Eternal Life: Hundredfold Rewards-Chapter 132 - 97: The Black Monolith, Celestial Pill Elder’s Legacy (Part 2)

Chapter 132: Chapter 97: The Black Monolith, Celestial Pill Elder’s Legacy (Part 2)

This reverence was obviously not just based on Qi Chuan’s cultivation, but also due to his astounding performance on this stone stairway.

"Hmm."

Qi Chuan glanced at the two Qi Refining Disciples from the Wind Moon Sect, nodded slightly in response, but he didn’t even glance at the Celestial Soul Hall Qi Refining Disciple.

Previously, he hadn’t acted against those Celestial Soul Hall Foundation Establishment Elders, or even Tian Hunzi, and now there was no need to act against this Qi Refining Disciple.

Da-da.

Then, under the gaze of the three and the people behind them, Qi Chuan took a few more steps, surpassing all three, and finally became the first among everyone.

Looking back, he saw that everyone was arduously climbing, looking at him with a hint of envy on their faces.

In his heart, he felt quite pleased.

"I never thought I would surpass everyone from the two sects who entered this Secret Realm Space to be the first to reach the peak of this giant mountain."

While feeling joy, he also felt a bit tense: "Who knows what lies at the top of the mountain? An opportunity? Or danger?"

However, to be honest, if Qi Chuan had to choose, he would still be the first to go up.

After all, in this Secret Realm Space, there was nothing particularly special elsewhere, only this giant mountain covered by a Tier Three or higher array was special.

To get out, the only way was to explore upwards.

Even if there was danger, he had to brace himself and push forward, was there any other option?

Besides, there might not be any danger at the mountain peak, there could be opportunities instead.

With this thought in mind, Qi Chuan stopped worrying and directly ascended the steps.

"He’s gone up."

From behind, Sect Leaders and Elders of the two sects, as well as the surviving Qi Refining Disciples, all raised their heads, looking with complex, envious expressions at the back of Qi Chuan as he disappeared into the endless mist at the end of the long stairs. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

By this point, they realized that whatever opportunities might exist at the mountain peak would have nothing to do with them.

Qi Chuan was originally at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage; if he gains any opportunities at the top, his future would be limitless.

However, some people from the Celestial Soul Hall still held onto a fluke.

"Hmph, so what if he’s the first to go up? Who knows what lies at the top? Being the first might be a bad thing..."

Many from Celestial Soul Hall were cursing Qi Chuan, as they had no chance for the opportunities at the peak they did not want anyone else to obtain them.

However, even so, a few people from the Celestial Soul Hall didn’t care whether the opportunity at the peak was obtained by Qi Chuan or not, they just hoped that Qi Chuan, after being the first to reach the peak, could open a passage out of this Secret Realm Space so they could leave.

From this perspective, they even hoped more for opportunities to be at the peak, because if it was dangerous and something happened to Qi Chuan, the danger might spread across the entire Secret Realm Space and they might not be able to escape either.

Qi Chuan could not know what the people behind him were thinking.

At this moment, he was just taking steps one by one up the stairs towards the peak.

After a while, Qi Chuan finally emerged from the dense mist, stepping onto the final step.

"This is..."

When Qi Chuan stepped out from the end of the stone steps, he couldn’t help but be slightly taken aback by the scene before him.

At the peak of the mountain, there was not a trace of mist, the view was clear, and there was a wide bluestone platform. On this platform were the ruins of buildings, already unrecognizable, scattered and only with a few pieces of debris left, worthless.

"What exactly happened here to be destroyed to such an extent?"

Qi Chuan shook his head.

Then, he looked towards the center of the platform, there stood an intact giant stone stele.

The stele was entirely black, ancient and weathered, covered with mysterious and blurred markings, seemingly hiding some kind of information.

At the base of this giant black stone stele, there was a protruding part forming a small stone platform, and on the platform, there was a stone bowl, incredibly smooth, not containing any impurities, and holding half a bowl of some unknown crystal clear liquid, slightly rippling and glowing.

The black stone stele, stone platform, and stone bowl were all part of the same entity, inseparable, and Qi Chuan even suspected that they might be connected with the entire giant mountain.

"Could this be an opportunity?"

Seeing this, Qi Chuan showed a contemplative expression, then sighed and walked slowly forward, coming to stand before the black stone stele.

To be honest, even if there were no opportunities here, he needed to explore to leave this Secret Realm Space.

Before the black stone stele, Qi Chuan lowered his head and took a look at the crystal clear liquid in the stone bowl, feeling a bit like collecting it, as it seemed not to pose any danger but was some extraordinary cultivation resource.

However, on second thought, Qi Chuan didn’t touch it immediately.

Currently, he was alone on the platform.

Considering the climbing speed of others on the steps below, it would take them quite some time to reach here.

He decided to first study the markings on the black stone stele.

With this thought, Qi Chuan looked up, staring at the ancient and mysterious markings on the black stone stele.

Upon first glance, he felt utterly baffled.

But a moment later, a vague yet strangely familiar feeling welled up within him.

"...Hmm... why does this seem somewhat similar to the patterns on the Ancient Soul Wood?"

Qi Chuan pondered.

The Ancient Soul Wood was something Qi Chuan had previously studied under the Moon Shadow Mountain’s Primordial Spirit Hall of the Wind Moon Sect, as part of his opportunity to comprehend the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method.

It was not that the markings on this stele and the Ancient Soul Wood had any direct connection, since they were entirely different.

Rather, both contained mysterious markings imbued with some kind of information; previously, he had been able to comprehend the Celestial Punishment Thunder Prison Visualization Method from the Ancient Soul Wood using his Hundredfold Critical Strike, so could he not employ the same method to decipher the mysterious markings on this black stone stele?

With this thought, Qi Chuan focused intently, examining each ancient and mysterious marking on the black stone stele, and at the same time, his Foundation Establishment Divine Sense enveloped the black stone stele.

As a result, Qi Chuan indeed began to decipher some of the information from the markings, but it was very blurry and incoherent, clearly insufficient to comprehend anything substantial.

Fortunately, Qi Chuan possessed the Hundredfold Critical Strike Golden Finger.

Fifteen minutes later, Qi Chuan withdrew his gaze with a hint of exhaustion, and his divine sense returned entirely to his mind, as he rubbed his forehead.

However, before his eyes, a line of writing emerged.

[With your Foundation Establishment Divine Sense, you meticulously observed the Celestial Pill Stele for fifteen minutes, attempting to comprehend the information hidden within. Triggering the Hundredfold Critical Strike, you gained a hundredfold rewards, successfully comprehending the inheritance of the Celestial Pill Elder.]

As the writing appeared, numerous pieces of information surged into Qi Chuan’s mind.

This information was quite complex, but after Qi Chuan sorted through it, he found it indeed matched the words from the Golden Finger, forming a coherent system, being a special inheritance.

The so-called Celestial Pill Elder’s inheritance, according to the transmitted information, belonged to a Nascent Soul True Monarch of considerable power in ancient times.

This Nascent Soul True Monarch, unlike others of the same rank, had his unique qualities that made him renowned and untouchable even by other Nascent Soul True Monarchs; even some Divinity Transformation Cultivators maintained good relations with him.

The reason was that the Celestial Pill Elder was not only a Nascent Soul True Monarch but also a High Tier Alchemist!

This Secret Realm Space also belonged to him.

This inheritance was personally left by him.

As for the crystal clear liquid in the stone bowl before the black stone stele, it was an extremely rare resource known as Profound Spirit Mist Marrow.