Chapter 385 - 170: Meeting the Emperor, Slaying the Dragon, Assassination
"Thank you for your kindness, great hero!"
Cao Fan was overjoyed.
A huge worry had finally been eliminated from his mind!
Chen Sansi didn’t waste any more time. After packing everything up, he left the Mountain God Temple. On the way, he detoured to a deserted place, absorbed all the incense from the incense burner, and then casually discarded it.
This Cao Fan.
He had actually attempted to hire an assassin to kill him.
Truly devious.
After making all the necessary preparations, he took out the jade pendant in the wilderness and began to examine it in his hand.
The object was called a jade pendant, but it was square in shape, lacking any sense of beauty, and looked very ancient. There were seven or eight cracks on it, and the only mystical aspect about it was the extremely fine and mysterious runes on it.
So...
How does it work?
Maybe because they really thought Zhang Lai was an expert, the Incense Fire Divine Sect hadn’t given him any common spells as gifts, not even the method to use the jade pendant.
He had to try to figure it out on his own.
"Hum!"
When Chen Sansi mobilized the Power of Incense within his body, the jade pendant indeed reacted, absorbing the Mystical Energy of Incense. Then it burst into a purple glow and, under his control, it spat out all the Qi of Incense like a dragon spitting pearls, transforming it into an attack method.
"Boom boom boom!"
In the small creek in front of him, a series of splashes erupted.
The power was very ordinary though.
It wasn’t even as good as the Sword Qi Skill at small achievement.
"This jade pendant can absorb energy and then release it."
Chen Sansi had almost figured out its use.
He began to try if he could directly absorb the Sword Qi Skill into it and store it. This way, it could make up for the flaw that the Sword Qi Skill could only be used once. Unfortunately, it didn’t work.
The jade pendant could only absorb pure energy, not already formed spells.
That’s right, if it could absorb spells, wouldn’t it be able to block other people’s magic?
"What else can it absorb..."
Chen Sansi hoped to fully develop the uses of the jade pendant.
After repeated attempts.
He was surprised to find that the jade pendant could also absorb flames.
Spiritual Energy as well.
Only he didn’t have any on hand.
Flames...
Abnormal Fire too?
Outside Prefecture City of Taihu Lake, Chen Sansi found a tiger cave on a barren mountain. After killing a tiger with one punch, he chopped wood, smeared it with lamp oil, and then carefully lit it.
"Boom——"
The red flames soared up, illuminating the dark cave.
"Hum!"
Indeed.
Under Chen Sansi’s control, the jade pendant began to suck in the Immortal Treasure Strange Fire like a dragon drinking water.
But it seemed its capacity was limited.
After a while, the number of cracks on it began to increase, and Chen Sansi immediately stopped.
He guessed that this thing probably wouldn’t last more than one use before breaking.
That made sense.
After all, Cao Fan hadn’t cultivated Incense Fire Magic, so giving him something better would have been a waste.
"Boom——"
Chen Sansi controlled the jade pendant.
A red fireball shot out from it, striking the cave wall and directly melting the stone.
"What a good item!"
He finally didn’t need to use methods like "Fire Arrows" anymore. That was too troublesome, especially since it required a process to ignite them.
With this jade pendant, he now had a true weapon at his disposal.
"Cao has really made a big investment to kill me!"
"Need to break through the Sword Qi Skill as well."
Chen Sansi thought to himself and began to cultivate using the incense he had just obtained.
[Magic: Sword Qi Skill (Small Achievement)]
[Progress: 1508/2000]
In fact.
With an ample supply of incense, the speed of cultivating spells was faster than training in martial arts.
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Moreover, in the past two months, he had quietly collected incense from the surrounding areas for cultivation, so the breakthrough of the Sword Qi Skill was not far off.
Abnormal Fire, combined with the Sword Qi Skill.
With these two at his side, Chen Sansi felt confident in dealing with Seeking Immortal Tower, and wouldn’t be defenseless if backstabbed.
After handling everything.
Chen Sansi went back to Prefecture City of Taihu Lake with his original appearance restored.
The next day, early in the morning.
They received a new order.
The Emperor was arriving.
That day.
Inside and outside of the Prefecture City of Taihu Lake, there was the highest state of alert. The official road was cleaned spotlessly, and no disheveled or undignified spectators were allowed, effectively meaning the indigent and beggars were expelled from the city.
The Emperor’s arriving procession was splendid and imposing.
The etiquette team at the front had been entering the city since the morning, and it wasn’t until noon that His Majesty’s Dragon Chariot arrived. Despite the enormous costs of the procession, the Dragon Chariot appeared quite simple, with no luxurious decoration. The gray curtain hung down, embroidered with the Tai Chi yin-yang fish pattern. A shadowy figure could be faintly seen inside, seated cross-legged and meditating, giving the impression not of an emperor on a journey, but rather like the sect master of a Taoist sect.
His Majesty went straight to Ziwei Mountain Palace and informed the civil and military officials that a court meeting would be held in the Yangxin Palace of Ziwei Palace five days later at 5 a.m. Chen Sansi was also to attend.
The main purpose was to announce the recapture of Ziwei Mountain, and the rewards for everyone would come after the ceremonial offering to heaven and earth.
Chen Sansi was somewhat concerned.
Would the Old Emperor go straight to the secret chamber in the Tan Bottom and take the treasures inside? Fortunately, the Old Emperor only sent many eunuchs to search the mountain, but the area was much smaller, very close to the deep pool at the back of the mountain, obviously following some clues.
He needed to hurry!
If this continued, the Old Emperor might indeed find it.
That very night.
Chen Sansi changed his appearance once again.
...
"Who’s there?!"
Eunuch Lao, who had been busy all day and was about to go back to rest, suddenly noticed a figure flickering ahead. He immediately pursued it until he reached a bamboo forest, where he saw a silhouette with its back to him.
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