Dragon King Secret Realm

However, finding someone with such immense power was truly difficult. They had never heard rumors of such a powerful Martial Master Realm expert before.

Furthermore, this was the second time the individual had come to their strongholds to cause trouble, and this time, they had directly annihilated one.

Some mercenaries escaped and brought this news back to the other Bloodfire Mercenary Group strongholds.

This allowed the Bloodfire Mercenary Group to gather some information.

Although they didn't know the identity of the masked man in black, the Bloodfire Mercenary Group would invest resources into investigating. This incident was practically slapping the Bloodfire Mercenary Group in the face and challenging their bottom line.

The Bloodfire Mercenary Group intended to make it known to everyone that offending them came with a price.

As for the person involved, Jiang Chen, he didn't take the matter to heart at all and continued to live his life normally.

However, with the Dragon King Secret Realm about to open, Jiang Chen stopped venturing out and stayed home.

Still, he had to visit Elder Huo and brought some good wine and demonic beast meat.

This wine and demonic beast meat cost Jiang Chen over a thousand spirit stones, which was not cheap. At least, in Qingyue Town, these items were considered top-tier goods.

Elder Huo had helped Jiang Chen a great deal, so now that Jiang Chen was well-off, how could he forget Elder Huo?

Maintaining a good relationship with Elder Huo had no downsides. Jiang Chen understood the importance of social connections.

Jiang Chen arrived at the Martial Arts Pavilion, where Elder Huo was still leisurely drinking tea.

When Jiang Chen appeared, Elder Huo's movements suddenly stopped. Shock flashed in his eyes as he perceived Jiang Chen's cultivation.

Even though Jiang Chen had deliberately suppressed his cultivation, such a minor trick was impossible to hide from Elder Huo, given his realm.

The gap in their strength was too vast.

"Elder Huo, look, I brought you some wine," Jiang Chen said with a smile.

He placed two jars of wine and some accompanying dishes on the table.

"Kid, not bad. You know I have a taste for this," Elder Huo chuckled.

"You're already at Martial Master Realm, Sixth Level? How did you cultivate so quickly?" Elder Huo asked.

When Jiang Chen last visited him not long ago, he was still in the Martial Apprentice Realm. Every time they met, Elder Huo was surprised.

This was because Jiang Chen's realm advanced too rapidly.

Even Elder Huo, with abundant resources in his youth, hadn't advanced as quickly as Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen was also a little surprised by Elder Huo's words. Currently, Jiang Chen had suppressed his cultivation to Martial Artist Realm Tenth Level.

Yet, Elder Huo saw through his exact realm at a glance. This Elder Huo was truly remarkable.

"I didn't expect I couldn't hide it from you. I encountered some fortuitous encounters, which allowed me to advance to Martial Master Realm, Sixth Level," Jiang Chen said.

As for the specific fortuitous encounters, Jiang Chen didn't elaborate. This was merely a general statement.

Elder Huo didn't ask further. Everyone had their own opportunities.

"There are rumors circulating outside that the Bloodfire Mercenary Group's eastern stronghold was destroyed. Based on the Bloodfire Mercenary Group's description of the masked man in black and your current cultivation, you were the one who did it, weren't you?" Elder Huo asked.

Jiang Chen had previously launched a surprise night attack on a Bloodfire Mercenary Group stronghold once, which could be described as audacious.

Elder Huo knew that Jiang Chen had attacked a Bloodfire Mercenary Group stronghold before. He had suspected it might be Jiang Chen when the Bloodfire Mercenary Group mentioned that both attacks were carried out by the same person.

However, the person who attacked the stronghold the second time was a Martial Master Realm expert, and Elder Huo wasn't entirely sure it was Jiang Chen.

Now that he saw Jiang Chen, everything made sense.

"That's right, it was me. The Bloodfire Mercenary Group dared to threaten the Jiang Family, so I had no choice but to eliminate them. Did they really think I, Jiang Chen, was easy to bully?" Jiang Chen sneered.

Elder Huo's eyes were filled with admiration. This young man, Jiang Chen, was indeed ruthless. He showed no fear towards his enemies and retaliated.

A man should be like this; those who bully me, I will kill them.

Elder Huo was also a person of this temperament.

"Haha, good, very good! You have character. I like this kind of personality," Elder Huo laughed heartily.

Afterward, Jiang Chen and Elder Huo drank together, enjoying themselves immensely.

"Jiang Chen, in a couple of days, the Dragon King Secret Realm will open. With your strength, achieving good results won't be difficult. Rumor has it there are some fourth-tier demonic beasts in the Dragon King Secret Realm as well, so be careful," Elder Huo advised.

"Thank you for the reminder, Elder Huo. I will be careful," Jiang Chen nodded.

"I don't know how you killed Jiang Ming, but there's always someone stronger. Be cautious," Elder Huo said.

Jiang Chen nodded, and then he left.

Watching Jiang Chen's retreating figure, Elder Huo fell into deep thought. This Jiang Chen, from what he could see so far, was indeed a good choice.

During this time, Jiang Chen had also given Jiang Yunfeng 150,000 spirit stones to purchase some goods to be taken to Yunluo City for sale.

With such a large quantity of goods, if they could be safely transported to Yunluo City, they would surely earn a considerable amount of spirit stones.

Normally, the Jiang Family wouldn't transport too many goods, fearing that it would attract powerful robbers.

If the goods were lost, it would be a significant loss for the Jiang Family.

However, Jiang Chen planned to escort them himself next time. With him present, he didn't believe the goods would be lost.

This was just for Jiang Yunfeng to prepare. Once Jiang Chen returned from the Dragon King Secret Realm, he could escort this batch of supplies.

Jiang Chen did this to help Jiang Yunfeng earn merit, so that Jiang Yunfeng could legitimately become the Patriarch.

With Jiang Chen's help, Jiang Hai would have no chance of competing with Jiang Yunfeng in terms of merit.

The profits earned would then belong to the Jiang Family.

As long as they could increase the Jiang Family's income, whoever earned the most would become the Patriarch.

Jiang Chen took the initiative to pay for the spirit stones. Without even mentioning escorting them personally, Jiang Yunfeng had no choice but to follow Jiang Chen's suggestion and go purchase a large quantity of goods.

This was mainly to profit from the price difference, with at least a thirty percent profit margin. Of course, this was only gross profit, not including labor costs.

The time for the Dragon King Secret Realm to open soon arrived.

Jiang Chen, along with the other top ten disciples of the Jiang Family, followed behind Jiang Tian and gathered with the other genius disciples from Qingyue Town to head towards the Dragon King Secret Realm.

As for the other members of the Jiang Family, they were to stay at home and remain vigilant of their surroundings at all times.

If any members of the Bloodfire Mercenary Group came to seek revenge, they were to hide immediately.

The Jiang Family had already dug a secret tunnel at home.

If they encountered danger, they could enter the secret tunnel and escape to outside Qingyue Town.

This was the Jiang Family's way of protecting their own people.

Geniuses from the Wang Family, the Zhou Family, and some smaller factions also arrived.

The Dragon King Secret Realm was a shared resource for the geniuses of the major powers from the surrounding six towns.

Each time it opened, each town had fifty spots.

With six towns combined, that made three hundred spots.

Jiang Chen did not reveal his cultivation this time, and the members of the Jiang Family also had no intention of exposing Jiang Chen's cultivation.

Otherwise, if they saw how powerful Jiang Chen was, they might target the other Jiang Family disciples.

The other Jiang Family disciples did not possess Jiang Chen's immense strength.

Jiang Chen's powerful strength would allow him to obtain more resources inside.