I Am the True Lord of Running Away

Chapter 180: Chapter 180: The Other State Domains

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK.

CREAK.

The door was pushed open.

"You’re back so soon? Is there something else?" Shen Ji asked, looking at Jiang Xu.

’We just talked this morning, and it hasn’t been long at all. Why is this guy back again?’

"Ahem, yes, there is something I need to ask you."

Jiang Xu briefly explained his purpose for visiting.

"So that’s the situation. Do you have any intelligence, information, maps, or anything like that for the surrounding State Domains? I need it urgently."

Shen Ji fell silent.

After a long moment, she asked softly:

"Are you... planning to leave Dinghai State?"

Jiang Xu was also quiet.

"Not necessarily. It’s just a thought, but I’m definitely leaving the Profound Origin Sect, that’s for sure."

Shen Ji looked like she wanted to say something but held back. She stared at Jiang Xu’s face, as if trying to etch it into her memory.

A soft sigh spoke volumes of her sorrow.

Shen Ji turned and went into the room.

The door was left open.

After hesitating for a moment, Jiang Xu finally stepped inside.

As soon as he entered, Jiang Xu saw Shen Ji rummaging through her room, which was filled to the brim with books.

Every so often, she would pull out a scroll or two and pile them on the floor.

Jiang Xu glanced at the floor.

Whoa!

A huge pile of books was messily stacked in the room, and it was still growing at a considerable rate.

"I know I asked for some information, but isn’t this a bit much!"

Taking a moment from her frantic search, Shen Ji shot Jiang Xu a look.

"This is nothing. Are you underestimating me? How could this small pile be my limit? Just you wait, I’ll find at least twice this amount!"

A fire seemed to burn in Shen Ji’s eyes.

She believed she didn’t have the right to follow Jiang Xu. Her Cultivation was too low; she would only be a burden. Because of this, Shen Ji couldn’t bring herself to ask him to take her along.

But Shen Ji wasn’t discouraged.

She could still help Jiang Xu in this way.

By providing him with all the information she had, she could offer him more than just one layer of security.

This was the last thing she could do for him.

’Since this is the last time, it’s best to give him as much as possible.’

’Besides, this way, I can spend a little more time with him, right?’

...

"Alright, this is everything. It’s not that much, really. Just two hundred and three books. It won’t take you more than a few days to finish them."

Shen Ji bent over to finish counting the books, looking as if she wished there were more.

The corner of Jiang Xu’s mouth twitched.

’This isn’t much?’

Over two hundred books, and most of them were massive tomes thicker than a Xinhua dictionary.

’How long is this going to take?’

Thankfully, he had now developed his Divine Sense, and his Spiritual Power was extremely high, giving him a nearly photographic memory.

Otherwise, Jiang Xu would have truly despaired.

"Come on, don’t just stand there. Let me explain. This section here is information on Dinghai State, including its towns, Sects, Marketplaces, forbidden areas, and so on. This part is about Ancient Times, and this part is about the present."

Shen Ji separated a dozen or so books from the pile.

"And these are about Canglang State. You need to pay close attention to this; it’s very important. According to my research, the Barbarian Race weren’t the original natives of Canglang State, going back to Ancient Times."

"We are on the Western Wilderness Continent. The Barbarian Race is a branch that fled from another continent. They ended up driving out the original inhabitants and settling in Canglang State."

"I also have information on the State Domains surrounding our Dinghai State. For example, Wuyin State. Most of it is shrouded in fog year-round, and its largest Sect is called the Mist Concealment Sect."

"Then there’s the Demon Spirit State. Throughout the entire State Domain, the Beast Taming Dao is the primary method of Cultivation. Nearly all Cultivators fight using the Demon Beasts, Spirit Beasts, Fairies, Elves, and other non-Human Races they have bound. The entire Demon Spirit State has only one Sect: the Beast Taming Sect."

"There’s also a special place—the Southern Border. It’s very strange. The entire Southern Border is inhabited by the Witch Race, and they don’t have Sects. A single Voodoo Sect controls the whole region. You need to be careful with this one. The area is extremely exclusionary; try not to go there unless you absolutely have to."

On and on, Shen Ji introduced a great deal of information.

Her books didn’t contain detailed introductions for every single State Domain.

She covered basically all the State Domains within the Great Qi.

However, there were one or two extremely mysterious State Domains that even Shen Ji knew little about, having only a rough idea.

The Southern Border, for instance.

Because the Witch Race has its own linguistic system and rarely communicates with outsiders, even Shen Ji had limited information on them.

There were only three or four books.

Jiang Xu recalled the old woman he had met at the auction house. She had called herself a member of the Nanjiang Wu Peng Race.

She had also claimed that the Golden Silkworm Gu Jiang Xu bought was their race’s Holy Insect.

She had even threatened him.

He wondered what had happened to her in the end.

’She probably failed her mission and was executed after she went back,’ Jiang Xu thought maliciously.

Thinking of the Golden Silkworm Gu, Jiang Xu realized he had almost forgotten about it recently.

Previously, to deal with that Demon Wolf, Jiang Xu had transformed the Golden Silkworm Gu into a type of poison specifically for use against Demon Beasts.

Now, it seemed he would be dealing more with human Cultivators.

Jiang Xu considered changing the Golden Silkworm Gu’s poison type back sometime soon.

"Alright, I think I’ve got the gist of it." After listening to Shen Ji’s explanation, Jiang Xu put away all the books. "Well then... I’ll see you again if fate allows."

Shen Ji opened her mouth, but in the end, she couldn’t find the words and could only nod silently.

Jiang Xu thought for a moment, then took out all the Cultivation Elixirs he wouldn’t use and some Magical Artifacts he had seized but had no need for, giving them all to Shen Ji.

"Take them. I’ve taken your things, so I’d feel bad if you didn’t accept mine. Besides, if you don’t see me again, at least you’ll have something to remember me by."

"It’s not that, you’re overthinking it. Of course I’ll take them! What do you think I traded to get all these books?"

Shen Ji unceremoniously snatched the items and then pushed Jiang Xu out the door.

"Now that you have what you need, hurry up and go! Don’t waste any more time. Weren’t you in a rush to leave?!"

Jiang Xu looked at the closed door, shook his head helplessly, and turned to leave.

Inside the room.

Shen Ji lowered her head, gently stroking the Magical Artifacts. Her eyes were vacant, her thoughts a mystery.

...

After leaving Shen Ji’s home, Jiang Xu began to compare and consider the information she had given him about the State Domains surrounding Dinghai State.

Jiang Xu was now heading out of the Sect.

If he were to leave Dinghai State, there were two or three State Domains he could choose from.

Within those two or three State Domains, there were eight or nine possible routes.

He would have to carefully consider his destination based on the situation when the time came.

SWOOSH!

A red arc streaked from the distance, and an object arrived swiftly by Jiang Xu’s side.

It was a—Sound Transmission Talisman!