Dragon-Marked War God

“Revenge? Heh, you’re not qualified. There has never been any grudge between you and me, so why come bargaining with me? But since you’ve come here today, you won’t need to leave. Whoever you are, if you dare to covet anything of mine, Shangguan Hongyan’s, there’s only one ending for you, and that is death!”

Shangguan Hongyan said coldly. He completely ignored Tuoba Longyu. His gaze fell on Jiang Chen and locked firmly onto him.

“You don’t even know who I am. Are you playing dumb, or trying to be clever, Senior Brother Shangguan?”

Jiang Chen said calmly. At this moment, not only Tuoba Longyu, but even Shangguan Hongyan’s face completely darkened. Shangguan Hongyan’s expression changed several times. He had never imagined that this person would turn out to be his master’s disciple. At this moment, Shangguan Hongyan was finally truly moved, and took a deep breath. For how many years, tens of millions of years, he had been searching for that person, because his Craftsman God’s Codex had always been missing. In his whole life, he had never been able to reach that person’s level.

Shangguan Hongyan thought about it constantly. His path of refining had already reached its peak, yet he still could not change anything, because he could not refine a Chaos Saint Tool. That was what he had fought for all his life, and without the Craftsman God’s Codex, everything was in vain.

And that old thing had taken the Craftsman God’s Codex and completely disappeared from heaven and earth.

At this moment, Shangguan Hongyan looked at Jiang Chen before him. This guy actually claimed to be his junior brother. Then without a doubt, he knew where the Craftsman God’s Codex was, and even more, he knew the inheritance of that old thing. Shangguan Hongyan’s eyes gradually filled with color. Jiang Chen’s appearance had shown him a glimmer of hope. His path of refining could finally advance. His years of hard searching had finally borne fruit. He had never expected this guy to come uninvited. It truly made him inexpressibly happy.

Shangguan Hongyan had long been full of despair, but Jiang Chen’s appearance had given him “hope” again. At this moment, he was so excited he could hardly contain himself. He no longer cared about the grudges of the past. All he wanted was Jiang Chen’s Craftsman God’s Codex, the inheritance that old thing had left behind, nothing more.

“To be precise, you should call me Martial Uncle.”

When Jiang Chen looked at Tuoba Longyu again, Tuoba Longyu was slightly stunned. He gave a bitter laugh and was just about to curse Jiang Chen for being shameless when Shangguan Hongyan spoke at that moment.

“So you’ve come to find me to avenge that old thing. Your idea is rather naive. Did he tell you to come, or did you come on your own? Just you? Do you think the gap between you and me can be crossed? Heh, someone at the Early Divine Emperor Realm, even ten or a hundred of them, are nothing but trash in my eyes. Didn’t that old thing ever tell you what it means to hide your light and bide your time? Too bad you seem to have only learned his arrogance and conceit. Do you think the Central Region Divine Land is still the Central Region Divine Land of the past? Do you think a kid who popped out of nowhere like you can avenge that old thing? Dream on.”

Shangguan Hongyan said calmly, full of contempt for Jiang Chen. At this time, if he wanted to kill him, it would be as easy as turning his hand over, requiring no effort at all. Yet this guy had schemed so hard to find him, not knowing that if he had revealed his identity, Shangguan Hongyan would probably have found him even faster.

“Old thing this, old thing that. Don’t you have even a shred of gratitude for the Craftsman God’s kindness as your master? If not for him, you might have died countless times. If not for him, could you have achieved what you have today? If not for him, do you think you could sit in a high position and look down on all living beings? And all of this was repaid with your betrayal, with your ruthless pursuit to kill him. In my eyes, you’re an ungrateful wolf, worse than a beast. You don’t deserve to be his disciple at all.”

Jiang Chen shook his head, his eyes full of coldness. This Shangguan Hongyan was a heartless, ungrateful wretch. How had his master ever taken a liking to such a shameless guy back then? Now he showed such disrespect even to the master who had taught him the Dao, passed on his craft and resolved his doubts.

“Hahaha, kid, you’re really too naive. Who do you think you are? My little junior brother? You’re not worthy. Whether in strength or in refining, you’re no match for me. What will you fight me with? Do you think a heart full of hot blood is enough? Back then I worked desperately at the art of refining, wanting him to see my efforts, but he turned a blind eye. He hid away the most powerful thing, the Craftsman God’s Codex, and refused to teach me, hoarding it like a treasure. I think he was afraid back then that once his disciple learned everything, the disciple would put the master out of business. Heh heh heh, is this the master you hold so high? What right did he have to be my master? And you still want to avenge him? Today, you are destined to die here too. Anyone who has anything to do with that old thing, I will kill every last one of them.”

Shangguan Hongyan said almost madly, his eyes filled with blood-red.

“Just because Master wouldn’t pass the Craftsman God’s Codex on to you, you murdered your own master? A teacher for a day is a father for life. You wolf-hearted, ambitious guy, is this your defense? Heh, it’s utterly laughable. You killed your own master, and you still speak so grandly. I really have to admire you.”

Jiang Chen said with a cold laugh. This Shangguan Hongyan had not the slightest shred of affection at all. Toward the Craftsman God, he was full of resentment and venom.

“Isn’t that enough? Did he want to take all his refining skills into his coffin? Do you think he really treated me sincerely? Heh heh heh, you’ll never understand. He only saw me as a servant boy to order around. In front of him, I had no dignity at all. That’s why I hated him. He wouldn’t teach me what was in the Craftsman God’s Codex because he was afraid that one day I would surpass him. But in the end, he still died at my hands.”

Shangguan Hongyan’s eyes were cold and sinister. He grinned savagely and stretched out his hand, slowly clenching it into a fist. That face made even Jiang Chen feel a chill from the bottom of his heart. This person did not deserve to be called a person at all. He was an utter beast.

That madness, that savagery, was something even Tuoba Longyu had never seen in his whole life. His master back then had not been like this at all. Back then, his master had treated him like a son. Why had he become like this now? That gentle, cultured master, that well-mannered, reasonable refining master admired by countless people, how could he have become so hysterical?