Jiang Chen nodded, asking, “How were your gains?”
“They were alright originally, but Yan Yiming seized them all.” Fatty Xuan’s face was suffused with anger as he gritted his teeth.
“Just hunt more if your spirit pearls were stolen. The greatest outcome is that you’re alright.”
Jiang Chen turned his head and spoke to Ouyang Ping, “Ouyang Ping, many thanks to your message today. I’ve got two extra green spirit pearls, here, take it as your reward.”
Ouyang Ping scratched his head, “This… how can I accept this?”
“Take it!” Jiang Chen’s forehead creased.
“Heh heh, then, I will accept deferentially as opposed to declining courteously?” Ouyang Ping carefully walked forward with the jitters and an arched back. He accepted the two green spirit pearls, and thanked him continuously, “Thank you Brother Jiang Chen.”
Fatty Xuan cried out and said, “Brother Chen, my shoulder blade still hurts. Can you come and see if it’s been dislocated?”
“Dislocation is a small matter, is it really worth making a big deal of like this? You’re still six meridians true qi. At the very least, can’t you even handle such a small thing?”
“Heh heh, that’s because Brother Chen is here!” Fatty Xuan had an exceedingly thick skin.
“Damned fatty.” Although Jiang Chen cursed outwardly, he still walked over and stretched out a hand towards Fatty’s shoulder blade.
Suddenly, the nine meridians true qi in Jiang Chen’s body roared to life, bursting out of his palm and reaching towards Fatty in the form of a fist. The abrupt punch crashed down onto Fatty Xuan’s chest!
Fatty Xuan cried out and hastily retreated, but he was still a beat too slow.
The punch that encompassed the mysteries of four cycles of blooming and wilting landed solidly.
Fatty Xuan’s tubby body smashed violently into the rock walls, as he spewed out fresh blood from his mouth.
Almost at the same time at which Jiang chen made his move, Hubing Yue at his side also shifted. A short sword had appeared in his hand at some point, and came piercing down towards Jiang Chen’s ribs like a viper.
There were no fancy flourishes to this strike – it was like the attack of a viper, directly aiming for the critical points.
Jiang Chen had obviously come prepared, so that when his fist punched out towards Fatty Xuan, his other hand clasped the sheath of the nameless blade, halting the attack of the venomous blade.
Jiang Chen’s body retreated rapidly, wanting to dodge to the side.
At this moment, a surge of strength without the slightest forewarning shot rapidly through the air in the darkness.
A bow and arrow!
“True qi forming currents, a true qi master?” Jiang Chen was greatly startled and wanted to dodge, but it was already too late.
The arrowhead landed on Jiang Chen’s back with a loud crash like a shooting star.
A dull thud sounded out. The arrowhead was uncommonly sharp, and it contained the accumulated strength of a true qi master. It should have pierced through Jiang Chen’s chest, but that scene didn’t happen.
The arrowhead connected with Jiang Chen’s bag with a dull thud, and the force from the strong true qi sent Jiang Chen flying more than ten meters, crashing heavily into another rock wall.
A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out.
Even with the protection of the skysilk armor preventing the arrowhead from piercing through his body, the impact of the tremendously strong true qi permeating throughout Jiang Chen’s body was enough to send tremors through his organs to the point at which they almost shifted places.
After spitting out the mouthful of fresh blood, Jiang Chen’s right hand grasped the nameless treasured blade as he pushed himself up off the ground. His God’s Eye was deployed to its maximum strength as he scanned the surroundings.
He actually wasn’t that worried about the people in front of him. The bow and arrow attack from the shadows was what he feared the most.
If he was hit by another arrow, he’d at least suffer heavy injuries, even if he didn’t die.
And a true qi master existed in the enemy’s camp!
“Just who are you?” Jiang Chen’s tone was calm but he didn’t dare let up his guard even a little. All sorts of weird stones came into view as his God’s Eye swept the area.
“This won’t do, there’re too many obstacles here. I’ll have to use Ear of the Zephyr.” Since God’s Eye was unable to discover the target, Jiang Chen once again deployed Ear of the Zephyr.
Ear of the Zephyr could catch any rustle in the grass within a radius of five kilometers.
Nothing to the east!
And nothing to the west!