Chapter 932: Sandpiper and Clam War Together, and the Fisherman Catches Both
“Song Taiyi, Zhao Hanqing, Yue Shanhe[1]…”
On the sea far away from White Fish Island, Ye Qing was sitting on the Golden Carp Wave Breaking Boat and watching the trio fight against Long Ao, praising, “Fang Muyun even had the three Confucian Sages as his painting? He sure has a lot of trump cards, doesn’t he?”
He was already quite surprised when Fang Muyun brought out Wan Xingchen, Zhao Hengdao, Li Yiji and Jiang Tongxuan, but the scholar surprised him again by bringing out three amazing figures.
Obviously, the three warriors fighting against Long Ao right now were paintings. They weren’t real people. That said, they were extraordinary figures who founded their own doctrine among all the Confucian Sages and were revered second to only the First Sage and the Second Sage.
Despite this, they weren’t really revered for their attainment in the way of Confucianism. Rather, they were known for their immense bloodthirst and power.
Ten thousand years ago, Song Taiyi founded the Sword Dao of Confucianism. With Confucianism as the base, the sword as the guard, he stored grandiose qi in his chest and “toppled the Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists like nothing” with his sword. He was an accomplished killer whose bloodthirst was only matched by his sword.
With just a jar of dirty why and an iron sword, he had beheaded countless demons and slain the Strangers until they ran away at the mere hearing of his name. He killed and killed until all warriors under the heavens fell as silent as winter cicadas.
Zhao Hanqing was a Sage who based his Way on his nation and his heart on the people. When his home nation was in danger of falling, he singlehandedly withstood the foreigner’s invasion and kept it standing for a century via sheer might. With just a roll of bamboo strips and a ruler, the number of enemies he slew were numbered by the millions.
Near the end, when it looked like all hope was lost, and all of his efforts were for naught anyway, Zhao Hanqing sacrificed himself to unleash an attack that would wipe out an entire foreigner nation and kill tens of millions of Strangers. One might say that he was a man who literally built a bright and clear world with his flesh and blood.