Chapter 2554: Chapter 2557: Master, Here’s a Gift for You!

Hu Yiqiu made a name for himself with that battle, coming to behead the Family Heads of the Four Great Families and forcing back the Prefecture Lord of Qingyang Prefecture, making everyone from those five powers flee Forsaken Town in panic.

After that, Hu Yiqiu began to recuperate and never appeared in the public eye again. The clash everyone had been hoping for—Hu Yiqiu versus the five great forces including the Spirit Sword Sect—never happened.

But over this, no one was too disappointed, because they knew that battle was probably unavoidable; it was only being pushed back a few days.

"Jiang Chen has come out!"

"Jiang Chen is heading toward the Forsaken Tavern!"

"Hurry up, the good show is about to start!"

On an evening when the sun had just set, a piece of news spread rapidly through Forsaken Town, and everyone in town converged around the Forsaken Tavern.

Swish, swish, swish!

More than twenty figures leapt out from inside the tavern, hovering in midair outside it, their bodies exuding an icy killing intent as they coldly watched the group walking toward the Forsaken Tavern.

Whoosh!

Right after those twenty-odd people, several figures shot out of the tavern and flew toward that much-noticed group.

Ye Wentian, Si Huang’er and the others also all appeared at the windows on the third floor of the tavern.

On the town’s main street, Jiang Chen and the others glanced at those twenty-plus figures outside the tavern, and their expressions all sank.

"Five Semi-Saint experts, sixteen Integration Realm Peak experts—this kind of lineup... seems a bit weak!"

Yun Cheng cast a look at the figures outside the Forsaken Tavern, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes.

"Not weak."

Jin Liang spoke softly.

Yun Cheng was slightly stunned. He turned to look at Jin Liang and found that his gaze was not on those figures floating in the air outside the tavern, but on a patch of empty space above the tavern. His heart trembled, and he cried out in a low voice, "A Saint?!"

Jiang Chen and the others’ hearts tightened. The Saint here was not like the Saints in the Forsaken Plain. Without exaggeration, if it were inside the Forsaken Plain, they would be enough to slay Saints; but out here, they probably couldn’t withstand even a single strike from a Saint.

"Let’s go. The Great Elder is here too."

Jin Liang called out softly.

Jiang Chen nodded and was about to step forward when his eyes suddenly changed, and a trace of joy surfaced on his face.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Three figures flew over at high speed and landed in front of Jiang Chen and the others.

"Master!"

Jiang Chen cupped his fists in salute, his eyes carrying a hint of excitement. Ever since master and disciple had gotten together, they had barely been apart. Now they had been separated for over half a year, and in this half year Jiang Chen had gone through several great battles. Seeing Hu Yiqiu again now, it was impossible not to be moved.

"Master!"

"Elder Jiu!"

Yun Tao and the others also bowed to Hu Yiqiu one after another.

"Haha, haha... good! Good! Good! As expected of my disciple, the disciple of Hu Yiqiu—my disciple, hahaha..."

Hu Yiqiu heavily slapped Jiang Chen on the shoulder, laughing out loud.

Jiang Chen’s heart warmed; he grinned. That familiar self-praising Hu Yiqiu was back.

Hm?

Suddenly Jiang Chen’s face changed. Sensing that Hu Yiqiu’s aura was somewhat unstable, he asked anxiously, "Master, you’re injured? Who did it?!"

Hearing this, Yun Tao and the others were stunned, all revealing looks of shock. There was actually someone in Forsaken Town who dared to lay a hand on Hu Yiqiu? Wasn’t Si Huang’er here too?

"It’s nothing! It’s nothing! Just killed a few blind bastards, that’s all!"

Hu Yiqiu waved his hands again and again.

"Brother Jiang, Elder Jiu fought the Prefecture Lord of Qingyang Prefecture, Liu Yuanshan, and the four Family Heads alone for your sake. He slew the four Family Heads and heavily injured that Liu Yuanshan, forcing him to flee. With a Master like this, one can only be envious!"

Jin Wenhao said with a light laugh.

A trace of emotion flashed through Jiang Chen’s eyes as he looked at Hu Yiqiu, his gaze complicated.

"Brat, what kind of look is that? You’re allowed to worry about this old man, but this old man can’t worry about you? This old man is your Master!"

Hu Yiqiu glared at Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen smiled faintly, a warm current flowing through his heart.

"To be able to kill four top experts of the same realm and also severely wound that Liu Yuanshan, it seems Elder Jiu has already touched the threshold of stepping into Saint."

Yun Cheng sighed.

"I have met the two seniors."

Hu Yiqiu cupped his fists toward Yun Cheng and Jin Liang.

"Master, let me give you a gift."

Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow and handed Hu Yiqiu a Space Ring.

"What is it?"

Hu Yiqiu reached out to take it, asking in puzzlement.

"Nothing much. Just some herbs for refining Saint Origin Pills, a Saint’s corpse, and a Necro Sphere of the Saint Realm, that’s all."

Jiang Chen spoke with a light smile.

Hu Yiqiu instantly froze, his eyes suddenly widening. He stared at Jiang Chen with his mouth agape, an expression of disbelief in his eyes.

Jin Wenhao and the others were also dumbstruck, looking at Jiang Chen in sheer incredulity, their hearts like ten thousand warhorses stampeding!

"This is about all this disciple can do. If even with this you still can’t break through to the Saint Realm and become a solid backing for your disciple, then there’s nothing more I can do!"

Jiang Chen put on a helpless expression.

"You, you... you brat!"

Hu Yiqiu took a deep breath, his heart warm, his eyes turning moist.

He had already touched the threshold of stepping into Saint and indeed needed to seek an opportunity. Whether it was Saint Origin Pills, a Saint’s corpse, or a Necro Sphere of the Saint Realm, all of them were rare opportunities for entering Saint that could only be stumbled upon, not sought.

Now Jiang Chen had actually thought everything through for him and prepared all these things. How could Hu Yiqiu not be deeply moved!

"Master, there’s no need for such formality between us, right?"

Jiang Chen said with a light smile.

Hu Yiqiu nodded heavily, reached out and patted Jiang Chen’s shoulder lightly, then said solemnly, "Once this old man breaks through to the Saint Realm, I’ll refine a hundred and eighty Protective Jade Amulets for you. Use them however you like!"

"Haha!"

Jiang Chen and the others all burst into laughter.

"You’re about to die and you can still laugh?"

A cold voice rang out. Seeing Jiang Chen and the others actually chatting in the middle of the street, the people from the five great forces were instantly enraged. They all took to the air and appeared in the sky in front of everyone, looking down coldly at Jiang Chen and his group. Leading them were the five middle-aged Semi-Saints.

Buzz!

A vast pressure erupted from the bodies of the twenty-plus experts, crashing down fiercely toward Jiang Chen and the others.

Buzz, buzz!

Yun Cheng and Jin Liang both stepped forward, each standing in front of Jiang Chen. Together with Hu Yiqiu, they released their auras and withstood that descending pressure.

"Yun Cheng? You’re not dead yet?"

Suddenly, a cry of surprise rang out. The Semi-Saint expert from the Zhou Family stared at Yun Cheng in shock.

"Thanks to the blessings of you four great powers, this old man is doing very well!"

Yun Cheng looked coldly at the people from the Zhou Family, Qin Family, Yuanling Sect, and Qingyang Sect in the air, his voice icy.

"No matter. Since we’ve run into each other, we’ll settle it all together."

The Semi-Saint of the Qin Family spoke coldly, a chilling light bursting forth in his eyes.