Chapter 95 When did I ever say I was a modern person?

"You! A scholar may be killed, but not humiliated!"

Ye Shouzhen said this with genuine anger.

This tone of self-proclaimed elder, combined with demeaning words—while true—surely didn't consider how it would make an eighty-something-year-old man lose face, did it?

"I am indeed a Disciple of the Maoshan Sect, but when did I ever say I was from this era?" Jiang Chen said ambiguously.

Everyone was stunned, their brains momentarily shutting down.

"Jiang Chen, what do you mean by that?"

If not this era, could it be the previous one?

Yet, all of Jiang Chen's background was traceable, with no flaws to be found!

Ye Shouzhen thought even more deeply. Jiang Chen's Cultivation was so high that there was no need to lie, and their Maoshan Sect was no longer the leader of all Daoist sects that carried the burden of the world as it once was.

Could it be, just as he had thought before, that an Ancestral Master of the Maoshan Sect hadn't died but was wandering the world, and had taken Jiang Chen, a Disciple with exceptional aptitude, as a student along the way?

If that were the case, Jiang Chen calling himself a Disciple from the previous era didn't seem wrong.

Because according to seniority, Ye Shouzhen might even have to call Jiang Chen Junior Martial Uncle or even Grand Junior Martial Uncle!

Ye Shouzhen even had a bold idea at this moment.

'It seems I really need to dig open the Ancestral Master's mausoleum when I get back to see if any of them are empty!'

Jiang Chen naturally didn't know they were overthinking.

He spoke so ambiguously because he didn't want them to continue wasting their energy on him.

"You haven't disgraced the Maoshan ancestors, but this Cultivation is getting worse with each generation!"

With this speculation, plus Jiang Chen's high Cultivation, Ye Shouzhen, though still skeptical, couldn't be tough in front of Jiang Chen anymore.

He said somewhat embarrassedly: "The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi is far worse than in ancient times, and Cultivation is half the result for double the effort."

"Maoshan is a place blessed by Heaven And Earth Spiritual Essence, a true blessed land; even if the Heaven And Earth Spiritual Essence fades, it is still far better than the mortal world."

"Although the Spiritual Essence has faded and Cultivation is not as it once was, being surpassed by other Dharma lineages is still inexcusable."

Ye Shouzhen had nothing more to say and could only lower his head, feeling gloomy, to calm his internal injuries.

He had been hit by the backlash of Jiang Chen's Qi, and combined with his old age and frailty, his injuries were not light.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen pointed his index and middle fingers in the Void Realm; Captain Xu Chang watched, stunned.

As Jiang Chen's fingertips moved, a golden light flowed from them, and he quickly drew a Talisman containing unfathomable power.

The power to draw Talismans in the Void Realm here came from Jiang Chen's own Nature Intent.

Since his Cultivation broke through to the Late Stage of the Xuanguang Realm, observing the Human-Shaped Life Wheel, and with several Divine Abilities breaking through to level four, Jiang Chen's Nature Intent had grown amazingly.

His Nature Intent now was not much weaker than that of a Peak Life Wheel practitioner.

When he first met Vajrabodhi, he had done nothing, just used his own Nature Intent to turn into holy water to cure people of disasters and illnesses, which was considered miraculous.

Jiang Chen could now barely replicate this technique.

However, when Jiang Chen actually used this move, he realized the consumption was exceptionally high.

The Nature Intent and True Qi consumed to draw one Talisman was equivalent to the consumption of drawing one hundred Talismans normally.

This demonstrated the role of yellow paper and cinnabar in carrying the power of a Talisman.

But this move was mainly used for fighting or showing off in front of others.

For example, Senior Brother Ye Fashan; if he were fighting Vajrabodhi, he naturally couldn't prepare a large number of Talismans and use them all at once during battle.

That would be cheating.

So he could only draw Talismans on the spot, but using yellow paper and cinnabar was too limited, and Vajrabodhi wouldn't give him that opportunity.

The utility of drawing Talismans in the Void Realm was thus demonstrated.

And showing off in front of others was like the situation where Vajrabodhi had gathered holy water to cure patients with venereal diseases in front of the people of a city.

And Jiang Chen drawing in the Void Realm now was also showing off.

Look at how everyone, from Captain Xu Chang and his group from Bureau 749 to the three Maoshan idiots, was already dumbstruck.

However, Jiang Chen wasn't intentionally showing off; it was just that he didn't have yellow paper and cinnabar at the moment, so he had to draw in the Void Realm.

He finished drawing the Talisman, then flicked his finger, and the Talisman turned into a golden stream of light that darted into Ye Shouzhen's chest.

"You, what did you do to my grandfather!" Ye Qingmei turned pale, somewhat panicked.

"Qingmei, I'm fine!"

Ye Shouzhen rubbed his chest, tried to move his Qi, and was surprised to find that the stuffy pain in his chest had completely dissipated.

If it weren't for the two broken ribs in his chest still aching faintly, he would have thought the injury he had just sustained was fake.

"This is, a Rejuvenation Talisman?"

Ye Shouzhen asked incredulously. Many precious Maoshan texts, including the Rejuvenation Talisman, had been lost in the late Yuan dynasty for some special reasons.

Now, it had actually appeared in Jiang Chen's hands; how could he not be shocked!

"Could it be that the Maoshan teacher who taught you Daoist Dharma went to find the lost Maoshan texts?"

Jiang Chen was speechless, not knowing how he had imagined such a relationship.

But since that was the case, Jiang Chen went with the flow and said: "This technique was indeed learned after I became a Disciple of my Revered Master."

Becoming a Disciple of Grand Master Sima Chengzhen, and then being taught by Senior Brother Ye Fashan, hmm, there was nothing wrong with that.

But to Ye Shouzhen's ears, it meant Jiang Chen had acknowledged his guess; Jiang Chen was indeed a Disciple taken in by a senior of the sect while wandering the world!

However, now he didn't know how to address Jiang Chen, or what his subsequent attitude toward Jiang Chen should be.

Should he accept Jiang Chen back into the Maoshan Sect, or go back and ask the Sect Leader?

After all, Jiang Chen's seniority might be higher than his.

After thinking it over, Ye Shouzhen asked: "Jiang... Fellow Daoist, may I know your Revered Master's name?"

"Without my Revered Master's permission, it is not convenient to reveal his name."

"Understood, understood."

Ye Shouzhen said quickly, then bowed to Jiang Chen.

"I was indeed too impulsive before; here, I apologize to Fellow Daoist Jiang."

Jiang Chen accepted the bow calmly; regardless of seniority or strength, he deserved this bow.

"Fellow Daoist Jiang mentioned just now that you want to go to the island nation to bring back Chinese Magical Artifacts; I fear the Abe Clan and Genji Family of the island nation will not agree."

"Do you need the Maoshan Sect to gather Disciples to help you?"

"No need, I am going to reason with them and take back Chinese items. There is no need to bring anyone; I believe they will also be reasonable."

Captain Xu Chang looked strange. Reason? Why didn't you reason with Yamamoto Kazuo just now?

Seeming to see Captain Xu Chang's expression, Jiang Chen added calmly.

"Yamamoto Kazuo wouldn't listen to reason, so I had to recite the Salvation Sutra to him."

(Burned out, burned out)