Medic Martial Dragon King

Chapter 2052: Chapter 2055: The Wooden Barrel Theory

”That’s great! This way, Master’s knowledge of formations will have someone to inherit it. I’m not good at it, and even after learning for so long, I’ve just scratched the surface.”

Seeing Jiang Chen not deny it, Yun Tao called out in relief:

”Luckily, there’s you, junior brother. Otherwise, I’d have to keep looking at those formation diagrams that are like heavenly books every day. It would kill me! I’d rather face the wall and cultivate than look at those things!”

Jiang Chen looked at Yun Tao with amusement.

Over this period of understanding, he had already seen that Yun Tao was a reserved guy. His coldness was only towards outsiders. In front of his own people, he was like a jokester. With his personality, he wasn’t suited for delving into the path of formations.

Wine-crazed suddenly thought of something, his brow furrowing slightly, and he said solemnly, ”Jiang Chen, was it also you who triggered the last killing array in that tomb?”

”That wasn’t me!”

Jiang Chen noticed Wine-crazed’s anomaly and shook his head lightly, ”Actually, at the first stone chamber, I didn’t plan to use the killing array to do anything. I just wanted to trigger it when everyone was passing through the passage to scare them a bit, to prevent them from using Great Dao attacks in the tomb. That way, their combat power could be slightly weakened.”

”After all, my identity isn’t easy to reveal, and the power of my spiritual power attack is decent enough to balance things a little.”

”I just didn’t expect Zheng Ping to get angry and use a Great Dao attack on the wall, inadvertently triggering the altered killing array! As for the final killing array...”

After explaining the killing array in the stone chamber, when it came to the last killing array, a hesitation flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes.

Wine-crazed’s expression changed slightly, staring straight at Jiang Chen, Yun Tao also frowned slightly.

Jiang Chen smiled wryly and said in a low voice, ”I know Master must have some doubts, otherwise he wouldn’t have promptly left with us, even flying out of the Shenmu Prefecture’s area. However... I didn’t trigger that killing array.”

”It’s alright, as long as it wasn’t you. If it’s inconvenient to speak, then don’t. I believe you.”

Wine-crazed nodded lightly, then asked again, ”That sentence you muttered later was intentional, right? Was it to avenge the Wu Family’s scheming against you?”

Uh...

Jiang Chen was taken aback, shook his head with a wry smile: ”Forget it, I’d better say it. This issue is also related to that matter. If I don’t explain, Master and senior brother might see me as a petty person who likes schemes and intrigues!”

Jiang Chen paused, organized his words, and said solemnly, ”I was indeed targeting the Wu Family, but not because of their schemes, but to avenge my teacher!”

”Avenge your teacher? Who is your teacher? Does he have a grudge with the Wu Family?”

Yun Tao asked in surprise.

”My teacher is the Shadowless Sword Emperor. Since I inherited his legacy, I naturally call him my teacher!”

Jiang Chen explained softly.

”The Shadowless Sword Emperor has a grudge with the Wu Family? Isn’t Wu Qian just the Shadowless Sword Emperor’s servant? How could there be a grudge?”

Wine-crazed looked at Jiang Chen with a puzzled expression.

”My teacher he...”

Jiang Chen narrated how the Shadowless Sword Emperor was poisoned by the Great Dao, then probed the people in the shadows, the deduced results, and how the last killing array was targeted.

”Zhang Yubo?! The one who harmed the Shadowless Sword Emperor is the Domain Lord!?”

After hearing what Jiang Chen said, Wine-crazed exclaimed.

”What? That Zhang Yubo is the Domain Lord!?”

Jiang Chen’s face changed drastically.

If that Zhang Yubo is the Domain Lord, then it’s not easy to avenge Shadowless Sword Emperor, as a Domain Lord is personally enfeoffed by the Canglan Great Emperor!

”Yes, Zhang Yubo, the Domain Lord of our Mingqian Realm, was once the closest friend of the Shadowless Sword Emperor!”

Wine-crazed nodded, his eyes showing a trace of seriousness, ”Jiang Chen, listen carefully, unless it’s life-threatening, you must not easily display the Wuying Sword Path to avoid the Domain Lord’s suspicion! If it was indeed the Domain Lord and Wu Qian who harmed your teacher back then, then the Wu Family’s venture into the tomb this time is likely also influenced by the Domain Lord.”

”I understand!”

Jiang Chen nodded lightly.

”The Wu Family guys dare to shamelessly claim they’re coming to take back their master’s possessions after harming their own master!”

Yun Tao spoke indignantly.

”The Wu Family, through this affair, it’s clear to see how insidious and cunning the Wu Family people are!”

A cold gleam flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes, ”To harm one’s master, that’s a crime against the natural order. The Domain Lord can’t be dealt with for now, but the Wu Family... let’s start with them!”

”Kid, go all out, if there’s any trouble, this old man will back you up. You’ve accepted the legacy of the Shadowless Sword Emperor, avenging him is only right!”

Wine-crazed gave Jiang Chen a hearty pat on the shoulder, speaking boldly.

”Thank you, Master!”

Jiang Chen smiled slightly, feeling a surge of emotion in his heart.

He’d only known Wine-crazed for a short time, yet he’d fought two battles for his sake already, and this time, he didn’t just say he’d cover for the troubles from the Wu Family, but also seemed prepared to cover for the trouble from the Domain Lord’s side!

”By the way! Junior brother, you still haven’t told me why you refuse to break through!”

Yun Tao recalled the question he asked Jiang Chen before entering the tomb.

Jiang Chen smiled slightly and asked in return, ”What’s most important in cultivation, for a cultivator?”

”It’s talent!”

Yun Tao answered without hesitation.

”No, it’s the foundation! No matter how good your talent is, if your foundation isn’t solid, it’s all in vain.”

Jiang Chen lightly shook his head.

”Foundation?”

A perplexed look appeared in Yun Tao’s eyes, ”I know that having a solid foundation is important, but what does that have to do with you not breaking through? Isn’t solidifying the foundation something that needs to be done in the Acquired, Innate, and Myriad Manifestations basic realms?”

Wine-crazed’s eyes brightened, a slight smile forming at the corner of his mouth as he looked at Jiang Chen expectantly.

”Of course not!”

Jiang Chen shook his head, ”The foundation needs to be solidified at every realm. What Master just mentioned as the foundation actually refers to the same concept. At every realm, we need stability, we need to settle; this is essentially solidifying the foundation.”

”It’s just that some people, even though they remain at one realm in preparation for a breakthrough, don’t realize they’re doing so to solidify the foundation, merely accumulating power.”

Yun Tao listened, somewhat bewildered: ”This... I’m still a bit confused!”

Jiang Chen pondered for a moment, then slowly began, ”Let me put it this way, do you know a bucket? The foundation and talent are like the planks making up the bucket. Talent determines the length of the planks, and the foundation determines the width of the base of these planks, while the strength of the realm is the water in the bucket.”

”Because talent determines the maximum height of the bucket, which is why some people can no longer advance once their Great Dao has reached a certain realm; whereas the foundation determines how much water you can hold in the bucket at the same realm, or the same height.”

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Jiang Chen began to explain using the bucket theory from Yuan Star to Yun Tao.

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