"How strange…"
Going through the information in his mind, Chen Heng could only shake his head.
He decided to stop thinking about this for now.
No matter if it was the Sorcerer World or other places, there were many strange things.
Perhaps he had been affected by some unknown power, bringing him here.
There was not too much point thinking about it.
Rather than thinking about that, it was better to think about his current situation.
"My connection to the simulator has not been broken, and I can go back to my main body at any time through the simulator…"
After confirming that the simulator was still there, Chen Heng thought to himself, "I still haven"t found any signs of Sorcerers in this region…"
After learning this place"s language, Chen Heng had asked around about some things.
From what he had seen and heard, he did not find any traces of Sorcerers; there were not even many legends about them.
This was the same for Knights.
Chen Heng had asked those three people about some things, but he did not get much information.
There were indeed special people who had extraordinary strength, but those people were not Knights and the source of their power was quite special.
They were not Sorcerers, nor were they Knights.
Of course, it was possible that this was just because the place Chen Heng was at was too small, so they did not know about Knights or Sorcerers.
Chen Heng began to feel quite curious about the system of this region.
"Those powerful warriors…"
In response to Chen Heng"s questions, the middle-aged man raised his head and said somewhat hazily, "I don"t know much about them, but I heard some rumors… those people"s power seems to come from their soul."
"Soul?" Chen Heng frowned, feeling somewhat surprised.
"That"s right."
The middle-aged man nodded as he said, "It seems that the stronger their souls are, the more powerful they are.
"Those people are all like that and slowly become powerful."
"Is that so…" Chen Heng could not help but frown.
As a Sorcerer who became stronger by observing this world"s laws, hearing about becoming stronger through one"s soul sounded quite strange.
However, it was possible for there to be all kinds of strange things in this world.
Perhaps a system like that really did exist.
Back in ancient times, there were rumors that Sorcerers could become more powerful through their souls…
After interacting for more than a month, Chen Heng had become quite familiar with the three people.
The three of them had formed a mercenary group not too long ago. The middle-aged man was called Herlo, the young man was called George, and the young woman was called Aila.
After interacting with Chen Heng for so long, Herlo hesitated before inviting Chen Heng to join their mercenary group.
He hoped that Chen Heng would join their mercenary group and go adventuring with them.
After he finished speaking, George and Aila looked at Chen Heng with looks of hope.
Evidently, they had been hoping for this for a while.
The reason why they had stayed at this small town for so long was because they wanted to invite Chen Heng to join them.
Looking at them and feeling their hopeful emotions, Chen Heng thought to himself.
Even though Chen Heng had only just come to this place and learned the language, there were many things that he still needed to figure out.
If there were people willing to lead the way for him and understand this world, it would not be too bad.
However, if he did join them, he would feel quite restricted.
After all, if he joined them, unless he skipped many of his duties, he would have to waste much time.
This was not what he wanted.
As such, after thinking about it, he politely declined.
"This town is quite nice and I like it…"
Chen Heng thought for a moment before smiling, "In the past, I travelled a very long distance and am somewhat tired, so I no longer want to adventure. As such, I"m sorry…"
Hearing his words, the three people felt quite disappointed but did not say much and only smiled.
Following this, Chen Heng told them that if they ever needed his help, they could come and find him.
Hearing this, the three people became excited and looked delighted.
Sitting in the room and looking at their expressions, Chen Heng inwardly shook his head.
After chatting with them for a while longer, the three of them left and Chen Heng rested in the room.
After receiving this reply from Chen Heng, Herlo and the others stayed for a few more days before going out to adventure.
Because they had stayed in this town for so long, they had used up much of their resources.
If they did not go out to kill some demon beasts, they would soon run out of money.
After they left, Chen Heng began to go about his own business.
Chen Heng bought a house in this town and moved out from the inn.
Of course, Chen Heng did not have the resources to buy a house.
However, for a Sorcerer, gathering mortal resources was not too difficult.
The easiest method was to use Chen Heng"s strength to gain control over the local tyc.o.o.ns and use their resources.
Even if he did not want to do this, he could go and hunt down demon beasts and exchange them for resources.
There were plenty of methods available to him.
Just like that, Chen Heng was able to establish a home in this town and keep the little girl with him.
In the following days, he began to investigate.
There were some other small villages around the town.
Chen Heng went to investigate each of them and stayed in each for some time.
It was a pity that he was unable to find anything special and only gained a better understanding of this region.
Of course, during this process, he heard some certain legends.
"The legend of the hero and demon king?"
Within a large library, Chen Heng held a book and seriously read through it.
This was one of the kingdom"s libraries, and it had many of the records that the kingdom had gathered.
After Chen Heng had come here, he began to browse through the books, looking for the stories that he was trying to find.
Right now, he was holding a record.
"Every now and then, a demon king will appear, causing great chaos and slaughtering countless innocent people… after that, the hope of humanity will bring forth a hero…"
"Heroes possess the hope of the entire world and have unimaginable power. The hero will fight with the demon king and defeat him…"
After reading through this, Chen Heng could not help but frown.
"The hero and the demon king?"
After reading through this, Chen Heng slowly closed his eyes.
The story that this record contained was very simple.
Under normal circ.u.mstances, Chen Heng would have thought that this was a fairytale for children.
However, the place where this book was stored was quite special.
This was one of the kingdom"s most secretive libraries and most of the books were historical records.
However, if this was not a fairy tale, what did that mean?
Sitting there, Chen Heng closed his eyes.
The contents of the book continued to go through his mind as he thought about it.
For some reason, he felt a strong sense of foreshadowing.
He had a feeling that the contents of this book were real and not just fiction.
In fact, he felt that the contents of the book would repeat after some time.
When that time came, he would have an opportunity to leave and return to where he had been.
For Chen Heng, who had the Fortune Mark and had a deep understanding of fate, his gut feeling would not be wrong.
The effects of the things recorded in this book would have great impact, and they would not just affect this region, but would also affect Chen Heng"s movements.
If Chen Heng"s feeling was right, after the things recorded in this book happened, he would be able to leave this region and go back to where he had come from.
"How troublesome…" Chen Heng frowned as he put the book down.
If the contents of this book were real, it would be something terrifying to the people of this region.
Once the demon king descended, this region would fall into danger, and many people"s lives would be at risk.
However, for Chen Heng, it was not a big deal.
After all, this was not his real body, and if he died, that would be it.
After putting the book down, Chen Heng went elsewhere.
What surprised him was that he found some special things there.
That included the cultivation method of this world"s warriors.
It was recorded on a stone slab, which was covered with a thick layer of dust. It seemed that no one had come to look at it for a long time.
This made Chen Heng feel quite surprised.
However, he did not think too much of it and memorized the contents of the stone slab before going to other places to search for more information.
To Sorcerers, a library like this, that was filled with much knowledge, was incredibly helpful.
After staying here for many days, Chen Heng turned and left.
He then came to another place before returning to the town he had originally been at.
Time gradually pa.s.sed.
Two months later.
"This feeling…"
Within his laboratory, Chen Heng suddenly froze and sensed some abnormalities.
After coming back from outside, he stayed in this town for two months.
His power seemed to have increased.
This growth in power was not to do with his body"s strength or magic power increasing but an increase in destructive power.
His body and magic power had not changed, but his punches would deal far more damage.
Of course, this change was quite small, and an ordinary person would not have been able to notice it.
However, for Chen Heng, even though it was just a small change, it was still clearly noticeable.
"What"s going on?" Chen Heng frowned, feeling quite confused.
He was certain he had not done much these days, and yet his power had grown.
This was very strange.
"Could it be…" Chen Heng thought back to that record he had read and suddenly thought of a possibility.
In the library from before, he had read many interesting records, and some of them were about special phenomena.
When someone is willing to love and trust someone, their mental energy would turn into energy and go to that person, strengthening that person.
It was said that this was incredibly rare, and this would only happen to people with rare talent.
Thinking about those records, Chen Heng could not help but frown.
Even though he knew that this was a possibility, Chen Heng was unable to confirm it for now.
He had to do some close examination.
As such, Chen Heng turned and went out.
Outside the laboratory was a spa.r.s.e courtyard.
Within the courtyard, Alice was sitting there peacefully and expressionlessly, playing with a cat.
Even though she was mostly expressionless, when there were not many people around, she would sometimes have a small smile on her face while playing.
She seemed quite content with her current life.
Alice was the name of the little girl Chen Heng had saved in the forest. He had kept her with him all this time.
If the increase in Chen Heng"s power was due to other people"s faith energy, then the source was most likely this little girl.
Chen Heng sensed Alice"s mental state.
Compared to before, her current mental state was much calmer, and it had some happiness and yearning.
She seemed to be getting better.
Seeing this, Chen Heng thought to himself and turned and left.
In the following days, he prepared to do some experiments to confirm if the source of this power was what he thought.
There were quite a few people living in this town, and because they were close to the forest and had a stream nearby, their living standards were not too bad.
However, there were many people in poverty.
Many children were abandoned once they were born.
As such, Chen Heng began to take in those abandoned children and raised them.
As time went on and people heard about this, they all began to leave children at Chen Heng"s residence.
Chen Heng did not take offence and took all of them in.
Some of the children were only two or three years old, and very few were older than ten. Some of them also had all kinds of impairments.
In this kind of age, those who had disabilities had very little chances of surviving.
To Chen Heng, him taking them in was not a big deal, but to these children, he was their only hope.
Time gradually pa.s.sed.
In the blink of an eye, half a year had pa.s.sed.
Early in the morning, faint sunlight s.h.i.+ned on the ground, and Chen Heng got up from his bed and walked out.
The sound of children reading could be heard; by the side, the children Chen Heng had taken in were all diligently reading and going through cla.s.ses.
Elsewhere, the town"s residents began to walk into Chen Heng"s shop and purchase all kinds of things.
Over the past half a year, Chen Heng had done much to influence this town.
Many abandoned and dest.i.tute children had received a new lease on life; many ordinary people had obtained work, and others could buy items for cheap prices at Chen Heng"s shop.
Now, Chen Heng was quite famous in this region, and many people affectionately called him Mister Ed.
Many people felt very positively towards him and were filled with love and grat.i.tude towards him.
Even the Mayor of this town had to take Chen Heng seriously.
For an ordinary person, to be able to do this was very impressive.
However, for Chen Heng, it was not a big deal.
With his abilities, doing this was not too difficult; the reason he had not done it before was there was not a reason to.
"Looks like I was right…" Chen Heng thought to himself as he stood in the spa.r.s.e laboratory.
After half a year, Chen Heng had expanded his laboratory, and it was much better equipped than half a year ago.