Chapter 31
The spirit of the sword that Jiang Chen had mastered was only in its earliest form, but thanks to it, his sword method was already very powerful.
In the next a few days, he fought with predatory beasts while dealing with the Tribe of Thunder.
It was the law of the jungle. There was no hatred, but as long as one had an enemy, they had to eliminate the potential risk as soon as possible.
One day, Jiang Chen came upon a bloody man who was lying on the ground in the mountains.
He strove to look up when he heard Jiang Chen coming. He stretched out his right hand and said weakly, “Please…help me…”
Jiang Chen stood still and looked him over. He finally said, “Stop pretending. You’re not injured at all.”
The bloody man hadn’t expected such an answer. He kept silent for a while and stood up quickly.
“You…you…you!”
The man’s eyes were bulging in anger, his hand raised in an effort to point at Jiang Chen when he finally died.
Wind, who was hiding in the dark, was dumbfounded. He thought, “Gosh, soon Young Master Chen won’t need my protection at all!”
Suddenly Wind looked forward seriously.
“Eh? Someone is coming!”
Jiang Chen sensed the air stir. He had become used to life in the forest, so he hid behind a tree very quickly.
Once the two people came closer, he moved behind them.
They sensed Jiang Chen’s motion and turned around immediately. All three of them shouted in surprise when they saw each other.
“Jiang Chen?”
The two were the disciples of the Swordquest School, Murong Feng and Li Lie, whom he had met at the annual dinner.
They were surprised as well to see Jiang Chen here. Li Lie pointed at the dead man and said, “Did you kill him?”
“Yes,” Jiang Chen said.
Murong Feng squatted by the corpse, examining his wounds, then saw the sword in Jiang Chen’s hand, which was still dripping with blood.
“How did you do it? Even though your state was enhanced to the complete primary stage, it should be impossible for you to beat the Bloody Slaughterer, who was in the middle stage,” Li Lie exclaimed.
“It’s because I’ve mastered the early form of the spirit of the sword,” Jiang Chen smiled.
“Holy sh*t!”
Murong Feng and Li Lie looked at each other and smiled bitterly. They couldn’t help but sigh about the great difference between different types of people.
They remembered how Jiang Chen had mastered the sword point not very long ago. It had only taken him a short time to comprehend the early form of the spirit of the sword. It was enviable.
Li Lie said emotionally, “Jiang Chen, please join the Swordquest School! You are really a genius. This Bloody Slaughterer fellow is the villain that we’ve been pursuing. Now that you’ve killed him, if you become our school’s disciple, it will be a great achievement.”
“To be honest, I’ll have to discuss this with my family first,” Jiang Chen declined in a tactful manner. He didn’t want to join the Swordquest School for the moment.
Murong Feng and Li Lie didn’t force him. They just kept repeating that the Swordquest School would be glad to accept him if he was willing to join them.
Then they started to talk about the Bloody Slaughterer.
He was the man that Murong Feng and Li Lie had been pursuing, and the reason they had been unable to go home to celebrate the New Year.
“This guy murdered an entire family for no reason. He was so notorious that everyone in the Province of Widepool wanted to kill him. You’ve done a great service for the people,” Li Lie said.
“What are you going to do with him next?” Murong Feng asked.
“I killed him because he intended to kill me. That’s the only reason.”
“You can take all his belongings, but we’ll take his head. How does that sound?” Li Lie said.
The two disciples of the Swordquest School were always very frank and forthright. They deserved to be the disciples of such a prestigious school.
“That’s perfect.”
Of course, Jiang Chen wouldn’t want any decapitated heads.
Li Lie cut off the head with his sword and put it into a wooden box.
“Jiang Chen, we’re leaving. It has taken us a long time to fulfill this task. If we don’t return soon, the school will get worried about us.” Li Lie was a little embarrassed when he was speaking, since Jiang Chen had killed the man but it was him and Murong Feng who would receive the award.
Murong Feng was still pondering. Li Lie knew her very well. She must be wondering how they could compensate Jiang Chen.
As he expected, Murong Feng took out a panacea.
“Jiang Chen, this is a class-two panacea. It’s your award for having killed the Bloody Slaughterer.”
Although Li Lie had expected that she would act like this, it was still to his surprise that Murong Feng had taken out a class-two panacea.