Chapter 1695 - There is Something Wrong With Jiang Yi! (1/2)

“Big Brother, since you are sure that Jiang Yi is Heavenly Thearch’s successor, why are you letting him return to Flying Feather Army? Why not let him stay in Nine Yang City? It is, after all, safer here.” Heavenly King Yun grew anxious again. He thought about it for a while and continued, “Should we pretend to make him our disciple and properly nurture him?”

“You are forever this anxious.”

Heavenly King Wei looked at Heavenly King Yun and didn’t say much. The latter soon understood. Heavenly King Yun nodded and said, “Whether this is true or not, Jiang Yi’s identity cannot be revealed. If not, he will definitely perish. Big Brother is right.”

“Besides the two of us, no one is to know about this.”

Heavenly King Wei nodded very seriously and said, “I will talk to Third Brother and the others. No one is to know what happened just now. Let’s let Jiang Yi cultivate in the Flying Feather Army for a year and see if he can break through to the King-Ranked Realm. If he cannot do so after providing him so many resources, then we are wrong about him. If he does… let’s talk about it then.”

“En, en!”

Heavenly King Yun nodded and understood Heavenly King Wei’s intentions. Jiang Yi’s words and painting alone could not completely prove that Jiang Yi was indeed Heavenly Thearch’s successor.

This one-year period was a test. Heavenly King Wei wanted to observe Jiang Yi. If he couldn’t break through even after having all the resources at his disposal, so what if he was Heavenly Thearch’s successor? Could he change the human race’s fate? Could he lead them to suppress the Netherworld Race?

“Alright, Big Brother, please rest well!”

Heavenly King Yun nodded and said, “I will go and make arrangements secretly to ensure Jiang Yi’s safety. Rest assured that I won’t make it too obvious.”

Heavenly King Wei waved his remaining arm as Heavenly King Yun walked out of the side hall. Heavenly King Wei, however, did not recuperate immediately but sat down in a daze for a long while. He then sighed and murmured, “Heavenly Thearch’s successor had appeared at such a late time; could he still help us to turn the situation around?”

…

Two and a half million kilometers to the west of Azure Supreme Thearch Peak was a mystical peak forest. Although the mountain peak there was not very tall, it was very special.

This was the famous Stone Maze Forest in the Azure Region. Ordinary martial artists who entered would get lost and, after making turns, would return to their starting point.

Swish!

At this time, one person hurriedly flew from the east. His speed was so fast his face was not even visible. This person was hunchbacked and looked like a prawn.

This person was Dao Nu. After teleporting back, he immediately flew out of Azure Supreme Thearch Peak and headed here. He saw the mystical peak ahead and didn’t stop but flew straight inside. His flying trajectory started to change as he veered left a moment and right the other, making turns around the mystical peaks.

Finally, he reached the middle of the Stone Maze Forest and headed beneath a huge stone peak. This stone peak was very precipitous and slippery; the view ahead of it was very scenic. There was a small river and a stone hut there.

Dao Nu didn’t head to the stone hut but genuflected heavily in front of the slippery cliff. He said, “Master, I have returned. I was rash this time; please punish me.”

Buzz!

The huge cliff lit up as a pair of eyes appeared. What kind of eyes were those? If an ordinary person looked at these eyes, his soul would immediately be scared away. Even Dao Nu didn’t dare to look at the eyes directly. They seemed to have some demonic power that could make someone frightened out of his wits.

“Break your own legs; you are not to recuperate and heal!”

A cold sound rang out. Dao Nu did not hesitate even a second as he turned his hand into a knife and chopped at his legs until they were hacked off. His body laid on the ground, and he didn’t dare to utter a single sound.