Chapter 3297 – The Blazing Marten
Jiang Chen’s gaze was like a torch. The Five Thunders Decree had actually been swindled away by that bastard. Although he had been prepared, he had still been outplayed by one move. This stinky Daoist was full of tricks and extremely cunning. His strength was nothing special, but his methods of escape were first-rate. Jiang Chen also blamed himself for trusting him too easily. This guy already had a record of cheating and swindling.
Jiang Chen was full of anger, his face as dark as it could be. Even Yuan Hua had not expected this stinky Daoist to be so cunning, vanishing silently before their eyes. Jiang Chen wanted to chase him, but there was already no trace of him to be found.
“Brother Jiang, this…”
Yuan Hua looked at Jiang Chen with a bitter smile. This stinky Daoist was simply a scourge of the human world.
“Forget it. Just consider it fed to the dogs. Sooner or later I’ll find that guy.”
Jiang Chen said viciously. Anyway, he did not know how to use the Five Thunders Decree right now, so if it was lost, it was lost. At least he still had the bronze throne. Now it was time to leave this place.
“Brother Jiang, where do you plan to go now?”
Yuan Hua asked.
“First I’ll go to the Rushing Thunder Mountains I asked that stinky Daoist about. I have important business to settle there. What about you?”
Jiang Chen asked in return.
“I want to go see the Central Region Divine Land first. After all, as far as I know, it’s an incredibly vast region where all the powerful experts gather. I also want to see whether I can establish myself in the Central Region Divine Land, hahaha.”
Yuan Hua laughed loudly. He was clearly full of curiosity about the outside world. Although his strength had reached the Divine Emperor Realm, he was still full of anticipation about exploring the unknown.
“All right. Then we’ll have to go our separate ways.”
Jiang Chen nodded. The two of them looked at each other, somewhat helplessly. Yuan Hua had originally planned to go with Jiang Chen, but Jiang Chen had other matters, so he could only head to the Central Region Divine Land alone to try his luck.
“Then, Brother Jiang, we part here. If fate allows, we’ll meet again in the Central Region Divine Land.”
Yuan Hua said solemnly. To put it plainly, everything he had now was inseparable from Jiang Chen, so Yuan Hua respected Jiang Chen greatly.
“Good. See you in the Central Region Divine Land!”
Jiang Chen smiled faintly. After leaving the Shihai Ice Palace, the two of them went their separate ways.
In front of the Shihai Ice Palace, a spotless white fox leapt up onto the Shihai Ice Palace and gazed at the retreating figures of Jiang Chen and Yuan Hua. It spoke in a human voice, murmuring:
“Heaven and earth are without benevolence and treat all things as straw dogs. The years wait for no one, and the firmament is nearing dusk. Another era, another stillness before the dawn… Hundreds of millions of living beings as soldiers, a million gods and demons as generals, three thousand stars as pieces, ten thousand miles of sky as the board. Ancient Emperors of old, have you all been completely buried in the dust of time and space…”
“Awoo—”
The jade-white fox let out a howl. Its voice was full of endless sorrow and desolation, as if the sky were falling and the earth caving in!
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The Rushing Thunder Mountains were lush and flourishing, with dense branches and leaves, ten thousand miles of verdant green under a clear sky, a sea of emerald beneath the blue heavens. Birds and beasts cried out, fowl landed on the ground, and their chirping and calling filled the ears.
After five years, Jiang Chen finally crossed a thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers and arrived at the Rushing Thunder Mountains. In a city near the Rushing Thunder Mountains, Jiang Chen had gotten accurate information. Three hundred thousand miles from the city lay the Rushing Thunder Mountains. Few people ever set foot there, and since they were connected to the Forbidden Divine Land and the Futu Pagoda, no one went there at all. If you were caught by a monster that had run out of the Forbidden Divine Land or by people of the Futu Pagoda, you would surely die.
But Jiang Chen did not care about any of this. His strength had now completely stabilized at the Half-step Divine Emperor Realm. In seven years, he had broken through to Half-step Divine Emperor. His progress had been neither fast nor slow, just as Jiang Chen had expected. To enter the Divine Emperor Realm, all he needed was an opportunity. But Jiang Chen was in no hurry. Only by steadily building a solid foundation could one rise smoothly. With an unstable foundation, one would always be top-heavy. What Jiang Chen wanted was cultivation as steady as Mount Tai. Now, facing a Divine Emperor Realm expert was no problem at all for him. Even against the Mid Divine Emperor Realm, Jiang Chen could put up a fight. It was just that his journey had been peaceful, without any conflicts at all.
Jiang Chen went alone into the Rushing Thunder Mountains. With his present strength, no demonic beast dared to come near him anymore.
Jiang Chen rushed onward. Once he entered the Rushing Thunder Mountains, he would be able to find the location of the Heavenly Lightning. After the Rushing Thunder Chart had been put together, it had turned out to be an ancient sheepskin scroll bearing a mark of Heavenly Lightning, which let Jiang Chen sense where the Heavenly Lightning was.
Jiang Chen kept moving forward, but he always felt as if someone around him was following him. This feeling was very bad. With his present strength, it should have been impossible for him not to discover who was following him, yet the feeling was unusually strong.
Just as Jiang Chen was thinking about it, he actually saw a fiery red spirit beast flash past before his eyes. Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up. It was actually a Blazing Marten. Blazing Martens were born with extraordinary talent. An adult Blazing Marten could reach the strength of the Divine Emperor Realm, which said it all. Moreover, a Blazing Marten was a treasure from head to toe. Its heart, liver, and gallbladder were all top-grade materials for refining pills. Jiang Chen did not have any good pill recipes right now, but if he could get this Blazing Marten, it would definitely be a great thing for alchemy that would surely come in handy in the future.
“Little thing, let’s see where you run.”
The corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth curled slightly. He was determined to get this Blazing Marten!
Jiang Chen’s figure flashed, and he sped up to give chase. This Blazing Marten was obviously not yet an adult, and its strength was probably below the Divine Emperor Realm. Otherwise, he could never have caught its trail. If it had been an adult Blazing Marten, even Jiang Chen might not have been one hundred percent able to catch up. This creature was a combination of bird and beast, extremely fast, suspicious by nature, and very cunning. Whether in the sky or in the jungle, once it slipped away, catching it again would be hard.
Jiang Chen caught up with the Blazing Marten with the speed of lightning. Sure enough, the Blazing Marten’s strength had already reached the Half-step Divine Emperor Realm. Although it was not yet an adult, it was already showing its talent, and catching it was very difficult.
Jiang Chen kept using the Great Void Technique, which made the Blazing Marten extremely wary. But in the end Jiang Chen’s strength was still a notch above the Blazing Marten’s. After chasing and cornering it for the time it takes half an incense stick to burn, Jiang Chen finally caught the Blazing Marten!
“Little brat, you can’t run this time, can you?”
Jiang Chen smiled faintly and held the Blazing Marten by its fur. The Blazing Marten struggled a few times, its small eyes glaring fixedly at Jiang Chen, full of anger. This creature was full of ferocity and fed specifically on birds and beasts. It was not big, but in this jungle there was nothing it would not eat, from fierce tigers and elephants above to leeches and lizards below. So its nutritional value was extremely high.