Chapter 2324: Ancient Imprints (1/2)
As elder Mu Zhong called out, Donglin Yanxue immediately made her way towards the Tower of Radiance. She disappeared into its entrance very soon.
After Donglin Yanxue, the eight newly-chosen protectors all showed reverence. They entered in awe and veneration.
As Jian Chen was the weakest out of them, he was obviously the last to enter.
“He only has a one-colored soulcore, yet he’s so eager to enter the Tower of Radiance. It looks like this kid is impulsive. It’ll be difficult for him to become outstanding in the future with his mental state.” Elder Mu Zhong stared at Jian Chen as he gradually vanished into the Tower of Radiance. He secretly shook his head.
The Tower of Radiance was a grey, hazy world. Visibility was not great. A faint, grey mist permeated the entire space, limiting one’s vision to a range of only a hundred metres.
The ground below was desolate. It was filled with a deathly stillness.
Jian Chen frowned slightly as he looked at the miniature world within the Tower of Radiance. He felt like he was suffocating the moment he entered the tower. He actually felt like his own life and death were no longer under his control.
Moreover, he could sense slivers of the grey mist deep in his body. He could sense a heavy presence of death from the grey mist.
“The grey mist is the resentment formed from the lingering regrets of the artifact spirit after it passed away. Once too much of it seeps into your body, it’ll cause severe damage. It can even affect the mind. As a result, you can’t stay here for too long. Once you feel like you’ve reached your limit, you have to retreat.” Donglin Yanxue looked back at Jian Chen and explained in detail, “The injuries won’t be anything significant to the Radiant Saint Hall. You can recover from them quickly no matter how severely injured you become.”
“However, once the mist invades the soul and affects the mind, it’ll be far too severe, as injuries to the soul are extremely hard to deal with even for our Radiant Saint Hall.”
Jian Chen nodded to express that he understood. He said, “Where are the cultivation methods and various secret techniques from the seniors hidden?”
“Many ancient imprints drift through this space. Every single ancient imprint was left behind by a past expert of our Radiant Saint Hall. They represent a cultivation method, a Radiant Arte, or the knowledge on cultivation from our past seniors. However, benefiting from these imprints have nothing to do with strength. It completely depends on personal talent and luck.”
Donglin Yanxue stared at Jian Chen deeply and explained in detail, “Close your eyes and open your mind. Call out with your heart. If you are lucky enough, those ancient imprints will come to find you and pass on their contents to you.”
Jian Chen immediately attempted what Donglin Yanxue told him. He faced the suppression from the lingering regrets of the artifact spirit and the influence from the Tower of Radiance itself, so both the senses of his soul and his regular senses had been reduced to a minimum. They were basically useless now. As a result, he could only try to follow Donglin Yanxue’s instructions.
Jian Chen was no ordinary person. He had comprehended the Laws of the Hallowed with a one-colored soulcore. That was more than enough to demonstrate his talent. He was far more talented than Donglin Yanxue.
As result, when he opened his mind and called out with his heart, he sensed the existence of three ancient imprints very soon.
Of course, this was not because of his regular senses. Instead, it was because the three ancient imprints had established a mental connection with him willingly. As a result, Jian Chen could sense their existence with precision.
Under Jian Chen’s senses, the three ancient imprints shot through the space there with terrifying speed. They would be in the air sometimes and underground at other times. They all arrived ten thousand kilometres away in a flash; it was like they could teleport.