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Chapter 198: Super awesome baby

Chapter 198: Super awesome baby

Hearing the Old Master’s words, Leng Xuan suddenly understood something. Uncle Da Zhang had passed on the Defying Heaven Art to him, and apart from some basics, he seldom gave him any other guidance. Therefore, his knowledge of the path of cultivation was not very comprehensive. He gratefully glanced at Ling Tian and said, "Old Master, I understand now."

Ling Tian gave a faint smile and said nothing before suddenly standing up and walking over to a wardrobe. After opening it, he pressed somewhere inside, and the wooden panel in the wardrobe automatically slid open to both sides, revealing a recessed hidden compartment. Inside the compartment was a mysterious box, ancient in design and carved with dragon and phoenix patterns.

Leng Xuan watched all this with curiosity but did not speak.

Ling Tian turned around, opened the box in front of Leng Xuan, and took out a small eight-trigram pendant that radiated a mysterious blue light. Even in daylight, the blue glow was still dazzling to the extreme, truly wondrous indeed.

"This object is called The Hundred Treasure Mirror. It can sense any object with spiritual power," the Old Master said with a smile as he handed the pendant to Leng Xuan, "I said I’d repay a favor to you; therefore, I’ve decided to give this to you."

Leng Xuan was startled. Able to sense objects with spiritual power, The Hundred Treasure Mirror was an invaluable treasure to any cultivator. Such a generous gift he really dared not accept. Without taking it, he replied with a bitter smile, "Old Master, I can’t accept such a thing. You should keep it for yourself. As for healing you, I only consumed a bit of my True Qi. It didn’t have much of an impact on me. You don’t need to worry so much about it."

Ling Tian frowned and said, "In your eyes, it might seem trivial but, in my eyes, it was like recovering a life. If you don’t accept it, it would be as if you’re looking down on me."

Leng Xuan broke into a sweat. Not accepting it meant looking down on him? What kind of logic was the Old Master following? It was just like his precious granddaughter. Helplessly, he took the pendant and said, "Well, alright then. I’ll accept it. Thank you, Old Master."

"Hehe, now that’s more like it," Ling Tian let out a sigh of relief and appeared quite happy.

Observing the The Hundred Treasure Mirror for a moment, Leng Xuan asked, "Old Master, what kind of unusual reaction will The Hundred Treasure Mirror have when it senses the presence of a treasure?"

Ling Tian replied, "Just like now, it will automatically glow. Moreover, the brighter the light, the stronger the spiritual power of the treasure."

A thought crossed Leng Xuan’s mind, and he looked at Old Master Ling curiously.

Ling Tian smiled and said, "Correct, there’s a fine treasure in this room, which is why The Hundred Treasure Mirror is emitting such a bright light."

Leng Xuan also smiled, understandingly. Although he was curious about what kind of treasure it was, he didn’t ask further and changed the subject, "Old Master, there’s something else I’m not sure if I should ask?"

"Oh? What’s the matter? Go ahead and ask."

"How did you suffer from cultivation deviation?"

Ling Tian was taken aback, then looked up and took a deep sigh before saying, "If I were to blame anything, it would be my excessive impatience in cultivation!"

Leng Xuan could see that Old Master Ling was not the kind of person who was easily agitated. So why was he so eager to cultivate?

Leng Xuan didn’t ask, but the Old Master revealed it on his own, "I know what you’re thinking... Actually, all of this has to do with my old adversary.

"More than a decade ago, I encountered him once and we had a clandestine contest, during which I was seriously injured. If I hadn’t deployed a powerful Magical Treasure at a critical moment to also inflict an injury on him, I might not have made it back alive.

"After that battle, my health never fully recovered, so I falsely claimed to have heart disease. The injury was to my meridians, making it impossible for me to cultivate ever since. But recently, I’ve sensed that he’s about to return and, fearing that he would harm the people close to me, I was forced into cultivation. Alas, in my carelessness, I nearly fell into cultivation deviation. If you hadn’t arrived in time, my soul might have dissipated by now."