Zhou Xiang

Now, aside from Elder Huo, who else in the Jiang Family could keep him in check?

With that, his confidence in helping Jiang Yunfeng secure the position of family head would be even greater.

This time, he had gained tremendous benefits from entering the Great Desolate Mountain Range. Not only had he obtained the Demonic Soul Blade, but he had also advanced to the Martial Master Realm, Fifth Level.

"I've been out for quite some time. It's time to return to Qingyue Town. I wonder how the Jiang Family is doing now." Jiang Chen thought to himself.

He quickly dealt with the Snake King's corpse in front of him. Snake hide was valuable stuff—it could be made into leather armor. Armor made from a Fourth-tier Snake King's hide would have formidable defensive power.

The hide could be specially treated, then layered together to strengthen its defenses.

If ten layers of Snake King hide were pressed together, how could its defense not be powerful?

These were all specialized techniques, and some refiners were proficient in this kind of crafting.

Then there were the snake gallbladders and other valuable items. Jiang Chen took them all.

After all, Jiang Chen had quite a few storage bags on him. After killing so many people from the Yin Corpse Sect and Yinluo Sect, he had obtained several storage bags with considerable capacity.

After finishing, Jiang Chen's figure flashed, and he quickly left Snake King Valley.

Perhaps this place would no longer be called Snake King Valley in the future, because the Snake King had been slain by Jiang Chen.

Even Jiang Tian would not dare come alone to deal with the Snake King, yet Jiang Chen had dared—and he had succeeded.

From another perspective, Jiang Chen's current strength surpassed Jiang Tian's.

It was just that Jiang Chen had never fought Jiang Tian, so no one knew whose strength was greater.

As for Qingyue Town, a group had arrived outside the Jiang Family. These people were wearing the uniforms of the Bloodfire Mercenary Group.

After the hall master at the Bloodfire Mercenary Group's stronghold received news about Jiang Chen, he was furious. How dare a disciple of a minor lineage kill so many members of the Bloodfire Mercenary Group?

If they did not retaliate, would that not mean the Bloodfire Mercenary Group was easy to bully?

Thus, he had sent people to the Jiang Family to demand the culprit and issue a threat.

As for the deaths of Chen Luo and the others, the Bloodfire Mercenary Group did not know yet.

The Bloodfire Mercenary Group's teams entered the Great Desolate Mountain Range to hunt demonic beasts. They might return to the stronghold after only a few days, but if they stayed longer, it could take half a month or even a month.

Therefore, they did not yet know that Jiang Chen had killed Chen Luo and the others.

However, after learning Jiang Chen's identity, they had come to seek revenge.

"Where are the people of the Jiang Family?" Zhou Xiang shouted.

Zhou Xiang was a captain of the Bloodfire Mercenary Group. He was at the Martial Master Realm, Ninth Level, and was considered a fairly important figure within the Bloodfire Mercenary Group.

He was one of the trusted confidants of the hall master of the eastern stronghold.

Zhou Xiang's group was already eye-catching. Now that they were shouting in front of the Jiang Family, some passersby stopped to watch.

Watching the excitement was a pleasure for many people.

News of this spread quickly.

When the Jiang Family heard someone shouting, they came out one after another to see what was happening. However, when they saw that the visitors were from the Bloodfire Mercenary Group, their expressions changed, and they immediately reported it.

Before long, many experts of the Jiang Family appeared.

Jiang Tian also came out.

"Bloodfire Mercenary Group, what exactly are you doing at the entrance of our Jiang Family?" Jiang Tian said in a deep voice.

This Bloodfire Mercenary Group was truly going too far.

Previously, they had robbed a shipment belonging to the Jiang Family, killing several people, and Jiang Yunfeng had nearly lost his life.

They had refrained from retaliating because they feared the Bloodfire Mercenary Group's strength.

Now the Bloodfire Mercenary Group had come causing trouble again. Did they really think the Jiang Family was easy to bully?

"Hmph, what else could it be? Naturally, we're here to settle accounts with your Jiang Family." Zhou Xiang snorted coldly.

"Settle accounts? What accounts? Even if there are accounts to settle, it should be our Jiang Family settling them with you, shouldn't it? Some time ago, your Bloodfire Mercenary Group robbed our Jiang Family's goods, and several people died. We haven't settled that score with you yet!" Jiang Tian said in a deep voice.

The other side was truly too much. They actually wanted to settle accounts with the Jiang Family?

"Your goods were robbed because your strength was insufficient. You brought it upon yourselves. I'm not here about that today. Our purpose is to find Jiang Chen. Hand Jiang Chen over." Zhou Xiang said.

Jiang Yunfeng, who was standing nearby, was stunned when he heard that they were looking for Jiang Chen. He did not understand why the Bloodfire Mercenary Group wanted Jiang Chen.

"What business do you have with my son, Jiang Chen?" Jiang Yunfeng asked in a deep voice.

"Hmph, what else could it be? He offended our Bloodfire Mercenary Group. Some time ago, he killed several members of our Bloodfire Mercenary Group in the Great Desolate Mountain Range. We investigated it thoroughly. The person who killed our men was none other than Jiang Chen of your Jiang Family." Zhou Xiang said.

"Nonsense! What evidence do you have that my son did it?" Jiang Yunfeng roared furiously.

A powerful aura erupted from Jiang Yunfeng.

Jiang Yunfeng had taken the pills Jiang Chen gave him, and his cultivation had advanced rapidly during this period. He was now at the Martial Master Realm, Seventh Level.

Not long ago, he had still been at the Martial Master Realm, Fifth Level.

The cultivation Jiang Yunfeng released shocked many members of the Jiang Family. This was actually the Martial Master Realm, Seventh Level?

In just one month, he had advanced from the Martial Master Realm, Fifth Level to the Martial Master Realm, Seventh Level. Wasn't this progress far too fast?

The Great Elder, Jiang Hai, also stared at Jiang Yunfeng in shock.

However, Jiang Hai was now at the Martial Master Realm, Ninth Level as well. He had not fallen behind during this period. He had consumed abundant resources to raise his cultivation by one level, preparing to compete for the position of the next family head.

As a family head, how could one command respect without powerful cultivation?

Jiang Hai had originally been at the Martial Master Realm, Eighth Level. Now, he was at the Martial Master Realm, Ninth Level.

"Evidence? Our people are the evidence. This is his portrait. Quite a few of us saw him." Zhou Xiang took out a portrait.

After speaking, Zhou Xiang produced Jiang Chen's portrait.

When the Jiang Family members saw the portrait, it truly looked like Jiang Chen.

"Jiang Chen isn't in the Jiang Family." Jiang Tian said.

"Not in the Jiang Family? Hmph. I'll give you three days. After three days, we'll come again. By then, you must hand Jiang Chen over, and you must also compensate us with two hundred thousand spirit stones to quell the fury of our Bloodfire Mercenary Group."

"If your Jiang Family cannot fulfill the conditions we've set, then our Bloodfire Mercenary Group will declare war on your Jiang Family and completely bathe your Jiang Family in blood." Zhou Xiang said.

The moment Zhou Xiang's words fell, the expressions of the Jiang Family members changed drastically.

The Bloodfire Mercenary Group was vicious indeed. They actually dared to brazenly threaten to bathe the Jiang Family in blood.

The onlookers were also extremely shocked. They had never expected the Jiang Family to offend the Bloodfire Mercenary Group.

Jiang Tian's face was as gloomy as still water.

"Good, good. Bloodfire Mercenary Group, I'll remember this. Come again in three days." Jiang Tian said.

Jiang Tian had no other choice for now. He could only find a way to delay them.

"Very well. After three days, if you cannot fulfill the conditions I mentioned, then prepare to bear our fury." Zhou Xiang sneered.

It seemed the Bloodfire Mercenary Group's strength had cowed the Jiang Family. Surely the Jiang Family would not dare resist the Bloodfire Mercenary Group.

To become enemies with their Bloodfire Mercenary Group, there was only one outcome: death.

He believed the Jiang Family was afraid.