God of Pets-Chapter 653: Iron-Blooded Veteran

Secret Skill: Black Tortoise Shield (Unique)

Primordial Energy Consumption: 24.

Skill Level: 1.

Slaying the Old Rock Turtle King, exploded a Secret Core, Chen Guan glanced quickly, thought it was the Black Tortoise True Skill, but upon closer inspection realized it wasn’t, rather a Secret Skill.

Chen Guan researched it and figured it was a Secret Skill that transformed Primordial Energy into a protective shield.

Chen Guan’s Body Protection Divine Skill was already quite accomplished, there was no need to add such a Secret Skill, so he decided to put it away for now.

After returning, Chen Guan told Ji Nanhong about his quest to find the Five Senses Treasure.

Ji Nanhong was simply incredulous; she found it hard to believe that Chen Guan, with such strong abilities, was only at the Fourth Awakening.

Yet she couldn’t deny ultimately, Chen Guan indeed was at the Fourth Awakening.

"I’ve heard countless legends among the Ten Great Families about absolute prodigies, yet never anything so outrageous. You, a Fourth Awakening, could defeat Huang Tianming and slay the Old Rock Turtle King. This strength could probably rival those old folks the Ten Great Families use to suppress the Grotto Heaven. If you gain more achievements, you might contend for the strongest young generation against the currently popular Zi Donglai." Ji Nanhong sighed.

Because Grotto Heaven is the main sphere of human influence, the Ten Great Families have some top-tier old folks stationed inside, without letting them enter the Great Cave Heaven.

These old folks were invincible in Grotto Heaven during their youth but couldn’t go to Great Cave Heaven due to various reasons or returned after having their Level cut from the Great Cave Heaven to guard the Grotto Heaven.

They have accumulated hundreds, even thousands of years, their Primordial Energy very profound, possessing countless Secret Skills and Composite Skills, extremely mysterious.

They are the true terrifying presences suppressing Grotto Heaven, incomparable to the newly rising talents; the new talents seem like green novices, no match in front of them.

In the Celestial Pillar Treasure Extreme Profound Heaven, there’s an elder from the Qin Family who has lived for over two thousand years, once shining during the Emperor Ancestor Era, guarding it. It’s said even King of Qin is a junior compared to this elder, whose strength is unfathomable.

Originally, Chen Guan didn’t focus on this issue, but after he obtained the map from Ji Nanhong and figured out the Celestial Secret Treasure leaf’s location, he furrowed his eyebrows.

The location of that leaf is precisely where the Qin Family’s ancient relic is, Ironblood Mountain.

"Why is it such a coincidence? Could the Qin Family’s ancient relic be there for that leaf?" Chen Guan could only rush there to investigate before planning further.

When Chen Guan arrived at Ironblood Mountain, he indeed found that Ironblood Mountain was the place suppressing the leaf, and the Qin Family’s household was built right over the entrance.

Seeing this, Chen Guan realized the Qin Family elder must be here because of that leaf.

At this point, Chen Guan could only proceed step by step and visit the Qin Family elder first.

The house wasn’t very large; built halfway up the mountain, exactly covering the hole where the leaf once fell and punched through.

Chen Guan knocked on the door, and soon footsteps sounded from inside.

Before long, an elderly man with gray hair opened the door, sizing up Chen Guan and asked, "Young man, who are you looking for?"

Chen Guan saw the elderly was dressed in coarse clothes, barefoot, pant legs rolled up, with mud on his feet and legs, wearing a straw hat and even had mud on his hands, looking like a farmer engaged in fieldwork.

"I’m looking for Mr. Qin." Chen Guan quickly explained his purpose.

"There’s no one named Qin here." The elder spoke as he was about to close the door.

Chen Guan hurriedly pressed his hand against the door, looked at the elder and said, "I’m looking for you, elder."

He hadn’t noticed earlier, but the aura the elder just revealed wasn’t possessed by ordinary folks; it was the aura unique to battlefield veterans, which Chen Guan had seen in some veterans from the Celestial Court Army.

Moreover, Chen Guan noticed scars underneath the mud on his legs and arms.

"Do you know me?" The elder sized up Chen Guan and asked.

"No, I’m here to discuss the matter beneath Ironblood Mountain." Chen Guan explained his intention directly, without beating around the bush.

The elder assessed Chen Guan again, opened the door and said, "Come in."

Chen Guan followed the elder into the house, finding inside the courtyard was planted with plenty of green vegetables, and beside there were hoes and watering tools, indicating the elder had been working moments ago.

There was no one else here except the elder.

"You said you came for the thing beneath the mountain, do you know what it is?" The elder brought out a worn teapot, poured two bowls of tea, drank one himself, and the other was clearly for Chen Guan, though he didn’t say much more.

Chen Guan picked up the tea bowl, took a sip and put it down before saying, "A Secret Treasure."

"What Secret Treasure?" the elder asked again.

"A leaf." Chen Guan replied.

The elder nodded upon hearing, "It seems you do know, not deceiving me. But unfortunately, I’ve been researching here for hundreds of years without figuring out how to extract that leaf Secret Treasure; coming here is wasting time."

"I can give it a try." Chen Guan certainly wouldn’t return just because of a few words from him.

"There’s no need for that; if I can’t retrieve it, no one in this world can," the elder said with certainty.

"From your words, it sounds like you’re the number one in the world." Chen Guan thought the elder was unwilling to part with the Secret Treasure, trying to prevent him from extracting the leaf, thus so speaking.

"Indeed, I am the number one in the world; I was once a member of the Great Qin Iron Cavalry. Would you say I was once the number one?" the elder said lightly.

"Great Qin Iron Cavalry? Which Great Qin Iron Cavalry?" Chen Guan was stunned and asked.

"The one that charged into the Celestial Secret Realm," the elder disclosed his origin.

"Ah!" Chen Guan felt a bit horrified.

That Great Qin Iron Cavalry, each member was a Great Cave Heaven powerhouse; although most charged into the Celestial Secret Realm, a small portion remained.

If this elder was truly a member of that Great Qin Iron Cavalry, he would have lived until now, already thousands of years old; even falling back to the Grotto Heaven, his cultivation and abilities would still be extraordinarily powerful.

The elder looked at Chen Guan and said, "You think I’m just trying to prevent you from retrieving the leaf Secret Treasure? Actually, I just don’t want you wasting time here. Once you see the Secret Treasure, you won’t bear to leave, yet unable to extract it, you’ll end up like me, eternally stagnated here."

"I’m an old relic likely to enter the soil at any moment; wasting time here matters little. But you, still so young, it’d be a pity if youth is wasted here."