79 Nether Island

Jiang Chen "Wife?"

Qingcheng "Jiang Chen I broke through?"

Jiang Chen "Congratulations. But you don't seem happy?"

Qingcheng "My cultivation is improving but my Martial techniques are still the same."

Jiang Chen "Wife, you can't compare yourself with me. I have spent more than half a dozen years completely for my martial techniques."

Jiang Chen "You just started it recently and you don't even like fighting, it will take longer for you to make a progress."

Qingcheng was disappointed hearing this.

Jiang Chen pulled her into his arms, his arms held her by her waist pressing her to him. Jiang Chen's chin was just above her head, she rested her head on Jiang Chen's chest.

Jiang Chen "Wife you know you are the best. Its just martial arts you can learn them easily."

Jiang Chen "You are needlessly complicating your path. I already told you, there is no need for you to learn martial techniques, your alchemy skills, and your light attributed movement technique is enough for you to make progress in your martial path."

Qingcheng "Should I always depend on you to protect me? I don't want that."

Jiang Chen "You don't even want to go outside, why are you so worried about your safety?"

Qingcheng didn't answer that question, she remembered about how helpless she was when she was surrounded by those bastards. If she had even a quarter of her abilities she has now, she would not have been helpless then. She didn't doubt Jiang Chen's commitment towards her. He will go to any lengths for her sake.

Jiang Chen "Stupid girl, didn't you tell me to take it slowly. Now it is you who is rushing."

Qingcheng "I wanted to catch up to you."

Jiang Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry to this, she knew the difference very well. He is a complete martial freak, the number of techniques he learned is too huge. There are over a hundred weapon techniques he learned, he is very thorough with the basics of his weapons. He reached small perfection in almost every move he practiced.

He just has to reach the cultivation criteria to breakthrough to the martial soldier realm.

Jiang Chen chuckled "Wife are you competing with me?"

Qingcheng "I don't have to, you are inferior to me." she said without blinking an eye.

Jiang Chen "That is more like my wife."

Jiang Chen "How is your progress with 108 Strikes."

Qingcheng "I can make 16 strikes continuously." she said dejectedly, Jiang Chen also practices that technique and he can make more than 100 strikes, he can't make 108th strike though.

Jiang Chen "Hmm." he can understand where she was lacking in but he will not help her, she has to figure it out on her own. She is his wife after all.

She just lied there closing her eyes.

Jiang Chen "Did you start your alchemy practice?"

Qingcheng "We decided right, we will explore it together."

Qingcheng "I already shortlisted the pills we are going to practice and order of it."

Qingcheng "I even started separating the herbs we need. All we are lacking is beast cores for now."

Jiang Chen "You are too competitive." how can Jiang Chen not understand her, she wants to compete with him in it.

Qingcheng " Jiang Chen, I don't like your plan? There is no need for us to rise them in the natal

palace."

Jiang Chen "But it would be troublesome if we have to go hunting them every time we need them."

Jiang Chen "Also we need a lot of them, even Luan and lord bird need live training."

Qingcheng didn't respond to it. From the time Jiang Chen spoke about this idea, she felt uncomfortable with it. She felt its ok in the start for the hunting practice of Luan and Lord Bird.

Qingcheng "I don't want them to come anywhere to this side."

Jiang Chen "With Luan and Lord Bird here are you really expecting them to come to this side."

Jiang Chen "Also you need live practice. If you just practice techniques without utilizing them in true battles, you will not be able to progress."

Qingcheng was silent not responding to this.

Jiang Chen "I know you are very possessive about this place. You love it so much, you even spend a lot of time checking every place."

Qingcheng "Jiang Chen, use the northwest region. There are no courtyards there. It may suit them."

Qingcheng "They are not to enter the southern region. I don't know who you keep there, Lord Bird, Luan or Night or you yourself stand there guarding."

Jiang Chen " Lord Bird and Luan would stand there."

Jiang Chen finished the formalities and entered the Nether Island.

Nether Island is one of the training grounds of Myriad Rivers sect. It is designated as Rank 2 hunting ground, there are a large number of Grade 1 hunting beasts and an astounding number of grade 2 beasts too.

Nether Island is divided into four zones, outer Zone is a zone where there is large human habitation. There are several courtyards in this region, deacons and elders from the sect would be stationed here for an emergency. Here there are courtyards for transactions too, where they can exchange for weapons and pills too. Here they accept both gold and contribution points.

"You are Jiang Chen, you are an outer court disciple right?"

Jiang Chen " Disciple truly belongs to outer court elder."

Elder "You are same Jiang Chen, the genius alchemist and weapon maker."

Jiang Chen nodded his head.

Elder was a bit puzzled at this, Jiang Chen is too valuable, sending him to Rank 2 hunting grounds.

Elder "Jiang Chen, how did Elder Go allow you to this place. Outer Court disciples are not allowed."

Jiang Chen "I had to go through a test for this?"

Elder "Jiang Chen you will not have a problem to take the test again right."

Jiang Chen was confused at this.

Elder "Jiang Chen, even though our sect prefers not to influence the training. We don't send them to an impossible situation."

Jiang Chen then produced another document given to him by Elder Go. When Elder saw that document, he was dumbfounded.

Elder "They must be kidding right. How can they send you to this."

Elder "I would advise everyone to not venture into zone four and you want to go there."

Jiang Chen just chuckled at this.

Elder "Did you offend Elder Go in some way."

Jiang Chen "Its nothing like that, he believed this will come under my expertise."

Elder "Jiang Chen, we tried to find about it many times, but it is too cunning, it goes into hiding every time it sees a threat."

Jiang Chen "Inner court disciples?"

Elder "It only targets weak. It is a very tricky predator."

Jiang Chen "Did you narrow down the beast?"

Elder "If we have done that we would have known how to handle it."

Elder "Jiang Chen, don't go immediately, have patience, you don't have to eliminate it, just finding more information is enough."

Elder "I heard that you are very thorough on your understandings and have read many books."

Jiang Chen "Elder is praising me more. I just know a little."

Elder "Is your knowledge on beasts as thorough as your knowledge in alchemy."

Jiang Chen "It should be around the same level."

Elder "Then I believe you can find about it. It truly comes under your expertise but I don't know whether you are strong enough or not."

One of the deacons responded "Elder , why don't we test Jiang Chen's combat abilities."

Elder "Bring a rank two beast."