Chapter 271: Returning to Huang Village
Jian Chen continued to open up the remaining boxes only to never see another monster core. That was because within every single box after that, only the components of the cannons could be found in every shape and size. However, only two of the four meter long barrels could be found. From this, Jian Chen could deduce that only two cannons could be assembled from this.
However, the discovery of these two Advanced Tier Cannons had made Jian Chen extremely happy. The one worrying thing was that he had no idea how to assemble the Magical Crystal Cannons, or what part did what. To him, all these parts may as well have been scrap iron.
"Forget it, it's best not to worry about this for now. I'll wait for a time when I can learn how to assemble the cannons." Jian Chen muttered to himself. After that, he collected all of the pieces within the boxes and stored them within his Space Ring. Then, he mounted his Class 2 Magical Beast and rode away from this place, leaving behind the soldiers who had died to the poison of the Silver Striped Golden Snake.
Despite the venom of the fang not yet being at its most potent state, it was still a poison that was highly fatal and thus was extremely dangerous. In such a short amount of time, these soldiers had all been killed without a single survivor besides the commander who had run away.
Jian Chen rode the magical beast at a rapid pace for half a day before a small forest could be seen five hundred kilometers away from where he had killed the soldiers. Finally stopping at the forest, Jian Chen began to control the Radiant Saint Force to heal himself.
Jian Chen's innate spirit was quite formidable. His mastery of the Radiant Saint Force was at least two ranks higher than the previous Radiant Saint Master in Wake City. In just a mere two hours, he was back to full health.
Afterward, Jian Chen found a stream and leaped into it to wash himself.
"I didn't think that one of them would manage to escape. Since he was a wind attribute Earth Saint Master, there's nothing I could do if he wanted to escape since my speed is much slower than his." Jian Chen muttered to himself in the river water.
"It's a good thing I didn't reveal my identity. In the case that the commander spreads the news, then my identity in Wake City would immediately be found out. In that case, the Flame Mercenaries would be completely exterminated." At that thought, there was a small sense of fear, but his identity had been kept a secret, so he could rejoice to himself.
After changing his clothes for a clean pair, Jian Chen took the five Space Rings from under the tree nearby and began to inspect the items within. One of the five Space Rings was from the patriarch of the Xia clan while the other four were from the recently deceased commanders.
The patriarch of the Xia clan had a pile of purple coins that numbered over a thousand. There were several other piles of assortments of varying value hidden within. Furthermore, there were a hundred Class 4 Monster Cores, several hundred Class 3 Monster Cores, and an incomparably large amount of Class 2 Monster Cores.
All of a sudden, when Jian Chen saw one of the contents within the Space Ring, his heart skipped a beat. Taking out the item from the Space Ring, Jian Chen looked at the simple looking book right in front of him. The pages of the book were quite thick and were even starting to yellow. Some tears and rips from the passage of time could be seen on them.
"Water Manipulation!"
The two words were written on the cover of the simple looking back. As Jian Chen slowly flipped through the pages of the book, an excited look grew on his face. Unfortunately, the battle skill recorded within this manual was only that of a Human Tier Battle Skill. Furthermore, this was something that only water attributed Saint Force cultivators could use.
