The lakeside was peaceful. The night gradually set in and it was somewhat chilly.

  For a long time, Chen Changsheng said nothing.

  He had originally been called Wang Po of Tianliang for this reason.

  Emperor Taizong was a grand king with superb talent and bold vision. Whether it was his method or his abilities, he was in every aspect an expert rare to see in a thousand generations. But he did not need to use any strategies or method. He only needed to casually say a few words, and countless people would naturally begin to carry out countless strategies to accomplish this task.

  Chen Changsheng understood what Tang Thirty-Six had been saying before. Authority really was this world’s most frightening thing.

  The autumn wind began to blow and Emperor Taizong said a few words. As the autumn began to set in, the Wang clan was ruined.

  No one knew how many heads fell to the ground, how many manors and fields were seized, and how many servants and maids were left destitute and homeless.

  The Wang clan of Tianliang County faced their most terrifying period. Their situation was extremely miserable, and then as the years slowly passed, they faded until they were almost forgotten by the entire continent.

  It was also at this time that the Wang clan produced a youth.

  That youth was called Wang Ping. His talent in cultivation was exceptional, even being judged by the Divination Elder as an outstanding genius of the human world, second only to Su Li.

  Perhaps it was in remembrance, or perhaps so that he could remember.

  When that youth obtained the first rank of the Proclamation of Azure Sky, he changed his name to Wang Po.

  Tianliang County’s Wang Po. (天凉郡的王破)

  The weather has gone cold, the Wang clan has gone bankrupt. (天凉王破)

  "From the day he changed his name, the entire continent knew what he wanted to do."

  Tang Thirty-Six said, "He wanted justice from the Great Zhou Imperial Court."

  Brushed by the night wind, Chen Changsheng felt a little refreshed, but his face felt a little hot.

  For a single person to ask for justice from the world, how grandiose that was.

  "Could it be……the powerful figures of the capital didn’t have any reaction to this?"

  "At the time, Wang Po had already displayed the potential to enter the Divine Domain. Because of the oath of the Saints, even Zhu Luo couldn’t move against him. Crucially……the Divine Empress had already come to power at the time. The Imperial clan was suppressed so heavily that they couldn’t even breathe, much less have the energy to deal with him. Of course, Wang Po also faced many dangers, so he went to Wenshui!"

  "I heard from Senior Su Li about this. He said Wang Po worked in your clan for many years as an accountant."

  "I’ve never met Wang Po, but I’ve heard many stories about him from my father."

  Tang Thirty-Six said, "Wang Po was always confused—how had his Wang clan which had been so well-off, after facing these clan-destroying difficulties, have no strength to retaliate, while the Tang clan had been able to survive up until now? Later on, after working for many years as an accountant, he finally understood. The reason that the Tang clan was able to survive was, firstly, that it wasn’t part of any faction and never took part in any activity. Secondly, if it invested, the Tang clan was more willing to invest in those young people who were still not famous."

  "Such as Senior Su Li?" Chen Changsheng asked.

  Tang Thirty-Six glanced at him, then said, "There’s also you……didn’t you say that my grandfather gifted you that umbrella?"

  Chen Changsheng said, "It was wrested away from me by Senior Su Li."

  Tang Thirty-Six could not refute this, so he no longer dwelled on it and continued, "After that bloody affair of the Orthodox Academy, the power of the Imperial clan was completely suppressed by the Divine Empress and His Holiness. Zhu Luo also became very well-behaved, so Wang Po left our clan."

  Chen Changsheng noted, "I know he went to the south."

  Tang Thirty-Six said, "Correct, in the span of ten-odd years, he bought half of Scholartree Manor and is already an expert."

  Chen Changsheng fell into a long silence.

  After listening to Wang Po’s story, he realized that Tang Thirty-Six was right.

  To become a person like Wang Po, to live as he did, truly was very difficult.

  "My grandfather said that Wang Po lives too miserably."

  Tang Thirty-Six looked at him and earnestly said, "I don’t want you to live as miserably as him in the future."

  Chen Changsheng asked, "So just how should we live?"

  Tang Thirty-Six answered, "We are young, so we should live like young people do. Just like how when I came to the capital and learned of all of Tianhai Ya’er’s repulsive deeds, I wanted to cripple him. This morning when I saw his idiotic self sitting on his wheelchair in front of the academy, I wanted to give him a good kick, so I kicked him! If you want be hot-blooded, to act on impulse, just do it! What else? If you don’t like it, then fight!"

  From the other side of the lake, there was a sudden muffled bang.

  The two looked over and saw in the gloomy darkness that Xuanyuan Po was continuously hitting a tree.

  Tang Thirty-Six roared with laughter. "You see, if you have the energy, you have to use it. If you have the strength, you have to apply it. When you’re young, why shouldn’t you be frivolous, doing whatever takes your fancy?"

  Chen Changsheng also began to laugh.