Crane the Third knew nothing about Jiang Chenâs sword methods. He thought he could kill this disciple of the Natural Law School simply with his speed.
âGreat⌠great sword. But even so, itâs impossible⌠impossible for you to have detected my position!â Crane the Third covered the wound in his chest with his hand and spit out his disbelief. He couldnât accept that Jiang Chen had cracked his unique movement.
âBecause your secret method has too many flaws. Itâs only a low-level method,â Jiang Chen said.
A method would evolve for many reasons. It could even become completely different from what it originally was.
For example, if a sect had a sky-level method, then the sect was in crisis and its disciples scattered, later, these disciples could summarize what theyâd learned from the methods and create their own methods based on the original ones. They could teach them to their descendants, but since these new methods wouldnât be so complete, their level would be degraded to earth level or lower.
Then, these new methods would evolve due to similar reasons.
The secret method Crane the Third had practiced was a yellow-level method after its evolution.
Jiang Chen could even speculate from which sky-level method it evolved. Of course, it was a piece of cake for him to see through the flaws with just one look.
Crane the Third was so irritated that he even spit blood out when he heard Jiang Chen belittle the method he was proud of to that extent. His eyes were wide open when he died. It wasnât difficult to imagine how reluctant he was.
The other guys hadnât expected Jiang Chen to be so powerful that he could even kill Crane the Third, whose state was higher than theirs, with one attack.
By then, they had no good options. They didnât want to fight with Jiang Chen, but they also knew Jiang Chen wouldnât let them go easily, even if they surrendered.
At this moment, Chu Luo picked up the pills Crane the Third had lost and swallowed them down.
Her strength instantly recovered and she stood up immediately. Her expression was ice-cold. Very quickly, she dashed towards those men.
Jiang Chen put his Redcloud Sword aside upon seeing this.
Chu Luo had good strength. She was in the completed late stage of the Gathering Yuan State. Besides, she had mastered the sword point. Those guys were nothing to her.
âThank you for your help.â
Dorchid observed Jiang Chenâs face in secret while speaking. Then all of a sudden, she looked down and stroked her hair. She grinned at him, âI didnât know your swordsmanship was so great. I belittled you before.â
People from the Grand Qi State were tough as nails. They adored force. Only strong men could impress the women.
âNot at all. Why arenât you with your brother?â Jiang Chen asked.
âYou want to know where Wen Xin and Meng Hao are, donât you?â Dorchid asked him.
Jiang Chen was surprised. This woman was not only smart, but also direct.
Dorchidâs question was confirmed when she saw Jiang Chenâs expression. She said, âThey took another way with my brother. They should be safe.â
âHow dare you insult the disciples of the Isle of Sky! You are courting death,â Chu Luo shouted loudly and killed all of the guys. But this wasnât enough. She shook the blood off her blade with force and sneered at the dead bodies.
Then something occurred to her. She looked over to Jiang Chen and asked him, âDid you get in from outside? Whatâs out there? Can we go out?â
âYou didnât enter here from outside?â
âNo. There is a small door back there. We came through that door,â Dorchid said.
Jiang Chen told them what had happened outside. Learning that theyâd been trapped there, some female disciples of the Isle of Sky became panicked. One of them was even crying.
âApprentice sister, what shall we do? Will we die here?â
âI donât want to die!â
âI⌠I donât know, either.â Chu Luo also panicked. She didnât know what to do.
âThis place is an imperial mausoleum. The kings of the Vermillion Bird State were buried here after their death. There must be an exit,â Jiang Chen said.
Chu Luo, Dorchid and other girlsâ eyes lit up. They all looked over to him.
âHow did you know?â
âTake us out!â
Jiang Chen was indifferent to their expectations. He leaned against a table and said, âI can take you out. But what benefits do I get?â
âBenefits?â Chu Luo was puzzled.
âSure. Iâll give you a discount. I wonât charge you for what happened just now,â Jiang Chen smiled.
He had been wondering why Chu Luo had wanted his map back at the beginning of the journey.
Marks were accessible to everyone. It wouldnât have done her any good to take the map back, unless they had been enemies. But he hadnât even known this woman before that.
At first, he thought Chu Luo was causing him trouble for Ning Haotianâs sake, but when she was asking for the map, she didnât even know who he was.
The only explanation was that this woman was a stingy person.
The guy in the Prince List is a coward. The woman in the Beauty List is a penny pincher. How interesting!
As he expected, Chu Luo understood what he meant and gave an unreadable expression.
âWhat benefits do you want?â the female disciple who had cried asked.
âWhat do you have to exchange for your life?â Jiang Chen said.
Dorchid made an odd face when she heard him. She felt Jiang Chen was implying something.
In this desperate, close space, with only one man and a few women, as powerful and as intelligent as Jiang Chen was, he must have known how to get out. It wasnât surprising he wanted to take advantage of this situation to do something.
Dorchid was only guessing, but Chu Luo almost thought it was a fact. She said, âYou are as shameless as those guys of the Gang of Knife and Sword! And youâre putting it in such a roundabout way. Hypocrite!â
Jiang Chen shrugged his shoulders without explanation. He said, âStay here then.â
Then he turned around.
âWait, Apprentice Brother Jiang. I have a class-one spiritual weapon. Will you take it?â the female disciple who had cried asked timidly.
âDonât do that!â Chu Luo felt sorry, although her spiritual weapon was a class three.
âI bought a class-three weapon for my cousin sister. Sorry. I donât think itâs valuable enough to exchange for your life. But, I think maybe the sword in your Apprentice Sister Chu Luoâs hand is,â Jiang Chen said.
âThatâs impossible!â
Chu Luo stared at him angrily and said, âThis sword is a gift from my master. I wonât give it to you. You said this intentionally to force me to give in, didnât you?!â
âFine. Hopefully we can meet again in the aboveground world,â Jiang Chen said.
âWait, besides the spiritual weapon, will you accept other things?â that female disciple turned red when she said this.
âWhat do you mean by other things?â Jiang Chen asked with interest.
âYou⌠you know what I mean,â the female disciple said in a voice that could hardly be heard. What she meant was obvious.
âOh!â
Jiang Chen drawled and showed an expression as if he had just figured out what she had meant. He said, âIf you mean that, Iâm only interested in your Apprentice Sister Chu Luo. Well, will you give me the sword or the thing you mentioned?â
The female disciples of the Isle of Sky all looked over to Chu Luo.
They certainly wouldnât oblige Chu Luo to sacrifice her virginity. They only hoped she would give Jiang Chen her sword.
Her spiritual weapon mattered, but her life mattered more.
However, it seemed Chu Luo didnât understand such an obvious truth. She gnashed her teeth and held her sword tightly, as if she were afraid she would be robbed of it.
âYou⌠if you take us out and go to the Isle of Sky to propose marriage to me, Iâll agree,â Chu Luo answered.
âApprentice sister.â
The female disciples became speechless. After all, it was only a spiritual sword!
âHa, it was only a joke. I donât even know where the exit is.â