Vol 20 Chapter 14 (1/2)

Book 20, Jindan Upgrade, Chapter 14 – The Predicament

After chatting for a long period of ti all the wine, everyone prepared to retire to their own residences Ji Ning hurriedly advised Ehpeak, there’s a stone stele located right at the entrance to Volcano Island The stone stele contains the representation of Snowfiend displaying the intricacies of his staff-technique in detail You can go take a look”

“Oh?” Roughpeak’s eyes lit up

“Roughpeak, you haven’t taken a look yet?”

“Hurry up and take a look That stone stele really is quite interesting”

“Yes, hurry up and take a look!”

The Dragon Gods all laughed and urged hio take a look

“Fine I’ll go take a look right now” Roughpeak immediately headed out towards the stone stele by himself

“My friend Darknorth, there are plenty of palaces here Just pick one as you see fit Since you’ve just arrived, it’s guaranteed that you won’t suffer any attacks for the next thousand years,” Eon said

“Alright” Ning nodded, then casually chose a palace to temporarily reside in

Two days later

Roughpeak returned fro with the Seven Dragon Gods

“How did it go? That stone stele is quite nice, right?” Ehed

“It really is quite so, but my path isn’t the Dao of Taiji Alas…I was trapped on the snowy island for more than a hundred hpeak let out a sigh “My agility techniques ensured that not even Snowfiend could kill me, but what of it? My attacks are too weak; Snowfiend coe me He wouldn’t let me pass him no matter what! It was all thanks to junior apprentice-brother Darknorth”

“And where is our friend Darknorth?” Witherdragon asked

“He’s still training,” Voidragon replied “I saw hi so I didn’t disturb him”

“Darknorth truly is hard-working” Blackdragon asked, “Roughpeak, how strong is our friend Darknorth? The seven of us have been trapped here for far, far too long We’ve been here since the Prier If Darknorth is strong enough, we’d be willing to ask hier harbor any false illusions regarding the treasures of Undermoon Lake”

“How strong is he?” Roughpeak shook his head “I’ve seen hiht He’s skilled in swordplay and quite fore of swordforce His divine abilities should be quite powerful, though He spent several days travelling froine that heperiod of ti him pass”

“Third-stage swordforce?” Witherdragon shook his head “A pity Although he can be considered an expert of the Dao of the Sword, it won’t be enough against the Purgatory God”

“A pity”

“Well, let’s keep waiting”

All of them were rather disappointed

“I’ been able to make it out of the first island to Volcano Island In truth, my decision to follow junior apprentice-brother Darknorth was a gaht, I didn’t have amble paid off Honestly, there’s no need to be depressed; perhaps after million years or so, junior apprentice-brother Darknorth will suddenly advance in strength and we’ll be able to hpeak said

“Hopefully” The Seven Dragon Gods all sighed

They had been hoping that sohpeak had actually been carried here by Ning; there was no hope to be found fro himself…he had been just barely able to make it into Volcano Island The chance that he would be able to progress further was quite remote

Within a quiet, secluded palace Ning was seated in the lotus position here, completely silent His other clone ithin his I on the [Five Treasures]

His earlier breakthrough had allowed him to completely master the third chapter of the [Five Treasures], and so he was now able to begin training in the final, fourth chapter of the [Five Treasures] This final chapter caused Ning to feel even more amazed and how unfathomably marvelous the [Five Treasures] sword-art was

Ning knew very well that Undermoon Lake would not be an easy place to conquer He had only been able to reach Volcano Island; how incredibly difficult would the next few islands be? Thus, he had to do everything he could to grow stronger

Time slowly flowed on

In the blink of an eye,this past half-year, Ning’s two clones finished nearly half of the fourth chapter of the [Five Treasures] sword-art Noever, they found it difficult to advance any further whatsoever Thus, Ning decided to completely halt hishis [Brighthte of swordforce

Perfecting [Bright the fourth chapter of the [Five Treasures] In fact, over the course of perfecting it, Ning occasionally gained insights that allowed him to once more ruminate on the fourth chapter

After one year and three ’s arrival at Volcano Island…Ning finally opened his eyes