Dashing Student

Deep within the cave, Chen Nan held the relic in his hand, sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, seemingly already beginning the refining process.

The surroundings were quiet, and only the faint sound of Chen Nan's breathing could be heard.

A full seven days went by with Chen Nan sitting motionless, and now finally, there was a reaction.

A wisp of Spiritual Energy entered Chen Nan's body, followed by more and more Spiritual Energy, which was crazily absorbed by Chen Nan's body.

A vortex of Spiritual Energy even appeared above Chen Nan's head!

He was breaking through his current Realm!

The old monk finally confirmed that Chen Nan was indeed refining the relic, but because the inheritance within the relic was too vast, it took such a long time.

It was precisely because of the power within the relic that Chen Nan had his breakthrough, it had to be so!

At this moment, Chen Nan hurriedly took out a large number of Spirit Stones, knowing that this place was filled with Yin Energy, which was far from enough for his breakthrough.

The old monk only saw piece after piece of Spirit Stones turn into powder in Chen Nan's hand. In no time, thousands of Spirit Stones were gone.

Such a terrifying absorption rate and capacity left the old monk dumbfounded.

"Wonderful, simply wonderful!"

"This person has the potential of a Nascent Soul!" the old monk exclaimed excitedly.

The breakthrough continued, and a golden light emanated from Chen Nan's body, illuminating the entire cave.

Finally, after a full hour and consumption of twenty thousand Spirit Stones, Chen Nan's aura halted at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment!

"Another breakthrough."

Chen Nan felt a joy in his Heart, yet he also found it natural.

Before falling into the abyss, he had experienced a life-and-death battle, plus he had taken the Heavenly Demon Pill earlier, so the breakthrough in Realm was also to be expected.

However, just as he was stabilizing his Realm, a wisp of translucent gray mist suddenly flew up from the dried corpse, heading straight for Chen Nan's head.

A thin face emerged from the gray mist, its expression mad and jubilant.

"Haha, what a fool, this body is now mine!"

The gray mist emitted a sinister laugh, and the cave that once had a trace of Buddhist Sect aura was instantly filled with Yin Energy, even causing the light of the Demon Suppression Seal at the cave entrance to tremble violently.

Seeing the gray mist about to rush into Chen Nan's forehead, unexpectedly, Chen Nan suddenly opened his eyes, and the searing Heaven-Burning Flame surged from his body.

"You finally made your move, I almost couldn't hold on!"

The burning golden flames instantly lit up the cave, even dispersing a lot of the Yin Energy, and soon after, lightning flowed out, flickering and covering his body surface.

It sounds complicated, but it was done in an instant.

Chen Nan finally took out the broken sword and confronted the old monk's startled expression in the gray mist, blocking it in front of his forehead.

"You brat, you were on guard against me all along?!"

"Who wouldn't be on guard, fool?" Chen Nan harshly mocked the old monk.

Anyone could tell that this inheritance had issues, the old monk's flaws were too many, so Chen Nan pretended to refine the relic but was always on guard against the old monk.

Seven whole days, he didn't move at all, always guarding against the old monk while pretending to be wholeheartedly refining the relic, it was exhausting.

Luckily, his sudden breakthrough made the old monk think it was due to the relic, and just having broken through, he should be most relaxed, so he couldn't help but make his move.

Moreover, even earlier, Chen Nan had started to be on guard against the old monk.

Because when he just entered the cave, not only did the King of Ten Thousand Gu react, but even the broken sword was eager to move!

Before this, the broken sword would only show such behavior when facing Undead Creatures, indicating that the old monk couldn't just be a wisp of a remnant soul!

Sure enough, only seven days passed before the old monk couldn't help but show his true nature.

Even Chen Nan realized that the old monk wanted to possess him!

"Curse you!"

The old monk was frantic with anger, but the wisp of remnant soul didn't stop and ferociously charged at Chen Nan.

Having waited seven days for such a result, how could he accept it?

Even though the golden flame and lightning were perfectly restrained against such soul bodies and demons, he couldn't care about that.

Because if he wasn't successful, after today he would truly dissipate completely.

As for the broken sword, he directly ignored it.

But just as he rushed to Chen Nan's face, the old monk was horrified to discover that his remnant soul was actually being absorbed by that broken sword, without even needing the Heaven-Burning Flame and lightning.

"No, what is this sword? How could this be?"

The old monk panicked, frantically trying to escape, but a powerful suction came from the broken sword, making it impossible to flee, being slowly devoured by the broken sword.

In the final moments of his life, the old monk finally remembered something.

"Demon Suppressing Sword, it's the Demon Suppressing Sword, why is it in your hands?"

"No, no!"

The voice quickly disappeared, and the cave returned to silence.

Chen Nan was also a bit surprised that the old monk was resolved by the broken sword, revealing a look of delight.

What made him even happier was discovering that the broken sword in his hand had actually recovered by a foot, one remnant soul of an old monk had restored one-third of the broken sword!

"The old monk really is a good person!"

Chen Nan remarked, not only providing a safe environment for cultivation but also feeding his remnant soul to the broken sword.

Truly selfless!

But he did not let down his guard, as the old monk's remnant soul had lived for so many years, who knew what other tricks he might have left behind?

Thus, he treated the broken sword as a detector, probing inch by inch in the cave, focusing on the old monk's dried corpse, and eventually found a storage bag from the corpse.

The storage bag contained only a few Buddhist scriptures and some handwritten books, not even a single Elixir Pill, and not a single Spirit Stone, clearly all used up before.

The Buddhist scriptures weren't particularly interesting to Chen Nan, but among the handwritten books, there were records on ascending to the Golden Core, seemingly experiences of ascending to the Golden Core.

This was extremely valuable to Chen Nan.

Moreover, Chen Nan found what he wanted most, a palm-sized disk.

On the disk, a complex Array was carved, clearly the Transmission Array Plate that the old monk had mentioned.

"There really is one, now I can leave!"

Chen Nan beamed, even feeling cheerful enough to show off the Transmission Array Plate to the Undead Creatures outside the cave.

The few Undead Creatures indeed started to panic, channeling Yin Energy to assault the golden light, becoming increasingly agitated.

After all, they hadn't seen a living being in eons, this was their most coveted food!

The prey about to escape, who could accept it?

Seeing the golden light being struck and shaken continuously, and the Demon Suppression Seal at the cave entrance starting to flicker, Chen Nan knew he must leave as soon as possible.

The few Undead Creatures looked almost mad, enough to make anyone's heart tremble with fear.

"Everyone, until we meet again!"