Atlas of Heaven and Earth-Chapter 297: Old Acquaintances

Accompanied by this hoarse cry, Chen Chuan saw the fading signs on Second Self's body suddenly escalate again. In that instant, he could almost only see Second Self's faint silhouette.

The Merge time was being rapidly reduced.

And everything around him, the concrete bricks and broken glass, were all trembling non-stop. At the same time, he could see that the Secret Ritual patterns around him were also gradually becoming lighter. This was the ritual fighting against the Supernatural Entity.

Fortunately, he had anticipated the power of this Supernatural Entity and added a lot of ritual materials this time. Besides, he himself was standing here, bearing a large part of the intrusion, so he wasn't afraid of it escaping.

He ignored the raccoon cat's cries and bites, bent down, and picked up the stone that was originally at the back of the raccoon cat stone carving's neck. He had already shattered it into a small square.

Braving the Supernatural Entity's tearing and howling intrusion, he threw the other shattered stones out one by one, and finally placed the one in his hand in the center of the ritual.

After placing it, he retreated from the center and picked up the pen to add the last stroke to the outer restraint ritual. The moment the stroke fell, he heard a soft moan. The stone block trembled a few times and even flipped over.

In that instant, Chen Chuan saw the intrusion effects on his body disappear instantly, knowing that the ritual had taken effect. He walked back in and picked up the stone block.

The moment he touched it, slight fading signs appeared on his body.

He had already planned to take this thing back to polish and carve it, so that he could carry it with him at any time in the future. Due to the special nature of this Supernatural Entity, it might not only be used for Cultivation in the future, but also for other purposes.

Back in the car, he started the Jiade car and returned to the Mysterious Palace Tower. The past day and night had been very long. He hadn't stopped since You Xing's attack. He could have a good rest after returning.

Just as he was thinking about resting, at a Processing Bureau Base, An Cheng walked out slightly tired. He stood in the open space for a while, and then contacted another student with the Boundary Token.

A moment later, a voice came from the other side: "What's the matter?"

An Cheng said: "You should know, the new guy had his second test. I don't know the specific values, but it's clear that his assessment has exceeded ours," he emphasized, "One of us will definitely be eliminated."

The other side said in a mocking tone: "Didn't you say that information sharing would allow us to seize the opportunity that originally belonged to him? We have indeed done a lot of things these days, but it doesn't seem to be of any use?"

An Cheng defended: "I did say that, but who would have thought he would suddenly improve so much? Who could have imagined such a thing? This kind of improvement can only prove that he had been hiding something before. It's not my fault for misjudging. Besides, the bureau should have seen how hard we've been working these days."

The voice on the other side said: "But the bureau ultimately looks at who is most likely to enter the Third Limit. Now that he has proven himself, is it useful for us to work harder?"

As they were talking, a warning signal sounded on both of their Boundary Tokens. It was the Processing Bureau looking for them. Just as they thought, the more capable they seemed, the more the Processing Bureau would assign tasks to them.

The reason why Chen Chuan hadn't been assigned any tasks by the bureau for so many days was because they were the first to learn about and snatch any tasks assigned to students.

But the problem was that all of these couldn't compare to the potential of entering the Third Limit. As long as Chen Chuan's assessment value was above theirs for one day, the bureau would not give up on Chen Chuan no matter how much they did.

An Cheng said helplessly: "Let's go do our jobs first."

The person on the other side said: "Remember what you said before? If the new guy enters the Third Limit first, then we might as well admit defeat early."

"Impossible, I will never admit defeat!" An Cheng gritted his teeth and said: "Then let's see who enters the Third Limit first."

Several more days passed, and it was now April.

Chen Chuan came out of Teacher Zheng's house. He didn't go back to school, but drove the Jiade car to a craft shop in Luminous Dew District and placed the half-carved stone tablet in front of the shop Boss.

The Boss immediately secured the stone block with a foot-operated rope and took out a chisel hammer from the toolbox. Chen Chuan asked him not to touch the thing directly and not to carve it here. Although the request was strange, he only ran a small shop, and it was good to have business, so he could only try to meet the customer's requirements.

Fortunately, the customer's carving requirements were not particularly high, only needing to be simply chiseled into a raccoon cat relief.

He had already carved most of it last Holiday day, and today was just the remaining finishing work.

Chen Chuan watched him chisel away, didn't bother him, and waited on the side.

He had an idea for this Supernatural Entity. Last Holiday day, he had already taken photos of the book he got from You Xing and sent them to Bureau Chief Lei. It was very likely that the content about this Supernatural Entity was inside. After figuring it out, he might be able to make good use of this Supernatural Entity.

After waiting for about half an hour, a connection came through the Boundary Token. He answered, and Ni Qianxi's voice came through, "We just got news that another Martial Artist was killed by Wei Wusheng."

Chen Chuan said sternly: "Another one?" After the Martial Combat hall incident, Wei Wusheng didn't stop, but continued to look for opportunities. This was the third case in recent days.

The Processing Bureau didn't not want to keep an eye on him, but it had to deal with so many cases every day that it couldn't focus its energy on those Martial Artists scattered in various places. And these people, even knowing that they might be threatened, didn't like to accept the Processing Bureau's attention and arrangements, and were very resistant to it.

Ni Qianxi said seriously: "Wei Wusheng has a technically skilled Resonator, or even a Resonator team, behind him. The bureau's technicians have failed to find his traces several times. I'm here to remind you again to be careful."

Chen Chuan said: "Thank you for the reminder, Sister Ni."

Although Wei Wusheng had a team or even Company support behind him, he could tell that each time he acted, he did it himself, rather than through others.

A few days ago, he had asked Teacher Zheng how to deal with this type of Iron Body Training Martial Artist. The latter told him that unless the Skills were high enough, there was almost no way to deal with people who had trained Iron Body Training to a high level.

The reason was also very simple, because Skills were nothing more than creating opportunities to defeat the enemy, but if every opportunity failed to kill the enemy, it was equivalent to having no opportunity.

Moreover, most Iron Body Training experts were good at running away. Many times, even if they were severely injured, if they felt something was wrong, they would immediately run away as long as they still had a brain.

Chen Chuan felt that this made sense. Wei Wusheng was such a person. If he felt something was wrong, he would turn around and run. Therefore, to deal with such a person, unless it was in a very short period of time, he would have to use Strength that absolutely surpassed him by one level to knock him down and kill him.

He thought that it would probably be difficult for him to do this now. If he wanted to be completely sure, he could only enter the Third Limit.

"Sir, it's done."

Chen Chuan looked up. The shop owner placed the carved palm-sized stone tablet in front of him. He looked at it. It was a lifelike raccoon cat, with cloud and thunder patterns on the edges, and a hole for threading at the top as he had requested.

The shop's craftsmanship was very good, and he was quite satisfied. This way, he could carry this card with him in the future.

He paid the money, took the card, and walked out as the shopkeeper said, "Take care, come again next time."

After leaving Luminous Dew District, he drove back to Mysterious Palace Tower. As he approached the square, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure walking on the side of the road. He glanced at it, slowed down, lowered the window, and said to the person, "Senior Lu?"

Lu Fang looked over and said in surprise, "Junior Chen?" But then he smiled. "I was just saying that this place is not far from Wu Yi Main Academy, and I might see you here. I didn't expect to run into you."

Chen Chuan said: "Why did Senior come to Central City?"

Lu Fang smiled and said: "I always felt that Yang Zhi was too small, and I wanted to come to Central City to broaden my horizons, so I came over."

Chen Chuan glanced at the second-hand Boundary Token he was wearing and looked at him, saying, "Senior is here for Senior Student Shen's matter?"

Lu Fang was silent for a while, and finally nodded.

Chen Chuan said: "There's a Jinwei Hot Drink shop not far from here, it's pretty good, Senior, we haven't seen each other for a while, why don't we go over there and chat for a while?"

Lu Fang looked back and saw that the drink shop was on this side of the street. The store was low-key and restrained, not brightly lit, so he said okay.

Chen Chuan first went to the square to park the car, and then walked back and entered the store with Lu Fang, finding a place to sit down.

After entering, Lu Fang couldn't help but relax, because the record player, the old-fashioned tables and chairs, and the normal lighting made him feel like he was back in Yangzhi City, instead of the bright and colorful light curtains outside, which always gave him a feeling of unreality, like stepping on a ground made of cotton, always feeling like he couldn't step firmly.

Chen Chuan ordered two drinks and asked, "How long has Senior been in Central City?"

Lu Fang said: "I came in late March, it's been a little over half a month. I just found a place to stay a few days ago. Today I happened to have time, so I wanted to see what Wu Yi Main Academy was like. I didn't expect to run into you, Junior."

Chen Chuan said: "Is Senior currently inquiring about Zhao Qian's whereabouts?"

Lu Fang took a breath, picked up the hot drink and took a sip. After putting it down, he looked up and said: "Yes, since Junior has guessed it, I won't hide it from you. After the Mutual Aid Society was destroyed, Zhao Qian is now the only Mutual Aid Society member who participated in Senior's matter back then."

Chen Chuan said: "Zhao Qian is now a Third Limit Martial Artist, does Senior know?"

Lu Fang nodded and said: "I know, but I'm not here to make trouble for him. I also know that I don't have the ability, but..." He said seriously: "Senior Student Shen's sister was taken away by Zhao Qian back then. I want to find her, at least to confirm her news."