"Who are you really?"

Shi Lin, coughing up several mouthfuls of blood, finally managed to speak. Even though she was severely injured, her gaze was icy cold.

"Heh heh!"

Chen Xuan chuckled lightly, "Thank you. If it weren’t for your actions, this Spiritual Liquid is so cunning, I might have really struggled to find it!"

Indeed, she had done a great job; otherwise, even the Spirit Summoning Technique might not have been able to attract the Spiritual Liquid.

"You..."

"Pfft!"

Enraged, Shi Lin spat out another mouthful of blood, her face ashen and her aura languishing.

"Enough. If you don’t want to die, stop talking."

Chen Xuan said with a smile, kindly advising her.

"Who are you really?"

But Shi Lin ignored him, stubbornly asking again.

She wanted to confirm the suspicion in her heart.

If it’s true... she’ll be willing to die for it.

"Jiang Tian, who else could it be?"

"It’s just that you high-and-mighty Royal Family... I am quite dissatisfied!"

"The Stone Race has always been suppressed by the Human Race, and the root cause is you Royal Family."

"How many people are in your Royal Family anyway? At most ten thousand, yet you occupy ninety percent of the Stone Race’s resources. You are the parasites of the Stone Race; otherwise, we Stone Race would have broken out of the Stone Cave long ago."

"Insolence!"

Shi Lin roared.

The shout almost exhausted all her strength.

If it weren’t for their Royal Family, the Stone Race would have been wiped out by the Human Race long ago.

"I don’t feel like arguing with you!"

Chen Xuan pursed his lips but, seeing her expression, dispelled his doubts about him.

"That’s not it!"

Shi Lin’s eyes were somewhat scattered, murmuring continuously.

Their Royal Family is the greatest contributor to the Stone Race; without the Royal Family, the Stone Race wouldn’t exist today.

"You despicable lower class, you should have been killed long ago!"

She suddenly raised her head, fiercely staring at Chen Xuan.

"You’ve had this thought several times at the Holy Mountain, did you think I didn’t sense it?"

Preparing to study the Spiritual Liquid, Chen Xuan looked at her coldly.

"So what if you see it, I, young miss, am not afraid to tell you that your entering the Holy Mountain is a death sentence!"

Shi Lin had completely lost her mind at this point.

Spilling her true thoughts directly.

This was what the Third Ancestor had told her at the last moment, that refining Chen Xuan’s Crystal Stone completely would yield a purer Crystal Stone.

"Bang!"

Chen Xuan struck Shi Lin with a palm, putting her in a state that was almost spent and exhausted.

"It would have been better if you hadn’t spoken, but now I’m even angrier!"

"Consider this a gift!"

He felt that there was something off about this wretched woman upon entering the Holy Mountain, turns out it’s this.

"You... you won’t... well..."

Before she could finish speaking, Shi Lin directly passed out.

"Damn, she’s stubborn!"

Chen Xuan cursed under his breath, but this was just as well. With no more interruption from her, he could calmly study the Spiritual Liquid.

He directed his gaze towards the Spiritual Liquid trapped by his Spiritual Power.

"Can you speak?"

He wasn’t in a hurry, as he still had plenty of time.

"You are not from the Stone Race!"

A somewhat childish voice came from the Spiritual Liquid, and in the next moment, the liquid gradually formed into the shape of a child.

"Oh, how did you see that?"

Even Liu Sheng and others couldn’t discern his stealth talent, but the consciousness the Spiritual Liquid developed saw through him at a glance.

Chen Xuan was suddenly curious.

"You are not born from me!"

"What?"

Chen Xuan was taken aback, but quickly realized, "You mean the Stone Race were all born because of you, that’s how you can tell."

"Yes!"

The Spiritual Liquid nodded, "But I really dislike the Stone Race, they keep consuming me indefinitely, they’re all bad people."

"You’re a bad person too!"

Um—

Chen Xuan suddenly felt awkward.

But it was true; he was going to devour the Spiritual Liquid, wasn’t that exactly a bad person!

"Can you not consume me?"

The Spiritual Liquid then asked, "Even if you do, don’t consume me entirely. I don’t want to disappear."

"This..."

Chen Xuan was suddenly put in a difficult spot, but its innocent voice stirred compassion in him.

"I need you to help me fully achieve Jade Bone."

"But your physical body is too strong!"

"That’s why I chose you."

Instinctively, both he and the Spiritual Liquid fell silent.

A moment later, the Spiritual Liquid spoke, "If I can help you achieve Jade Bone, does that mean I won’t be consumed?"

"Of course."

He only needed the Jade Bone, as for other things... they were really secondary.

"I can enter your Dantian and help you achieve Jade Bone bit by bit, it’s just going to take a long time. Can you accept that?"

The Spiritual Liquid asked cautiously.

Dantian?!

Chen Xuan’s brow instantly furrowed; that was his most important place. If it entered the Dantian with ill intentions, it would be troublesome.

"I can take an oath, I am a Spiritual Object of the world, if I break the oath, I will immediately face punishment. I don’t want to die!"

"Plus, if I am in your Dantian, I can nourish you constantly; it’s more beneficial than just consuming me."

Seeing Chen Xuan hesitate, the Spiritual Liquid continued to speak.

"How do I feel you’re a bit sly. How long has it been since you developed consciousness?"

"I had awareness tens of thousands of years ago, just always been asleep. Last time, a Human Race awakened me, so I’ve existed for a long time, and whenever the Stone Race members enter, I absorb their memories, so I’m not a child."

The Spiritual Liquid emphasized the words ’not a child.’

But Chen Xuan still didn’t nod, as this concerns his Dantian, he wouldn’t risk it.

Seeing this, the Spiritual Liquid gritted its teeth, "If necessary, you can place a mark on me, this way my life and death will be in your hands. If you still don’t agree, then I must resign myself to fate!"

"What?"

"A mark!"

Chen Xuan raised a brow, if there’s such a method, it should’ve been mentioned earlier.

"Calling you sly isn’t slandering you one bit."