Chapter 326: Starting Over

Ren Daokuang took many days to arrive in Yangzhou.

Along the way, he saw a lot. Even as a martial artist pursuing the peak of martial arts, he had to admit:

The new Jianghu is really good.

He recalled his younger days, when he went into the mountains to gather herbs.

Back then, he would enter the mountains alone. Sometimes he would find something, sometimes he would not. Not only would he go hungry, but he would also be chased by wild beasts.

Living like a dog.

He saw the martial artists in the Jianghu, strutting about, indulging in their grudges and vendettas.

He was so envious!

He really wanted to be someone like that!

It was precisely the hardships of life and the longing in his heart that made him start practicing every time he saw a martial arts manual.

He never considered the consequences of failing in his cultivation.

He had had enough of living like a dog his whole life!

He became a strong person step by step, with his own pursuits.

Everything in the world seemed to be within his grasp!

Except he lost to Shi Feizhe!

Why?

Why was Shi Feizhe so strong?

Seeing the new Jianghu pursuing fairness, where everyone could live with dignity, Ren Daokuang understood one thing.

Strength, for Shi Feizhe, was only a means, not an end.

He didn’t want to become stronger himself, he didn’t want to be above others, he wanted everyone in the world to be able to be human.

To make the Jianghu fair.

He was not on the same level as martial artists like them at all.

Strength is will, will is strength.

A strong will brings great strength!

How could a martial artist, whose mind is full of being superior to others, full of pleasure, women, and money, have a firm will?

In the past Jianghu, only martial arts fanatics like Ren Daokuang could reach the peak of martial arts.

But the new Jianghu was different.

There is nothing more noble than fighting for the new Jianghu, for all the people in the new Jianghu to be free from oppression!

Nothing is more resolute!

Nothing is more powerful!

This life goal, this firm will, in the new Jianghu, will give the people of the new Jianghu tremendous strength.

In addition to this, the new Jianghu also has a new understanding of the world!

Ren Daokuang casually arrived outside a school, and he could easily hear the content of the lessons inside.

He listened to a few lessons and felt that he had gained a lot.

Especially the “Swordsmanship Class,” which explained the principles of martial arts and the Dao of martial arts in a way that was easy to understand.

And these lessons were for children aged eight or nine to teenagers.

It was hard to imagine what these children would grow up to be like!

Compared to this, the Yellow Heaven Path was like the difference between clouds and mud.

No wonder Sun Daoren said the Yellow Heaven Path was finished.

It really was finished.

The new Jianghu was ten times, a hundred times stronger than the Golden Age of Yellow Heaven!

Perhaps in a few years, there wouldn’t be just one Shi Feizhe in Yangzhou that he couldn’t defeat.

Perhaps in a few decades, there would be a bunch of people in Yangzhou he couldn’t defeat.

He suddenly felt a little disheartened.

All this martial arts practice, I’ve been practicing for nothing!

Ren Daokuang watched as school ended and a bunch of children ran out of the school gate, chattering and laughing.

They studied and practiced martial arts carefree, and in the future, they could become all kinds of people, even Barrier-Breaking experts!

It was so enviable!

So, what should I do?

Should I find a mountain and retreat from the Jianghu, or…throw myself into the Jianghu?

He stared blankly as the children left the school gate one by one, until all the children were gone and the gate was closed again.

Hearing the school gate slam shut with a “bang,” Ren Daokuang came back to his senses.

Heh…when did I become afraid!

If others could do it, he, Ren Daokuang, could definitely do it!

Hiding in the mountains, escaping the changes in the Jianghu, was not his style!

If he didn’t understand knowledge, if he didn’t understand the concepts of the new Jianghu, he could learn!

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If children could learn it, there was no reason he couldn’t!

It was just starting over!

What was there to fear!

“Brother Ren, Brother Ren…what are you doing?” Xie Wenwu, the black dragon on Ren Daokuang’s arm, couldn’t help but ask as he saw Ren Daokuang walking towards an adult learning class.

“Of course I’m starting to learn again!” Ren Daokuang said.

“Brother Ren, didn’t you say learning to read was useless? The more you learn, the less pure your thoughts become!” Xie Wenwu said.

“That’s because the knowledge of your Great Cai was useless!” Ren Daokuang said. “Look how useful the knowledge of the new Jianghu is, even children learn better than your Great Cai!”

“. . .”

Xie Wenwu was choked speechless.

Thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be true!

Compared to the new Jianghu, the Great Cai was weak in more ways than one.

Before, he had even discussed with Ren Daokuang about when to find him a dragon pearl so he could take over a human body.

Now, he felt that being a pendant was pretty good.

There was no place for someone like him in the new Jianghu.

Sigh, times were changing too fast.

He couldn’t keep up.

Leaving aside Ren Daokuang starting to enroll in classes to learn from scratch, as winter turned to spring, the territory of the Yellow Heaven Path became smaller and smaller, until finally, only Yiyang City remained!

In Yiyang City, of the original eighteen Chieftains, only one remained: Wang Zhenwo!

The others had either died in battle, been captured, or fled.

“Path Leader! Let’s go!” Wang Zhenwo said to Sun Daoren, who looked much older.

“Go? The Yellow Heaven Path is gone! Where can we go?” Sun Daoren said calmly.

It was a calmness that came from everything being shattered, everything being lost.

It was also indifference.

“Where there’s life, there’s hope. We can go beyond the Nine Provinces and start over!” Wang Zhenwo said.

“Beyond the Nine Provinces, there are countless vast lands, countless people.”

“Wherever the Yellow Heaven Path is, we can definitely start anew!” he added.

“Start over!” Sun Daoren chuckled and said, “You go.”

“What?” Wang Zhenwo asked, puzzled.

“You go. Go beyond the Nine Provinces and continue to spread the Yellow Heaven Path,” Sun Daoren said.

“Path Leader! You’re driving me away!!” Wang Zhenwo’s face changed as he spoke.

He wasn’t afraid of death, he was afraid of being driven away by Sun Daoren!

“No, Zhenwo.” Sun Daoren looked at him and said softly, “I’m not driving you away. I just think…you’re good.”

“My first half of life was ordinary, my second half of life was only the Yellow Heaven Path. The Yellow Heaven Path is gone, I have no reason to live.”

“You’re still young. You should do what you want to do!”

“You shouldn’t be buried here with this old man for the Yellow Heaven Path!”

Saying this, Sun Daoren took out the 《 Scripture of Great Peace 》 and handed it to Wang Zhenwo.

“Go!”

“You can choose to continue building the Yellow Heaven Path beyond the Nine Provinces.”

“You can also choose to live in seclusion in the Jianghu!”

“You can even surrender to Shi Feizhe!”

“I’m not that kind of person! Path Leader, you know that!” Wang Zhenwo said hastily.

Sun Daoren looked at Wang Zhenwo and said, “What I mean is, no matter what, you should live for yourself now!”

Live for yourself, live for your own beliefs!