Handan, Zhao State.
As time passed, Ying Zheng gradually grew up.
Over those years, Jiang Yang spent a great many days with Ying Zheng.
Once Ying Zheng was a little older, Jiang Yang began telling him stories and classics from the Hundred Schools of Thought.
He also told him about his experiences commanding troops in Qin State.
The little fellow liked practical principles and liked the theories of the Legalist School even more.
In his spare time, Jiang Yang would take Ying Zheng out for walks.
At first, they went into the surrounding mountains to hunt bears, tigers, and deer for a feast.
Sometimes, out of mischievous amusement, Jiang Yang would suddenly leave Ying Zheng off to one side to face a wild beast alone, before finally killing it with a single arrow.
Thus, Ying Zheng weathered wind and rain from childhood and did not fear difficulties.
Could any of these things be more frightening than facing fierce tigers and black bears alone as a child?
They also traveled far from home.
On one occasion.
Jiang Yang left a note to inform Zhao Ji and the people of Zhao.
Then, ignoring the chickens flying and dogs leaping behind him.
He took Ying Zheng straight out of Zhao State, heading to West Kunlun and Mount Kongtong, and even paid a visit to the Luo River.
This greatly broadened Ying Zheng's horizons.
Moreover.
What puzzled him was this.
Though these extraordinary people lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, they treated his great-uncle with great respect.
Even the subordinate gods of the Luo River's Divine Court treated Jiang Yang with the utmost deference.
So, beside the Luo River, he asked.
"Great-uncle, why do you know these secrets of the world? Why do all these immortals, spirits, gods, and ghosts treat you