The abrupt voice, with its familiar tone, brought Luo Chen's elation crashing down.
He had thought the voice heard during the Pill World's five trials was something left behind by whoever had laid the formation. But someone had spoken in that voice again, proving beyond doubt that it belonged to a real, living person!
He swept a wary gaze around the hall and blurted, "Who's there?"
The hall was empty and silent.
At last, Luo Chen turned his attention to the black cauldron.
"Was that you?"
"It was."
The weak voice came from the black cauldron again. Its speaker seemed to summon the last of his strength as he said with difficulty, "Inheritor, tell me your name."
Luo Chen hesitated, then sincerely gave his real name.
"Luo Chen!"
As he spoke, he had already realized who the speaker was.
Clearly, it was the so-called Artifact Spirit!
A true Artifact Spirit, the kind that, according to legend, could be born only within a Spirit Treasure.
Such beings possessed the power to destroy heaven and earth and overturn rivers and seas. The false spirits attached to Magic Treasures could not compare.
And having figured that out, Luo Chen became even more certain that the black cauldron before him was a genuine Spirit Treasure!
After learning Luo Chen's name, the black cauldron's Artifact Spirit fell silent for a while before asking slowly:
"Are you ready to truly accept my master's inheritance?"
Luo Chen froze. Hadn't he already accepted the inheritance by passing the trials?
The Seventy-Two Volumes of Pill Scripture and the Thirty-Six Pill Formulas.
There were even the three Pill Recipes of Mind Stabilization, Perceiving Illusion, and Dao Integration, each leading straight to the Great Dao.
Could it be...
Luo Chen asked tentatively, "Is there another inheritance?"
His gaze wandered over the