Chapter 731 - 280: Would He Really Be So Kind-Hearted? (Part 2)
Chapter 731: Chapter 280: Would He Really Be So Kind-Hearted? (Part 2)
To them, he posed no threat at all.
"Hey, which sect are you from?"
The nearest Sword Pavilion True Inheritor took the initiative to ask, "What are you doing over here?"
Because the newcomer’s Cultivation was too low, he didn’t look like an enemy from the Sea Race.
"Oh, it’s you. What are you doing here?"
Xiao Chen, however, recognized him immediately. The other party was one of the few Cultivators he had casually saved back in the Traveling Palace.
He hadn’t expected the guy to actually follow him.
It’s just that his speed was a bit too slow. The battle here had been over for a long time, and he was only just now showing up.
"Xiao, you saved me. I came to help you."
The young Cultivator also seemed to grasp some of what had happened. He dispersed his Spiritual Light and hastily explained, "Although I’m not very strong, every extra person helps."
"I can at least help tie down one Evil Cultivator."
He spoke with such sincerity that it immediately drew a round of laughter.
The other Cultivators present were all secretly amused. With Xiao’s strength, he hardly needed any help.
"You... do know how to repay a kindness."
Xiao Chen was a bit speechless, but he still offered some encouragement. "However, those Evil Cultivators were actually from the Sea Race, and the problem has already been basically resolved."
"Oh, right. I remember you seem to be a disciple of the Cloud Sea Sword Pavilion too. In that case, this person here should be your senior brother."
"You should follow him from now on. Don’t go running around."
"If there are any stragglers, it’ll be hard for you to handle them alone."
Xiao Chen was used to being a loner and didn’t want anyone tagging along.
"Oh, you’re a Sword Pavilion disciple too?"
That Sword Pavilion True Inheritor was taken aback for a moment, surprised he hadn’t recognized one of his own. "Since you got separated, you can just stick with your senior brother from now on."
Hearing that the problem was solved, the young Cultivator froze for a second.
He then put away his Flying Sword and Spirit Shield, scratched his head, and walked over with a foolish grin. "Junior Brother greets... Ah!"
His eyes suddenly went wide. "You... You’re Steward Zhang from the Punishment Hall!"
"Lingxiu Peak disciple Wang Shichang greets the Steward."
But the Sword Pavilion True Inheritor just smiled warmly. "Don’t be so formal. Just call me Senior Brother."
He said this partly because Xiao Chen had just spoken up, so he certainly couldn’t put on airs at a time like this.
On the other hand, he had also heard the praise about ’repaying a kindness,’ which was a very important virtue.
He was going to take over the Punishment Hall completely in the future and couldn’t do so without his own people. This was a perfect opportunity to pull this kid over and try to groom him.
The young Cultivator looked at the beaming Steward Zhang, feeling a bit dazed.
’The Punishment Hall disciples I usually see are always scowling, from the top down. Did they really have such a friendly side?’
Then, still in a daze, he was pulled aside by his newfound senior brother for a chat.
After getting the rundown, Xiao Chen didn’t linger.
Instead, he continued to explore the other parts of the Relic, hunting for any stragglers he hadn’t caught before.
Coincidentally, the Traveling Palace he had discovered earlier was already the best place in this Relic.
The other areas, while not small, mostly consisted of small, scattered buildings, similar to the wooden pagoda on the hillside from before.
The items inside were mostly Cultivation Technique inheritances or Tier Three Spirit Ores like gold, silver, copper, and iron.
After a few days, Xiao Chen’s biggest gains had actually come in the first two days, when he successively captured two traitors who had been hiding.
He confiscated their Spiritual Artifacts and Storage Rings.
"Is there something wrong with this Relic’s duration?"
As time went on, Xiao Chen felt that something was off. "It should be the twelfth day today, right? Why is there still no sign of it ending?"
Generally speaking, maintaining a Relic of this scale required an enormous amount of Spiritual Qi.
Therefore, they usually didn’t last long, with special exceptions like the Vast Sea Secret Realm.
He sucked in a sharp breath. ’Don’t tell me this Relic is also going to last for half a year or so?’
At this thought, Xiao Chen quickly shook his head, casting the unpleasant idea from his mind.
Fortunately, at 5:00 AM on the fifteenth day, eight enormous blue pillars of light suddenly rose simultaneously from near the center of the Relic.
Any Cultivator anywhere in the Relic, as long as they weren’t indoors, could see them clearly just by looking up.
"It’s finally over."
In the following days, aside from a pile of miscellaneous items, Xiao Chen hadn’t found anything of importance.
So, upon seeing the Teleportation Light Pillars, he immediately rushed toward the center.
However, before he could get close to the pillars, he encountered a barrier formed by special golden runes.
These runes were neither common Spirit Runes nor the Ancient Spirit Language, but a type of pictogram that resembled small fish.
If he wasn’t mistaken, they had to be related to the Sea Race.
"Hah! That does it!"
Xiao Chen immediately raised his hand and struck out with his palm, instantly shattering more than ten of the runes.
However, the runic barrier only trembled slightly and was not significantly affected.
At the same time, nearby golden runes ’swam’ over to fill the gap.
"Not good, there’s a Restriction blocking the way!"
Fazhao Arhat and the others also arrived just in time, and they were naturally blocked outside as well.
This included the other Cultivators who arrived one after another.
Xiao Chen was originally pondering how to solve this. The key issue was that this matter wasn’t worth him proactively triggering the Blade of Night.
After all, there would likely be Sea Race members waiting outside the Relic, and he had to be on guard.
"All monks, hear my command! Immediately form the Bodhi Sea Opening Array!"
Fortunately, Fazhao Arhat offered another solution. He immediately commanded the other Arhats to set up a formation specifically designed to break Restrictions.