’Co to think of it, maybe this disaster wasn’t completely random?’
Sorting through the entire chain of events,
Shen Changchuan suddenly recalled the Token engraved with the Xiang character, which he had found in the hidden cave under the Dawan River along with the Cyan Essence Water Grass.
That Token...
’It must have been the personal token of that mber of the Shen Family’s collateral branch back then, right?’
Although there was no direct proof,
Shen Changchuan guessed that this was more than likely the case.
Zhao Hanguo was in the backyard.
He could just ask him directly later.
However, thinking of Zhao Hanguo also reminded Shen Changchuan of sothing else from before.
’No wonder that Zhao Hanguo knew my identity from the very beginning. He must have been watching from the start, right?’
Shen Changchuan rembered how, the first ti they t, Zhao Hanguo had been exceedingly deferential.
At that ti, when he had asked why, the man had replied that it was because he knew Shen Changchuan’s true identity.
That was why he had been so respectful.
In contrast, the Cultivators from the other six villages he later ca into contact with had no idea about his identity.
Shen Changchuan had found it a bit strange at the ti.
Looking at it now,
it was likely that Zhao Hanguo had set his sights on Dawan Village a long ti ago.
That was why,
he had learned of his identity right away.
And yet, at the sa ti,
while he knew Shen Changchuan’s identity,
he didn’t know the specific details of his situation.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been worried about potential bodyguards like a Guardian watching over Shen Changchuan, and he wouldn’t have gone to the trouble of setting up a trap and ambush.
’I was lucky. Those people didn’t strike right away, which gave a two or three-month reprieve.’
At this thought,
Shen Changchuan couldn’t help but feel a sense of relief.
If Zhao Hanguo and the He Mountain Four Fierce had known his true status and treatnt in the Shen Family—and understood he couldn’t possibly have a Guardian or any bodyguards—
they would have likely attacked him directly at his doorstep!
And with his strength at the ti,
he would have been completely powerless to resist such opponents!
It could be said
that Shen Changchuan had just had a brush with death!
’The Immortal Cultivation Realm is too dangerous! I was lucky this ti, narrowly avoiding a fatal crisis and buying myself enough ti to grow stronger.’
’And my luck held out after that. I ca across one opportunity after another, allowing my strength to increase rapidly in a short ti, giving the ability to protect myself.’
’Otherwise, the one lying on the ground right now would have been !’
’Strength! I need more strength!’
A resolute light shone in Shen Changchuan’s eyes.
His inner desire to increase his strength
grew even more urgent.
At the Shen Family Mansion, he had to live in constant fear.
But even after leaving the Shen Family Mansion and coming to Dawan Village, thousands of miles away, he had unknowingly almost t with a catastrophic end.
The root cause of all this
was his own lack of strength!
If he had the strength of the Soul Ergence Realm,
who in the Shen Family Mansion would dare to sche against him?
How would the re He Mountain Four Fierce dare to plot against him?!
Strength.
He needed even greater strength
to be the master of his own destiny!
Inside, Shen Changchuan’s resolve
hardened even further.
"Grandfather, leave everything concerning Zhao Hanguo to from now on."
"But don’t let any of the secrets involved in this get out."
"The ruins of a Soul Ergence Realm expert’s cave abode—if news of this gets out, I’m afraid countless people will swarm here."
"If I’m not mistaken, the Soul Ergence Realm expert from the family that personally destroyed the Hu Family of Dawan Village twenty years ago—nine tis out of ten, they were also acting because of those Soul Ergence Level cave abode ruins."
"If word gets out, we’ll be in for huge trouble!"
Shen Changchuan said in a low voice, holding the thick stack of papers.
At the sa ti,
with a single thought, he instantly cast a Perfection-level Fireball Technique. In the blink of an eye, the intense heat engulfed the papers in his hand, burning them to ashes.
Shen Changchuan gave a light wave of his hand,
and the ashes in his palm disintegrated into fine powder, disappearing completely.
All traces were now completely destroyed.
"Don’t worry, Changchuan. I was the only one present during the interrogation."
"I know how serious this is. I won’t reveal this secret to anyone, not even Dayong!"
Han Qinhu nodded, his expression grave.
The cautionary tale of Zhao Hanguo’s son, Zhao Jingming, was right before his eyes.
Han Qinhu would certainly not make a mistake of that magnitude.
He had already decided
that he would lock all these secrets deep within his heart and not breathe a single word of them to the outside world.
"Then I’ll have to trouble you, Grandfather."
Afterward, they briefly discussed a few things about the future managent of Zhao Family Village,
and Han Qinhu took his leave.
Shen Changchuan, on the other hand, went into the back room.
Half an hour later,
he erged with a calm expression.
He had asked Zhao Hanguo for so more detailed information,
and had also confird
that the Token he had found at the bottom of the Dawan River
was indeed the very credential that the mber of the Shen Family’s collateral branch had used to enter the ruins.
From him, Shen Changchuan also
obtained a map leading to the cliff where the ruins were located.
However, Shen Changchuan didn’t let the discovery of a Soul Ergence Level cave abode go to his head and imdiately run off on an adventure.
He had looked at the map.
The location was sowhere deep within the Demon Beast Forest.
He was only at the Qi Introduction Fourth Layer Middle Stage.
Although he had so tricks to supplent his combat power, he was, in the end, too weak.
Shen Changchuan had no intention of exploring it now.
He felt that if he were to go investigate,
he should at least wait until he reached the Qi Introduction Fifth or Sixth Layer.
It was always better to be cautious.
...
For the ti being, all these matters had co to a close.
Shen Changchuan finally had ti to take stock of his gains.
The battle where he turned the tables on and killed the He Mountain Four Fierce
was the most dangerous one Shen Changchuan had fought since his transmigration.
It was also his most profitable battle.
After organizing the various items in the Storage Bags,
Shen Changchuan’s final haul was as follows:
Two hundred and twenty-three Spirit Stones.
Magical Artifacts: one Soul-Attracting Bell; the Poisoned Dagger from He Mountain the Second; one set of Broken Defense Spiritual Armor from the fourth brother; and a Quasi-Low Tier Magical Artifact from the third brother, infused with a large amount of Gold Essence.
Spirit dicines: one stalk of Cyan Spirit Grass, three Jade Heart Leaves, two Jade Dew Flowers, and so on. These were all Low Tier Spirit dicines, similar to the spirit ginseng Shen Changchuan had taken for his Cultivation in the past. There were no particularly noteworthy Spirit dicines.
Elixirs: a total of thirteen Qi Nourishing Pills and two Essence Pills.
Remaining miscellaneous materials: ninety pounds of Spirit Grain, twenty pounds of Iron Essence, a chunk of Red Origin Iron Ore, a few nondescript dark ore chunks he couldn’t identify, so Spirit Wood, and Demon Beast Materials.
Inside the Storage Bag, Shen Changchuan also found a handwritten copy of a manual called *True Understanding of Magic*, which recorded Basic Magic like the Breath Concealnt Technique, Water Blade Technique, Water Dragon Technique, Earth and Stone Impact, Earth-Shaking Technique, and Golden Bell Technique.
It seed to be a collection of the various Magic the He Mountain Four Fierce had gathered over the years.
It also included the Basic Qi Absorption Technique, various notes on Cultivation Experience, and other things.
And besides all of these,
there was also the Array he had uprooted from the ground before leaving, called the Mysterious Two Forms Array.
He didn’t realize how much he had gained until he took stock of it all;
once he did, the sheer amount of loot shocked him.
As of now,
he had practically gotten rich overnight!
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