Chapter 33

The cave was completely destroyed . No one could walk through the passage . Jiang Chen felt lucky that he hadn't started to clear up the rocks, otherwise he would be exhausted .

After a while, he arrived at a wide space .

A sword was radiating there . The whole cave was illuminated by it .

Legendary weapons emitted lights . That was another characteristic of them .

This sword was rectangular, with a triangular tip . Its sides were white, and its center was red . The handle was crimson .

When it was radiating, it looked like a rainbow in a vast, clear sky .

Jiang Chen was quite attracted to this sword when he saw it, like women were attracted to exquisite jewelry .

The spiritual sword sensed Jiang Chen's presence and started to tremble fiercely . It broke layers and layers of rocks with a lasting thud and flew out of the cave .

Something crossed his mind . He took back his holy awareness in haste and dodged to the side .

The flying spiritual sword scraped through where he had been sitting . The gravel it brought up was flying everywhere .

The spiritual sword grounded into the dirt, as if it were waiting for Jiang Chen to pick it up .

Jiang Chen walked up to it and tried to draw it out of the dirt with his right hand, but the sword didn't move a little bit . Even its brilliant rays started to dim, like an extinguished fire .

He realized something and used his left hand to draw the sword . The spiritual sword started to shine instantly, as if it were very excited .

He heard a voice in his mind .

"You are left-handed . I almost thought you were mediocre . " The voice couldn't heard by ear, so he couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman .

"Are you the soul of the sword?"

Jiang Chen was very surprised . He thought, "It's unexpected that there is a spiritual sword with a soul in the Nine Heavens Continent, and I've taken it so easily . "

"You seem very knowledgeable . " The soul of the sword sounded astonished .

"Are you a soul created by the universe or were you caught?" Jiang Chen didn't answer him, but asked a question .

Some shameless forgers would catch monsters that had wisdom similar to human beings in order to endow legendary weapons with their souls .

There were even frenzied forgers who used human souls .

The weapons with these kinds of souls weren't as excellent as those created by the universe . Sometimes the souls could even destroy the legendary weapons .

"You do know a lot . But for now, you don't deserve to hear my answers . "

"You want to recognize me your lord?"

"Exactly . I'll only recognize you as my lord if you show you have enough talent . Otherwise I'll fly away at once . "

"You've come out of the cave, though . Was it not because you've recognized my talent?"

"Not enough," the soul of the sword answered .

Jiang Chen thought for a second and started to tell his story in a calm voice .

"I've got the holy pulse . Although I was deprived of it, I've recovered two pulses by now .

"I had practiced sword methods for only three months when I mastered the spirit of the sword .

"If you recognize me as your lord, I promise I'll take you with me to the top and become the master of all regions . I even can make you a renowned sword of the Sword Pond . "

Jiang Chen made a promise that no weapon soul would decline .

The Sword Pond was the holy land of the Sacred Zone . It was the dream of all swords .

This sword was shocked by Jiang Chen . It kept silent for a long time, then said, "You really do know a lot . However, what if I'm already a renowned sword of the Sword Pond?"

"There are 63 renowned swords of the Sword Pond . I know each of them by heart . You're not among them . "

"Your information is outdated . There are 74 now . "

"Really? Anyhow, it seems we've gone off on a tangent . "

More than 500 years had passed . Jiang Chen didn't feel surprised at all to learn that there were eleven more renowned swords .

The spiritual sword didn't hesitate, "I'll recognize you as my lord . "

Once the sword said this, it started to adopt a different attitude . "Some time ago, a fool with average talent came here . However, he resigned himself to his destiny . He destroyed the cave when he found he couldn't take away the spiritual sword . I don't know how much longer I would have been trapped here if your holy awareness hadn't entered the cave . "

Jiang Chen didn't respond . He only said, "Please introduce yourself . "

"I'm unable to recall anything at the moment . I know nothing about my previous lord, since the energy of the sword has been severely weakened in the past years . "

Jiang Chen frowned, "Don't you know even the name of the sword?"

"No, I don't . My memory is fragmentary . For example, I know the Sword Pond . "

Jiang Chen was disappointed to hear this . People who had swords of this level would usually be called by an alias, an alias as the sword's lord to show he was the owner of a legendary weapon .

For example, the owner of the Rainbow Sword was called the Lord of the Rainbow Sword . There was also the Lord of the Snow Sword, and so on .

It was a pity that he didn't know this sword's name .

"I'll call you Redcloud . From now on you are the Redcloud Sword . " Jiang Chen gave it a name .

I'll make the name Redcloud famous, and I will be the first Lord of the Redcloud Sword .

Jiang Chen was extremely inspired by this thought .

However, the Redcloud Sword only said, "There are still some treasures in the cave . Do you want them or not?"

Jiang Chen gazed blankly for a while, and then nodded affirmatively . "Of course . "

Jiang Chen entered the cave that could collapse again at any time . The Redcloud Sword had cleared the passage, so people could walk through it if they crouched down .

Nevertheless, the dust that kept falling from the ceiling and the noises it made were quite disturbing .

Jiang Chen found a ring with the help of Redcloud .

A mustardseed ring? And it's top grade .

The name mustardseed ring came from a Buddhist metaphor of a mustard seed containing the Sumeru mountain . It was a treasure used for storage .

A top-grade mustardseed ring not only had a huge space for storage, but an anti-corrosion effect . As long as the ring wasn't damaged, the panaceas stored in it would never go bad .

Jiang Chen opened the mustardseed ring excitedly .

But, it was empty . It was almost fifteen feet high, and contained a space bigger than one thousand square feet .

I can put the Redcloud Sword here .

The Redcloud Sword was a spiritual sword, hence it would draw attention from people . Jiang Chen wouldn't have to worry about it if he kept it inside the mustardseed ring .

The class of a spiritual treasure was decided by the class of its ware pattern .

For example, Jiang Chen's new bow had the pattern of fire on its arrows, which was a class-one pattern . So the bow was a class-one spiritual treasure .

The spiritual treasures that could generate weapon souls needed to have a class-seven or higher pattern, which was created through various ware patterns of different properties .

When Jiang Chen was in the Sacred Zone, he could mix three kinds of class-seven ware patterns .

That was why he knew how gorgeous the Redcloud Sword was, since it had five kinds of ware patterns, all of which were higher than class-seven . The mixing skill used to make it was also marvelous . Jiang Chen was enamored with it .

Unfortunately, the Redcloud Sword was damaged . It used to be a class-eight spiritual treasure, but at the moment it was only a class one .

It would not be as easy to repair a spiritual treasure of this level as it would be to repair the bow .

He had to collect materials and spent some time figuring out a way to repair it .

"Do you still remember how the sword was so severely damaged?" Jiang Chen asked the soul .

"In a battle – a battle as devastating as an earthquake . "

Jiang Chen nodded . The previous lord of the Redcloud Sword probably died in that battle and left the severely damaged Redcloud Sword behind .

"Take your time . When the Redcloud Sword is repaired, your memory will come back as well," Jiang Chen said .

He thought of the current situation in the Southwind Ridge and set off immediately .

The Southwind Ridge was being besieged by the Qingcheng Sect, the Fiery Lion Gang, and the Bloody Hand Gang of the Hundred Thousand Mountains . They were extremely aggressive, intending to carve up the Jiangs' properties .

The Jiangs had three main industries in the Southwind Ridge that were essential to their livelihood .

The first was mining . It was the main reason that the Jiangs to chose to settle down in the Southwind Ridge . It was abundant in mineral resources . Even after years of exploitation, it still had huge amounts of minerals underground .

The second was the herbal mountain . With the Jiangs' endeavors, more and more medicinal materials were produced every year .

The materials Jiang Chen had used to refine the Gathering Qi Pills were from the herbal mountain .

The third was the mountain where Jiang Chen had gone to during the winter hunt . It guaranteed each family a source of meat from the abundant beasts in the mountain .

At that moment, the three forces had agreed on how to split up these resources . Among them the Qingcheng Sect was the strongest, so they would take the mine .