Under Zhou Yuan and Elder Zhou's envious gazes, Chen Changan slowly opened his eyes.
This breakthrough had actually been an unexpected gain for Chen Changan. He'd thought that aside from the Nine Profound Spirit, he wouldn't get anything else out of this secret realm.
Although he'd failed to break through to the World God Realm, he was quite satisfied with his current peak Hegemon Realm cultivation.
"Those two..."
Chen Changan hadn't noticed the two men. He glanced back at the stone statues but said nothing more.
Just as the two men had said, this was their mission. They had stayed here all along, waiting for the day someone would take the Nine Profound Spirit.
The energy within them that didn't belong to them would be passed on to someone else as well.
"Let's go. So much time has passed; we should head back." Chen Changan looked at the two men.
"Sure."
"By the way, Brother Chen, what exactly did you find in this secret realm?"
"You found what Nian Junxin was interested in, right?" Zhou Yuan asked curiously.
"I found it."
"As it happens, I also wanted to ask you two something."
"What's the connection between your Zhou Family and this secret realm?"
"Who built the secret realm? You really don't know?" Chen Changan asked curiously.
Hearing his question, both men shook their heads. "We really don't know."
"That's right. Our Zhou Family has guarded the secret realm for generations. We know we have the ability to open it, but we know nothing else."
It seemed the Zhou Family really didn't know about any of this. Who had built the secret realm would likely remain a mystery.
But what Chen Changan couldn't understand was how Nian Junxin knew the Nine Profound Spirit was here.
After all, even Old Jin, who