Chapter 613 611: Whereabouts Unknown

What Jiang Chen taught Wen Liang was a slightly improved version of the Vermilion Bird Seal. Of course, it still wasn't Jiang Chen's own, complete Vermilion Bird Seal.

Of course, even so, it was more than enough to allow Wen Liang to smoothly break through to the Martial Emperor realm without any issue.

Wen Liang thanked him profusely again, feeling that in this lifetime, the debt of gratitude he owed Jiang Chen was only growing larger and larger.

Wen Liang was in no hurry to enter seclusion just yet.

"Benefactor, please wait a moment. I'm going to take care of a small matter."

With that, he excused himself and left.

Jiang Chen said nothing more.

Wen Liang, meanwhile, had gone to the city walls of Gambling City.

He looked at his son, Lord Wen, and his grandson, Wen Shixi.

"Father, why did you let him go?"

Lord Wen was filled with incomprehension.

Wen Shixi, too, was indignant.

"Grandfather, that brat wants to destroy our Fire Sparrow Kingdom!"

The words had barely left their mouths when a cold glint flashed in Wen Liang's eyes.

He said coldly, "The Fire Sparrow Kingdom can cease to exist. You two can cease to exist. But you will not slander my benefactor."

"May you be reborn into a better life."

With that, he struck his son, Lord Wen, with his palm.

BOOM!

Lord Wen felt the palm strike instantly extinguish his consciousness.

He collapsed to the ground, a corpse.

"Grandfather..."

Wen Shixi was absolutely horrified.

BOOM!

Wen Liang's palm descended. Wen Shixi was dead.

He had killed his own son and grandson with clean, decisive strokes, not even blinking an eye.

In that moment, everyone in the Fire Sparrow Kingdom was once again left completely stunned.

But many understood that a great change was upon the Fire Sparrow Kingdom.

Then, Wen Liang looked toward Wen Shiren, who was outside the city walls.

He suddenly announced, "Shiren, from this day forward, you are the Sovereign of the Fire Sparrow Kingdom."

"The Fire Sparrow will protect you at all times."

"Go on!"

The Fire Sparrow immediately flew to Wen Shiren's side. With Wen Shiren on its back, it flew into the city.

Wen Shiren felt as though he were still in a dream.

He simply couldn't believe that his grandfather had killed his own father and brother.

It was too shocking.

But even after killing his son and grandson, Wen Liang didn't spare their bodies a single glance.

It was as if he'd never had a son and grandson to begin with.

He could be shamed and insulted, but if anyone dared disrespect his benefactor—even his own son—he would cut them down without hesitation.

After taking care of this, Wen Liang said, "You handle things here."

Then, he turned to Flame Dragon, Mr. Qiu Shui, and the others outside. "Everyone, my sincerest apologies for my earlier actions."

"You are my benefactor's friends, which makes you my friends as well. From now on, we are all one family."

As he spoke, he hurriedly took out some Ultimate Treasures of Heaven and Earth from his personal collection and presented them to Flame Dragon and the others.

"These should help you recover from your injuries."

"Please, come to the Royal Palace and rest for a while."

Mr. Qiu Shui and the others were all invited into the Royal Palace.

The demon beasts from Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, however, remained outside the city.

The two sides had thoroughly made peace.

Wen Shiren immediately accepted the title of Sovereign and began to reassure the people of Gambling City.

Inside the Royal Palace, Jiang Chen, Mr. Qiu Shui, Xiaotian, Flame Dragon, and the Black Fire Crow were all seated in their human forms.

Wen Liang was extremely hospitable to them all.

This caused Mr. Qiu Shui and the others to look at Jiang Chen with even greater reverence.

Even Wen Liang, an expert at the Martial Emperor Peak of Nine Heavens and on the verge of becoming a Martial Saint, was this deferential toward Jiang Chen.

They felt that Jiang Chen was shrouded in a veil of mystery, making him impossible to fathom.

After they all became better acquainted...

Wen Liang asked, "Benefactor, is there anything else I can do? Please, just give the command."

For the time being, Wen Liang chose not to enter seclusion for his breakthrough. After all, with the improved Vermilion Bird Seal that Jiang Chen had given him, his breakthrough was only a matter of time.

In fact, he wouldn't face any major bottlenecks in his cultivation all the way to the Martial Emperor realm.

Jiang Chen nodded. "Help me find a man named Mr. Gu. I will kill him."

Wen Liang replied respectfully, "Yes, Benefactor. I'll have my people investigate this man at once."

Mr. Gu was quite well-known in the Royal Palace.

Investigating him would clearly not be difficult.

These tasks were handed over to Wen Shiren.

A short while later, Wen Shiren came rushing in.

He glanced at everyone seated in the room. Each and every one was a Martial Emperor Expert.

'He couldn't help but give a wry smile internally.'

'Only now did he truly understand what a wise decision it had been to side with Jiang Chen.'

"Jiang the Military Advisor, I've completed the investigation."

"Mr. Gu escaped three days ago."

"He appeared to be injured when he left."

"However, we couldn't find any trace of him. His whereabouts are unknown."

Wen Shiren felt helpless; Mr. Gu was simply too mysterious, and he truly knew very little about the man.

The only lead they had came from one of the Second Prince's attendants.

BAM!

Jiang Chen slammed his palm down hard on the armrest.

"I will not rest easy until that man is dead."

Mr. Gu posed a significant threat to Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen was determined to kill him.

"Rest assured, Benefactor. I will personally hunt him down and bring him back."

Wen Liang now knew the things Mr. Gu had done to Jiang Chen, such as gouging out his Martial Vein.

Only now did he understand why Jiang Chen had come to kill his way into Gambling City.

He now felt that even killing his grandson, Wen Shixi, had been absolutely the right thing to do.

'He dared to gouge out my benefactor's Martial Vein. He deserved death.'

Of course, even though Jiang Chen's Martial Vein had been taken, he was capable of forming another.

"Black Fire Crow, let me borrow your Celestial Eye."

The Black Fire Crow immediately opened the third eye in the center of its brow—the Celestial Eye.

As the Celestial Eye opened, Jiang Chen's mind linked with the Black Fire Crow's.

The Black Fire Crow's Celestial Eye rapidly scanned the surrounding world.

The Black Fire Crow's Celestial Eye was now powerful enough to scan a territory thousands of miles wide.

Jiang Chen tried to locate Mr. Gu by tracking his aura.

He even took the Black Fire Crow to search throughout the Fire Sparrow Kingdom for some time, but in the end, they found nothing.

He returned, frustrated and unwilling to give up.

Clearly, Mr. Gu had seen which way the wind was blowing and had long since slipped away.

Afterward, Jiang Chen remained in the Fire Sparrow King's Palace.

That night, Jiang Chen appeared outside Gambling City.

By his side were Flame Dragon, Xiaotian, Mr. Qiu Shui, the Black Fire Crow, and Wen Liang.

Jiang Chen said, "Flame Dragon, go make the arrangements."

Next, he intended to move all the demon beasts from Ten thousand Beasts Mountain into the Dragon-locking Realm.

It would be impossible during the day with so many prying eyes, so they had waited until nightfall.

The Flame Dragon hovered in midair and boomed, "All from Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain, hear my command!"

"In a moment, my brother's Divine Thought will envelop you. Do not resist. You will find yourselves in a new world."

All the demon beasts obeyed the Flame Dragon's command.

Jiang Chen's Divine Thought enveloped a portion of the demon beasts.

The range of his Divine Thought was only about one li, so he could only move the demon beasts into the Dragon-locking Realm one batch at a time.

After an hour, he had finally moved all the demon beasts into the Dragon-locking Realm.

Any living creature that entered the Dragon-locking Realm would be marked by its aura, allowing Jiang Chen to send them back out at any time.

Once this was done, they returned to the Royal Palace in Gambling City.

As for Mr. Gu's whereabouts, Jiang Chen could find no further trace of him.

But he swore that he would never let Mr. Gu get away with it.