Who is this Nangong Wentian?

Jiang Feng was very happy because Yahiko said his nickname was Heavenly Flying Immortal.

The seeds he had sown long ago had finally borne fruitful results. After posing for several years, he had finally solidified the nickname "Heavenly Flying Immortal." He certainly didn't want to wander the martial world with generic titles like "Mad Monk Lei Dao Mang Jingang," "Black Flash," or "Lightning Sword."

Yahiko and Nagato were very happy because, after two or three years of separation, their old friend had become a powerful ninja renowned throughout the world, possessing not only a good reputation but also great fame.

Konan was also happy because Jiang Feng said he would be staying in the Land of Rain for three to five days.

The members of the Akatsuki Organization happily went to prepare food for the evening banquet. It is a joy to have friends visit from afar; being able to reunite with friends is a happy event in itself, and it is even more worth celebrating when that friend is a world-renowned powerhouse and a righteous man.

Tsunade did not ask how Jiang Feng had come to know Nagato and the others; the answer was surely nothing more than an introduction by Jiraiya or a chance encounter.

What mattered was that Jiang Feng was willing to be friends with Yahiko and his group, and Jiang Feng was also the kind of person others were willing to be friends with.

If one party were unwilling, even if they were introduced by acquaintances a thousand times or met by chance ten thousand times, they would only ever be acquaintances, not friends.

Glasses were raised and exchanged, and both host and guests were delighted.

At the banquet, Jiang Feng spoke a great deal. He talked with Yahiko, the others, and the minor members of the Akatsuki Organization. They talked about life, friends, women, ideals, and everything else...

The minor members of the Akatsuki Organization, who were seeing Jiang Feng for the first time, were very surprised. They never expected the legendary Uchiha Jiang Feng to be this kind of person!

The three leaders who founded the organization often told them that Uchiha Jiang Feng of Konoha was an incredible person and a like-minded friend of theirs...

They had assumed that someone who could be friends with their leader Yahiko must also be someone dedicated to peace in the ninja world, someone with a philosophy similar to Yahiko's, and someone with great charisma.

Yet, after the banquet, they did not see a single trait in Jiang Feng that resembled Yahiko.

He was optimistic and cheerful, but not particularly ambitious. He would express his philosophies and viewpoints, but he never tried to influence others with them—this was the biggest difference from Yahiko; he was not as "aggressive" as Yahiko.

Yahiko, Minato Namikaze, Naruto... they were all the same type of person: ambitious, positive, and sunny. To those who agreed with them, they were like a warm sun.

But to those who did not agree with them or whose positions differed from theirs, they were like a black sun, constantly radiating a cold light.

This was because they were too eager to change something: to change the world, or to change a certain person.

Jiang Feng was different from all of them. He really was just a breeze. He had killed many people, yet his own personality lacked that kind of "aggressiveness."

After their initial shock, the minor members of the Akatsuki Organization felt that Jiang Feng really ought to be this kind of person. It seemed that only someone like this could be friends with their leaders, and could be friends with so many people.

After the banquet ended, Jiang Feng and Tsunade were arranged to rest in two adjacent rooms in the village.

Jiang Feng lay on the bed, taking stock of his gains from the past few days. Calling it "taking stock" was really just a casual glance; to him, there wasn't much difference between a third-rate or a first-rate template rewarded by the system.

His growth in strength was built up by stacking dozens of templates, a process of accumulation. Unless it was a particularly cool template, to him, it was nothing more than a dozen years of Internal Energy and an increase in physical constitution equivalent to half a ninja world human.

First was the first template: Lei Zhenyu.

This character is a master who appeared in Wen Ruian's Say Hero Who Is Hero series. Though his role was minor, his strength was formidable.

He was originally the Chief Protector of the Liufenban Hall in the Capital City. He had an honest and simple personality and was a close friend of the founder of the Liufenban Hall. Later, he was ambushed by Lei Sun, who had colluded with members of the Mitian Alliance. He was crippled and became a monk, effectively ending his story.

His most impressive feat was fighting Guan Qi, known as the "God of War," to a mutual standstill. His strength was terrifying, far surpassing that of Bai Choufei.

However, that was the extent of it. As a minor character, he lacked any iconic, flashy martial arts, so to Jiang Feng, he could only be considered "rations."

Jiang Feng casually used the Lei Zhenyu template. His martial arts foundation deepened, his Bright Jade Technique Internal Energy increased by 30 years' worth, and his physique improved by about 0.6 times that of a ninja world native.

Not bad, not bad. Even if it wasn't exactly a delicacy, it was filling. A normal template would only grant Jiang Feng about 20 years of Internal Energy; this one was worth one and a half.

Next was the second template: Nangong Wentian.

Nangong Wentian!?

The moment he saw the name, Jiang Feng's spirit was instantly invigorated. Finally, a big hit!

Up until now, the templates he had drawn were basically from low-martial arts novels. No matter how strong they were, they reached at most the level of Yaoyue and Lianxing, which might not even be enough to defeat a Konoha Chunin.

But Nangong Wentian was a character from a Hong Kong manhua!

Wind and Cloud, Divine Weapons and Strange Tales, Dragon Tiger Gate, Sea Tiger, Legend of the Emperor... To break it down, the power levels in the Hong Kong manhua world are generally categorized as high-martial, super-martial, or even god-martial and immortal-martial.

Take Divine Weapons and Strange Tales, for instance. This worldview can be traced back to the creation war between Yuanshi Tianzun and Yuanshi Tianmo billions of years ago.

Nuwa, Zeus, Brahma, Indra, Athena, Loki—these gods from various mythologies appear either in the background or the main plot. In short, it is a super-stitched immortal-martial world. It is incredibly awesome and truly powerful.

Nangong Wentian is the core character of the classic Divine Weapons and Strange Tales series. He is the protagonist of the first five volumes of the prequel, the first two volumes of the main story, the F-series Late Qing Dynasty arc, and the World War II arc. He even appears in other chapters and the neighboring Legend of the Emperor. His strength is heaven-defying.

It is safe to say that as long as it wasn't the "greenhorn" version of the Nangong Wentian template, he could take off instantly and see a massive boost in strength!

Let me take a look at which period of Nangong Wentian you are.

Jiang Feng was full of anticipation.

Jiang Feng suddenly widened his eyes.

Shen... Shenbing Xiaojiang 2?

Which Nangong Wentian are you!?

[Nangong Wentian]

Jiang Feng suddenly remembered that Divine Weapons and Strange Tales had been adapted into a children's animation. In fact, the children's adaptation, Little Soldier, was even more famous than the original Divine Weapons and Strange Tales, which was filled with cuckoldry and deep-seated grudges.

It's just that this template really isn't of much use.

The strength of the animated version of Nangong Wentian is certainly not weak, but his power is almost entirely tied to the Sky Crystal Sword, which is the transformed state of the Sky Crystal Beast. This is the main theme of Little Soldier, which emphasizes various types of Divine Weapon Beasts.

Child, we don't give away Sky Crystal Beasts here.

Jiang Feng would have preferred the template of Nangong Wentian's father, Nangong Yi. Even without a Divine Weapon, he could still go toe-to-toe with the Heaven and Earth Alliance Leader wielding the Tiger Soul. His martial arts were truly top-tier.

Or perhaps the template of Wentian's younger sister, Nangong Wenya. Nangong Wenya could turn anyone she touched into a fool; she could even pet a corrupted, round-headed, elderly Tiger Soul into a cute little kitten. That was truly impressive.

Forget it. At least it's a template. Looking on the bright side, if I can pull templates from Little Soldier, then Hong Kong comic templates should be even easier to come by. The good days are still ahead.

Jiang Feng casually dismissed the Nangong Wentian template.

His Internal Energy increased by 30 years, officially breaking through the 1300-year mark. This proved that the internal cultivation method practiced by Nangong Wentian in Little Soldier was of very high quality, especially considering how young he was. When high-quality Internal Energy is converted into lower-quality energy, it naturally results in a quantitative increase.

His physique increased to 1.5 times the standard of a Ninja World inhabitant—as expected of an anime protagonist. He also acquired some techniques for manifesting abstract concepts like justice, courage, friendship, and self-confidence into raw power.

Hm!?

Jiang Feng widened his eyes once more. It seemed the animated version of Nangong Wentian wasn't entirely useless after all.

Could it be that in the future, he too could shout lines about justice and friendship, blast some BGM like "I chase the light points of my dreams...", and suddenly burst with power to charge at his enemies?