The Emperor of the Three Realms

chapter 193

This storage ring is a good thing. With a flick of Dan Fei's slender finger, Jiang Chen caught it in his hand and took it for granted.    

In his past life, he often played with such objects. A crude and simple storage ring like this naturally proved easy for him to manipulate.    

He played it for a while and checked it out. There is not much storage space but it is enough.    

“Cursed boy, you took it harshly and you don't even thank me?” Dan Fei was a little surprised to see Jiang Chen understand how to use the storage ring without a clue, and in fact, seemed to be quite proficient at it.    

Jiang Chen chuckled, “Don't you say this is payment? Since this is a payment and not a gift, why should I thank you?”    

“Are all men shameless?” Dan Fei was a little silent.    

“I don't know about others, but I appreciate my face. Sister Dan Fei, I hear you always participate in Autumn Hunt solo. Why do you want to form a team this time?”    

Dan Fei rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen, “Do you just want to imply that you have infinite charisma?”    

“Heh heh, don't you think?” Jiang Chen laughed cheerfully.    

“Stop flattering yourself. You're all the same in my eyes. Alright, I don't have time to chat in vain with you. Since we're forming a team, there are some things I don't want to hide from you.”    

“Are we finally starting to do business?” Jiang Chen still continued that heartless attitude.    

“Jiang Chen, will it seriously kill you?” Dan Fei's beautiful eyebrows shot upwards. “This time, I have only one goal to participate in the Autumn Hunt, which is to catch baby spirit animals with spirit rank.”    

“A baby animal spirit?” Jiang Chen was a little surprised, “Is there anything special about that?”    

“Ya, this is quite important.” An extremely serious expression appeared on Dan Fei's jade-like face. “I have failed on the first two times and hence, I have to succeed this time.”    

"Why?"    

Although a spirit animal baby was quite valuable, catching it was not a necessity, right? Not to mention that even though the baby spirit beast was rare, it did not mean that it was something that could only be found in the labyrinth realm, right?    

Dan Fei's charming eyes focused on Jiang Chen, "Jiang Chen, you can't breathe a word of what I said today, do you understand?"    

“Then don't tell me.”    

Jiang Chen's! Dan Fei was a little angry. “Can't you show dependency of a man!”    

Jiang Chen smiled, “Do I lack understanding of what can and cannot be said? Why do you feel the need to emphasize this again?”    

"All right." Dan Fei's lips moved. “I was wrong at the time. You must have thought that spirit animal babies could be found in the outside world, then why enter the labyrinth realm? This is definitely an exaggerated move, right?”    

“Not?” Jiang Chen really thought so.    

“If just being kept as a pet does not make a difference. But, this spirit animal baby was different. Lordmaster wants to learn it.”    

“Discover?” Jiang Chen was confused. What to learn about spirit animals?    

“Yes, learn. Actually the lordmaster had already gotten some results, but since the matter was so weighty, the lordmaster never announced it to the public.”    

“What happened here? Can't you tell me everything at once?”    

“Results show that baby spirit animals in the outside world basically remain at the spirit rank when they are adults, even if they are born in the spirit rank. They don't have much potential to grow. Although their strength increased, there was not much evolution in their lineage. However the spirit beasts of the labyrinth realm were different. Their strength increased rapidly, and their bloodline automatically expanded!”    

“That means the Dragon-Phoenix was most likely obtained from the labyrinth realm? Did you enter the world of the labyrinth thirty years ago? Or was it the venerable tutor who put it in?”    

Dan Fei's jade-like white cheeks turned dark. “Jiang Chen, am I that old? I wasn't even born thirty years ago! Lordmaster had already become a spirit king thirty years ago, how could he enter? Autumn Hunt of the Maze Realm is forbidden for all practitioners who pass through the small spirit realm stage.”    

The spirit realm had a total of nine levels. Levels one through three were called small spirit realms.    

Level four to six was the earth spirit realm.    

Up to level nine was the sky spirit realm.    

Passing through the ninth level was a peak spirit realm that was also praised as spirit king. A practitioner at this level is at the peak of nature and can set foot into the next realm at any time.    

“Autumn Hunt of the Natural Labyrinth will actually exclude practitioners above the small spirit realm?” Jiang Chen was a bit curious. Strange dimensions like this are rare.    

In this case, the nature of this labyrinth is not only strange.    

However, the limit of the maximum amount of strength was relatively less.    

“Yes, therefore, the strongest ones who could follow the Autumn Hunt this time around were those in the third level spirit realm. Those who are stronger will not be able to get into.” Dan Fei explained. “Naga-Phoenix is a baby that someone obtained from in the past thirty years and presented to the lordmaster.”    

“Lordmaster has been raising this Dragon-Phoenix for thirty years. He discovered that when Dragon-Phoenix was still a baby, he was considered to be at most at the first level spirit realm, perhaps even a half-step spirit realm, because in addition to having a sea of spirit and consciousness, he was considered to be at the most, it is actually an empty realm. However, thirty years later, the current Dragon-Phoenix possessed strength equivalent to the fifth level spirit realm and could be placed on par with a human earth spirit realm practitioner    

When Dan Fei mentioned the Dragon-Phoenix, a trace of desire also appeared in her clear eyes.    

“Naga-Phoenix has an ancient lineage and thus innately has the ability to evolve. What's weird about that?” Jiang Chen actually felt that there was nothing strange about this.    

“Lordmaster has received more than just Dragon-Phoenix from the labyrinth realm at his current age. All of them had the ability to develop their bloodline. This is something that our local spirit animals do not have at all. Although the increase in strength and speed were similar between the two types, the evolution of the lineage meant that its potential would increase in the future. It's so different. Jiang Chen, do you understand my point?”    

Jiang Chen found it ridiculous. Will he not understand? Old master Ye Chonglou might not understand everything he understood.    

“Saudari Dan Fei, what do you think the ultimate potential of Dragon-Phoenix is in the end?”    

“According to the estimation of the lordmaster, his potential could even surpass that of the lordmaster. The lordmaster was at the peak of the sky spirit realm at the moment, respectfully being praised as a spirit king by others. However, the lordmaster argued that this Five-winged Phoenix Dragon had a certain potential to rise to the holy rank. Holy rank spirit beasts are equivalent to a revered genuine nature human practitioner.”    

When his words got here, Dan Fei's tone of voice was filled with longing. From his mouth, the words of “honored original nature practitioner” seemed to be words to greet a god that should not be blasphemed as he voiced them carefully and pious.    

Except, when Dan Fei saw Jiang Chen's indifferent expression, she couldn't help but exclaim, “Jiang Chen, do you understand or not?”    

"I'm ready."    

“If yes, why don't you react at all?” Dan Fei said angrily.    

“That's because I understand that I didn't react. What kind of reaction do you think I should give? Should I yell and yell excessively and show a very strange facial expression? Then should I show an infinite longing like you? Can I only understand if I react like that?” Jiang Chen found this funny.    

“Not so?” Dan Fei thought this was all just a small talk.    

“Omong empty. It's called pretending to understand when in fact it doesn't. You don't really understand. At least the Five Winged Dragon-Phoenix was an ancient bloodline, was its potential only that big in your eyes? Only spirit beasts could break through the holy rank? It seems like you really do not understand the true potential of the ancient bloodline.”    

"What's? What do you mean?" Surprise flashed across Dan Fei's graceful face.    

“You still don't understand what I'm saying? Don't make unreasonable comparisons to ancient lineages. Although the Five Winged Phoenix Dragon was an ordinary ancient lineage, almost all ancient lineages had greater potential than ordinary spirit beasts, and more than just a little!”    

“Jiang Chen, you are always talking about the ancient bloodline, and you also mentioned the matter of the lineage that evolved last time. This is why the lordmaster wants us to form a team. Jiang Chen, since you also understand these things, why don't you help me? We can work together and research it together. If our research results in a saint rank spirit beast, then the martial dao situation of the sixteen neighboring kingdoms will change completely!”    

"What do you mean?" Jiang Chen had discovered that this change in topic in conversation with Dan Fei happened at lightning speed. They had just talked about spirit beasts and had suddenly jumped into the martial dao sequence of the sixteen kingdoms.    

“Do you not understand? The strongest in the sixteen kingdoms were the four hidden sects, the Precious Tree Sect, the Purple Sun Sect, the Flowing Wind Sect, and the Myriad Spirit Sect. The four great sects had the same level of strength and each had their own areas of focus. However, the strongest practitioners among the four big sects were only of the small original realm. If we can continue to raise saint rank spirit beasts on par with genuine realm practitioners, wouldn't that be enough to change the martial dao layout of the sixteen kingdom alliance?”    

Dan Fei became even more agitated as she spoke. He felt very successful when he thought of that amazing future. When he thought about that bright future and the fact that he was one of its creators, he knew his name would definitely be recorded in the annals of the sixteen kingdoms.    

Dan Fei felt that Jiang Chen had no reason to refuse to be a part of such a glorious matter.    

"By good? Jiang Chen, don't you feel like you have some responsibility in matters like this?” Confidence appeared in Dan Fei's beautiful eyes.    

Jiang Chen rubbed his nose and smiled sadly, “Change the layout of the martial dao of the sixteen kingdoms?”    

"Yes." Yeah." Dan Fei nodded.    

“What does this have to do with me? Whether the martial dao layout of the sixteen kingdoms changes or not, it seems to have nothing to do with me.” Jiang Chen would not say that.    

“You...” The ice sheet immediately covered the beautiful features of Dan Fei. He stood up in a hurry. “Jiang Chen, do you have any sense of responsibility at all? Are you even a disciple of the sixteen kingdoms?!”    

“I. But does changing the layout of the martial dao matter? Jiang Chen found it somewhat incomprehensible.    

Dan Fei was completely exasperated at Jiang Chen's failure to live up to his expectations. Her graceful figure trembled slightly from her anger. Jiang Chen, can you not disappoint me this much?    

"All right." Jiang Chen was at a loss for words. “After all, I will try my best because of the storage ring. However, to be honest, you are not allowed to disturb what I am doing in the labyrinth world after we enter, and you are also not allowed to question me.”    

The sun immediately split the clouds on Dan Fei's face when she heard Jiang Chen agree to help. He spoke with a happy smile, “Alright, it's done! When you help me catch a baby spirit animal, you can do whatever you want!    

Dan Fei soon discovered that Jiang Chen had a hint of a meaningful smile on his face when he said the last four words and immediately knew that he seemed to have mispronounced. Like the autumn moon, his face instantly flushed red.