Chapter 2503: Chapter 2506: Tell Me, How Do We Fight

"Senior Zhuo, if you feel uneasy about it, then when we encounter Gui Ying, fight alongside me against him. He certainly won’t be alone, so let the senior brothers hold off the others while we two surround and kill him!"

Jiang Chen said with a light laugh.

"Alright!"

Zhuo Bufan stopped hesitating, reached out to take the Sky-Cleaving Spear and the Jade Slip, and said seriously, "Junior Jiang, I will take Gui Ying’s life!"

"Haha, good!"

Jiang Chen chuckled as he nodded.

"Count me in, you two might not be a match for Gui Ying!"

Su Qingluan spoke softly.

"No! Elder Su, you should stay hidden, perhaps you can be a surprise force."

Jiang Chen gently shook his head.

"Surprise force? Who do you want me to deal with?"

Su Qingluan looked at Jiang Chen in surprise.

Feeling a bit awkward, Jiang Chen scratched his head: "It’s not that I want you to deal with anyone specific, it’s just... we have quite a lot of enemies."

"A lot?"

Su Qingluan suddenly felt a sense of foreboding.

Yun Tao and the others also looked at Jiang Chen with curiosity.

"Hehe."

Jiang Chen smirked, counting on his fingers: "Lei Yang Village where Gui Ying is, plus Spirit Sword Sect, Yuanling Sect, and Qingyang Sect from the Inner Rings Twelve Schools. Yuanling Sect and Qingyang Sect are still manageable, but with Spirit Sword Sect... they are our sworn enemies!"

"You... you really know how to make trouble!"

Su Qingluan gasped and glared at Jiang Chen: "If these four major powers unite, even the academy will have to take it seriously, you..."

"Our side isn’t weak either!"

Yun Hai said with a laugh, slapped Yun Tao on the shoulder: "You brat, you keep staring at your junior brother, I’ve been standing here for ages, and you haven’t even greeted me!"

Yun Tao was stunned for a moment, looking at Yun Hai with a complex expression. He had seen Yun Hai when he entered, and couldn’t ignore that Broad Back Greatsword, just like his own.

But he didn’t know how to face Yun Hai, so he intentionally avoided speaking to him.

Sensing something was off with Yun Tao, Jiang Chen asked in confusion: "Senior brother, Yun brother, what’s going on?"

Yun Hai and Yun Tao both fell silent.

"Hey, Jiang Chen, how did you offend so many powers? You even dared to make Spirit Sword Sect a mortal enemy, did you dig up their ancestors’ graves?"

Zhuo Bufan, seeing the tense atmosphere, asked Jiang Chen.

"I’m from the Yun Family in Lieyang Domain."

Before Jiang Chen could reply, Yun Tao spoke expressionlessly.

Everyone turned to look, their eyes showing confusion.

Yun Tao glanced at them and smiled faintly: "Seems you’ve all guessed it, indeed, only Yun Family members can wield the Heavy Earth Sword!"

Taking a deep breath, Yun Tao continued: "I’m a direct descendant of Lieyang Domain, the current head of the Yun Family, Yun Hai’s father, is my uncle."

"Direct descendant?"

Zhuo Bufan and others exclaimed in surprise, looking at Yun Tao.

"Twenty years ago, my sister went out to train and was raped and killed by a group of beasts!"

Ignoring their reactions, Yun Tao continued with bloodshot eyes, revealing a cold killing intent.

Everyone felt a chill in their hearts, frowning all around.

"After my father found out, he and my mother hunted them down and killed them all!"

Yun Hai’s eyes grew moist: "But a month later, Yuanling Sect, Qingyang Sect, and Zhou Family and Qin Family from Lieyang Domain, all came as a united force, someone from these powers died at my parents’ hands."

Hearing this, Su Qingluan’s eyes changed, as if recalling something.

"My parents, to prevent the family from being implicated, committed suicide in the family’s courtyard."

Yun Tao trembled all over.

Jiang Chen and others felt a pang in their hearts, Su Qingluan sighed softly.

"Grandfather was in seclusion at the time, unaware of this incident."

Yun Tao continued: "When he emerged and learned of my parents’ and sister’s tragic deaths, he immediately declared that we would leave the Yun Family."

Jiang Chen squinted his eyes, remembering his encounter with Yun Cheng in the trading town on the outskirts.

"Grandfather entrusted me to my master and then left."

Yun Tao’s eyes gleamed with delight: "Grandfather slaughtered the parents of those beasts, exterminated all other forces except the four major ones, and then vanished!"

"Yun brother, where is Elder Yun now?"

Jiang Chen turned to Yun Hai.

"Yun Tao cannot meet Third Uncle; the incident back then was big, and the four forces pressured the family to hand over Third Uncle and Yun Tao. Elder Jiu brought Princess Chang to the family to protect Yun Tao."

Yun Hai sighed lightly: "But the four major forces continue to hunt for Third Uncle, claiming they’ll never allow Yun Tao and Third Uncle to recognize each other, or Yun Tao will also be pursued!"

"Bastards!"

Jiang Chen’s eyes flashed with anger.

"Junior brother, what are you talking about? Do you have news of Grandpa?"

Yun Tao trembled, grabbing Jiang Chen and Yun Hai’s arms, anxiously shouted.

"Elder Yun wandered the abandoned plains after the incident, residing in our Wind Thunder Valley as one of the deputy chiefs. Jiang Chen met him recently."

Yan Li said softly.

"Really? Junior brother, is it true? How is Grandpa now?"

Yun Tao grabbed Jiang Chen’s shoulders, urgently asked, tears gleaming in his eyes again.

"Elder Yun... is not doing well!"

Jiang Chen hesitated, frowned, and spoke in a deep voice.

"What?"

Yun Tao exclaimed, staring at Jiang Chen, urgently: "What’s wrong with Grandpa? Tell me, quickly, how is Grandpa?"

Yan Li and Yun Hai frowned, puzzled as they looked at Jiang Chen. Elder Yun was a deputy chief in Wind Thunder Valley, his only restriction being unable to leave the abandoned plains for long. Why did Jiang Chen speak that way?

"He seems alright, but I know he must be suffering!"

Jiang Chen said solemnly, gazing at Yun Tao: "An elderly man, whose son and daughter-in-law were forced to suicide, granddaughter... grandson cannot be recognized, spending his life in this barren plain, how can he be well?"

Everyone fell silent, their expressions somber.

"Senior brother, dare to take a gamble?"

Jiang Chen grabbed Yun Tao’s shoulder and said seriously.

"Junior brother, tell us how to gamble!"

Yun Tao nodded heavily.

"We can’t confront those four forces directly now, but it’s different here in the abandoned plains."

Jiang Chen said coldly: "Since Qin Family and Zhou Family are from Lieyang Domain, when Yun brother arrived, they must have sent people as well, and members from Yuanling Sect and Qingyang Sect have already clashed with me. Now, the four forces must have people here."

"And among those people, there must be individuals with high status in their families. These individuals, we can make sure they stay in the abandoned plains!"

As he spoke, a chilling gleam appeared in Jiang Chen’s eyes.