Chapter 2526: The Seven Imprints
Since Yun Xiaoyan was now with Ming Dong, Jian Chen naturally did not try to settle what happened back in the Neptunean Divine Palace.
Very soon, they ate and drank to their satisfaction. Jian Chen also parted with his close friends and returned to his residence.
The Tian Yuan clan had been expanded many times while he was gone. During the expansions, he was obviously given the best area in the clan as the patriarch, and the largest residence was constructed for him.
The residence seemed just like a palace. It was majestic and grand on the outside, giving off an invisible pressure, and its interior was luxuriously decorated. There were many precious items and priceless jades used for decor, as well as extraordinary flowers and herbs. They gave off a faint fragrance that could clear the minds of people with a single whiff.
All the flowers and herbs were actually renowned plants. They had all reached God Tier, making them extremely valuable.
Yet, they were only enough to be used as decoration.
Jian Chen shook his head. He was rather speechless as he looked at his residence that was even more luxurious than an emperor’s palace. He could not even imagine something like this when he left the Cloud Plane several decades ago.
“Jian Chen!” At this moment, Qing Yixuan’s voice rang out from outside the residence.
Jian Chen glanced at the entrance before waving his hand, and the door opened automatically. Qing Yixuan walked in slowly from outside, giving off a righteous spirit.
When she saw the white-robed Jian Chen with his hair down, a mixed light flashed through her eyes.
“Qing Yixuan, you’ve come looking for me so late. It should be something important, right?” Jian Chen looked at Qing Yixuan calmly.
Qing Yixuan looked at Jian Chen. She did not reply immediately. Instead, she said gently after a moment of silence, “Jian Chen, do you still remember that place where I obtained swordmaster Yun Chi’s legacy underground?”
Jian Chen nodded. “Of course, I remember. Are there any problems?”
Qing Yixuan looked at Jian Chen with some worry and said, “The golden core of laws I obtained from swordmaster Yun Chi hid a message. The message was extremely well-hidden, deep within the golden core of laws. I only absorbed this information several months ago when my comprehension of the Way of the Sword progressed to a certain level.”
“It’s about the seven other peak experts who suffered with swordmaster Yun Chi. Swordmaster Yun Chi seems to worry about them quite a lot, and he even wants me to tell you that you should be careful of the seven of them if you are still fine.”
With that, Jian Chen sank into his thoughts.
Qing Yixuan was worried. She continued, “The seven peak experts passed away many years ago. Although I don’t know why swordmaster Yun Chi is worried about them or why he wants me to warn you, but they’re all terrifying figures of exceptional ability for being able to reach such a level of cultivation. I fear that they might have prepared something and plan on doing something detrimental to you.”
“I understand. Thank you for your warning, Qing Yixuan,” Jian Chen smiled faintly, as if it was nothing for him to worry about.
Qing Yixuan immediately became slightly frustrated by Jian Chen’s attitude. At the same time, she became rather worried inside. She said, “Jian Chen, don’t you believe what I said?”
“No, I believe you. Don’t worry. I know what I’m doing. Everything is within my control,” Jian Chen said with composure. He was not worried at all.
After Qing Yixuan left, Jian Chen thought over some things in the hall of the residence before making his way over to a secret room for secluded cultivation. He sat down on a jade bed.
His consciousness had completely submerged into his soul, allowing him to ‘see’ his entire soul with even greater clarity.
Jian Chen could hazily sense seven specks hidden in an extremely remote region of his soul.
The seven specks were seven imprints of consciousness. They were extremely well hidden, and it was as if they had completely fused with Jian Chen’s soul.
If it were not for the fact that Jian Chen’s soul had changed after fusing with the strand of true Chaotic Force, becoming much more powerful than before, he might have failed to discover their existence.
“Zi Ying, Qing Suo, when are they going to wake up?” Jian Chen communicated with the sword spirits with his mind.
The sense of unease he experienced for some reason as he absorbed the golden cores of laws to cultivate made him cautious from that moment onwards.
Afterwards, as he grew in strength, and his soul rapidly strengthened, he finally found the seven imprints of consciousness due to the peculiarity of his soul.
“The seven imprints of consciousness are still extremely weak. It’ll take a very long time for them to wake up,” the sword spirits said.
“It looks like I need to find a way to make these seven imprints recover sooner in the future, or they might be useless when they wake up naturally,” Jian Chen thought. Although the seven experts had given their golden cores of laws to him, he did not owe them.
His relationship with the seven experts was a purely business one. He had struck a deal with them, and the deal even exposed him to the Bloodtear Grand Exalt, allowing the Grand Exalt to see through him completely and learn about all his secrets.
Despite that being the case, the seven experts actually prepared something else behind the deal, harbouring ill intentions.
“Since you are scheming against me, you can’t blame me anymore. Once my Chaotic Body advances to the next layer, I’ll try to awaken you sooner. By then, I’ll surprise you all,” Jian Chen sneered inside.
For the next few days, it was rather peaceful for Jian Chen. He temporarily stopped cultivating, either spending all his time beside Shangguan Mu’er, celebrating with Ming Dong, Nubis and his other old friends, or discussing some matters of the Saints’ World.
The return of the patriarch of the Tian Yuan clan gradually spread during this time. Organisations of various sizes from across the Cloud Plane sent people to visit and pay respects to Jian Chen.
Jian Chen naturally let Xi Yu and the others handle these matters. He would only personally receive a few extremely special guests such as the empress of the Xi Empire.
“Jian Chen, Jian Chen!”
On this day, as Jian Chen and Shangguan Mu’er held hands and strolled through the gardens, Nubis ran over excitedly from the distance.
“Nubis, what has gotten you so excited?” Jian Chen asked, feeling rather curious. Nubis’ face had even turned red from joy. This was extremely rare according to his understanding of Nubis.
“Hahaha, Jian Chen, there’s good news! Good news! I, the great Nubis, have just received reliable news that there’s an Infinite Prime Golden-striped Silver Snake on the Delight Plane. You should know just how important the essence of my clansmen are to me. That’s something crucial for increasing my strength rapidly. It can even make my bloodline constantly evolve, so I have to obtain that old snake’s essence no matter what,” Nubis said in high spirits.
“Alright then. I’ll go to the Delight Plane with you,” said Jian Chen. He had already learnt about the gruesome growth of Golden-striped Silver Snakes from Nubis.
“There’s no need for that. The Tian Yuan clan is no longer a small clan. As the patriarch, how can you go personally? Just get protector Xue to come with me. Protector Xue would never listen to me for something that’s unrelated to the clan,” said Nubis.
