Returning Jiang Chen's Favor

"Fellow Daoist Jiang, may I ask which sect you hail from? With your strength and combat prowess, you are undoubtedly a prodigy among the Four Great Sects," He Yushi said.

He Yushi was considered outstanding among her peers, but her strength was still inferior to Jiang Chen's.

After all, Jiang Chen's power during his demonic transformation was astonishing, dealing with the experts of the Yin Corpse Sect as easily as slicing through vegetables.

They believed Jiang Chen had used some secret technique to boost his strength so dramatically in a short period.

In reality, it was due to the Demonic Soul Blade. The Demonic Soul Blade was incredibly powerful, but its consumption was also immense. With Jiang Chen's current strength, he couldn't sustain prolonged combat due to the massive drain on his true qi.

"I don't belong to any major sect. That's all I'll say about my origins. I don't wish to tell you for now," Jiang Chen stated directly.

He Yushi and Li Ji were taken aback by Jiang Chen's blunt refusal.

Normally, people treated them with courtesy due to their identities, and they rarely encountered such rejections.

However, Jiang Chen had saved their lives, so they wouldn't hold it against him.

"If it's inconvenient for you to speak, Young Master Jiang, then we won't ask," He Yushi replied.

"Right, you mentioned wanting to thank me. I actually have something I need your help with. If you help me with this matter, we'll be even, and I'll consider the life debt settled. How does that sound?" Jiang Chen thought of something and spoke up.

"What is it? Tell us first, and we'll see if we can help. If it's too time-consuming, we might not be able to repay this favor immediately, as we need to report important information to the higher-ups of the Heavenly Sword Sect," He Yushi said.

They had already found the general whereabouts of the Yin Corpse Sect remnants.

However, they were discovered by chance and were now being pursued by people sent by the Yin Corpse Sect.

They had to relay the information as quickly as possible, so the Heavenly Sword Sect could dispatch more experts to deal with this remnant force of the Yin Corpse Sect.

Disciples like He Yushi were merely scouts.

As long as this message was delivered and proven true, they would have performed a great service and would receive many rewards.

"Help me deal with a group of people..." Jiang Chen recounted the incident of being pursued by the Yinluo Sect.

Jiang Chen knew full well that the Yinluo Sect had been tracking him.

Previously, Jiang Chen hadn't realized the true power of the Demonic Soul Blade, so he hadn't dared to face so many Martial Master Realm experts alone.

Even with the Demonic Soul Blade, it would still be risky for Jiang Chen to fight them by himself.

When dealing with the Yin Corpse Sect members earlier, He Yushi and Li Ji had also helped by tying up a large number of enemies.

This allowed Jiang Chen to easily kill the leader of the black-clothed men and then deal with the others.

"So that's how it is. If it's just this, then there's no problem," He Yushi and Li Ji conferred and agreed to Jiang Chen's request.

Killing people was a common occurrence in the cultivation world.

Jiang Chen's talent was so immense that they both wanted to befriend him. He was likely a future prodigy, just not fully developed yet.

Offering help in times of need was far more valuable than adding to someone's fortune.

Besides, this matter wouldn't take much time.

He Yushi and Li Ji didn't want to reveal their identities, so they donned black clothing and masked their faces to prevent anyone from knowing they were disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

As for the storage bags of the Yin Corpse Sect members, Jiang Chen collected them all himself.

He Yushi and Li Ji didn't argue with Jiang Chen over these spoils of war. If it weren't for Jiang Chen's intervention, they might have lost their lives.

If they could deliver the message back to their sect, the rewards they would receive would far surpass the current spoils. There was no need to lose sight of the bigger picture for minor gains.

They were also no match for Jiang Chen, and it was wise to recognize this. This was the benefit of having immense strength.

As long as your strength was sufficient, you could be domineering in the distribution of benefits, and others wouldn't dare to object.

Moreover, Jiang Chen genuinely needed resources now, given his humble origins.

He still had to get revenge on Liu Yun and Ye Yuntian.

After packing everything up, Jiang Chen led He Yushi and Li Ji to search for the Yinluo Sect members.

The situation had now reversed. Jiang Chen had transformed from prey into the hunter.

The Yinluo Sect were now the prey.

However, these members of the Yinluo Sect and the Bloodfire Mercenary Group were completely unaware.

Half an hour later, Jiang Chen and the other two discovered the Yinluo Sect members.

"So they're here. They've been chasing me all this time. Today, I won't let a single one of them leave alive. No survivors, that's my request. After this is done, we'll go our separate ways, and we'll be even," Jiang Chen said.

"Don't worry, we won't let anyone leave here alive," Li Ji replied.

Just then, an arrow flew towards them.

"Pfft." The arrow directly struck a Martial Master Realm disciple of the Yinluo Sect.

The disciple let out a scream and instantly fell to the ground.

"Not good, enemy attack!" The Yinluo Sect members' faces changed. They hadn't expected anyone to dare launch a surprise attack on them.

The members of the Bloodfire Mercenary Group also panicked, quickly looking around.

Shortly after, several more arrows flew in.

After felling a few more people, they finally spotted Jiang Chen's location.

"He's over there, everyone shoot arrows quickly," Jie Ming roared, immediately giving the order.

Then, the Yinluo Sect disciples and the Bloodfire Mercenary Group members shot arrows in that direction.

However, after firing his second arrow, Jiang Chen had already changed his position.

The area was covered by arrows, but not a single hair on Jiang Chen was harmed.

Just then, Jiang Chen burst out from another direction.

With a swift movement of his blade, a Martial Master Realm disciple of the Yinluo Sect was directly killed.

This sudden appearance of Jiang Chen also startled everyone.

Upon seeing Jiang Chen kill their Yinluo Sect disciple, Jie Ming became even more enraged.

"Hegemonic Blade Art!" Blade light flashed erratically, and the cultivators near Jiang Chen cried out in pain, directly struck.

Jiang Chen's combat power was too immense now; they were no match for him at all.

The Hegemonic Blade Art was also a fifth-tier martial skill, its power extremely overbearing. Those struck were directly severely injured, either losing a hand, their head, or suffering a deep, profusely bleeding blade wound.

At this moment, He Yushi and Li Ji also burst out from other directions.

"Puff, puff, puff..." In front of these two geniuses at the Martial Master Realm, Seventh Level, these people were simply no match and were all killed.

Jie Ming could no longer afford to hold back and charged directly at Jiang Chen.

"Boom." The two clashed with a move, and both were repelled.

Jiang Chen's heart tightened. Jie Ming was at the Martial Master Realm, Ninth Level, and his strength was indeed extraordinary.

To quickly resolve the battle, Jiang Chen decided to use the Demonic Soul Blade.

Once the Demonic Soul Blade was activated, Jiang Chen's strength would greatly increase, making it much easier to kill Jie Ming before him.