Ancestral Stone Recognizes Master!

To be honest, Lin Dong's move truly startled Lin Chen.

Before, when Lin Dong had taken out the Ancestral Stone, Lin Chen could still assume he simply did not understand the principle that possessing treasure invited trouble.

But now, this move was no different from handing the Ancestral Stone over to Lin Chen!

"You're sure?"

Lin Chen raised his brows slightly. He did not agree right away, but asked for confirmation instead.

When he had first transmigrated here, he had had his eye on the Ancestral Stone. It was just that Lin Dong had taken it first, so he had never had the chance.

And now, the Ancestral Stone had been shoved into his arms by Lin Dong himself. If Lin Chen had no thoughts about it at all, then he would truly be letting himself down!

Lin Dong did not feel anything was inappropriate. He nodded and said, "Of course, Brother Chen. Although I've had this Mysterious Stone Talisman for half a year now, I haven't discovered anything more about it. If you can solve the problem with this red Spirit Liquid, then wouldn't we no longer have to wait five days just to get a single drop?"

Those words left Lin Chen somewhat speechless.

From Lin Dong's perspective, it did indeed make a lot of sense.

But...

"Then I'll do as you say and give it a try first."

Lin Chen did not refuse. He took the Ancestral Stone in his hand and simply rubbed it all over. Only then did he mobilize the Yuan Power in his Dantian. As a bright glow of Yuan Power bloomed, the Mysterious Stone Talisman quickly showed movement.

"Brother Chen, it moved! It moved!"

Lin Dong had been watching the Ancestral Stone's movements the entire time. When he discovered that it had actually reacted, he excitedly pointed and shouted.

Over the past half year, he had never seen the Ancestral Stone show this kind of reaction. Yet in front of Lin Chen, it had so easily stirred like this, leaving him unable to help sighing inwardly.

Lin Chen answered with a sound. He saw an extremely powerful suction force spreading from within the Ancestral Stone, drawing in all the Yuan Power that had emerged over his palm.

His brows furrowed slightly, but he still allowed it to absorb his Yuan Power.

At that moment, the forty hidden meridians beneath Lin Chen's skin, as well as the Green Lotus Qi Cyclone on the surface of his skin, also began to fiercely absorb the surrounding Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi.

When he actively absorbed Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, it was certainly not as gentle as automatic cultivation.

In a short span of time, the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi within a ten-li radius was drawn over by an invisible suction force.

The small room was instantly filled with dense Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, causing the unprepared Lin Dong beside him to let out a low groan.

There was no way around it. He had never been immersed in Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi this dense before. After the Yuan Power within his body absorbed part of the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, it also grew by quite a bit, making Lin Dong feel extremely excited.

What made him even more curious was that this change should have been brought about by the Ancestral Stone, right?

Did that not mean he might also have the chance to enjoy this kind of dense Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi in the future?

Lin Dong grew even more excited. However, when he thought about how this commotion was a little too big and might cause trouble, he calmed down somewhat.

After cautiously looking outside through the window and discovering that even Lin Xiao and Liu Yan had not come out to check the situation, he finally relaxed a little.

The mountain peak they were currently on was relatively remote. Generally speaking, there would not be anyone else around. Judging from the current situation, there should not be any problem.

"Brother Chen!"

Lin Dong looked again at Lin Chen and the Ancestral Stone, only to discover that the two-finger-sized Ancestral Stone was actually showing signs of cutting open Lin Chen's skin and embedding itself inside. He could not care about anything else and hurriedly warned him, "Be careful! This Stone Talisman wants to burrow into your body!"

This change truly frightened Lin Dong.

Before this, he had never seen the Ancestral Stone act like this.

If he had known the Ancestral Stone intended to forcibly enter someone's body, he absolutely would not have so casually kept it close to himself.

Lin Chen naturally noticed the Ancestral Stone's abnormal movement. He reached out, wanting to grab the Ancestral Stone and stop it from continuing to enter his body.

But the Ancestral Stone was too fast. In the blink of an eye, it had already entered his flesh and blood.

The skin that had split open just now actually had no wound at all, not even the slightest trace of blood.

This left both Lin Chen and Lin Dong greatly shocked, as if what had just happened had never occurred at all.

"Brother Chen, are you all right?"

At the first moment, Lin Dong did not ask about the Ancestral Stone's whereabouts. Instead, he hurriedly showed concern for Lin Chen's safety.

The scene of the Ancestral Stone slicing into flesh and blood just now still left him lingering with fear.

After all, he usually kept it against his chest.

If that kind of situation had really happened, then it would have burrowed into his heart... At that point, his life would definitely have been in danger.

"I... I'm fine."

Lin Chen's brows furrowed even tighter. He raised his left palm and saw a rune mark appear in the center of it, exactly the same as the rune on the Ancestral Stone. Sensing the Ancestral Stone existing within his flesh and blood, he then said, "It's just that this Stone Talisman actually burrowed into my body... I don't know whether that's good or bad."

How could he dare say that he had already made the Ancestral Stone recognize him as its master?

All of this had happened with such coincidence, and the scene just now had been so shocking that there was no way Lin Dong could suspect anything was wrong.

Naturally, there also would not be any so-called rift in his relationship with Lin Chen.

"As long as you're fine. As long as you're fine."

Lin Dong had been startled by the sight. After hearing that Lin Chen was unharmed, he patted his chest and let out a long breath of relief.

He had no idea that this was the process of accepting a master. He merely thought the Ancestral Stone carried some unknown risks, and that Lin Chen had just happened to trigger one.

"It's just that this stone talisman..."

Lin Dong also realized this. His brows furrowed slightly as he looked at the center of Lin Chen's left palm. That familiar rune mark showed that the Ancestral Stone was inside it. Faced with this situation, he did not know what to do.

"I'll give it a try."

Lin Chen knew what he meant. He drew out the Yuan Power within his body, and his left hand was enveloped in the glow of Yuan Power, but the Ancestral Stone did not reappear.

Refusing to accept it, he tried several more times before the rune mark finally lit up.

The Ancestral Stone, the size of two fingers, finally appeared in his palm.

At that moment, the Ancestral Stone was clearly brighter than before, as if it had eaten its fill of energy.

"Looks like it can still be taken out."

Lin Chen wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, handed the Ancestral Stone to Lin Dong, and continued, "It's just that I seem to have formed some subtle connection with this Mysterious Stone Talisman."

Reminded by these words, Lin Dong also recalled what ancient texts recorded about so-called treasures accepting masters.

"So the stone talisman has accepted Brother Chen as its master?"

Lin Dong thought back to the scene just now—the gathering of a large amount of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, and the impressive Yuan Power Lin Chen had released to supply the Ancestral Stone for absorption—and seemed to understand something.

The corner of his mouth twitched, and he could not help muttering, "Don't tell me this stone talisman only accepted a master after it had eaten its fill!"

After all, in the past half year, he had possessed the Ancestral Stone for so long and had used it quite a few times.

Yet he had never encountered such a situation. That was already enough to explain the problem.

Only taking things out without putting anything in—no wonder the Ancestral Stone had gotten angry!