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

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

Ning Wuxie also activated the Unbounded Sun Technique, condensing his true qi into eighteen stars, shimmering like a breath.

This was the number of stars that could be condensed by the Unbounded Sun Technique after he completely stabilized the ninth level of Refining Qi Realm!

Swish—

The ivory folding fan emitted a white light, flying towards Ning Wuxie like a dart, a simple test by Meng Cangran.

Ning Wuxie didn’t want to delay the battle, so he raised his hand to meet it head-on!

The power of the stars revolved in his hands, Ning Wuxie’s arms shining like constellations, radiating bright starlight. His hands seemed to envelop nebulae, fiercely grabbing the pure white folding fan!

The folding fan was simple and unadorned, but the killing intent on it was palpable, especially infused with majestic spiritual power. To resist a magical treasure with his physical body was simply seeking death!

Bang! Bang! Bang—

Sounds of explosions came from the clash between Ning Wuxie’s hands and the ivory folding fan, where the nebula in Ning Wuxie’s hands collided fiercely with the majestic righteousness enveloping the folding fan!

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

Ignoring him, Ning Wuxie continued to exert force to grab the folding fan!

But the ivory folding fan suddenly stopped in its tracks, spinning in place like a shuttle, then drilled out of Ning Wuxie’s closing hands, landing beside Meng Cangran.

Ning Wuxie’s face showed impatience, “brother Meng, can we finish this quickly?”

“I still have matters to attend to, and I can’t delay any longer.”

To attend to matters meant hurrying home to accompany Xuan’er.

It had been almost an hour and a half since they last seen eachother, and Xuan’er hadn’t left Ning Wuxie’s side for such a long time.

Meng Cangran’s expression unexpectedly turned displeased, as if he had just warmed up and was now in high spirits, completely devoid of the timidity and humility he had shown earlier.

“Do you think I’m here to amuse you, Brother Ning?”

“In a duel, victory or defeat is decided on the spot, so focus on the present!”

With these words, he grabbed the folding fan in his hand, using it as a brush to write in the air!

“The Five Precepts of a Gentleman!”

The white folding fan paused in the air, splattering black true qi like ink. Meng Cangran held the fan in his right hand, his left hand behind his back, writing in the air with ups and downs.

Benevolence! Righteousness! Propriety! Wisdom! Trust!

These were the Five Precepts of a Gentleman in Confucianism. Only a true gentleman could unleash the full power of this divine skill!

Meng Cangran, at the Spirit Condensing Realm, naturally couldn’t achieve this. But in Ning Wuxie’s eyes, the power of these five words was already terrifying, with the momentum of a Core Formation Realm!

Being able to unleash transcendent power across realms indicated that Meng Cangran had indeed deeply contemplated and comprehended these five words, embodying them in his actions, with an upright demeanor, making him undoubtedly the most orthodox successor of Confucianism!

Ning Wuxie immediately focused his attention, staring intently at Meng Cangran, who was writing in the air.

This was the mystical aspect of the Confucian school, where their techniques were not so much about manipulating spiritual power as they were about harnessing the power of belief!

As long as the successor understood Confucian ideology deeply enough and practiced the ways of a gentleman diligently, they could unleash the greater power of Confucian techniques.

The concept of inner virtue and outer king was precisely this!

This aspect had similarities with practitioners of the Buddhist school.

As Meng Cangran finished the last stroke, the five golden glowing characters overlapped in the air, forming a square seal, and the power instantly soared to its peak!

The onlookers trembled, secretly activating their techniques to protect themselves. The elders sitting at the judging table exchanged glances, their faces stern, reinforcing the barrier around the main hall.

“Break!”

Meng Cangran shouted loudly, his robes billowing, even his slender figure appearing majestic. He pushed his hands forward in a seal, and the huge ink seal in front of him slowly rolled forward!

Hum—

Amidst the roaring of true qi, faint sounds resembling countless scholars reciting scriptures and discussing the Tao could be heard. Although the speed of the ink seal formed by the Five Precepts of a Gentleman was not fast, its power was as heavy as a mountain, astonishing!

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

Such a miraculous display of power even made the hermit elders on the judging seat show expressions of shock.

“This is definitely a legitimate successor of Confucianism. I wonder which great Confucian’s disciple he is,” a hermit elder with a white short beard said.

“I don’t know. Haven’t Confucianists always looked down on our Yinsi Valley’s attitude? Why would they come here?”

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