Ai Liang was not a friend of Xie Ting’s . It was by chance that he was also in the Extreme Doctrine Martial Arts Club . When seeing Xie Ting, he said something to the people next to him and then walked over .
“Miss Xie, how are you?” He looked fairly casual . After greeting Xie Ting, he nodded at Lin Shuangyue . He was perplexed to see Jiang Chen there . Maybe it was an instinct . Maybe he saw all men around Xie Ting in the same manner . A light flashed in his eyes .
“This is Master Luo Cheng . He is a newcomer in the Sky Reaching City . I’m showing him around so that he can know the city better,” Xie Ting said .
Lin Shuangyue, next to her, was kind of surprised . A master that could make Xie Ting pay attention to him could not be simple . She recalled the Sundry Goods Store that had been in the limelight this day .
Ai Liang did not think very much . Learning Jiang Chen was a master, he did not show kindness like the others . Instead, he did not take it seriously . The Sky Reaching City was full of opportunities . There were at least 800 masters like this, if not 1,000 . They usually could accumulate a surprising wealth in a very short time . They focused on elixirs and artifacts, but their practicing really sucked . Ai Liang admired the power of martial arts . He certainly looked down on those people .
“Let’s go inside . ”
Xie Ting had anticipated his reaction . The two groups walked into the Extreme Doctrine Martial Arts Club together .
“Is Master Luo the master from that Sundry Goods Store?” Ai Liang’s friends reacted in a different way after hearing Xie Ting introduce Jiang Chen . Not everyone thought so highly of themselves .
Among them there was a pretty woman . Showing a kind smile, she said, “Nice to meet you, Master . I’m Red Cloud . ”
Jiang Chen nodded with a smile . He suddenly found that name familiar to him, as if he had heard it somewhere before .
“Red Cloud is the founder of the Red Cloud Society . She has recruited many excellent youngsters from spirit-level continents,” Xie Ting introduced her .
Jiang Chen tumbled to the fact that he had met some members of the Red Cloud Society in the forbidden land . He could not help but size the woman up, not her appearance, but her interior . She was a seven-star strong woman, but as the headmaster of the Red Cloud Society, she could not be that simple .
Others misunderstood Jiang Chen’s gaze for his interest in Red Cloud .
Next to him, Xie Ting was embarrassed . She coughed to remind him of his manners .
But Red Cloud did not seem to care . Smiling, she seemed to enjoy Jiang Chen’s gaze .
“The Sundry Goods Store? The shop that sells Doctrine Artifacts?” Ai Liang threw Jiang Chen a different look after realizing this .
As soon as he got the answer, Ai Liang said right away, “Master, do you have any Doctrine Artifact for me?”
“No,” Jiang Chen said bluntly without thinking .
Ai Liang was embarrassed . The others were also surprised . Jiang Chen refused him so decisively that it seemed the two were enemies . But since it was Ai Liang, they were not actually so surprised . This guy would always offend people before he knew it .
Maybe it was his arrogance that had pissed off the master, Xie Ting thought .
She was going to break the ice when Ai Liang spoke again . He said, “Fine . Actually, not everyone who has Doctrine Artifacts is a genius . For example, I know someone who has two Doctrine Artifacts, but he is still mediocre . ”
“Two Doctrine Artifacts?” Others were struck dumb at first . They could not recall anyone in the Sky Reaching City so great .
“You mean Jiang Chen?” Lin Shuangyuan was the first to realize who he was talking about, because she had been quite impressed by Jiang Chen’s Doctrine Artifacts .
“Exactly . I mean him,” Ai Liang said coldly .
“What happened? Elder Brother Liang, do you have a grudge against him?” A minion of his asked out of curiosity .
“He is too nosy . He meddled in the business of our Thunder God Sect . He protected a rebel disciple of ours . Now he is hiding in Tian Hu Hostel . Doesn’t have the nerve to walk out of there,” Ai Liang said . He had no idea Jiang Chen was just in front of him at that moment .
Suddenly, Jiang Chen noticed Lin Shuangyue was a bit distracted when she had heard Ai Liang . “This Jiang Chen is lawless . He shows no respect for Holy Lands and Divine Religious Sects . It’s not weird that he is so stupid . ”
Ai Liang smiled at the remark . He said, “We Thunder God Sect are not like those Holy Lands or Divine Religious Sects . They can’t even deal with a single man . ”
Jiang Chen was laughing silently, but he did not show it .
“Forget about this . Let’s see who will fight tonight,” Xie Ting said . The others also agreed with her . Then they all focused on what was happening in the ring . The martial arts club did not forbid life-or-death fights in the evening, as long as the participant could defeat the rival . That meant the participants would not be restricted from the fear of killing their rivals, but killing their rivals was not what they were after either . If someone was killed in the ring, no one would be blamed or punished . That was why the Extreme Doctrine Martial Arts Club was so popular in the evening .
Practitioners who advocated fights could vent themselves through one or another great fights . At this moment, the participants, armed to the teeth, came into the ring .
“Wow! The Bloody Slaughter is here today!”
“Blood Tear Swordsman is also here . There will be some great fights tonight . ”
“There are some new faces too . I’m wondering how many of them will be able to stand there after the fights . ”
The atmosphere in the martial arts club was extremely hot . The audience was cheering for the participants . They were so excited that they almost went mad .
On the grandstand, Xie Ting was explaining the rules of the martial arts club to Jiang Chen . Only Star Venerables could fight in the ring, but those fights did not have to be absolutely fair . That meant a one-star strongman could fight with a nine-star strongman .
The audience could bet .
“Where did they find these people?” Jiang Chen asked .
“They come of their own free will . This is the best place to have adventures . ”
“Some come for money . For example, that Bloody Slaughter . As a nine-star strongman, he is at an absolute advantage with the current rules . ”
“I see . ”
Below the ring, his practicing body was also listening to the rules of the martial arts club . Soon, the owner of the martial arts club announced the start of the fights after giving a pep talk .
There were 12 rings in the martial arts club . Fights would start from the ring on the edge first . The ring in the middle would be saved for the last fight . Whenever a participant won a fight, he would become the new champion of the ring and win the prize money for the ring . The audience would bet before the start of the fights . Everyone was looking at the ring on the edge . The club owner took two pieces of paper out of a big box randomly . Then he read two names .
“The Bloody Slaughter versus the Black Wind Swordsman . ”
Both names were nicknames . It seemed no participants wanted others to know their real names . Over time, people got to know them by their nicknames . The air was charged with tension as soon as the name of the Bloody Slaughter was announced . However, when the name of the Black Wind Swordsman was announced, people were puzzled . They had never heard this name before .
This meant the Black Wind Swordsman was a newbie .
Many people burst out laughing when they saw the Black Wind Swordsman get into the ring . This Black Wind Swordsman was only a four-star strongman . He would face a nine-star strongman . He certainly would not be a match for his rival .
It did not matter to the Extreme Doctrine Martial Arts Club . As long as their names had been drawn, they had to get into the ring even if they did not want to . They could not give up until they had persisted for 15 minutes in the ring .
“If his rival were another nine-star strongman, he would not necessarily die . But his rival is the Bloody Slaughter . He is so unlucky . ”
“The Extreme Doctrine Martial Arts Club is so wicked . Maybe they have arranged that . ”
“No matter what, he has to fight . Otherwise the compensation he has to pay would make him bankrupt . ”
On the grandstand, the audience was in a heated discussion . Jiang Chen also showed a bitter smile, shaking his head .
The Black Wind Swordsman was his practicing body .