Chapter 284 Dare to Make a Bet
Jiang Liuyun was furious.
If the issue of climbing the ladder to heaven really comes to a head, his father will be the one who suffers. How can he let Jiang Liubin act recklessly?
“My sister is amazing. If she says there’s a problem, then there’s definitely a problem. Jiang Liubin, don’t cause trouble here. If someone really dies, it will damage the reputation of the entire Martial Alliance.”
Jiang Liubin sneered: "It's your business if you want to be led by the nose by her, but don't drag the entire Martial Alliance into it. Anyway, I don't believe her fallacies."
Jiang Liuyun was about to say something when Jiang Liuyi interrupted him: "We don't use people from the Martial Alliance, so you can shut up."
Jiang Liubin was genuinely afraid of his second brother.
But I don't want to give up like this.
He genuinely didn't believe there was anything wrong with climbing the Heavenly Ladder, and he truly thought Yu Zhiyi was just trying to attract attention.
"That won't do!" he retorted, his neck stiff. "The Heavenly Ladder is a symbol of the Martial Alliance. How can we act recklessly? Even if you take this matter to my father and second uncle, I'll still be in the right!"
Just as Jiang Liuyi was about to take advantage of his bloodline suppression, a small hand patted her shoulder.
Jiang Liuyi's anger faltered. He turned his head and saw a relieved smile bloom on the woman's usually expressionless and beautiful face: "Brother, let me do it."
Yu Zhiyi didn't care about the fate of the Martial Alliance, but since this matter concerned Jiang Yuchuan, she couldn't stand idly by.
"If you're targeting me, just say so. What do you want in return for us to take action?"
She added, "Don't worry, we won't dismantle the ladder to heaven."
Jiang Liubin felt embarrassed when she exposed his true intentions towards her.
He snorted, "Stop talking nonsense. I'm not targeting you. I just don't want you to act recklessly. But since you put it that way, I'm not really that heartless."
A wicked smile flashed across his eyes: "I'll agree as long as you can make a round trip up and down the Heavenly Ladder within half an hour."
Jiang Liuyi and his brother both frowned: "Nonsense!"
In their eyes, although Yu Zhiyi possessed divine abilities, her methods were clearly not the same as the martial arts skills of ordinary people in the martial arts world.
It's fine to let her catch ghosts with her usual skills, but what about letting her use her lightness skill?
That's impossible!
This ladder to heaven is steep and high; ordinary people can't reach the top in less than an hour or two.
Don't think that you're safe once you reach the top.
As the saying goes, going up a mountain is easy, but going down is hard. Although going up a mountain is tiring, it is actually less dangerous than going down.
After all, there is the pull of gravity when going down the mountain. If you are not careful, you will fall into the air. On such a high mountain, even if you are not smashed to pieces, you can still be smashed to pieces and your bags will be torn apart.
Therefore, generally speaking, going down a mountain takes more time and effort than going up a mountain.
Jiang Liubin stood firm: "I've already explained the solution. Whether you agree or not is up to you."
"Liu Bin, what happened?"
A gentle, soft female voice rang out.
Chen Xinyue walked over gracefully, her gentle face displaying just the right amount of confusion.
Although Jiang Liubin had heard his mother say more than once how scheming Chen Xinyue was, he did not agree with her and thought his mother was overthinking things.
He still felt a strong connection with Chen Xinyue: "Sister Xinyue."
He sarcastically recounted Yu Zhiyi's claim that there was a problem with the Heavenly Ladder, before revealing that Yu Zhiyi needed to make a round trip within half an hour.
Chen Xinyue covered her mouth: "This... my sister didn't grow up in the Martial Arts Alliance, so this kind of bet is a bit unfair."
Yu Zhiyi raised an eyebrow.
The Jiang brothers nodded in agreement.
Jiang Liubin was surprised that Chen Xinyue would speak up for Yu Zhiyi, and immediately showed a disappointed expression: "Sister Xinyue, she bullied you so much, and you still helped her?"
Yu Zhiyi was speechless: "When did I bully her?"
Jiang Liubin sneered: "You didn't do it yourself, but you made Brother Yi and Jiang Liuyun isolate her, and you even made Second Uncle give her the cold shoulder."
Jiang Liuyi frowned: "Jin'er is kind by nature and has never asked us to isolate anyone."
"That's right, that's right. We didn't isolate Sister Xinyue. It's just that someone was too stupid and insisted on causing trouble for my sister because of her, so I said a few words."
Jiang Liubin: "..."
Chen Xinyue sighed softly, "Since my sister says there's a problem, then there's a problem. Liu Bin, let's listen to my sister."
He said this on the surface, but in his heart he was screaming wildly—don't agree!
You must persevere!
We must make that little bitch look bad.
Ideally, she should fall straight off the ladder to heaven and die!
Jiang Liubin didn't disappoint her, persisting relentlessly: "No, if she wants to dig the ladder to heaven, she has to prove her ability first. Otherwise, why should I believe her?"
"Okay, I agree."
Yu Zhiyi gave Jiang Liubin a deep look, and seeing the deathly aura on his face, she stopped arguing.
"Jin'er, don't act rashly."
“Yes, sister, there’s no need for that. We can go directly to Uncle.”
Yu Zhiyi shook her head.
There was something fishy about this martial arts alliance, and apart from Jiang Yuchuan's family, she didn't trust anyone.
She wasn't sure if Jiang Yuwei knew that the Heavenly Ladder had been tampered with, but she was too lazy to speculate. With only Jiang Liubin, that simpleton, around, she decided to just resolve the problem directly.
As for whether doing so might alert the enemy...
Isn't that perfect?
Snakes are easier to catch when they're moving.
"I didn't act impulsively, believe me." Yu Zhiyi didn't explain further.
Anyway, they'll soon find out that she wasn't impulsive at all.
"but……"
She paused for a moment.
Jiang Liubin rolled his eyes: "I knew you were going to pull some tricks..."
Yu Zhiyi interrupted him directly: "If it is finally proven that there is really a problem with the Heavenly Ladder, you need to apologize to me in front of the entire Martial Alliance."
Jiang Liubin didn't think there was any problem with climbing the Heavenly Ladder, and he didn't even think that Yu Zhiyi could make it back in half an hour. He immediately chuckled and agreed.
Chen Xinyue was secretly overjoyed, but on the surface she wore a worried expression: "Sister, you don't have to be like this... Oh well! I'll give you an example. If you can learn even a move or two, it will make things easier for you."
She recited a few lines of the internal energy cultivation technique in front of everyone, then smiled brightly at Yu Zhiyi: "Watch closely, like this..."
With that, he leaped into the air.
On the long ladder to heaven, she resembled a fluttering butterfly, her light-colored skirt swaying in the wind like the beautiful wings of a butterfly.
The Heavenly Ladder leads straight down to the foot of the mountain, with only a slope and no twists and turns. As a result, everyone could clearly see Chen Xinyue's figure getting smaller and smaller until it became just a colorful dot.
After reaching the foot of the mountain, the colorful dots seemed to bounce back from the bottom, growing larger and larger.
In no time, she appeared in everyone's sight in her complete human form.
"I'm back!" Chen Xinyue said, slightly out of breath. "Phew! Sister, have you learned it yet?"
Jiang Liuyun was speechless: "Sister Xinyue, no matter how talented a genius is, they can't learn martial arts in an instant without having practiced it before, right?"
"Only a quarter of an hour has passed!"
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