CHAPTER 862: CHAPTER 862: PLUCKING EVERY FEATHER

Green Mountain Ancestor looked at Chen Nan, unable to hide his admiration in his eyes.

"You are an Alchemist. The common weakness of Alchemists is the lack of combat means and battle experience, so I bestow upon you the Void Breaking Sword to use for self-protection."

The Ancestor’s words were sincere, but Chen Nan just scoffed.

He really wanted to tell Green Mountain Ancestor that his forte was fighting, and alchemy was just a side hobby. Cultivators of the same level were no match for him, as easy to defeat as cabbages.

But in the end, he didn’t say it out loud, after all, he wanted to save the Ancestor’s face.

"The Void Breaking Sword was my favorite item back in the day, indestructible and faster than lightning, perfect for ambushes. Even ones with Protective Treasures can’t defend against it."

"For sneak attacks?"

Chen Nan was shocked. The venerable Green Mountain Ancestor, said to hold down an era, actually preferred sneak attacks?

Indeed, things you hear are often unreliable.

The imagined Green Mountain Ancestor should be a serious old man; who knew he had a humorous, bookish side?

"Yes, fighting is tiring, but ambushing is much simpler," Green Mountain Ancestor said in a justified manner. "Later on, I will entrust this Secret Treasure to you, and you must not tarnish my reputation as an Ancestor."

Chen Nan didn’t quite catch what the Ancestor was saying, he only clearly heard the words "Secret Treasure."

It should be known that a cultivator’s weapon, besides Spiritual Artifacts, there’s also a type called Secret Treasures.

Secret Treasures have no grade; the poor ones might be similar to Ninth Grade Spiritual Artifacts, while better ones could surpass them, and they generally possess special effects.

Like this little sword in front of him, its feature is to be indestructible, any defense before it is like paper.

"Thank you, Ancestor, for this treasure." Chen Nan was overjoyed. After securing the small sword, he began asking questions.

"Ancestor, there are many things I don’t understand, firstly why do the successive Sect Leaders of the Qingshan Sect die so tragically?"

"And the magic techniques passed down by the Qingshan Sect, are almost all incomplete; where’s the rest?"

"Oh, and I want to ask if one can only obtain one inheritance? Is it possible to get other inheritances?"

Green Mountain Ancestor looked at Chen Nan, helplessly spreading his hands: "I can’t answer the first two questions because I am merely a remnant soul and do not possess much memory."

"However, I can answer your last question. If you can, of course, you can get multiple inheritances, perhaps the Qingshan Sect’s magic techniques are all within those inheritances."

"How much you can obtain depends on your fortune."

Chen Nan didn’t know whether to be happy or sad, happy that he might get other inheritances, sad that even meeting the Ancestor couldn’t complete all the techniques of the Qingshan Sect.

"Since that’s the case, then I won’t disturb you, Ancestor."

He bowed and prepared to leave the Consciousness Space, to try his luck and see if he could obtain a second inheritance.

At that moment, a peculiar thought popped into his mind.

"Oh, Ancestor, I feel keeping these inheritances in the Inheritance Land is a waste, as only one or two people can come to get them at a time."

"If all the Qingshan Sect disciples could have a chance to obtain the inheritances, perhaps they would’ve already been taken, and you pioneers would have fulfilled your virtue and merit, wouldn’t you?"

Each of these inheritances is not one-time use, even if the items left in the inheritances are taken, the remnants can still pass down their magic from their memories.

Until the remnants completely dissipate.

Green Mountain Ancestor frowned, seemingly pondering over Chen Nan’s question.

After a long time, he slapped his thigh.

"You’re right, this is a good idea, why didn’t I think of it before?"

Chen Nan was overjoyed and promptly said, "Ancestor, let me try to take all these Inheritance Tombstones outside."

"You can." Ancestor nodded, "But this will be very difficult because the tombstones with inheritances are connected to the graves to prevent someone from stealing the tombstones."

"Moreover, every time someone accepts an inheritance, it will consume the residual soul power in the tombstone, accelerating the dissipation of the remnant soul, so think it over."

Chen Nan didn’t hesitate at all and nodded seriously: "Anyway, the Sect Leaders have died, so contributing a little more after death is better than leaving the remnants to linger on."

Once he decides on something, he rarely changes his mind.

Looking at the young man in front of him, Green Mountain Ancestor seemed to recall when he was young, equally spirited.

"Haha, interesting, truly interesting, you really aim to go after everything from the Inheritance Land."

"Looks like the Qingshan Sect has gained an extraordinary successor again."

"Do whatever you want, we old ones can only do this much for you."

Knowing well that too many people obtaining inheritances would hasten the remnants’ demise, Green Mountain Ancestor still chose to support Chen Nan; just this breadth of mind and courage are beyond ordinary people.

Chen Nan bowed and turned to leave the Consciousness Space.

When he opened his eyes, he was still standing in front of the tombstone, but the difference was that there was a sharp little sword in his hand, the Void Breaking Sword.

Chen Nan put away the small sword and smiled slightly at the tombstone in front.

"Ancestor, let’s start with you first."

He rubbed his hands and then stepped forward to hug the tombstone, slightly bent his legs, and then suddenly exerted force, trying to pull out the stone tablet.

Instantly, his face turned red, and the veins on his arms popped out.

Even though his physical strength was quite formidable, the tombstone in front of him seemed like a mountain, rooted to the ground, hard to move.

After trying for a long time, Chen Nan could only make the tombstone sway a bit, pulling it out was simply out of reach.

"Forget it, let’s try another tombstone."

Chen Nan chuckled bitterly, moving to a smaller tombstone in front, planted his feet, hugged the stone, and began pulling it out.

The ground seemed to have a huge suction, causing Chen Nan to use every ounce of strength as his arm veins nearly burst.

This must be what the Green Mountain Ancestor meant when he said that the tombstone and the grave are one, pulling it out was indeed difficult.

"Rise for me!"

Because of exerting force, Chen Nan’s face flushed red, and he shouted out.

Fortunately, his efforts paid off, and this small tombstone was actually being slowly pulled out of the earth.

When it was fully extracted, all the pulling force suddenly disappeared, causing Chen Nan to fall on the ground with the tombstone.

Once removed, the connection between the tombstone and the grave was severed, and the pulling forces naturally dissipated.

Chen Nan suspected that being able to pull out the tombstone was not just because of his strength, but mainly because time had separated the tombstone and the grave into two parts.