Chapter 39
Not only did Jiang Chen feel like cursing, but almost everyone did!
They had just begun to hold out hope for Lin Mubai, thinking he would fight Jiang Chen to the death.
Who would have thought?
He really did fight to the death, but it’s just with himself!
“Mubai, stop!!”
Seeing this, Xiao Hongyi called out in a delicate voice.
As she spoke, her slender fingers flickered, and a beam of spiritual light shot out instantly, knocking the machete from Lin Mubai’s hand.
Before everyone could catch their breath.
Lin Mubai picked up another machete and continued to shout, “Don’t try to stop me! I’ll chop anyone who does!”
Needless to say, no one paid any attention to the words of a madman.Several elders leaped up at the same time and immediately pinned Lin Mubai to the ground, rendering him immobile!
“Let me go, or I’ll kill all of you!”
Lin Mubai struggled incessantly.
“Ah, how could someone become so crazy all of a sudden…”
An elder sighed.
“I’m not crazy! You’re the one who’s crazy, your whole family is crazy!”
Lin Mubai cursed loudly.
The elder who had spoken suddenly turned pale.
After a moment, Xiao Hongyi floated down to the arena.
Glancing at Lin Mubai on the ground, he turned to Jiang Chen and said,
“Mubai’s madness has intensified. Let’s put this spar on hold for now. We’ll continue after the Supreme Great Elder retrieves the Nine Abyss Soul Embryo from the Ghost Ridge Soul Abyss.”
The Nine Abyss Soul Embryo again?
Jiang Chen was taken aback.
The Nine Abyss Soul Embryo might be good for him, but the Ghost Ridge Soul Abyss wasn’t owned by the Jiuyan Sect.
They couldn’t just go and take it whenever they wanted!
Once or twice might be okay, but if they tried to take it too often…
At that thought, a ghostly figure flashed through Jiang Chen’s mind, sending a shiver down his spine.
If they weren’t careful, the Jiuyan Sect might even bring disaster upon themselves!
‘But that’s none of my business, after all, the Nine Abyss Soul Embryo isn’t for my use.’ Jiang Chen thought so.
“What do you think?”
Xiao Hongyi asked again.
“Since Master has spoken, naturally I have no objections. After all, as the Ninth Peak Eldest Senior Brother, I care about the physical and mental health of every Junior Brother and Junior Sister.”
Jiang Chen replied seriously.
His words left everyone speechless once again.
He did seem to care, as long as they were healthy enough to take a beating!
Xiao Hongyi couldn’t be bothered to respond and said with a wave of her sleeve.
“If that’s the case, then everyone is free to leave.”
Although the disciples were reluctant to accept this outcome, they had no choice but to bow and take their leave.
But just as Xiao Hongyi was about to leave with Lin Mubai.
“Please wait, Ninth Peak’s Peak Master!”
Li Fadu suddenly spoke up.
“What is it?”
Xiao Hongyi frowned.
“Today, everyone came to witness a spar between prodigies. It would be somewhat dull to disperse like this. I have a suggestion, but it requires the consent of the Ninth Peak’s Peak Master.”
Li Fadu said with a loud laugh.
A suggestion?
Xiao Hongyi sensed a hint of a “scheme.”
She didn’t want to bother with Li Fadu, but then a young man holding a spiritual sword stepped forward and said with a bow.
“Ninth Peak’s Peak Master, I would like to issue a challenge and use the Ninth Peak’s arena to spar with Jiang Chen. May I?”
“Are you Zhou Jian, the top disciple of the Sword Peak?”
Xiao Hongyi asked.
“Indeed.”
Zhou Jian admitted openly, then used a provocative tactic: “Jiang Chen is the top disciple of the Ninth Peak, and I am the top disciple of the Sword Peak. Doesn’t the Ninth Peak’s Peak Master want to see how strong the Sword Peak is?”
Xiao Hongyi’s expression turned cold immediately.
Was he implying that the Ninth Peak were weak?
“Of course, I have no interest in experiencing the depth of the Jiang Family. Therefore, the rules remain the same: no consumption of pills, and only personal weapons may be carried.”
Zhou Jian added.
The rules remain the same?
Wasn’t this just a clear way to beat up Jiang Chen?
Everyone knew that sword cultivators could fight beyond their level, especially since Zhou Jian was in the Earthly Origin realm.
For a moment, the disciples were in a dilemma.
Seeing Jiang Chen getting beaten up was naturally a sight they enjoyed.
However, the problem was that Jiang Chen, after all, bore the title of the number one true disciple of Ninth Peak, and his defeat would be a loss of face for him and the entire Ninth Peak!
“How dare you!”
A Ninth Peak elder suddenly stepped forward, scolding: “Zhou Jian, Ninth Peak is not a place for you to run wild! Who doesn’t know that you are a sword cultivator of the Earthly Origin realm, while Jiang Chen is merely at the Human Origin level? Our Ninth Peak Eldest Senior Brother, we can beat up! But outsiders cannot!”
F*ck?
These words instantly made Jiang Chen unhappy.
He didn’t want to bother with Zhou Jian, but could this even be considered reasonable?
What does it mean that ‘we can beat up but outsiders cannot’?
In this life, he hasn’t been beaten by anyone yet!
“I accept this challenge!”
Jiang Chen waved his hand grandly.
Glaring at the elder who had just spoken, he said disdainfully.
“So what if he’s an Earthly Origin realm sword cultivator? Since he’s seeking humiliation, I won’t be polite.”
“Are you serious?”
Ignoring the mocking words, Li Fadu excitedly pressed on.
In fact, his real intention in having Zhou Jian issue a challenge to Jiang Chen was to have Jiang Chen refuse and then lose face in front of everyone.
After all, with such a significant difference in combat power, anyone who wasn’t a fool would not accept the challenge!
But unexpectedly, Jiang Chen’s foolishness far exceeded his expectations!
In any case, this was also a golden opportunity.
Li Fadu came from Sword Peak and would naturally do things for Sword Peak.
When Jiang Lianyue joined the Jiuyan Sect, due to her cultivation and natural talent in the Way of the Sword being at the genius level, she was fiercely fought over by the masters of various peaks of the Jiuyan Sect.
Among them, the Sword Peak’s peak master and Xiao Hongyi were the most aggressive!
Unfortunately, Xiao Hongyi had too strong a backing, and under the ‘persuasion’ of several Supreme Elders, the Sword Peak’s peak master had no choice but to give up.
This matter caused some friction between Sword Peak and Ninth Peak. And now. If the challenge was truly accepted, Jiang Chen would not only get beaten up but also allow Sword Peak to overshadow Ninth Peak!
This naturally excited Li Fadu greatly!
“Of course, I’m serious. I never speak falsehood.”
Jiang Chen nodded solemnly, then changed the subject: “However…”
“However what?”
Zhou Jian also became excited: “If you think it’s unfair, I can suppress my cultivation to the Human Origin realm. How about that?”
“No need.”
Jiang Chen flatly refused, saying directly: “What I mean is, as Ninth Peak’s Eldest Senior Brother, I will fear no challenge and defeat all enemies of Ninth Peak to defend the glory of Ninth Peak! I agree to your terms, but… there’s a fee!”
Upon hearing this, not only Li Fadu and Zhou Jian but also the people of Ninth Peak were stunned!
A fee? What fee?
Soon, some disciples remembered that when Jiang Chen sparred with Lin Mubai, he had asked for ten low-grade spirit stones from each person.
Could it be that he wanted to charge again?
Jiang Chen did not disappoint everyone.
After looking around calmly, he said righteously: “To fight for Ninth Peak, each person will pay twenty low-grade spirit stones, that’s reasonable, right?”
Reasonable my foot!
Everyone cursed in their hearts.
If it was to pay to see Jiang Chen get beaten up, they would be happy to do so. But to pay to lose face for Ninth Peak?
Who would want to do that?
Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Li Fadu gritted his teeth and said: “I’ll pay for themm!”
Hundreds of people were present, and twenty low-grade spirit stones each added up to thousands!
Converted into mid-grade spirit stones, that was dozens!
Including the ten mid-grade spirit stones Li Fadu had initially offered, he was about to lose more than half a year’s salary!
Clearly, he was all in to achieve his goal.
“Elder Li is truly worthy of being a demon sect undercover agent. It seems the people from the demonic path treat you quite generously,” Jiang Chen immediately laughed.
An undercover agent for the demonic path? What undercover agent?
The Ninth Peak disciples were all confused upon hearing this.
Only Xiao Hongyi knew that Jiang Chen was still slinging mud at Li Fadu.
Well, how should she put it… At least at this moment, she found it quite satisfying to listen to.
“Jiang Chen, stop bewitching people with your nonsense! You’ve accepted the challenge, and I’ve put the money! Can we start the spar now?”
Li Fadu asked angrily.
“The price I mentioned earlier is the internal rate for disciples of Ninth Peak! The price for you and Zhou Jian is separate, let’s say a hundred mid-grade spirit stones each!”
Jiang Chen declared.
“A hundred mid-grade spirit stones?!”
Li Fadu and Zhou Jian exclaimed in shock.
The number was simply outrageous.
Two hundred mid-grade spirit stones in total. With that amount of money, one could buy a rather fine high-grade spiritual weapon in the market!
Although Li Fadu could grit his teeth and come up with the sum, this would completely bankrupt him.
What if someone in Sword Peak and the Hall of Enforcement made a breakthrough, or they returned from completing a mission and held a banquet?
He wouldn’t have any money to contribute!
“Wait… Jiang Chen, even to spar with you on stage, I have to pay?”
Zhou Jian asked in disbelief.
“Of course!”
Jiang Chen replied as if it were the most natural thing in the world: “This is called a venue fee, understand? Since you want to spar with me on the Ninth Peak platform, you have to pay the venue fee!”
“Then… can we change the venue?”
“What do you think?”
Li Fadu and Zhou Jian realized.
Jiang Chen was clearly repeating his old tricks, trying to use this as an excuse to avoid the spar!
But what could they do upon realizing this?
They truly couldn’t afford so many spirit stones!
Just as Li Fadu was considering giving up.
“I’ll pay for it!”
An ethereal voice suddenly came from outside Ninth Peak.
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