"Little Xi, if I infuse my True Qi into it, it should be fine, right?" Long Chen was a cautious person, so he asked Lingxi before he did it.
"It's fine, it's just a shell," Lingxi replied.
With Lingxi's assurance, Long Chen became a lot bolder. Lingxi didn't know about the existence of the Dragon Jade, so she didn't care about the stone talisman. However, Long Chen had a feeling that the stone talisman wasn't that simple.
At this time, he guided his True Qi and slowly infused it into the stone talisman.
"Yes."
Long Chen suddenly discovered that the True Qi he infused was actually being absorbed by the stone talisman, instead of directly flowing away.
"Little Xi." This strange situation left Long Chen with no choice but to ask Lingxi to explain.
After Long Chen shouted, the black dragon pattern on the stone talisman suddenly flickered with a black light. This light was very weak, like a candle flame slowly flickering.
"Why is this happening?"
Lingxi was a little surprised. She approached the stone talisman in Long Chen's hand and said with wide eyes, "Chen, I also don't know why this is happening. It's really strange."
"You also don't know? That's strange …" Although the stone talisman was shining, it seemed that nothing had happened. Long Chen turned it up and down a few times, but the black light still didn't dissipate. However, at this time, Long Chen suddenly felt a power that made his soul tremble coming from the mysterious stone talisman.
"What kind of feeling is this …" Long Chen faintly felt that the stone talisman was like a ripple spreading in all directions. This ripple was invisible, but Long Chen really felt it. He even felt that because of the stone talisman, he, Lingxi, and Xiao Lang, who was not far away, were all controlled in a mysterious space.
As soon as the palpitations appeared, Lingxi exclaimed, "Chen, look at the sun."
Long Chen looked up and was stunned. He saw that the sun, which had been in the center of the sky, was now setting toward the west at an extremely fast speed. In just a breath's time, the sky had already turned dark.
"How could this be?"
Be it Long Chen or Ling Xi, both of them were completely dumbfounded. Before they could even react, the sky had already lit up after two breaths of time.
The sun rose up from the east, and then, at an extremely fast speed, it flew towards the west. In just two breaths of time, the sky turned dark once more.
"Heavens, what's going on?"
At this moment, Long Chen's mind was a complete mess. What he was seeing right now was simply too shocking to him. Any normal person wouldn't be stupefied by something like this.
What Long Chen saw now was that a long day had been compressed into four breaths of time. In four breaths of time, an entire day had passed. The sun was like a shooting star, rising from the east and setting from the west. It was only enough time for Long Chen to say a single sentence.
"Little Xi, how could time pass so quickly?" Long Chen felt like he was having trouble breathing.
"It's not that time has passed quickly, it's that the time here has slowed down. It has slowed down countless times." Lingxi said anxiously.
Their conversation had taken up an entire day.
To them, this was simply too shocking.
"Quick, get out of here."
As soon as Long Chen said this, he jumped down from the big green rock. He didn't know how much time had passed, but at this moment, the fast-flowing time finally stopped. The sun was still hanging in the sky, and everything seemed to be the same as before.
"Little Xi, could it be that we were dreaming?" Looking at the stable sun in the sky, Long Chen said in a hoarse voice.
"That shouldn't be, it's impossible that we were dreaming together." Lingxi also looked around in disbelief.
"Chen, I think, maybe it's already noon in a few days …" Lingxi said weakly.
Long Chen's heart was filled with shock.
"Impossible, how could such a miraculous thing happen? Can the flow of time be changed?" Long Chen shook his head, his face pale.
"Chen …"
"Yes."
"I've heard that there were some heaven-defying existences in ancient times who had the power to control time. There was even an Ancestral Dragon who could control the river of time. Therefore, it is entirely possible to control time. We can assume that the flow of time and space around us suddenly slowed down countless times compared to the outside world. We might feel that we are normal, but the outside world is very fast. However, when we look from the outside world, we might not be moving at all …"
Lingxi's voice trembled as she spoke.
When Lingxi mentioned the Ancestral Dragon, Long Chen remembered that he was still holding the stone talisman in his hand.
At this time, the black light emitting from the dragon pattern on the stone talisman had completely disappeared. Long Chen's hand holding the stone talisman was trembling slightly. He said gloomily, "Little Xi, if it is really as you said, and the time around us slowed down countless times, does that mean that it was this thing's doing?"
"It should be."
Ling Xi stared in shock at the ordinary-looking stone talisman outside. She really couldn't understand. If this stone talisman was really so heaven-defying, why would it appear in such a small place? What exactly was this stone talisman?
These questions also existed in Long Chen's mind. He didn't dare to hold the stone talisman anymore, but he also couldn't throw it away. He could only immediately put it into his Cosmos Sack. This way, he could feel a little more at ease.
"There is a dragon on the talisman. Little Xi, what is the name of the Ancestral Dragon that can control time that you mentioned?" Long Chen had a feeling that there must be some relationship between them.
"I can't remember, I just heard it casually. It should be Taixu … I can't remember what Taixu is anymore." Lingxi said a little embarrassedly.
Taixu.
Long Chen didn't dare to think too much about it. It was still a long way from him.
"This guy, Xiao Lang, even after such a big thing happened, he is still sleeping." Lingxi pouted, a little speechless.
Long Chen also didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Nowadays, Xiao Lang liked to sleep more and more. Basically, he would lie down when he had nothing to do. Of course, it was also because he had nothing to do.
"I'll give him the Traceless Specter to try another day." Long Chen thought in his heart.
"Little Xi, if you want to verify whether what we just saw was an illusion or not, as long as we return to Heavenly Devil Palace, we will know. Oh no." Thinking of a certain point, Long Chen was shocked.
"What's wrong, Chen?" Seeing Long Chen's expression suddenly become so lifeless, Lingxi hurriedly asked.
"If there's really a problem with the flow of time, we only have two days left. If we miss it, I'll lose face. Not only will I lose face, I'll also lose face for my master. No, I have to go down there immediately." "That's right, I have to go down there immediately."
Thinking of this, Long Chen let Lingxi return to Lingxi's sword, kicked Xiao Lang, and shouted for him to follow. Without saying a word, he directly rushed in the direction of Heavenly Devil Palace.
"I hope we don't miss the time … The appointed time is noon. It is noon now, but it is noon in a few days."
… …
"Palace Master, it is already noon. Where is Long Chen?" The Third Demon Elder's shrill voice rang out, full of pride.
This time's appointed battle was very grand in Heavenly Devil Palace, to the extent that everyone knew about it. Therefore, on this day, basically everyone in Heavenly Devil Palace with a bit of status was present. Next to the martial arts arena stood a dense crowd of Heavenly Devil Palace disciples. Basically, all the disciples of Heavenly Devil Palace had come to join in the fun.
As for Zhao Qingyun, the three Demon Elders, all the Hall Masters, the Protectors, and the Elders, they all had their own seats, watching from high above. However, at this time in the martial arts arena, only Yang Jun was in the martial arts arena, arms crossed, looking down coldly. His eyes were filled with deep disdain and pride.
The time was up, but Long Chen did not. What did this mean?
It meant that Long Chen had stage fright.
Why did he have stage fright?
This meant that his bragging had failed. Learning the Traceless Specter in twenty days was simply a joke, a huge joke. Long Chen saw that he had failed, so he didn't have the face to come and embarrass himself. In fact, many people had expected such a situation to occur. After all, no matter how heaven-defying Long Chen was, it was impossible for him to learn the Traceless Specter in twenty days.
Under the Third Demon Elder's loud question, everyone focused their eyes on Zhao Qingyun, waiting for his answer. Zhao Qingyun was originally full of confidence in Long Chen, so he did not go to look for Long Chen before this. Unexpectedly, Long Chen did not come, which was also out of his expectation.
"What's the hurry? Maybe he was delayed by something. Anyway, since we are all gathered here, there is no harm in waiting a little longer."
Zhao Qingyun said lightly. To be honest, he did not have much confidence in his words, because he did not know whether Long Chen would come or not.
As soon as Zhao Qingyun's voice fell, many people had their opinions.
"Are you kidding me? So many of us came to wait for him. Is he acting tough or does he not dare to come at all?"
"Let's not wait anymore. That coward has probably gone down Mount Emperor Demon by now. We don't know where he has escaped to. Let's go, let's go. Otherwise, it will be a waste of time."
Similar complaints came one after another.
Beside Zhao Qingyun, Dongfang Xuanxiao and Xuan Ke were also frowning their brows. Dongfang Xuanxiao looked around and knew that if Long Chen didn't show up today, he would definitely be more humiliated than Zhao Qingyun.
"What's wrong with Chen? With his character, he would not be so unreliable. Father-in-law, I will go and find him," Dongfang Xuanxiao said.
"No need. He will come when he is supposed to." Zhao Qingyun shook his head.
At this time, after hearing Zhao Qingyun's words, the Third Demon Elder sneered and said, "Who knows? We can wait, but we can't wait forever. I think we should forget about it today. He has not come until now, so how can he come?"