Black-Eyed Elder's Shock

"Who are you?"

Lin Dong's eyes flickered as he stared wordlessly at the Black-Eyed Elder before him.

"Black-Eyed Elder, the previous owner of the Devouring Ancestral Symbol!" Xiao Han's tone carried a trace of surprise as he asked, "Didn't you need to sense Spiritual Power before you could appear?"

Xiao Han clearly remembered that, according to the original Storyline, Lin Dong had needed to use his Spiritual Power and carefully sense it before the Black-Eyed Elder would appear. Why was he not following the usual script now?

"Ahem."

The Black-Eyed Elder looked at Xiao Han in astonishment, seemingly unable to understand how Xiao Han knew so much about this. After a pause, he explained, "Young man, only when one's Spiritual Power reaches a certain level can I appear and grant my recognition. I have already sensed that your Spiritual Power has reached the standard in my mind, so there is no need to go through such unnecessary trouble."

"Uh!"

Xiao Han looked at him with disdain. It was probably not that Xiao Han's Spiritual Power had met the old man's standards, but that it had utterly shocked him, prompting him to appear of his own accord.

No matter what, the other party was a senior. Xiao Han tactfully chose not to expose him.

Xiao Han knowingly asked, "Senior, may I ask why you have appeared now? What is it that you need to tell this junior?"

The Black-Eyed Elder smiled faintly, a glimmer flashing through his eyes. "If you wish to obtain the Devouring Ancestral Symbol, you must still take something from me. Before my death, I set a seal within the Devouring Ancestral Symbol. Unless this seal is broken, no one will ever be able to refine the Devouring Ancestral Symbol."

"Oh, is that so?" Xiao Han chuckled.

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