The Great Wild God - Chapter 442
Chapter 442 Procrastination
“Chen Xun has been delaying for almost a month. Could it be that he really dares to leave behind something that we can handle for the sake of the three hundred Su Clan disciples?”
Within Jiang Bin’s tent, Tian Heng asked impatiently.
The scene of Chen Xun pushing him to the hands of the Flame Devil and sending him to his death would wake him up in his dreams. He wished that he could drag him in front of him at all times and cut him into thousands of pieces to slightly relieve the hatred in his heart.
Jiang Bin sat on the jade seat behind the long table, his elbow resting on the armrest. He was also worried about the current situation. He frowned slightly and said, “Back then, it was too loose for them to search the relevant areas and establish a base within two months. It was a bit of a mistake …”
“If we let them drag on like this, Princess Yanling will probably lose her patience and bring her to the first mountain.” Tian Heng said discontentedly. He hoped that Jiang Bin could clean up Chen Xun straightforwardly instead of playing such a trick.
Jiang Bin smiled in his heart. The Tian Clan was no weaker than a sect like the Xuandu Sect. If the Tian Clan really wanted to eliminate Chen Xun at all costs, why would they need to borrow someone else’s hand?
In the end, Tian Heng’s weight in the Tian Clan was not heavy enough. Perhaps Chen Xun really cut off his head, and the Tian Clan would swallow their breath and endure.
Jiang Bin had been dealing with Chen Xun for many years, and he knew that Chen Xun was a thief that could not be underestimated.
Chen Xun had the Jade Tiger Talisman Seal taught by God-controller Mansion. Jiang Bin and the others didn’t need to send people to investigate, and they could accurately know Chen Xun’s location through the Jade Tiger Talisman Seal.
Chen Xun led three hundred soldiers into the Heavenly Volcano and stopped in a stone gorge less than a hundred miles away. They hadn’t moved for almost a month. No matter how patient Jiang Bin and the others were, they couldn’t restrain their temper.
According to the original plan, Chen Xun led three hundred soldiers into the depths of the Heavenly Volcano to search for the Flame Demons. However, the disciples of the Heavenmend Pavilion entered the Heavenly Volcano to kill those Flame Demons that might be left alone.
Right now, Chen Xun was leading three hundred soldiers to stop in the Stone Gorge, and the disciples of the Heaven Mending Pavilion were also unable to enter the Heaven Volcano. Otherwise, they would have become disciples of the Heaven Mending Pavilion to explore the path for the three hundred soldiers.
However, the vast majority of Heaven Mending Pavilion disciples did not care about their good intentions. They were restricted to the camp for nearly a month and were unable to enter the Heavenly Volcano. Their resentment soared to the sky, and it was not something Jiang Bin could suppress with a military order.
Jiang Bin had sent people several times to urge Chen Xun to lead his troops deeper into the Heavenly Volcano, but he hadn’t even seen Chen Xun’s face, so he was blocked back.
Before the time limit, Jiang Bin couldn’t force himself too hard.
Jiang Bin sensed that Jiang Yunxian was headache-stricken. He pushed open the door and asked with a smile, “Princess Yanling, what’s the matter?”
“Jiang Bin, do you know why I came here?” Jiang Yunxian frowned slightly. Jiang Bin repeatedly tried to find an excuse to refuse. She didn’t have a good expression when she came back. She directly questioned, “When did you let us enter the Heavenly Volcano for the trial?”
‘”Chen Xun stalled. The Flame Fiend’s whereabouts in the depths of the Heavenly Volcano are hard to determine. Everywhere is dangerous,” Jiang Bin said patiently. “If I let Imperial Daughter Yanling enter the Heavenly Volcano for a trial right now, what will I tell King of Qing?”
“Chen Xun’s three hundred top soldiers have extremely low cultivation levels. You ordered him to lead his troops into the mountain to search for the whereabouts of the Flame Devil. It’s no different than sending him to his death. How can you blame him for delaying?” Jiang Yunxian said discontentedly, “If you don’t have enough people on your side, I can bring a few people to the Heavenly Volcano to search for the Flame Devil.”
With her previous experience, Jiang Yunxian was confident that with her cultivation, she would be able to sneak into the depths of the Heavenly Volcano. Even if she encountered three or five Flame Fiends, it wouldn’t be a problem for her to escape.
Jiang Bin secretly scolded Jiang Yunxian as an idiot. If it weren’t for King of Qing’s acquiescence, how could Su Junchen have agreed to his control over the Divine Guards soldiers near Heavenly Volcano? How could Lord Crimson Brow really exert such great pressure on Su Junchen?
Jiang Yunxian couldn’t figure out what was going on behind his back, but she wanted to come over and tear down his stage.
Jiang Bin thought in his heart and could not tell the truth.
Even if he made it clear, King of Qing and Su Junchen would never admit anything.
Jiang Bin was also secretly anxious. He thought to himself, if it was confirmed that Chen Xun had left the Void Origin Pearl in Mountain Parasol, it would be extremely difficult for others to seize it easily. Would King of Qing and the Su Clan of Yuzhou really choose to cooperate with this thief Chen Xun?
The Yuanwu Marquis Manor was defeated by the Old Dragon Lake, and his Yuan Qi was seriously injured. At this moment, he was already in a very difficult situation in the Southern Mountain Ridge of Tu Mountain. If King of Qing really decided to cooperate with the Azure Water Marquis Manor, wouldn’t the Yuanwu Marquis Manor be chased out of the Southern Mountain Ridge of Tu Mountain?
Chen Xun must not be allowed to leave the Heavenly Furnace Battlefield alive!
“Jiang Yunxian?” A thought suddenly popped into Jiang Bin’s mind, thinking that if something unexpected happened to Jiang Yunxian because of Chen Xun at the Heavenly Volcano, King of Qing would inherit and choose to cooperate with the Azure Water Marquis Manor?
Jiang Bin said, “Princess Yanling, if you insist on leading people into the Heavenly Volcano to search for the Flame Devil’s whereabouts, I suggest that you meet Chen Xun and listen to Chen Xun’s arrangements.”
“Alright, you said that.” Jiang Yunxian said.
Chen Xun dared to send Tian Heng to the hands of the Flame Devil to die. Only then did the disciples of the Heaven Mending Pavilion know what the military order was. Jiang Yunxian was also displeased. She was afraid that there would be someone else’s hands on the Heavenly Furnace Battlefield. Even if Father wished to plead for her, he would be unable to do so.
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Daoist Wu Yi’s restless disciples could only reluctantly agree to join Jiang Yunxian and bring along a few disciples with strong cultivation to join Chen Xun in the Heavenly Volcano. They hoped that Chen Xun would enter the hinterland of the Heavenly Volcano to search as soon as possible so that more disciples could enter the depths of the Heavenly Volcano to try.
The next day, Chen Xun sat cross-legged in the Stone Gorge and cultivated. When he sensed Daoist Wu Yi, Jiang Yunxian, and the others rushing over, he immediately ordered everyone to stop refining the Heavenly Flame Essence, disperse the Profound Evolution Battle Formation, and welcome Daoist Wu Yi and the others into the camp below the Stone Gorge.
The camp was extremely simple and crude. The stone walls formed by the spells formed a circle. The Purple Night Lightning Tower stood there. Three hundred soldiers held battle halberds and giant shields as they practiced halberd techniques in the camp.
Although it was only a few simple offensive and defensive techniques, they were all born out of the Dragon Slaying Halberd Technique.
Daoist Wu Yi and Jiang Yunxian were secretly shocked to see that Su Wuyang and the others had improved their cultivation in less than a month.
Daoist Wu Yi remembered that the corpse of the mirage dragon from Long Shan had landed in Mountain Parasol, and Daoist Gu, the alchemist of the Crimson Star Palace, had joined Mountain Parasol. Although Chen Xun was unlikely to bring such a precious treasure as the Void Origin Pearl into Xuanjing, there would definitely not be a lack of precious pills and spirit medicines around him.
It was not impossible for Su Wuyang and the others to have their cultivation level upgraded within a month.
What truly shocked Daoist Wu Yi was that Chen Xun was actually willing to invest such precious cultivation resources on the Su Residual Clan that had always been opposed to him.
Even if Su Wuyang and the others’ cultivation had improved, the three hundred top soldiers definitely did not have the strength to face the Flame Devil head-on. The chances of entering the Heavenly Volcano to survive were slim. Wasn’t Chen Xun afraid of wasting those cultivation resources?
Or could it be said that Chen Xun didn’t care about this waste at all?
After Jiang Yunxian was stunned, she urged Chen Xun to leave as soon as possible. “You guys stayed here for nearly a month, and the thousand disciples of the Heaven Mending Pavilion ate a month’s worth of ash in the stone ridge behind you. How long do you want to stall?”
Chen Xun said, “I have refined several puppets and entered the depths of the Heavenly Volcano. I haven’t discovered the whereabouts of the Flame Demon yet …”
Jiang Yunxian interrupted impatiently, “The Flame Demon is a Xiantian creature born of the Heavenly Flame Dipper Fiend. It is very likely that it is hidden in the Magma Earth River. How can you discover the traces of the Flame Demon without going deep into the Heavenly Volcano and relying solely on three or five Demon Servant Puppets?”
Chen Xun’s mind stirred, and he felt that Jiang Yunxian knew much more about the Flame Devil than they did.
Chen Xun calmly asked, “Then what should we do according to the imperial daughter’s opinion?”
“Forty years ago, there was a disciple from the Heaven Mending Pavilion who discovered a Flame Devil near this valley.” Jiang Yunxian waved her hand and released an illusion. She pointed at one of the Grand Canyons and said, “Let’s go there and see if we can find a way to enter the Magma Earth River.”
“I will obey the imperial daughter’s orders.” Chen Xun said.
In the past month, Su Wuyang and the others’ cultivation had undergone a transformation. In the future, they would need to cultivate for a long time before they could consolidate their current new realm. It was indeed time to head deeper into the Heavenly Volcano.
There would be no safe place to enter the depths of the Heavenly Volcano. If they could find a way to enter the Magma Earth River, they would still be able to seize the initiative.
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The Grand Canyon that Jiang Yunxian was referring to was located two thousand kilometers deep at the southern foot of the Heavenly Volcano. The entire canyon was like a giant river of solidified magma.
Jiang Yunxian knew more about the Flame Devil than Chen Xun. Just as they entered the canyon, they faintly heard a howl of a foreign object coming from behind a stone ridge formed from solidified magma.
Chen Xun ordered Su Wuyang, Bei Xuanjia, and the others to lead 300 soldiers to guard the valley. He, Jiang Yunxian, and Adept Wu Yi flew behind the stone ridge and saw a collapsed underground cave behind the stone ridge. A few faint howls came from the underground cave.
The underground cavern was extremely deep, and a blazing red light emitted from it. It was filled with the smell of sulfur. The stone wall seemed to be on fire, and it could turn into magma at any time.
Chen Xun, Jiang Yunxian, and Adept Wu Yi flew into the cave with the burning heat that could melt golden stones. When they descended to a depth of several thousand feet, it was a giant river of boiling magma that stretched to the depths of the Heavenly Volcano.
The stone cliff was carved with the three-character ancient seal of the Heavenly Fire River, and there were also hundreds of densely packed words of carved books. Looking closely, it was actually a cultivator named Xu Qing from the Heaven Mending Pavilion forty years ago. He led many of his fellow disciples to kill a Flame Devil here. He also searched for more than a hundred miles along the Heavenly Fire Rock River. In the end, he was unable to withstand the roasting of the smelting metal and retreated.
Just as Chen Xun was about to ask Princess Yanling who Xu Qing was, he heard several howls from the depths of the Heavenly Fire Rock River. A few fiery ape-like monsters bared their sharp fangs and quickly pounced towards them like a scarlet flaming meteor.
The Fire Ape’s demon body wasn’t much taller than Chen Xun’s, but the bloody mouth that suddenly opened in midair was enough to swallow Chen Xun and the others.
Jiang Yunxian slapped out a spirit sword from her bag of holding and slashed out with several rays of sword light that were as blazing as the sun.
Several fire ape demons were as strong as golden stones. They were hacked by the sword light until they cried out loudly. They landed in the boiling river of lava, but they did not suffer much damage. They pounced out with blazing lava.
Just as Jiang Yunxian was about to increase her strength to deal with these fire apes, Chen Xun vaguely heard the sound of sparse sounds coming from the depths of the Heavenly Fire River. He didn’t know that hundreds of fire apes were rushing over the cliff, and their expressions changed greatly. He sent a voice transmission to remind Jiang Yunxian, “Let’s quickly retreat. This is most likely a major entrance to the Magma Earth River!”
