Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 429: Four One One Traitor

Chapter 429: Four One One Traitor

Such a generous tip, the two jade-clad maidens could only accept. They stood by as the group of burly men in black attire carried a massive chariot to the entrance of the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower.

Out of the chariot stepped a young man clad in splendid attire, tall and slender, his hands empty. His complexion was as fine as jade.

This youth possessed an indescribable charisma throughout his entire being, a faint mark on his forehead that was embedded in his skin, seemingly a primitive rune.

This individual was, in fact, the Young Lord of the Divine Race. Amidst the crowd of followers, he confidently strutted into the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower.

The moment this member of the Divine Race entered the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, the expressions of the two jade-clad maidens changed. They wore a look of disgust and threw the Magic Treasure pouch, which they received from him, to the ground as though it was a piece of garbage, not even bothering to spare it a glance.

After doing so, these two jade-clad maidens gave a helpless smile and said to Jiang Chen, "Please forgive us for the spectacle, the Young Lord of the Divine Race holds considerable power. We dare not offend him. Therefore, even though we did not want his bestowed treasure, we couldn’t outright refuse him."

Jiang Chen nodded in agreement, showing his understanding. However, he was even angrier now.

Considering the attitude of these two maidens, it was clear how domineering the Young Lord of the Divine Race was in the Xia capital, prompting anger yet leaving everyone unable to voice it.

How did such an outsider command so much authority in the land of the Human Race? And why was no one willing to stop him? Based on what?

In Jiang Chen’s eyes, this kind of behavior was all too familiar!

From the Young Lord of the Divine Race’s words, it was easy to deduce that if he was ever ill-treated within the Xia capital, King Xia himself would step in on his behalf. Would he dare be so arrogant without the backing of King Xia?

If King Xia wasn’t suppressing things, wouldn’t the citizens of the Xia capital dare to express their anger? They would have already rallied together and chased the Young Lord of the Divine Race out.

Thinking about this, a frigid expression took over Jiang Chen’s face. He turned to Xia Zicheng and said, "Go and find Xia Ji now and have him come to see me."

At this moment, Xia Zicheng’s face completely morphed into a look of despair. As early as when Jiang Chen clashed with the Young Lord of the Divine Race, Xia Zicheng had wanted to intervene and mediate. However, Jiang Chen decisively stopped him from speaking by using his Divine Ability.

Only when the Young Lord of the Divine Race had left did Jiang Chen remove the spell, allowing Xia Zicheng to go and find the Xia King, Xia Ji.

At this point, how could Xia Zicheng dare to go find his own father? With a bitter expression, he tried his best to explain, "Your Highness, this isn’t entirely my father’s fault, it was an order from our Ancestral Land, my father had no choice!"

Upon glancing at him coldly, Jiang Chen said, "Are you waiting for me to summon the Nine Tripods before you dare to find Xia Ji?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xia Zicheng turned pale with shock and quickly shouted, "Your Highness, please calm your anger, the Nine Tripods are a revered treasure of the Human Race and shouldn’t be treated casually. I will go find my father right away."

Right after speaking, Xia Zicheng summoned the fastest speed of his life and hurriedly rushed towards the palace.

If Jiang Chen were to summon the Nine Tripods to suppress the Xia capital in a fit of anger, then Xia Zicheng and his people would lose all their dignity, let alone claim to be descendants of King Yu.

If the descendants of King Yu were suppressed by King Yu’s Nine Tripods, people would only say that the descendants were disrespectful and had angered their ancestors, casting no blame towards the Nine Tripods. This would be a more unbearable situation than death itself.

Once Xia Zicheng left, Jiang Chen turned to the two girls beside him, who had been watching in disbelief, and said:

"I have unfortunately dragged you two into this, so as compensation, I owe each of you a favor. If you need it in the future, you can take this token to the Jiang Family, or to Cang Mountain to find me."

As he spoke, two jade tokens that symbolized his identity appeared in Jiang Chen’s hand.

The jade was Innate Purple Jade. On the outside, it was engraved with the patterns of the Great Sun and the Nine Heavens thunder. Inside, a word "Chen" formed from thunder, was cloaked by a shining Great Sun.

At this moment, the two girls understood that they had encountered a major figure, someone who could freely call King Xia by his name and even request King Xia to personally meet him. His tone clearly placed himself above King Xia.

In the Xia Dynasty, King Xia was a celestial being, a high-ranking figure unreachable to ordinary people. As for anyone greater than King Xia, they could not even dare to think of it.

Such a figure must definitely be of a much higher status than the so-called Young Lord of the Divine Race.

In an instant, the two girls realized that the Young Lord of the Divine Race was in for a disaster. Even King Xia would not be able to protect him once he had offended such a figure.

While feeling a sense of schadenfreude, the two girls did not forget to accept the jade tokens and humbly said to Jiang Chen, "We are grateful, kind sir."

At this moment, Yi Hai stepped forward and said, "My master is the Great Emperor of the Heavens. You two should call him ’Emperor Lord.’

Upon hearing this, the two girls were startled and were about to kneel in obeisance, "We did not know that the Emperor Lord had descended to earth, we beg for your forgiveness, Emperor Lord."

Jiang Chen lightly waved his hand, unleashed a wave of magical power to hold them up, preventing them from kneeling, "It’s nothing, it’s normal that you couldn’t recognize me as I was hiding my identity."

After speaking, Jiang Chen continued, "I noticed that you two seem to be going to the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower as well? Since that’s the case, would you like to join us? All of your expenses today will be on me, consider it my compensation to both of you."

Although he was asking, Jiang Chen did not give the two girls a chance to refuse. He simply led them towards the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower.

While walking, Jiang Chen asked Old Xu, "What’s the origin of this Divine Race? Why have I never heard of it before?"

Old Xu was also confused. What Divine Race? He had never heard of it before. Is there such a race in the Three Realms?

However, unlike Jiang Chen, Old Xu, as a well-experienced individual, managed to recall the origins of the Divine Race upon seeing the rune on the forehead of the Young Lord of the Divine Race.

"This Divine Race, it seems that Chengtian once mentioned it. It was established in the Ancient Era by a powerful individual from the Human Race who had obtained the relics of an Innate Divine Demon."

"Those powerful individuals come from the Human Race, and although their natural talent was mediocre, their fate was extraordinarily astonishing. Once during a trek across the Prehistoric World, they unexpectedly found a shedded skin of an Innate Divine Demon."

"After refining this Divine Demon Shed with a secret method, the powerful individuals painstakingly cultivated for tens of thousands of years, eventually undergoing a successful metamorphosis into an Innate Divine Demon, becoming one of the unique talents of the Human Race."

After hearing this, Jiang Chen curiously asked, "While they were born of the Human Race, how did they get involved with the Divine Race?"

At that point, everyone pricked up their ears, evidently intrigued by these ancient events and the origins of the Divine Race."

Next, they listened to older Xu explain with some contempt, "Though the talent of the powerful individual was good, he is in fact a coward. When the Demon Clan’s massacre of humans erupted, he sought to flee, shockingly abandoning the Human Race, and announced his making the break."

"At that time, he had already become part of the Innate Divine Demon, and once he broke his ties with the Human Race, even if a demon god stood before him, they would not know he was of the Human Race. It was through this maneuver that he successfully avoided disaster."

"Afterwards, when he saw the decline of the Human Race, verging on being wiped out, he had no interest in returning. Instead, he established his own assets, founded his own clan, and henceforth had no more contact with the Human Race."

"Abandoning his clan in face of danger, what a despicable man!" After cursing this individual, Jiang Chen asked out of curiosity, "How did he dare to call himself the Divine Race while he originated from the Human Race, especially during the Prehistoric World’s most flourishing era?"

Speaking up to this point, Old Xu scoffed, "Divine Race, he’s worthy of it? In the Ancient Era, he was merely a Dao Monarch, barely managing to survive, let alone daring to call himself the Divine Race."

"In truth, the name of the Divine Race has its relevance to the Human Race. In the Ancient Times, when he saw the Human Race growing increasingly prosperous, the idea of befriending the Human Race came to him. Eventually, he even used the Human Race’s reputation to self-identify as a Divine Leader and changed his clan’s name to Divine."

"That’s the origin of the Divine Race."

When he got to this point, even Jiang Chen had to admit, "How can there be such a shameless person in the world!"

Fickle, he’s indeed a small-minded person!

After finishing, Jiang Chen asked again, "What is the cultivation level of that Divine Leader now, and how strong is the Divine Race?"

Once he learned the strength of the Divine Race, he could formulate a plan to destroy it.

Old Xu pondered for a moment and said, "When Lord Chengtian mentioned the Divine Race, his tone showed great disdain, so clearly, the Divine Race’s strength is not that great."

"As for the Divine Leader, his cultivation reached the Dao Venerable Realm in the ancient era, his prowess is profound and not to be underestimated."

"However, no matter how strong the Divine Leader is, he cannot possibly break through to the Quasi-Saint realm. According to Lord Chengtian, he completely lost the hope of breaking through the Dao Venerable status because of his betrayal of the Human Race."

Betraying the clan is not a simple matter, the endless karma accompanying it is enough to make the Divine Leader lose all hope of achieving Dao in this life. His achievement of the Dao Venerable Realm was possible thanks to the shed skin of the Innate Divine Demon in the first place.

That Innate Divine Demon was extraordinarily powerful during his life, at least reaching the Quasi-Saint realm, otherwise, it would not be enough for the Divine Leader to achieve such success today, even after betraying the clan.

Old Xu was right, the Divine Leader is a man of great fortune. However, it’s precisely these types of people, that are interesting to kill.

If Jiang Chen kills the Divine Leader, there’s a high probability that he can take his fate.

Strength! Strength!

Jiang Chen currently desperately needs strength. Once his Ancient Martial Arts become powerful enough to match the Dao Monarch, that will be the time to strike against the Divine Race.

This day will not be too far away, maybe it’s just a few thousand years, or even sooner.

...

Nodding his head, Old Xu agreed with Jiang Chen’s assessment, "That person is indeed shameless. But besides betraying the Human Race, he did nothing else harmful to them and even often helped the Human Race during the ancient times."

"Because of this, several powerful individuals in the Ancestral Land who wanted to take action against him have never found a suitable excuse."

"But I remember, after the Human Race greatly flourished, the Divine Race has kept a low profile, showing humility and fear of being questioned by humans. How did they become so rampant today?"

Old Xu, living in the Jiang Family village for years and having lost contact with the outside world, would naturally not know about the recent changes, if not for the auction problem, he wouldn’t even come out.

As for Jiang Chen...

Although he didn’t know the specific reasons, he could guess the rough idea. It’s probably because some people saw the Divine Race becoming stronger and wanted to bring them back into the Human Race to achieve their own merits.

For this, they naturally pandered to the Divine Race by offering them all sorts of benefits.

Jiang Chen had seen this kind of thing a lot in his previous life, they could do anything to win over the Divine Race. Suppressing fellow humans to assist the Divine Race was too common for them.

It’s still the same, all are due to pampering.

A nice beating will do!

Ps: Monthly summary, the word count for this month exceeds last month. Striving to increase it next month. To report the performance, there are still 90 average orders for the best sellers.

Still, the same phrase, the best seller is ten thousand per day.