Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 42 Yanxing
He tightened his grip on the spear, closed his eyes, and once again felt the unique texture of the silver spear in his hand.

Then he opened his eyes and said with a smile, "One heavy and one light. Interesting, really interesting."

"Little kid, does this spear have a name? Where does it come from?" Old Sha held the silver spear in his hand and looked at Jiang Xuan.

"This spear is called Yanxing, and it is eight feet long. My father got it from a trading house." Since Mr. Sha already knew the identities of Jiang Xuan's family, Jiang Xuan no longer hid the origin of the Yanxing spear and told him the truth directly.

"Trading house? There are still many people who don't know the value of goods." Old Sha said with a wry smile.

Jiang Xuan didn't know how to answer Mr. Sha's question, but judging from Mr. Sha's expression and words, it was obvious that the Yanxing Spear had been highly recognized by Mr. Sha.

"Yan Xing, as light as a swallow... what a good name." General Sha flung the Yan Xing Spear in his hand lightly, then put it and his hands behind his back. Then he stepped forward and said to Jiang Xuan calmly, "Follow me."

General Sha and Yan Xing put their hands behind their backs and walked down the north slope of the mountain. Then they flashed and disappeared somewhere on the mountainside.

This time, Jiang Xuan could clearly discern Sha Lao's movements. Although Sha Lao was descending the mountain this time, with his hands behind his back, his footwork was exactly the same as when he ascended the mountain earlier—very smooth, without a trace of drag.

Jiang Xuan groaned inwardly, but Old Sha had already disappeared somewhere halfway up the mountain. Based on his observations, he was now closer to the summit. While the north slope was much gentler than the south, there wasn't a clear path. To reach the mountainside, he had to find a new path through the densely covered rocks and trees.

With a nervous heart, Jiang Xuan chose a route with more rocks but relatively flat, ready to follow suit and try to imitate Sha Lao's movements.

……

"what……"

With a scream, Jiang Xuan hit a huge rock again, and many parts of his head and legs were obviously swollen.

"Fortunately I have this set of armor, otherwise I would have fallen even worse." Jiang Xuan rubbed his ankle and muttered.

Although the fine iron armor greatly increased Jiang Xuan's burden, it did play a significant role when Jiang Xuan was descending the mountain. Several times when he fell, branches and sharp stones were blocked by the fine iron armor.

Jiang Xuan climbed up from the boulder, sat there and observed the surrounding situation, a hint of joy appeared on his face.

"We're finally here." After observation, Jiang Xuan found that there was an arc-shaped hole similar to a cave entrance at a higher location. It should be the upper part of a huge cave entrance.

Enduring the pain in his legs, Jiang Xuan stood up straight and looked towards the arc-shaped hole. This revealed more of the arc-shaped hole, making the outline of a cave clearer.

After stretching his legs a few times and making sure that no bones or muscles were injured, Jiang Xuan relaxed a little.

Since advancing to the intermediate Heavenly Stage, the first thing Jiang Xuan felt was the significantly faster recovery speed of his body. Today, he felt the stronger physical strength brought by the intermediate Heavenly Stage, and he could hardly hide his inner excitement.

After the excitement, Jiang Xuan felt a hint of doubt: "Old Sha has been here for almost half an hour, why is it so quiet?"

Thinking in his heart, Jiang Xuan tapped his heels, and as the black rhinoceros flew out, Jiang Xuan let out another howl.

"what……"

During the process of going down the mountain just now, Jiang Xuan had bruises on many parts of his body, including his heel. Now he used the familiar method to remove the black rhinoceros again, and his swollen heel was naturally injured.

Holding a black spear, Jiang Xuan was highly alert, keeping a low profile and slowly moving towards the suspected cave entrance. As the arc-shaped hole grew larger, Jiang Xuan could already conclude that it was indeed a cave entrance, and of considerable size.

Although he remained extremely vigilant and was ready to fight at any time, the situation Jiang Xuan encountered next still shocked him greatly!
Outside the cave entrance, several people wearing simple armor were lying in a mess. They looked like warriors.

A distance from the cave entrance, a warrior wearing exquisite armor lay on the ground, apparently lifeless. On his body was a silver spear, Jiang Xuan's Yanxing Spear!

"Mr. Sha." Jiang Xuan couldn't help but worry about Mr. Sha's safety. As he was on high alert, he began to call Mr. Sha in a low voice.

In Jiang Xuan's opinion, although Sha Lao's motives were highly questionable, to be honest, since Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao met, it was Jiang Xuan who benefited, not Sha Lao.

Jiang Xuan began to imagine what the situation would be like without Sha Lao.

Without Master Sha, Jiang Xuan wouldn't have been able to purchase that set of fine iron armor at such a low price, and the Mandarin Fish Mercenary Corps armor wouldn't have been worth ten taels of silver. Similarly, finding this relatively secluded cave halfway up the mountain wouldn't have been so easy today.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan couldn't help but feel a little regretful: Why did he let Sha Lao come to this mountainside alone? Although Jiang Xuan's strength was far inferior to Sha Lao's, if he had explored the cave with Sha Lao, he would not have been ambushed, nor would he have been easily besieged by several warriors.

Jiang Xuan remembered what Sha Lao had said when they were leaving the city: "What's it like to be a guard so far away?"

"Yeah, it's not going to look like the guards have reached this level." Jiang Xuan tightly grasped the black rhino in his hand and sighed in disappointment.

"Crack...crack..."

Jiang Xuan patted his face with his palms, trying to calm himself down.

There was no sign of Sha Lao near the Yan Xing Gun, and he was not among the corpses outside the cave entrance. Although this meant that a battle had just taken place here, it also indicated that Sha Lao might be in the cave at this time.

"It is very likely that Mr. Sha is in the cave. Let's go in and search first." Jiang Xuan thought to himself.

Lifting the black rhino in his hand, Jiang Xuan tried his best to suppress the sound of the fine iron armor and slowly walked towards the entrance of the cave.

"Ta...ta...ta..."

Hearing the footsteps coming from the cave, Jiang Xuan, who was about to enter the cave, dodged and leaned to the side outside the cave entrance, then listened carefully to the footsteps coming from the cave, which were becoming clearer and clearer.

"Wow."

The man in the cave threw a pile of things on the ground before he completely walked out of the cave, which immediately caused a series of crashing sounds.

Jiang Xuan turned his head to look. Although most of the things were not clear, there was one thing he was very familiar with: silver.

"These are probably worth several hundred taels!" Jiang Xuan thought to himself.

However, Jiang Xuan did not have the time to think about the silver at this moment. The most important thing on his mind was to go into the cave as soon as possible to find Sha Lao, and then find a way to leave here safely.

(End of this chapter)