Dragon-Marked War God

That night, Jiang Chen went alone to the Myriad Saints Mountain that Songzan Kangying had spoken of. Rather than a mountain, it was more like a great canyon, because the mountaintop was covered with giant stone tablets lying every which way. The inscriptions on the tablets were obscure, there were marks of blades and swords everywhere, and everything was covered in dust, like a mass grave. This Myriad Saints Mountain was actually built from those stone tablets, each tens or hundreds of zhang in size. It was truly unbelievable.

The great canyon in front of him was the same. But the closer he got to the canyon, the more Jiang Chen could feel an incomparably strong wind blowing up from its bottom. In other words, it seemed impossible to go down into this canyon at all. Anything would be blown up into the sky.

It was the first time Jiang Chen had ever come across something so uncanny. There was definitely something strange about this Myriad Saints Mountain.

Standing before Myriad Saints Mountain at the edge of the canyon, Jiang Chen gazed into the endless distance and could see the towering ancient castles of the Forbidden Demon Clan, like great mountains. It seemed Songzan Kangying had not been entirely lying. This really was the border between the Forbidden Divine Clan and the Forbidden Demon Clan, and it truly was a chasm ordinary people could not cross.

Everything about this place was eerie. A canyon ten thousand miles long was built of stone tablets, while at its bottom there was a strange, evil wind that blew everything up into the sky. And there was nothing at all around the canyon. Jiang Chen’s curiosity grew deeper and deeper.

Jiang Chen picked up a stone and threw it out over the canyon. Strangely, the stone was blown up into the sky by the sinister wind and finally landed in front of Jiang Chen again.

“It looks like I really have to go down and take a good look.”

The corners of Jiang Chen’s mouth curled up slightly. At that moment, he spotted a familiar figure: Yu Jingxian!

“Why is she here too?”

Jiang Chen had not expected Yu Jingxian to suddenly appear at this time. He had planned to take a trip to this Myriad Saints Mountain, but her appearance had disrupted his plan.

Before Jiang Chen could figure out how to greet Yu Jingxian, more people appeared here, and the look in Jiang Chen’s eyes became more and more amused.

Jiang Chen noticed the two of them appear, but Yu Jingxian did not. She was about to rush straight out. At that moment, Jiang Chen grabbed her from behind and covered Yu Jingxian’s mouth.

Yu Jingxian was just about to resist. She suddenly turned and threw a punch, but Jiang Chen dissolved it easily. The two of them looked each other in the eye, and Jiang Chen made a gesture for her to keep quiet. Yu Jingxian covered her little mouth and looked at him in surprise.

“What are you doing here?”

“I think I’m the one who should be asking you that, my princess. Whatever you came here for, that’s what I came here for. Are you satisfied with that answer?”

Jiang Chen said in a low voice.

Yu Jingxian blushed. It was already unreasonable for her to come here, and now she was the thief crying “stop thief”. Luckily the one she had run into was not someone from the Forbidden Divine Clan. Otherwise, she really would have had no way to explain herself.

At this point Jiang Chen pointed ahead of Yu Jingxian. Songzan Kangdi and Ganbu Lada had already appeared at the edge of the canyon at the top of Myriad Saints Mountain.

“They… thank you, Young Master Jiang!”

Yu Jingxian could not help drawing in a cold breath. If it had not been for Young Master Jiang, she would certainly have become someone’s target just now. And those two must be people of the Tuying Clan. One of them looked very much like Songzan Kangying, so they were probably brothers. This man’s appearance puzzled Yu Jingxian a great deal.

“Young Master Jiang, what did you come here for?”

Yu Jingxian still could not help asking.

“I wanted to see what kind of place this Myriad Saints Mountain is. I didn’t expect to see you, and before I could pull you back, those two showed up. I suppose the princess was also driven by curiosity and wanted to go down to the bottom of this canyon to see what’s there.”

Jiang Chen said in a low voice.

“I still can’t hide anything from you, Young Master Jiang.”

Just then, Songzan Kangdi and Ganbu Lada activated a formation on an octagonal stone disc, and the two of them instantly vanished from the spot.

“Come on, let’s go take a look.”

Jiang Chen took the lead and rushed out. The two of them stood on that octagonal stone disc. Jiang Chen could tell at a glance that it was a small teleportation formation. It was not difficult, but the process was extremely tedious. As for where it would send them, Jiang Chen and Yu Jingxian both looked down to the bottom of the canyon. That was probably it.

“We can’t open the formation, so all we can do is wait here in vain. It looks like we’re bound to return empty-handed this time.”

Yu Jingxian sighed.

“It’s fine, leave it to me. I, Jiang Laoer, have a nickname: the honest and reliable young gentleman.”

Jiang Chen said with a laugh. He deliberately showed off a playful, unconventional personality, just to divert Yu Jingxian’s attention so that she would not suspect him.

“You know formations?”

Yu Jingxian said with delight.

“A little.”

Jiang Chen smiled. In the blink of an eye, before Yu Jingxian had even come back to her senses, Jiang Chen had already cracked the formation.

“Let’s go. This should be the platform of the teleportation formation, and the landing point is at the bottom of this canyon.”

Jiang Chen said. Yu Jingxian still looked rather puzzled, but Jiang Chen was already prepared. On the surface, this canyon was an impassable chasm between the Forbidden Divine Clan and the Forbidden Demon Clan, and with that terrifying, eerie wind, outsiders would naturally think it impossible to enter. If these two guys had not revealed where the formation was, it might not have been so easy for Jiang Chen and Yu Jingxian to get down to the bottom of this canyon.

“You’re really amazing, Young Master Jiang. This little woman admires you from the bottom of her heart.”

Yu Jingxian could not help applauding. This teleportation formation was no terrifying great formation, but every teleportation formation was different. To crack it in such a short time took a true formation master. Although Jiang Chen looked calm and relaxed, it was definitely not something an ordinary person could do.

The two of them went straight through the teleportation formation and entered the bottom of the canyon.

When the formation took effect, the two of them were safely sent to a flight of steps at the bottom of the canyon. All around was a great plaza, and at the top of the steps stood an enormous black stone tablet.

Around the stone tablet there were actually eight altars. On every altar were carved scrolls of pictures reaching up to the sky, impossible to make sense of.

The two of them looked at each other and quickly hid, because in front of them Songzan Kangdi and Ganbu Lada were also carefully hiding. At the center of the altars stood Songzan Kangying, his expression solemn. Even from afar, they could see the extremely grave look on his face. He was solemn and reverent, and words came out of his mouth in a steady stream. No one knew what he was chanting, and it was completely incomprehensible.

“What is he saying? Why can’t I understand a single word?”

Jiang Chen frowned and said.

“It seems to be the divine language of ancient times. This guy really is up to something. This Forbidden Divine Clan doesn’t seem to be as good as we thought.”

Yu Jingxian looked grave. At this point she had naturally noticed Songzan Kangdi and Ganbu Lada too. These two had obviously sneaked in as well, and what they were after was hard to tell.

“The Forbidden Divine Clan has fought the Forbidden Demon Clan in this wilderness for tens of millions of years. They aren’t necessarily good people either. They’re all just doing it for their own beliefs. But from the look of things now, this Songzan Kangying is very suspicious. If the princess really married into this place, it might be the beginning of a tragedy.”

The corners of Jiang Chen’s mouth curled into a faint smile as he spoke in a low voice.