Chapter 42: Legacy of the End of Magic – Mountain River Sect
“Merchants, cooks, innkeepers, and scholars. It turns out that collecting after killing red-named NPCs can yield costumes.” Chen Xiyi looked at the four new costumes added to his inventory, ignoring items like human skin and bones.
“It’s settled then; that newborn otherworldly devil was the sect leader of the Qingxu Sect. No wonder it dropped such a costume for me; it might have even been a transcendent figure, which also granted a reincarnation function and a historical spiritual module.”
“However, this costume doesn’t seem very powerful; it doesn’t provide any attributes. The costume from the Qingxu Sect leader gave me a bonus of ten charm points.”
After experimenting repeatedly, he still found the scholar’s costume very practical. More importantly, it didn’t attract much attention due to the lack of added charm and it also concealed his imposing alloy armor.
“Great! From today onwards, I’ll be a weak scholar with no strength to lift a chicken.” Chen Xiyi thought he would use this scholar costume in the next world; in this world, he still needed the terrifying visage of full alloy armor to intimidate others.
“Wait, if I collect the Emperor Li, will I get the Emperor costume?”
Of course, Chen Xiyi was only thinking about it; he didn’t actually need one.
Emperor Li was a white-named NPC and he hadn’t offended him. Though he had seen the other attempting to trick him several times in the logs, nothing had come of it. He couldn’t just kill someone because they had thought about scamming him.
Many people thought like this. Unless everyone was eliminated, it would be impossible to stop.
As long as nothing was actually enacted, Chen Xiyi chose to turn a blind eye.
Killing these NPCs only yielded a costume and a bit of entertainment; the remaining materials were of little use.
He randomly found a place to sit down and took out his anonymous travel diary to start browsing.
Sharpening the axe doesn’t delay the work of cutting wood; he wasn’t in a rush to dig for treasure. He first wanted to see what this treasure was all about.
The protagonist of the travel diary was a true inheritor of the Mountain River Sect, who encountered various situations while following three ancestors of the Mountain River Sect in search of new blessed lands during the end of magic era. The ending left a bleak white expanse with the Mountain River Sect’s downfall.
“Why does this feel like a fantasy novel, and do these three Mountain River Sect ancestors seem a bit familiar?”
Master Xuanyuan, Master Moyu, and Master Panqi were said to be the celestial tribulation masters. Unfortunately, during the end of the magic era, they were unable to cast spells and had even lost most of their lifespans, ultimately dying in frustration.
Not to mention, the Jianghu that Chen Xiyi possessed was derived from the scroll of Master Xuanyuan, who was reputed to excel in water magic.
“Master Moyu has a magical artifact called True Dragon Ink Jade, while Master Panqi had the Cosmic Chessboard, and together with Master Xuanyuan’s Galaxy Scroll…”
As Chen Xiyi looked at the snippets of information represented in the travel diary of the true inheritor, he couldn’t help but feel astonished.
Clearly, the Galaxy Scroll referred to Master Xuanyuan’s scroll, the True Dragon Ink Jade was the Fengshan Jade Record, and the Cosmic Chessboard was that stone chessboard.
From the description of this true inheritor, it was evident that these three masters were figures of legendary status, and these three artifacts must have been with them for an exceptionally long time, at least over ten thousand years.
Unfortunately, this travel diary didn’t detail the cultivation levels nor the subsequent events regarding the three artifacts.
Because as the disciple, with the end of magic era, had devolved into the level of a mortal, unable to keep up, he could only helplessly stay in one place, marry, and lead the life of a wealthy man, eventually passing away, leaving behind this travel diary.
The wife gave birth to a son and lived the life of a rich man, but ultimately passed away, leaving behind this travel diary.
As for the map, it seems to retain the legacy of the Mountain River Sect; he is not clear on what exactly it entails, but the shopkeeper thought it was a treasure.
After reading it, Chen Xiyi had some doubts, wondering whether it was true or false.
If it’s false, the three items with historical significance couldn’t be fake, but if it’s true, that would be ridiculous.
This world used to be a realm of cultivation that possessed the ability to move mountains and fill seas, fly to the heavens and hide from the earth, but had declined and disappeared due to the end of magic.
“Whether it’s true or false, we’ll find out through testing.”
Chen Xiyi placed the map and diary into a wooden box and took out an alloy firearm to attack the box.
【You dealt 1 point of durability damage to the wooden box with the alloy firearm.】
【You obtained: 1 wooden plank, Ding family’s ancestor diary, map of the inheritance land of the Mountain River Sect.】
“Hiss, it’s real.” Chen Xiyi found that the map was usable; after using it, an identification marker would appear in his map, which would overlap with the incomplete module.
“In other words, this module is the inheritance of the Mountain River Sect; does that mean I can cultivate?”
Thinking of this made Chen Xiyi a bit excited; this was cultivating!
But he quickly calmed down; the module was incomplete, not whole, meaning it couldn’t be used. He would have to find a way to complete it.
However, looking at the entire map, there was only this one module; there were no other modules at all.
This left Chen Xiyi’s heart sinking a bit; it was a rare chance to cultivate, yet it wasn’t usable. How could he not feel disheartened?
“There’s no choice; I can only get the module first.”
I can’t give up just because the module is incomplete.
Who knows, once I have it, there might be a way to complete it; if I give up just like that, wouldn’t that be a huge loss?
Moreover, as the land of inheritance, there might be various magical artifacts; even if they couldn’t be used right now, he had the Home System, and as long as he completed the module, he could use the corresponding system, and the magical artifacts should be recoverable too.
“This world has only this one valuable place left.” Chen Xiyi sighed; there was no other way.
As for the possibility of other sects existing, the problem was that they weren’t shown on the map, and he couldn’t find them. He couldn’t just go around searching one by one.
Even if he could find them, it would be useless; this world had already ended magic, so the things left were likely all broken. Perhaps only the Mountain River Sect’s inheritance was intact, which is why it was captured and classified as a module by the Home Game.
Without hesitation, Chen Xiyi searched around and found the digging site of the four individuals from the black shop. Surprisingly, it was quite deep.
He just didn’t know how deep the inheritance land of the Mountain River Sect was buried; anyway, those four weren’t digging shallowly.
After climbing to the pit bottom, Chen Xiyi took out the alloy pickaxe, and with just one strike, he dug out 1 unit of soil.
This was a graduation tool with three enchantments, naturally much stronger than previous wooden or stone pickaxes.
However, Chen Xiyi wasn’t foolish; he placed a wooden ladder every 1 unit and a torch every 3 units.
With the alloy pickaxe in hand, his speed was remarkable; the four from the black shop not only had to put in a lot of effort to dig but also had to carry the materials.
But for Chen Xiyi, it was completely no problem; they worked hard to dig, while he only needed one strike to create a perfectly square pit.
And regarding their transportation of the materials, Chen Xiyi had also skipped it, as it directly turned into resources and was added to his item bar.
The speed was simply outrageous.
(End of this chapter)
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