Indestructible Body Of Vajra Of The Village Leader
Chapter 528 - 0426: With or without affection, ultimate freedom, seeing the mountains as mountains or water! (Added - 14 for monthly tickets)_2

Chapter 528: 0426: With or without affection, ultimate freedom, seeing the mountains as mountains or water! (Added Chapter 14 for monthly tickets)_2

Scenes where he had devotedly nurtured Wan Wan flashed through his mind.

The pure smile Wan Wan would give when she affectionately called him village chief, her eagerness to defend him at every opportunity without hesitation, her coquetry, slight anger, and deep grievances...

"Do you think you can control everything?!

Indeed, you’ve won, you have controlled me.

But you will regret it, you will definitely regret it!"

It was undeniable.

At that moment, he too was shaken by Wan Wan’s daring and passionate nature.

It was as if he could feel the shock Xu Ziling must have felt in his past life.

Such feelings were not to be spoken of lightly to outsiders.

But they were indeed real.

It even made one irresistibly influenced to act impulsively and unhesitatingly just like her.

Jiang Dali glanced sideways at the rolling spring waters of the river. Images from both past and present lives intertwined, causing a flood of emotions as he clasped his hands behind his back and recited in a melancholic murmur, "Where in life shall we not meet, my presence spans the end of the world and the earth beneath.

My dreams return from distant lands over thousands of mountains and rivers, while spring’s rain leaves a traveler’s sorrow void.

Wandering the martial world like seagulls with the years startling my heart to change course.

Do not blame my deepening sadness by the stream; such feelings are only shared with my old home..."

"I am ultimately not of this world... but humans are not inert stones, who can be unfeeling?

Yet, to be emotionally invested or detached, it’s like seeing mountains as mountains, and waters as waters, then seeing mountains no longer as mountains, and waters no longer as waters...

The meanings held between seeing mountains still as mountains and waters still as waters...

I have only experienced the emotional, and must now try the unemotional, to grasp the three flavors within, only then can I truly reach the anticipated freedom from both emotion and detachment..."

Taking a deep breath.

Jiang Dali reined in his emotions.

At this moment, layers of clouds hung heavy, oppressing the sky so even the sunlight appeared dim, and the turbulence in his eyes became calm.

The path had already been chosen.

Now he must continue to walk it.

He had experienced emotion.

Now he must also experience detachment.

Afterwards, would come the breakthrough from both, the ultimate path he had long anticipated.

That was also the path he had always sought—true freedom.

Only through such freedom could he support his breaking through the mysteries of this world, and sustain him until the end.

Without attaining true freedom, not even regret was justified, what to speak of emotions, what to speak of freedom?

Jiang Dali felt as if something within his spirit had shattered, yet was also reborn.

A surge of tenderness turned ice-cold.

His face was as cold as a steel ingot, and his heart’s doors were shut tightly again.

This martial world was destined for lone experts to reach the pinnacle.

A more extreme essence, filled with cold intent, infused his spirit.

Jiang Dali’s aura involuntarily underwent a change, causing the already uneasy Three Heroes and Five Swords to tremble, each showing signs of dread in their eyes.

Two notifications appeared on Jiang Dali’s panel.

"Your Cultivation Technique ’Great Strength One Strike of Tyrant Blade and Compassionate Blade’ from level 9 Returning to Nature has broken through to level 10 Shocking the Ancient and Modern, undergoing a fundamental Attribute reversal, changing your ’Great Strength One Strike of Tyrant Blade and Compassionate Blade’ to ’Heartless Blade,’ and has advanced; you may rename the new saber skill. Your reputation increases by 3000."

"Your mental state has changed, your Extreme Emotion State has advanced."

"Mental State: Extreme Emotion

Corresponding extremity—Heartless Extreme!

Mental State Effect: Upon entering the Extreme Emotion State, Essence Qi, and Spirit can instantly reach their limits, unleashing the most extreme power possible in your current state!

Corresponding power: Extreme!

Current Mental State: Stable."

"Let it be named ’Great Strength One Strike of Heartless Blade’..."

Jiang Dali mused to himself.

The panel underwent a transformation as well.

Compared to the Saber Skill before the enhancement,

the enhanced Saber Skill had now completely transcended the realm of Domineering Blade with Sentiment and embarked on a unique path of the Sword Dao.

The Saber Skill’s rank jumped directly from Human-rank Ultimate Skill to Earth-rank Ultimate Skill.

At that time, having moved from Emotion to Heartlessness, Jiang Dali felt as if his spirit, which had always been unable to be released, had also sublimated.

The state of Extreme Emotion had also increased with this enhancement.

Before this, Jiang Dali hadn’t even known it was possible for his mental state to further improve.

He had even thought before, if one moved from the Emotional Path to the Heartless Path, would the state of Extreme Emotion disappear?

However, now with the true breakthrough of his mental state, many things had suddenly become clear.

Having emotions does not mean being sentimentally attached to all things.

Being heartless does not mean completely eradicating emotions to become a monster.

Having emotions or being heartless are merely states of mind under particular circumstances during that time.

Extreme Emotion could be extreme in having emotions or extreme in heartlessness.

Just like Gui Hai Yidao appears heartless, yet holds deep affection for Shangguan Haitang and is willing to live or die for her.

This was the greatest insight Jiang Dali gained after his confrontation with Gui Hai Yidao.

Now, the enhanced state of Extreme Emotion, the corresponding "extreme power" that was exerted, wasn’t limited to the saber anymore.

It could be applied to anything he wished to maximize to the "extreme."

Jiang Dail felt quite satisfied, and the moment to ascend to the Heavenly Human Realm had also matured.

"Three Heroes and Five Swords..."

He stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his wild and bright eyes sweeping over eight individuals waiting beside him.

The Three Heroes and Five Swords all shivered, hurriedly bowing in respect.

"Master Jiang, Master Jiang!"

Jiang Dali smiled lightly, "No need to be so nervous. Relax, and tell me, what chaos have you caused on my territory? Is it Zhu Xiawu who sent you?"

The faces of the Three Heroes and Five Swords were already covered in cold sweat.

Although Jiang Dali spoke lightly, the slight smile tugging at the corners of his mouth made them feel an intrinsic chill, as if they were being targeted by a ferocious beast that devoured humans.

They dared not hide anything, promptly spilling all the details without hesitation.

They feared Zhu Xiawu.

But they feared Jiang Dali, who was right in front of them, even more.

Even Zhu Xiawu himself did not dare face this formidable Black Wind Village Chief head-on.

How could they dare to?

"So, Zhu Xiawu took my words for granted and even tried to use the power of the Song State Government and the Six Gates to deal with me? What a joke..."

Jiang Dali laughed derisively after hearing the situation.

Evil Fu Yongxiang among the Three Heroes, eager to show his loyalty, quickly added, "Master Jiang, since we’ve already unavoidably told you this situation, we can’t go back to Twelve Linked Huts anymore, and we are willing to serve you.

Actually, there’s something you don’t know yet, Great King Zhu initially planned to eliminate Li Chenzhou, then collude with Qin Gui and the Jin people to frame Yue Fei and finally kill Yan Kuangtu at the Yangtze Waterway Headquarters.

But now the situation has changed, and we suspect that Great King Zhu might actually be looking to target you by seeking out Yan Kuangtu."

Wicked Xue Jinying also earnestly said, "Indeed, that Yan Kuangtu was once the top expert in our region of the Yangtze River, highly renowned. The precursor to the Power Gang was under his control.

He had once consumed five Infinite Immortal Pills and, along with his own cultivation, possessed at least seven seventy-year cycles of terrifying Inner Strength, about twice as strong as Li Chenzhou.

Even though he’s old and frail now, the threat he poses is significant, so please, Master Jiang, do not take him lightly..."

"Yan Kuangtu..."

Jiang Dali’s eyes flickered slightly, his gaze shifting to the side as he spoke to a person donned in a black cloak, "Go on my behalf to the Yangtze Waterway Headquarters, investigate the whereabouts of Yan Kuangtu, and if there’s any discovery, send a message directly..."

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