Chapter 1208 - 1208: Then You'd Better Hold On Tight

Jiang Cheng was thriving in the Celestial Dao Sword Sea.

Others struggled to handle the black rain with a team, but he handled it effortlessly by himself.

Others needed several people to share insights within the black rain, but he managed it all on his own.

It could be said that this grand opportunity related to the Sword Dao seemed tailor-made for him.

However, he wasn't swayed by it.

Opportunities can be lost and wait for the next chance, but losing face is irretrievable.

Brother Cheng treaded water while stroking the Emperor Sword Talisman in his hand, struggling to make a decision.

And just at that moment, drifting in the distance, came another 'little boat.'

The vibrant green leaf was twelve feet long and three feet wide.

At the end of the leaf stood a young man in black clothes.

His appearance seemed very youthful.

With delicate eyebrows and pointed ears, his elegant face carried a hint of coolness, and his silvery eyes held a murderous aura.

In his hand was a bizarre sword.

The unsheathed sword blade was slanted toward the sea surface, black on one side and white on the other.

The whole person remained motionless, like an ancient rock unchanged since the beginning of time.

At the front end of the leaf sat a woman in a blue dress with black hair flowing like a waterfall.

Her appearance wasn't exactly breathtaking, yet could be described as beautifully picturesque.

Compared to the taut black-clothed man behind her, she was completely in a different style.

Casually relaxed as if she wasn't here for training but for a leisure boat trip.

If not for the unsheathed sword resting on her knees, some might mistake her for a naive lotus-gathering girl.

Although the two were on the same leaf, they intentionally kept a distance of more than ten feet.

One sat at the front, the other stood at the back, seeming not like teammates at all.

At first glance, it even gave the bizarre illusion that a world barrier separated them.

"Huh?"

It was the blue-dressed girl at the front who first noticed Sect Leader Jiang floundering in the water.

After all, coming to Emperor Sword Star for training, she certainly knew the meaning of the Celestial Dao Sword Sea.

Falling into it meant certain destruction; faced with the fearsome Power of the Celestial Dao, no one could escape except for the Celestial Emperor.

So, amazement rippled through her dark, lustrous eyes.

"Hmm?"

The black-clothed youth at the back had an even bigger reaction.

To the point that even the sword in his tightly-held hand unwittingly shook.

"Someone can survive in the Celestial Dao Sword Sea?"

"How is that possible?"

The scene of Brother Cheng swimming was too bizarre, making his silvery eyes bulge in shock.

The previous cold demeanor was impossible to maintain for a while.

Sect Leader Jiang naturally noticed them too.

His first instinct was to turn his head, then discard the Emperor Sword Talisman to transmit out.

Such a disgraceful scene couldn't be left for others to view for long.

But upon seeing the girl seated at the front, he suddenly thought boating the Celestial Dao Sword Sea with her was rather romantic, not entirely unacceptable.

"Ahem!"

He lightly cleared his throat, then energetically waved at the two opposite.

"Hello!"

"Ken you help me?"

This broken pronunciation wasn't even plastic, naturally baffled the two opposite.

So Brother Cheng shook the Emperor Sword Talisman in his hand, always at risk of being dropped.

"Hello miss, I wonder if this old ticket of mine can get me aboard your little boat?"

The blue-dressed girl and black-clothed youth exchanged puzzled glances.

Both seemed to search the other's eyes for answers.

Brother Cheng's style was something they'd never encountered before, briefly leaving them unsure how to respond.

The black-clothed youth's face swiftly cooled.

"Courting death..."

Before he could finish, the blue-dressed girl at the front burst into giggles, interrupting him.

Her laughter was as playful as that of a neighbor girl.

"I don't even know who you are," she chuckled warmly.

Brother Cheng, chest to the water, swished his beautiful hair slightly.

"Then you better hold tight, don't get too thrilled seeing Primordial Immortal Realm's top renowned figure..."

The black-clothed youth behind couldn't stand his sassy tone any longer.

He directly pointed his sword at him: "Watch your words, how dare you..."

But the blue-dressed girl cheerfully interrupted him.

"This guy seems interesting, don't scare him off."

The black-clothed youth immediately sheathed his sword and lowered his head silently.

From this simple detail, Jiang Cheng already discerned that these two had a hierarchy.

Clearly, the blue-dressed girl held the higher status.

Brother Cheng immediately felt some goodwill toward her.

"She can see my charm, shows she has taste!"

He raised his thumb and accompanied it with a commendatory gaze.

"Truth be told, I am the renowned Hidden Emperor Jiang Cheng!"

"Wow!"

The blue-dressed girl displayed surprise again.

"So you are Jiang Cheng? Unexpected to meet you here."

Honestly, her reaction surprised Brother Cheng a bit.

He yakked like this, merely to dispel the awkwardness of being in the water, not expecting anyone to truly know him.

He knew Celestial Palace wouldn't help advertise the Hidden Emperor name.

When he went to the Celestial Pill Department last time, none knew about the Hidden Emperor except Yi Yuan Daoist Venerable.

Had she actually heard the name?

"That's right, it's me."

Brother Cheng wondered if he encountered a fan girl.

"Having a chance to share a boat with the celebrity you long for, isn't it thrilling and honored?"

As for the sword-clutching black-clothed man behind, he'd already considered him air.

The blue-dressed girl giggled.

"Indeed thrilling, but only if you really are that Hidden Emperor Jiang Cheng."

"How could it be fake? Besides me, who else possesses such a unique aura?"

"But I heard the Hidden Emperor is equivalent to the Celestial Emperor. If you were really him, why would you be floundering in the sea, devoid of any dignity?"

Her teasing gaze swept across Brother Cheng's handsome face.

"The Hidden Emperor in my mind is wise and mighty, exceptionally charismatic; such a person wouldn't turn into a drowned rat."

This...

The words "drowned rat" deeply stung Sect Leader Jiang, who was most obsessed with face.

He felt his prestige was plummeting rapidly, soon drowning below sea level, becoming negative.

This was utterly intolerable for him.

So he racked his brain to concoct an excuse to save face.

"Well, I'm someone who loves exercising, never slacking off no matter where I am."

"Previously I lay on that drifting leaf, it felt too leisurely, too decadent."

"Life never slacks, how can us cultivators relax?"

"So I purposely jumped off that luxurious boat to challenge my physical prowess."

His rambling excuses were scorned entirely by the black-clothed youth.

What a load of rubbish!

The leaf was wrecked, just say it was wrecked; exercising the body, taking us for fools?