Dragon-Marked War God

Lan Luo silently looked at Jiang Chen. Right now, he was in rags and covered in dust and dirt. He looked a little heartbreaking. Where had that guy who once commanded the winds and clouds gone?

Sigh!

Lan Luo sighed softly. Every person had their own aspirations, and who could fathom them? She could not understand Jiang Chen’s world. She only felt sorry for him. A peerless genius had fallen into decline like this. It was puzzling.

“He looks like a stinking beggar. Mid Hierarch Realm, heh, interesting. With this little bit of strength, you dare to set foot here?”

Lan Yingjie sneered and gave Jiang Chen a disdainful look. He had never had a good impression of this guy, and on top of that he had just been knocked back. Naturally, he felt extremely resentful.

“Exactly. A guy who looks like a beggar. Is this the so-called friend of yours, Sister Luo?”

Lan Zi was also jealous and contemptuous of Jiang Chen. This guy’s long hair was a messy tangle, he had no presence at all and his strength was lacking. He could not compare with her Senior Brother Yingjie at all. She had no idea how Lan Luo could have become friends with him. It was truly an embarrassment to their family.

Lan Luo was unmoved, her expression cold. At this moment, it was clear that Lan Yingjie and Lan Zi both had quite a problem with Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen’s strength was not necessarily weaker than Lan Yingjie’s.

“The one who can knock a man down and destroy his mind is none other than a woman.”

The young man in black said indifferently. Jiang Chen still showed no reaction and kept gazing into the distance. It was as if his heart was drifting with the willow catkins in the wind, all the way to some distant place.

But the young man in black did not know that what had knocked Jiang Chen down was not just one woman, but two.

Lan Luo shook her head with a sigh and said.

“If you don’t want to talk about it, forget it. I won’t force you.”

Although Jiang Chen had not said anything, the young man in black seemed certain he had read Jiang Chen right. It had to be because of a woman he loved. Those deathly still eyes, he had once had them too. It was only after he met Lan Luo again that his heart had thawed and gone back to normal.

“Do you know why this place has turned into a barren wasteland?”

Lan Yingjie looked at Jiang Chen and asked rudely. However you compared this guy with him, he could not measure up. Why should he give him a friendly face? Besides, he was completely devoted to Lan Luo, yet Lan Luo actually treated someone who looked like a beggar much better than she treated him. How could Lan Yingjie not be angry?

“He once saved my life. I hope you can be more polite. This time we’re going to Zhongsheng Temple for an audience. I hope you won’t cause any trouble.”

Lan Luo’s expression trembled slightly. Seeing Jiang Chen again, she actually felt a little sorry for him. Back then, she had used any means necessary to achieve her goal, but in the end Jiang Chen had spared her life. That was an undeniable fact. Her mission had not been completed, and Lan Luo had long since stopped dwelling on the grudge between her and Jiang Chen. After all, there was no real life-and-death feud between them.

“I know you might hate me, but after all, there’s no life-and-death feud between us. This time, we’re going to Zhongsheng Temple for an audience, to discuss together how to deal with the Reincarnated Living Buddha. If you’re interested, you can come with us.”

Lan Luo said indifferently. Those deathly still eyes of Jiang Chen’s always made her feel sorry for him.

Jiang Chen slowly raised his head and glanced at Lan Luo. It was the only flicker of emotion he had shown of his own accord.

“All right.”

Jiang Chen did not say anything more, just that one word. Lan Luo’s heart settled a little. This guy had made her very curious. She had said so much before, and he had not reacted at all. Yet now that she had mentioned going to Zhongsheng Temple for an audience and dealing with the Reincarnated Living Buddha, a ripple had finally appeared in his heart.

Jiang Chen sighed inwardly. Right now his heart was focused on one thing alone, with only one belief, and that was to raise his strength, go to the Central Region Divine Land and bring Yan Qingcheng back. As for Sister Ning, the most important thing now was to find information about the Martial Soul Emperor. Only by finding information about the Martial Soul Emperor could he find Sister Ning’s trail. If everything had originated from that Jade Marrow Soul Seed, then perhaps Sister Ning’s disappearance was entirely his own doing. Jiang Chen’s heart was full of self-reproach. At this moment, his heart was as still as water. Even though he had used the Thirteenth Sword and comprehended the Fourteenth Sword, and even though his foundation of Dao Essence had grown more and more solid, and Dao Essence had been born within his Great Dao, Jiang Chen’s heart remained unmoved.

In the past, Jiang Chen had been too optimistic. He had thought the Divine World was nothing more than this, and that everything in the world would bear fruit as long as one worked hard. But only when he was truly weighed down by love, hurt by love and felt powerless because of his own incompetence did he look back and realize that his world had been far too narrow, and that his strength was nowhere near enough to stand firm in this Divine World. Let alone a whole divine land, he could not even control a county or a realm. Only after truly losing something did he understand the pain and torment of it. Jiang Chen’s heart underwent another qualitative transformation.

The bearing of a true expert had to be fought for. Only by standing at the absolute peak could one look down upon all living beings, stride across the continents of the Divine World and ignore the rules of heaven and earth. That moment was still far too distant for the Jiang Chen of today.

“Lan Luo, are you really going to bring this guy along? Do you know where he’s from? Do you know how important our mission is this time? If something goes wrong on the way, how are you going to take responsibility?”

Lan Yingjie frowned deeply and looked at Lan Luo. He disliked this Jiang Chen very much, and now Jiang Chen was actually going to Zhongsheng Temple with them, which meant they would be traveling together the whole way. This guy had suddenly appeared in this barren land. How could he know whether someone had arranged this on purpose, or whether Jiang Chen had done it deliberately? Whatever schemes he might have were even harder to say.

“I have my own choices. His strength isn’t necessarily weaker than yours. You’d better worry about yourself first. If we run into danger, maybe Jiang Chen will save your life. As for our mission, that’s not for you to worry about.”

Lan Luo said coldly.

“You——”

Lan Yingjie wanted to say something more, but the young man in black shot him a fierce glare, and he chose to shut his mouth.

“Stop arguing about this. Let Lan Luo decide everything. What kind of waves can a guy at the Mid Hierarch Realm stir up? The family didn’t send you here to join in the fun. It sent you here to train. Understand?”

The young man in black said. His words left Lan Yingjie and Lan Zi even more speechless. What mattered most now was that they had to accomplish something. Going to Zhongsheng Temple was not a sightseeing trip. The great turmoil that had broken out in the Western-pole Divine Land this time was entirely caused by the Reincarnated Living Buddha. So far, their journey had been peaceful. The family had sent them out to the Western-pole Divine Land to train, and above all to let each of them grow, so that they could become true members of the family.

The reason Lan Luo’s position was higher than theirs was that her experience and gains from training outside were greater than theirs. That was something Lan Yingjie and Lan Zi did not have.

“If anything goes wrong, I’ll take full responsibility.”

Lan Luo said in a low voice and glanced at Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen still looked calm and unmoved. Little did they know that this barren land, with ten thousand miles stripped of all life, had been caused by him.