Chapter 1695: There is Something Wrong With Jiang Yi!

“Big Brother, since you are sure that Jiang Yi is Heavenly Thearch’s successor, why are you letting him return to Flying Feather Army? Why not let him stay in Nine Yang City? It is, after all, safer here.” Heavenly King Yun grew anxious again. He thought about it for a while and continued, “Should we pretend to make him our disciple and properly nurture him?”

“You are forever this anxious.”

Heavenly King Wei looked at Heavenly King Yun and didn’t say much. The latter soon understood. Heavenly King Yun nodded and said, “Whether this is true or not, Jiang Yi’s identity cannot be revealed. If not, he will definitely perish. Big Brother is right.”

“Besides the two of us, no one is to know about this.”

Heavenly King Wei nodded very seriously and said, “I will talk to Third Brother and the others. No one is to know what happened just now. Let’s let Jiang Yi cultivate in the Flying Feather Army for a year and see if he can break through to the King-Ranked Realm. If he cannot do so after providing him so many resources, then we are wrong about him. If he does… let’s talk about it then.”

“En, en!”

Heavenly King Yun nodded and understood Heavenly King Wei’s intentions. Jiang Yi’s words and painting alone could not completely prove that Jiang Yi was indeed Heavenly Thearch’s successor.

This one-year period was a test. Heavenly King Wei wanted to observe Jiang Yi. If he couldn’t break through even after having all the resources at his disposal, so what if he was Heavenly Thearch’s successor? Could he change the human race’s fate? Could he lead them to suppress the Netherworld Race?

“Alright, Big Brother, please rest well!”

Heavenly King Yun nodded and said, “I will go and make arrangements secretly to ensure Jiang Yi’s safety. Rest assured that I won’t make it too obvious.”

Heavenly King Wei waved his remaining arm as Heavenly King Yun walked out of the side hall. Heavenly King Wei, however, did not recuperate immediately but sat down in a daze for a long while. He then sighed and murmured, “Heavenly Thearch’s successor had appeared at such a late time; could he still help us to turn the situation around?”

…

Two and a half million kilometers to the west of Azure Supreme Thearch Peak was a mystical peak forest. Although the mountain peak there was not very tall, it was very special.

This was the famous Stone Maze Forest in the Azure Region. Ordinary martial artists who entered would get lost and, after making turns, would return to their starting point.

Swish!

At this time, one person hurriedly flew from the east. His speed was so fast his face was not even visible. This person was hunchbacked and looked like a prawn.

This person was Dao Nu. After teleporting back, he immediately flew out of Azure Supreme Thearch Peak and headed here. He saw the mystical peak ahead and didn’t stop but flew straight inside. His flying trajectory started to change as he veered left a moment and right the other, making turns around the mystical peaks.

Finally, he reached the middle of the Stone Maze Forest and headed beneath a huge stone peak. This stone peak was very precipitous and slippery; the view ahead of it was very scenic. There was a small river and a stone hut there.

Dao Nu didn’t head to the stone hut but genuflected heavily in front of the slippery cliff. He said, “Master, I have returned. I was rash this time; please punish me.”

Buzz!

The huge cliff lit up as a pair of eyes appeared. What kind of eyes were those? If an ordinary person looked at these eyes, his soul would immediately be scared away. Even Dao Nu didn’t dare to look at the eyes directly. They seemed to have some demonic power that could make someone frightened out of his wits.

“Break your own legs; you are not to recuperate and heal!”

A cold sound rang out. Dao Nu did not hesitate even a second as he turned his hand into a knife and chopped at his legs until they were hacked off. His body laid on the ground, and he didn’t dare to utter a single sound.

Following Azure Supreme Thearch for so long, Dao Nu knew that Azure Supreme Thearch was very lenient this time already. If it was Azure Supreme Thearch who gave the command, even if he asked Dao Nu to break every one of his bones, he would not complain at all.

“There is something wrong with Jiang Yi!”

Azure Supreme Thearch paused as he continued. “Go and get more information regarding Jiang Yi; I want the complete version. Wei Pingping wouldn’t not-give me face normally. That meant only one thing: Jiang Yi is very important to them. He is so important that Wei Pingping could even deign to show me face.”

“This…”

Dao Nu’s brows rose as he questioned, “Could Jiang Yi have a powerful divine body that could allow him to become a Thearch-Ranked formidable martial artist in the future? And that they were nurturing the next generation?”

“That can’t only be it!”

Azure Supreme Thearch sighed as he continued, “I can’t think of anything concrete, though. Send men to check this matter thoroughly.”

“Understood!”

Dao Nu nodded. Following that, his eyes flashed coldly as he said, “Master, if the opportunity arises, can I kill him?”

“As long as you don’t do it in Nine Yang City, I will pretend I didn’t know about it. However, if you or others end up being killed by Wei Pingping and company, I will not help either,” Azure Supreme Thearch coldly replied. That pair of eyes steadily disappeared. Dao Nu sent a palm of energy into the ground as his body flew up into the sky and towards the Azure Supreme Thearch Peak.

Since Azure Supreme Thearch had already given his consent, Dao Nu was determined to kill Jiang Yi. Heavenly King Wei had shown him no face at all; based on Dao Nu’s character, he definitely wanted to seek revenge.

He returned to Azure Supreme Thearch Peak at his fastest speed and flew straight into the Azure Supreme Thearch Hall. Inside the Azure Supreme Thearch Hall, the Dao Clan formidable martial artists had long gathered, awaiting his return.

“Majesty Father!”

Dao Nù and Dao Leng saw Dao Nu’s legs dangling in mid-air as their faces changed. Dao Nu coldly interjected and said, “Dao Nù, immediately send someone to keep an eye on Jiang Yi. No matter what, we must keep an eye on him. When the opportunity arises, we will set a trap to kill him.

“Dao Leng, head to the Earth Domain and gather everything you can find on Jiang Yi; I want everything. However, be careful and act stealthily. We cannot let others know of our actions. If the Azure Supreme Thearch blames us, we will not be able to bear the consequences.”

“Understood!”

Dao Nù and Dao Leng received their orders while Dao Nu’s body flashed and disappeared. He left behind a few instructions. “I will remain in the Azure Supreme Thearch Peak for a period of time. Dao Nù, find an opportunity as soon as possible; the longer this drags on, the less face Azure Supreme Thearch and I will have left.”

Hearing Dao Nu’s orders, the entire Dao Clan was mobilized. Dao Leng stealthily headed to the Earth Domain. He didn’t go via Nine Yang City; the Teleportation Formation there had been sealed shut by his family, how could he go and unseal it now? Wouldn’t that be telling the world that he was heading to the Earth Domain and was up to no good?

Dao Leng went via a special passageway. This was the only other passageway beside heading to Nine Yang City and using the Teleportation Formation. Not many knew about it. However, this way was rather dangerous; if one was not King-Ranked, he would definitely perish. Of course, someone like Dao Leng had no problems entering it.

On the other hand, Dao Nù sent men to the great family clans and mobilized their resources to keep an eye on the happenings in the Nine Yang Army. No army was completely uniform and of one voice; the Nine Yang Army had thirty-six Heavenly Kings at that.

The most terrifying thing about the human race was all the scheming and plotting, the overboard battles and secret ambushes. Every faction all had their men embedded in the various armies. Even the Azure Supreme Thearch Army also had some spies from each great family clan. Hence, Dao Nù had sent men to contact other great family clans and activate their resources within the Nine Yang Army, to easily get hold of the whereabouts of Jiang Yi.

Once the Dao Clan made a move, countless factions and spheres of influence were activated as well. They were like a formless and silent net that was secretly wrapping about the Nine Yang Army. Once Jiang Yi left the Nine Yang Army or when a suitable opportunity was found, the Dao Clan would immediately act and smash Jiang Yi into bits and pieces.