Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Jiang Chenâs attack speed reached an indescribable level, as he instantly appeared in front of the butler before the latter had time to respond.
Bang!
Jiang Chenâs left fist struck the butler, but the latter just stood there without moving. It really seemed like the most normal outcome of a Celestial Venerableâs attack against a Great Venerable. However, Situ Feng, who was standing not far from them, discovered that the butlerâs body had stiffened, and he could faintly hear a sound similar to what a jammed spring would emit.
He widened his eyes and stared at them. He witnessed that the veins in Jiang Chenâs right arm were giving off a radiance that was concentrated in his fist, passed through it into the butler, and was left inside his chest.
When Jiang Chen drew back his arm, his right armâs veins, as well as the butlerâs chest, started shining. It was like five cavities were opened in the latterâs chest, and they all shone in radiances of different colors. The butler was trying to stick out his chest, and he opened his mouth wide to speak, but he couldnât emit the slightest sound. Then the butlerâs body started being torn apart from the five cavities inside him. He, a solemn Great Venerable, disintegrated into pieces like a torn painting, and his blood spluttered off into the sky.
âHe is dead.â
Situ Feng and the Divine Infantry were all dumbfounded. Jiang Chen had killed him instantly with a single punch, and there hadnât been any suspense at all in their confrontation.
âLetâs run away.â After two seconds, people came back to their senses, and they all started fleeing in different directions.
âCome back!â Jiang Chen shouted after them, while a powerful force erupted out of his fiery eyes, which pulled back all the people against their wills.
âPlease spare us!â
âDonât kill us!â
âJiang Chen, this is just a misunderstanding!â
The Divine Infantry and Situ Feng started begging for forgiveness in sobbing tones.
âYou should all run there.â Jiang Chen pointed at the Xiahou familyâs manor and spoke coldly, âYou should all inform Lord Xiahou that I will surely pay him a visit next time if he catches my interest.â
âUnderstood! Understood! Understood!.â As long as Jiang Chen didnât kill them, they would be willing to do anything, let alone just notify someone.
âGet lost!â
Upon hearing his angry shout, the people were all scared witless, and they all ran away frantically. After they had all left and were far away, Jiang Chen pressed the Divine Fire Ring and his Divine Body went back to normal.
âI ended up using just a tenth of its power. The Fire Meteorite is really a nice treasure.â
If he didnât need to hurry into Heaven Divine City, Jiang Chen might even have tried using the other four supreme treasures.
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In the Xiahou familyâs manor, Lord Xiahou was walking around in circles in a courtyard, and he seemed quite anxious.
âMaster, Butler Feng already went there personally and, as long as he can find Jiang Chen, he will surely manage to get back the treasures.â
A sweet beauty next to him was trying to comfort him, but sadly it was not helping at all.
âSince Jiang Chen could decipher the secret roomâs channel secret, he may have already fled. Moreover, we donât have any proof and, once he has converged with the Elixir Association, it will be too late to do anything,â Lord Xiahou said.
It was at this moment that a servant came to report a matter. He stated that someone had news to pass to him.
âIs it about Jiang Chen?â Lord Xiahou was very anxious then, and he didnât notice that the servant was wearing an odd look.
âItâs about Jiang Chen. Butler Feng found his tracks in Cloud End Mountain.â
âHa, ha, so it turned out that heâs hiding in Cloud End Mountain? Good, very good!â
Lord Xiahou finally managed to calm down. As long as he could find him in the Xiahou familyâs domain, he wouldnât need to worry about anything.
He went toward the front palace,where he ran into Xiahou Xue, who came up to him anxiously.
âFather, can you please bestow Jiang Chenâs sword on me?â Xiahou said. She hadnât forgotten her loverâs request.
âIt doesnât matter, itâs just a sword,â Lord Xiahou replied nonchalantly. He couldnât even imagine that what his daughter wanted was a Doctrine Artifact.
This father-and-daughter pair didnât realize at all what had really occurred. Moreover, even the other arrogant members of the Xiahou family hadnât taken Jiang Chen seriously. Thus, when they reached the front palace and witnessed the miserable state of Situ Feng, as well as the Divine Infantry, they were all shocked.
âWhat happened?â Lord Xiahou asked.
The soldiers of the Divine Infantry just glanced at each other in response. They didnât dare to reply at all.
âWhere is Feng Renjie?â Lord Xiahou had an increasingly bad feeling as he witnessed such a scene, and he asked about the butlerâs whereabouts.
âMaster, Butler Feng fought to the death,â a Divine Infantry soldier replied. Stating that he fought to the death was just a nice way of reporting his death; as in fact he was instantly killed by a single punch.
âWhat!â Lord Xiahou was so startled that he drew back four or five steps. His face was filled with shock, as well as anger. The Xiahou family couldnât ignore the loss of a Great Venerable.
âWho did it? Was it someone from the Elixir Association? The Elixir Association dared to attack us?â Lord Xiahou spoke angrily.
âIt was done by Jiang Chen alone, but it could be said that he had gotten his teacherâs aid....â Situ Feng said.
Upon hearing this, an uproar arose in the manor. All the people started wagging their tongues and discussing it.
âBrother Feng, why did you follow them there too?â Xiahou asked in confusion.
Situ Feng smiled bitterly. He had wanted to intercept Jiang Chen and steal the Ancient Sword; however, he did not expect that he couldnât withstand even a single blow from Jiang Chen.
âJiang Chen managed to defeat me without even using his whole power,â Situ Feng shouted.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âHow is this possible?â Xiahou Xueâs face turned pale. She had believed all along that Jiang Chen couldnât touch Situ Feng. She wouldnât have scorned him if she had realized how powerful he was.
âItâs because you are too useless.â Lord Xiahou was getting more and more infuriated by what he had just heard.
âAre you sure thatâs the case? Even your familyâs Great Venerable was killed by just a single punch from him,â Situ Feng smiled bitterly and spoke.
âImpossible!â How could Lord Xiahou believe this?
âMaster, it is really the truth.â The soldier of the Divine Infantry nodded and informed him of everything they had gone through, as well as what Jiang Chen asked them to inform Lord Xiahou about.
âThe Flame Emperor...the Flame Emperor is still alive...?â
Lord Xiahouâs knees went soft, and he almost fell to the ground. After a long while, he shouted in a sharp voice, âThat damned Jiang family!â
If the Jiang family hadnât supplied him with false intelligence, he wouldnât have treated Jiang Chen in such a way. Now, it wasnât important whether the Flame Emperor was really dead or not, what was important was that he was capable of providing his followers with enough power to instantly kill a Great Venerable.
Moreover, Jiang Chen had stated that he would pay them a visit later.
As he thought of all this, Lord Xiahou felt like he could see the beautiful manor, constructed by him with such meticulous care, being destroyed among a sea of flames.
âWhat should we do?â Lord Xiahou was out of his wits, and he didnât know what he should do.
âXueâer, Xueâer...â Lord Xiahou grabbed his daughterâs shoulders suddenly and spoke excitedly, â...if Jiang Chen really comes, I hope that you can apologize to him and compensate him.â
âWhat should I....â
Xiahou Xue didnât realize what he meant at first, and it was only after a moment that she realized that her father wanted to hand her over to Jiang Chen to quell his anger. As for how she would quell it, she was clearly aware of it. However, the issue was whether Jiang Chen would take a liking to her?
Jiang Chen had already defeated Situ Feng, and if he was really a follower of a Martial Sovereign she wouldnât possess anything good in comparison to him besides her outer appearance.
When Situ Feng heard what this father-and-daughter pair had stated, he just left quietly. He wasnât willing to stay anymore.
âYou mustnât divulge to anyone what happened here today,â Gongsun Wuxie warned Situ Feng.
Situ Feng didnât want to inform anyone of this dayâs humiliation, but he still didnât know why Lord Xiahou had warned him. However, when he thought about Lord Xiahouâs character and how he would always try to harm others even if it wouldnât benefit him, he understood everything.
Lord Xiahou wanted more people to suffer from trusting the Jiang familyâs intelligence. Then there would be more people reproaching the Jiang family.