Chapter 314 (1/2)

Chapter 314: Interrupt

Translator: Yukidaruma Translations  Editor: Yukidaruma Translations

Just as the Heaven’s Volition Sword Intent in the dragon’s scale was throbbing as though it would leap into Fang Xingjian’s arms at any time, a cough rang out suddenly behind Fang Xingjian. The Heaven’s Volition Sword Intent then shrank back violently and returned into the dragon’s scale, disappearing without a trace.

Fury surged up from Fang Xingjian’s heart, and he stood up abruptly and looked behind him.

He saw Sasa standing there apologetically, saying, “I’m sorry, Xingjian. I came over seeing that it’s about time. Did I disturb you?”

Fang Xingjian’s face seemed to be filling with killing intent. Anyone who had the same situation as earlier, in which they were disturbed at the moment when the Heaven’s Volition Sword Intent was just about to enter his body and thus resulting in everything going down in failure… would probably be so angry that they would feel like killing someone.

This was especially the case for Fang Xingjian since he had spent so much effort in trying to lure the sword intent out. Moreover, he did not know if he could succeed on the next attempt. This made the killing intent surge in Fang Xingjian’s heart even more.

However, Fang Xingjian knew that right now, he was not a match for Sasa, a level 29 Conferred Knight. Therefore, he did not take action against Sasa. Fang Xingjian just threw a cold glance at him and left after taking note of this in his heart.

However, to Sasa, Fang Xingjian’s actions were already greatly disrespectful.

‘Hmph. Fang Xingjian, from now onward, you won’t have much time to fiddle with my dragon’s scale any more.’

Thinking of the secrets to the dragon’s scale, Sasa could not help but feel a strong craving.

The secret concealed in the dragon’s scale could not be said to be invincible, but it was related to striving for the Divine level. With it being such an important item, Sasa was completely bent on getting his hands on it and would definitely not allow others to have it instead.

‘I must get my hands on the secret to the dragon’s scale before Fang Xingjian does.’

As for whether Sasa would destroy the dragon’s scale, kill all the rest of the researchers, or take any other actions, it would all depend on what was the secret he had discovered.

Right now, being faster than Fang Xingjian was not the only thing Sasa needed to do. Considering Fang Xingjian’s confidence, in order for Sasa to hog the secret to himself, he had to prevent Fang Xingjian from being able to continue studying the dragon’s scale.

Meanwhile, Fang Xingjian was infuriated, and even his footsteps became faster as he dashed out like a sharp sword, leaving behind deeply entrenched sword marks in the ground.

However, with his mental cultivation method circulating, he was basically still clear-headed. Thinking of the document he had gotten his hands on, Fang Xingjian headed toward the agreed location of the meetup.

Fang Xingjian arrived at the mountain path behind the academy like a gush of wind and saw a guy dressed in black robes standing there. It was the person who had given him the document yesterday.

Seeing that Fang Xingjian had arrived, the guy said, “You’re here. How is it? After taking a look at this set of data, did you break out in cold sweat? To think that the Nurturing technique which you have spent all your effort in creating has such a big loophole.”

Fang Xingjian said coldly, “Who are you? What do you want?”

“I want you to head to Sand Country to help me search for something.” The guy let out a cold laugh, “If you don’t agree, then this set of data and report will be sent to the Knight Association.”

The Knight’s handbook was handled by the Knight Association, and if any sword techniques reflected on it were found to have any problems, then naturally it would be left to the Knight Association to find and punish the person responsible.

There had been countless cases in history regarding plagiarizing or counterfeit martial art techniques. Those Conferred Knights responsible did not end up in a good plight.

It was easy to understand if one were to think about it. The Knight Association was in-charge of managing all of the over a hundred thousand Knights and Conferred Knights in the Empire. How much authority did they hold? In order to uphold their dignity, credit, and authority, if they were to discover any cases of counterfeits or plagiarism, the culprits would be dealt with severely.

Firstly, the culprit would be disqualified from being a Knight and would be imposed with a hefty fine. The person’s power would also be taken into consideration depending on how serious the case was, and they might be partially crippled to reduce a certain degree of their power. In more serious cases, it would treated as treason.

Of course, even the simplest warning would prevent the Knight from being able to get any more cultivation resources, and the person would not have a future in the Empire.

Any academy or influences would reject having these Knights join them.