Chapter 711 - 708: How Far Can You Go?

Chapter 711: Chapter 708: How Far Can You Go?

Jiang Jichen was now in the throes of a killing frenzy!

Lives vanished one by one at his hand.

Soon, the area before him was empty. All had been slaughtered.

Their flesh and blood were devoured by the Azure Heaven Killing Array, and their souls were absorbed by the Soul Refining Banner.

Not far away, only Qian Zhijing and the Flower-Picking Thief, Xuu Zhuang, remained.

Qian Zhijing was in a daze, seemingly unable to accept what had just happened.

As for Xuu Zhuang, his legs were trembling, his face was deathly pale, and his forehead was drenched in cold sweat. Even his shirt was soaked through.

He suddenly dropped to his knees before Jiang Jichen and cried out, "Brother Jiang, spare me! Your little brother, Xuu Zhuang, is just a humble Flower-Picking Thief! Aside from being a bit of a libertine by nature, I’ve never killed anyone, nor have I ever succeeded in... picking any flowers. I’m a disgrace to the Flower Picking World, but I’m also a harmless man!"

"Just now, every single person here wanted to kill you, Brother Jiang! But I, Xuu Zhuang, was the only one who had not the slightest intention of harming you. On the contrary, my admiration for you is like the ceaseless flow of a great river! My reverence for you is as vast as the sea and as deep as an abyss!"

"Brother Jiang, for the sake of this little brother’s devoted admiration for you, please spare my life!"

Xuu Zhuang’s voice snapped Qian Zhijing out of her stupor. Seeing him begging for mercy with tears and snot streaming down his face, she knew this was all real, not an illusion.

"Hmph! A groveling sycophant like you should be the first to die!"

"Fine! I’ll castrate you, you lecher, then I’ll settle the score with Young Master Jiang!"

Qian Zhijing erupted in a rage and lunged at Xuu Zhuang.

Xuu Zhuang was only at the Fifth Realm of Saint. How could he possibly be a match for Qian Zhijing?

His face fell when he saw Qian Zhijing charging at him.

He scrambled over to Jiang Jichen’s side and yelled, "Brother Jiang! Uncle Jiang! Save me! Xuu Zhuang is willing to become your most loyal little brother! I only ask that you stop that wicked woman!"

Jiang Jichen twirled the black dagger in his hand, but a dark expression crossed his face.

’This Xuu Zhuang is truly shameless,’ he thought. He really wanted to just take the Black Short Sword, run the man through, and be done with it.

However, the guy really hadn’t shown any killing intent toward him from the beginning.

"Miss Qian, your Holy Grade Defense Armor can’t block my Black Short Sword. If you aren’t afraid of having it torn open, then by all means, come at me!"

Jiang Jichen said with a wicked grin.

"Shameless! Pervert!"

"I really wish I could castrate every man in the world and turn them all into eunuchs!"

When Qian Zhijing saw Jiang Jichen’s mocking smile, she knew he was making fun of her.

She flew into a towering rage, pointing at Jiang Jichen and cursing him out while making wild boasts.

’She really doesn’t have a single feminine trait,’ Jiang Jichen mused. He really couldn’t figure out what had possessed the Flower-Picking Thief, Xuu Zhuang, to take a liking to Qian Zhijing and even sneak into her room. The woman was somewhat pretty, but with a personality more ferocious than a man’s, only a weirdo Flower-Picking Thief like Xuu Zhuang would be interested, right?

"Miss Qian, calm down. To be honest, this Young Master still has many trump cards he hasn’t played. Once I use them, even I get scared. I just don’t want to waste my trump cards on you, because I have bigger plans for them."

"Of course, I know you have trump cards too. But if you use them, you’ll be the one who dies."

"In the end, I’d have wasted a trump card, and you’d have lost your life. That’s a bad outcome for both of us."

"As for your subordinates, they’re dead. It’s not like you ever cared about them anyway."

Jiang Jichen’s expression didn’t change in the slightest as Qian Zhijing cursed him out. He simply replied in a calm voice.

However, when Qian Zhijing heard Jiang Jichen’s words, her expression turned even uglier.

"You look down on me? Are you saying I’m not even worthy of you using your trump cards?"

"You..."

Before Qian Zhijing could continue, Jiang Jichen cut her off. "That’s right, you’re not worthy. No need to get angry or shout. If you don’t believe me, then go ahead and use your trump card!"

"Then we’ll just see if you die or not, won’t we?"

Jiang Jichen watched Qian Zhijing impassively, as if waiting for her to unleash her Ultimate Kill technique.

Faced with Jiang Jichen’s overwhelming confidence, assertiveness, and composure, Qian Zhijing was completely stunned.

Her entire life, she had always been the domineering one, ready to kill at the slightest disagreement.

Among her peers, anyone who faced her would lose the battle of wills.

And yet, this Young Master Jiang was so domineering and arrogant that he completely crushed her presence.

Off to the side, Xuu Zhuang watched in shock. He found it utterly unbelievable that Qian Zhijing—infamous throughout the Eastern Land for her explosive temper and arrogance—was being intimidated by this unknown young man at the Holy Dao Second Realm.

If Xuu Zhuang’s words before were pure flattery and lies...

...then now, his admiration for Jiang Jichen was completely genuine.

That reverence and worship was now truly like a surging river, as deep as the abyss and as vast as the sea.

"So what do you want?"

Qian Zhijing finally asked.

"Nothing much. Just become my follower, like this Xuu Zhuang here. Of course, if you’re willing to follow this Young Master, you’ll be in charge of Xuu Zhuang. You can do whatever you want to him, except... you can’t kill him, and you can’t actually castrate him. Anything else is fair game."

Jiang Jichen said calmly.

He thought about how he had yet to establish a foothold in the Eastern Land and lacked followers. This was a problem.

When other people traveled, they had a group of followers with them. Many tasks could simply be handled by their followers.

Therefore, Jiang Jichen got straight to the point and demanded Qian Zhijing become his subordinate.

Hearing Jiang Jichen’s words, Xuu Zhuang thought he was insane.

How could someone as domineering and fiery as Qian Zhijing possibly agree to become someone’s subordinate?

Besides, the Qian Family was one of the top ten Noble Families in the Eastern Land. If they found out Qian Zhijing was following a mere Holy Dao Second Realm Cultivator, they would probably go insane with rage.

They would definitely send peerless experts to obliterate this Young Master Jiang a thousand times over.

However, to Xuu Zhuang’s surprise, Qian Zhijing actually spoke up. "I can follow you, but what benefits can you offer me?"

Jiang Jichen said coolly, "I can offer you a future on the Great Dao beyond your imagination. The Eastern Land is just a small corner for competition. In the future, our battlefield will be the Six Paths of Heaven and Earth, the myriad Celestial Worlds!"

"The heights you will be able to reach are absolutely beyond what you can imagine now."

"And most importantly, you can do whatever you want with Xuu Zhuang!"

Once Qian Zhijing made her decision, she was surprisingly straightforward. "Fine! From now on, I will follow you. Hmph, I’ll take this gamble and see just how far you can go, Boss!"

"Even I don’t know how far I can go, but it will definitely be above the Nine Heavens."

Jiang Jichen declared domineeringly, then continued walking deeper into the Valley of Ten Thousand Extremes.

From behind him came Xuu Zhuang’s tragic cry, "No... don’t! Boss, you can’t do this to me!"

This was followed by Qian Zhijing’s voice, "Haha... scream! Scream as loud as you want! It’s useless even if you scream your throat raw."

Hearing Qian Zhijing’s words, even Jiang Jichen felt his scalp tingle.