The Emperor of the Three Realms

chapter 87

“That's my secret.” Jiang Chen smiled faintly.    

"Confidential?" The spirit level beast smiled. “You, an ordinary human, dare to talk to me about secrets while in my territory?”    

“Indeed, a secret. I don't plan on leaving this place alive anyway. You don't even need to do anything, that Sword Bird is more than enough to take care of me.” Jiang Chen was completely shameless.    

“Haha, you are indeed an interesting human being. Previously, no human had entered my territory to let him live, unless I could not defeat them. However, you, I don't plan on killing you.”    

“Because I know the ancient language of animals?” Jiang Chen asked in a low voice.    

"NO." The spirit level beast shook its head. “Because, ever since you entered my territory, there is a certain kind of power hidden within you, a terrifying power. Although I can no longer sense it, I am sure there is a terrifying power sleeping within you.    

"Oh?" Jiang Chen was also completely confused by the beast's words.    

It is certain to say that he was full of the teachings of the apostles and had a thorough knowledge of scientific and theoretical affairs, but how could he begin to explain the fact that there seemed to be a terrifying power hidden within him?    

“No need to speculate. You haven't even entered the spirit dao, and haven't opened your spirit sea yet. You absolutely will not be able to capture the presence of this power.”    

It was only when one entered the spirit dao and split the sea of spirits that one could begin to train spirit qi.    

Of the four abilities that accompany “Moonshatter” Flying Swords, one of them, “Psychis” Head can only be trained after entering spirit dao.    

You are afraid of my power?    

“Heh heh, scared?” The spirit level beast smiled. “As you said, these Swordbirds are more than enough to annihilate you tens of thousands of times over. Why am I afraid of you?”    

“Because you are not afraid, and I have entered your territory without permission, what is your reason for letting me go?”    

“Man, don't provoke me. I've been here for a million years. Do you think I would be easily provoked by humans? It's just that I feel some kind of mysterious power inside you. This power seemed to have surpassed the natural laws of this existence. It is this power that my colleagues have anticipated in their sleep for tens of thousands of years. It's a kind of hope!”    

"Hope?" Jiang Chen was getting confused.    

“Yes, hope. Hope to depart from this place!” An ancient feeling of gloom, a feeling that had seen many changes in life, flowed out from the eyes of that spirit level beast.    

“Depart from here? You joke. With your strength, isn't it easy to go?”    

“That's why I said you're just a regular guy right now. You haven't even trained your spirit power yet, how can you observe the net that there is no escape in this Boundless Catacombs?    

“This Boundless Catacombs were created by the divine ability of someone with high prestige from another realm. They contained extremely frightening, forbidden, and taboo formations. Those under the spirit dao can enter and exit freely, whereas our bodies have been imprinted with seals that match the formation. We will trigger the formation as soon as we leave, activate the fire of heaven and earth and die where we stand.”    

“That is, the outside world can enter and exit this boundless catacombs, but you who are inside can't get out?”    

“It's not entirely true. Those who are under the spirit dao, like this Sword Bird, can still enter and exit.” The spirit level beast let out a light sigh, a hint of loneliness visible in its eyes.    

Jiang Chen remained silent as well. He could feel a kind of miserable gloom from the beast's eyes, which had come from the prison for endless years. It was like the millions of years of Jiang Chen's past life that was also empty, desolate, and resigned!    

“Man, I spend most of my time here in sleep because I don't want to wake up. The resurrection consumed my spirit power and energy. Unless a careless and brash alien race makes mistakes and annoys us, we prefer to sleep all the time, because we cannot train in this Boundless Catacombs. Do you know why those who venture here are basically unable to return?”    

“Yes, because they have disturbed you and wasted your spirit power and energy.” Jiang Chen could understand.    

“You are very smart. Therefore, you are the only human that I do not want to kill because I want to make a transaction with you.”    

"Transaction?" Jiang Chen was surprised.    

"Yes." Yeah." This spirit level beast let out a light sigh. “I know I'm a bit unreasonable, but I vaguely felt a trace of power that didn't belong to this plane at the time. Could it be that incredible miracles will happen to you in the future? Just treat it as one of my empty dreams. Maybe it was just a misunderstanding. But, even though it was a misunderstanding, I still do not want to let this opportunity pass.”    

It must be said that the spirit-level creature had a tendency to babble because he had been locked up for too long.    

“Let's go straight to the point.” Jiang Chen had to remind him.    

“Mm. This transaction is simple. I can release you, and even swear allegiance to you, as long as you swear that when you have the ability to release the seal from inside my body in the future, you will come to save me from this place. You should know that it is sad to live in this hellhole. I'd rather be your slave outside than live endless days here in pain.”    

“This simple?” Jiang Chen found it a bit hard to believe.    

“This simple.” The spirit level beast nodded, with an extremely sincere gaze flowing through its eyes.    

It seemed like loneliness and voidness were enough to destroy everything, including powerful spirit beasts like this!    

“The oath of the law of heaven is very effective, you must think carefully.” The spirit level beast did not forget to remind him.    

Jiang Chen smiled. He was the reincarnation of the son of the Celestial Emperor. He was well aware of the power of vows under the laws of heaven. Even the Celestial Emperor himself would not dare to break the oath based on the laws of the heavens.    

The spirit level beast stared unblinkingly at Jiang Chen, clearly a little anxious over his help and worried about losing him, deeply afraid that Jiang Chen would reject him.    

Jiang Chen rubbed his stomach and smiled lazily. “If you can find something for me to eat, then we can agree to this problem.”    

"really?" The eyes of spirit level beasts sparkled.    

“I swear, but I can't guarantee the timeframe. Because I currently have no idea or knowledge of formations and seals.”    

“Alright, I, Jiang Chen, swear on the name of the law of heaven, that if someday I am equipped with the power to unseal, I will definitely...right, what is your name?”    

“I am called Mang Qi!” The spirit level beast hastily added.    

“I will definitely save Mang Qi from this place. If I break this oath, then the laws of heaven will hit me.” Jiang Chen swore with serious earnestness.    

“Alright, it looks like you are different from other humans. I can feel your sincerity. Since you are not careless to me, I, Mang Qi, also swear if you can save me from this place, I will treat you as my master for the rest of my life and listen to all your commands! If I break this oath, then the laws of heaven will hit me.”    

One human and one beast made this strange transaction in this kind of situation.    

At this moment, Jiang Chen's stomach started to rumble at this inopportune time.    

Goldwing Swordbirds very quickly delivered food, a wisp of jade green fruit.    

"Eat. It was just that the quality was somewhat higher inside the cave. The meat is more disgusting, I don't think you'll be able to eat it.”    

Jiang Chen went straight to the point of trouble and started chewing on the fruit. The fruit is crunchy, juicy, and melts in the mouth. A little warmth could be felt after swallowing it. It felt warm and warm, giving an indescribable feeling of comfort.    

“Eh? What fruit is this?” Jiang Chen felt a wave of hot air emerge from his dantian when he came to the third fruit. It then flowed into the various meridians, nurturing like a spring rain, making Jiang Chen feel a peace of mind and a happy heart.    

“This is a Rare Jade Fruit, a spirit fruit that grows in the area where I sleep. An ordinary practitioner can increase his training rate by one selfless level when eating one fruit.”    

“Then I've eaten three times in a row, doesn't that mean..”    

“Haha you think too much. The effect of eating a hundred is the same as eating just one. Eating too much will actually cause adverse side effects, so I only prepared six for you.”    

"Ah? Why didn't you say it before? Then I won't eat again, what a pity!” It was as if Jiang Chen had received a priceless treasure as he stored the Rare Jade Fruit into his sack.    

It is a rare and valuable fruit. Although this was only a roadside merchandise for Jiang Chen in his previous life, the present was not the past.    

This natural spirit fruit was now a luxury item for Jiang Chen.    

Mang Qi yawned wide and smiled, “It looks like I need to give you some space. You have to prepare to break through?    

Unconditional Rare Jade Fruit would increase one level of training. This isn't just talk.    

The spirit power possessed by this fruit immediately caused the level of spirit power in Jiang Chen's body to be plentiful, miraculously healing all the wounds he had sustained previously.    

Three days later…    

Mang Qi once again appeared and smiled kindly. “Congratulations, it looks like you did manage to break through. Mm? True qi master who is still young?”    

Jiang Chen slowly opened his eyes, neatly arranging every stream of true qi within his body and storing it back into his dantian.    

Everything looks amazing.    

He had broken through nine meridians of true qi after entering the Boundless Catacombs. Who would have thought that after such a drastic change, he would find an opportunity to breakthrough in a state that caused death!    

And, the breakthrough this time sent him straight into the ranks of a true qi master!    

Ten meridians true qi, true qi masters!    

A true qi master was the peak of elite existence in the entire Eastern Kingdom!    

Except, Jiang Chen was not too happy. He nodded with a faint expression, “I have underestimated the spirit power of this Rare Jade Fruit!”    

“Quite normal, but I don't seem to see the excitement that usually happens after a breakthrough? Oh yeah, looks like I haven't asked your name until now?”    

“Jiang Chen.”    

“Jiang Chen's. Jiang Chen.” Mang Qi repeated it a few times, as if wanting to instill this name deeply into his mental awareness.    

“Oh yes, Mang Qi, how many days have I entered the fourth level?” Jiang Chen suddenly asked.    

“You have spent two or three days in a coma since entering, plus another three days it took to break through, should it be about six or seven days? It has not exceeded seven days.”    

“Not exceeding seven days?” Jiang Chen was very pleased. He was worried that he was in a coma for too long and missed the one-month mission deadline.    

Various events had occurred when he had hunted the Green Wing Sword Bird before, and he was then delayed by several days when he faced the pursuit of the Hidden Hand. Overall, he spent about seventeen or eighteen days.    

Plus six or seven days here, only twenty-four or twenty-five days should have passed in a month.    

“You have urgent business?” For an unknown reason, Mang Qi suddenly did not want this human to leave.    

“Very urgent. It has to do with my father and the survival of my family!” Jiang Chen was not worried. Once the Long family had the upper hand and the Jiang family lost power, it would definitely be a terrible oppression and slaughter!