Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The caravan on the ground was very long, and there was a group of sturdy men clad in black armor at the rear, while in the middle there were luxurious carriages.
Birds, dragons, and phoenixes were depicted on the carriages, adorned with gold and silver. The space inside the carriages was as big as an average room.
âI asked you to come down, didnât you hear me? Hurry up!â
A middle-aged man was standing in front of the caravan, and it was he who was shouting at Jiang Chen.
Jiang Chen frowned and descended, landing in front of the crowd.
It seemed as if the people had been startled by Jiang Chenâs high speed. The middle-aged man was taken aback, and the armed soldiers quickly strode over and surrounded him, while a metallic sound echoed out.
âYoungster, what is going on with you? Donât you know that you canât fly in the Absolute Sky Field? You really have good luck,â The middle-aged manâs expression became less tense as he scolded Jiang Chen.
âAbsolute Sky Field?â Jiang Chen was startled, and he immediately figured out where he was. He raised his head and looked at the sky, and, as his gaze penetrated the layer of clouds, he saw a blue luster. He realized that this man wasnât deceiving him.
The Absolute Sky Field was considered one of the Divine Martial Arts Realmâs famous lands, and no one was allowed to fly here. Even flying beasts could suffer a calamity if they flew here.
The reason behind this was that a group of terrifying creatures lived among the clouds, and they would attack anyone who flew around. Moreover, regardless of how high was oneâs power, one still wouldnât be able to defend against those creaturesâ attacks.
The middle-aged man had asked Jiang Chen to descend for his own well-being, and Jiang Chen had almost ended up attacking him.
âThanks for your kindness,â Jiang Chen said, and chuckled to himself.
The middle-aged man waved his hand at the others, and the armed soldiers lowered their spears.
The middle-man hadnât taken this action because he had discerned that Jiang Chen was a good person. It was just because he felt that someone at such a realm level couldnât pose a threat to him.
Jiang Chen was observing the middle-aged man, and he noticed a national emblem on the carriages and the soldiersâ chests.
âThe Xia Clan?â
This group of people belonged obviously to royalty, and the Divine Martial Arts Realmâs royal families were present only in the Xia Clanâs camp.
âHow did you suddenly appear in the sky? I didnât discern any signs prior to it?â The middle-aged man questioned Jiang Chen.
They had just heard thunder rolls, before Jiang Chen appeared out of thin air. They were scared, and that was why they assumed that it was an enemy attack.
âI was practicing movement techniques and lost control of myself for a moment. This is why I ended up here,â Jiang Chen came up with an excuse carelessly.
âIs that so?â The middle-aged man was quite skeptical about this. But since they werenât in the depths of the Absolute Sky Field, it wasnât implausible for someone to come here by mistake.
However, when they saw that Jiang Chenâs realm level was just at the Martial Emperor Realmâs intermediate stage, they found it implausible, as it was only Martial Saints who could end up experiencing what had just been mentioned by Jiang Chen.
âSirs, Iâm sorry for disturbing you. Farewell!â
After Jiang Chen had discovered his current location, he planned to use the same trick once again and continue setting up a teleportation formation.
âOkay,â the middle-aged man nodded farewell. It didnât seem as if he planned to ask Jiang Chen to stay.
After Jiang Chen had left, a crisp voice echoed from a carriage, âUncle Black, how did he seem to you?â
âYour highness, heâs hiding something. But he didnât come here for us.â
âI hope thatâs the case, or else heâll end up digging his own grave.â
Another womanâs voice echoed from the carriage, and it was stronger and more forceful than the previous one.
Uncle Black didnât say much, and their caravan continued proceeding onward.
As for Jiang Chen, he had now found another mountain and was about to set a teleportation formation. But then he discovered that teleportation formations couldnât be used in the Absolute Sky Field.
However, it was fortunate that soon after he left the Absolute Sky Field, he wouldnât be too far from the Heavenly Awakening Plain.
âI need to hurry!â Jiang Chen spoke to himself as he jumped from the mountain. When his feet came in contact with the ground, he shot up like an arrow and ran away quickly. The scenery around him was changing as fast as a flowing tideâs water. Jiang Chen was so quick that he seemed like a flying light ray.
Even though Jiang Chen couldnât fly here, his speed wasnât any lower than usual. However, one could move around freely in the sky without running into any obstructions, and this was an advantage that the ground didnât have.
Jiang Chen would occasionally end up rushing into a forest and running into monster beasts, or he might also end up obstructed by great mountains. But these were all trifling issues, as he could jump over the mountains, while he could shake off the monster beasts before they even started attacking him.
The real issue was that every time he was obstructed, he wouldnât manage to continue keeping up his full speed, and he would need to take a breath.
After a short while, the impatient Jiang Chen stopped. He was accustomed to flying in the sky, and he really couldnât get used to this running.
However, shortly he discovered something. When he was in a high place, he saw a flat paved road, which formed a straight line that stretched as far as his eyes could see.
This road hadnât been present 500 years ago, and someone must have paved it because he had run into the same issue as Jiang Chen while crossing the Absolute Sky Field.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Jiang Chen landed on the paved road and continued proceeding onward. Since he didnât need to give regard to anything, Jiang Chen felt quite refreshed, and he sped up ceaselessly.
After a short while, a caravan appeared in front of Jiang Chen. It was the same group of people he had run into previously.
They were a large number of people. But their speed was still quite high because they were riding horses. They werenât ordinary horses, and they actually werenât even horses at all. They were exquisite machines made with puppet craftsmanship techniques.
Moreover, since they were operated by yuan stones, their outward appearance was the same as real horses, as was their speed. They were quite suitable for traveling in the Absolute Sky Field.
Jiang Chen didnât give too much consideration to this matter, and he sped up, before he passed them.
âWho is it?â
The caravan responded quickly, and they immediately stopped, while they took guard against Jiang Chen. All they could see was a black blur speeding past.
âThe youngster!â The middle-aged man called Black Uncle recognized Jiang Chen, and he didnât know whether he should laugh or cry.
They had been scared two times in succession by a single person, and they wondered whether he was doing it on purpose.
âAre you trying to play tricks on us? Let me see how fast you are,â an infuriated voice echoed from a carriage, and, just after it, a person emerged from it and chased after Jiang Chen.
âPrincess!â
âBig sister!â
The anxious voices of Black Uncle and the woman in the carriage echoed after her.
âFollow her!â Black Uncle responded quickly, and he asked the armed soldiers to follow them.
âWell?â
Jiang Chen detected something, and, when he turned his head back to take a look, he saw a tall and slender woman closing in on him quickly. She was wearing a blue short skirt and her snow-white legs were showing. Moreover, as she ran, her skirt fluttered, and her private regions became faintly visible.
However, Jiang Chen soon discovered that she was wearing hot pants beneath her skirt that covered up her body.
âIs there no trust between people?â Jiang Chen shook his head. He found it a pity, and he took his eyes off the woman.
âB*stard!â The blue-clothed woman had noticed Jiang Chenâs sneaky gaze, and her face became flushed, while flames of anger burned in her eyes.
The sound of something moving through the air became more intense, while the womanâs speed reached its pinnacle.
âYou came here for me, didnât you?â Jiang Chen was baffled by this, and he assumed that the woman had an emergency.
The blue-clothed woman gritted her teeth. She was so infuriated that she laughed.
âMiss, Iâm not interested in keeping you company or playing with you,â Jiang Chen didnât know how he had offended her, and he just left behind those words, before he went all out.
As a rumbling sound echoed, Jiang Chen turned into an arc of lightning, and he quickly put distance between them.
âWhat...?â The blue-clothed woman was startled, and she was frightened by Jiang Chenâs high speed.
âI still donât believe it.â
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