Chapter 60: Running Across an Old Friend
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The disciples who had pa.s.sed the trial were led to the elders of the Natural Law School.
There were five, including Jiang Chen and the two girls.
The five each received a white paper and wrote down their information as the elders requested.
“Put your hands onto it.”
Then an elder took out some scrolls. When they were unfolded, people saw they were blank.
When the five put their hands onto the scrolls, they emitted a brilliant ray of light. Through this method, their handprints were printed there.
The elders put the papers that contained the five’s information into the corresponding scrolls.
In the end, the folded scrolls started to burn and turned into ash quickly.
While Jiang Chen and the others were still wondering what was going on, five black shadows with long tails flew across the sky towards them.
When they came closer, Jiang Chen recognized them as tokens.
They landed before him and the other four. The tokens were made from dark steel. On the front, they read Sky, and on the back, there were their names.
“From now on, you are disciples of the Natural Law School.”
All five of them felt excited upon hearing the announcement.
“You can either go to the Natural Law School immediately, or go back to Ninedragons to inform your families of the good news. But you should register at the Natural Law School in a fortnight.”
Of course, Jiang Chen wanted to tell his family the good news first, so he returned to Ninedragons with the other four.
Hong Youjun had completely changed her att.i.tude toward him. She warmly welcomed him to return to the Hong Mansion with her.
The Hongs were extremely joyful when they heard that Hong Youjun had qualified the Natural Law School. Jiang Chen was treated as the guest of honor when they learned the details of the trial.
The lord of the Hongs went to thank him in person. “My young friend, I’m so grateful to you. You helped my son find his specialty and helped my daughter join the Natural Law School. I’ll never forget your great kindness.”
“You are welcome. Hong Feiyu was born to practice with sticks. I shouldn’t be accredited for that. And Hong Youjun joined the Natural Law School thanks to her own efforts and strength.”
“We owe you a favor anyway. Please feel free to let us know if you need any help.”
“Great. I do have a favor to ask,” Jiang Chen said.
“Go ahead.”
“I want to write a letter to inform my family of the good news. Could you send someone to deliver the letter for me to the Southwind Ridge of the Hundred Thousand Mountains?”
The lord of the Hongs was confused. He took a look at Jiang Chen unsurely.
“Is this a problem?”
“No, my young friend. But is that all?”
“That’s right.”
“You can count on me. I promise you the letter will be delivered as soon as possible.”
The lord tried his best to help Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen’s letter arrived at the Southwind Ridge two days later.
Jiang Wentian was hosting the Jiangs’ regular meeting when he received the letter. Jiang Tianxiong and the Second Elder were also there.
They saw Jiang Wentian was getting excited when he was reading the letter and finally burst into laughter.
“Great! The Southwind Ridge won’t have to worry about the Black Dragon City anymore.”
Jiang Tianxiong realized immediately what had happened and said, “Has Jiang Chen been accepted by the Natural Law School?”
“Exactly.”
The Second Elder and the others cheered up immediately, now that Jiang Chen had joined the Natural Law School, Jiang Wentian had achieved the Mental Wander State, and there were pure yang mineral crystals in the mine.
All signs showed that the Jiang Mansion was rising!
Jiang Wentian also realized this, so he was beaming. He said, “This kid has a bright future, just like his father. Hurry up! Inform Gao Yue of the news.”
In comparison, the atmosphere in the Black Dragon City was pretty dull.
They had placed great hopes on Ning Ping, but not only had he not been accepted by the Natural Law School, but died at the trial ground. It aroused a great disturbance in the Black Dragon City.
The first lady, who was behind the scenes of all this, was standing by the window silently. There was crying coming from the main hall.
An old woman pushed the door open and let herself in.”Lady, Ning Ping told his parents about the task you gave him. Now his parents are demanding their lord seek justice for them,” she said in a low voice.
The first lady rubbed her temples. She looked pretty tired and laid on the chair. She said, “Seeking justice? Are they blaming Jiang Chen or me?”
The old woman lowered her head and didn’t say anything.
“Alas.”
The first lady felt a headache. She had offended Ning Ping’s parents. There was almost no way to dissolve the hatred of losing a son.
It had a bad influence. There were also political struggles in the Black Dragon City.
They had dirt on her.
“Lady, Jiang Chen has joined the Natural Law School. What shall we do? It’s said he has mastered the full spirit of the sword and is a rare genius,” the old woman said.
“What shall we do? Of course we’ll kill him.”
“But…” the old woman hesitated. Did they really want to kill a disciple of the Natural Law School?
“Hire a killer. It’s the only way out.” The first lady didn’t mention anything regarding her previous wrong decision, but started a new plan.
“Fine.”
The old woman sighed silently. Jiang Chen had been only an average man before he joined the Natural Law School and it would have cost them a small fortune to kill him. But at that moment…
Becoming a disciple of the Natural Law School raised his price.
Because of her errant judgement, the first lady suffered a great loss, but the old woman of course wouldn’t say so. She left the room quietly.
When there was no one else in the room, the first lady’s expression changed. She sat there, dejected.
She was being disturbed by the crying coming from the main hall.
Suddenly, she lost control of herself and started to smash things like a crazy woman.
The maids and servants who were staying outside of the room realized what was happening there and left silently.
Soon after, Jiang Chen became famous in the Province of Widepool, thanks to his performance at the trial ground, where he had killed Ning Ping and Zhang s.h.i.+chao.
This meant he had made it to the top 500 of the Eternal Flame List.
His swordsmans.h.i.+p was stunning. Some said he was a black horse and would rise in a few years.
Others said his background was ordinary, and he wouldn’t live long since he had offended the Black Dragon City.
Besides, people were informed of his previous name, Ning Chen, of whom Ning Haotian had robbed the holy pulse, making his conflict with the Black Dragon City seem even more dramatic. People were curious about the development of the affair.
That day, Jiang Chen received a letter from his home and was going to head for the Natural Law School, but when he left the Hong Mansion, he saw the guards of the Hongs were driving a youngster away.
The youngster looked dirty and shabby.
He seemed familiar to Jiang Chen. So he walked through the Hongs’ guards and found that it was Meng Hao.
He looked terrible compared to the great charm he had shown when they met on the Cloudbuster.
He recognized Jiang Chen and looked even more embarra.s.sed.
“What’s going on?”
“Young Master Jiang, this guy claimed he was the new swordsmans.h.i.+p teacher of the Hong Mansion. But he is too young. Isn’t he kidding?” the guards didn’t have the nerve to offend Jiang Chen, so they answered him with respect.
“I am young, too. What do you think about my swordsmans.h.i.+p?” Jiang Chen asked coldly.
The guards were shocked and hurried to bend down. They said with fear, “Please forgive us, Young Master Jiang. We didn’t know he was your friend.”
Jiang Chen didn’t blame them. He took Meng Hao to a restaurant.