Chapter 2491: Chapter 101: No News
The people in this world are different in a hundred, a thousand ways.
Some can take things up and put them down, while some can’t take things up, but can still put them down.
Uncle Ming Guang is the latter type.
Sometimes he would suddenly get an idea and try to do something, make an effort. If it comes to nothing, he would immediately give up.
Of course, Jiang Wang follows Zhongxuan Sheng’s perspective, and he has long found Uncle Ming Guang very agreeable. If it weren’t for Uncle Ming Guang, could De Sheng Trading Company have developed so quickly?
As Zhongxuan Sheng would say, you shouldn’t forget the person who dug the well after drinking the water.
In the Wu’an Marquis Mansion, Jiang Wang is urging Chu Yao to practice boxing.
Recently, he has been indecisive about one thing — whether to bring Jiang Anan to Qi Country.
It’s not about having Jiang Anan leave Lingxiao Pavilion.
He had long abandoned such thoughts.
Jiang Anan has been in Lingxiao Pavilion for four years, she has deep feelings for Lingxiao Pavilion, it’s impossible to just leave. Moreover, her cultivation has been within Lingxiao Pavilion’s system from the beginning, under the guidance of True Man of the Age Ye Lingxiao. Changing it now would mean her past efforts were in vain.
Moreover, no matter how much favor he uses, no matter how great a master he finds for Jiang Anan, it’s hard to be better than Ye Lingxiao.
He’s very grateful for Lingxiao Pavilion’s care for An’an, and very assured about her life there.
Thus, he hesitates whether... he should let Jiang Anan share his glory now, share the fruits of his hard work, share everything he achieved today.
Should he let the world know, that Daqi’s Marquis Wu’an Jiang Wang, has a younger sister whom he cherishes like a treasure, her name is Jiang Anan?
He very much wants to do so, he wishes to share with his sister.
Whenever he achieves something, he longs to see the admiring gaze of his sister.
But he doesn’t know, if he can do so.
Now, can he safely let his sister walk under the sunlight, can he fully protect her?
He can’t ever forget the day Fenglin City fell, the fear he felt, the suffering he experienced.
That kind of pain makes him afraid of losing even now.
Even though he is now the youngest military honors marquis in Qi Country, he still lacks a sense of security for those who matter most to him.
"Master! What are you thinking?"
Chu Yao, wearing black leather armor, is practicing punches like a black mud fish darting around.
This kind of armor is specially tailored by an excellent craftsman, considering Chu Yao’s stamina, making him train very hard but preventing injuries.
As he darted around, he suddenly turned in front of Jiang Wang, tilted his head up, with curiosity.
At that moment, Jiang Wang was standing with hands behind, looking at the western sunset, its glow reflecting in his eyes. His eyebrows were clear and relaxed, gentle yet not lacking in distinctness, calm yet with presence.
"Oh, I’m thinking about your senior brother." He said.
"What kind of person is he?" Chu Yao asked eagerly.
"He is a very qualified disciple. Like this set of punches I just taught you, he wouldn’t talk nonsense with me unless he practiced it a hundred times." Jiang Wang said somberly.
Chu Yao silently continued practicing his punch routine, step by step, turning and turning.
Speaking of Tang Dun.
Initially, he couldn’t really be considered a disciple.
After all, back then, Jiang Wang himself was very weak. And Tang Dun was already quite old, he agreed to guide him in martial arts only because of his simplicity and sincerity, helping him prepare for the Maple Forest City Daoist Academy’s outer sect examination.
Later, Jiang Anan would call Tang Dun "senior junior disciple", and Tang Dun would call Jiang Anan "senior sister" every day, dropping Jiang Anan off and picking her up from school.
It just naturally settled like that.
Although Tang Dun was average in talent, with an ordinary background, and couldn’t be considered cultured. But after spending time with him, you could feel he had a pure heart.
Honest but not foolish, steady yet clear-headed.
He had his own not-so-grand ideals, and was willing to exert unremitting efforts for them.
He just wanted to cultivate some skills, and when he became "as powerful as Master Jiang", he would return to Tang She Town to be a constable, truly protect Tang She Town’s peace, preventing the horrifying tragedy of demon massacres from happening again.
He didn’t understand, in this world disasters were unpredictable, those high above never cared about the lives of ants. Those ambitious enough to starve to hunger with green eyes could easily use human life as bargaining chips. Even if he truly learned skills at Maple Forest City Daoist Academy, when greater danger came, he would only be like dust.
He couldn’t think that far ahead.
He also indeed fell like dust.
Later, Fenglin City Region fell entirely, the Tang She Town he wanted to protect was certainly among it.
On the day Fenglin City fell, he happened to be with Jiang Wang.
At that time, they were planning to gather friends, find an excellent restaurant, and have a lively celebration before the year-end.
In an instant came land cracks and city fall.
In the earth’s crevices, above the rolling magma, he thought of "Sister An’an". He let Jiang Wang go to save Jiang Anan.
Was Tang Dun a foolish person?
He actually had a very clear heart.
He knew who treated him well, sincerely, and who with feigned intentions.
For instance, he once told Jiang Wang — "Brother Zhang is polite but not close."
If Jiang Wang had paid attention to this sentence, he might have realized Zhang Linchuan’s oddness earlier.
Of course, realizing Zhang Linchuan’s issues earlier wouldn’t have changed Fenglin City’s fate. Because the ones truly capable and responsible for changing that fate, instead, eagerly anticipated the tragedy’s unfolding...
