As Chen Chuan watched the Profound Scholar leave, he knew that the man would probably not appear again, at least for the duration of his upcoming cultivation.
After a moment's consideration, he reached into his pocket and took out the pill the Non-Action Profound Scholar had left him. It was extremely light, like condensed wisps of smoke, and now it seemed slightly diminished compared with before.
Seeing this, he reached a conclusion. The apparition he had witnessed this time was probably connected to that Non-Action Profound Scholar.
That man had once told him, "For his aid, I leave him a gift," and had ultimately left this pill behind. At first, Chen Chuan had not known what it did. Now it seemed capable of revealing the mental field domains left behind by members of the Xuan Sect, manifesting people from the past and allowing him to converse with them.
But whether the figure manifested this time was the Profound Scholar who had lived here, or the Non-Action Profound Scholar himself appearing through an assembled projection, he could not yet say.
Judging by the man's final words and what he had experienced here, he leaned toward the latter possibility. Besides, he was not a member of the Xuan Sect. Other accomplished scholars of the sect had no reason to tell him so much.
Another thought occurred to him. Since the pill had these effects, could he use it at suitable locations in the future, such as places where members of the Xuan Sect had stayed? If so, when he had some free time, he could visit some of the sect's old temples that still remained scattered across the land.
Having considered this, he put the pill away and stepped into the cavern. Rather than begin cultivating immediately, he headed toward the caverns