Chapter 347
Jiang Chen looked up and found the golden dragon claw had been pulled back, but the clouds were still moving.
Then the clouds formed a big swirl. It converged into a point at the top and gradually revealed a human figure.
It was a large middle-aged man in a concealing robe with golden patterns on its sleeves and front.
There wasn’t any unnecessary expression on his clear-cut face. He had a natural majesty even though he wasn’t angry. One look of his could put people under great pressure.
A Venerable!
Ning Hai had managed to behave like a Venerable with the aid of the power of the black dragon. Unlike him, this man was a real Venerable.
Several people appeared in the air instantly, all of them emitting a strong energy.
“Why did you ask a question when you already know the answer? You’re only stalling for more time,” Murong Xiong sneered.
Jiang Chen didn’t get angry. He smiled and said, “Let me guess. An ancestor of Ning Haotian’s had pure blood, so the Sus and the Murongs merged through marriage. Am I right?”
That was the exact purpose of aristocratic families getting married frequently.
Ning Haotian was a member of the Sus, but it was the Murong dragon blood that had woken up.
“So the Sus didn’t get the best of the deal,” Jiang Chen smiled.
The Sus moaned in a muffled voice without any comment.
“Jiang Chen, do you think as long as we’re stuck in a stalemate like this, you’ll be fine? That we can do nothing except watch Ning Haotian die?” Murong Xiong broke the silence and said again.
“What else can you do?”
“You’re from the Hundred Thousand Mountains, a place called the Southwind Ridge, aren’t you? There isn’t a Magic Column or a Destructive Angry Lotus there, right?” A cold smile showed at the corner of Murong Xiong’s mouth.
The smile on Jiang Chen’s face faded. His look was as sharp as a sword. He said, “What I hate most is to be threatened with my clansmen by others. Murongs, think about it. There are no irreconcilable problems between us. But if you dare do anything to my clansmen, the Murongs’ territory will end up the same as the Black Dragon City.”
“Haha!”
An elder of the Murongs burst out in laughter. What Jiang Chen had said sounded like a joke to him.
Murong Xiong shook his head, too. He didn’t take Jiang Chen’s foolish words seriously.
But what Jiang Chen said next stopped him from laughing.
“The Black Dragon City laughed at me like this, too.”
The whole crowd quieted down.
Then he said again, “Besides, you managed to arrive here so quickly through some special portal, which means you won’t be able to leave the Black Dragon City easily. So stop bluffing.”
“Should I say you know too much or you know too little? Do we need to eliminate your family personally?” said Murong Xiong coldly.
Then another man appeared, but instead of through a portal, he came flying in from somewhere.
“Young lord.”
Fan Tu knew things were unfavorable for them as soon as he recognized who it was.
Jiang Chen’s face was sullen, too.
It was the emperor of the Xia Dynasty.
“Chief Murong, the troops outside the Hundred Thousand Mountains are already in place. As long as they receive the order, no one in the mountains will survive,” said the emperor.
It was pathetic that the emperor of the Xia Dynasty was apple-polishing the Murongs to such an extent. It also showed how powerful the Murongs were.
“Jiang Chen, there isn’t much time left for us to think. If Ning Haotian is burned to death, your clansmen will be eliminated,” said Murong Xiong.