Boom!

Jiang Chen turned back in shock as a roaring sound came from behind him.

He had just taken the elixir and was walking towards the corridor when the roaring noise began.

"This..." Looking at the stone room behind him, which was now buried by rocks, Jiang Chen was startled at first, but then he understood; the ancestor did not want others to obtain the inheritance here anymore.

Glancing at the medicine bottle in his hand, Jiang Chen pocketed them and then opened the wooden box he had snatched from the blood corpse.

Whoosh!

A wave of bloody radiance burst forth as the wooden box opened, revealing five blood-red crystals lying within. Jiang Chen looked closely and couldn't help but exclaim, "Is this... Blood Crystal?!"

"What are the ancestors keeping this thing for? Are they trying to remind later generations not to forget the bloodbath caused by the Blood Venerate back in the day?" Jiang Chen muttered to himself.

Humm!

A series of intense vibrations transmitted from the staff. As soon as Jiang Chen opened the wooden box, the Blood Saber sent out an eager message.

"It's all yours, what's the rush!" Jiang Chen curled his lip, drew out the Blood Saber, and plunged it into the wooden box.

Humm!

The Blood Saber vibrated, and the blood crystals in the box slowly melted into streams of bloody energy, seeping into the Blood Saber.

After absorbing the energy of two blood crystals, the Blood Saber stopped its absorption.

Jiang Chen pulled out the Blood Saber and said contentedly, "At least you're sensible, knowing to leave some for me."

Humm!

The Blood Saber vibrated slightly, as if responding to Jiang Chen's words.

Jiang Chen smiled faintly, inserted the Blood Saber back into the staff, and took out the remaining three blood crystals from the box. After hesitating for a moment, he put them in his pocket.

Just now, he had almost been controlled by the Blood Demon, which still left some fear in Jiang Chen's heart. Plus, he had just advanced his cultivation level, which was not yet stable, so he decided not to absorb the blood crystals right away.

Better to absorb them once his realm was more secure.

Tucking away the blood crystals, Jiang Chen stepped forward and continued on his way.

...

The back mountain of Chixiao Sect.

Lin Chongyang and the others kept their eyes fixed on the stone door, waiting for it to open.

Boom!

The stone door vibrated, and everyone's eyes lit up.

As the stone door opened, a graceful figure emerged.

"Yu Ling? How come it's just you coming out alone?" Lin Jiuxiao frowned slightly and asked softly.

Lin Yuling was momentarily stunned and said in surprise, "Didn't they come out?"

"Didn't you all go in together? Did you separate inside?" Lin Jiuxiao asked incredulously.

Lin Yuling nodded and recounted what had happened inside.

"Did Jiang Chen... breakthrough?" Lin Jiuxiao looked at Lin Chongyang uncertainly.

Lin Chongyang nodded slightly and said in a tone of shock, "From what Yu Ling says, that Jiang Chen fellow must be half a step into my realm. Jiuxiao, remember, you must befriend him. He very well might be the hope for our Chixiao Sect to reclaim its glory at the pinnacle!"

"Yes!" Lin Jiuxiao's heart jolted fiercely, and he nodded emphatically.

"Dad, these are the elixirs I obtained inside, there are ten Purple Flame Broken Elixirs!" Lin Yuling took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket and handed it to Lin Jiuxiao.

Lin Jiuxiao's expression shook with excitement, exclaiming, "Purple Flame Broken Elixirs?!"

"What? Purple Flame Broken Elixirs? And there's ten of them?"

"This, this could give our Sect several more Innate Grandmasters!"

The seven Great Elders all spoke with surprise and delight.

Lin Jiuxiao reached out to receive the porcelain bottle, opened it to smell, and a sharp gleam emerged in his eyes, "The quality of these Purple Flame Broken Elixirs is even better than the ones I gave Yu Ling back then, they will surely add at least five Innate Grandmasters to our Sect!"

"Really?"

"Even better than the ones Yu Ling consumed?"

"That's great!"

The crowd was jubilant, ecstatic.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

While everyone was still reveling in their joy, the stone door opened again, and Jiang Chen and Jiang Minglong walked out.

"Ming Long, Jiang Chen, are you both all right?" Lin Chongyang asked softly.

"Thank you for your concern, elder. We're fine," Jiang Chen nodded lightly.

Jiang Minglong glanced at the porcelain bottle in Lin Jiuxiao's hand, hesitated for a moment, then took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket and handed it to Lin Jiuxiao, "Sect Master, these are the ten Purple Flame Broken Elixirs I found inside, and there's also a complete copy of the 'Chixiao Art,' which I'll write out for you once we return."

"The complete 'Chixiao Art'?!" Lin Jiuxiao and the others looked at Jiang Minglong in shock.

A thousand years ago, after that battle, not only did the Chixiao Sect suffer heavy losses, but their supreme Cultivation Technique, the 'Chixiao Art,' was left in fragments. Now that Jiang Minglong had brought back the complete 'Chixiao Art,' how could Lin Jiuxiao and the others be anything but ecstatic beyond belief!

Jiang Chen glanced at Jiang Minglong and said softly, "I also obtained elixirs and a Cultivation Technique, but the technique I acquired is the Jiang Family's 'Heavenly Dragon Art,' so I won't be sharing it with you!"

Jiang Chen didn't mention whether he would share the elixirs, and Lin Jiuxiao and the others didn't ask.

It was already quite clear, Jiang Chen did not want to share them, and they were content with what they had received, not hoping to take the ten Purple Flame Broken Elixirs Jiang Chen had obtained.

Lin Jiuxiao and the others assumed Jiang Chen, besides acquiring a Cultivation Technique, also got ten Purple Flame Broken Elixirs, but what they didn't know, was that of everything Jiang Chen had obtained, be it elixirs or Blood Crystals, or even swordplay, the Purple Flame Broken Elixirs were the least valuable!

"Now that the secret realm has been opened, let's proceed with crowning Ming Long!" Lin Chongyang collected his emotions and spoke softly.

"Yes, yes, Ming Long hasn't been crowned yet, we should go to the ancestral hall," Lin Jiuxiao nodded repeatedly, and the seven Great Elders echoed in agreement.

Because of the excitement over the opening of the secret realm, everyone had nearly forgotten that Jiang Minglong had not yet completed the final steps of the process.

The group turned and walked towards the ancestral hall, and on the way there, Lin Chongyang gave Jiang Chen a glance.

While others were unaware, he knew very well; when the secret realm was established, the three ancestors were all of a higher realm than him, how could they have only left behind Purple Flame Broken Elixirs? But he said nothing, greedy for nothing that the ancestors might have left behind, because to him, the value of Jiang Chen far surpassed any elixir!

The group arrived at the ancestral hall and conducted a ceremonial crowning.

Jiang Chen watched as everyone performed one rite after another with somber expressions, tirelessly wrapping up all the formalities, and he couldn't help feeling that the sense of ritual really was a tradition passed down through the ages!

Finally, the crowning ceremony concluded, and night had fully fallen.

Jiang Minglong was officially announced as the Chixiao Sect's Chief Disciple.

After the ceremony, the grand feast of the Chixiao Sect officially began, and Jiang Chen was invited to attend.

With no other choice, Jiang Chen followed Jiang Minglong and the others to the Sect's buildings halfway up the mountain, while Lin Chongyang stayed behind in the ancestral hall.

"Chen'er, how is your mother? How is the Jiang Family now?"

On the way, Jiang Minglong could no longer hold back and asked Jiang Chen in a low voice about these matters.

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