Chapter 177 - Unexpected Reunion
“A sword intent that has lingered for a whole five hundred years?”
Once that fierce and enormous stream of power had spread out, Ye Chen recognised that it was a sword intent. After all, he was also a possessor of the sword intent, and his sword intent had already nearly reached a small success. Therefore, he knew a sword intent much better than others, but that was also the reason why he was affected worse than others. Confronted by the sword intent that came from the gorge, Ye Chen’s sword intent was immediately crushed, making him ooze blood out of his mouth.
Just now, Ye Chen had heard from Xu Changjian that this sword intent belonged to the Battle Emperor and had lingered in this gorge for five hundred years. He couldn’t help but become dumbfounded. As a stream of sword intent that hadn’t yet dissipated even after remaining in this area for an entire five hundred years, it must be even more powerful than a sword intent that had already reached a large success, and should be at an immeasurably, legendarily high level that was way beyond the large success of a sword intent.
As for what kind of sword intent it exactly was, Ye Chen had absolutely no idea.
“Those Life and Death Realm martial artists who are capable of dominating lands are indeed terrifying. I assume only another Life and Death Realm martial artist could possibly survive the sword intent's might if it was during the time when it had just achieved its present status decades ago!” Wiping the blood off his mouth, Ye Chen slightly sighed out as his heart was filled with a complicated and unexplainable feeling.
‘Hm?’ Ye Chen’s expression abruptly changed.
The broken sword that had been quietly laying inside his storage ring all this time suddenly began shaking slightly, as if something was attracting it.
Clang, clang…
The broken sword was fragmented into two pieces, one was the sword blade while the other was the hilt, with a small part of the sword blade. At this moment, both of them had swiftly flown up and smashed against the spatial barrier of the storage ring, letting out loud and metallic noises.
“Could this broken sword be…”
Ye Chen thought of a possibility that this broken sword belonged to the Battle Emperor, or that it was somehow related to this Natural Moat Gorge. Back in the auction, Ye Chen remembered what the auctioneer had said, that this broken sword was five hundred years old, and that was exactly when the Battle Emperor fought against another Life and Death Realm martial artist in this place.
“Amazing! This broken sword might’ve possibly been the Battle Emperor’s sword, now it sensed the sword intent and is attempting to break out of the storage ring.” Ye Chen didn’t worry that the broken sword might break out of the storage ring and fly away, because the inner space of the storage ring was especially firm that a broken sword, which had already lost its power, couldn’t possibly break the spatial barrier, unless it formerly possessed a sky-shattering power.
The Ocean Beast sailed past the gorge beside, and when the ship was close to the gorge, the volume and frequency of the noise made by the broken sword by smashing against the spatial barrier inside the ring increased significantly. Within a single moment, the broken sword would at least smash against the spatial barrier for tens, even over one hundred times, resulting in a wave of dazzling sparks that had even melted a few low-ranked spirit stones which were close to it.
Nevertheless, the movements within the ring only lasted a short period of time. As the Ocean Beast sailed further forwards and left the Natural Moat Gorge behind, the noise made by the broken sword gradually lowered down. Soon, the broken sword completely calmed down, silently lying in the storage ring as per usual.
Taking a deep gasp, Ye Chen thought, ‘Right now, I’m not yet powerful enough to head to the gorge. But when I grow enough power, I can probably go take a look in that gorge and see if this truly was the Battle Emperor’s sword. I might also find that small piece of the lost sword blade in there.’
The final destination of this Ocean Beast was the Three River City, the biggest harbour city of the Spirit Speak Nation.
In the Three River City’s port.
Large groups of people had been walking inside and out, while all kinds of ships were docked including cargo ships, passenger liners and warships. The total amount was more than one hundred.
“People, this Three River City is where one of our South Chamber of Commerce’s branch chambers of commerce located, and this is our final stop. Please get ready to go ashore.” The Ocean Beast stopped by the river as Xu Changjian stood on deck and spoke to all passengers.
“Eh, I’m going to the Elephant Mountain Nation, it turns out that I need to board another ship.”
“I’m going to the Grey Mystery Nation, but that’s quite far away. I’ll take a short break in this Three River City for now.”
Only a few passengers knew beforehand that the final stop was the Three River City. Everyone else merely embarked on the Ocean beast because of its incredibly fast speed. In fact, other routes might be even shorter compared to the one they’ve just taken.
Ye Chen didn’t directly begin his journey to the Grey Mystery Nation after getting off the ship. After all, he was still around two to three hundred thousand miles away from his final destination, and there was no need for him to rush.
Three River City was very much bustling in activities, and was also rather crowded.
Walking around the streets, Ye Chen could only see a dense mass of people everywhere.
“Dear guest, I’m very sorry but all our rooms have already been booked. I suggest you go check out other hotels.”
“Dear guest, our rooms are unavailable as well. Other hotels still might have available rooms.”
“I am sincerely sorry, but you’re right, hotels in the outer city are sold out every single day. You probably can only find available rooms in the inner city.”
After checking seven to eight hotels consecutively, Ye Chen had failed to find an available room. He couldn’t help but smile wryly. The density of population of Three River City was indeed astounding, but of course, this clearly showed that this city was thriving.
“I should just go check the hotels in the inner city.”
Well-known large cities usually had inner cities and outer cities, such as the Luo City, where Ye Chen’s family lived in; the Happy City, where the Northwest Auction House was located; and the Gale City in the Great Devil Grassland. All of these cities had inner cities. Normally, only the nobility and especially wealthy people could live in inner cities.
After paying an excessively expensive entrance fee, Ye Chen walked into the inner city.
Compared to the outer city, the streets in the inner city were broader, but the density of population of the inner city was much lower than it in the outer city. At least, he didn’t have to accidentally step on others’ feet every time anymore.
“Eh?! Ye Chen! You!”
A voice that wasn’t totally unfamiliar to Ye Chen came from behind.
Ye Chen turned around and saw the person’s face. He grinned and said, “Lin Yue, it’s been a long time. What are you doing in Three River City?”
The young man who had just called Ye Chen’s name was no one else but Lin Yue, the top-ranked disciple of the Elephant Mountain Nation’s rank 7 institution, Dragon and Tiger Mountain martial school. Back in the Heaven Dream Ancient Region, he once fought against martial zombies together with Ye Chen and Leng Wuqing.
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