Chapter 2 (1/2)
Chapter Two: Myriad Star Variations
The sun was already bright in the sky, but Jiang Chen did not go to sleep. Instead, he carried his sword to the courtyard.
The yard had a tree, and in the current season of winter, the tree leaves were falling down piece by piece. Sometimes the leaves would fall in succession, but sometimes a puff of wind would blow, causing dozens of leaves to fall together.
Drawing his sword, Jiang Chen casually thrust it out.
With a slight piercing sound, Jiang Chen’s sword become a skewer piercing a dozen leaves. The entire process was like moving clouds and flowing water, without any trace of abruptness or rigidity.
“It seems that my speed and skill has increased a lot.”
Closing his eyes, Jiang Chen reflected on that sword blow a moment before.
One sword piercing a dozen leavings was something that he could accomplish before, but the process felt different. Piercing the leaves gave Jiang Chen a kind of illusion, as if it was not his sword contact with the leaves, but rather his body. His skin.
“Is this the realm of ‘one with the sword’?”
Of course, the ‘one with the sword’ realm has high and low stages, but Jiang Chen had currently only entered this realm. Perhaps breaking through to the first stage of the Void Sword Body would allow him to completely grasp this stage. Regardless, at present it’s an unknown quant.i.ty.
Opening his eyes, Jiang Chen unhurriedly spat out a mouthful of impure qi. The more he cultivated the Void Sword Body, the more he could feel the threshold of the profound mysteries of that secret technique. One of the effects of the Void Sword Body is that it can produce miracles. Even if it’s a physically weak old woman, when her mind is firm enough, she can do things even brawny adults have failed to do. This the power of the mind.
“Bad news Brother Chen, Brother w.a.n.g Dong was beaten up.” The courtyard door creaked as a thin teenager pushed it aside.
Jiang Chen reminisced about the past. This teenager was Guo Zihao. He was a year younger than Jiang Chen, and from the moment he entered the sect he had been following him in wors.h.i.+p. Even now this hadn’t changed.
“Mouse”, he said slowly, “What happened with w.a.n.g Dong?”
Mouse was Guo Zihao’s nickname. He was w.a.n.g Dong’s childhood friend, and they grew up playing together.
“Sun Jiangsheng slandered you in front of him, w.a.n.g Dong heard this and they had a quarrel…” Guo Zihao said in a hurry.
“Let’s go.”
Carrying his sword, Jiang Chen followed immediately behind Guo Zihao.
Halfway up the hill on a large flat plain, a large number of outer sect disciples were a.s.sembled. In the centre of the ground, a tall teenager was stepping on an ordinary looking youngster. The youngster’s mouth was bleeding yet his face looked stubborn.
“Sun Jiansheng, you have nothing to be proud of. If Jiang Chen’s 7th Qi Sea was not broken, if Jiang Chen were a peak 7th Qi Sea Warrior, would you dare badmouth him?”
w.a.n.g Dong spat out a mouthful of blood as he ridiculed.
Sun Jiansheng grinned, “This event does not exist in this world, besides if his Qi Sea were not broken he still might not be able to cultivate to the peak of the 9th Qi Sea. Do you believe everyone is as talented as senior Gu Qingyuan?”
“Well, what kind of person is Gu Qingyuan? He is merely a contemptible character who has inverted right and wrong. A year ago, Jiang chen would have beaten him in ten moves.”
w.a.n.g Dong looked angry while speaking about Gu Qingyuan. It is possible know a person for a long time without understanding his true nature. He and Jiang Chen truly hadn’t thought Gu Qingyuan to be this kind of contemptible person.
“Haha, Jiang Chen beat Gu Qingyuan in 10 moves? Sun Jiansheng, it seems that this w.a.n.g Dong has been beaten silly. Senior Gu Qingshan said that Jiang Chen at his peak was not his opponent.”
“Originally I held a little sympathy for w.a.n.g Dong, but now it appears that w.a.n.g Dong is a miserable b.a.s.t.a.r.d just like Jiang Chen. They both are just as bad as the other.”
“It is understandable. After all, w.a.n.g Dong and Jiang Chen are childhood friends who have been helping each other. It’s normal.”
“Hmph, of course we cannot allow him to frame senior Gu Qingyuan.”
Everyone’s tongues were wagging with barbs aimed at Jiang Chen and w.a.n.g Dong.
“You are hearing this, right? Who do you think will believe you?” Sun Jiansheng gave a disdainful laugh, then he said, “Today you are determined to suffer. Even if Jiang Chen comes here, no, perhaps he will accompany you in suffering. Ha ha ha!”
Sun Jiansheng arrogantly laughed.
On the fringe of the crowd, high on top of a flight of steps, two girls were standing there wearing blueish green clothes. With refined facial features and dignified, they were beautiful like flowers.
“Liu Ling, let’s go. There is nothing to see.” Glancing at the crowd surrounding w.a.n.g Dong, Bi Qing’s expression and tone were indifferent.
Liu Ling was about to leave when suddenly, she spoke in an excited tone saying, “Bi Qing, Jiang Chen arrived! Looks like there’s going to be a good show.”
“Jiang Chen?”
Bi Qing turned to look. At the back of the crowd, Jiang Chen and Guo Zihao had arrived together.
“For what reason has he come? Does he think he can beat Sun Jiansheng? This is different from the past, now he is too weak. A great deal of outer sect disciples are stronger than him.”
“Bi Qing, it seems that you are not too optimistic about about Jiang Chen. He was once quite powerful, and even though he is currently crippled, his sword skill still exists, right?”
“You are right, but Sun Jiansheng has now broken through to the peak of 8th Qi Sea realm. His cultivation is two realms higher than Jiang Chen, and Sun Jiansheng’s sword technique is not weak. It is in the top row among the 8th Qi Sea disciples.”
Bi Qing did not express an opinion.
“That’s true, but first let’s watch.” Liu Ling nodded.
Jiang Chen’s arrival caused everyone to boil in excitement.
“Jiang Chen came.”
“Who would have thought that he would dare to come?”
“Looking at him, he seems quite calm.”
“He is pretending, right? I bet his heart is shaking.”
Facing the crowd’s sneers and mocking, Jiang Chen was expressionless. He pushed through the crowd to arrive at the center.
“Sun Jiansheng, release w.a.n.g Dong.”
Jiang Chen calmly spoke.
“You ask me to release him at once?”