Chapter 60
The disciples who had passed the trial were led to the elders of the Natural Law School.
There were five, including Jiang Chen and the two girls.
The five each received a white paper and wrote down their information as the elders requested.
“Put your hands onto it.”
Then an elder took out some scrolls. When they were unfolded, people saw they were blank.
When the five put their hands onto the scrolls, they emitted a brilliant ray of light. Through this method, their handprints were printed there.
The elders put the papers that contained the five’s information into the corresponding scrolls.
“But…” the old woman hesitated. Did they really want to kill a disciple of the Natural Law School?
“Hire a killer. It’s the only way out.” The first lady didn’t mention anything regarding her previous wrong decision, but started a new plan.
“Fine.”
The old woman sighed silently. Jiang Chen had been only an average man before he joined the Natural Law School and it would have cost them a small fortune to kill him. But at that moment…
Becoming a disciple of the Natural Law School raised his price.
Because of her errant judgement, the first lady suffered a great loss, but the old woman of course wouldn’t say so. She left the room quietly.
When there was no one else in the room, the first lady’s expression changed. She sat there, dejected.
She was being disturbed by the crying coming from the main hall.
Suddenly, she lost control of herself and started to smash things like a crazy woman.
The maids and servants who were staying outside of the room realized what was happening there and left silently.
Soon after, Jiang Chen became famous in the Province of Widepool, thanks to his performance at the trial ground, where he had killed Ning Ping and Zhang Shichao.
This meant he had made it to the top 500 of the Eternal Flame List.
His swordsmanship was stunning. Some said he was a black horse and would rise in a few years.
Others said his background was ordinary, and he wouldn’t live long since he had offended the Black Dragon City.
Besides, people were informed of his previous name, Ning Chen, of whom Ning Haotian had robbed the holy pulse, making his conflict with the Black Dragon City seem even more dramatic. People were curious about the development of the affair.
That day, Jiang Chen received a letter from his home and was going to head for the Natural Law School, but when he left the Hong Mansion, he saw the guards of the Hongs were driving a youngster away.
The youngster looked dirty and shabby.
He seemed familiar to Jiang Chen. So he walked through the Hongs’ guards and found that it was Meng Hao.
He looked terrible compared to the great charm he had shown when they met on the Cloudbuster.
He recognized Jiang Chen and looked even more embarrassed.
“What’s going on?”
“Young Master Jiang, this guy claimed he was the new swordsmanship teacher of the Hong Mansion. But he is too young. Isn’t he kidding?” the guards didn’t have the nerve to offend Jiang Chen, so they answered him with respect.
“I am young, too. What do you think about my swordsmanship?” Jiang Chen asked coldly.
The guards were shocked and hurried to bend down. They said with fear, “Please forgive us, Young Master Jiang. We didn’t know he was your friend.”
Jiang Chen didn’t blame them. He took Meng Hao to a restaurant.