Chapter 649: Dou Mian | Red Heart Survey [Translation]
Red Heart Survey [Translation] - Updated on April 12, 2025
Regardless of whether she is from the First, Second, or Third Mansion.
Regardless of whether she is male, female, or a beauty.
Since the decision has been made to fight and determine life or death, there is no need to give her a chance to show her skills, nor is there any possibility of showing mercy.
Jiang Wang is very clear that once he reveals his strength, he will inevitably face a siege.
Regardless of other factors, reason will ultimately lead to this result.
After all, among these people, he should be the strongest, and there is really no need to be modest about this.
Jiao Xiong, the most arrogant and domineering, who wanted to fight three opponents from the start, was eliminated so easily, and the Qingyun Pavilion team was directly declared finished. Perhaps many people did not expect this.
But among the people present, not a single one showed any surprise. It is unknown whether they are too confident or too good at hiding their emotions. Jiang Wang is more inclined towards the former, so he secretly raised his vigilance.
The skinny man invited by the Lingkong Hall inheritor was the first to stand up: “Prison Body Chains… Qin Law? Jing Law?”
Jiang Wang only knows that the Legalist holy land, Three Criminal Palaces, is divided into those who regulate Heaven and measure Earth and punish Men. He didn’t know that there were so many factions within the Legalist school. But what surprised him even more was this man’s accent.
“You are not from the Cheng Kingdom?”
Cheng Kingdom and Zhuang Kingdom are at least neighboring countries, and Jiang Wang has had contact with some Cheng Kingdom people. This person’s accent is completely different.
“He is from Chu.” Ye Qingyu looked at the Lingkong Hall inheritor: “Zhong Qin, has your Lingkong Hall already surrendered to the Chu Kingdom? Even at the cost of severing your inheritance?”
What she said makes sense.
Lingxiao Pavilion in Yun Kingdom goes without saying. Although Qingyun Pavilion in Yong Kingdom is also subordinate to Yong, it can still maintain its independent inheritance. However, Lingkong Hall’s betrayal of Cheng Kingdom and surrender to Chu Kingdom will almost certainly be swallowed clean. There is no other reason, just a simple difference in strength.
With Chu’s strength, it is impossible for Lingkong Hall to remain hidden.
Zhong Qin showed no embarrassment at all, but instead smiled: “Lingkong Hall is not subordinate to Chu, but to Young Master Dou Mian.”
The Dou family is a prominent clan in the Chu Kingdom, not inferior to the Zuo family where Zuo Guanglie and Zuo Guangshu are.
Dou Mian’s ability to subdue the entire Lingkong Hall is certainly due to his family background, but his own strength should not be underestimated.
Jiang Wang realized at this time that what Zhong Qin of Lingkong Hall had been showing all along was not modesty, but awe!
Dou Mian stood with his hands behind his back, looking directly at Ye Qingyu: “What? Does Lingxiao Pavilion have any opinions on my Great Chu?”
Ye Qingyu appeared very calm: “Lingxiao Pavilion has always been neutral and has no opinions on anyone, whether Qin or Chu. It’s just that Chiyun Mountain involves the inheritance of our sect. Young Master Dou should not force our sect to have opinions.”
“Young Master Dou Mian.” Without waiting for Dou Mian to speak, Jiang Wang looked in the direction of Chiyun Mountain: “Are you sure you want to compete with me here first? The fisherman has already gone up the mountain.”
When the snipe and clam fight, the fisherman benefits.
While Jiang Wang and Dou Mian were confronting each other, Wanderer Yun had disappeared without a trace, presumably having already sneaked into Chiyun Mountain.
Dou Mian was also a decisive person. Upon hearing this, he immediately turned around and headed towards Chiyun Mountain.
Jiang Wang casually retrieved the Prison Dragon Rope and also took away the storage boxes from Jiao Xiong and Chi Yue.
While going up the mountain with Ye Qingyu, he asked: “Your face looks a little pale. Why?”
Ye Qingyu shook her head and apologized: “I’m sorry, I just saw Chi Yue beheaded by you… I have never killed anyone before, so I’m a little uncomfortable…”
When Dou Mian and Zhong Qin were there, Ye Qingyu could still suppress that discomfort, but now that only the two of them were behind, it was a little difficult to hide.
Having never killed anyone before, it is indeed difficult to face sudden life and death.
Previously, in the Fierce Beast Battlefield of Three Mountains City, she lost her composure and encountered danger, probably also due to this reason.
“There is nothing wrong with that.”
Jiang Wang didn’t stop walking and said very naturally: “You have the freedom not to kill. In a world where people eat people, this is enviable.”
Whatever the reason Ye Lingxiao had for never letting Ye Qingyu face life and death, Jiang Wang could understand.
If possible, he would never want Jiang An’an to be stained with blood. Killing is never something to be proud of, and killers also need to be prepared to be killed.
Jiang Wang himself is not bloodthirsty, but if you don’t kill, people will kill you. Sometimes there is no choice. After all, he doesn’t have an elder like Ye Lingxiao who can shield him from the wind and rain.
However, if Ye Lingxiao intends to let Ye Qingyu take over Lingxiao Pavilion in the future, being unable to face life and death like this now will definitely not work.
“Thank you, I have been greatly comforted,” Ye Qingyu said softly.
“You’re welcome.” Jiang Wang, while observing the environment on the mountain, asked: “Do you feel that there is something wrong with Chiyun Mountain?”
Ye Qingyu also noticed it. After thinking for a while, she said hesitantly: “The clouds on the mountain are a bit strange.”
Clearly, everything on Chiyun Mountain is normal, including the stones and trees, including the sky and wind, but the layer of clouds surrounding Chiyun Mountain seems to have never moved.
Clouds are easily affected by the wind and are difficult to fix in one place, which is not in accordance with common sense.
After careful observation, Jiang Wang discovered that the clouds outside the mountain were actually moving, but extremely slowly, so slowly that it seemed like they were not moving at all.
The name “Chiyun Mountain” seems to have a specific reference. ( *Chi Yun = Delayed Clouds* )
In fact, the anomaly on Chiyun Mountain is the reason why he watched Wanderer Yun go up the mountain first.
“It’s not just the clouds,” Jiang Wang said, “Since we came in, the position of the sun has not moved either. Or rather, it moves too slowly for us to observe.”
Ye Qingyu is intelligent and immediately had a guess: “Is time in the mountain faster than outside the mountain?”
Because she pursued the Cloud Top Immortal Palace in her early years and obtained the “Unintentional Fate” prophecy, in order to allow Ye Qingyu to smoothly obtain the inheritance of the Cloud Top Immortal Palace, Ye Lingxiao deliberately did not reveal any information about the Cloud Top Immortal Palace to her. She, like Jiang Wang, also needs to explore the answers from scratch.
“If it’s not an illusion, then that’s probably the only explanation,” Jiang Wang said.
This is the first time he has encountered a situation with different time flows. He feels novel and at the same time, extremely vigilant.
There is no shortage of legends of “one day in the mountains is a thousand years in the world”. He doesn’t want to be old and decrepit when he leaves Chiyun Mountain.
Because the two people from Qingyun Pavilion were already lying dead at the foot of the mountain, they were the third and last group to go up the mountain.
Therefore, while maintaining vigilance, they also moved forward quickly.
But after walking for a long time, they did not see Dou Mian, Zhong Qin, or Wanderer Yun.
Are they separated into different directions, or are they all moving forward at full speed?
This Chiyun Mountain, who knows how high it is, how long it will take to reach the top, and what they will encounter on the way up the mountain.
“Are we too slow?” Ye Qingyu asked.
“There’s no way,” Jiang Wang said. “We don’t understand the situation of Chiyun Mountain. If we go any faster, we can’t guarantee safety.”
“I thought you observed some clues and needed to stay at the foot of the mountain. If it’s just for safety reasons…”
As Ye Qingyu spoke, she took a small chariot from her storage jade pendant and threw it forward.
The storage jade pendant itself is already an antique. Compared to the currently popular storage boxes, it is more difficult to make and rarer.
Just this storage jade pendant is worth a lot, and this small car is even more extravagant.
What appeared in front of the two was an extremely gorgeous chariot, with seven-colored flags erected, and two extremely majestic Cloud Stepping Heavenly Horses pulling the chariot, neighing loudly.
Jiang Wang blankly followed Ye Qingyu onto the chariot. The blue flag on the chariot unfolded, and a layer of blue light enveloped the entire chariot, which looked extremely safe.
Ye Qingyu waved the blue flag, and the Cloud Stepping Heavenly Horses immediately galloped out.
Jiang Wang felt that he truly understood for the first time…
What it means to be reckless and lightning fast.