In reality, Su Chen didn't want to cut open this Holy Spirit Stone. This was because even with Su Chen's divination, he couldn't tell what the fortune of this Holy Spirit Stone was.
If he could see the fortune of this Holy Spirit Stone, then Su Chen would be able to make a judgment easily. However, he couldn't see it now, so he could only go blind.
However, seeing that the three of them were so enthusiastic, Su Chen didn't want to dampen their spirits. Besides, 100,000 Spirit Stones wasn't too much for Su Chen. It was just a year's worth of offerings.
Take a gamble and turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.
Under the eager gazes of the three, Spirit Qi surged from Su Chen's fingertips, forming a serrated Spirit Qi blade. He slashed at the Holy Spirit Stone.
A crisp sound rang out.
Surging Spirit Qi erupted from the Holy Spirit Stone. This Spirit Qi was very ancient and pure, but there wasn't much of it. It quickly dissipated into the void.
Su Chen's expression changed as he vaguely sensed something. He waved his hand and grabbed toward the void within the Holy Spirit Stone.
With a flip of his hand, a pocket-sized animal sculpture appeared in Su Chen's hand.
It was a charmingly naive panda.
"An Iron-Eating Beast?"
Hua Qian shook his head and sighed. Iron-Eating Beasts were very common in the cultivation world. They were only found in places with bamboo forests. Furthermore, this was only a sculpture of an Iron-Eating Beast. It was so small and didn't look like a valuable item.
This was a huge loss.
Xiao Yu and Zhou Yi also had regretful expressions. If they had known this would happen, they wouldn't have gambled. Each of them would have gotten 25,000 Spirit Stones.
Su Chen was also speechless.
This thing didn't have any Spirit Qi fluctuations. It really was just a decoration.
It couldn't even be considered a figurine. At most, it was a key pendant.
Although it was quite beautiful, Su Chen felt a pang of pain when he thought about how he had exchanged 100,000 Spirit Stones for something like this.
Unwilling to give up, Su Chen stared at the panda pendant for a long time. However, he still couldn't find anything out of the ordinary about it.
Even the material used was the most common clay.
Aside from its exquisite workmanship and lifelike appearance, there was nothing special about it.
Amazing.
Su Chen took out a string and put the panda pendant on. He tied it to his belt as a pendant.
The four of them continued to search the cliff, but after searching for a long time, they still didn't find anything new.
At this moment, the sound of chains colliding came from behind.
Everyone looked back and saw that the iron chains outside the cage kept shaking. A white bony hand reached through the gaps of the chains and pulled open a corner.
A skull drilled half of its head out and stared at the four of them with its black eye sockets.
"Ah!"
Zhou Yi was the most timid. She was so scared that she hid behind Su Chen.
Xiao Yu was so scared that he hid behind Hua Qian and grabbed his arm tightly.
"Little fellow … Can you return that Iron-Eating Beast to me?"
The skull suddenly opened its mouth and a tiny figure appeared in its mouth. It looked like a spirit body.
Su Chen calmed himself down and looked carefully. He found that the figure was quite handsome and had the appearance of a young man.
"Who are you?"
Su Chen asked.
"I am the son of the Spirit Race's Divine Adjudicator. My name is Xiang Xi. Back in the day, the Spirit Race angered the Revered World, Yu Tianheng, and was mercilessly suppressed. I asked to accompany my father into battle, but he refused. My father was afraid that I would act rashly, so he used the Revered Dragon Formation to trap me. In the end, the Spirit Race was annihilated.
Xiang Xi's words shocked Su Chen and the others.
He was actually a member of the Spirit Race, and he hadn't died yet!
He wasn't like the soulless Immortals outside. From Xiang Xi's words, although his soul was extremely weak, he still retained his consciousness.
"Senior, do you need us to rescue you?" Hua Qian immediately rushed forward and knelt on the ground.
Soul Masters originated from the Spirit Race. In a sense, the Spirit Race could be considered the ancestors of Soul Masters.
Hua Qian knew very well what it meant to suddenly encounter a living Spirit Race member.
If he could obtain a superficial inheritance from him, it would be useful for the rest of his life.
Xiang Xi said, "You're too weak. Without a Clear Heaven Realm cultivation base, there's no way you can break the Revered Dragon Formation. Besides, I'm already at the end of my life. Even if I escape this prison, I won't be able to live for more than a few days."
"This … …"
Hua Qian's face was full of regret. It seemed that he wouldn't be able to obtain this opportunity.
Su Chen frowned and thought for a moment. Then, holding up the panda pendant, he asked, "What do you want it for?"
"This Iron-Eating Beast was my best childhood playmate. During those years, my father was busy with work and had no time to accompany me. Only this Iron-Eating Beast stayed by my side. Even after I was trapped by the Rune, it did not abandon me. It stayed by my side until its lifespan ran out. When it fused its Dharma into the Sacred Spirit Stone, it wanted to maintain this form and stay by my side forever to protect me. I thought … at least in the last moments of my life, I would be able to accompany it."
"Wahhh, I'm so touched!"
Before Su Chen could say anything, Zhou Yi was the first to cry.
You're too emotional, aren't you?
However, Su Chen could tell that Xiang Xi's words were filled with sincerity. He wasn't lying.
After a moment's hesitation, Su Chen bravely stepped forward and placed the panda pendant in Xiang Xi's skeletal hand.
But at that moment, Xiang Xi suddenly grabbed Su Chen's wrist with lightning speed.
Su Chen jumped in fright. He instinctively tried to pull his hand away, but even though Xiang Xi was only a skeleton, his strength was still astonishing. He firmly clamped down on Su Chen's arm, making it impossible for him to break free.
In a moment of desperation, Su Chen swung the Heaven-Destroying Sword, wanting to cut off his own arm and escape.
This was a completely instinctive reaction. After all, no one knew what Xiang Xi would do. For safety's sake, cutting off his own arm wasn't a big deal at all.
"Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you."
Suddenly, Xiang Xi's voice entered Su Chen's mind.
His clear, youthful voice was filled with warmth, and Su Chen couldn't help but calm down.
"What do you want?"
"I want to give you something to express my gratitude."
Xiang Xi didn't waste any words. His bones suddenly glowed with a lustrous light, and some kind of energy was injected into Su Chen's body.
That was …
A flower.
A flower that glowed with a strange light. It didn't have a physical body; it was completely in the form of a spirit.
"This is?"
"The Flower of Souls. This is the result of countless years of research by our Spirit Race. It is also the reason why our Spirit Race was massacred. Currently, this is the only Flower of Souls left in the entire Spirit Mountain and Tranquil Province. I can't exactly explain its uses to you, but it will definitely only benefit you. However, the Flower of Souls cannot appear in the human world, so before you leave the tomb, you must completely devour the Flower of Souls. You cannot bring it out of the tomb."
After speaking, Xiang Xi released Su Chen's arm and returned to the cage.
Because everything had happened so suddenly, Hua Qian and the others had no idea what was going on. When they saw Su Chen return, the three of them hurriedly surrounded him and asked.
Su Chen was also dumbfounded. After a moment's thought, he decided to hide the matter of the Flower of Souls.
"It's nothing. Let's leave this place. I know where the core area of the tomb is," Su Chen said.
When Xiang Xi had given him the Flower of Souls, he'd also given Su Chen some basic information that would help Su Chen better explore the tomb.