"Snow province, Luan province, Earth province, Dragon province, Cloud province. The central land is made up of five provinces", Zhan Chen murmured to himself as he observed the map of the central land.
The map was given to him by elder Tong before he left with the Shen clan group. Zhan Chen had already received a lot of memories related to the central land from elder Tong but he still decided to take the map from him.
Because he knew that a sixth stage expert was not almighty despite being powerful. What a sixth stage expert could observe was limited and there would still be many people and places which were beyond the power of a sixth stage expert.
Zhan Chen spread his soul consciousness and found Kai Min, Li Yan was cultivating. Li Shu was somewhat restless but she was still trying to cultivate seriously.
Zhan Chen didn't want to disturb them. So, he chose to cultivate. This time his priority was his sword as he had never given any effort in cultivating his sword.
As a proud sword cultivator himself, he knew what a sword meant for a sword cultivator. He had neglected his path for so long in this life. So, he didn't want to neglect his sword for much longer.
He took out his sword "Devour" from it's sheath and sat crosslegged. His sword rested on both of his palms as he entered into a meditative state.
'What is a sword?' Without understanding it, how could one call himself a sword cultivator. Sword is not only a simple killing tool but it is the symbol of one's conviction. A symbol of Power which one wields to protect those whom he holds dear to his heart.
What a cultivator hold dear to his heart may be different. It may be people, may be objects, may be plants or animals or may be his dignity and respect but what do not change the fact that he holds sword for protecting something.
The understanding of sword flashed by inside his mind as Zhan Chen started to cultivate with his sword. After recalling his own understanding, he followed through to the next step, which was communicating with his sword.
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City lord Yueyue was cultivating peacefully in the morning when she heard a knock on her door. A frown appeared on her face as she heard the knocking sound again.
"Who ever it is, you better have a good explanation", she murmured with irritation and walked towards the door.
"Elder Sima, what is it?", city lord Yueyue looked towards the peak fifth stage expert with irritation.
"Young miss, it is urgent", the peak fifth stage expert pointed towards a nearby direction with his eyes.
City lord Yueyue followed the gaze of Elder Sima and saw a robust cultivaor standing at a certain distance. He was wearing a heavy looking golden coloured armour and there was a long spear in his hand.
"Golden guards!", city lord Yueyue muttered with surprise.
"Lan Yueyue. I have not seen you since you are a kid", the golden armoured cultivator smiled towards city lord Yueyue.
"Senior, what brings you here?", city lord Yueyue asked the golden armoured cultivator.
"It is a message from the capital", the golden armoured guard replied as he took out a scroll from his spatial ring.
"A blue scroll!", city lord Yueyue looked towards the golden armoured guard with surprise.
"Girl, the message in the blue scroll is confidential. So, you must not share the content with anyone", the golden armoured guard spoke.
"Senior, rest assure. I know what to do", city lord Yueyue replied.
She invited the golden armoured guard to rest in the palace but the golden armoured guard denied politely. He bid his farewell to city lord Yueyue and walked towards the outside of the palace.
"Young miss, what message is so important that a golden armoured guard need to send it?", the peak fifth stage expert asked.
"Elder Sima, have you never heard of blue scroll and violet scroll?", Lan Yueyue looked towards the peak fifth stage expert.
Elder Sima shook his head and looked towards her with confusion all over his face.
City lord Yueyue spoke some words about the gradation of scrolls and execused herself as she wanted to see the message inside the blue scroll.
'News has come from the western region. An ancient remnant had appeared in the Shredded mountain province few days ago. Numerous cultivators had gone inside and they confirmed that it was the remnant of Cleansing Incense ancient sect.
Fire marquis tried to enter but he couldn't succeed. The remnant vanished on its own after all the cultivators came out from its inside.
Besides, Cleansing Incense ancient sect, the major thing to note is Zhan Chen who may be the descendant of ancient Zhan clan.
He is only eighteen years old. Yet, he has shown astonishing abilities inside the Cleaning incense ancient sect and is traveling with the Shen clan cultivators now.
The intention of this message is to warn everyone about him as it will be best to not antagonize the ancient Zhan clan.'
"Zhan clan! Zhan Chen!", Lan Yueyue muttered after reading the message written inside the scroll. He rolled the scroll and placed it inside her spatial ring. Then she went out of her room to find the peak fifth stage expert.
The peak fifth stage expert was still standing outside her room. He walked towards Lan Yueyue after seeing her walking out.
"Elder Sima, Are the young cultivators traveling with Shen clan still inside the city?", Lan Yueyue looked towards the peak fifth stage expert.
"Yes miss, I am keeping tab on them. Afterall we have to ensure their safety due to their relationship with Shen clan", elder Sima replied.
Lan Yueyue nodded her head and spoke,
"We have to ensure their safety while they are staying inside the Hundred blossom city. After they leave the city, it is none of our business".
"Elder Sima, one more thing. Gather all the details about the person named Zhan Chen who had visited us along with the Shen clan warriors. Be careful. Our identity should not be leaked while gathering the information", Lan Yueyue spoke. Elder Sima nodded his head as he took a note of Zhan Chen's name inside his mind.
Time passed by like the floating wind. Elder Sima visited Lan Yueyue when it was evening of next day.
"Young miss, you can take a look at this. This Zhan Chen is really interesting", elder Sima spoke while handling out a scroll to Lan Yueyue.
"Oh, let me have a look", city lord Yueyue spoke. A look of amazement appeared in her eyes as she red through the content of the scroll.
'Capable of fighting Core condensation realm experts. Have participated in the battle between Martial ascension realm experts. Killed a Martial ascension realm expert after catching him off-guard with his tamed fourth tier snakes', city lord Yueyue felt speechless for a moment after reading the information regarding Zhan Chen.
"How unbelievable. A mere eighteen year old young man can achieve such things. Moreover, looks like he fought for Ruyan and killed the younger brother of Lu Wentian!", she murmured to herself.
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