Chapter - 12

"How is this possible?" Chen Guang changed to another weapon. But, unfortunately, the feeling he had previously wasn't there anymore. Looking closely, he found that the inscription patterns appeared to be different.

Chen Guang took a deep breath. Then, he urgently asked the servant, "Did the elder really break through in his techniques?"

The servants only looked at Chen Guang blankly. But, of course, we are only servants; how would we know?

Chen Guang also understood the servants' thoughts. It seemed more likely that the inscriber accidentally made some changes. He remembered the Elder mentioning something about finding some scrolls related to inscriptions and researching new specialities. Did he really do it?

On Chen Guang's order, an old man with a messy beard immediately arrived in a matter of minutes.

"Elder, You really gave me a surprise." Chen Guang smiled.

"Patriarch Chen, what are you talking about?" the old man asked suspiciously.

"Hahaha, no need to pretend. I am thrilled that you made a breakthrough in your attainments." Chen Guang laughed.

The old man was now confused. What breakthrough? How come I don't know about this?

"Did Patriarch misunderstand something?" the old man asked carefully. He didn't want to tell this Patriarch the truth.

Chen Guang frowned: "Didn't you inscribe this sword?". He carefully observed the Elder's expressions. Something is wrong !!

"Yes. It is indeed this old man's work," said the Elder.

"Are you sure? Take a look at this sword." Chen Guang questioned again.

The old man then started looking at the various weapons in the box. He just made these, so of course, he knew about it. Except, there was one weapon that appeared a bit different.

"This... Patriarch... this sword?" the Elder doubted himself.

Chen Guang stared at this old man and was sure that the Elder didn't have a clue. However, he tested the weapon himself. He could never be wrong about the feeling. What's going on here?

"Did you come here soon after the weapons were forged?" Chen Guang asked the servants thoughtfully.

"Yes, Lord Chen. Ha? Except for Young Master Long met us on our way... As you ordered us, we gave him one of the swords... Then we immediately came here."

Chen Guang frowned. Is this elder hiding something from him? As for Long Chen, he directly ignored them. Chen Guang wondered whether Long Chen even knew how to spell the word inscription.

So Chen Guang thought for a moment and told the Elder, "Elder, why don't you try to see whether you can replicate the patterns on this sword. I'll go with you to the sword casting room."

With that, the Elder excitedly took a sword and hurried to the forge.

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Long Chen didn't know any of this. He was on his way towards his courtyard within the Long clan at this very moment.

Of course, after discussing a few particulars with Chen Wan'er, both agreed to work jointly. He vowed that he would not pester her about marriage. And, she will deliver some treasures. He made a list of objects that the system needed and directly passed the list to Chen Wan'er. Although some are scarce treasures, it's not a big deal to procure them as long as she spent some effort.

Now that Long Chen was in a familiar environment, he didn't waste any time but instead started reflecting on various memories the system had imparted to him.

The more he comprehended, the more his face darkened.

Gritting his teeth, he shouted in his mind.

"System, what the heck is this cultivation technique? How come I can't understand anything?"

"Of course, you wouldn't. Don't compare yourself to this system." The system opposed his thoughts.

"System, if I don't understand anything, what can I practice?" Long Chen was furious. Is the system messing with him?

"Host, Of course, you can't. Just focus on missions. As long as you find some of the materials with essences, this system will help you." The system cited with complete confidence. There was even a hint of offering support in that tone.

Long Chen's face couldn't get any darker than this.

Didn't he know that? He was not like the main character of those novels. As long as they wanted something, in the very next chapter, they will find a clue regarding these objects.

Controlling his emotions, he asked, "System, how come it was so easy for you to inscribe without any tools?"

"Host, This system is the most mysterious thing in existence. Nothing is hard for this system." It replied. If the system had a nose, it would have rubbed the tip.

"Then you can help me with this, can't you?" Long Chen requested.

The reason why Long Chen asked the system was not that he didn't want to learn or practice on his own. He knew that most of the inscription masters were old men who were about to belch from his memories. He only had a month, god knows what can he achieve in this limited time.

"Host, Please change your attitude. This system can help you once or twice. If you want to achieve Dao in this world, you should work harder." The system replied in an intense tone.

"System, you jackass. If not for your boneheadedness, do you think I wanted to here in the first place?" Long Chen's anger started to rise. "Aren't you the plot system? Why should I care about doing your mission then?"

Did the damn system think that all of this cultivation or whatnot would be of any use when he returned to Earth ???

"Host, you should calm down. Procuring these items, although expensive, is not very hard. All the knowledge has already been imparted to your brain. You can purchase the tools and only need to start practice immediately. If you want to make a breakthrough as soon as possible, do it right away!" The system continued, "This system is a little tired. You should increase your strength quickly!"

With that, the system turned silent.

Long Chen sighed. In fact, he was depressed now. He started going through his room to find out whether his grandmother had left him any money.

"Long Chen, roll out for me here." Suddenly, a hoarse voice came from outside.

Long Chen was about to look through some cabinets when he was interrupted. He opened the door to find two young men stretching out their legs and about to kick the door.

"Who are you?" Long Chen stared at these two people.

"Big brother Long Tian has ordered you to meet him now. Follow us, or he will get angry, and the consequences will be grave." the young men spoke condescendingly.

"Fuck off." Long Chen cussed directly.

"Oh? Long Chen, it seems you have grown some balls recently. I warn you, if you don't leave with us now, we will break your leg again." The young man warned.

Long Chen took a second look at these people. According to his memories, he once got into a brawl with these people and thrashed poorly. Since then, he lost his confidence and started to keep his distance from other disciples.

But this is the new Long Chen. He slowly took one step out of his house.

"What? Are you thinking of running away? You'd better come with us and serve Big Brother Long well. You can then live in peace" Seeing that the threat was adequate, the young men smiled mockingly.

As Long Chen gradually walked towards these people, he adjusted his mind. It's been a few months since he came to this world; the strangeness of this world receded a lot in his mentality.

Since he is now in this world, let's follow the rules of this world entirely.

Since he came to this world, he wanted to complete the system's mission and spend all his time and effort to return home. But it seems you have to be strong enough to take each and every step in this world. So unless he beats some of these cultivators, they always keep bothering him.

As his eyes glared at these two disciples, his fists crackled.

"Oh! Thinking of fighting us again? " one of them asked sarcastically.

"Brother, do you think he dares?" The other man looked at Long Chen provocatively.

"Hahaha!" the two of them laughed as if they heard a big joke. How many times did they do this to Long Chen? They were so acquainted with this man that he couldn't even raise his head whenever he encountered them. They couldn't understand. Where does this idiot get his spirit to talk like that?

Long Chen said calmly, "Listen, you foolish motherfuckers..."

"You dare scold us?" One of them pointed his fingers at Long Chen's face angrily.

"... I am sick and tired of you people. Since day one, I am tied up like a dog, thrown into a dark room, accusing me of bullshit, people pointing fingers here..." As he continued, he held the finger of the person. Then, raising his fist, he hit the person's face with all his strength.

The young man immediately fell to the ground, his nose broken and blood flowing out. He spat out his two front teeth. Then, Long Chen kicked the other right on the knee, raising his feet.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." Both men screamed out, unable to handle the pain.

"You..... Are you practising martial arts?" The young man weakly asked, shivering; his face was full of fear.

Long Chen didn't know why but anger surged deep inside his soul. He didn't think much, whether it was due to the influence of two Long Chen's or some other reason. Every time the disciples opened their mouths and wanted to appeal, Long Chen started kicking them all over the body.

This happened so fast that the young men were trampled by Long Chen and wailed constantly. If, with all their struggle, they couldn't get up at all.

"... It seems that the only words that make sense to in-bred weirdoes..."

KICK

".. is the AHH.. and OHH.. sounds that you scream when you are kicked...."

KICK

Both finally didn't have any strength to even beg. Instead, both young men fainted in the pool of vomit and blood.

"... tell whoever that Long Tian is... "

Long Chen lifted them up and threw them outside the gate.

"... never to fuck with me."

He turned around and slammed the door.

"System, what's going on? Although I have a little temper, why do I feel the need to physically abuse anyone like this?"

"Host, it's the side-effect of some memory merge with the original soul. As the soul departs, its final moments are usually resentment and regrets. This is affecting your personality a little."

"Hey, I am not completely gone yet." Long Chen one murmured.

"System, how do I stop this? I prefer to be myself in thoughts and actions. You are missing with my mind too much."

"Host, It's nothing to worry much about. As long as the regrets are resolved, it could even bring benefits to you."

"System, what about my strength?"

"Host, compared to the cultivators of this world, one could say that physical strength has reached the early stage of Qi refinement layer. This is the power of high-level cultivation techniques."

"Ordinary people only have nine channels when they are born. Some of these start to wean as they grow, and when they start refining the Qi, the pathway is pretty much fixed. Your body is being sated with the essence of elements. Once you refine all the elements, your body will be robust enough to accept the spiritual energy and convert them into Qi."

While Long Chen was lost in his thoughts, he heard a charming voice buzz: "Young Master, this old lady never thought you had it in you?"