Chu Huai Xu stared at the motionless time displayed on his system interface and felt his scalp prickle.
He knew exactly what this meant!
He no longer had to worry about Experience Points.
Nor did he have to worry that too much time would pass and delay the East-West Continent Grand Competition.
He certainly did not need to worry that the Inheritance Secret Realm's trial had a time limit.
Because time wasn't passing at all!
What he felt now was that the Dao Ancestor had locked him in a "little dark room."
There was no passage of time here, yet he was unable to contact the outside world.
The only thing he could do was complete the Dao Ancestor's "sword path" that he had walked before, practicing every Sword Art he had ever learned.
Only at this moment did he truly realize how terrifying this Inheritance Secret Realm was!
This meant that while he completed the Dao Ancestor's "sword path" inside, only an instant would pass in the outside world.
The surroundings once again fell into darkness.
When images began to form, he saw the young Daoist standing at an auction.
"He really looks like the protagonist of a web novel."
"Even such a classic auction scene has appeared." Chu Huai Xu muttered inwardly.
What was even more cliché was that this Daoist was also an alchemist, and his own pills were being sold at the auction.
Next came the most classic scene of all—picking up a bargain.
The Daoist bought a little cat demon whose hearing seemed poor and whose bloodline was extremely mixed, along with a black iron fragment.
Demonic beasts were relatively rare in the Xuanhuang Realm.
The vast majority were creatures like the Divine Steed, which only possessed a trace of demonic beast bloodline.
In fact,