Chapter 32

"Thank you . " Jiang Chen's reaction was quite plain . He didn't seem very excited .

Li Lie wondered whether he knew what a class-two panacea meant .

However, if he knew that Jiang Chen used to deal with class-nine panaceas like they were nothing…

After bidding farewell to Murong Feng and Li Lie, Jiang Chen put the panacea into his pocket and started to check the slaughterer's belongings .

He found more things than he had had expected . This slaughterer must have taken all of his property with him when he was exiled .

Among the items were a bow and four yellow small pennants, which Jiang Chen thought looked quite nice .

The bow was of a standard size, about five feet long . What was special about it were the strange patterns on it . The top and bottom of the pattern's design were symmetrical .

This meant it wasn't an average bow, but a ware pattern!

A ware pattern, also called spiritual pattern, wasn't simply the pattern on copperware . It was a magical method that could lock the universe's strength into a weapon, endowing the weapon with horrifying power .

For example, what this bow had was the pattern of bows . With its help, the arrow could reach an incredible distance without losing any of its penetrating power .

Of course, not every weapon could be carved with a ware pattern . The weapon had to be made from the right materials .

The bow in Jiang Chen's hand was made from blood wood that was more than a thousand years old . Its string was made from tendons of a powerful monster .

It was a pity that the ware pattern of this bow was already very obscure, which meant that this bow had been used up or ruined .

If the bow hadn't been destroyed, that guy would have shot me before I even saw him .

Jiang Chen felt both lucky and scared . He reminded himself to be more careful in the future .

Besides the bow, there were also three arrows .

There is the pattern of fire on the arrows . The pattern of fire and the pattern of bows are a common combination . This guy must have picked them up somewhere by chance .

He made this assumption since the ware pattern on the arrows was also very obscure .

Food will rot if it's kept for too long, for the same reason that ware patterns weaken with time .

But they are not destroyed .

Jiang Chen was glad, since he could fix them easily!

The four small yellow pennants were also a surprise for him .

Tactic pennants!

Tactical formations can't be created from nothing . They require two things .

One is the foundation of a tactical formation, like construction materials are needed to build houses . Tactic pennants are the foundation of tactical formations .

The other is energy . A tactical formation can generate massive amounts of power, but this power has to be driven by energy .

Yuan stone was commonly used as a source of energy, but there wasn't any in the package .

"t couldn't just be a coincidence that this guy found these things in the Hundred Thousand Mountains .

He was being chased by the Swordquest School . However, it was strange that he was hiding in the Hundred Thousand Mountains . Although the mountains made a good hiding place, they weren't any safer than the people he was being chased by .

The primitive tribes and beasts of prey were difficult to deal with, too .

Jiang Chen went back to the headless corpse and checked again, but he couldn't find anything else .

Then, he took the guy's clothes off and found something on his underwear .

There was a rough map drawn on it . As a native of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, Jiang Chen immediately recognized the places on the map .

This is what he got for killing a family? I'll take a look there .

Although other people would have been there before him, he believed he could find something different .

It wasn't like others could repair the bow, but he could .

Two days later, he arrived at the location marked on the map, and he was dumbfounded . A cave was supposed to be there, but it had collapsed . It was easy to tell that someone had done this intentionally .

Great!

Jiang Chen thought it was a pity . When he could find no way out, Wind and Cloud suddenly appeared .

He had already guessed that these two were still protecting him in the dark, but he didn't understand why they had showed up at this moment .

"Child Chen, something happened in the Jiang Mansion . We have to hurry back!"

It turned out that Cloud had received some news when he took the girl back . The Southwind Ridge was being besieged by three powerful forces from the mountains .

"Why is that?" Jiang Chen frowned . He began to feel more and more anxious .

"Child Chen, the rumor says that the Taoist Priest Skywind died in war . The Black Dragon City…" Wind couldn't continue . There was sympathy in his eyes .

"The Black Dragon City prosecuted my father?"

Wind and Cloud nodded .

Jiang Chen had always wondered whether he identified with his current role or not . The moment he heard the news, he had his answer .

He was undoubtedly standing on solid ground, but he felt like he was falling down . He couldn't see anything . His entire face was twisted with anger and sorrow .

"Ah!"

Jiang Chen roared while brandishing his sword blindly .

He had thought he still had time . He had thought he could rescue his father from the Black Dragon City once he was strong enough .

He had promised Gao Yue .

But at this moment, everything was shattered, and he started to feel how fragile he was .

Wind and Cloud were silently standing aside with their heads down .

Don't panic . Don't panic . I still have to protect my mother!

Jiang Chen suddenly recalled that Gao Yue had been poisoned . If she fought with anyone, he would have no time to detoxify her .

"Your states are higher than mine . If you go back first you can be of great help . I'll arrive later!" Jiang Chen said .

Wind and Cloud were still hesitant .

"This is an order . If I find out you are still following me, I'll blame you two for whatever happens to the Jiangs!"

Wind and Cloud finally left .

Jiang Chen didn't waste any time either . He was going back . But, he stopped after only a few steps and went up to the cave, frowning .

The entrance was obstructed by gravel and there was nothing, but Jiang Chen was listening carefully .

He heard a vague sound coming from the collapsed cave when he was brandishing the sword out of anger just now .

When he was listening calmly, he realized that it was the chime of a sword .

There is a sword, a spiritual sword!

Many legendary weapons had spirits . They would resonate when geniuses with marvelous attainments of martial arts techniques were nearby .

Jiang Chen had mastered the early form of the spirit of the sword . This was very rare in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, so the spiritual sword in the cave was attracted to him .

Yet this cave had collapsed . It was not only difficult, but also dangerous for him to clear up the gravel alone .

It's time to gather holy awareness .

Average people could only gather holy awareness when they reached the Mental Wander State, since by then their soul would be strong enough . However, Jiang Chen could already achieve it .

This was one of the benefits of having a strong mind .

Holy awareness could make one aware of any sign of disturbance around them, and they would be able to see things that were invisible to the naked eye .

Jiang Chen was sitting on the ground, his eyes gently closed .

There were many ways to gather holy awareness which were compiled into books, but they weren't called method books . Most of them were called scriptures .

He started to recollect the content of the Scripture of Ascending Pagoda . It was among the top three scriptures dedicated to gathering holy awareness .

He imagined that his soul had become a little man and was in a nine-story pagoda . The more stories he ascended, the stronger and purer his soul would be .

One story after another, until he reached the top .

Jiang Chen didn't hesitate to jump up from his sitting position . He instantly felt the same pleasure that eagles felt when they flew in the sky and that fishes felt when they swam in the water .

All vague things around him became clear . It didn't take long for him to see himself sitting on the ground .

Then he moved towards the cave . His body went through the rocks without difficulty .