Hearing that Yang Qi had already prepared a top-grade Taoist weapon for him, Tang Guan was extremely grateful and no longer refused. He silently took the sword from Yang Qi's hand and simply recognized it as his master and refined it.
Yang Qi looked at Tang Guan in front of him and said slowly, "With your strength, you are still unable to fully exert the power of the top-grade Taoist weapon. External objects are external objects after all. For a cultivator, one's own strength is the foundation."
"Junior understands!"
Tang Guan nodded slightly. After going through so many things, he was no longer the cultivator who was under the protection of his master. He naturally understood that in the world of cultivation, one's own strength was the foundation of everything.
"Go ahead!"
Yang Qi nodded. He was very much looking forward to Tang Guan’s future. As a practitioner whose swordsmanship was very similar to his own, he also hoped that the other party could go further on the path of cultivation.
Tang Guan bowed respectfully to Yang Qi, then left the inn and headed towards the Hongwu Academy. After Tang Guan left the inn, two figures came to Yang Qi's room. They were Wang Sheng and Wang Ping.
Wang Sheng looked at Yang Qi and said with emotion, "Brother Yang, you are more like his master than I am his master."
He could see that Yang Qi really liked Tang Guan, and his teaching and love for Tang Guan were no less than any other master. If timing allowed, Yang Qi would definitely accept Tang Guan as his disciple.
"Brother Wang, you didn't come here just to make fun of me, did you?" Yang Qi chuckled, then looked at Wang Ping beside him and said, "Senior Wang, are you ready?"
Hearing this, Wang Ping nodded slightly and said, "It's ready. We're just waiting for you."
Although he said before that he was not in a hurry, Wang Ping was still a little worried because his most beloved junior was trapped in the ruins of an ancient battlefield. So as soon as Tang Guan left, he rushed over.
"I'm ready too, let's go." Yang Qi said with a calm smile.
Wang Sheng looked at Yang Qi, bowed slightly and said, "Brother Yang, take care!"
Wang Sheng came this time to say goodbye to Yang Qi, because Yang Qi had mentioned before that no matter whether he was successful in the end or not, he would continue his journey of adventure and hard work.
Yang Qi and Wang Ping immediately left the inn and headed out of Hongxing City, while Wang Sheng rushed back to Hongwu Academy. As the person in charge of recruiting disciples for the Hongwu Academy this time, he also needed to make arrangements for those practitioners who had just joined the sect. In addition, Tang Guan, his direct disciple, also needed his guidance, so he naturally would not accompany Yang Qi and Wang Ping to the ancient battlefield ruins.
Wow~
After leaving Hongxing City, Yang Qi, under the leadership of Wang Ping, immediately rushed towards the ruins of the ancient battlefield.
According to what Yang Qi had learned from Wang Sheng, after the battle, the Sword Emperor had set up a simple ban to prevent weak practitioners from entering the battlefield by mistake. After the Hongxing Dynasty occupied the ancient battlefield ruins, they set up more complex bans on top of the bans. In addition, there was an army stationed there at ordinary times, with several martial emperor practitioners in charge, so the ancient battlefield ruins were firmly controlled by the royal family.
Under the leadership of Wang Ping, the two of them quickly got up and arrived at the ruins of the ancient battlefield. However, at a glance, apart from the royal army stationed there, there was no trace of the ancient battlefield at all.
Wang Ping glanced at the camp not far away, and then said to Yang Qi beside him, "Brother Yang, this is your identity token. With this token, you can enter the ancient battlefield ruins."
"Senior Wang, aren't you going with me?" Yang Qi was slightly stunned.
Wang Ping couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head when he heard this, "I won't go. Originally, I followed Wang Yan into the ancient battlefield ruins and didn't leave for a long time. There were a lot of speculations within the royal family. If I take the initiative to go, it would be a confession."
Yang Qi nodded. Although the news about Wang Yan being trapped in the ancient battlefield ruins had not spread completely, it was probably impossible to say that other factions of the royal family had not received any news. It was just that other factions were not sure. If Wang Ping showed up in person, wouldn't it be like telling others that the speculation about Wang Yan was true
"This is a detailed map of the ancient battlefield ruins." As Wang Ping spoke, his hand moved, and a piece of inherited memory sank into Yang Qi's body. The memory recorded the map of the ancient battlefield ruins.
Recalling the area recorded on the map, Yang Qi couldn't help but flash a look of surprise on his face, muttering to himself, "This ancient battlefield is really not small."
"Of course. In that battle, countless practitioners perished, and almost all the martial emperor-level practitioners in this star field at that time were wiped out." Wang Ping sighed and continued, "Even if the current Hongxing Dynasty were to have a war like that again, the result would not be better than that of the Xianwu Palace back then."
"How did such a war break out back then?" Yang Qi asked with a little curiosity.
Although he knew a lot about the ancient battlefield from Wang Sheng, Wang Sheng didn't know why the war broke out that year. After all, although Wang Sheng was a member of the royal family, he was only a low-level Martial Emperor, and many secrets were beyond his reach.
“I don’t know about this either. Back then, the Wang family was not that strong in this star field. It was only after the war broke out that our Wang family was involved.” Wang Ping shook his head slightly.
In the war that year, Wang Clan was actually forced to be involved. The only one who knew the reason for the war was probably Xianwu Palace, the strongest force in this star field at that time. Unfortunately, Xianwu Palace was greatly weakened in the war that year and has long disappeared in the long river of history.
Yang Qi was slightly startled, obviously he didn't expect that the royal family didn't know why the war broke out that year, but he quickly reacted and spoke again, "Then the enemy of the war that year, Senior Wang should know, right?"
"In the war that year, one side was led by the Xianwu Palace, and the other side was an alliance of many cultivation forces, including some cultivation forces from other star fields. Our Wang family is on the side of the Xianwu Palace." Wang Ping said here and continued, "The war entered a white-hot stage that year, and both sides suffered huge losses. It was not until the mysterious Sword Emperor appeared and killed some cultivators from both sides that the war was calmed down."
"Is that so?"
Yang Qi raised his eyebrows. He suddenly had a hunch that the war back then seemed to have many secrets. The outbreak of that war might not be as simple as it seemed!
"In fact, the royal family has also thought about investigating the reasons why the war broke out, but unfortunately there has been no clues." Wang Ping looked at Yang Qi who was frowning, and smiled calmly, "No matter why the war broke out, so many years have passed, and the cultivation forces that participated in the war are only a few left."
Yang Qi nodded without comment. Unless one has reached the level of the Lord of the Universe, he is just an insignificant speck of dust in the long river of time. (To be continued)