Chapter 71: Magnetic Sword

“Dragon’s Roar?”

Wang Che was stunned.

He subconsciously looked up and saw nothing.

The vast, endless roar continued.

Wang Che frowned slightly, recalling his earlier speculation.

Was a Soul Beast awakened?

That couldn’t be. The energy didn’t explode earlier, so it shouldn’t have awakened any powerful Soul Beasts.

While he was puzzled,

a light sword swiftly flew from the distance and stopped beside Wang Che.

“Magnetic Sword? A Mechanical-type Spirit Pet!”

Wang Che exclaimed in surprise.

This was a very rare Spirit Pet.

Anything related to the Mechanical-type was uncommon.

Magnetic Sword was an especially rare Mechanical-type Spirit Pet, with a mysterious origin. Wang Che’s knowledge didn’t include any related information.

“Kid, are you okay?”

A deep voice came from the Magnetic Sword.

“Who are you?”

“I am Li Yanming, the Professional Soul Contractor accompanying your group. I am using my Spirit Pet to communicate with you. Are you safe now?” Li Yanming asked.

“Safe.”

“That’s good. You might be confused right now, not knowing what happened.”

Li Yanming said immediately, “It’s fine. Don’t worry about the rest. Come meet up with me, and we’ll leave this place together.”

“The situation is urgent. There’s no time to explain too much. Quickly get on the Magnetic Sword!”

“Okay.”

Wang Che thought for a moment and roughly guessed who this Li Yanming was.

It was the blind old man.

As soon as he finished speaking, the Magnetic Sword reluctantly flew over.

It probably felt that a weakling like Wang Che didn’t deserve to stand on it.

But due to the order, it steadily landed beside Wang Che.

“It feels a bit like a flying sword.”

Wang Che sighed inwardly. Looking at this light sword, it seemed as if he had returned to the days when he practiced Qi and built his foundation.

Then, holding the Green Caterpillar, he lightly pushed off with one foot, leaped gracefully, his sleeves fluttering, and landed on the light sword with extreme elegance.

It was the epitome of coolness.

The moment Wang Che landed on the Magnetic Sword, the Magnetic Sword suddenly felt a subtle sense of pride.

Magnetic Sword: “…”

‘Ah… After all these years, my posture for mounting a flying sword seems engraved deep in my soul.’

Wang Che felt immensely nostalgic and slowly said, “Let’s go.”

The Magnetic Sword moved subconsciously, as if receiving a divine command, and flew out.

Magnetic Sword: “???”

What’s wrong with me?

Why am I so obedient to this youth?

This isn’t scientific!

The Magnetic Sword gradually felt something was off. It accelerated, with a Gale howling.

Yet Wang Che on its back stood firm and unshakable, steady as a mountain.

Magnetic Sword: “…”

This youth is a bit unusual!

Before long, the Magnetic Sword brought Wang Che to Li Yanming.

At this moment, Li Yanming was flying mid-air, two special light wings fluttering behind him, looking extremely cool.

He exuded a mighty aura, filled with killing intent, clearly having gone through a fierce battle.

Seeming to sense the Magnetic Sword, Li Yanming immediately turned to look.

At that sight, he was stunned.

In the distance, an elegant youth stood with his hands behind his back on a light sword, approaching against the wind.

His demeanor was extraordinary.

“This kid… gives me the feeling of a peerless master…”

Li Yanming was stunned for a moment, then murmured after a few seconds, “Maybe he’s just born with good looks; even taking a dump probably smells good.”

“But, it seems, this kid has about thirty percent of my aura from back in the day.” Li Yanming nodded.

The only thing spoiling the aesthetic was probably the Green Caterpillar wrapped around Wang Che’s feet.

It was probably afraid of heights from flying so high.

As the Magnetic Sword approached, Wang Che saw Li Yanming and immediately waved, saying,

“Slow down and stop.”

The Magnetic Sword subconsciously slowed down and stopped.

Magnetic Sword: “???”

Li Yanming: “???”

Li Yanming looked at the Magnetic Sword, his eyes dubious.

Good grief, are you my Spirit Pet or this kid’s?

So obedient?

You’ve only been out for a short while, and you’re already tamed?

Is this kid just that popular with Spirit Pets?

Li Yanming recalled some unpleasant memories from when he tamed the Magnetic Sword not long ago…

“Good, it seems you’re unharmed.” Li Yanming coughed, his gaze falling on the Green Caterpillar. “Huh? This little thing seems to have changed. Its Soul Power Cultivation has improved so much?”

The Green Caterpillar had its excess impurities removed by Wang Che using the Marrow Cleansing Ointment, and its Soul Power Cultivation increased by a hundred years.

Just by appearance, its skin was shiny and bright, naturally unusual.

“Luck, just luck,” Wang Che said. “By the way, Officer Li, that roar earlier? Was a Soul Beast awakened?”

“Huh?” Li Yanming was suddenly stunned, his sharp eyes fixed on Wang Che.

What, does this kid know about the Empty God Dragon?

“When I was captured, I roughly guessed what those terrorists wanted to do,” Wang Che said.

“You guessed?” Li Yanming slightly frowned. “Tell me the situation in detail.”

Wang Che then briefly explained how he missed the communicator message because of his cultivation and what happened after.

However, he concealed the Soul Guiding Device and changed modifying the Soul Guiding Diagram into destroying it.

Everything else remained the same.

After hearing this, Li Yanming gasped.

Through the brief message on the communicator, he immediately analyzed the situation, saw through the Ghost Disciple’s disguise, boldly and carefully pretended to follow along, then saw through the Ghost Disciple’s strength disguise, and finally used the Ghost Disciple’s stalling time to slowly destroy the Soul Guiding Diagram, thwarting the Ghost Disciple’s scheme.

Damn, even when he was young, he wasn’t this impressive.

It sounded easy, but in the midst of it, staying completely calm, seizing the opponent’s weakness, and even destroying the Soul Guiding Diagram…

Only movies would dare to write something like this.

“That sounds a bit unbelievable,” Li Yanming felt that the only doubtful point in this process was whether this kid… knew a lot about the Soul Guiding Diagram?

The Soul Guiding Diagram wasn’t something that could be destroyed so easily.

It wasn’t a simple Soul Guiding Diagram.

“Actually, I didn’t have that Life Source Stone on me,” Wang Che said. “That’s why I could destroy the Soul Guiding Diagram—it never even activated.”

“The Rainbow Deer King didn’t give me the Life Source Stone; it only gave some of its energy to the Green Caterpillar.”

Li Yanming nodded slightly but felt the kid was still hiding something.

Although he didn’t understand the Soul Guiding Diagram well, he knew that in the final scene, four streams of Life Energy surged toward that location simultaneously.

It definitely wasn’t simple.

“Alright, you’ve got secrets, I know. I could tell from the Green Caterpillar you trained. But who doesn’t have secrets?” Li Yanming waved his hand. “That Soul Guiding Diagram definitely wasn’t as simple as just being destroyed. I admire you, kid, but I’m not interested in digging into your secrets.”

Seeing this, Wang Che smiled.

He knew it was impossible to completely hide something like this.

The Floating Earth Clod in the Floating Forest still had traces of the Soul Guiding Diagram. When Wang Che was about to destroy it and leave, the Magnetic Sword flew over and saw everything. If investigated, it would be easy to find problems.

Most importantly, the convergence of those four energy streams was even more suspicious.

Anyone who studied the Soul Guiding Diagram could tell it wasn’t simple.

But only Li Yanming saw it.

Oh, and there was also Xue Batian.

“You should’ve said so earlier,” Wang Che said casually. “Then I won’t pretend either. Actually, I modified that Soul Guiding Diagram, converging those four streams of energy into the Soul Guiding Diagram where I was, and sealed them in an ancient Soul Guiding Device.”

“Hahaha… Get out of here. That story is even less believable than the previous one,” Li Yanming laughed heartily. “You’ve never even touched a Soul Guiding Diagram before. Forget modifying it—you couldn’t even decipher it.”

“You might not know what a genius is,” Wang Che said.

His serious tone felt like an arrow to Li Yanming’s heart.

“Are you serious?” Li Yanming looked at Wang Che, sizing him up. “You could decipher and modify a Soul Guiding Diagram the first time you saw it?”

If it were true…

This might… be what a genius is…

“What else?” Wang Che nodded. “Of course, it took a bit of luck.”

He wasn’t lying about this. Even when he first started learning formations back then, he was a genius…

What is a genius?

A genius is someone who knows things innately, understands at a glance, learns and soars, and connects the dots…

Li Yanming knew what a genius was.

Such examples weren’t absent in the history of the Seven Federal War Zones.

He rubbed his temples and pointed at Wang Che. “Don’t spread this around. By the way, who else was there at the time? There should’ve been another Ghost Disciple, right?”

“He was clever and slipped away quickly. After I saw through him, he didn’t fight back and escaped soon after.”

“Also a talented one,” Li Yanming rubbed his temples again.

“By the way, Officer Li, you still haven’t told me about that Soul Beast?” Wang Che glanced at the sky, faintly sensing an invisible pressure.

“That’s a secret. You can’t know for now,” Li Yanming said. “But your guesses are mostly correct. What those Ghost Disciples planned was to awaken a powerful Soul Beast to cause chaos.”

Seeing that Li Yanming wouldn’t say more, Wang Che assumed there were special regulations.

He didn’t ask further.

Then…