and martial heritage of the w.a.n.g family of Beihai was open to Dijiang without reservation. The Sword Emperor really treated him as if he were his own son.
Dijiang knew why.
Hundreds of years ago, after the w.a.n.g family of Beihai thoroughly keeping a foothold in Mount Dibing, Beihai Province, it had G.o.ds of War. Its first G.o.d of War was the ancestor of the current Lin Clan. He was the patron saint of Zhongzhou State and also established Xuanyuantai of Kunlun.
People in the Lin Clan were undisciplined and lazy and unwilling to fight for power. After the Lin Clan moved to Switzerland, the position of G.o.d of War that Xuanyuantai took was pa.s.sed on to the Li family.
Hundreds of years later, the Li family acted as the G.o.ds of War of both Zhongzhou State and the w.a.n.g family of Beihai. The two families were intimate.
Over the centuries, the w.a.n.g family of Beihai had at least two experts at the peak of the Invincible Realm in each generation.
w.a.n.g Tianzong and Summer Solstice belonged to that category in this generation.
But in the previous generation, the former generation, and many times before, the two experts at the peak of the Invincible Realm in the w.a.n.g family of Beihai were, in fact, the patriarch of the w.a.n.g family of Beihai and its G.o.d of War.
So, in other words, before the Li family’s collapse, there were also two experts at the peak of the Invincible Realm in each generation of the Li family; they were the patriarchs of the Li family and that of the w.a.n.g family of Beihai.
The two families had been truly close over the years, sharing everything.
Now, the Li family had staged a comeback after the collapse and had parted ways with the w.a.n.g family of Beihai, so w.a.n.g Tianzong was completely training Dijiang as the G.o.d of War of the new generation of the w.a.n.g family of Beihai.
Based on this alone, Dijiang did not want to lose to Li Tianlan.
He would rather give up everything than disappoint his master or Beihai Province.
“If Li Tianlan is currently at the peak of the Invincible Realm, with all the conditions combined with him, he really won’t have any more shortcomings. He is perfect and powerful, deserving the t.i.tle ‘the Chosen One’.”
w.a.n.g Tianzong smiled softly. “But he isn’t now. He is not even of the real Invincible Realm, not to mention the peak of the Invincible Realm. He only has the combat strength in the Invincible Realm. New Martial Arts, absolute strength and speed, perfect will, and high vision were all combined with him. He doesn’t have enough acc.u.mulation, yet he is burdened with so much perfection. At present, except for his powerful Martial Arts, there is only chaos.
“You feel right. He is really weird, but the so-called weirdness, to put it plainly, is that he can’t make full use of his perfect resources at all. ”
Dijiang listened quietly, thinking. After a while, he took a serious look at w.a.n.g Tianzong and said, “Master, please make it clear to me.”
“There is nothing wrong with him. He’s no problem at all. But the so-called perfection must also be compared. His physical strength is flawless, but when it’s paired with the same perfect Dual Wind and Thunder Veins, the problem comes. Now, it is difficult for his physical strength to fully support the might of the Dual Wind and Thunder Veins. I don’t know what he has gone through to have his current const.i.tution, but if the Dual Wind and Thunder Veins did not appear, he should enter the Invincible Realm now. The Dual Wind and Thunder Veins put a burden on his body, gave him more potential, and suppressed his realm.
“As for his will, it is naturally flawless. Therefore, he will also become absolutely focused while fighting, but absolute concentration means faster consumption. When one’s will is consumed too quickly, it is easy for one to slack off due to absolute concentration. When a person’s will has a flaw, his strength, speed, and sword intent will be affected. That’s chaos.
“Li Tianlan is very strong now, but his shortcomings are also evident. If he wants to exert his strength, it will be challenging to maximize his speed and Sword Energy. If he wants sword intent, his power will appear slightly insufficient. If he wants speed, his strength and sword intent will pull him back. If he wants to really exert all his strength, the consumption of his mind and will is too hard for him to afford. He must have realized something, otherwise, why should he bother to use the green leaf in the maneuver? The appearance of his true body should be enough to knock down everyone in the maneuver. And it was clear that he was honing himself.”
Dijiang didn’t speak for a long time.
Only then did he understand that when the level was not high enough, excessive perfection could turn into such a huge problem.
His mind became a bit subtle. “Can it be solved?”
“It’s hard. And it’s too early to say these.”
w.a.n.g Tianzong shook his head. Dijiang was watching the video. He was not idle, either. Since the maneuver ended, he had watched the video even more times than Dijiang did. Since he was standing at a place half a step higher than the peak of the Invincible Realm, he could naturally find Li Tianlan’s problem after watching the video so many times. “He should have realized something by now. But I guess he just felt something was wrong. If I’m not wrong, Li Tianlan should just be aware that it’s hard for his will to drive the power and speed of the Dual Wind and Thunder Veins.
“In other words, he now thinks his body is perfect, but his will is questionable. Yuetong would call him often from Mount Dibing, but he rarely received her calls. That kid should be resting and use a long rest to slowly cultivate his spirit.”
“Is that wrong?” Dijiang said, looking puzzled.
“It’s right and yet wrong.”
w.a.n.g Tianzong shook his head. “I said there was nothing wrong with him in any way. But the combination of everything about him was full of problems. By the time he realizes what is going on, it’s no easier to perfect them. Most importantly, he’s missing the most important thing.”
Dijiang raised his eyebrows. “What?”
“Time.”
w.a.n.g Tianzong calmly said, “He doesn’t have time to perfect these.”
Li Tianlan needed time to perfect his body, but those materials left by Qin Weibai could only buy him half a year at most.
Li Tianlan couldn’t necessarily realize what was wrong with him within half a year, let alone perfect anything.
After w.a.n.g Tianzong had solved the hidden danger inside the w.a.n.g family of Beihai, how could Li Tianlan live?
Dijiang hesitated and whispered, “It’s going to take him a long time.”
w.a.n.g Tianzong glanced at him and nodded.
“How cruel it is?”
Dijiang looked into w.a.n.g Tianzong’s eyes.
“It’s best to be safe.”
There was no room for discussion in w.a.n.g Tianzong’s tone.
Dijiang smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Li Tianlan was not the recipient of the cruelty he said.
Instead, he said that to himself and to w.a.n.g Shengxiao.
Li Tianlan’s road was destined to be full of trouble. He had his own Martial Arts and the most perfect conditions. Conventionally, he should soon reach the Invincible Realm.
But the perfect conditions had led to the complete imbalance of his body. If he wanted to perfect his body, it would be bound to take him a long time. And there would be no hope within three or five years at least.
Dijiang should break into the Invincible Realm during the period, and it was also the time for w.a.n.g Shengxiao to catch up with Li Tianlan and even surpa.s.s him.
But w.a.n.g Tianzong didn’t want to give Li Tianlan any chance.
It was also cruel to w.a.n.g Shengxiao, who only wanted to defeat Li Tianlan.
But w.a.n.g Tianzong said that safety was the best.
In fact, w.a.n.g Tianzong had left a sentence unsaid.
The Invincible Realm was different from the Four Realms of Martial Arts.
There was very little room to progress. If the Four Realms of Martial Arts represented one’s potential, then the Invincible Realm was almost equivalent to one’s potential limit.
Therefore, there were strong and weak Invincible Realm experts and Divine & Holy Lists.
Given Dijiang’s apt.i.tude, his acc.u.mulation was rich enough. If his potential were fully released the moment he completely broke through to the Invincible Realm, his combat power would directly soar into the Divine List. And once he stabilized his realm and took one step further, he would eventually have countless possibilities to march to the peak of the Invincible Realm.
But if he barely made it to the Holy List after stabilizing his realm, he was practically hopeless to enter the Divine List for life, such as Invincible Realm expert Gu Qianchuan.
It was possible to break through the Invincible Realm, but every small step would become extremely difficult, as difficult as to climb up to the sky.
And with Li Tianlan’s potential and current conditions…
w.a.n.g Tianzong didn’t even want to give it a thought.
If Li Tianlan solved his problems and rushed into the Invincible Realm, it was very likely that he would go straight to the top of the Divine List, not to mention the Divine List. He would 100 percent be an Invincible Realm expert, the real Chosen One.
Li Tianlan still had a long way to go before entering the Invincible Realm, and there were still many problems waiting for him to solve.
But w.a.n.g Tianzong was unwilling to wait.
It was best to be safe.