latelenovela #335 - Chapter 334: Breath of Realm
#335 - Chapter 334: Breath of Realm
“Li Xuan You, you heard what Lu Xiancong said just now, right!” Li Chenqiu lowered his eyes to look at Jin.
“Yes, I heard everything.” Li Xuan You responded.
Li Chenqiu asked curiously, “The reason why Spiritual Xuan artifacts can recognize their master is because of the existence of an artifact spirit?”
“That's right. After all, a Spiritual Xuan artifact without an artifact spirit is just a dead object. It can't grow and is no different from an ordinary Xuan artifact. Naturally, there's no such thing as recognizing a master.” Li Xuan You honestly replied.
Li Chenqiu touched his chin and nodded, “The Finishing Touch Brush has been divided into three sections. If I obtain one of them, do you think there's a possibility of me recognizing it as its master?”
Li Xuan You was silent.
Li Chenqiu frowned, “What's wrong? Say something!”
Li Xuan You said uncertainly, “Um… this… perhaps… maybe?”
Li Chenqiu asked impatiently, “So, can I or can't I?”
“It depends on the situation. If the artifact spirit of this Finishing Touch Brush has also been divided into three sections, then you can recognize it as its master. If the artifact spirit is hidden in one of the sections, and the remaining two sections don't have an artifact spirit,
and you happen to obtain the section without an artifact spirit, then you won't be able to recognize it as its master, unless this section of the Finishing Touch Brush gives birth to a new artifact spirit over time.”
Li Chenqiu's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said faintly, “I understand.”
Li Xuan You asked cautiously, “Master, do you want this Spiritual Xuan artifact?”
“The more Spiritual Xuan artifacts, the better. Of course, I want it, but…” Li Chenqiu paused and shook his head helplessly, “But this Spiritual Xuan artifact isn't something I can have just because I want it!”
Right now, every second he stays in the Southern Federation is a second more of danger. After all, Huang Ping might expose him at any time.
Once he's exposed, even if he completely offends the Takahashi Consortium, if he's unlucky enough to encounter that old man from before, he might really fall here.
Li Chenqiu touched his brow in lingering fear.
That burning sensation was still very clear even now.
Just then, Huang Jianhua's voice came from outside, “Master, someone's here!”
Li Chenqiu turned his head to look at the cave entrance, “Who?”
Whoosh—
Before Huang Jianhua could answer, a swift gust of wind rushed in from the cave entrance, stirring up dust.
Li Chenqiu shielded his eyes with his hand and looked towards the cave entrance through the gaps between his fingers.
He saw a man backlit, kneeling at the cave entrance, propping himself up against the wall, panting heavily.
“Master, it's Xiang Nanzhi.”
Huang Jianhua, who was standing guard at the entrance, quickly stepped forward and helped Xiang Nanzhi up from the ground.
Hearing this, Li Chenqiu hurried to the cave entrance.
What came into view was a man with tattered clothes, covered in blood, and a pale face.
This person was none other than Xiang Nanzhi.
When he saw Xiang Nanzhi's miserable appearance up close, Li Chenqiu asked in a daze, “How did you get yourself into this state?”
Xiang Nanzhi reached out and tore open his collar, “You don't know how difficult that Sonoki Akihisa is… Never mind, just thinking about him makes me sick. That old guy's methods are too dirty, dirtier than King Yama!”
“Didn't I tell you to just run? Why did you even fight?”
As he spoke, Li Chenqiu extended his arm, pointing his palm at Xiang Nanzhi.
Droplets of water condensed out of thin air, turning into a trickle, circling around Xiang Nanzhi like a swimming snake, washing away the bloodstains on his body.
“I didn't want to fight at first, but he was talking trash to me. How could I endure that?” Xiang Nanzhi clenched his fist and punched forcefully, “Of course, I had to retaliate, right?”
Li Chenqiu nodded speechlessly, “You did the right thing.”
“You're being too perfunctory.” Xiang Nanzhi tilted his head and looked into the cave, “Where's Lu Xiancong? You didn't fail to rescue him, did you?”
“Don't worry, I rescued him.”
“Then where is he?”
“He was captured again.”
Xiang Nanzhi: “…”
Xiang Nanzhi cursed with a dark face, “Are you sick? The person was captured again, and you're telling me to not worry about a damn thing? Wasn't that a waste of effort?!”
Li Chenqiu shook his head, “It wasn't a waste of effort. Earlier, after rescuing Lu Xiancong, I originally planned to follow Plan A and directly escape the Southern Federation. Midway, Lu Xiancong handed me…”
After that, Li Chenqiu explained everything that happened from escaping the prison to arriving at the cave in detail.
“I've already watched the Memory Pearl. I'll tell you the contents later. Now…”
“Wait a minute!”
Xiang Nanzhi reached out and interrupted Li Chenqiu.
“What's wrong?” Li Chenqiu asked curiously.
Xiang Nanzhi narrowed his eyes and rubbed his chin back and forth with his fingers, “I always feel like something's not quite right. Let me think about it.”
After speaking, Xiang Nanzhi closed his eyes, a "river" character squeezed out on his forehead, seriously pondering.
“Not quite right?”
Li Chenqiu scratched his head and stood quietly to the side.
At one moment, Xiang Nanzhi suddenly widened his eyes and turned his head to look at Li Chenqiu with a "whoosh", “I'm asking you, when that old thing slowed you down, did anything change around you?”
“Around?” Li Chenqiu pursed his lips into a straight line and pondered for a while, “I didn't look closely at everything around me, but it seemed to slow down too…”
Clap!
“We're screwed!”
Xiang Nanzhi slapped his head.
Li Chenqiu asked in a daze, “What's screwed?”
Xiang Nanzhi said anxiously, “Anyway, we're screwed. Our location has been exposed. We have to hurry… No, we have to leave now!”
After speaking, Xiang Nanzhi grabbed Li Chenqiu's arm, not giving Li Chenqiu a chance to ask, and walked out of the cave.
“Exposed?” Big question marks popped out of Li Chenqiu's head, “Impossible, I clearly…”
“Don't clearly me, follow me first!”
Xiang Nanzhi swayed and disappeared from the spot with Li Chenqiu.
Not long after the two left, the space in front of the cave twisted slightly, and Takahashi Mesa, leaning on a cane, appeared out of thin air.
Looking at the empty cave, Takahashi Mesa murmured, “Were we discovered?”
After speaking, Takahashi Mesa took a step and disappeared without any warning.
……
Under the azure sky, ear-piercing sonic booms, like thunder, echoed between the white clouds.
Li Chenqiu shouted at the top of his lungs, “Where was I exposed?”
Xiang Nanzhi looked back at the direction of the cave and said solemnly, “That old thing opened his domain. You've been in his domain, and you've been tainted with the aura of the domain.
No matter where you run, that old thing can sense your location, and even who you've been in contact with and what you've touched, he can sense it.”
“What is a domain?” Li Chenqiu looked at Xiang Nanzhi with clear eyes.
Xiang Nanzhi explained absentmindedly, “It's similar to your Ice Hell. You'll have it after you break through to the eleventh forbidden zone.”