Chu Nan tightly embraced Gu Nianxue, savoring the brief moment of warmth, and said, "Rest assured, I will never let you down."

The time span of a single incense stick passed in a flash, and despite Gu Nianxue's reluctance, she knew she could not decide her own fate.

With a deep sigh, Gu Nianxue parted reluctantly from Chu Nan, saying, "Chu Nan, I must leave now."

Chu Nan's face gradually darkened, the joy from before completely vanished.

Chu Nan nodded, never before had his desire to go to the Imperial Capital been so intense.

"Be cautious with everything. If someone bullies you, just tell me, and I'll personally teach them a lesson!" Chu Nan advised reluctantly.

Gu Nianxue nodded slowly, "With my Cold Frost Battle Body, no one will dare to bully me, rest assured."

"Don't think that because my cultivation is currently inferior to yours, in five years, you might still need my protection."

Before leaving, Gu Nianxue held back her sorrow and joked with Chu Nan.

Then Gu Nianxue quietly walked out of the Cyan Mountain Sword Sect's gates, and Chu Nan stood at the entrance, only returning to the dueling ground with Song Zhen once she had completely disappeared from sight.

"Nianxue, rest assured, I will definitely not disappoint you."

With Gu Nianxue gone, Chu Nan returned to his residence feeling somewhat lost, with an even more urgent desire to grow stronger within his heart.

Song Zhen's words before leaving still echoed in his ears. Although Song Zhen may not have the power to openly claim Gu Nianxue in the Imperial Capital, what if he used insidious methods?

The malice of the human heart is immeasurable, and this matter could not be left unguarded.

But Chu Nan was powerless now. Song Zhen had already gone to the Imperial Capital, accompanied by many Yang Wheel Martial Artists. Even if he breaks through to the Yang Wheel Realm, killing Song Zhen would be impossible.

Effortlessly calming his mind, Chu Nan suddenly thought of something and took out a blue storage ring from his bosom.

This was given to him by Chu Mountain, filled with the relics left by his parents.

Although most had been consumed as cultivation materials by the martial artists of the Chu family, some items remained, and perhaps among them lay a treasure that could help him quickly enhance his strength and slay Song Zhen.

With expectations, Chu Nan retrieved items from the storage ring, and immediately a look of disappointment appeared on his face.

The items remaining were sparse, mostly just children's toys, such as a rattle painted with water patterns, which, when shaken, emitted a clear, unclouded sound with a light blue stone at the handle.

Also, a dove chariot, a palm-sized pushcart engraved with a statue of a large bird.

A pitch-pot equipped with three arrows, but oddly, the pot's patterns were so bizarre, they resembled blood droplets, sending chills down his spine.

"Is this pitch-pot really a children's toy?" Chu Nan muttered to himself, breaking into a wry smile.

What he cared about was not the treasure, but hoping to obtain something revealing information about his parents, not just a few toys.

But considering it, if these items were truly useful, the Chu family wouldn't have left them till now.

Finally, Chu Nan's gaze landed on a palm-sized wooden box, simple and ordinary in appearance.

He didn't think much of it either, wanting to see what kind of toy lied inside.

Chu Nan exerted force to open it.

"It won't open?" Chu Nan was taken aback. With the power to slay a Yang Wheel Martial Artist, he couldn't open a wooden box?

This immediately piqued Chu Nan's interest; he tried everything he could, even using martial skills to attack, yet the box remained immovable.

Staring intently at the box, Chu Nan sensed there must be a secret within, otherwise why would it be so sturdy?

"This wooden box was left by my parents, could my blood open it?"

Chu Nan's eyes lit up, and he then pierced his fingertip, letting blood drip onto the wooden box. A flash of light passed, and the box's lid slid open by itself!

"It works indeed!" Joy flickered in Chu Nan's eyes as he immediately took out the contents of the box.

A jade scroll was slowly extracted by Chu Nan, his blood reviving, a familiar feeling rising in his heart.

"Life Scroll!" Chu Nan's spirit trembled, and he then saw the three characters on the Life Scroll.

"Ye Jiao'e, could it be..."

This familiar feeling was identical to when he got Chu Fang's Life Scroll; Chu Nan was instantly sure this was his mother's Life Scroll!

"Ye Jiao'e, is this my mother's name?"

"This is my mother's Life Scroll, the one she left for me, signaling she's not dead!"

Chu Nan's spirit was in turmoil, without evidence to express this was his mother's Life Scroll, but he just had this instinct.

Though he knew that Feng Jiming of the state capital might know about his mother, deep down, he didn't hold much hope; after all, his father was dead, was there a hope for his mother to be alive?

But obtaining this Life Scroll changed everything.

The Life Scroll unbroken signifies she's alive, and as long as she lives, he can find her!

Chu Nan was completely invigorated, his desire to go to the state capital to find Feng Jiming becoming increasingly strong.

After a long while, he gradually calmed his mind.

Cautiously placing the Life Scroll back in the box, Chu Nan's gaze fell on the three toys.

"The wooden box needed my blood to open, even such a small box possessed such capability, what about them?"

"Would my mother really leave me with useless things, though?"

"Should I... give it a try?"

Chu Nan first picked up the rattle, allowing a drop of blood to fall onto it.

A swish, the blood disintegrated and directly absorbed into the rattle.

"Spiritual Wave Drum, is this its name?" With the blood absorbed, Chu Nan felt a sense of unity as if ownership was established.

Though ownership was established, Chu Nan was puzzled about this item's capabilities.

Bang! Bang!

Attempting to shake the Spiritual Wave Drum a couple of times, layers of wave-like patterns appeared before Chu Nan's eyes.

The patterns rapidly dispersed around, without causing any disturbance, unable to move even a speck of dust.

"What is happening?" Chu Nan felt strange but soon noticed changes within himself.

The originally stagnant Sea of Consciousness began to churn under the veil of these waves.

With a series of rushing water sounds, the previously challenging-to-grow Sea of Consciousness began to slightly expand!

Know that for Chu Nan to develop his Sea of Consciousness, swallowing Expanding Spirit Liquid, could be described as a near-death experience.

But now, merely shaking the Spiritual Wave Drum allowed the Sea of Consciousness to expand, albeit slightly; but these were results that would take Chu Nan months of cultivation to achieve!

Excited, Chu Nan hastily shook it several more times, and indeed, his Sea of Consciousness continued to expand little by little.

However, after ten consecutive shakes, regardless of how Chu Nan shook, his Sea of Consciousness showed no signs of further change.

"Is it no longer effective?" Chu Nan was somewhat disappointed, thinking it wouldn't cease so soon, would it?

Then, he noticed the blue crystal at the handle of the Spiritual Wave Drum turning gray, losing its luster, with strands of the Power of Heaven and Earth continually infusing it as if restoring the crystal's strength.

"I get it, this blue crystal is the source of the Spiritual Wave Drum's power, they are complementary, thus enabling the expansion of the Sea of Consciousness."

"The power exhausted, it requires time to replenish before it can be used again."

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