Two days later, inside a thatched cottage.
Murong Ying suddenly opened her eyes. After getting up, she realized that the familiar figure next to her was gone.
Immediately, her entire aura went bonkers.
Outside by the lake, Lan Xin sensed Murong Ying’s aura and slyly hid in the water.
Now that the Little Ancestor was awake, there was no need to keep watch; it was more important to focus on recovering her strength.
Finding Jiang Xuan wasn’t a tough task; she had a contract binding her to him.
As soon as she fully regained her power, she’d set off right away.
Just as Lan Xin vanished, the little thatched cottage exploded into smithereens.
As Murong Ying was on the verge of losing her mind, she spotted a letter on the little wooden table.
Forcing herself to calm down, she picked it up slowly to read.
The letter contained the following:
“Sister Murong, by the time you see this letter, I will have already left your side.
I’m really sorry. There’s something I must complete.
Also, please forgive me for keeping a secret from you for so long.
Since the day I was born, I’ve been cursed by the Heavenly Way. It’s a nasty curse at that.
Anyone who gets too close to me will be affected, and may even end up unlucky.
There might actually be fate at play here. Thank goodness, Sister Murong, you weren’t badly hurt this time.
But I can’t allow my curse to cause you to get involved.
So, I’ve decided to head to the Divine Martial Dynasty alone to find a way to lift this Heavenly Way curse.
I know this is a very selfish decision, but I hope you can support me.
I believe we will meet again someday. When that happens, it will be a peak reunion long awaited.
From Jiang Xuan.”
After reading the letter, Murong Ying immediately crumpled it into tiny little pieces.
She mumbled to herself:
“Xuan, you really managed to escape again in the same way.
A Heavenly Way curse? So what if it really exists? Am I afraid of that stuff?
The Divine Martial Dynasty? Fine, fine, fine! With my strength, it’s high time I set foot in there. Let’s see where you can run to now!
Looks like I’ll just have to break your legs so you’ll stay by my side. This time, I won’t be soft-hearted!”
Meanwhile, oblivious to the fate of his legs, Jiang Xuan had been running for two days in the wrong direction due to his lousy sense of direction, thoroughly lost in the mountains.
He didn’t even know where he was anymore.
Luckily, Jiang Xuan had been extra cautious this time; not only had he disguised himself using the system’s makeup water to blend in as a complete nobody, but he also donned a demon mask.
Holding the black blade gifted by Ming Yue, he looked like a wandering swordsman.
In these two days, aside from running for his life, Jiang Xuan had been secretly practicing the “Blade Nurturing Technique,” constantly infusing the black blade with pure spiritual power.
When his spiritual power ran low, he’d activate his technique to absorb the spiritual energy from spirit stones.
At times like this, his massive fortune of over ten billion spirit stones truly came in handy.
Of course, Jiang Xuan was multitasking while on the run.
Having sprinted for two full days without stopping, Jiang Xuan finally felt a bit safer.
Along the way, he had even taken down a few Monster Beasts at the Earth Martial level.
Now at the tenth level of martial prowess, those Earth Martial beasts were nothing but small fry to him.
Confirming that he had really succeeded in fleeing, Jiang Xuan’s heart excitedly whispered:
“Hehehe, looks like I finally made it! Plus, I had my backup plan, setting a fake destination.
Locked in! The Divine Martial Dynasty? Not a chance! With my current strength, going there would be like delivering groceries!
Now the most important thing is to find a safe place and focus on my training.
With my spiritual root evolved to a divine level thanks to the Qilin’s heart bl**d, a good three months of hard training will give me enough strength to protect myself.”
Resolved, Jiang Xuan began searching for a suitable location to serve as his future training base.
Soon, fortune favored the determined, and Jiang Xuan found a cave that was nothing short of perfect.
After cautiously testing it out and tossing several stones inside—only to find no beast running out—he decided to investigate the cave personally.
If everything seemed fine, this cave would become his new training ground.
However, just as Jiang Xuan was about to step into the cave, he accidentally kicked a small stone.
In the next moment, a series of array runes lit up before the cave.
“Seriously?!”
Realizing he had mistakenly wandered into some big formation, Jiang Xuan cursed inwardly and hurriedly tried to escape.
But before he could even leave the array’s range, the formation was activated.
In the next instant, Jiang Xuan vanished from the spot.
Not long after Jiang Xuan disappeared, Murong Ying’s figure coincidentally flew overhead from where he had just been standing.
Time passed, and when Jiang Xuan came back to his senses, he found himself in a desolate desert.
At that moment, he thought:
“What the heck?! Why was there a formation at the cave, sending me to this barren wasteland?
Great! I’ve already got no sense of direction; now I have even less!”
Just as he sunk deeper into despair, a voice nearly made him shed tears of joy.
“Ding! The system has completed its upgrade. Please check out the new features!”
Hearing this, Jiang Xuan’s mind immediately shifted to the system’s interface in his brain.
“System, you’re finally back! Thank goodness! You showed up just in time! Quickly, scan this place and tell me where I’ve been teleported to!”
“Ding! According to the scan, the host is currently within a Saint-level secret realm, a legacy domain left by the Heaven Piercing Martial Saint.”
“A Martial Saint secret realm? So this is a fortuitous encounter after all!”
“System, scan for the exact location of the Martial Saint’s legacy. I want it!”
“Ding! Scanning detected, the Martial Saint’s legacy is approximately two hundred miles away from the host.
There are currently two Martial Masters, ten Martial Ancestors, and fifty Martial Emperors, along with one hundred seventy-four Martial Kings gathered there. Does the host wish to head over?”
Jiang Xuan: “……”
Upon hearing the system’s report, Jiang Xuan fell silent, but he also felt a glimmer of comfort.
“System, looks like you’ve really improved after the upgrade. Before, you would’ve withheld information on all those powerful folks, but now you’re quite thorough. Props to you for the upgrade!
That’s it, scratch the Martial Saint’s legacy. A little nobody like me shouldn’t b*tt in.
By the way, what new functions did you unlock after the upgrade?”
“Ding! In response to the host, the system now features a points lottery and a points mall. Successfully copying a spiritual root gives you 10 points, and every 10 points allows for a lottery or to exchange items in the mall.
Additionally, the root copying feature has advanced. Besides copying spiritual roots, the host can also copy bloodlines or special physiques, with the same conditions as before.”
Hearing about the newly upgraded functions made Jiang Xuan’s eyes glimmer.
“Alright, alright! System, you finally came through! So, this means I can do the lottery since I copied the roots before, right? I just successfully copied four spiritual roots!”
Just then, Jiang Xuan suddenly noticed that his points were displayed as 0 on the system panel, causing his smile to vanish and be replaced by a dark expression.
Just as he was about to argue with the system, a figure suddenly descended from the desert sky in front of him.
When Jiang Xuan saw the newcomer’s face, he was slightly taken aback, internally exclaiming:
“No way! Is this place so small that I’d run into someone I know? And it’s my fiancée’s sister, who earlier seemed to have a thing for me—what on earth is she doing here?!”
