Chapter 66: Chen Xuan Is Cheating Again! Little Girl’s Astonishment!

Chen Xuan felt a great sense of threat upon hearing those words.

Although the little girl was laughing, he knew full well that this Secret Realm indeed possessed the power to kill him.

He wasn’t fooled by the relative ease with which he managed to reach this place. The dragon-blooded lizard was clear proof of its creator’s power.

If the other party had left behind any other means—which they undoubtedly had—then his death was a real possibility.

With a darkened expression, Chen Xuan approached the tablet, the girl’s ultimatum echoing in his mind.

As he drew closer, the tablet’s appearance was revealed. It was split into black and white halves, covered in intricate, flowing Yin-Yang Symbols.

Its surface was dense with text, containing millions of words.

’Is this the spell I must master?’ Chen Xuan wondered, noting the title Yin-Yang Annihilation at the top of the stone.

Clearly, it was a spell centered on the power of Yin and Yang.

’Is this tailored to me? Does every challenger have to master a spell aligned with their own cultivation path?’ he deduced.

’The first trial tested combat prowess, and this one tests comprehension... What will the following trials assess?’

Shaking his head, Chen Xuan stood in front of the tablet and swept his divine sense outward to envelop it.

Instantly, the contents flooded his mind. Or rather, a vast collection of distinct spells.

Yin-Yang Windmill. Yin-Yang Blade. Yin-Yang Spear Thrust...

Information on thousands of individual spells poured into his mind.

As he digested it, he came to understand what he needed to do.

’Each of these spells is a derivative of the Yin-Yang Annihilation mentioned in the stone tablet. If I can master them all, I should be able to work backward and reconstruct the complete spell.’

Chen Xuan realized this was the way to clear the trial.

He didn’t hesitate. Every passing second diminished his chances of securing the inheritance. He had not forgotten that his purpose in entering this place was to save Tang Yuechen.

Passing the trials was merely the means to that end. Based on the little girl’s words, he was able to deduce that he needed to obtain the full inheritance before he could take away the other challengers from her "clutches".

Unfortunately, he wasn’t the only one with the potential to achieve this.

’Xiao Huo must also be undergoing trials. Given that brat’s potential, he should complete these tests rapidly. Coupled with his advantage of having entered before me, he must be ahead at the moment. I must speed up my progress.’ Chen Xuan thought.

His mind began to deconstruct the Yin-Yang spells of the tablet. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

A two-colored blade manifested in his hand before shifting into a spear. Soon, the spear dissolved into a flowing, two-colored cloud.

Every minute, the Yin-Yang Symbols rearranged into a new configuration on top of his palm, signaling the mastery of another spell.

Even so, Chen Xuan showed no signs of satisfaction. He continued to absorb the tablet’s insights, his expression focused and his eyes unblinking.

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Meanwhile, in a hidden chamber within the Secret Realm, the little girl sat before three massive screens, her legs swaying back and forth.

Each screen displayed a different scene, giving her a panoramic view.

One showed Chen Xuan seated cross-legged before the tablet and mulling over its contents, another displayed a blue-haired woman battling a ferocious demon, while the last revealed an ordinary-looking man refining pills.

"It’s quite a rare occurrence for three people to arrive simultaneously," the girl murmured, tapping her finger against her lips.

"I wonder who will go the furthest. Will anyone obtain the true inheritance this time?" she thought, soon shaking her head in disappointment.

She knew her Master’s standards too well. In her opinion, it was highly unlikely that anyone would ever succeed. Most likely, she would stay here until the end of time.

Deflated, the little girl continued to watch.

"The trials are inherently unfair. The lower one’s cultivation base, the higher the chances of passing. If I had to bet, that boy has the best shot of obtaining part of the inheritance," she whispered, her gaze lingering on the young man sitting in front of the alchemy cauldron.

Just as Chen Xuan suspected, everyone’s challenges were different. While he had to comprehend a spell, Xiao Huo was tasked with refining a certain pill.

"He can’t do so with his mere Qi Refining cultivation, but as long as he shows sufficient progress, he’ll advance," she mused.

Her gaze shifted back to Chen Xuan.

"As for him, he needs to comprehend one hundred spells. Unfortunately, that’s impossible," she sighed.

"The tablet contains ten thousand Yin-Yang spells, each more complicated than the last. Even mastering a handful in seven days is an impossible task, let alone a hundred.

Just as the little girl prepared to check on Tang Yuechen, her brows furrowed.

Her eyes locked onto the Yin-Yang blade in Chen Xuan’s hand, and a genuine look of surprise crossed her face.

"Huh? Has he mastered the Yin-Yang Blade before? He’s so lucky, but unfortunately—"

Before she could finish, the blade in Chen Xuan’s hand transformed into a spear.

"Has he comprehended the Yin-Yang Spear as well...?"

Unfortunately, her thought was interrupted once more.

The spear dissolved into a cloud, then transformed again. And again.

At first, the little girl remained composed, assuming that Chen Xuan was simply lucky to have encountered all these spells in the past.

But as the transformations kept on coming, her mouth fell open.

By the end, she was utterly stunned, her eyes bulging.

"No! How is this possible? How could a junior at the Nascent Soul realm have already learned so many rare spells?"

A sudden realization dawned on her, leaving her stunned.

"Could it be... he is learning them now?"

An absurd suspicion took root in her mind, one that appeared plausible, yet she refused to believe.

She had lived for thousands of years, yet a few minutes spent with Chen Xuan had left her utterly bewildered.