Chapter 25: Battle, Confucian Inheritor Meng Cangran (1/2)

A folding fan spun around Meng Cangran, exuding a majestic aura.

Ning Wuxie also activated the Unbounded Sun Technique, with True Qi forming eighteen stars that flickered like breathing.

This was the number of stars that could be produced by the Unbounded Sun Technique after thoroughly stabilizing at the Refining Qi Ninth Realm!

Whoosh—

The ivory folding fan transformed into white light, darting towards Ning Wuxie like a flying arrow. This was Meng Cangran’s simplest probe.

Ning Wuxie did not want to prolong the battle and raised a hand to meet it head-on!

The ancient Star Power flowed through Ning Wuxie’s hands, and constellations appeared on his arms, shining brightly. Those hands seemed to envelop nebulae, forcefully grasping the pure white folding fan!

The folding fan was simple and unadorned, yet the killing intent it contained was palpable, especially since it was infused with immense spiritual power. To resist magical treasures with a physical body was practically a death wish!

“Could he really be a dual cultivator?!” The crowd below became confused about Ning Wuxie’s identity.

Saying he was a dual cultivator, yet he could use great techniques to defeat Jiang Ren.

Bang bang bang—

The sound of explosions echoed between Ning Wuxie’s hands and the ivory folding fan, as the nebula in his hands violently collided with the majestic aura wrapped around the fan!

“You truly are the inheritor of the ancient Great Xia!” Meng Cangran’s expression turned serious.

Ning Wuxie ignored him and continued to exert force to grasp the folding fan!

However, the forward-moving ivory folding fan suddenly stopped, spinning in place like a shuttle for several rounds, and unexpectedly slipped out of Ning Wuxie’s grasp, landing beside Meng Cangran.

Ning Wuxie showed impatience: “Brother Meng, can this be resolved quickly?”

“I still have matters to attend to and cannot delay any longer.”

The matters referred to were to quickly accompany Xuan’er.

It had been nearly an hour and a half since their meeting, and Xuan’er had not left Ning Wuxie’s side for so long.

Meng Cangran’s expression also revealed displeasure upon hearing this, as if he had just warmed up and was in high spirits, completely shedding the timidity and humility from earlier.

“Does Brother Ning think I am toying with you?”

“On the stage, the showdown determines victory or defeat; focus on the present!”

As soon as the words fell, he seized the folding fan in his hand, using it as a brush to write in the air!

“Gentleman’s Five Precepts!”

The white folding fan paused in the air, splattering black True Qi like an ink brush. Meng Cangran held his left hand behind his back and raised the fan with his right hand, writing in the air with rhythm and cadence.

Righteousness! Duty! Wisdom! Integrity! Trust!

These were the Five Precepts of the Confucian gentleman, and only those who truly embodied the gentlemanly demeanor could unleash the full power of this technique!

As a mid-stage Spirit Condensing Realm cultivator, Meng Cangran naturally could not achieve this. However, in Ning Wuxie’s eyes, the power of these five words was already terrifying, possessing a golden aura!

The ability to unleash such cross-border power indicated that Meng Cangran had indeed deeply contemplated and understood these five words, and he practiced the gentleman’s way with integrity, making him undoubtedly the most orthodox inheritor of Confucianism!

Ning Wuxie immediately focused, intently watching Meng Cangran as he wielded his brush in the air.

This was the extraordinary aspect of the Confucian school; their techniques were less about wielding spiritual power and more about harnessing the power of belief!

As long as the inheritor had a profound understanding of Confucian thought and practiced the gentleman’s way deeply, they could unleash even greater power from Confucian techniques.

The so-called inner sage and outer king was precisely this!

This point shared similarities with Buddhist cultivators.

As Meng Cangran finished the last stroke, the five ink characters radiating golden light stacked together, forming a seal of ink, and the power instantly surged to its peak!

The surrounding cultivators trembled, secretly activating their techniques to protect themselves. The elders sitting at the judging table exchanged glances, their expressions turning serious as they raised their hands to reinforce the academy’s barrier.

“Break for me!”

Meng Cangran shouted fiercely, his robes billowing, making his slender figure appear imposing. He pushed forward with both hands, and the massive ink seal slowly rolled forward!

Buzz—

Amidst the rumbling of True Qi, the faint sound of countless scholars reciting scriptures seemed to resonate. The speed of the ink seal formed by the Gentleman’s Five Precepts was not fast, yet it felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, exuding an astonishing might!

This was the faith of generations of Confucian cultivators, the sound of countless scholars studying hard, and the benchmark that Confucian gentlemen tirelessly pursued!

The techniques could produce such a phenomenon that even the elder from Hermit Valley at the judging table could not help but show shock.

“This is definitely an orthodox Confucian inheritor; I wonder which great scholar’s disciple this is,” one elder with a short white beard from Hermit Valley remarked.

“Isn’t it said that Confucians have always looked down on our Hermit Valley’s demeanor? How could they come here?”

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