Sneaky and sly, seemingly harmless, but his mind is sharper than anyone’s.

But it sighed instead, "Who would willingly put their life and death in someone else’s hands?"

"Crude words, but they hold truth, indeed that’s the logic!"

"However, one thing, how long can you let me completely transform my jade bone, you should see that my physical body is exceptionally strong, the jade bone is almost complete, but it’s very difficult!"

Chen Xuan asked in a deep voice.

This was also his most pressing concern, after all, there wasn’t much time left in the burial ground, if it was too late... then don’t blame him.

"Hmm..."

The Spiritual Liquid pondered, "Let me go first, I’ll carefully sense it."

To this, Chen Xuan was straightforward, with a single wave of his hand, the Spiritual Power restraining it dissipated instantly.

"Aren’t you afraid I’ll run away?"

The Spiritual Liquid asked, looking at him puzzled.

"Go ahead and try to run?"

Since he dared to release it, of course, he was fully prepared, the space of the stone cave was completely suppressed by his use of the Rule of Space, now even if it wanted to run, it couldn’t escape.

"I didn’t expect you to have mastered the Rule of Space."

The Spiritual Liquid finally realized it at this moment.

Chen Xuan was also full of surprise, "You’ve been in the Holy Land, yet you seem to know everything."

"What’s so strange about that."

The Spiritual Liquid responded lightly, then a mist shot from its fingertips and hovered above Chen Xuan’s head, "Don’t resist, I’m going to take a look inside you."

Chen Xuan nodded and allowed the mist to enter his body.

However, he was constantly vigilant.

If it made any move, then don’t blame him for being rude, he’d swallow it in one bite!

When this mist entered his body, the jade bone within Chen Xuan roared awake like a slumbering beast.

If not for Chen Xuan’s deliberate control, it would have already devoured the Spiritual Liquid.

The mist, controlled by the Spiritual Liquid, made a full circuit inside Chen Xuan’s body before returning to its hand.

"Hiss—"

It took a deep breath, looking at Chen Xuan with an unusually grave expression.

"How is it?"

"Monstrous!"

"Hmm?"

Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow, monstrous?!

"Your jade bone has absorbed various kinds of energy, and I even sensed an extremely pure energy, only one tier lower than mine, by rights, you should’ve completed the jade bone long ago."

"Stop rambling, just tell me how long!"

Chen Xuan was a bit impatient, he knew all this, what he wanted now was a specific timeframe.

"At least six months!"

The Spiritual Liquid thought for a moment and gave a relatively reliable timeframe.

Any shorter would damage its foundation.

"Six months...."

Chen Xuan muttered, acceptable.

The Spiritual Liquid thought he was dissatisfied, and gritted its teeth, "Three months, that’s the fastest, any shorter and I can’t do it."

"Alright!"

The shorter the time, the better. He also wanted to complete the jade bone sooner, especially being in the Stone Race now, more strength meant more ability for self-preservation.

Of course, he had already planned his fallback.

"Bring out a drop of essence blood."

Hearing this, Chen Xuan didn’t waste words, he directly condensed a drop of essence blood, "What’s the next step?"

The Spiritual Liquid opened its hands, tilted its head back, closed its eyes, and then spoke slowly, "Imprint the essence blood on my forehead, then you’ll feel something."

It was that simple?

It’s just like those Spiritual Treasures recognizing their owner through a drop of blood.

But Chen Xuan was not worried, as he held the initiative, then he pointed to its forehead, and the essence blood slowly floated to its forehead, then slowly immersed.

The next moment, a strange feeling appeared in Chen Xuan’s heart.

One thought of life and death!

Just like planting a soul seed, at this moment an odd rune appeared on the Spiritual Liquid’s forehead.

"Satisfied now?"

The Spiritual Liquid’s voice carried a faint sorrow, it was the purest energy formed by heaven and earth, just awakened, and now became another’s prisoner.

"Enter!"

With that said, the Spiritual Liquid turned into a white light and drilled into his mouth, instantly arriving at the Dantian.

"Boom!"

At the moment it reached the Dantian, rings of white mist overflowed from its body.

Chen Xuan’s body surged instantly.

Such pure energy, not just for the jade bone, but for Spiritual Power as well.

"Control it, let the jade bone absorb!"

The voice of the Spiritual Liquid sounded in Chen Xuan’s ear.

Without being told, Chen Xuan knew, leaving a dash of Spiritual Power to watch over Shi Lin, he sat cross-legged and began to let the jade bone absorb.

...

Time passed bit by bit.

Within the stone cave of the Holy Mountain, there was joy, but also sadness.

Some nurtured high-level Crystal Stones, significantly increasing their strength, of course, they were happy.

Among them, Zhang Qiu was looking at the Crystal Stone he nurtured with excitement.

"Top-level...."

"Look... at this pure Crystal Stone, top-level!"

Despite being a seven-foot-tall man, his eyes were moist at this moment, with such a top-level Crystal Stone, if cultivated well, another top-tier expert would emerge in the Zhang family.

"Yes, Brother Qiu..."

The woman’s tears couldn’t stop flowing, this was their child, though now it was just a Crystal Stone, it would take decades to grow into an embryo.

But none of that was a problem. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

As soon as the Zhang ancestors saw this Crystal Stone, they would undoubtedly gather all resources to nurture him.

However, when the woman looked at Zhang Qiu again, her heart ached because he had consumed so much blood, resulting in only two realm advancements within the stone cave, now only reaching the fourth level of the Dao Realm.

If not for using the Blood Burning Stone, reaching the fifth... even sixth level would’ve been no problem.