CHAPTER 651: CHAPTER 650: BEATING HEART

Boom...

After the Sky-reaching Little Tree left, the large tree in front of it exploded into ash.

"Finally, I’ve successfully obtained the Life Inheritance!" Lin Fan thought to himself with joy: "Next, I need to find a way to leave this place, then concentrate on cultivating. Speaking of which, the battle with Lin Tian is approaching... Not good... Life Divine Mountain is going to close for a month, doesn’t that mean I will miss the battle with Lin Tian?"

"No, I must find a way to leave early!"

Thump...

Thump...

Just then, a strange sound began to resonate.

It seems to be...

The sound of a heartbeat?

But this sound has been amplified countless times compared to the sound of an actual heartbeat.

"What’s going on now?"

Lin Fan was somewhat puzzled.

Originally, Lin Fan thought that after obtaining the Life Inheritance, everything would be over.

It seems now there may be more surprises to come.

Thump!

Thump!

The sound of the heartbeat continued without cessation, as if it would never stop.

"Is this sound coming from under the tree we saw earlier?" Lin Fan quickly identified the source of the sound.

"Let’s go check it out!"

Without hesitation, Lin Fan dashed over. The great tree had burst into ash, but its roots were still in place.

After a moment’s hesitation, Lin Fan embraced the tree’s roots and uprooted them.

Suddenly, a giant hollow appeared within Lin Fan’s sight, and surprisingly, everything inside was empty except for a coffin that rested there.

It was a crystal coffin, uncorrupted for a million years.

Thump...

Thump...

The sound of the heartbeat was indeed coming from within the coffin.

Lin Fan quickly arrived beside the crystal coffin, and then he was stunned once again because there was nothing inside the crystal coffin but a heart.

This heart was as red as a regular human heart, quietly resting there, but what was strange was that the heart continued to beat non-stop.

Thump!

Thump!

It beat rhythmically.

Moreover, as the heart beat, Lin Fan could clearly feel the strength of its lifeforce.

"The owner of this heart, I wonder to what extent they had reached? It seems it’s been here for at least tens of thousands of years, and yet it can still beat without destruction? Impressive, truly impressive!"

Lin Fan couldn’t help but sigh.

It’s important to know that even for a Saint Ascension-level Peak expert, once they died, their heart would also stop beating because the energy required for a heart to beat comes from a person’s body. Once the body dies and can no longer supply energy to the heart, naturally, the heart will stop beating.

But...

The heart before him has been beating for tens of thousands of years?

And looking at the current situation, if it had not been discovered by him, this heart would probably continue to beat like that.

"This heart, it can absorb energy autonomously already! So, even if I hadn’t found it, it would keep beating!" Lin Fan murmured to himself: "How powerful the owner of this heart must have been when they were alive to possess such a powerful heart?"

Lin Fan watched the heart and after a long while, Lin Fan ultimately did not make any move and turned to prepare to leave.

Because Lin Fan also didn’t know how to handle the heart artifact, nor did he know whether it was good or bad, he thought it best not to meddle with it, just to be safe. After all, this heart was left behind by an unknown powerful being; if he messed with it recklessly and the heart harbored malice, he wouldn’t even know how he died.

However...

Just as Lin Fan turned to leave, a voice suddenly echoed in his mind.

"Young man, are you about to leave? I have left the Life Inheritance here for a hundred thousand years, and you are the first to come. Are you really going to leave just like that? Don’t you think it’s a pity?"

The voice was very aged, yet brimming with vigor.

"What?"

Lin Fan was startled and said in horror, "Life Inheritance? So, this heart artifact is the true Life Inheritance?"

But soon, Lin Fan’s horror turned into delight.

Previously, after the Sky-reaching Tender Bud absorbed the life force of the great tree, it successfully evolved into a little tree.

Now, if the Sky-reaching Little Tree were to absorb the energy from this heart, it would no doubt evolve again without question.

Lin Fan quickly summoned the Sky-reaching Little Tree.

However...

What took Lin Fan by surprise was that the Sky-reaching Little Tree couldn’t absorb the life force from the heart?

"This..."

Lin Fan was somewhat astonished, but soon he came to a realization; the Sky-reaching Little Tree and the heart were not of the same essence, hence their energies naturally could not be absorbed by one another.

"It seems that only I can refine this heart," Lin Fan thought to himself.

Then, Lin Fan planned to start the process to refine the heart.

But soon Lin Fan hesitated again, because he didn’t know the heart’s condition or potential dangers. If he truly refined the heart, could it lead into a deadly predicament?

Keep in mind, this heart was left behind by an unknown but mighty existence.

If there were indeed dangers, he would undoubtedly perish.

So, Lin Fan was hesitant.

After a long thought, Lin Fan finally clenched his teeth and said, "Forget it, the brave may win when they meet on a narrow path. If I do die from refining the heart, then so be it; perhaps it’s just that my luck isn’t good enough."

Lin Fan had made up his mind to refine the heart.

A battle for survival!

If successful, Lin Fan would definitely reap enormous benefits.

And if he failed!

At worst, he would die!

Then, Lin Fan directly began to act, summoning boundless energy to operate on the heart, aiming to refine it.

But soon Lin Fan found that he was overthinking; the heart was wrapped in a formidable energy and was utterly unrefinable.

In the end, Lin Fan could only give up in frustration.

However, at the moment Lin Fan gave up, the heart suddenly flew up on its own, and before Lin Fan had any chance to react, it merged into his body.

"What’s going on?"

After carefully searching within his body, Lin Fan still couldn’t find the whereabouts of the heart; it was as if the heart had just vanished from the face of the earth.

"Where on earth did this heart go?"

For a moment, worry inevitably crept into Lin Fan’s heart.

With the heart lurking inside his body, it was like an invisible bomb planted within; it could erupt at any moment.

What was even more crucial was that Lin Fan had no idea whether the heart was good or evil.

In any case, Lin Fan would not feel at ease until the heart was fully refined.

But the problem was, now Lin Fan didn’t even know the location of the heart, so how was he supposed to refine it?