Dragon-Marked War God

“Brother Jiang, why don’t… why don’t you go back? This place isn’t right for you. You haven’t even reached the Half-step Divine Emperor Realm. If you go any further, you might very well lose your life over it, and that wouldn’t be worth it.”

Wude said earnestly.

“Now that I’ve come, how could I go back? Hahaha. Even if I die, I’ll die here. Otherwise, wouldn’t I become a laughingstock for others?”

Jiang Chen said with a big laugh. These words were meant for Baichi Huayu to hear. That guy could not wait for him to die. Jiang Chen could naturally see that this man hated him so much only because of Tantai Jingzang.

Women really were beauties who brought disaster. But this Tantai Jingzang did not seem to have any interest in him. Baichi Huayu was obviously eating vinegar over completely the wrong thing. He should go eat sh*t instead.

“Sigh. Even if you die, Brother Jiang, you should die by my side.”

Wude said in a deep voice.

“Why?”

Jiang Chen looked at Wude suspiciously.

“Because even if you die, your treasures will belong to me. Good fertilizer shouldn’t flow into an outsider’s field. Sigh, why are you glaring at me, Brother Jiang? What I’m saying is the honest truth. Your treasures can’t be allowed to benefit someone else.”

Wude said with an aggrieved face. If looks could kill, Jiang Chen’s eyes would have already killed Wude thousands of times. This guy was nothing like someone who had left home for the Dao. So shameless, and he loved to show off too. That he had lived until today counted as a miracle.

“Are you all right?”

Tantai Jingzang looked at Jiang Chen and asked. By rights, Jiang Chen should not be this fragile. Back then, when he fought the Evil Dragon Emperor, he had been far more valiant than now. How could he end up in such a sorry state in a place like this, and even nearly lose his life?

“I won’t die for now.”

The corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth curled up slightly as he looked coldly at everyone. These people must be the experts from the other sects Sun Xiaolong had mentioned. Each of them was at the Half-step Divine Emperor Realm, but Jiang Chen could feel a domineering air on them like dragons and tigers. Every one of them was no weaker than Baichi Huayu, and each seemed like a wild bull charging at the sky. That kind of terror was something ordinary people could never reach. These guys were all supreme geniuses. Every one of them would be a remarkable figure even in the Central Region Divine Land.

Not Divine Emperors, yet better than Divine Emperors!

“A mere Hierarch dares to come here and die? It looks like he really is tired of living.”

“That’s right. It looks like this brat really thought this would be some nice place, hahaha.”

“If your strength isn’t enough, one day greed will be your undoing. When a man dies, it’s like a lamp going out. Brat, you’d better scram. This place isn’t for you.”

Everyone sneered at Jiang Chen with extreme disdain. After all, they were all at the Half-step Divine Emperor Realm, but their talent was beyond what hundreds of millions of people could reach. Their standing in their families was no lower than that of Divine Emperor Realm experts. Ordinary Divine Emperors might not even be a match for them.

This was what it meant to be a genius, one in ten thousand!

“This kid and I have quite a bond, haha. This poor Daoist will take him along, so there’s no need for all of you to worry. Now that the gate is open, all of us came here for something, didn’t we? Why don’t we go in and take a look first?”

Wude said with a smile, and only then did everyone stop going after Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen looked at Wude. This guy loved to show off, but he was not a bad person. He was not as selfish as they were.

Only Tantai Jingzang silently watched Jiang Chen. She did not believe Jiang Chen could really be this weak. Otherwise, would he still be the Jiang Chen she knew?

“Baichi Huayu, this brat isn’t one of your Fossil Sect’s people, is he? Haha. He looks so weak, and he’s barely clinging on to life now. Later on, will he even have a life left to walk on?”

A big man as burly as an ox said with a big laugh. He seemed full of contempt for the Fossil Sect.

“Jiahe Dongliu, don’t think I, Baichi Huayu, am afraid of you. My Fossil Sect’s affairs don’t need outsiders meddling. Your Water Rhyme Sword Sect had better take care of itself first. If you don’t want to die, shut your mouth.”

Baichi Huayu said with a cold laugh.

“Haha, that’s none of your concern. Baichi, it looks like you really have forgotten what happened three thousand years ago. Back then, my brother and I chased you all over the world, and now you dare to speak to me like this?”

Jiahe Dongliu curled his lip and looked at Baichi Huayu with disdain.

“Back then, if the two of you brothers hadn’t been so shameless as to fight two against one, would I have lost to you? Stop putting gold on your own face. Is that all your Water Rhyme Sword Sect is capable of?”

Baichi Huayu shot back.

“You——”

Jiahe Dongliu said in a deep voice. His face darkened and his eyes grew colder and colder, but his big brother beside him stopped him.

“Why get angry? Heh heh. If we start killing each other before we’ve even entered the Five Directions Traveling Palace, that can’t be a good omen. Brother Baichi, wouldn’t you agree?”

Jiahe Quanshan smiled faintly. He was dressed all in white, a modest gentleman.

“Now that sounds a bit more like it. It’s better than certain people who don’t know what’s good for them. If the Water Rhyme Sword Sect ever falls into Jiahe Dongliu’s hands, it will probably get worse by the day.”

Baichi Huayu said coldly, which made Jiahe Dongliu so angry that his face turned extremely dark.

“Haha, for now let’s see just what kind of divine being this Five Directions Great Emperor was. What’s the point of tangling with each other here?”

Wude said with a smile, stepping out to smooth things over.

The people around did not say much either. Apart from the people of the Water Rhyme Sword Sect, the remaining five people silently watched the show from the side. When it did not concern them, they hung it high and left it alone. No one seemed willing to say another word.

“I hope you won’t become everyone’s stumbling block. Hmph.”

Baichi Huayu laughed coldly, turned and walked deeper into the underground plaza. Everyone quickly followed right after him. These words were obviously meant for Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen did not care at all. If not for him, they would all have been trapped here until they died. But he had done it to save himself as well, so there was nothing to say. It looked like this Baichi Huayu really was a petty, narrow-minded sort.

“He’s just a bit eccentric in temper. Don’t mind him.”

Tantai Jingzang saw the coldness in Jiang Chen’s eyes and said in a low voice.

“Who among you Fossil Sect people isn’t eccentric in temper?”

Jiang Chen’s words left Tantai Jingzang stunned for a moment. Only then did Tantai Jingzang realize that Jiang Chen was actually talking about her.

“Think whatever you like. The clear stay clear and the muddy stay muddy.”

After Tantai Jingzang said that, she also followed the main group deeper into the underground plaza.

“Brother Jiang, are you really prepared? You should know that getting in here isn’t that easy. Life and death are up to fate, success and failure are up to heaven. You’d better think it over.”

Wude said very solemnly.

“Don’t worry. If I die, all my treasures are yours.”

Jiang Chen said with a smile.

“Phew. Now that Brother Jiang says that, I can rest easy.”

“…”

Jiang Chen was completely speechless. What kind of piece of work was this guy?