Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Tian Chen!”
“I have never heard of him… Is it Tian Chen who has a Saint Aura?”
Zhuge Fu was about to mock Jiang Chen and state that he was unknown. But, then suddenly he found his name quite familiar. The Prince and his entourage had also come back to their senses and realized who Tian Chen was. But in the rumors about him it hadn’t mentioned that he was proficient in formations, had it?
“Let’s set off!”
There wasn’t anyone who dared to look into this matter, and as the Prince passed down an order, their group left the small town. The Sacred Spirit’s trial was in the utmost southern region of the second area. If they proceeded any further, they would end up entering an area where the void was chaotic, and they would end up dead.
“It’s here.” The two teams stopped in a mountain range, and Jiang Chen discovered then that flight was restricted on the whole mountain. This wasn’t a man-made restriction as Jiang Chen couldn’t find any clues, and he surmised that this must be one of the Sacred Spirit’s techniques.
“There are many Blood Generals in the mountain range, and the contestant has to get inside and hunt them down. The person with the most outstanding performance will get recognition. The problem is that a formation was set on the whole mountain range, and we can’t even get inside it.” After the Prince spoke, his gaze fell upon Zhuge Fu.
“Your Royal Highness, just leave it to me,” Zhuge Fu said. Zhuge Fu detoured around the mountain region while holding a formation desk. After a short while, he came back to the team wearing a pensive look. He pondered while staring at the formation desk.
“I understand!” After a short while, a look of realization appeared on Zhuge Fu’s face, and he revealed a smile.
The crowd was now gazing at him attentively. However, he didn’t immediately state the answer. Instead, he looked at Jiang Chen. The crowd was taken aback, but they quickly understood what he meant. Since Jiang Chen called himself a formation master, he shouldn’t just stand there without doing anything and wait for other people to state their conclusions.
Jiang Chen shrugged his shoulders and took several steps forward. He didn’t run randomly around. He just watched the mountain range attentively. After a minute had passed, Jiang Chen turned back and faced the two teams.
“Not bad, not bad. You have managed to discern it in such a short time. It seems like you have attainment in the formations field. Why don’t we both write down our conclusions?” Zhuge Fu was wearing a fake smile. Even though his words were pleasant, it was obvious that he didn’t believe that Jiang Chen could achieve it. Zhuge Fu wanted them to both write down their answers separately so that Jiang Chen wouldn’t have the same answer as him.
“There isn’t any need for it.” Jiang Chen didn’t plan to accept it. Jiang Chen’s statement was misunderstood by other people, and they all looked skeptical. Jiang Chen probably had great fighting prowess, but formations were a completely different field.
“Ye Xue, if your team can’t break the formation, I won’t allow you to get inside. However, unless of course you accept my request,” the Prince said.
“A request? What is his request?” Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up.
“I will inform you in a short while,” Ye Xue said.
Jiang Chen squinted his eyes and observed the Prince, which sent a shiver down the Prince’s spine.
“I will state it directly,” Jiang Chen stopped looking at the Prince and said, “You believe that the formation is set through combining an illusion formation and a separation formation, and the true formation is inside the barrier, is this right?” Jiang Chen didn’t write down what he discerned and stated what Zhuge Fu should have discerned. A high skill was required to achieve such a matter! It could be discerned from Zhuge Fu’s first reaction that Jiang Chen wasn’t mistaken.
“How is this possible?” The smile plastered on Zhuge Fu’s face disappeared, and a look of disbelief was apparent on his face.
“It’s a pity that you are mistaken. It’s the barrier that is inside the formation,” Jiang Chen said.
“Impossible!” Zhuge Fu shook his head several times and said, “Putting the barrier inside the formation is a mistake that only novices would make.”
“A formation’s setting principles can be discerned through fathoming the thoughts of the person who set it,” Jiang Chen said.
Zhuge Fu took a deep look at Jiang Chen, before he took his formation desk once again and started calculating.
Just after this, Zhuge Fu said, “I still can’t figure out how you managed to see through it? Can you please inform me? You haven’t even used a formation desk.”
“What are you implying?” Ye Xue spoke with displeasure.
Zhuge Fu quieted down. He didn’t want to admit that someone had such a high attainment in formations that he could figure things out without using a formation desk. The only explanation for this would be that Jiang Chen was sent here by the Water Spirit Clan. “As long as he states how he has discerned it, I can deduce everything through his answer, and the whole truth would be revealed,” Zhuge Fu said.
“It’s a pity that I won’t inform you,” Jiang Chen said. Such a matter was related to his knowledge about formations, and informing Zhuge Fu was tantamount to teaching him his knowledge. Jiang Chen wasn’t a narrow-minded person. But he still wasn’t interested in teaching a guy such as Zhuge Fu.
Zhuge Fu assumed that Jiang Chen just didn’t dare to reply.
“What is the difference between those two conclusions?” The Prince, next to them, was confused, and so he questioned their main point of disagreement.
“We have a different view about this matter, which means that our ways for breaking the formation will be different, and the wrong way will end up alerting the Water Spirit Clan, and they will end up discovering us,” Zhuge Fu said.
The Prince said, “What you mean is that I can only choose one of you two to trust?”
“That is right. Moreover, I still must remind you that he didn’t even use a formation desk,” Zhuge Fu spoke coldly.
“Ye Xue, can you vouch for him?” The Prince asked.
“I trust him unconditionally,” Ye Xue said.
Such a reply was beyond the Prince’s expectations. He had detected long ago that the relationship between Jiang Chen and Ye Xue was anything but simple, and now that he had affirmed it, he got slightly angry. The prince obviously hadn’t learned anything from the previous lesson, and he looked at Jiang Chen with a gloomy gaze. “If you dare to attack me, I can guarantee that Ye Xue won’t have a place any longer in the Ice Spirit Clan,” the Prince warned Jiang Chen before they came to blows.
“This is limited only to your Ice Spirit Clan,” Jiang Chen spoke mockingly.
“Jiang Chen,” Ye Xue said anxiously.
“It doesn’t matter. You don’t need to force yourself to do anything, and it’s up to me to get the Ice Soul Stone,” Jiang Chen said.
“If you attack me, you will alert the Water Spirit Clan, and it will be impossible for Ye Xue then to become a Sacred Lord,” the Prince used another argument. As the Prince’s voice echoed out, the experts in his team encircled him to protect him. They were on guard against any attacks from Jiang Chen.
“You are quite smart.” They didn’t need to even mention the Ice Soul Stone because Jiang Chen was clearly aware of what kind of benefits one could get upon becoming a Sacred Lord. “Let’s first break the formation. We should both use our own ways to send people inside,” Jiang Chen said.
“It’s out of the question! How can I know whether you will notify the Water Spirit Clan? I will try before you,” Zhuge Fu said. If Zhuge Fu started first, he could demonstrate that what he believed was correct.
“But, you are mistaken,” Jiang Chen furrowed his brow and pointed out this matter.
Upon hearing this, Zhuge Fu’s face became flushed, and he said, “Our Zhuge family has always been the best when it came to breaking formations.”
“Was one of your ancestors someone called Zhuge Qi?”
“That is right! He’s my ancestor, and he’s second to only the best genius formation master.” Zhuge Fu’s face was filled with pride.
He’s my disciple, Jiang Chen almost couldn’t bear his impulse of blurting out such words.
“Fine, if you want to start first, just do it.” Jiang Chen didn’t argue with him, and he transmitted his voice to Ye Xue. He said, “He will surely fail and alert the Water Spirit Clan. You should prepare well because I will send you inside.”
“Okay!” Ye Xue really trusted Jiang Chen unconditionally as she had said.
Upon witnessing Jiang Chen compromising, Zhuge Fu felt he had won the victory and he snorted coldly, while walking toward the mountain range. The other people weren’t certain, and they were nervous and full of expectations.
If one observed the Prince’s current expression, one could discern that he wished that Zhuge Fu could quickly succeed.
