"Back then, in an underground cave in Wangyun County, I found True Person Jade Skin's remains..."
Li Chuan pondered.
In the cache he left behind, True Person Jade Skin had explained his own origins.
He had once been a disciple of the Vajra Sect, but later defected. He had even left the Golden Bell Shield's cultivation method in that underground cave, where only someone who had practiced the Jade Skin Technique could unlock it.
"By his own account, True Person Jade Skin reached Core Formation but never broke through to Gang Force."
Li Chuan narrowed his eyes slightly. At the time, nothing about that had seemed suspicious.
His horizons had been too narrow then. He had only been a Transforming Force martial artist.
To him, Core Formation had seemed as far beyond reach as the highest heavens.
But now that he had experienced Core Formation himself and entered the Vajra Sect, he finally saw the problem.
In the Vajra Sect, someone with Embrace Dan Force was only fit to be a menial.
Someone like Yu Jing, who had reached Core Formation Perfection without breaking through to Gang Force, could only enter the Vajra Sect as a menial.
By that reasoning, True Person Jade Skin could have been no more than a menial disciple.
But how could a menial disciple have taken a top-tier Body Tempering Martial Art like the Golden Bell Shield out of the sect?
He had even defected, yet no one had pursued him to reclaim it. He had simply died when his lifespan ran out.
"That's not right... A menial disciple couldn't have done that."
"True Person Jade Skin was either lying... or he wasn't an ordinary menial disciple."
Something stirred in Li Chuan's mind, as though he had caught a flash of insight.
Without delay, Li