The Emperor of the Three Realms
chapter 80
Except, Jiang Chen had outstanding skills and was quite courageous. He put aside his worries.
It was true, after walking for roughly fifty to a hundred kilometers, the depths of the Boundless Catacombs became much deeper. The various underground creatures within the catacombs also became more lively.
Jiang Chen's catch became rich back in the third and fourth days following.
Eleven green spirit pearls on the third day…
Eight pearls of spirit on the fourth day…
The total number at the end of four days was a total of 34 pearls.
“Four days and 34 pearls. If this continues, I can still complete the mission earlier.” Jiang Chen calculated that there was still a difference of 66 pearls between his current acquisition and the mission requirements.
However, a strange incident happened again on the fifth day.
The number of Green Wing Sword Birds at around fifty to a hundred kilometers once again reduced.
“Does the Greenwing Sword Bird really have this level of intelligence?” Jiang Chen was a bit confused. No such detail was included in the introduction of the official information in the Hidden Dragon Trials.
Moreover, based on the experiences of those who preceded him, the number of Greenwing Swordbirds in the first and second levels should be enough for everyone.
Only first-rate missions would need to occasionally venture into the third level.
However, according to Jiang Chen's calculations, he should have already entered the second level, and it was quite clear that the Greenwing Swordbirds had all been slaughtered.
“Sial, someone is playing me! When did the Green Winged Sword Bird become so hard to find? All the information is a lie! It is said that the most common creature underground is this Greenwing Swordbird, but I haven't even seen any strange feathers lately.”
"Seriously so. I only tried seventh rank missions, and only needed ten green spirit pearls. Does heaven prevent me from completing such a simple mission?”
Jiang Chen once again heard a similar complaint.
He also felt it was strange. Logically, if the Greenwing Swordbirds were hard to find, then the quota set by the mission would not be this high.
Could it be that someone had repelled the Green Winged Sword Bird through human actions?
Jiang Chen's brows slightly furrowed at the thought of this possibility. It's not beyond possibility. With the dominant nature of Long Yinye and Long Juxue, they could definitely pull off this kind of action.
“If they have some kind of special method to repel all the Green Winged Sword Birds, or to release the signal that the Swords are afraid of, or to release, they could definitely repel all the Green Wing Sword Birds into the catacombs.”
Jiang Chen cursed inwardly as his thoughts led to this path. He felt his speculation was on target.
“If it's true as I thought, then my Brother and Sister are too cruel. They cut the survival path of the heirs of the rank of a low-level duke!”
The power of an heir to the rank of a low-level duke was mediocre. They did not have the ability to wander into the third level catacombs, and could only fly in guerrilla warfare in the first and second levels.
If all the Green Winged Sword Birds were expelled from the first and second levels, then this would be a disaster of destruction for these people!
“But what is the benefit for them?” Jiang Chen thought carefully.
Are they more comfortable hunting? While that may be the case, it is not the main reason. With the strength of Big Brother and Little Sister Long, they would not spend much effort to kill the Green Winged Sword Bird.
To suppress the other dukes? This may also happen. After all, the Duke of Soaring Dragon had too great an ambition. Suppressing the dukes who were not by his side, and helping those under his banner to achieve their goals, thus causing the various dukes to come under his jurisdiction!
“Mm! If Big Brother and Little Sister Long killed enough Green Wing Sword Birds, those under their banner could receive green spirit pearls from their hands, while the heirs who ruined the scene in their eyes would receive a face full of dust and nothing, even losing the rank of a duke! ”
What a cruel hatred! Truly, an evil plan that aims to exterminate!
“Indeed there is nothing that the Long family will not do. However, how can I, Jiang Chen, be led by you? Jiang Chen was also very angry with the Long family's plans.
Jiang Chen decided not to proceed any further. The hunt for four or five days had given him a lot of training. The signs of impending breakthroughs had repeatedly appeared at the boundary of his eight meridians true qi.
Jiang Chen found a remote corner, and decided to start training.
If Jiang Chen had the intention to conceal himself, he would actually not worry that anyone would disturb him in the Boundless Catacombs. However, just because no one could find it, did not mean that the place was completely safe.
The scariest thing in this catacombs is the underground creatures.
Jiang Chen prepared some simple arrangements, and cleverly arranged all kinds of poison, forming a self-preservation trap.
Whether it was humans or underground creatures, as long as they entered into this ring, they would be poisoned.
Two days passed.
Jiang Chen opened his eyes. He firmly suppressed every current of true qi rampaging within his body. The actual nine meridians qi were like nine overflowing rivers, with vast momentum, as they ran rampant throughout his body.
“Further progress has been achieved, one step forward has been taken.” A satisfied smile was seen on Jiang Chen's face. “Nine meridians true qi is the pinnacle of a true qi realm advanced. One more step forward would allow me to become a true qi master. Except, with my current training, what do I need to fear towards a true qi master of ten meridians true qi?”
It was not that Jiang Chen was overconfident, but he actually had the capital to be arrogant.
After entering the nine meridians of true qi, one's combat strength would definitely increase greatly if accompanied by powerful martial techniques.
Especially “God's eyes”. After surviving in the catacombs for six or seven days, Jiang Chen could clearly sense that the "Eye of God" realm had risen again and had entered the sixth level.
“It looks like my 'Eye of God' is the most outstanding of the four great abilities. Inside the catacombs it is pitch dark, but in fact it provides the most benefit to the training of 'Eye of God'.”
“God” sixth level eyes are indeed at a much more advanced level when compared to before. There was no difference between a dark and gloomy day during the day and the dark catacombs in Jiang Chen's eyes.
A breakthrough and an increase in strength. This made Jiang Chen feel even more confident.
“Sister and sister, I wonder what kind of mess you two are making now! Huh, no matter what kind of disturbance they create, all still have to reach their peak at the third level. The fourth level is a forbidden zone. Princess Zouyu has stressed and repeated her warning that we cannot enter it. Therefore, even though they created chaos, the third level was his absolute limit!”
Jiang Chen was different from an heir of the rank of a lower ranked duke. Those people were unwilling to venture into the third level, but he, Jiang Chen, had the ability to do so.
When Jiang Chen came out of this remote corner, he realized that he had underestimated the intelligence of others. He learns from random comments and comments from the outside world that heirs have learned that someone is planning a crime. All the heirs had now been formed into groups of two or three people, and headed to the third level.
A person's power is limited, but a team will work, right?
As for who committed the crime, most of the speculation led to Brother and Sister Long.
However, there was another terrifying rumor that splashed this bucket of dirty water onto him, Jiang Chen!
“It looks like Brother and Sister have put in a lot of effort, and are thinking of targeting me?” Jiang Chen smiled coldly. He got tired of the game of cat catching rats.
Because there was so much boring speculation in the outside world, Jiang Chen firmly decided not to hide himself anymore, and not to avoid the crowd like he did before.
One day later, Jiang Chen felt the temperature in the catacombs was decreasing. The swamps and swamps under his feet also felt full of danger.
“It looks like I have entered the third level.” Jiang Chen became wise and cautious when he set foot.
Monsters sometimes appeared from the depths of this swamp. There were tentacle monsters, evil herbs, and all kinds of armor that ate demonic insects…
Even Jiang Chen's progress felt slowed down.
However, the number of Greenwing Swordbirds increased markedly after entering the third level.
Except, Jiang Chen had to spend quite a lot of time dealing with the various threats under his feet. It would definitely affect his hunt for the Green Winged Sword Bird.
Jiang Chen killed twenty-three Greenwing Swordbirds after three days.
In this way, he collected 57 green spirit pearls.
Exactly ten days have passed.
“57 pearls in ten days. It's a little slower than I thought. Except, strangely enough, why was there not a single Silverwing Swordbird along the way?”
Jiang Chen was a little tired of killing the Greenwing Swordbirds. We should know that one Silverwing Swordbird will produce one silver pearl.
One silver pearl was equivalent to ten green spirit pearls.
Jiang Chen only had 43 green spirit pearls left to collect, but if converted into silver spirit pearls, it would only mean five silver spirit pearls.
Look, it's Jiang Chen!
“Yes, this Jiang Chen has finally appeared. But why is he still collecting green spirit pearls?”
“That's not him causing trouble. If it was him, he had long since collected quite a lot!”
Jiang Chen deliberately revealed himself to prove this to the outside world, and to force the brother and sister duo out of a corner.
“Brother Jiang Chen.” Bai Zhanyun came out from a dark corner.
“Brother Bai.” The two formed a friendship after exchanging blows. Jiang Chen did not harbour any ill will towards Bai Zhanyun, and at least Bai Zhanyun realized his mistake, and was responsible for it.
“You should also know that someone is causing trouble inside the Boundless Catacombs, and has pushed all the Green Wing Sword Birds to the third level. This causes everyone to have difficulty in hunting. Ten days had passed, yet most were still far from reaching their quota! How is brother Jiang Chen?
“I still got half of it.” Jiang Chen did not bother to hide anything.
“Then, this means it wasn't Jiang Chen's brother who caused the problem?”
“Do you think I'm that bored?” Jiang Chen's tone sounded distant. “Some people are obsessed with ambition, and seek to dictate competition through control over the Greenwing Swordbirds, thus controlling the jurisdiction of the rank of a duke. This is the act of 'Those who follow me will rise, and those who oppose me will die'.”
“This... can the Long Family really be behind this?” Bai Zhanyun's face turned slightly cold.
Others immediately detect this abnormality when everything is already explained. They exclaimed, “Alright, look at everything! Who among them was unable to hunt down the Greenwing Swordbirds? Have you seen any of the heirs close to Soaring Dragon?”
“True, we haven't seen any of them! This Long Family is indeed manipulating the competition!”
“Sial, too despicable and shameless! This is still the power of the Eastern Kingdom! Are they not afraid of incurring public outrage with their actions?”
The pent-up range and fury of these heirs was unleashed in an instant.
This matter is pretty obvious now. Those who were not close to the Duke of Soaring Dragon, or were not under his banner were basically empty-handed, without any advantage.
The heirs close to the Duke of Soaring Dragon were clearly not in that place.
Even idiots can see that Brother and Sister are behind this!
However, they also tragically discovered that the rules of the Hidden Dragon Trials did not seem to prohibit such a thing from happening.
