Enlightenment: Beginning as a Disposable Warrior

But no one could have imagined this.

Wang Chan actually crossed an entire major realm directly, and with a single punch blasted Tao Jidong, at the peak of the Fourth Grade, to death on the spot!

This Wang Chan was never trying to temper his Martial Dao.

He clearly was...

From the very beginning he’d already made up his mind—he wanted to kill, he wanted to kill Tao Jidong, that Fourth-Grade Daoist Cultivator!

Once they understood this, the vast majority of people on the field instinctively shuddered all over, their bodies trembling where they stood, and when they looked at Wang Chan again, their gazes changed once more.

The admiration they’d felt before shifted back into reverence. Deep, bone-deep reverence.

Those of the younger generation who, like Wang Chan, were participants in the grand tournament—especially those who had once competed on the same stage as him—felt their mouths go dry, their tongues stiff.

If Wang Chan could kill Tao Jidong with one punch, then if he’d harbored killing intent toward them earlier, wouldn’t they already have become corpses ahead of time?

"Second Uncle, I told you... conceding directly this time benefits me the most!"

Song Jingyuan muttered to himself, and the last trace of his desire to vie with Wang Chan was ground into dust.

"So that’s how it is. I understand now..."

Song Yuanshan, the Governor of Donglai, stared blankly at the sword-drawn, bow-strung situation. He turned his head to glance at Tao Jidong’s half-remaining corpse, then at Wang Chan on the field—face unchanged, even provoking Tao Yang—and murmured out loud.

The causes and consequences, every strange and abnormal detail about Wang Chan during the grand tournament flashed through his mind, finally freezing on a certain scene.

Tao Jidong, unable to wait, had rushed up onto the Martial Arts Arena......

The scene rewound backward.

At the grand tournament, back at the foot of the mountain, Tao Xinglie had already stopped the Li Family crowd, loftily issuing a provocation.

On the Martial Arts Arena, a Martial Dao prodigy with astounding talent, because of Tao Xinglie’s repeated provocations and the Tao Family elders’ narrow-minded targeting, finally couldn’t bear it any longer and struck out in rage.

Step by step, Wang Chan was forced onto the Tao Family’s opposing side. The crippling of Tao Xinglie might have been a slip of the hand, or it might have been an explosion of pent-up fury.

Afterward, Tao Jidong lashed out in anger, using his momentum to oppress others; under the pressure of a Fourth-Grade Daoist Cultivator’s might, Wang Chan was forced to retreat half a step in humiliation.

Up to that point, everything Wang Chan had shown was still within the range of normal.

However...

When claiming first place, Wang Chan suddenly changed his tune, arrogantly boasting, and especially once he began spouting those remarks aimed at the Tao Family, things stopped being normal. Song Yuanshan, steeped in officialdom, caught a strong whiff of conspiracy from it.

Now, viewing the whole situation from a bystander’s angle, Tao Jidong was like prey long since locked onto by Wang Chan, yet oblivious, led by the nose step by step, impatiently and voluntarily hurling himself into the trap that had been carefully prepared for him.

Previously, no one had been able to see this.

Even Tao Jidong himself remained utterly unaware right up to his death.

What’s more, when Wang Chan struck, he first shattered all the recording Grand Arrays’ array patterns on the field, leaving no way to preserve any image of this battle.

The people at the foot of the mountain couldn’t witness it, which would keep the impact as contained as possible for a short time; and with the evidence erased, it would be hard for the Tao Family to gain the moral high ground if they tried to cause trouble in the future.

If everything was truly as he suspected, then none of this was mere accident.

It was all premeditated by Wang Chan.

Thinking it through was deeply terrifying.

Song Yuanshan looked at that upright figure standing in the Martial Arts Arena, at that calm, still-water face. Previously, he had only regarded Wang Chan as a monstrously talented prodigy.

Now he saw that this was far from all. This person was not only a monster on the path of Martial Dao cultivation, but also possessed a shrewdness and self-control far beyond his age, with extremely high-level methods.

Even he, the Governor of Donglai, and Gu Dongcheng at his side had been unknowingly drawn into the calculations.

Because Song Yuanshan had not forgotten that when Wang Chan challenged Tao Jidong earlier, he had personally obtained verbal approval from him and Gu Dongcheng.

One of them was the Governor of Donglai, in charge of the county’s military and civil affairs; the other was the deputy professor of the Donglai County School, in charge of the education of One County.

Their personal endorsement was, without question, equivalent to receiving the official backing of Great Yan.

The first strike in the restaurant, the initial clash with Tao Jidong, crippling Tao Xinglie, pretending to fear the pressure, and then everything that unfolded to this moment—all of it had been laying the groundwork to openly, legitimately kill Tao Jidong.

For Wang Chan to be able to participate in the grand tournament, his age must be under thirty; if this person was only in his early twenties, then such a monster who could cross an entire major realm and kill a Fourth-Grade peak expert in one move, who also possessed such profound scheming, and furthermore was suspected to be of the Ancient County Li Family...

Combining the two, this boy’s future achievements would be limitless!

No one knew just how far Wang Chan would go in the future; he might well become the second State Preceptor!

But the prerequisite for all this was that Wang Chan lived long enough to grow. The Tao Family would never let this matter rest; only one who survived to grow stronger would be a true powerhouse—otherwise, he’d be no more than a brief flash of brilliance.

These waters ran very deep.

"According to old regulations, after the grand tournament Bai Jiao Mountain is sealed. No one is allowed to fight!"

"The Ancient County is thousands of miles away; distant water cannot quench nearby fire... The rewards for this Donglai grand tournament can be claimed directly at the Governor’s manor. See to the rest yourself."

Song Yuanshan gave Wang Chan a long, meaningful look, then turned to leave with the Song clan.

Su Mu felt the currents of Bai Jiao Mountain’s qi, his expression calm as he cupped his hands slightly toward Song Yuanshan and Gu Dongcheng. The two, fully understanding, accepted the salute.

Gu Dongcheng let out a sigh, said no more, and left with the group of County School disciples.

Spiritual Qi surged in Tao Yang’s hand as he extinguished the flames on Tao Jidong’s corpse. He picked up the body, shot Su Mu a cold look. The decree that no one could fight on Bai Jiao Mountain was something Song Yuanshan had said for his ears.

Moreover, with Li Linfeng and so many Li Family elders present, under the Li Family’s protection he currently had no way to kill Wang Chan.

At the same time, Bai Jiao Mountain’s unique White Dragon qi currents could block the communication Tokens; only after leaving Bai Jiao Mountain could today’s events be transmitted, and only then could he notify the clan’s two old ancestors to act.

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