The Emperor of the Three Realms

chapter 77

Jiang Chen did not think that Long Yinye's slap was to help Jiang Chen out of a difficult situation. It was obvious that Long Yinye did not want Hong Tiantong to rush towards his death.    

In reality, if Hong Tiantong were to approach within three meters of Jiang Chen, Jiang Chen's personal bodyguard would definitely tear Hong Tiantong apart.    

Therefore, even though it seemed like Long Yinye had slapped Hong Tiantong, she had actually saved Hong Tiantong's life.    

Jiang Chen was indifferent like the wind and clouds, only smiling faintly at Long Yinye's actions, and was not committed. Eight guards retreated to the back of Jiang Chen.    

After this battle, the other heirs who were originally looking for a place with Big Brother and Little Brother Long were all internally shocked. They thought about whether they needed to plunge into the mix when the gods were fighting, and whether they had the ability to join.    

Hong Tiantong was a life lesson covered in blood, let alone another.    

And if it was followed further, when had the Duke of Soaring Dragon ever really occupied the top position when it came to competing with the Duke of Jiang Han?    

At the banquet at the Soaring Dragon palace, all parties had deliberately created difficulties for Jiang Chen, yet it was Jiang Chen who ended up flying into the sky with one extraordinary feat.    

The Duke of Soaring Dragon had set up the Pill King Garden to disrupt the situation of the pill medicine market in the capital, but had been defeated by a loud noise in the Hall of Healing.    

He had sent people to kill Jiang Feng, the Duke of Jiang Han, and rumors spread in the outside world that Jiang Feng had been killed. However, Jiang Feng suddenly appeared and completely broke through the shackles of martial dao, and had risen to the ranks of true qi masters!    

He then sent strong men to slaughter Jiang Chen, yet Jiang Chen appeared completely unscathed. Instead, it was a true qi master from the Soaring Dragon party who had been incapacitated and sent back, dying shortly afterwards.    

And now, Hong Tiantong had become a weapon for the Soaring Dragon contingent, but ended up in this strait.    

Although there was no clear evidence linking Long San's death and the Hall of Healing that destroyed the Pill King's Garden with Jiang Chen, combining all the rumors made it difficult for one to eliminate Jiang Chen from the list of causes.    

That is, in the various open and cunning conflicts between the Soaring Dragon Duke and the Duke of Jiang Han, the so-called first duke of the kingdom did not actually obtain the slightest advantage, and instead suffered. many of the fatalities involved the loss of his generals and soldiers instead. Even the true qi master, Long San, who was ranked in the top ten of the Soaring Dragon family, had died for no apparent reason.    

After careful thought, many of those who wanted to rely on Soaring Dragon secretly stopped their plans, deciding to wait and see while avoiding the offense.    

After all, from the situation at hand, the Duke of Soaring Dragon, with his ferocious momentum, might not have any guarantee of success in his grasp.    

At the very least, this rank of a duke of Jiang Han was not an easy target.    

Bai Zhanyun, the heir of the White Tiger, had provoked Jiang Chen several times, and ended up with a face full of dust because of his problem.    

Yan Yiming, the heir of Yanmen, had also provoked Jiang Chen several times, and was now walking in another direction whenever he saw Jiang Chen.    

Everyone had seen what befell Hong Tiantong, the heir to Vermillion Bird.    

As everyone saw Hong Tiantong wailing miserably, experiencing mental breakdown, they also felt a subtle pleasure over the misfortune of others. Hong Tiantong's failure in his test meant that among the competitors for the first rank position, one of the stronger candidates would be eliminated!    

Currently, the examiner in charge in the arena announced, “Test time has arrived. All contestants please enter their respective arenas!”    

“Stay calm, show yourself well, and do not feel any pressure.” Jiang Chen did not give too many reminders. With quiet leader Xue Tong in charge, and the help of the “Eight Trigram” Assimilation Foundation, there shouldn't be much of a problem in the second test.    

Defeated eight wooden puppets equivalent to six meridians of true qi within half an hour.    

Jiang Chen believed that this test would not be too difficult, unless something affected their mentality. “The Eight Trigram” Assimilation Foundation has just applied in the battle against Hong Tiantong's crew, which naturally greatly increases their chances of victory.    

After all, it was extremely important whether a formation had actual battle experience or not.    

When fighting against Hong Tiantong's crew, Jiang Chen's team did not train with the formation at the beginning, and thus did not quickly occupy a high place.    

When Jiang Chen's team started to get used to the formation, their frightening level of prowess was visible, and they practically trampled on Hong Tiantong's team.    

“Everyone guessed, was it the team of young duke Yinye who completed the test first, or the team of Miss Juxue who completed the test first?”    

One still could not resist the opportunity to stand out and spout out fawning words.    

“Heh heh, Duke Long's heir pair are dragons and phoenixes among humans. It is difficult to distinguish the difference between the two. This question really confuses us all.”    

“Listen, a third of the time has passed.”    

“Ai, hopefully my personal bodyguard team gets away.”    

“Yes, I still admire the four grand dukes. Although Hong Tiantong's team had already fallen, the four grand dukes had two candidate slots. Although Hong Tiantong's team failed, it didn't matter if the other team succeeded.”    

This advantage was huge for the four grand dukes.    

Time continued to pass as the hearts of the candidates whose strength was relatively weaker became increasingly nervous.    

They also know that this exam is quite difficult. Unless the crew of the personal bodyguards possessed incredible strength, it would be difficult to defeat eight wooden puppets with six levels of true qi within half an hour.    

Apart from the heirs of the four grand dukes, who were relatively quieter, the heirs of the other dukes were more or less worried.    

As for Jiang Chen, his heart was as calm as water.    

Half of the time given goes by quickly. The breath of many heirs began to increase. “Ear of the Zephyr” belonged to Jiang Chen could even hear their hasty breathing.    

At this moment, the big door leading to the arena opened—    

This means there is a team that has completed the test and is out!    

“See, big door open, a team out! Is that young duke Yinye or Miss Juxue's crew? The answer will be revealed soon!”    

“What's the point of speculating about this? If it wasn't young duke Yinye, then it belonged to Miss Juxue. The most prominent among the Eastern Kingdoms was undoubtedly the heir of Soaring Dragon.”    

“True, no matter which team finishes first, they all represent the Long Family.”    

A large door opened and footsteps could be heard from within.    

A warm laugh was heard before a figure of the body was seen, “Haha, this test is not too difficult! I wonder which path our exit is on?”    

“No matter where we are, the rating is not specified here.”    

A crowd of eight people came out following their voices.    

It was not Long Yinye's team, nor was it Long Juxue's team.    

So did the team of the four grand dukes.    

It was Jiang Chen's team of dukedom Jiang Han!    

Everyone was astonished, and even Long Yinye and Long Juxue felt it was a little overwhelming. The two exchanged watchful looks with each other.    

They seemed to suddenly, really, realize that this Jiang Chen, and Jiang Han, were not insignificant little flaws at all, but real threats!    

“Jiang Chen this must be obliterated at the first opportunity!” Long Yinye formed a motive to kill at that moment.    

Brother and sister share an understanding between their hearts. A powerful ray of killing intent also flashed in Long Juxue's phoenix eyes at this moment.    

The education given in the Soaring Dragon palace since young was the education of dominance, eradicating any threats that might arise, and using one's strength to oppress the weak.    

Even Princess Gouyu felt a little surprised. Jiang Chen's team was the first to complete the test!    

As the main organizer in charge of the Hidden Dragon Trials, he was well aware of how difficult this level was. Jiang Chen's team did show strong fighting competence when they won over Hong Tiantong's team, but none of them had specifically displayed such overwhelming strength.    

As for Long Yinye and Long Juxue's team, there were strong practitioners of nine meridians true qi present in both.    

The true qi of the nine meridians would destroy the true qi of the six meridians as the former rolled into the latter.    

This is a surprising development, a very surprising development.    

Jiang Chen ignored the complicated gaze from all sides and walked towards Princess Gouyu. “Your Honor, here's the second test result. Please see and receive.”    

Princess Gouyu nodded, “Jiang Chen, very good. I must admit, you are the biggest dark horse in the Hidden Dragon Trials this time.”    

A big black horse, really a big black horse.    

We should know that even a few months ago, jokes about Jiang Chen were still widely circulated in the capital. Jiang Chen had even been subjected to all the jokes of the Hidden Dragon Trials, a unique character that could not even pass the basic exam!    

But world affairs are not eternal!    

They say that changes in prosperity and decline are volatile in the ups and downs, such as the profitable feng shui on the east side of the river for thirty years, and profitable on the west side for another thirty years.    

This Jiang Chen was experiencing such a rapid change of prosperity and decline, that feng shui had shifted across the river in three months!    

Several teams also completed the test after Jiang Chen's team passed the test and exited the arena.    

Long Yinye and Long Juxue's team were close behind Jiang Chen's team, with four other grand dukes following after him.    

There is still enough ground to talk about the foundation and strength of the family at times like these.    

Compared to the other first rank dukes, the superiority of the four grand dukes was quite noticeable.    

The Duke of Soaring Dragon had a more tangible advantage over the four grand dukes.    

Of course, there was no point in comparing all of these at this moment because Jiang Chen had appeared. This caused the four grand dukes, even the heir of Soaring Dragon, to be overshadowed and defeated.    

This was unprecedented because the limelight of Soaring Dragon's heir had been suppressed by someone!    

We should know that the Duke of Soaring Dragon has occupied the position of the first ranked Duke for too long. Hardly any power had appeared in several hundred years to challenge their existence.    

Even the existence of a person close to him was non-existent, let alone someone who could challenge his position.    

However, an unexpected development appeared today.    

An unexpected development that had not occurred for hundreds of years had appeared!    

Although this small test is not a very important test, and only small details have nothing to do with the bigger picture, a general observation of the previous Hidden Dragon Trials would reveal that the existence of the Soaring Dragon heirs stood out like a stork standing in the middle of a chicken. They are far in the lead, either in terms of the bigger picture, or in the smallest details.    

And now, even though they had been defeated by others in the smallest terms, this was still the first in hundreds of years!    

News spread rapidly, as if he had grown a foot and flowed following the wind. It has covered almost the entire capital in fifteen minutes.    

This news is too shocking.    

The heir of Soaring Dragon had been defeated by someone in the Hidden Dragon Trials!    

As for the person in question, Jiang Chen, he did not feel satisfied at all. His gaze was fixed directly on the third mission after completing the second mission.    

Only after successfully completing the third mission would it be the same as declaring that the Jiang Han territory had been successfully strived to become a first rank duke.    

The battle of the next rank would determine the internal ranking of the first rank dukes.    

The ranking battle was the true purpose of Jiang Chen's participation in the Hidden Dragon Trials this time around.    

These so-called missions are just warm-ups and appetizers.    

His reaction was timid, but he couldn't stop the spread of the story behind his frustration this time. The reaction from all sides far exceeded his estimate.    

When the Soaring Dragon family received this news, everyone present became in an uproar. Long Zhaofeng, the Soaring Dragon Duke himself, was silent for a moment. He had given the previous order that whatever his method, Jiang Chen should die and should not grow into his strength.    

Inside the palace, Eastern Lu was also speechless for a while as he received the latest news regarding this matter. He was tragically aware that in the tussle between the royal family and the Soaring Dragon Duke, Jiang Chen, this originally nameless child, was, it had become the greatest weapon that had no choice but to be relied upon by the royal family.