Chapter 316 - 163: Shocking God Saber
"Farewell."
The group rose to see them off.
After escorting Chi Lin and the men from Thunderbolt Hall out of the restaurant, they returned.
Sitting back in his chair, Jiang Ran took out the Five Poison Order from his waist again, toying with it casually as he fell into thought.
Gu Xizhi, however, stood up.
"Since the matter here is settled, I will take my leave now as well."
"Elder Gu, do you plan to just follow us all the way?"
Jiang Ran glanced at him. "Why bother? If I’m not careful later and something happens to the Jiaowei, what then?"
"..."
Gu Xizhi was speechless. After a glance at Jiang Ran, he sighed.
"The Shocking God Saber is a divine art, unparalleled in this world. Even I am no match for it."
"In this world, if someone can snatch the Jiaowei from your hands, then there’s nothing I could do about it either."
"Farewell!"
As he spoke, he also tried to take the black-clothed archer with him.
Tang Huayi quickly said, "Hold on."
"What is it?"
Gu Xizhi glared at her.
He had absolutely no good feelings toward this ’meddlesome’ saber user.
"Elder, you may leave as you wish, but this man is an assassin from the Death Building. You certainly cannot be allowed to take him."
"You!"
Gu Xizhi’s eyes darkened. In truth, he had nothing to gain by taking this assassin from the Death Building.
He also had no idea how to deal with the man.
But if he left him here, the man would surely die... Although people from the Death Building deserved death, this was still punishing someone without teaching them first.
It left him feeling a bit unwilling.
But after another glance at Jiang Ran, he ultimately sighed.
"Fine, fine... But what you’re doing, in the end, lacks benevolence and righteousness."
"Elder Gu, allow me to speak from the heart."
Jiang Ran sighed. "Benevolence and righteousness are for the benevolent and kind. Not everyone is worthy of them. A person like you, Elder Gu, deserves to be treated with such principles. But as for others... they are unworthy."
"..."
Gu Xizhi fell silent for a moment. He gave a light fist-and-palm salute, then turned and left.
Jiang Ran then glanced at Tang Huayi.
"Was he the one shooting arrows from the rooftop earlier?"
"Mm-hmm."
Tang Huayi nodded. "I went for a little stroll just now and found him on the roof, shooting at you... He was having the time of his life."
Jiang Ran’s brow twitched. He felt this demoness from the Demon Sect was truly shameless.
’Why does that sound so awkward?’
Ruan Yuqing’s eyes went wide.
"Brother Li, you... what kind of wild talk is that?"
"...You understood?"
Tang Huayi was shocked.
Ruan Yuqing quickly shook her head. "No, I didn’t understand anything."
Luo Qingyi looked at Ruan Yuqing, then at Tang Huayi, completely confused.
He couldn’t help but glance at Man Shengming, who was still in a daze.
"What did she mean?"
Man Shengming looked at him as if he were a hopeless case.
"Idiot."
Luo Qingyi was a bit indignant.
"So you understood?"
"No."
"Then how dare you call me an idiot?"
"Practicing the Elephant... Elephant Divine Fist... until you’re... like... this... Even if I... didn’t... un-understand, it... it doesn’t stop me... from... from from... from calling you an idiot!"
Luo Qingyi retorted, mocking him, "And you... you you you... you talk like that, and you... you have the nerve... to call me... to call me an idiot?"
Man Shengming flew into a rage.
"Don’t... d-d-d-don’t... don’t copy... c-c-copy how I talk!"
"I’m gonna."
The Great Master could only suck his teeth in frustration from the side.
"Will you two just shut up already? You might not be tired of talking, but I’m tired of listening."
Scholar Jingtan chuckled, then looked at Jiang Ran and said thoughtfully,
"Young Hero Jiang, you were deep in thought just now. Were you perhaps thinking about Chi Lin?"
Jiang Ran gave Scholar Jingtan a surprised look.
"Does the Scholar have any insights?"
With these words, he undoubtedly confirmed Scholar Jingtan’s guess.
Ruan Yuqing paused, a bit stunned.
"What’s wrong with that Third Hall Master?"
"His arrival was too coincidental."
Tang Huayi said.
"The Death Building is always meticulous in its operations."
"If Thunderbolt Hall were nearby, they wouldn’t have gone undetected. They would have made plans accordingly."
"For them to arrive so promptly... it doesn’t seem like a coincidence."
Ruan Yuqing nodded.
"But that alone isn’t quite enough evidence."
Scholar Jingtan, however, smiled.
"After Chi Lin arrived, he went straight into the heart of the matter, trying to rush into the battle between Young Hero Jiang and Greed Poison."
"His objective is rather hard to discern."
Jiang Ran nodded.
"Imagine this: what if today, Greed Poison and I had both been gravely injured, or what if I had even died at his hands?"
"After he arrived, under the banner of ’eradicating evil completely,’ he could have used Thunderbolt Hall’s power to embroil all of you in the chaos."
"This Jiaowei... whose hands would it be in now?"
Ruan Yuqing nodded slightly.
"If that’s really the case, then he must be afraid of your unfathomable martial arts, Young Hero Jiang."
But Jiang Ran shook his head.
"In this dangerous world, martial arts have never been the only way to deal with people."
"The thing that makes me uncertain of his intentions is that I just gave him plenty of opportunities to take the Jiaowei from me."
"But he gave them up..."
"And he did so right after I mentioned my feud with the Blood Saber Hall."
"I reckon that if he truly harbors ill intentions and wants to plot for the Jiaowei,"
"then this move might be just like them using the Death Building against us—they want to use the Blood Saber Hall to make a move on us."
"Either that, or I’ve truly misunderstood his intentions."
"His arrival was a pure coincidence, and he left because he was unwilling to start a feud with the Blood Saber Hall."
He paused for a moment after saying this.
"All in all, it’s better to be careful. Dealing with these sects is too much trouble."
"There’s no benefit in killing them... It’s best to avoid them if we can."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Just then, the black-clothed archer suddenly grunted, coughed up a mouthful of blood, and slowly regained consciousness.
He looked around, subconsciously tightening his grip on the absurdly large longbow.
But his eyes were filled with confusion.
"Where is this?"
"And you... who are you people?"
"And I... who am I?"
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PS: Only one Chapter today, I’m seriously sick... It was pouring yesterday so I didn’t go get my shot, and today my whole throat is swollen. I’m all groggy and could barely force myself to write one Chapter before I couldn’t move anymore.
And even with just one Chapter, I still have to ask for monthly tickets. Don’t blame me for being shameless, it’s mainly because it’s the end of the month, and they’ll go to waste if you don’t use them.