Chapter 224

clearly opened the minds of those who wanted to challenge the Ascending Heaven Pavilion but had been staying outside because they couldn't think of the answers to the questions; one by one, they rubbed their hands and started lining up to challenge the pavilion.

And facing those who came to challenge the pavilion and chose martial duels, Jiang Chen naturally turned no one away.

Moreover,

in order to let more people challenge the pavilion in the future, he really did pick a few people who looked pleasing to the eye among the many challengers and gave them some pointers.

And among those picked, a few even broke through on the spot.

For a time,

those waiting outside became even more frantic.

Even when the news reached the gambling house, many people threw down the cards in their hands and rushed to the Ascending Heaven Pavilion without thinking.

Just like that,

until the Ascending Heaven Pavilion closed in the evening, a large crowd was still gathered outside waiting to challenge the pavilion.

"Let's go."

Jiang Chen stood up and stretched,

then looked at Little Dragon Maiden and Qu Qu Feiyan and said with a smile: "The gambling house has been open for three days now; let's go see who won the Breaking Army and the Azure Sky."

...Chuan.

Actually,

Jiang Chen didn't care much about who would end up with the two swords, Breaking Army and Azure Sky.

They were just two weapons.

As long as he wanted, he only needed to spend some time finding materials, and he could forge weapons even more powerful than them with his God-level Forging Skill.

What Jiang Chen was more curious about was,

over these three days, whether Lei Lei Qianhu won more or lost more.

Regarding the cold poison in Lei Lei Qianhu's body, Jiang Chen had already seen it when he was at Lei Family Castle.

At that time, he knew,

if nothing unexpected happened, Lei Lei Qianhu might not even last through this year.

Don't look at him as if nothing was wrong now.

That was because he hadn't activated his internal energy.

Just like in the original plot,

Lei Lei Qianhu was fine after drinking the Immortal Mist Dew mixed by the Tang Sect, but after a battle with Old Master Tang, he could no longer resist the spread of the cold poison in his body, and after simply arranging his "063" affairs, he died.

Actually,

Jiang Chen had immense respect for this Lei Lei Qianhu who had always guarded the Lei Sect.

Among the Four Heroes of the Lei Sect,

although the other three had experienced many ups and downs, especially Lei Mengsha, who fell at Falling Thunder Mountain,

but no matter what,

all three of them had realized their dreams of wandering the Jianghu.

Only Lei Lei Qianhu,

who also had a Jianghu dream in his heart and was the youngest of the Four Heroes of the Lei Sect, was willing to stay at Lei Family Castle and become the guardian of the Lei Sect.

It could be said that

Lei Lei Qianhu deserved much of the credit for the glory the Lei Sect had today.

Moreover,

when the Demon Sect marched east years ago,

Lei Lei Qianhu, who had never made a name for himself in the Jianghu, killed the Demon Sect elder You Bing head-on with a Five Thunders Heavenly Gang Fist.

From this, it could be seen that

Lei Lei Qianhu's martial arts talent was definitely not inferior to people like Lei Lei Yunhe.

Plus, the Lei Sect was an ally of Snow Moon City.

Therefore,

regardless of Lei Lei Qianhu's results over these three days, Jiang Chen was actually prepared to take action to dispel the cold poison in his body.

However,

if he lost a lot, then he would need to help him do some things as a consultation fee for the treatment.

Otherwise,

wouldn't all the other allies of Snow Moon City come to him for every minor illness in the future?

As for what this consultation fee would be,

Jiang Chen hadn't thought about it yet.

After all, he didn't expect that just for the opening of the gambling house, Brother Sikong Changfeng would invite the Lei Sect and the Wen Family, and that the two heads, Lei Lei Qianhu and Wen Wen Jiuhu, would actually come in person.

Thinking of this,

Jiang Chen couldn't help but think of the Tang Sect.

Now, all the forces in the Beili Jianghu that were on good terms with Snow Moon City had come, and those sent were at least at the level of elders in their respective sects.

Even the two neutral sects, Mount Wudang and Shaolin, had come.

Yet only the Tang Sect had not sent anyone.

Jiang Chen didn't know if it was because Snow Moon City didn't notify them, or if they didn't come after being notified.

If it was the latter,

Jiang Chen could understand.

After all, the Tang Sect had previously cooperated with the Dark River to deal with Li Li Hanyi and Lei Family Castle.

Although this was a decision made by Old Master Tang's faction, it was obviously impossible for Tang Lianyue, as the head of the Tang Sect, to be unaware of this.

And with Tang Lianyue's strength, which was almost comparable to Baili Baili Dongjun's,

Jiang Chen didn't believe that if he really wanted to stop Old Master Tang and the others, he couldn't have stopped them.

Of course,

Jiang Chen didn't blame Tang Lianyue for this.

Because he understood that although Tang Lianyue knew Old Master Tang wanted to deal with Lei Family Castle, he definitely didn't know that Old Master Tang would collude with the Dark River.

Otherwise,

he would definitely have taken action to stop it.

Because cooperating with the Dark River was simply seeking skin from a tiger.

Even if this cooperation succeeded, after losing the three allies of Snow Moon City, Lei Family Castle, and the Wen Family, if the Dark River turned around to deal with his Tang Sect, the Tang Sect would not be able to resist the Dark River's assassinations.

However,

although Tang Lianyue was unaware of the cooperation with the Dark River, this didn't mean Jiang Chen would act as if it never happened.

Because of this matter,

it could be said that the alliance between Snow Moon City and the Tang Sect was no longer what it used to be.

If it weren't for Tang Lian, the eldest disciple of Snow Moon City, acting as a link, perhaps Snow Moon City and the Tang Sect would have already dissolved their alliance.

However,

neither Jiang Chen nor Brother Sikong Changfeng had said it out loud.

And the reason for this,

was just because Tang Lian was Baili Baili Dongjun's disciple; now that Baili Baili Dongjun hadn't returned, Brother Sikong Changfeng couldn't say much.

As for Jiang Chen, he didn't care at all.

Because whether the Tang Sect was an ally of Snow Moon City or not made little difference to him.

In the past, the reason Snow Moon City allied with forces like the Tang Sect and the Lei Sect was merely to counter Wushuang City and Tianqi City.

But Snow Moon City today,

even without him, Jiang Chen, no longer needed to worry about this.

Because Li Li Hanyi had also broken through to the Divine Wandering Profound Realm.

Although a powerhouse of the Divine Wandering Profound Realm could not influence who would become the heir to the Beili Dynasty,

it was no problem if Snow Moon City, which possessed a Divine Wandering Profound Realm powerhouse, did not want to get involved in this turmoil.