Chapter 268: The Hundred Families are the Fire, the Sword Realm is the Furnace, and the Sword Tai'a is Built
In a restaurant in Linzi, Yang Chong and Guiguzi sat opposite each other, seemingly intending to discuss philosophy.

"I wonder if the King of Qi can help me solve a doubt." Guiguzi, who had taken a sip of tea and recovered some of his strength, took the initiative to speak.

"People from the school of diplomacy seem to have a very strong curiosity." Yang Chong joked. Although it was his first time meeting Guiguzi, he was not unfamiliar with Guiguzi's two disciples. Seeing such a Guiguzi at this time, Yang Chong vaguely saw the shadows of Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang.

As the saying goes, like father, like son. The word "father" here not only means father's father, but also master's father. With a master like Guiguzi, it is not difficult to understand the weird thoughts of Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang.

"If I didn't have curiosity, how could I pursue the secrets of this world for decades?" Guiguzi didn't care about Yang Chong's teasing at all, but instead made a joke of his own.

"Curiosity is good. Curious people always age slowly." Yang Chong said.

Curiosity is necessary for a person. If Yang Chong had not been curious, he would probably have lived his life happily in that village until one day the farmers suddenly came to his door and that would be the end of it.

"After all, we are old, but some people refuse to admit it." Guiguzi said meaningfully.

"The legend of immortality generally has great appeal to those who stand at the top of this world." Yang Chong said.

Eternal life has been the highest luxury for humans since ancient times. Otherwise, people would not have imagined the existence of God. What is God?
God is certainly the personification of man's fear of the unknown, but to a certain extent, God is also a kind of dream of man.

"The King of Qi is also a person standing at the top of this world. Is he interested in the art of immortality?" asked Guiguzi.

"The art of immortality is nothing but a fantasy. Heaven and earth also have their end, let alone human beings?" Yang Chong said indifferently.

Yang Chong did not hold much hope for immortality. As he had just said, heaven and earth could not be eternal, let alone humans.

“There are not many people who can see as clearly as the King of Qi. If those few people could see through this, they would not have been trapped in one place for all these years and made no progress.” Guiguzi sighed.

Among the most powerful masters in the world, Guiguzi is not the strongest, but he lives the most freely. This is not to say that his realm is the highest, but that he has the least obsession with the so-called immortality.

"I don't see everything clearly. Although I don't seek immortality, I am very interested in living a few more years. It would be best if I could live for hundreds of years, which would be even better. However, this is just a fantasy now. It is precisely because of the fantasy that I think immortality is a wonderful thing. But if it really comes true, I will be afraid of the endless loneliness. The so-called Ye Gong's love of dragons, most people have this mentality." Yang Chong's response was very straightforward.

Niu Shang, who was kneeling beside Yang Chong and taking care of their two children, couldn't help but look at Yang Chong when she heard this. Was Yang Chong afraid of loneliness? What kind of loneliness was he afraid of? What kind of loneliness did he think of as loneliness without someone? Would she have a place in that loneliness?

Niu Shang is quite sensitive to the word loneliness. In the past, Jing Niu didn't know what loneliness was and was content with just a sword in his hand. But now, Niu Shang has experienced the warmth of home and has become sensitive to the word loneliness.

“Only those who say they can’t see through things are the truly clear-sighted ones. Those who think they have seen through the world and are pursuing some kind of heavenly way are actually the most childish.” Guiguzi sneered, but he didn’t know who he was mocking.

"Senior, these words are more suitable for people from Taoism and Yin-Yang School." Yang Chong could vaguely guess who Guiguzi was mocking.

Those from Taoism and Yin-Yang School like to play with mystery the most, which may be a little incompatible with Guiguzi's style. It is common for the master to dislike each other. After all, the master is also a human being with his own joys, sorrows, anger and happiness.

"I can't say that. I can't say that. Even if I see those old guys, I have to call them seniors. What's more troublesome is that I can't beat them." Guiguzi admitted his defeat.

This playful and self-deprecating attitude surprised Yang Chong. He didn't expect that Guiguzi, who could teach two powerful masters like Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang, would be such a Guiguzi? Could this be the so-called return to nature?
"Those few have lived to a ripe old age, and they can be considered unfathomable." Yang Chong nodded.

Those old fellows of Taoism are mysterious. Moreover, unlike sects like Confucianism and Mohism, they don't pursue any knowledge to save the world. Instead, they all bury their heads in hard practice. The inheritance of their sect points directly to the ancient times. Each of them is very terrifying.

Although Yang Chong has inherited various top-level inheritances and has reached the level of a grandmaster in less than ten years, he is not afraid even when facing a strong grandmaster like Guiguzi. However, his age is there after all, and in terms of accumulation, he is still inferior to those old guys.

However, Yang Chong didn't care about this. The power those old guys now possessed was almost the limit they could reach. But the power Yang Chong now possessed was just the beginning for him. He was not even middle-aged, and he still had a lot of room for improvement. His lower limit was almost reaching the upper limit of those old guys. How could he be afraid of those so-called top powerhouses?
"But that's all. They have all gone astray. I heard that Donghuang Taiyi from the Yin-Yang School has also come this time. The King of Qi should be careful with these people from the Yin-Yang School." Guiguzi said.

"Donghuang Taiyi? He is indeed an extraordinary person." Yang Chong said.

There were people from the Yin-Yang School around him, so he was not completely ignorant of Yang Chong of the Yin-Yang School. But it was precisely because he knew a little bit that he knew that as the leader of the Yin-Yang School, Donghuang Taiyi was much more powerful than people could imagine. Ehuang, Nvying, and even women like Yan Fei and Yue Shen were certainly powerful, but in front of Donghuang Taiyi, they were not in the same dimension. In front of Donghuang Taiyi, the so-called Yin-Yang School masters like Ehuang were actually no different from a young child.

"I heard that the Yin-Yang School has been in more and more contact with the Qin State in recent years, and there seems to be a trend of cooperating with the Qin State. Could it be that Donghuang Taiyi wants to take action against me and thus submit a token of his allegiance to the Qin State?" Yang Chong didn't care much.

He admitted that the current Donghuang Taiyi must be stronger than him, but he is no longer a wanderer, and Donghuang Taiyi cannot cause any trouble in Linzi City.

What's more, people like Donghuang Taiyi, who are so-called immortal seekers, attach great importance to their own lives. For Donghuang Taiyi, King Zheng of Qin is not enough to make him fight to the death with Yang Chong.

"Donghuang Taiyi is not stupid. How could he fight with you, King Qi, on your territory? But King Qi should still be careful of him. The Yin-Yang magic of the Yin-Yang family is the most bizarre and hard to guard against. Even a master can fall into their trap if he is not careful." Guiguzi reminded.

Guiguzi had not seen such an interesting person as Yang Chong for many years. The appearance of Yang Chong brought unpredictable changes to the trend of the world. For people like the descendant of Zongheng who like to watch the fun, Yang Chong can be regarded as the most interesting person. He does not want to see Yang Chong being plotted against by the Yin-Yang School, so that the ending of the world becomes certain again. If that happens, there will be many fewer interesting things in this world.

"It doesn't matter. This time I also want to see how powerful the mastered Yin-Yang magic is. It's a good opportunity to learn from them." Yang Chong still looked unconcerned.

Seeing Yang Chong so confident, Guiguzi didn't say anything more. He had already reminded him, and Yang Chong must have been alert. There was no need to say more. He was not the kind of person who would stir up trouble.

When Yang Chong mentioned the word "exchange", Guiguzi also remembered another purpose of his trip. Yang Chong, as the King of Qi, invited the masters of various schools of thought to Linzi to discuss martial arts. No one had ever done such a thing.

Those who have such thoughts are not qualified to do it, and those who are qualified to do it have no such interest, so Yang Chong became the first person.

However, Yang Chong is already the King of Qi now, so why would he do something that would not benefit Qi at all? Moreover, Yang Chong himself is a master, and the so-called masters of various schools of thought are almost nothing to Yang Chong.

If Yang Chong's purpose of doing this is to practice, I am afraid that the masters of various schools of thought will not be able to help Yang Chong at all.

Therefore, Guiguzi was puzzled by Yang Chong's behavior, so he asked: "Speaking of learning from each other, I have a question that I hope the King of Qi can answer for me."

"Please feel free to speak, senior." Yang Chong responded very straightforwardly.

"The King of Qi has gone to so much trouble to facilitate the nationwide discussion on martial arts. This can't be a spur-of-the-moment idea, right?" Guiguzi had stopped joking as he spoke.

Guiguzi also knew that knights use force to break the law. With Yang Chong's identity as the King of Qi, he had enough reasons to deal with the masters of the various schools of thought. But precisely because Yang Chong was the King of Qi, he should not deal with this master now, because Qi's only enemies at this stage were the other countries, not the heroes of the martial arts world.

"Of course not." Yang Chong remained frank.

"Then I wonder what the King of Qi's purpose is?" Guiguzi asked.

"Yanwu." Two answers came out of Yang Chong's mouth that Guiguzi would never have expected.

"Yanwu?" Guiguzi indeed showed a puzzled look.

"I want to use the Hundred Schools of Thought as fire, the sword world as a furnace, and forge the sword Tai'a." Yang Chong replied.

"The hundred schools of thought are the fire? The sword world is the furnace? Forging the sword Tai'a?" Even with Guiguzi's knowledge, he was unable to react for a while.

What kind of existence the sword world is is beyond Guiguzi's understanding. However, as one of the most powerful people in the world, he quickly explained the existence of the sword world with his own explanation: the realm of the master.

"The sword forged by the King of Qi is named Tai'a, but I don't know what kind of sword it is?" Guiguzi asked.

"Of course it is the strongest sword." Yang Chong replied, showing a confident and vigorous look as he spoke.

"What is the strongest sword? Could it be the strongest sword discussed by Taoist Zhuangzi?" Guiguzi became more and more curious.

After Zhuangzi's discussion on swordsmanship divided all the swords in the world into common people's swords, princes' swords, and emperor's swords, whenever people mentioned the word "sword", they would lead the topic in this direction. At this time, when Guiguzi heard Yang Chong talking about the strongest sword, he subconsciously thought that Yang Chong was talking about Zhuangzi's thing again.

Guiguzi does not agree with these things. A sword is just a sword, just a weapon. There is no need for so many explanations.

"Zhuangzi discussed the general situation of the world. If I want to discuss Zhuangzi's sword, I should not invite the masters of various schools of thought to discuss martial arts, but invite the kings of the six countries to divide the world. The strongest sword I mentioned is just a literal meaning. The strongest sword is the sword in the palm of your hand with the strongest attack, power, and the strongest ability to kill people and destroy cities."

Yang Chong put his fingers together and pointed the sword directly at the sky. Although there was a roof blocking the way, Guiguzi still felt a sword intent that wanted to pierce the sky.

The sword intent was only in its infancy, but Guiguzi could already sense an extremely domineering intent from it. It was almost no longer a human sword, and it was not a sword that could be wielded by a human.

Realizing this, Guiguzi couldn't help but recall that he had made a special trip to Dingtao before coming to Linzi.

After the war, the city walls that were destroyed in the flames of war were repaired. However, there were always spider-web-like cracks on the repaired walls that could not be repaired no matter what. They remained on the walls forever like an ugly scar.

The soldiers and civilians of Dingtao City could only attribute it to an unknown force, but Guiguzi saw clearly that the crack could not be repaired because there was a lingering sword intent inside.

The sword intent seemed to be like a mountain collapse and the earth splitting, as if it would shatter everything.

Although Guiguzi could not fully understand Yang Chong's swordsmanship, he could already guess some things, which strengthened his determination to come to Linzi.

After hearing what Yang Chong said again, Guiguzi finally understood everything. He couldn't help but feel more expectant. He hoped that Yang Chong could really use this world martial arts discussion to complete the deduction of that set of sword techniques.

He was looking forward to it, looking forward to what kind of sword technique it would be that would shock the world and make the ghosts cry.

He was looking forward to whether there was an even more powerful sword technique than his own, or whether there was a set of sword techniques that could surpass the limits of this world.

"I have satisfied your curiosity. I also have something that needs your help. You should agree, right?" While Guiguzi was pondering, Yang Chong stated the ultimate purpose of his invitation.

"The King of Qi rules the State of Qi, and the number of elite soldiers under his command will reach hundreds of thousands next year. Is there anything he needs my help with?" Guiguzi did not want to respond. Could something that could make the King of Qi hold a meeting to ask for help be a small matter?

(End of this chapter)