Chapter 238: A Believer is One Whose Words Can Be Trusted | Red Heart Survey [Translation]
Red Heart Survey [Translation] - Updated on April 9, 2025
Today, if it weren’t for Su Xiuxing, perhaps Hu Shaomeng would have already snatched the Azure Cloud Sheep and fled thousands of miles away.
Therefore, even though he was being arrogant and speaking inappropriately, Jiang Wang didn’t plan to do anything to him.
Of course, the fact that he hadn’t yet pushed open the Gate of Heaven and Earth and mastered that top-grade Fire Element Escape Technique, and might not be able to catch up with Su Xiuxing, who came from an assassin background, was also one of the reasons…
Jiang Wang held the Azure Cloud Sheep and turned around, seeing Zhu Biqiong’s red eyes.
“You owe me a favor,” Zhu Biqiong said directly.
She was just a girl who couldn’t hide her emotions. It was already rare for her to wait for Xi Zichu to leave before speaking. Jiang Wang certainly didn’t feel uncomfortable and would never deny it.
If it weren’t for her help at the time, Su Xiuxing alone wouldn’t have been able to stop Hu Shaomeng.
“What do you want?” Jiang Wang asked.
“Help me kill Hu Shaomeng!” Zhu Biqiong gritted her teeth and said, “My sister was killed by him.”
Jiang Wang casually condensed wood energy, using green vines to wrap and tie up the Azure Cloud Sheep, and put it in his arms.
“Du Gu Xiao!”
He called out to Xiao Xiao: “Didn’t you want to follow me and work? The mine is temporarily your responsibility. You handle the related aftermath and appease the miners. Let Manager Hu cooperate with you.”
He also said to Zhang Hai: “You handle matters involving the extraordinary. If you can’t handle them, wait for me to come back.”
After saying these two sentences, he turned around with his sword.
A great battle had just ended, and this was the time to sort out the gains and digest what he had learned. Other things should be put off until later.
But whether it was attacking the Pig Bone Masked Man outside the mine or intercepting Hu Shaomeng in front of the mine, Zhu Biqiong had made sacrifices. It could be said that she risked her life.
The favor was also something Jiang Wang himself had promised.
Now that she had made a request, without a word, it had to be done.
“You’re leaving now?” Zhu Biqiong asked urgently, “I’ll go with you.”
“Killing people is something that you following along will only slow me down. Just stay at the mine. A great battle has just ended, and people are bound to be uneasy. Zhang Hai alone might not be able to handle it. You staying here is helping me.”
Jiang Wang glanced at Xiang Qian intentionally or unintentionally, took the Mirage Pearl from Zhu Biqiong’s hand, and continued, “I will bring Hu Shaomeng’s head back to you.”
In the Pig Bone Masked Man’s Gluttony Power, Zhang Hai had no power to resist, and could only desperately grab onto whatever he could, enduring painfully. Yet, it was this decadent and useless Xiang Qian who, in that violent tearing force, had his feet rooted to the ground.
He had indeed hidden himself very well usually, but in that situation, he couldn’t hide it anymore. Of course, he didn’t escape the eyes of Jiang Wang, who was constantly paying attention to the battlefield.
But Xiang Qian was just hiding his strength, and didn’t show any other intentions or conspiracies. Everyone has their own secrets, and Jiang Wang wasn’t someone who couldn’t tolerate others having secrets.
That glance was both a reminder and a warning.
Running on the official road, stirring up dust like a dragon.
Jiang Wang ran quickly while using the Tracing Thought Technique.
He had just fought a battle, and Hu Shaomeng had left too many clues.
The small grass lowered its head, as if in tracing thought. When this technique is developed to its extreme, it may be possible to directly trace people or things that are remembered, without the need for other clues.
Currently, limited by the grade of the Performance Stage, it cannot be deduced to a higher level.
The direction in which the small grass lowered its head was Qingyang Town.
This was consistent with Jiang Wang’s own deduction.
Thinking from Hu Shaomeng’s perspective, Jiang Wang himself had already obtained the Azure Cloud Sheep, reaping the final reward, and there was no reason to continue chasing and killing Hu Shaomeng.
Moreover, Xi Zichu would soon arrive at the mine, and there would be a fight between the two.
Whether he returned to Qingyang Town to recuperate, or packed up his wealth and resources to prepare to move his family, during this time, he should be safe.
The dilapidated official road was soon traversed. Having been there once before, Jiang Wang was familiar with the road and went straight to the Hu Residence.
Several carriages were parked outside, and many servants were busy carrying things in and out.
Having offended both the Chongxuan Family and the Xi Family at the same time, unless they kowtowed and begged for forgiveness, it would be impossible for them to stay in Yang Country. Qi Country would be even more hopeless. Judging from the Hu Family’s posture, they should have already prepared to move their entire family to the nearby islands.
Jiang Wang didn’t talk much to these people, and directly walked into the courtyard with his sword.
“I’m here to find Hu Shaomeng. Life and death are my own decision, bystanders stay away.”
Ordinary people’s awe of extraordinary cultivators had long been ingrained. Seeing Jiang Wang coming aggressively, no one dared to raise their voice. They put down the things in their hands and fled.
The courtyard was empty.
Only a slightly fat old man sat slumped on the steps in front of the hall. His eyes were dull. Compared to the last time he was seen, he looked much older.
It seemed that he only realized what was happening after everyone had run away.
He raised his head blankly, looked at Jiang Wang, who came with murderous intent, but didn’t say a word, as if he had gone mad.
“Where is Hu Shaomeng?” Jiang Wang asked him.
“Jiang Wang, you’ve already taken the Azure Cloud Sheep, and you’ve broken my finger. Even if I’ve offended you in a thousand ways, it should all be offset!” Hu Shaomeng’s angry voice came from the room on the right. He walked out angrily, the broken finger hastily bandaged: “What else do you want?”
This statement seemed reasonable, but in fact it was ridiculous.
Where is there such a thing as simply offsetting grievances? There is no such thing as you provoking something, and then you defining the scope of the consequences.
Jiang Wang didn’t waste any words. He drew his long sword directly, and was already close.
A cold light flashed past like lightning. Hu Shaomeng was instantly shattered by the sword energy.
Jiang Wang looked around with his sword. There was no flesh and blood on the ground. This was just a phantom.
Hu Shaomeng had hidden himself!
Where was he hiding?
Jiang Wang suddenly turned sideways.
In the position where Hu Shaomeng had previously stood, ten steps to the right, Hu Shaomeng appeared there.
His face was red, as if he was very angry: “Jiang Wang! Don’t push things too far, don’t be too extreme. Do you really think my Fishing Sea Tower is easy to bully?”
Jiang Wang still didn’t speak, and swung his sword horizontally, shattering another phantom.
This time, Hu Shaomeng appeared on the other side.
This time, he changed his tone: “You’ve taken all the benefits, why do you have to be so ruthless? Heaven leaves a thread, humanity is good for reincarnation.”
Such realistic phantoms, emerging one after another, appearing left and right, didn’t seem like something a Tongtian Realm cultivator could do. It was completely beyond the strength he had shown.
Jiang Wang couldn’t sense the location of Hu Shaomeng’s real body at all.
Tracing Thought pointing to this courtyard was already the limit. It couldn’t trace to a more specific location, and couldn’t play a role in this situation.
But in any case, since he had such a strong illusion technique, he could leave swaggeringly. Why was he still talking so much nonsense here?
Was it because he couldn’t bear to leave his father and family, or… couldn’t leave?
Jiang Wang gripped Changxiangsi tightly.
Since he had come alone to hunt down Hu Shaomeng, rejecting Zhu Biqiong’s following, he naturally had his own confidence.
Although his illusion technique ability was as different from that of a cultivator from the Fishing Sea Tower as clouds were from mud.
But illusion techniques are not omnipotent techniques.
It has a most core and direct weakness, which is the person who casts the illusion technique itself!
Jiang Wang raised his sword and stood up.
His body was like a hurricane, and his sword was like a silver snake moving back and forth.
Sword energy surged wildly, and the sword stirred up a frenzy.
In three breaths, he had chopped through every corner of this room!