Chapter 77

Several hours before dawn, a purple spirit boat appeared hundreds of li away from the Hengduan Mountain Range.The spirit boat hovered in the air as Jiang Chen and his followers leaped down from it and plunged into the dense forest.

Jiang Chen clearly remembered that it was near this area where he had last seen Lin Mubai sharpening his knives with a crazed look.

Lin Mubai was a madman, and perhaps he had gone mad somewhere else.

However, to ensure that the plot returned to its normal course and Lin Feng could become a disciple of the Jiuyan Sect, Jiang Chen had to be cautious and come to check the situation first.

“Second Senior Brother!”

“Lin Mubai!”

“Madman Second Senior Brother!”

“Wild man Lin Mubai!”

With Jiang Chen’s backing, Liu Wen and the other followers improvised, not forgetting to tease as they called out.

Their voices echoed rhythmically through the forest like they were singing.

They could hardly be blamed.

After all, Lin Mubai, in his madness, would do nothing to Jiang Chen but certainly showed no kindness to these ‘lackeys’.

The shouting continued for a while.

When Lin Mubai’s figure was nowhere to be found, Jiang Chen breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, “I knew it couldn’t be that bad.”

“Wuu~Eldest Senior Brother!!” A miserable cry suddenly rang out.

Everyone was startled and quickly looked in the direction of the sound.

They saw the mound of earth in front of them suddenly explode, and Lin Mubai, still dressed like a wild man with two machetes in hand, came charging out while crying!

His skin was covered with a layer of blood energy!

With the boost from this blood energy, his movements were ghostly fast, and he appeared in front of everyone in an instant!

“Lin Mubai is lying in ambush here, protect Eldest Senior Brother!” Liu Wen exclaimed in alarm, immediately leading the followers to shield Jiang Chen.

“Move aside.” Jiang Chen frowned.

“Eldest Senior Brother, Lin Mubai was hiding in the mound, and he’s still full of killing intent! I think he’s intentionally lying in ambush to attack you!” Liu Wen urged anxiously.

Jiang Chen thought the same, but was he afraid?

Pushing Liu Wen aside, he said fiercely,

“Second Junior Brother, it seems you’ve gotten a bit carried away lately!”

“I’m not!!!” Lin Mubai was taken aback.

After realizing what was happening, he quickly put away his machetes and scratched his head, saying, “I just got excited when I saw Eldest Senior Brother. I couldn’t control my emotions for a moment.”

Hearing this, Liu Wen and the other followers were speechless, each muttering to themselves:

Lost control of your emotions for a moment? You kidding me?

Jiang Chen was equally speechless.

Seeing that Lin Mubai indeed had no intention of making a move, he couldn’t be bothered to argue, as there were more important things to attend to.

Pointing at Lin Mubai, Jiang Chen turned to Liu Wen and the others: “You guys, go tie him up for me!”

“Ah?”

Liu Wen and the others were stunned.

Despite their earlier appearance of being ready to face death, in reality, each of them was bluffing!

After all, Lin Mubai was at the Earthly Origin level, not to mention he had an Innate Dao Bone and was also a madman!

If they really went up to him, wouldn’t they just be cut down one by one?

Lin Mubai was also somewhat confused, not understanding why his Eldest Senior Brother wanted to tie him up.

But he didn’t care! Being tied up and also beaten up by Eldest Senior Brother would slightly reduce his sense of guilt.

Thinking about it, he was even a little excited!

After popping a pill into his mouth, Lin Mubai declared loudly: “To prevent myself from instinctively fighting back when I get beaten later, I’ve already taken a Core Formation sealing pill! Hurry up and tie me, and make sure it’s tight!”

Upon hearing this, Liu Wen and the others were dumbfounded!

The guy had already sealed his own cultivation level, and they still weren’t tying him up.

Wouldn’t that be too embarrassing?

The next second.

Liu Wen and the others rushed forward and tied Lin Mubai up tightly with black rope, leaving only his eyes, nose, and mouth exposed, just like a rice dumpling.

“Haha.”

Looking at Lin Mubai’s appearance, Liu Wen laughed loudly.

“It’s always good to be prepared, the ancients did not deceive me. This black rope was originally prepared to help Eldest Senior Brother tie up a few beauties, but I didn’t expect it to be used on you.”

Turning to Jiang Chen, he asked again: “Eldest Senior Brother, are you going to beat him yourself, or should we do it?”

Beat him?

Jiang Chen scoffed with disdain.

Why should he satisfy the masochistic cravings of a madman?

Tying up Lin Mubai was only to prevent him from scaring away Lin Feng.

To be even more cautious, he had Liu Wen and the others carry Lin Mubai back to the spiritual boat after thinking for a moment.

The actions of a madman are incomprehensible. It’s best to tie him up and keep a close watch to avoid any mishaps.

On the way back to the spiritual boat, Lin Mubai felt a sense of sorrow after realizing that Jiang Chen seemed to have no intention of beating him.

Suddenly his eyes lit up, and he asked: “Eldest Senior Brother, don’t you want to ask what I was doing hiding in the dirt pile?” Sᴇaʀch* Thᴇ NøvᴇlFirᴇ(.)nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of nøvels early and in the highest quality.

“Not interested!” Jiang Chen replied instantly.

How could he possibly care about the actions of a madman?

“Hehe, actually I was planning to ambush Lin Feng! That kid runs a bit fast, and I’ve concluded from my experience that it’s more reliable to play dirty.” Lin Mubai explained on his own.

“What?”

Jiang Chen was shocked!

Ambush Lin Feng? It was a good thing he arrived quickly otherwise Lin Feng might have really been scared away!

Wait a minute! How did Lin Mubai know that Lin Feng runs fast?

Instantly, Jiang Chen had a bad feeling.

“Hmph, if it weren’t for the fact that my vital energy was exhausted, I would have caught up with that Lin Feng and chopped off his head!”

Lin Mubai said with an extremely proud tone, sneering: “But it’s not entirely without gain. I not only slapped him, but I also almost chopped him to death with a machete! Eldest Senior Brother, it was like this: I slapped him away, then chopped at his left shoulder! Tsk tsk, the blood that flowed was…”

“Hmm? Eldest Senior Brother, are you sick? Why do you look so pale?” he suddenly asked in surprise.

The answer was Jiang Chen’s fist.

After pulling Lin Mubai down from Liu Wen’s shoulder, Jiang Chen’s punches rained down in an instant.

Just a few punches and Lin Mubai’s only exposed mouth and nose were beaten beyond recognition.

Jiang Chen was about to kick him a few more times, but…

“Wuu~ Eldest Senior Brother finally beat me up…” Lin Mubai cried.

Jiang Chen gave up.

In the end, he still couldn’t restrain himself and fell for Lin Mubai’s trick.

He reminded himself to take this as a warning and never to lose his composure in front of a madman again. Otherwise, he would be driven mad sooner or later!

“Sigh——”

Letting out a long breath, Jiang Chen crouched down and asked,

“Second Junior Brother, be good. Tell Eldest Senior Brother, where did that Lin Feng run off to?”

“Eldest Senior Brother, I’m not used to you talking to me like this,” Lin Mubai said seriously.

He hoped Jiang Chen would go back to his usual self.

To return to that carefree, villainous demeanor, because that’s how he could live without constraints.

Jiang Chen didn’t reply, but his mouth twitched, and the Flame Blood Dragon Sword appeared in his hand.

“North!” Lin Mubai replied instantly.

“North? In the direction of the Jiuyan Sect? Then what ghost were you lying in ambush for here?”

“I was just being cautious in case he recovered and wanted to come back for revenge.”

Jiang Chen was speechless again.

The good news now was that since Lin Feng chose to escape toward Jiuyan Sect, he probably hadn’t given up on the idea of joining the sect.

But in that direction, he had seen many thatched huts…

“Have you seen Jiang Lianyue recently?” Jiang Chen asked again.

“Why does Eldest Senior Brother bring her up?”

Lin Mubai scoffed, “I secretly monitored her a while ago and found that she had Liu Wu constantly repairing thatched huts several li ahead. Hmph, the actions of a mad woman are indeed incomprehensible.”

“…”

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