Chapter 267: Chapter 267: Cliff Jump Chapter 267: Chapter 267: Cliff Jump Ji Ruyue cautiously asked, “If I say it, will this matter be settled between us?”
Jiang Fan raised the Black Sword, pointed at the Red-Scaled Evil Flood Dragon that was being divided by the three women, and said,
“Not only will it be settled.”
“You will also have a share of the Beast King’s body.”
“Provided, of course, you are not lying.”
Ji Ruyue was overjoyed.
She only wanted to save her life.
Who would have thought that Jiang Fan would have an extra reward?
As for the Nascent Soul Cave Mansion, she knew it was beyond the reach of a Foundation Establishment Realm disciple like her.
Rather than guarding an empty treasure mountain, it was better to exchange it for a life and part of the Red-Scaled Evil Flood Dragon’s body.
In any case, she could extract amazing wealth of tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, from the body.
She immediately nodded and said, “Of course it’s true!”
“Shut up!” Xie Liushu was anxious and quickly stopped her, saying,
“Junior Sister Ji, this is a Desires Sect secret, how can you easily disclose it?”
Ji Ruyue was filled with resentment.
When she was in trouble, Xie Liushu abandoned her.
Now that she wanted to save herself with a piece of information, she was being stopped.
Was she supposed to be stabbed to death?
She raised her head high and said, “I found this cave mansion.”
“I can tell whoever I want.”
“Even if the Sect Master was here, he couldn’t say anything to me.”
She was not valued in the Desires Sect anyway.
If the sect’s top echelons were displeased, it wouldn’t hurt her much.
Saving her life and getting a share of the Red-Scaled Evil Flood Dragon’s body were things she could really grasp.
So, she spoke without any concern, “When I passed by a cliff, I accidentally saw treasure light flashing at the bottom.”
“Moreover, there was a rusted hidden chain on the cliff.”
“I climbed down along the chain and saw a cave at the bottom of the cliff.”
“At the entrance of the cave was a broken, glowing stone tablet with the words ‘Nascent Soul Cave Mansion, Keep Out’ carved on it.”
“For safety’s sake, I didn’t dare to go in. I only told Senior Brother Xie about it.”
Jiang Fan closely observed Ji Ruyue’s expression, analyzing the doubts in her words.
He found that Ji Ruyue did not seem to be lying, and her words contained no flaws.
He believed her halfway.
“You go ahead and divide the Red-Scaled Evil Flood Dragon’s body first.”
“Take me to that cliff. If I confirm you’re not lying, then you’re free.”
“Of course, if you are lying, that’s another matter.”
Ji Ruyue’s face lit up with joy. She quickly stood up, patted the dust off her knees, and swore earnestly,
“Not a single word I just said is false!”
After speaking, she eagerly ran to the Red-Scaled Evil Flood Dragon’s body.
She took out various sized bundles and excitedly began to cut the valuable parts.
Yi Lianxing and the other two women did not object.
Firstly, it was Jiang Fan who hunted it, so the distribution was naturally up to him.
Secondly, the Red-Scaled Evil Flood Dragon was enormous. The three of them couldn’t finish dividing it, and having one more person didn’t make any difference.
The Desires Sect disciples watched with envy.
As ordinary disciples, they could save only a few hundred Crystal Stones each year.
If they were more frugal, they could barely save a thousand.
But now, Ji Ruyue, by selling a piece of information, could get anywhere from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of Crystal Stones!
With so many Crystal Stones, even if Ji Ruyue left the Desires Sect, she could live a carefree life and enjoy her life.
Nobody expected that what was supposed to be a miserable fate for her turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
One two-hour period later.
The four women carried heavy bundles, panting and almost unable to walk.
Their faces were filled with joy.
It seemed their harvest was significant.
There was still a large portion of the Red-Scaled Evil Flood Dragon left.
Though only the meat and bones remained, they were treasures sought after by merchants and could fetch over ten thousand Crystal Stones.
The Desires Sect disciples looked at the remaining corpse and couldn’t help but swallow.
They cautiously looked at Jiang Fan, their eyes pleading.
Jiang Fan waved his hand and said without hesitation, “The rest is yours.”
He could have thrown these into the river.
But doing something so harmful and unbeneficial was unnecessary.
After his people ate the meat, it was only fair to leave some soup for others.
The four Desires Sect disciples looked surprised and gratefully clasped their hands, saying,
“Thank you, Junior Brother Jiang!”
“Whenever you come to the Desires Sect, I will surely treat you warmly!”
“We owe Junior Brother Jiang a favor today!”
The four of them, excited, came forwards and divided the bones and meat before them.
Each of them got about two thousand Crystal Stones for free.
Although it was not as much as Ji Ruyue’s, to them, it was still a windfall.
Xie Liushu looked at the four of them happily, thanking Jiang Fan.
He felt both anger and helplessness.
A bit of charity made them forget what sect they belonged to!
He asked with a stern face, “Junior Brother Jiang, do you really want to explore the Nascent Soul Cave Mansion?”
“I advise you to be cautious.”
“The place of a Nascent Soul Great Power is not somewhere we can intrude on.”
Jiang Fan responded with deep meaning,
“You don’t want me to go in?”
This made Xie Liushu’s expression freeze, and he said nothing more.
Ji Ruyue sat under Jiang Fan’s protection, leading the way to the cliff.
Xie Liushu gritted his teeth.
His mission had failed, and he had nowhere to go, so he followed them.
They crossed a snow-covered mountain and reached its peak.
Ji Ruyue hurried to the cliff’s edge, pointing down, and said, “Here, right here!”
Jiang Fan followed closely.
He looked at the bottomless abyss.
A beam of light flashed and disappeared.
Was this the treasure light Ji Ruyue mentioned?
It seemed her words were mostly true.
Jiang Fan couldn’t wait to go down and looked around, asking, “Where’s the chain you mentioned?”
Ji Ruyue quickly searched.
Relying on her memory, she felt around in a pile of snow and found a chain, “I found it…”
But when she grabbed the chain, her expression froze.
Jiang Fan looked over and couldn’t help but change his expression as well.
The chain was only a segment.
The long chain connected to the bottom had… broken.
Judging from the break, it seemed the chain had been rusted and broken by natural erosion.
Ji Ruyue panicked, “When I used it last time, it wasn’t broken.”
“Junior Brother Jiang, I’m not lying to you.”
She looked at Jiang Fan with fear.
Afraid he would misunderstand her intentions.
Xie Liushu secretly sighed with relief, his expression relaxed, and said,
“Junior Brother Jiang, this cliff is thousands of feet deep, even birds can’t fly across.”
“It seems you really can’t go down.”
“For safety’s sake, let’s leave.”
Yi Lianxing, Qin Caihe, and Chu Xingmeng all showed regretful expressions.
The chain was broken, so going down was impossible.
Jiang Fan took out a bamboo tube and handed it to Yi Lianxing.
He glanced at Xie Liushu and instructed, “Senior Sister Yi, if there’s any movement later, fire this smoke bomb under the cliff.”
“I’ll come up immediately.”
A big question mark appeared on Yi Lianxing’s forehead.
Before she could understand what he meant,
Amid Xie Liushu’s pupils contracting, the three women’s screams, and the Desires Sect disciples’ exclamations,
he jumped off the cliff!