Although Shang Jianqing is a little arrogant, he is not the kind of fool who doesn’t understand the truth.
He couldn’t even fight against Meng Zhang’s disciple Niu Dawei, let alone fight against Meng Zhang.
His fellow junior Ouyang Huajin is not as good as him in cultivation. Although he may have some hidden trump cards due to his master’s preference, there is no essential difference in combat power compared to him. Everyone is the same. Level monks.
Shang Jianqing sowed discord in front of Ouyang Huajin and said a lot of bad things about Meng Zhang, hoping that Ouyang Huajin would use some tricks and come up with some underhanded tricks to cause some trouble for Meng Zhang.
He never thought that Ouyang Joaquin would go to fight Meng Zhang and face Meng Zhang in a head-on battle.
With Ouyang Huajin’s strength, he is absolutely no match for Meng Zhang.
After learning that Ouyang Huajin had made a declaration of war against Meng Zhang, Shang Jianqing tried to stop him, but in vain.
Even his master Ouyang Jian is very supportive of this competition.
Not only did he not interfere with Ouyang Joaquin’s choice, but he also took the initiative to be there to cheer for Ouyang Joaquin.
Under this situation, Shang Jianqing did not dare to say anything more.
But in his heart, he felt a little strange.
Ouyang Jian is the oldest and most powerful swordsman in the Dali Dynasty. Although he has always relied on his old age and is arrogant, he is not the kind of person who is so arrogant that he is stupid.
As long as he has a little understanding of Meng Zhang’s strength, he should know that Ouyang Joaquin will not be Meng Zhang’s opponent.
Perhaps Ouyang Jian wanted to use this opportunity to train Ouyang Huajin. Shang Jianqing could only guess in his heart.
But he never expected that Meng Zhang would kill Ouyang Joaquin on the spot during the public competition.
Although Meng Zhang let go of Ouyang Huajin’s soul, he did not touch Ouyang Huajin’s relics.
However, given Ouyang Jian’s character, he should still be extremely angry and break out on the spot.
But Shang Jianqing has followed Ouyang Jian for many years. Based on his understanding of his master, Ouyang Jian did not hide his anger when Ouyang Huajin died, as others had speculated. Instead, there was no anger, but he accepted it all calmly and calmly.
This made Shang Jianqing feel very strange, even a little chilling.
Initially, Shang Jianqing was worried that Ouyang Jian would be angry with him because of Ouyang Joaquin’s death.
But as time passed, Shang Jianqing discovered that Ouyang Jian really didn’t seem to care much about the death of this closed disciple.
As far as Shang Jianqing knew, Ouyang Jian had no plans or intentions to retaliate against Meng Zhang, let alone to anger him.
With Ouyang Jian’s character, it is impossible for him to suddenly become magnanimous, let alone shrink from Han Yao.
Thinking of Ouyang Huajin’s unexpected death in battle, Shang Jianqing had very bad thoughts in his mind.
Of course, he was very smart to hide these thoughts deep in his heart and did not dare to express them at all.
Although he is Ouyang Jian’s disciple, Ouyang Jian actually doesn’t think much of him.
The reason why I accepted him as my disciple in the first place was largely because of the businessman’s face.
Merchants have a high status in the Datong Merchant Alliance and hold a lot of power.
In order to curry favor with a powerful person like Ouyang Jian, many gifts were given to his house.
But if Shang Jianqing really ruins Ouyang Jian’s affairs, Ouyang Jian will deal with him, and the merchant will not be able to protect him.
Shang Jianqing vaguely discovered what Ouyang Jian was planning, but he could only pretend not to know.
When Meng Zhang and Ouyang Joaquin fought that day, although Meng Zhang unexpectedly killed the opponent, almost all the bystanders didn’t think much about it.
They will only think that Meng Zhang is too powerful, Ouyang Huajin is not worthy of his reputation, and he only relies on the power of his master to become famous.
As the winner, Meng Zhang had many doubts in his heart, but he had no way to find answers and could only hide them in his heart.
Meng Zhang’s killing of Ouyang Joaquin brought a lot of disadvantages, but it was not without benefits.
As the news slowly spread, it actually reached the ears of Emperor Bawu.
Originally, Meng Zhang submitted the memorial. If he was unlucky, he might not get a reply from Emperor Bawu even if it took him a year and a half. Moreover, Emperor Bawu may not have the leisure time to receive him.
But Emperor Bawu, who lived in the deep palace, after hearing about this incident, casually asked a few people around him and found out everything related to Meng Zhang.
So Emperor Bawu read Meng Zhang’s memorial in advance, and then suddenly became interested in him and ordered to summon him.
When the father-in-law who delivered the decree came to the Five Penal Guard Station and brought Emperor Bawu’s oral instructions to summon him, Meng Zhang was a little surprised.
No matter what, Emperor Bawu’s summons cannot be refused or ignored.
Meng Zhang went to the imperial city alone, following his father-in-law who delivered the decree.
Enter the city gate, pass through the vast outer city area, and then pass through another city gate before entering the inner city.
There are many magnificent palaces built in the inner city, which are the residences of the main members of the royal family, including Emperor Bawu.
In recent years, Emperor Bawu spent most of his time in the inner palace and rarely went outside the palace.
He dispensed with all kinds of ceremonial activities including court meetings.
Most of the government affairs in the DPRK were handed over to important ministers, including the Prime Minister.
Except for occasionally meeting ministers, he rarely met outsiders.
This time he took the initiative to summon Meng Zhang, which was the first time in recent years that he had met with outsiders other than important officials in the court.
Meng Zhang didn’t even know why Emperor Bawu suddenly became interested in him.
According to convention, newly-recruited cultivators like him who come to report are usually received by a certain minister. It is really rare to be received by Emperor Bawu in person.
The only big thing he has done recently is to kill Ouyang Joaquin. But this kind of big event in the eyes of others should be just a child’s play in the eyes of Emperor Bawu.
Meng Zhang was thinking about his own things and didn’t pay much attention to these magnificent palaces.
He only glanced at it briefly, but he was still quite shocked.
He was poor in words and could not find many words to describe the majestic palace in front of him.
It is estimated that only in this kind of world of cultivation can one rely on the magical power of a cultivator to overcome various engineering problems and create such incredible buildings.
Meng Zhang once visited Tiangong. However, due to the external environment and geographical location of the Heavenly Palace, we cannot build as many buildings as we want.
The Heavenly Palace located above the Nine Heavens is essentially a fortress guarding the Junchen Realm.
Furthermore, those powerful men in charge of the Heavenly Palace may not like palaces that are too grand.
In contrast, the Dali Dynasty Palace located in Junchen Realm is probably the most majestic palace complex in the world.
As far as Meng Zhang knows, there is no such a powerful dynasty in Middle-earth, where cultivation civilization is highly developed.
There, the dynasties in the world are just vassals of those large cultivation sects.