#188 - Chapter 188: Method

"Father, do you really have a way to help your son quickly improve his strength and defeat Lin Changqing?" the Fourth Prince asked expectantly.

"Of course, I do." Qin Wushang nodded, "I have two strategies, both high and low. Wasn't I just saying that what distinguishes humans from beasts is their ability to use external objects? You are not Lin Changqing's opponent now. You can't beat Lin Changqing on your own, but that's okay. You can use external objects. You have the entire Great Wu Dynasty supporting you, and your father as your background. How can a country bumpkin from Qingzhou compare to you?"

"You can't beat him on your own, but what if you use the Great Wu Dynasty behind you, and me behind you, to deal with him?"

"Father, what do you mean?"

"What I mean..." Qin Wushang smiled slightly. His smile had a kind of gloom and indifference. "What I mean is to get rid of him after leaving the Starry Sky Ancient Road. Due to the rules of the Starry Sky Ancient Road, I have no way to deal with him, but there are no rules after leaving the Starry Sky Ancient Road. No matter how strong Lin Changqing is, he is still just a Nascent Soul cultivator. My Great Wu Dynasty has more than a dozen Transformation God Realm Marquises, and even I, a Void Refinement Realm cultivator, will personally take action. Do you think Lin Changqing can escape? Killing him is as easy as flipping a hand."

"When we leave the Starry Sky Ancient Road, I will personally lead the team to kill Lin Changqing. Moreover, I also have a method of external avatars to refine Lin Changqing into your external avatar. Isn't he a genius? But even a genius will become your avatar, and his self-created Immortal King Physique and supernatural powers will all be yours."

"What do you think? Can this method help you quickly defeat Lin Changqing?"

"Father... this..." The Fourth Prince didn't expect Qin Wushang to say such a method. Although he really hated Lin Changqing, Qin Wushang's method could indeed quickly solve Lin Changqing.

But this isn't him defeating Lin Changqing. Even if he refines Lin Changqing into his external avatar, it wouldn't mean anything. He still wouldn't have defeated him with his own hands.

"Father, this method doesn't count as me defeating Lin Changqing with my own hands. I still want to improve my own strength and defeat him with my own hands. I don't want to take these external paths."

"You are still confused. It seems I wasted my breath just now." Qin Wushang looked at the Fourth Prince and snorted coldly, "Didn't I say? Only the victor is the strong. According to my method just now, a few days later, after leaving the Starry Sky Ancient Road, I will refine him into your external avatar. His supernatural powers and physique will all be yours. How can you not be the ultimate victor?"

"Isn't it a bit too vicious to refine someone else into an external avatar?"

"Such womanly kindness. As a prince, as a future emperor, you still have a heart of mercy, and towards an enemy? You are truly laughable." Qin Wushang shook his head in disappointment, "Faced with an unprecedentedly powerful enemy, your only goal is to use any means to eliminate him. Remember, only the victor will be remembered by later generations. No one will care how you won. As long as you win, as long as you refine Lin Changqing into your external avatar, the ridicule of these spectators today will turn into awe. You will still be the number one genius of the Seven Kingdoms!"

"Father... I..." The Fourth Prince still hesitated. After all, he was still young and once proud. He still wanted to defeat Lin Changqing with his own hands.

"Truly womanly kindness." Qin Wushang said disappointedly once again, "Let me ask you a question. Why do you think your third uncle, who could create his own supernatural powers in his forties, couldn't break through to the Transformation God Realm even with the full support of the royal family's resources later? Logically speaking, someone who could create his own supernatural powers in his forties should be able to break through to the Transformation God Realm with the full support of the royal family's resources."

"Why? Could it be that Father you..." Hearing his father's words, the Fourth Prince thought of some possibilities.

"That's right." Qin Wushang nodded, "The reason your third uncle couldn't break through to the Transformation God Realm was indeed because of me. During the duel with him that day, I shattered the foundation of his Great Dao, preventing him from taking another step forward for the rest of his life. This can be considered revenge for breaking my dantian back then."

"That's how you should treat enemies. Your third uncle broke my dantian back then, and I crippled his foundation. This is what people of the royal family should do. Now, I'm asking you to refine Lin Changqing into your external avatar, but you think it's inappropriate. You're not even as good as your third uncle back then. I think if you inherit the throne in the future, your kind nature will allow others to eat you down to the bones."

"Remember, being born into the royal family, we should become cold-blooded. We should use any means to eliminate all potential threats and opponents. I don't understand. Refining Lin Changqing into your external avatar can, on the one hand, kill and eliminate a huge enemy, and on the other hand, enhance your own strength and foundation. I don't understand what you're hesitating about?"

Qin Wushang stared at the Fourth Prince with eyes like a wolf.

"Father, I know what you said is right. I know a member of the royal family should become cold-blooded, but I'm not just being kind. I just want to defeat Lin Changqing with my own hands and wash away today's shame. With your help, I can certainly kill Lin Changqing and turn him into my avatar, but I also feel that this will probably become a lifelong mental demon for me. I won't be able to defeat him in the future."

"Only by defeating him with my own hands can I break free from today's mental demon." The Fourth Prince said, clenching his fists.

Hearing this, Qin Wushang laughed loudly, "Good, worthy of being my son. You haven't disappointed me. If you had really chosen the strategy I gave you just now, then don't doubt that I wouldn't let you ascend the throne of the Great Wu Dynasty, because the future emperor of the Great Wu Dynasty needs a powerful ruler, not a coward. This is how a true strong person should be."

"Father..." The Fourth Prince was a little surprised to hear Qin Wushang say this, but he immediately understood something, and he also laughed.

The Fourth Prince suddenly understood that his father had just given him a test. What is a true strong person? That is the choice the Fourth Prince made at this moment. He must defeat his opponent with his own hands. This is the path a strong person should take.

A strong person can fail. They can use other people's methods and supernatural powers, but they must have the courage to get up after falling down!

Qin Wushang also looked at his son with satisfaction. He felt that he had wasted a lot of words just now, but it was not in vain. His son can fail, but he must have the courage to get up after falling down. The current Fourth Prince is very good.

"Then you have passed my test just now. What I told you just now was just a lower strategy. If you had chosen the lower strategy, I would never have told you the higher strategy." After the father and son laughed for a while, Qin Wushang said, "Compared to the lower strategy, the higher strategy I'm talking about can enhance your own strength. I don't need to take action, and neither do the Transformation God Realm Marquises of our Great Wu Dynasty. This higher strategy can enhance your own strength, allowing you to defeat Lin Changqing with your own strength."

"Then what is the higher strategy?"

"The higher strategy is the Stone Monkey Heavenly Art!"