Darkness.
The sound of wind in the darkness.
Xu Yuan opened his eyes.
"How long was I asleep?"
"A day and a night."
"That long..."
He looked around.
He was in a cave.
Zang Ling and Mustache stood guard outside.
The Spirit-Gathering Array ran without pause.
Xi sat beside him, Qiong Jia Sword in hand, her eyes unblinking as she held a guarded stance.
She had held that stance for an entire day and night.
"Master, are you all right?"
Xi asked with concern.
"I'm fine." Xu Yuan sat up and recalled everything that had happened.
The contents of that half-inheritance were too vast, too boundless. In the end, he had been unable to bear it and could only ask Xi to guard him before he lost consciousness.
A Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator had passed out because he could not withstand the sheer volume of information.
It sounded ridiculous.
But it also showed just how terrifying that volume of information was.
"All right, I'm fine. Have them come over."
Xu Yuan spoke.
Xi did not move. She stayed at Xu Yuan's side without leaving him for a moment and called out loudly:
"Hey! You lot, come over here!"
Only then did Zang Ling and Chu Yue enter the rest area covered by the Spirit-Gathering Array.
"Boss, how are you?"
Zang Ling asked.
"I'm fine—I have the Scepter now. Did the Overseer leave any other message for you?" Xu Yuan asked.
"The Overseer said the Scepter contains secret teachings. Only you need to know what's inside," Ruin Demon Envoy Chu Yue said.
"But you can take the Holy Relic you obtained before to Yanmen and activate it," Zang Ling said.
Holy Relic?
Xu Yuan suddenly remembered that he had once obtained a Holy Relic in Yanmen.
It was a glass bottle