Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Jiang Yao died in the Desolate Forbidden Land. In theory, his dead body
wouldn't be found so fast. It could even never be found.
The Jiangs could have known about his death from the fact that Jiang Yao
had never gone back from the Desolate Forbidden Land.
Or Jiang Yao might have some spiritual seal that could notify the Jiangs about
his death.
It was a method those big forces would normally use.
Once their disciples died, they would get the news immediately.
They could even see what happened before their death and who was the
murderer.
If it was the second case, the six killers’ fear could be explained.
Before the night befell, Jiang Chen and Ji Yinyi left the Heaven Martial Arts
Club with the excuse that they wanted to take a walk.
The city where they were was called the Fire Wing City. It was one of the most
important cities in Wing Prefecture.
The Heaven Martial Arts Club was one of the most powerful forces in the city,
but it wasn’t the dominator there. There were other forces that could restrict it.
The Elixir Association was one of them.
Jiang Chen and Ji Yinyi walked into the Elixir Tower in the city.
They walked out of there soon.
Yang Jingchi and Ji Ruxue weren’t in the Elixir Association of this city. They
were actually in another metropolis, but the two had sent them a message.
When they came back to the Heaven Martial Arts Mansion, it was getting
dark.
Li Bai had dressed up. It seemed he was going to attend a banquet.
“Great. Let’s go.”
The five Celestial Venerables who had come to pick a fight with Jiang Chen
were standing behind Li Bai.
After what happened to ****, they were looking at Jiang Chen with awe and
fear.
Although he was only a Spiritual Venerable, they were scared of his spiritual
tactical formation skills.
They didn’t want to end up the same as ****.
Out of the gate of the mansion, a few grand carriages had been waiting.
Li Bai invited Jiang Chen and Ji Yinyi to take his carriage with him, while
others would take the others.
“Where are we going?” Jiang Chen said curiously.
“The Civil and Martial Arts Institute.”
While mentioning the name of the institute, Li Bai involuntarily smoothed away
the wrinkles in his clothes. He looked very serious.
Apparently, that place meant a lot to Li Bai.
Jiang Chen had been looking forward to the visit for some time. He was eager
to go.
The carriage drove through half of the city at high speed. Then it slowed down
on a quiet and dark street.
Jiang Chen felt odd about it, but the carriage soon turned right into another
street.
A brightly illuminated building appeared before them instantly.
Out of the gate, the space was packed with carriages. They could hardly find
a place to park.
“There are so many Celestial Venerables.”
After releasing the holy awareness, Jiang Chen found there were a great
amount of Celestial Venerables.
“The Civil and Martial Arts Institute was established by Miss Tian Ling. It’s a
sacred place for martial arts techniques. The folks from Wing Prefecture have
been looking forward to this for a long time,” Li Bai introduced to them.
“Miss Tian Ling?” Ji Yinyi exclaimed.
Since even Ji Yinyi had heard about the name, Jiang Chen knew this person
couldn’t be simple.
“Miss Tian Ling is considered to be one of the most skilled youngsters in
martial arts techniques.”
Ji Yinyi told him.
Jiang Chen soon got to know the Civil and Martial Arts Institute wasn’t here.
Actually, the Civil and Martial Arts Institute could be anywhere.
Miss Tian Ling was traveling through the Three Middle Realms. Wherever she
arrived, and when she happened to be in the mood to hold a forum discussing
about martial arts techniques, she would choose a special local building, and
that place would be the temporary Civil and Martial Arts Institute.
Whenever the Civil and Martial Arts Institute was started, the local men of the
hour and the local talented youngsters would gather together.
There, these geniuses would interpret martial arts techniques through the four
arts (Chinese zither playing, go playing, calligraphy and painting).
Miss Tian Ling would also display the good works she had brought from other
places.
They would appreciate the arts together, and improve together.
This was the ideal of the Civil and Martial Arts Institute.
It was a place where the youngsters could show their talents.
“Great. Great.”
After the introduction, Jiang Chen also thought highly of the Civil and Martial
Arts Institute.
Miss Tian Ling was worthy of admiration, if she wasn’t just making a show.
“There is one more reason.”
Li Bai said mysteriously, “If any of the works is chosen to be one of the best
works, Miss Tian Ling will carry them with her and show them to people
everywhere. By then the authors of these works will be known by people.”
This was something the youngsters couldn't refuse.
Attention was what everyone needed and what they were eager to get.
Jiang Chen showed a smile. He had to admit he wanted it, too!
This time an old yard was chosen to be the site of the Civil and Martial Arts
Institute. There was an old, faint yellowing on the walls, which had begun to
peel.
However, after entering through the door, everyone couldn’t help but exclaim.
The yard looked fantastic after the remodeling. It looked elegant and
traditional.
The seats were all placed in open air. Since there were too many people
coming and they all had attendants, the inside area couldn’t hold all of them.
The guests would be seated according to the seat numbers indicated by the
invitation, while their attendants could either sit at the edge or stand beside
their masters’ seats.
“Jiang Chen, I’ve got two seats for you,” Li Bai said.
This was beyond Jiang Chen’s expectation. For the Heaven Martial Arts Club,
a seat meant nothing, but Li Bai was so thoughtful that Jiang Chen felt very
touched, although he knew it was just a way to win him over.
Jiang Chen sat down with Ji Yinyi after expressing his gratitude to Li Bai.
As far as they could see, it seemed all of the guests had arrived.
There was a pavilion not far away. Half-transparent curtains were hanging on
its four sides. A figure could be vaguely seen inside.
A few pretty women in the same clothes were standing out of the pavilion.
They were all from the Civil and Martial Arts Institute.
Jiang Chen suddenly felt those women sized him up respectively.
However, when he looked over, it seemed they weren’t looking at him.
What happened?
Jiang Chen was confused. He wondered whether he knew that Miss Tian
Ling.
“Thank you for your participation, everyone.”
A beautiful voice came from the pavilion.
Instantly, all of the guests rose to their feet. They all looked towards the
pavilion, thrilled and with respect.
Almost no one on the scene had ever seen Miss Tian Ling’s face.
As a result, as long as she didn’t say who she was, no one knew who exactly
was in the pavilion.
“I’ll play a tune for you before the start of today’s event.”
Miss Tian Ling didn’t give the people standing there any chance to speak. She
started to play immediately. A beautiful melody came from the pavilion.
All of the noises were immediately gone. Everyone sat down to enjoy the
music.
It was so melodic and lively. Many people were mesmerized. They were
completely immersed in the music.
When the last note had been played, everyone felt it was a great pity that the
music had stopped.
“Young master, what do you think?”
When people were still enjoying in retrospect the music, Miss Tian Ling said in
the pavilion.
Everyone was struck dumb. Then they all looked towards one person.
They couldn’t see who Miss Tian Ling was speaking to, but her voice pointed
them the way. Numerous gazes were thrown to that person.
Jiang Chen knew she was asking him.
Like the others, he didn’t know what this was about, either.
However, since she had posed him the question, he got to his feet to answer
her. He said, “It’s excellent. Miss Tian Ling’s music is superb.”
His comment was quite common. Anyone on the scene could have said the
same thing, but the other people didn’t understand why it had to be him.
“What’s so good about it?” Miss Tian Ling asked again.
In this way, the others felt more curious about Jiang Chen.
Many of Miss Tian Ling’s admirers were staring at him, wondering who on
earth he was.
“If you can’t answer me, don’t you think it inappropriate for you to sit here?”
However, when people thought Miss Tian Ling knew Jiang Chen, she said.
“Every invitation has a specific seat corresponding to it,” a woman from the
Civil and Martial Arts Institute said coldly.
The others finally tumbled to the reason.
