Chapter 500: Entering the Third Grade Battlefield (1/2)
Chapter 500: Entering the Third Grade Battlefield
Furthermore, most people would have to swear an oath on their heart demon to not leak the secret techniques. Only someone like Leng Tianhe could ignore these rules.
Xiao Chen asked somewhat excitedly, “Where is your adoptive father now?”
Xiao Chen could finally hand over the Divine Weapon. This item with him was a hidden danger. Once it was exposed, he would not survive even if he had nine lives.
s.h.i.+ Feng’s gaze turned cautious as she countered, “What are you planning?”
“I…I…nothing, I was just asking. Can you tell me? I would like to seek advice from him. After all, I come from the Heavenly Saber Pavilion.”
Xiao Chen wanted to tell the truth. However, when he thought about it, the Divine Weapon was an important manner that he should not speak of easily. So Xiao Chen could only lie.
s.h.i.+ Feng said coldly, “You are hemming and hawing. I can tell with one glance that you are lying. No way I am telling you.”
Xiao Chen smiled and did not deny it. There was no rush to this matter. At least he had found a clue. All he had to do was follow this clue and he would be able to find Leng Tianhe.
The two continued moving forward. Xiao Chen found the masked girl very interesting as they chatted along the way.
He discovered that s.h.i.+ Feng was different from what he expected. She was not as cold as she looked. Although she kept her guard up against him, it was not overtly so.
“Speaking of which, why do you wear a mask? Is your true appearance something that cannot be seen?” Xiao Chen asked another question that he had wondered about.
s.h.i.+ Feng said indifferently, “My adoptive father told me to wear it. He said that when I fight, I cannot control my emotions, allowing my opponents to read me.”
Xiao Chen asked curiously, “In that case, if you can never control your emotions, won’t you have to wear this mask forever?”
She replied coldly, “Are you cursing me?”
He smiled and said, “How can that be? You are overthinking this. I really want to see you remove your mask and see your true appearance.”
When s.h.i.+ Feng heard this, she said, “You will. My first purpose in going the Battlefield is to remove my mask.”
“What’s the second purpose?”
“To improve myself and defeat you. I had never been defeated by someone of the same generation before you. So, you best not die in the Battlefield.”
Flabbergasted, Xiao Chen asked, “Speaking of which, are you guiding me now because you are afraid that something would happen to me, and then after you improve, you would not be able to find a whetstone to sharpen yourself further?”
s.h.i.+ Feng nodded and smiled. “That is absolutely correct. However, the whetstone is one for swords, not sabers; I cultivate the sword, not the saber.”
[TL note: There are two words for whetstone here 磨刀石 and 磨剑石. The first literally means ‘“stone for sharpening sabers” and the second is “stone for sharpening swords.” When Xiao Chen spoke, he used the saber one.]
Xiao Chen immediately felt very depressed. No wonder s.h.i.+ Feng was so kind; she had such an agenda. “In that case, I better curse you to not be able to remove your mask forever.”
“Xiu!”
s.h.i.+ Feng drew her twin swords and sent two strands of sharp sword Qi at Xiao Chen.
s.h.i.+ Feng attacked on a whim. Xiao Chen was startled and quickly tilted his body to dodge. The two strands of sword Qi brushed past him and created huge waves on the sea.
“In that case, you, a person with a poor sense of direction, can continue forward by yourself. This Miss will not accompany you further.”
s.h.i.+ Feng sheathed her swords and flashed forward, ignoring Xiao Chen. In a few breaths, she disappeared from Xiao Chen’s sight.
I really still do not understand how women think. They change on a whim. Xiao Chen felt very depressed as he watched s.h.i.+ Feng vanish.
I should just wait. After all, it will be night soon. At that time, I just have to keep heading west.
“Burble…” Just at this moment, the sea in front of him suddenly became turbulent.
Xiao Chen took ten steps back as his expression changed. He placed his right hand on the saber hilt and cautiously observed the situation.
“Chi!”
A huge azure dragon head came out of the water. The dragon head was made out of metal and the water did not cling to it. The dragon mouth opened with a ‘ka ca’ sound.
Two middle-aged men in purple robes jumped out of the dragon mouth. The sides of the purple robes were embroidered with gold and an azure dragon at their backs.
“Are you here to partic.i.p.ate in the third grade Battlefield? You just have to reply yes or no.”
The person on the right spoke very fast. When he saw Xiao Chen nod, he said, “Very well, get aboard. We are from the Divine Dragon Palace.”
Xiao Chen was not in a rush to board. Instead, he asked, “Do you have any proof?”
When the person on the left heard that, he frowned and said impatiently, “You are just a mere Medial Grade Martial King; why are you spouting so much nonsense? Just come in when you’re told to.”
However, the person who had spoken first did not bother trying to argue. He took out a command medallion and said, “This is the command medallion of a Divine Dragon Palace’s outer sect elder. It is definitely real. Please hurry up. We are in the periphery of the Outer Sea that is in the Black Dragon Group’s control. We cannot linger for too long.”
After Xiao Chen saw the medallion, he no longer hesitated. He followed behind the two and entered the dragon mouth.
The dragon mouth closed and the metal dragon quickly sank into the sea and proceeded on its way.
Xiao Chen followed the two into the body of the dragon and discovered the interior to be like a small palace. There were Night Pearls on the ceiling to illuminate the pa.s.sage, so it was not dark.