A True Gentleman of Ying Province

"Brother Wang, though you're a successor of the Legalist School, I never expected you to analyze Yin-Yang theory so thoroughly. You have my admiration!" Li Shun said with a solemn expression, cupping his hands in sincere praise.

At those words, Wang Zheng's expression turned rather strange, as if he were a little embarrassed.

He quietly studied Li Shun and saw that his gaze was clear and earnest, without the slightest hint of mockery. Only then did he give an awkward laugh and wave a hand. "Ahem. I just have a wide range of interests and have dabbled in the Hundred Schools when I had time to spare."

Li Shun smiled knowingly. Rather than press him on the subject, he took the opening to ask about the Yin-Yang School's standing within the Great Qian Dynasty.

Though Wang Zheng had been confined to the Imperial Academy for ten years of arduous cultivation, he still knew the news from outside like the back of his hand. He began to explain.

"Within the Yin-Yang School today, the Grand Primordial Unity lineage towers over all the others, but several smaller, more obscure branches remain. Their halls may be quiet and their successors few, yet every one of their leaders is a mighty cultivator who has entered the Creation Stage!"

"There's Shao Lingxu of the Five Virtues Transformation lineage, for instance, and Du Chong, who has devoted himself to studying Waxing-and-Waning Numerology."

"With such figures as their pillars, the Yin-Yang School's overall strength in Great Qian is in no way inferior to that of the Confucian or Legalist schools."

At this point, Wang Zheng lowered his voice, an oddly suggestive note entering his tone. "Of course, a secret rumor has long circulated among the people... They say the Yin-Yang School has produced so many Creation Stage