Free Web NovelChapter 73: Chapter 73: Mastery-Level Seeking Technique
After a moment of thought, Jiang Xu took out a fist-sized piece of Primordial Magnetic Ore he had... acquired from the mining area.
He then walked into Yang Shu’s room, took a piece of paper, and wrapped the ore in it.
"I haven’t really used the Seeking Technique before. Today’s a good day to test just how well it works!"
Jiang Xu was trying to perform the seeking technique on two objects at once.
The Primordial Magnet Ore would seek out other pieces of its kind.
The paper would seek its owner, Yang Shu.
Jiang Xu figured that by combining them, he might be able to find the Primordial Magnet Ore that Yang Shu had hidden.
He guessed the disciple from the Law Enforcement Hall’s Inner Sect had lingered because he wanted to confiscate everything Yang Shu had embezzled over the years.
The disciple had left unhappy, which probably meant he hadn’t found anything.
Perhaps Yang Shu knew that if the evidence of his crimes were found, he’d be finished.
That must be why Yang Shu had refused to talk, no matter what, and never revealed where he’d hidden the proof of his embezzlement.
Jiang Xu formed a Dharma Seal with his hands, chanted a Spell, and drew down specks of starlight to cover the paper-wrapped ore in front of him.
After a long while, Jiang Xu flicked his sword finger, and the two objects immediately separated, flying off in different directions.
The paper flew off into the distance, in the direction of the Profound Origin Sect.
The ore flew in the direction of the mining area.
Seeing this, Jiang Xu couldn’t help but put a hand to his forehead, simultaneously retracting the Magical Power sustaining the Seeking Technique.
He knew his casting of the Seeking Technique had been too literal; it hadn’t grasped his intent. The two objects had simply set off to find their respective sources.
’My situation right now is full of variables, and I only have a few Limit-Breaking Points left for emergencies.’
’Am I really going to spend my precious Limit-Breaking Points on the Seeking Technique?’
’If something tricky comes up later, I won’t have any points left to deal with it.’
Jiang Xu weighed the pros and cons.
If the Seeking Technique could be useful enough going forward, then it wouldn’t be a waste.
’I need to go to the Purple Profound Celestial Marketplace next. It’s near the Endless Forest. Maybe I could use the Seeking Technique to find some rare Spirit Medicines or something.’
Jiang Xu poured his Magical Power into his Storage Bag and scanned his belongings.
’In the future, as long as I can get an object someone has touched, I’ll be able to find them. That’s a good enough reason on its own.’
As he was searching, Jiang Xu suddenly froze.
His expression turned serious as he pulled a small cloth pouch from his Storage Bag.
"This..."
He opened it. Inside were twenty to thirty bright, silver-colored carapaces.
These were the Sub-Insects of a Mother-Child Spirit-Devouring Insect!
Jiang Xu’s eyes flickered:
’How could I have forgotten about this? The Mother Insect is recuperating somewhere, and I don’t even know if it’s reached Tier Two yet.’
’If it has reached Tier Two, and the insect plague breaks out again, it would be a huge disaster! But if the Mother Insect is still Tier One and recovering from its injuries, then this is the perfect opportunity to destroy it!’
’If I can find it with the Seeking Technique, then...’
Jiang Xu grew excited, but he quickly thought of the dangers and calmed down.
’The lesson from last time is still fresh. Taking such a risk myself wouldn’t be wise. I don’t have the kind of constitution that lets me erupt with Sword Intent in a desperate situation. If I run into real danger, I’ll be a goner!’
’I need to find a way to locate the Mother Insect without putting myself at risk, and ideally, a way to eliminate it completely.’
’Actually, going to Zong Ziqi’s master is one option. Both Zong Ziqi and his master hate the Mother Insect to the bone.’
’But how would I tell him? That’s another problem.’
’Telling him the whole truth would be a bad idea.’
’The Seeking Technique is far more effective in my hands than it should be. Anyone would be able to tell something is off.’
’Qin Muxian is Zong Ziqi’s master, not mine. I can’t bet on his character.’
After careful consideration, Jiang Xu decided to first upgrade his Seeking Technique to Mastery.
After spending the Limit-Breaking Point, Jiang Xu instantly felt a hazy star appear in his mind, a star from beyond the most distant reaches of the cosmos.
The star’s appearance was extremely brief; it vanished in an instant.
"Ah!"
Jiang Xu came to his senses, drenched in cold sweat.
The star’s might was far beyond what Jiang Xu had imagined.
Thankfully, he had only glimpsed it for a hazy moment. Otherwise, his Divine Soul would have been unable to bear it and would have been crushed.
After calming down, Jiang Xu once again wrapped the ore in the paper and activated the Seeking Technique.
This time, when he drew down the starlight, a thin beam of starlight emerged from an unknown place, shot down onto the paper-wrapped ore, and enveloped it completely.
Then, Jiang Xu faintly sensed that he could now give a rough definition to the object he was seeking.
For example, whether it was a person, an object, or something else entirely.
After Jiang Xu described the sought-after object in as much detail as possible, he flicked his sword finger again.
This time, the paper and ore did not separate. They remained wrapped together and flew toward a location outside his residence.
"Hm? It’s actually working!"
Jiang Xu had only been trying it out; he was already prepared for failure.
He never thought it would actually seem to work.
Jiang Xu followed the ore’s trajectory, gradually moving away from the mining area.
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Leaving the mining area, Jiang Xu traveled farther and farther into the region controlled by the Celestial Blade Sect.
’Why would that guy hide his stuff in a place like this? No wonder the people from the Law Enforcement Hall couldn’t find it. This Yang Shu is really cautious.’
Following the trail, Jiang Xu had already entered the Celestial Blade Sect’s territory.
In a small, dilapidated, abandoned courtyard, he pried a large stone off a broken well and jumped down. Guided by the Seeking Technique, he searched for a long time before finally finding a mechanism inside.
Jiang Xu stood far away, controlling his Ten Thousand Laws Gourd to activate the mechanism.
CLICK!
A small hidden compartment appeared. Seeing nothing out of the ordinary, Jiang Xu waited a while before going back down to take a look.
Inside was just a single Storage Bag and nothing else.
Jiang Xu first nudged the bag a few times with his Ten Thousand Laws Gourd. Once he was sure it was safe, he snatched it up. He then retrieved the ore he’d used for the Seeking Technique, put it back in his own Storage Bag, and leaped out of the well in a few quick jumps.
’That went pretty smoothly. Then again, who would ever think someone could find something they’d hidden in such a secret place?’
Besides, after Yang Shu killed two Celestial Blade Sect disciples for no reason, disciples from the Profound Origin Sect were now avoiding the area around the Celestial Blade Sect to prevent unnecessary conflict.
Only Jiang Xu, relying on his Invisibility Ability, dared to come here.
On the way back, Jiang Xu injected his Magical Power into the Storage Bag.
To his surprise, his Magical Power easily broke through the brand Yang Shu had left on the Storage Bag.
There were only two things that could cause such a result.
One, Yang Shu was dead. Two, Yang Shu had lost all his Cultivation.
For Jiang Xu, either outcome was more or less the same. freēwēbnovel.com
’It seems that in this ancient-style Cultivation Realm, they don’t let a lack of evidence get in the way of an execution.’
When Jiang Xu finished refining the Storage Bag, the contents inside left him speechless.
