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 .
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