Chapter 5

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

After bidding farewell to Ye Qizheng, Jiang Chen went straight to the True Martial Sect’s Scripture Pavilion.

On the way, Jiang Chen couldn’t help but shake his head when he saw the dilapidated mountain peaks.

5,000 years ago, the True Martial Sect was so prosperous that every small mountain peak was filled with top experts.

However, it was now in such a sorry state.

Even the seven main peaks, which were once dominated by several small mountains, were now reduced to just one main peak.

The other six main peaks were basically destroyed as a result of the battle, and they were even more dilapidated than those small mountains.

“Have we arrived at the Scripture Pavilion?”

“I wonder how many things are left in the Scripture Pavilion, which is enough for a sect to thrive for tens of thousands of years!”

In fact, Jiang Chen didn’t have high hopes of finding anything in the Scripture Pavilion. However, he hadn’t returned to his ‘home’ for 5,000 years, so he wanted to take a look by himself and find out what was left.

As expected, when Jiang Chen walked in, the giant Scripture Pavilion looked empty at first glance. All the treasures that could have been used for tens of thousands of years were gone…

Then, Jiang Chen took the opportunity to visit many places.

The Alchemy Pavilion, the Weapon Refining pavilion, the Array Formation Pavilion, and the Talisman Pavilion… They were all just as empty as the Scripture Pavilion!

After a long time, Jiang Chen had already explored more than half of the sect. Before he knew it, he had arrived in front of an ancient stone gate.

“Eh? Isn’t this the place where my eight female disciples’ statues are kept?”

As soon as he finished speaking, the stone gate, which was dozens of meters tall, suddenly opened by itself. It made an ear-piercing creaking sound.

Jiang Chen walked in slowly along the paved stone road. He saw eight enormous statues.

Each of the statues had an ancient and mysterious aura. Emanating this aura, the eight statues looked majestic.

“I didn’t expect these to be the most well-preserved ones in the whole True Martial Sect. I guess the eight of you are still in the Nine Heavens!”

“Wait for me. Master, I’ll be back soon. Don’t let anything happen to you during this period…”

After a while, Jiang Chen left. If nothing unexpected happened in the next few days, Jiang Chen would practice in the hall to improve his cultivation.

“Brother Chen!”

“Brother Chen?”

On his way back, Jiang Chen suddenly heard a familiar voice shouting his name.

He turned around and saw a burly, honest-looking man calling him from behind.

From the memory of his descendant, who had the same name as him, Jiang Chen recognized the burly young man at a glance.

The young man’s name was Jiang Yan. He had been Jiang Chen’s best friend since they were children. They were both from the same family — the Jiang Family of Nanchuan.

Jiang Yan was a collateral disciple of the Jiang Family. His status was low. Jiang Chen was the legitimate young master of the Jiang Family.

Five years ago, as the young master of the Jiang Family, Jiang Chen had been sent to the ninth-grade sect by the Grand Elder, who was in charge of the family, because he was too useless in cultivation.

As the young master, Jiang Chen had been treated like this because his mother had disappeared, and his father’s cultivation had been crippled. He hadn’t been able to wield great power, which was why he had ended up like this.

“Yan Zi, it’s you!”

Jiang Chen’s eyes lit up when he saw the robust youth. He was delighted. If he hadn’t guessed wrongly, Jiang Yan obtained a Primordial Divine Physique!

“Brother Chen, you were so handsome when you were cultivating!”

“The people in the family all thought that we didn’t have any talent for cultivation. They would never have thought that you were actually a cultivation genius, Brother Chen!”

Jiang Yan scratched his head and said in embarrassment.

“Yan Zi, you’re also a genius in cultivation. Did you know about the Primordial Divine Physique? You cultivate such a heaven-defying physique.”

Jiang Yan was excited for a while after hearing Jiang Chen’s words, but a regretful look soon appeared on his face again.

“Brother Chen, I’m still trash with such a physique. The Primordial Divine Physique needs a corresponding method. I’m afraid even the Jiang Family doesn’t have such a method.”

“Most importantly, the Primordial Divine Physique needs a lot of resources after it has a suitable method. Otherwise, it would be difficult to advance even an inch…”

Jiang Chen smiled knowingly. He patted his shoulder and said, “No problem. I have a technique here. As for the cultivation resources, someone will send them to me!”

“Brother Chen, that’s great. I have a technique to cultivate too!”

Jiang Chen pointed at his glabella. An obscure cultivation technique suddenly appeared in Jiang Yan’s mind.

“Okay, you can go cultivate now!”

After giving Jiang Yan some pointers, Jiang Chen asked him to go back and cultivate.

“The position of the Primordial Divine King in the Nine Heavens has been vacant for a long time because of the Primordial Divine Physique. It’s still vacant!”

Jiang Chen returned to the Sect Leader’s main hall after a short while. If nothing unexpected happened, Jiang Chen would continue cultivating for the next few days.

After all, the True Martial Sect didn’t have much time left. Several other sects were eyeing the True Martial Sect covetously. Even the eighth-grade sects had their eyes on the True Martial Sect.

If he didn’t take advantage of his free time to cultivate, he wouldn’t have much time left.

“I’m really poor. If I had spiritual stones, my cultivation speed would be several times faster!”

“Fortunately, there’s still this spirit-gathering array formation left in the sect. Otherwise, my cultivation speed would be greatly reduced!”

Then, Jiang Chen sat down cross-legged and started to cultivate.

At this moment, Jiang Chen was at the late stage of the Spirit Realm. He had already opened nine spiritual meridians.

The nine spiritual meridians were usually the peak that an ordinary cultivator could reach, and the next step was to break through to the second realm of martial arts, the Physical Realm!

However, Jiang Chen didn’t choose to continue breaking through. Instead, he activated the constellation of nine turns cultivation technique.

Although the constellation of nine turns was the lowest level cultivation technique, there was naturally a reason why Jiang Chen chose to practice it.

The nine levels of the constellation technique could open 42 spiritual meridians in the Spirit Realm, and after he practiced it to its peak, he could even turn the 42 spiritual meridians into empyrean stars.

As long as the empyrean stars in Jiang Chen’s body weren’t extinguished, the True Qi in his body wouldn’t be exhausted!

However, after he opened the nine spiritual meridians and reached the late stage of the Spirit Realm, the difficulty of opening each spiritual meridian became greater and greater.

Usually, very few people were willing to cultivate such a time-consuming and laborious technique. Even if they practiced it, they might not be able to succeed.

Since ancient times, only Jiang Chen had been able to comprehend its mysteries and succeed in cultivating it.

As a result, no one had practiced this method because the ninefold constellation formula was too difficult to comprehend, so its level was directly reduced to the lowest level!

Jiang Chen had been in seclusion for three days…

In these three days, Jiang Chen had only managed to cultivate 31 spiritual meridians on the earth. The primordial Qi he needed was too great, so it would be difficult to open it in a short time. Therefore, Jiang Chen stopped cultivating.

“31 spiritual meridians. The effect isn’t ideal!”

“If I still cultivate, I’ll only be able to open one or two spiritual meridians at most.. I’ll have to go to the Pill Pavilion later!”