Chapter 21
Jiang Wentian raised his thick grey eyebrows. Although he hadn’t seen anyone during this time, he knew everything that happened in the Southwind Ridge.
“This kiddo wants to show that he has enough talent, but is he pushing himself too hard?”
Jiang Wentian was pretty fond of this grandson. However, to put the big picture into consideration, the east courtyard wasn’t powerful enough to take the responsibility of the Jiang Mansion for the moment. If he entrusted them with the position of the lord of the mansion recklessly, it would only bring the Jiangs to ruin.
That was why he didn’t stop the west courtyard from merging with the east.
On this day he had to make a decision.
At the moment, Jiang Chen loosened his fingers and let the arrow fly.
The moment the arrow left the bowstring, the Bow of the Lost Souls was vibrating due to the great force.
Jin Jie’s face flushed with exertion, but only a bit of the sword was dragged out. She was dragging slower and slower and finally stopped when half of the blade was out.
Jin Jie shouted and relaxed her grip. The blade retracted into the sheath right away.
“Did I draw out two-thirds of the sword?” Jin Jie hastened to ask.
“Yes. You’ve satisfied one of the requirements to be the disciple of the Swordquest School. If you’re interested, you can continue with the other tests. If anyone can draw the whole sword out, they can join our school right away.” Murong Feng said with smile.
This result was good enough for Jin Jie. If it were so easy to join, the Swordquest School wouldn’t be the Swordquest School.
Her arrogance showed again on her face. She looked to Jiang Chen and shouted, “Now, do you dare compete with me?”
“Why not?”
Jiang Chen smiled and came forward quickly. He extended his hands to grab the handle of the iron sword.
The scene ignited everyone’s excitement, especially people from the Jiang Mansion.
Jiang Chen had done so well with the bow of the lost souls. If he failed to draw out the Skyquest Sword, it would mean the test with the Bow of the Lost Souls wasn’t accurate at all.
For the outsiders there, of course the Swordquest School had more credibility than the Jiang Mansion. And it was natural for them to trust the test tool of the Swordquest School.
Jiang Chen couldn’t afford any failure. He grabbed the handle with his left hand and started to exert his force.
The Skyquest Sword that seemed to weigh half a ton in others’ hands looked different in his. The sword was drawn out of the sheath quickly and smoothly.
There was no obstruction at all in the whole process. It happened so fast that when everyone came to themselves, the Skyquest Sword was already in Jiang Chen’s hand.
“Eh, what’s this?” It was even surprising for Jiang Chen himself.
“It’s out?!”
It was the first time for the people of the area to see the blade of the Skyquest Sword. Not only the onlookers, but also the two disciples of the Swordquest School, were astonished.
“You just said that if anyone could draw out the Skyquest Sword entirely, he could be a disciple of the Swordquest School, didn’t you?”
“That’s right.” Murong Feng nodded and kept looking at Jiang Chen.
“Jiang Chen, how old are you?” Li Lie asked.
“Sixteen.”
“You can become a disciple of the Swordquest School. Are you interested in joining us?” Murong Feng offered him the olive branch, and smiled.