Chapter 479: A Fraud and Betrayers
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âJiang Chen, why do you get to speak? Youâre just a puny Reaching Heaven State. Go away. Stay down there and pray for your fate!â Murong Long smiled coldly upon seeing him come up, then gave him a good scolding.
With a sarcastic smile, Jiang Chen replied, âI forced you to break through to the Venerable state to survive when you were still a Reaching Heaven State. Youâre too proud, arenât you? Donât you know that killing you will be as easy as killing a chicken once I become a Venerable?â
Murong Long smirked. He said, âYeah? I truly donât recall that.â
Jiang Chen had a hunch that something bad was going to happen, since with his knowledge of Murong Long, the latter should have been annoyed by him.
But he had just denied it. He thought of the report in The Sacred Daily. He had an intuition that there must have been a connection between these things.
Without paying much attention to the twoâs argument, Murong Xiong said to the elders of the Sacred Institute, âGive us Jiang Chen! Otherwise, the Murongs will break off completely from the Hero Palace!â
The Sacred Institute was going to retort toughly, but upon seeing Murong Long holding his grief, and at the thought of how much he had loved his daughter, they didnât have the heart to do so.
âSo can we sanction the Murongs on behalf of those who died because of Murong Yuan? This affair isnât supposed to be complicated, but you insist on complicating it. I think youâre just making an excuse!â
The grand elders of the Hero Palace had also arrived, and it was Shui Yuan who had spoken. Heâd had problems with Jiang Chen, but then they had reconciled.
âNo one knows if what happened in the small world was true or false. After all, Jiang Chen opened the exit. If heâs able to boast that heâs number one on the Dragon Rise List, of course he could lie about my cousinâs maliciousness,â said Murong Long.
In this way, Jiang Chen confirmed that The Sacred Daily had been manipulated by the Murongs.
As long as his place as number one wasnât cemented, neither were the things that had happened in the small world.
âDo you have anything to prove Jiang Chenâs ranking is false?â
The Hero Palace didnât panic. By then, the Murongs were still in the wrong. If they couldnât show any proof, nothing they said would work.
âYou want proof? Great!â
Murong Xiong raised his hand. Then a group of people came out.
âJiang Chen is a fraud! Donât be scammed by him! He took advantage of the fact that he could open the exit to take half of our resources and force us to boast about him after leaving!â
âSu Xing did fight against him, but before the fight, Su Xing was already exhausted.â
The whole Sacred Institute went into an uproar, because these people, who had survived from the small world, or in other words, had been saved by Jiang Chen, had just accused him. This was eye-opening.
Most interestingly, Yue Lansheng was among them, too.
Jiang Chen hadnât had the intention to let her leave, but she had burst out crying due to her reluctance to stay there, since even those of the Evil Cloud Palace could exit.
Ying Wushuang had been too kind to see her crying like that, so she had asked Jiang Chen to take her, too.
It hadnât been a big deal for Jiang Chen. Since Ying Wushuang had asked, he had agreed.
By then Yue Lansheng had resumed her manners as one of the Four Beauties, aloof and cold. She said, âJiang Chen threatened not to bring me out in order to sleep with me!â
A heated discussion started again. Anyhow, as one of the Four Beauties, Yue Lansheng had influence.
âYue Lansheng, shame on you!â
Down on the ground, Yin Shuang couldnât put up with it anymore. She said, âMurongs, you brought these people here to tell lies, but all the same, you donât have any proof.â
âMiss Yin Shuang, I know you and Jiang Chen are quite close, but the Bank of the Sacred City always takes a neutral stance. Please donât forget that,â said Murong Long.
It was a vicious remark made with an insinuation, which made Yin Shuang very embarrassed.
Yin Shuang was going to retort, but her parents stopped her.
âMurongs, youâre funny. I can find people to testify for me easily. Actually, I can even find some in the Sacred Institute now.â Jiang Chen frowned. Such a low plan was ultimately harmless to him.
âExactly. I can prove these people were making up bullsh*t.â
Han Siming came forward. He apparently had been sickened by what those people had said. He didnât even understand how they managed to be shameless enough to say such things.
âMurongs, show us your proof. Otherwise, weâll just treat this as a rumor. If you want a fight, weâll fight. If you want to break away from us, then do it,â Shui Yuan said toughly.
âEven the exit was controlled by Jiang Chen. You think he would have allowed anyone to take out proof that was unfavorable for him? But it doesnât matter, since there is still one thing that can prove it, which is Jiang Chenâs number one spot.â
âSometimes when you boast too much, you wonât be able to back down with grace. If heâs defeated by those who Su Xing once defeated, will that prove this is a lie?â said Murong Long.
If he had proposed such a thing out of the blue, people would think he was seeking trouble.
However, after The Sacred Dailyâs intentional misleading in recent days, many people started to question first place on the list.
âThis wonât prove Murong Yuanâs innocence,â said Nan Gong.
âBut it can prove that Jiang Chen is morally wrong. The Murongs wonât accept anything said by a disgusting fraud. My daughter didnât die for nothing,â said Murong Xiong.
Murong Long also said, âWhat? Why are you afraid? Youâll have to prove heâs number one anyway, wonât you?â
He was intentionally confusing the public.
It was true that Jiang Chen had invited others to challenge him, but there wouldnât be many problems. Even if he lost, it would only mean there were always stronger people out there.
Besides, the Murongs had appeared so aggressively. They must have been well prepared.
âIn other words, you want those ranked in the top ten to fight against Jiang Chen, donât you? I think thatâs fine,â said Han Siming.
âYeah? Tang Hua, ****, Liu Bin, come here.â
These three were all ranked in the top ten of the Dragon Rise List, but they hadnât gone to the small world for various reasons.
In only one month, the top three were all gone, and a nobody had become number one. It was simply unacceptable to them.
âJiang Chen, something is wrong. Theyâre much stronger than they were a month ago. They might have used special measures to enhance their strength.â Jiang Chen heard an elderâs voice, warning him of the danger.
At this moment, the Hero Palace was in an awkward situation.
They couldnât attack the Murongs first, because if they did, people would say it was them who had forced the Murongs to break away from them.
Once this started, it would create a domino effect. More groups would follow the example of the Murongs.
Everything the Murongs had done was meaningful.
Anybody could see that Jiang Chen wasnât in a favorable situation.
This was unfortunate for a genius who was helplessly forced to face such a large group.
âHow great you Murongs are! Acting so aggressive just because someoneâs daughter died. And you even want to do harm to our grandson. Do you think youâre the only aristocratic family of inheritance?â