Chapter 302

Chapter 302: Despicable Jiang Qitian

The battle at Hundred Herb Valley showcased the might of Qingyun Sect to other factions.

Qingyun Sect had reclaimed Hundred Herb Valley.

All the disciples of Guiyuan Martial Sect who occupied it were wiped out—none survived.

When the news returned to Guiyuan Martial Sect, the entire sect was shaken.

The higher-ups of Guiyuan Martial Sect were furious.

However, they didn’t immediately send people to retaliate at Hundred Herb Valley.

In just a year, Qingyun Sect had grown strong enough to take down a Half Saint and reclaim the valley, leaving everyone in disbelief.

After all, the person killed by Ling Xian’er this time was Guiyuan Mountain, a veteran Half Saint!

Once the news spread, masters from other factions were astonished.

Xiao Yang and his team began to tally the resources of Hundred Herb Valley.

Under the management of Guiyuan Martial Sect, the valley had thousands of spiritual herbs in its gardens.

Some of these spiritual herbs were as old as five or six hundred years.

The youngest were still over a hundred years old.

No wonder Guiyuan Martial Sect sent a Half Saint to guard this place.

How many spirit stones could all these herbs sell for?

With the loss of this spiritual herb treasure trove, the higher-ups of Guiyuan Martial Sect would probably be furious enough to spit blood.

Xiao Yang decided to settle in Hundred Herb Valley.

Because he was about to start refining the Five Elements Body Refining Pill.

Among the thousands of spiritual herbs planted in Hundred Herb Valley, there were quite a few from the Five Elements category.

He could use these herbs to refine a batch of Five Elements Body Refining Pills.

After they had reclaimed Hundred Herb Valley, other factions occupying Qingyun Sect’s territory became restless.

No one knew where Qingyun Sect would strike next.

Xiao Yang used his spiritual sense to refine pills, and his experience in alchemy was growing rich, getting more proficient with each step.

In just two days, he refined a batch of Five Elements Body Refining Pills.

This batch produced seven pills.

They were specially made for Zhao Fan.

At this time, Qingyang Sword Sect was still busily preparing for the grand disciple initiation ceremony.

It was during this time that Nangong Hui finally found Long Chen.

Nangong Hui received news that someone was planning to take action against Long Chen.

Xiao Yang couldn’t sit still.

If Long Chen were absent from the grand ceremony, how could the show go on?

Xiao Yang wanted to give Jiang Qitian a huge surprise.

Was Jiang Qitian still not about to be utterly disgraced this time?

Xiao Yang decided to leave Liu Qingyun and the others in charge of Hundred Herb Valley and took Nangong Hui with him.

Zhao Fan directly closed himself off in Hundred Herb Valley.

Nangong Hui brought Xiao Yang to where Long Chen was located.

It was just after nightfall.

Long Chen was hiding in a small mountain village not far from Qingyang Sword Sect.

This village housed only a few hundred people.

Most of the villagers earned their living by harvesting herbs and hunting.

Long Chen had become a hunter.

He chose to live here because it was close to Qingyang Sword Sect.

Ever since he learned that Jiang Ting was his daughter, he had been looking for ways to stay close to her.

He wanted to secretly protect Jiang Ting.

Jiang Ting was currently on Qingyang Mountain, so he naturally didn’t need to protect her.

Long Chen was simply a village hunter, going out early and coming back late, sharing his hunts with the other villagers.

Under the moonlight, Xiao Yang stood on a low hill outside the village.

Nangong Hui stood beside him.

Xiao Yang was somewhat surprised that Nangong Hui managed to find Long Chen even in such a remote location.

He knew that Nangong Hui was in charge of an intelligence organization named Dark Night.

Dark Night was the most mysterious intelligence organization in the northern territories.

This organization thrived on selling information.

In the northern territories, there were two major secret organizations: the Smoke Rain Tower assassin organization and Dark Night.

Interestingly, Dark Night was actually established by the Nangong family.

Although the Nangong family was wiped out by the Qin and Li families several hundred years ago, Dark Night remained under their control.

“Who exactly wants to kill Long Chen?” Xiao Yang asked.

“This… my subordinate hasn’t found out yet,” Nangong Hui replied cautiously.

Xiao Yang had already guessed who wanted Long Chen dead.

Jiang Qitian.

If anyone wanted to eliminate Long Chen in this world, it had to be Jiang Qitian.

Long Chen being alive was a tremendous threat to Jiang Qitian.

Because Long Chen knew Jiang Qitian’s secret.

Only with his death would the secret remain hidden.

At this moment, silence enveloped everything.

The mountain village was very quiet under the moonlight.

But light still emanated from the wooden house where Long Chen was staying.

Hanging on the walls of the simple wooden house were some animal skins.

Who would have thought this ordinary hunter was actually a big shot?

At that very moment, a sudden change occurred.

Xiao Yang suddenly looked up at the sky.

Three large birds soared above the village.

On the backs of the three birds stood three shadowy figures.

As the three black-clad figures leaped down from the backs of the birds, they charged straight towards the wooden house where Long Chen was.

The birds circled above.

Xiao Yang recognized the birds—they were called Black Feather Spirit Eagles.

Many people tamed these Black Feather Spirit Eagles as mounts.

These massive eagles could carry hundreds of pounds and fly thousands of miles.

Xiao Yang put on a mask.

He still didn’t want to alert Jiang Qitian.

At that moment, the three black-clad figures rushed into Long Chen’s wooden house.

But the next second, the three figures crashed through the wooden house and stumbled back out into the open.

Long Chen stepped out from the wooden house.

“Who are you and why do you want to kill me?” Long Chen asked coldly, gazing at the black-clad figures.

The three black-clad figures remained silent and directly vanished into the ground.

“Hmm?” Long Chen frowned at this unexpected turn.

He didn’t expect these guys to be proficient in earth evasion techniques.

“Swish!”

A cold light burst up from the ground beneath Long Chen’s feet, aimed at him for the kill.

Long Chen leaped into the air, bolting toward the mountain range outside the village.

At this moment, the villagers were startled and rushed out to see what was happening.

The three black-clad figures were caught off guard by Long Chen’s escape.

They emerged from the ground and chased after Long Chen.

“Three fools…”

At that moment, a Black Feather Spirit Eagle appeared in the sky.

Another black-clad figure stood on the eagle.

Xiao Yang had hidden himself in the woods.

He watched the person in the sky through the gaps in the treetops.

“Half Saint?”

Xiao Yang immediately recognized the other’s cultivation level.

He was frustrated; in his past life, encountering someone of this caliber wasn’t something one did so easily.

But in this life, he kept running into Half Saints.

At this point, Long Chen had no qualms left and turned to battle the three chasing black-clad figures.

Clearly, those three didn’t stand a chance against him.

Long Chen released his flying sword.

Sword light flashed in the mountains, and soon the fight came to a halt.

Long Chen emerged from the mountains, looking up at the person in the sky.

“Don’t send people to their deaths.”

Long Chen said indifferently.

“Hmph!”

The man on the Black Feather Spirit Eagle coldly snorted, then raised his right hand, pointing downward at Long Chen.

Immediately, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to gather toward him, forming a gigantic hand that slammed down toward Long Chen.

The powerful palm force spread in all directions, enveloping Long Chen.

“What… a Half Saint?”

Long Chen was taken aback.

The other party thought so highly of him that they sent a Half Saint to kill him.

The hand descended from above.

“Boom!”

With a loud bang, the hand struck Long Chen directly.

Xiao Yang saw this scene but remained calm.

The massive hand dissipated, leaving a giant palm imprint on the ground.

Long Chen’s figure, however, had vanished.

“Boom!”

In the next second, the palm imprint suddenly exploded, and a figure shot out from the ground.

“Wanna kill me?”

Long Chen looked disdainfully at the person in the sky.

“Long Chen, you’re dead tonight.”

The black-clad figure declared as he jumped down from the Black Feather Spirit Eagle, diving straight at Long Chen.

“Kill!”

Long Chen pointed his sword at the descending black-clad figure, unleashing a wave of sword light that shot up to the sky and pierced towards him.

The brilliant sword light illuminated the darkened world.

“Buzz!”

The black-clad figure coldly laughed and drew his sword.

In the next moment, the piercing sword light was shattered by a single slash.

The black-clad figure displayed overwhelming strength.

Then he swung his sword towards Long Chen again.

Long Chen was caught off guard and quickly dodged.

“Swish!”

The sword light sliced through the small mountain, splitting it in two.

“Rumble…”

The mountain collapsed, dust flying, startling many nearby birds.

The power of this black-clad figure’s strike was indeed astonishing.

“Who the hell are you?”

Long Chen asked, both shocked and furious.

He had already suspected who it was.

“Long Chen, Senior Brother…”

The black-clad figure coldly stared at Long Chen, raising his sword once more.

Xiao Yang, watching from the shadows, realized who the masked assailant was.

It was none other than Jiang Qitian.

The dignified leader of Qingyang Sword Sect was being this despicable, this shameless.

Long Chen didn’t dare delay, directly unleashing the Qingyang Sword Technique.

“Nine Suns Breaking the Heavens!”

As Long Chen executed his sword move, nine groups of dazzling sword light erupted into existence, akin to divine suns radiating towards the black-clad figure.

“Today, I’ll let you witness the mightiest sword technique of Qingyang Sword Sect.”

The masked Jiang Qitian said as he made his move.

“Buzz!”

His sword trembled in his hand.

“First of the Qingyang Three Absolute Swords, One Sword Breaking the Heavens!”

As Jiang Qitian unleashed his attack, the nine groups of divine sword light were directly scattered, with overwhelming sword energy surging toward Long Chen from all directions.

Long Chen found himself trapped by the sword energy, unable to evade the incoming absolute sword strike.

“This is ridiculous…”

Long Chen was infuriated; even his master had kept a trump card hidden. This Qingyang Three Absolute Swords was truly the mightiest sword move of Qingyang Sword Sect.

What Qingyang Sword Technique, in the face of Qingyang Three Absolute Swords, was just trash!

“Long Chen, Senior Brother, you may depart this world now!”

As Jiang Qitian’s sword light descended, he prepared to mercilessly slay Long Chen.