CHAPTER 67: CHAPTER 67: I REALLY OWE YOU ONE

After hearing these few words, Chen Guan felt a heavy pressure on his chest.

According to the logic Duan Shulin mentioned, the meaning of these prophetic words could be interpreted as the demon child will one day kill the Ten Celestial Kings and destroy the Ten Great Families.

If there really were such a prophecy, not just in the past few years but even in thousands or millions of years from now, the Ten Celestial Kings would exhaust all resources and leave no stone unturned in order to find and eradicate the demon’s offspring. They’d rather believe it exists than ignore it, preferring to be safe than sorry, under no circumstances allowing the prophecy to come true.

Chen Guan shivered with chills, thinking if he were indeed the demon child in the prophecy, wouldn’t that mean the people of the Ten Great Families are desperate to find and kill him?

Chen Guan was eager to return home immediately and ask Chen Xinghe if he knew about this matter, if his identity was truly flawless, and if it could be discovered.

However, Chen Guan knew rushing back now would be useless, for if they could have traced Chen Xinghe, it would have already been done by now.

Upon further thought, Chen Guan considered that perhaps the demon child mentioned in the prophecy was not referring to him, nor to the demon’s offspring, but to something else entirely.

Despite this thought, Chen Guan felt he should make every effort to conceal his origins, especially avoiding any contact with that Hundred Flowers Divine Mirror as much as possible.

"I can’t just hide forever; ultimately, I must find a way to solve this. If that demon child in the prophecy truly refers to me, the Ten Celestial Kings and their families will not spare me. I might indeed have to fight them to the end. If I want to live peacefully, the only way is to overthrow the Ten Celestial Kings and eliminate the Ten Great Families, thus ensuring no future troubles for me or my descendants," Chen Guan’s eyes flickered. With his current strength, not to mention fighting the Ten Celestial Kings, even an ordinary lackey from the Ten Great Families could easily crush him.

"Whether the prophecy exists or not, or whether the demon child refers to me or not, it’s always beneficial to increase my strength. Luckily, I have the Spirit of the Cheerleaders talent and have obtained the Secret Technique of One. In the future, I might have the power to overturn everything." Chen Guan glanced at Duan Shulin.

"What Duan Shulin is telling me seems to go beyond the boundaries of strangers meeting for the first time. Is he truly just a chatterbox? Is my encounter with him a coincidence?"

In the darkness, Chen Guan’s eyes twinkled like stars, yet Duan Shulin continued talking to himself.

"The Ten Celestial Kings have been searching secretly for so many years, but they haven’t found any trace of the demon. If I really took out the blade from the Hundred Flowers Divine Mirror, do you think they would let me go? Even if they knew my background was innocent and had nothing to do with the demon, they’d rather be safe than sorry. My little life wouldn’t survive. Only a naive guy like Jiang Qiemo would think of taking the blade out. But he’s from the Jiang Family, a descendant of Old Celestial King Jiang. Even if he takes it out, he probably won’t be executed, maybe just taken for a paternity test."

Chen Guan chatted with Duan Shulin while the tomb master killed a lot of Profound Yin Ghosts, allowing Chen Guan to acquire a Secret Technique Core of the Profound Yin Skill and a Secret Skill Core of the Three Yin Claw, though he didn’t find the Seven Profound Steps.

Luckily, Chen Guan already had the Senluo Ghost Step, so he no longer needed the Seven Profound Steps.

Having acquired enough things, Chen Guan didn’t linger and left the Profound Yin Cave with Duan Shulin.

Outside the Profound Yin Cave, Chen Guan looked at the previous stall and saw the Secret Skill Core of the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm still there. He walked up to the stall, took out the Profound Yin Skill and Three Yin Claw Secret Cores, and pointed at the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm Secret Skill Core saying, "Two for one, deal?"

"Yours are just ordinary Profound Yin Skill and Three Yin Claw, combined they’re only worth a hundred bucks. Mine is a rare Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm...Don’t go...Okay, deal..." The vendor initially wanted more benefits but hurriedly agreed as Chen Guan turned to leave, quickly handing over the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm Secret Core.

The Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm hardly sells, even less so than the Profound Yin Skill and Three Yin Claw. After the transaction, the vendor felt quite pleased, thinking he got the better end of the deal.

Chen Guan was also satisfied with the deal and immediately used the Secret Core to learn the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm.

Secret Skill: Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm (Rare).

Usage Requirements: None.

Primordial Energy Consumption: 21.

Skill Level: 1.

"A Level 1 Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm requires 21 points of primordial energy, more than ten times that of the Blood Hand Seal. It’s impossible for normal people to use such a Secret Skill, but the more primordial energy it consumes in a single burst, the more power it unleashes. For others, this is a finisher-level Secret Skill, but for me, once I level up a few times, I can use it as a standard skill or even a normal attack..." Chen Guan was in high spirits.

Though his current primordial energy wasn’t enough to use the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm even once, he was already planning to acquire more Secret Skills that consume a lot of primordial energy but deal massive damage, in order to fully utilize the effect of the Secret Technique of One.

"Although the Profound Nether Yin Fire Palm is a highly powerful Secret Skill, it consumes too much primordial energy; unless you’ve consumed Heavenly and Earthly Treasures that increase your primordial energy limit, you can’t use it before the Second Awakening. Even if you can manage to use it, you can only use it once, which makes it quite impractical," Duan Shulin commented.

Chen Guan simply said he had a hobby of collecting Secret Skills.

Upon reaching Reincarnation City, Duan Shulin handed Chen Guan a card to verify at the administrative hall.

Without hesitation, Chen Guan inquired in detail and confirmed that the Illusory Secret Realm Card was indeed a limited edition card issued by Reincarnation City. It allowed unlimited access to 79 Secret Spirit Areas under Reincarnation City, and being a non-named Divine Card, it was card-only and not person-bound, unlike the similar but named Black Gold Card.

After confirming there were no issues, Chen Guan handed the Mutated Tomb Master to Duan Shulin outside the administrative hall.

Though this pet was a minor treasure, it was inferior to Yan Zhi in various aspects and was of no use to Chen Guan.

Moreover, Chen Guan had a tendency towards beauty. The Tomb Master was too ugly, making him uncomfortable. He preferred pets like Ming Fei who were beautiful.

Also, Ming Fei’s attributes and abilities easily surpassed those of the Tomb Master, with a similar type, there was no reason to keep the Tomb Master.

"Damn...1.91 growth rate..." Duan Shulin exclaimed with delight upon seeing the Tomb Master’s attributes. He already knew from Chen Guan that the Tomb Master was a one-of-a-kind pet, but he didn’t expect its growth rate to be so high, even comparable to some low-growth-rate Unparalleled Pets.

It only lacked in Secret Skills and had no Secret Treasures.

Little did he know, the Tomb Master was formed by the fusion of two Mutated Corpses, meaning it was already fortunate to have such Secret Skills, not to mention Secret Treasures were out of the question.

"Old Guan, do you know why I was willing to trade such a precious Secret Realm Card for your pet?" Duan Shulin asked with a smile that could rival an AK, his face beaming with joy.

"Why?" Chen Guan already realized that although the Tomb Master had an extraordinary growth rate, its fundamental Secret Skills were average, and it had no Secret Treasures. Trading it for such a Secret Realm Card was indeed a good deal for him. Unless Duan Shulin wasn’t particularly bright, he must have an ulterior motive.

"Hehe, do you know why I was being chased by the Profound Yin Ghost Mother? It’s because I found a Nether Lotus deep within the Profound Yin Cave, but it grows amidst the Profound Nether Yin Fire, and without a pet like the Tomb Master, there’s no way to retrieve it. Now that the Mutated Profound Yin Ghost Mother guarding the Nether Lotus is dead and I have the Tomb Master, which is unfazed by the Profound Nether Yin Fire, that Dwarf Nether Lotus is as good as mine, all thanks to you. If you hadn’t sold me the Tomb Master, I wouldn’t be able to take the Nether Lotus... Haha..." Duan Shulin laughed heartily, pleased with himself.