Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
In others’ opinions, Jiang Chen was only comforting the heartbroken Dorchid, so they didn’t take his words seriously.
Although he was great among the guys in the Gathering Yuan State, Gao Chenyi had a bodyguard who was in the Mental Wander State. Almost no one in the imperial mausoleum was a match for him.
Once they went back to the aboveground world, he would be even more protected.
Jiang Chen wouldn’t have any chance to kill him.
Even if those in the Grand Qi State wanted revenge, they couldn’t do anything to Gao Chenyi.
In this martial world, it was more than common for a family to be stronger than a kingdom.
However, these people were unaware that Jiang Chen never gave his word rashly. Once he made a promise, he would try his best to fulfill it, even at the cost of his life.
In the Sacred Zone, people would make an arduous journey to travel to the Over Cloud Palace to ask the First Young Master for help. As long as Jiang Chen agreed to help them, they would return satisfied.
And what they asked would soon be fulfilled.
“Where is Gao Chenyi?” Jiang Chen asked.
He looked serious. Deagle had been killed. Meng Hao and Princess Wen Xin had been caught. They could be decapitated, too.
“Go straight ahead and you’ll see a stone chamber. Go inside and you’ll see a tunnel there. I saw him going into the tunnel with the others.”
The youngster saved by Jiang Chen thought he would go for Gao Chenyi, so he said, “He’s crazy. He kills whomever he dislikes and intends to kill us all, since we witnessed his bad side.”
“So you ran here to avoid running into him?” Chu Luo asked curiously.
“Exactly. Although he wants to kill, he cares more about surviving. I think he’ll block the exit once he’s out.”
Chu Luo looked over to Jiang Chen.
She didn’t want Jiang Chen to go after Gao Chenyi. Anyone who had a clear mind wouldn’t want it, but due to what happened between Jiang Chen and her, if she tried to persuade him, it would sound selfish, no matter how she put it.
“Gao Chenyi is heading for the Supreme Underground Palace.” Jiang Chen saw through what was on her mind and dumbfounded her.
“Is that the only way out?”
“Yes.”
Jiang Chen didn’t explain more. He took a silk scarf out of his mustardseed ring and handed it to Dorchid, who was still crying.
“Thanks.”
Dorchid became calmer. She wiped the tears off her face and stood up. She nodded to Jiang Chen, gesturing that it was fine for her to go to the Supreme Underground Palace.
“What about you? I’m going for sure.” Jiang Chen looked over to the disciples of the Isle of Sky.
Chu Luo hesitated, then something occurred to her suddenly. She asked the youngster, “Does Gao Chenyi’s bodyguard fight with a flying sword?”
“Yeah, yeah, it’s powerful. Even the ground cracks when it flies across the air.”
“Certainly.”
Chu Luo nodded and said seriously, “That’s Elder Tree of the Gaos. He’s as loyal as a dog. He won’t allow anything to happen to Gao Chenyi, even at the cost of his life.”
“Then I’ll kill him first,” Jiang Chen said.
“You!”
That wasn’t the answer Chu Luo wanted. She said again, “Elder Tree got his fame in the Fire Field a long time ago. When he was young, the whole world was stunned by his flying sword. Then, he practiced an incomplete method and his state got stuck as a result. He may be stuck in the beginning of the late stage of the Mental Wander State, but he is still well-known among those in the Mental Wander State.”
“The middle stage of the Mental Wander State?” Jiang Chen mumbled. He didn’t say anything more, but walked forward.
“Wait.”
Chu Luo gnashed her teeth. If she wanted to survive, she had no alternative but to follow him.
To their surprise, the youngsters also followed.
“Didn’t you say you wouldn’t go?” Jiang Chen asked curiously.
“We intended to find another way out, but the fact that you’d rather go for Gao Chenyi only means one thing—there is no other exit. We’ll die anyway. It’s better to fight!” the youngster who had been talking with Jiang Chen said.
“You’re an interesting guy. What’s your name?”
“Fang Ping.”
Jiang Chen glanced at Dorchid. She looked emotionless, except for the hatred in her eyes.
He was planning his next steps.
If he fought with that Elder Tree, it would mean nothing but suicide. His only hope was the Universal Darkfire Lamp.
The thing was, he would need at least two seconds to attack with a spiritual weapon. It was brief, but long enough for Elder Tree’s flying sword to pierce through his chest.
And it will take longer to deploy a tactical formation. What should I do?
After thinking it over, he finally decided to make good use of the imperial mausoleum. It was his only advantage.
Behind him, Chu Luo was hesitating.
Friendship is important to Jiang Chen. What if I tell Gao Chenyi that he knows how to leave and we can threaten him with his friends to make him tell us the way? Gao Chenyi is fond of me. Along with the important information I can tell him, he’ll lead me out for sure.
Chu Luo finally decided to betray Jiang Chen.
Of course, for her this wasn’t betrayal, since they weren’t even friends.
Right!
An idea occurred to Jiang Chen, and his eyes lit up. He said excitedly, “In front of the Supreme Underground Palace is the Guardian Palace, which guards the imperial mausoleum. There is a stone statue of a general on his horse there. The general holds a spear in his right hand and a shield in his left hand. Both of them are precious treasures. We can fight Elder Tree with them!”
“Really?”
Fang Ping and Dorchid were happy to hear this. The latter believed in him unconditionally.
Chu Luo kept what he had said in mind secretly. She didn’t change her idea, nor did she believe two spiritual weapons could make up for the difference in states.
At the same time, in the Guardian Palace…
Gao Chenyi felt jumpy for having spent such a long time in a dark and closed space.
He glanced at Meng Hao and Wen Xin, whose hands were tied, paying special attention to Wen Xin; such a beauty was the best choice for him to kill time.
But Elder Tree was an elder who had known him since he was very young. He didn’t have the nerve to do such things in front of the elder.
Suddenly, he turned around. Elder Tree was standing before a stone statue. The pretty horse stood up on its hind legs. On its back was a big man in armor whose shield and spear were raised high, as if he were on the verge of an attack.
The sculptor who made the statue had great talent. The statue was vivid. The audience could feel an infinite power coming from it.
But in Gao Chenyi’s eyes, it was only stone.
“Elder, will we be able to find our way out?” Gao Chenyi asked.
Elder Tree looked at him and thought for a while. He said, “My holy awareness has detected a great palace. It’s at the end of this place. If there is an exit, it should be there.”
The holy awareness of a Mental Wander State could go as far as hundreds of yards. It could fly like a bat and wouldn’t need any map to detect the passages in the imperial mausoleum.
All of a sudden, Elder Tree glanced at the door behind him and said, “There are people coming. One of them is in a neat black outfit. He could be that Jiang Chen that you mentioned to me.”
Both Meng Hao and Wen Xin were surprised.
Gao Chenyi became excited. He said, “Really? He isn’t dead! Great! That’s fantastic!”
As long as Jiang Chen was still alive, he could revenge him with his own hands.
Meng Hao and Wen Xin looked at each other then to the door at the same time. They shouted, “Jiang Chen, don’t come in! Danger! It’s dangerous here!”