Ironwood Manor, inside a certain room.
Lin Chen stretched out his left hand. He lowered his head and looked at the Ancestral Stone mark in his palm, murmuring, "Maybe it's about time I dragged that guy out."
In the time since the Ancestral Stone had recognized its master, it had absorbed a considerable amount of Yuan Power. Presumably, a certain fellow inside it had long since awakened.
Now that Lin Chen was already a One-Seal Talisman Master, his Spiritual Power had improved significantly. This was the perfect time to drag the other party out.
The next instant, he arrived in his Mental Space.
Lin Chen looked around at the various light-and-shadow forms of the martial arts he had learned, then casually withdrew them. After that, he looked toward the Mental Space that had completely sunk into darkness, and his vast Spiritual Power spread out in every direction.
Very soon, he discovered something.
In a certain dark corner, there was a black mouse roughly the size of a palm, its entire body pitch-black as ink. Sensing the sweep of his Spiritual Power, it nervously curled up, its nerves taut, panic surfacing in its tiny eyes.
"Hey, after absorbing so much Yuan Power and medicinal power from spiritual herbs all this time, shouldn't you come out and say hello by now?"
Even if Lin Chen had not known of the other party's existence, he could still tell from the Ancestral Stone's usual condition that something unusual existed within this Mental Space.
Other than another existence having sucked away that energy, there was no other possibility.
When the pitch-black mouse heard this, it became even more nervous.
It simply made no sound, thinking it could avoid being discovered that way.
"All right, then. I'll invite you out."
Lin Chen gave a slight shrug.