57: Chapter 57 A broken stone, a fragment of a divine stone?!

"This sword strike already possesses one-ten-thousandth of my charm."

Su Changge's voice was very light, as if it were just a casual comment.

However, these words fell into Ye Qingyao's ears like a thunderclap from the Nine Heavens, causing her entire being to freeze in place.

One-ten-thousandth!

Revered Master actually said that her immature sword strike had touched one-ten-thousandth of the charm of his world-shattering strike!

What an astounding evaluation!

She had originally thought that what she had comprehended was merely a speck of dust in the vast sea of stars, a billionth of the surface—perhaps not even that.

She never expected that in Revered Master's eyes, she had actually reached the level of 'one-ten-thousandth'!

A massive warm current instantly overwhelmed her reason. Ye Qingyao's eyes grew hot, and her heart surged with indescribable ecstasy and reverence.

She knew that this must be Revered Master's way of encouraging her!

"Thank you for the praise, Revered Master!"

Ye Qingyao gripped the Autumn Water Sword tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force. She bowed deeply to Su Changge, her voice trembling with determination.

"Your disciple will certainly give her all to continue improving, striving to comprehend one percent of Revered Master's Sword Dao as soon as possible!"

Seeing her fanatical look, as if she couldn't wait to die for him on the spot, Su Changge's mask of a smile almost crumbled.

I was just bragging a bit, and you actually took it seriously?

One percent? Why don't you just go and split the heavens then?

He roared inwardly, but his face remained as calm as a light breeze as he nodded slightly.

"Mhm, a student worth teaching."

Watching Ye Qingyao turn into a streak of sword light and rush back to the rear mountain for bitter cultivation, Su Changge finally went limp in his rocking chair as if all the bones had been removed from his body.

"Damn, being a Revered Master is too hard."

"Especially being the Revered Master of this kind of Prodigy Genius; I feel like my IQ could be rubbed into the dirt at any moment, and the risk of being exposed is just too high."

He looked at the sky, feeling mentally exhausted.

Over the next few days, Changge Peak finally regained its former tranquility.

Su Changge's life was outrageously comfortable.

He slept until the sun was high every day, basked in the courtyard, and popped Medicinal Pills like they were melon seeds.

When he had nothing to do, he would open the System panel and admire the terrifyingly long string of emotion points in his balance, enjoying the simple happiness of being a spiritual billionaire.

However, the time of a salted fish is always short-lived.

Trouble always comes uninvited when you are at your most comfortable.

On this day, Su Changge was lying in the courtyard, studying how to use [God-Tier Sword Dao Comprehension] in conjunction with System special effects to create some flashy, grand-looking, but actually useless new show-off Moves.

Suddenly, his gaze shifted from the System panel toward the foot of Changge Peak.

An unfamiliar aura was lingering there.

The aura was very weak, roughly at the Late Stage of Qi Refining. The Foundation was floating and unstable, and it seemed to carry old injuries.

"What's going on with the Sect Master? Didn't I say not to let anyone disturb my quiet cultivation?"

Su Changge felt slightly displeased.

However, he could sense that the other party had no ill intent and was just lingering at the foot of the mountain, seemingly afraid to come up, so he didn't bother to care.

But in the next moment, that person actually knelt straight down at the foot of the mountain.

An old, hoarse voice full of hardships drifted up clearly with the mountain wind.

"Junior Lin Mo, son of an old friend of Uncle Su and Aunt Su, has come today by my parents' deathbed command to pay respects to Young Master Su Changge and return a relic!"

Young Master Su Changge?

Uncle Su, Aunt Su?

Su Changge's body, which had been lying in the rocking chair, instantly sat upright.

The body he had inhabited through Transmigration was also named Su Changge. He had grown up in the Taixuan Sect since childhood and was an orphan; his memories regarding his parents were a complete blank.

He had always thought that the original body's parents were just ordinary people in the mortal world.

Now, how did a 'son of an old friend' suddenly pop out of nowhere?

And he even brought a 'relic'?

"What kind of script is this? Does this cheap body of mine have some hidden, awesome background?"

Su Changge's curiosity was piqued.

He thought for a moment and spoke indifferently toward the bottom of the mountain.

"Come up."

His voice wasn't loud, but with the enhancement of the System's special effects, it echoed precisely in the ears of the middle-aged man at the foot of the mountain.

The man named Lin Mo looked delighted upon hearing this and quickly kowtowed heavily. Only then did he stand up tremblingly and walk toward the peak along the mountain path.

Soon, a haggard, poorly-dressed middle-aged man appeared outside the courtyard.

When he saw the young man in the courtyard sitting on the rocking chair—dressed in white as pure as snow with a temperament as ethereal as an immortal—he was stunned, his eyes full of shock and disbelief.

So similar!

Too similar!

The appearance of the young man before him was like he was carved from the same mold as the high-spirited, peerless 'Uncle Su' his father had repeatedly described on his deathbed!

Lin Mo did not dare to be disrespectful in the slightest. He stepped forward quickly and knelt on the ground again.

"Junior Lin Mo pays respects to Young Master Su!"

Su Changge sized him up, his voice revealing no emotion: "You say you are the son of an old friend of my parents?"

"Exactly!"

Lin Mo did not dare to look up. He hurriedly fumbled in his robes and took out something tightly wrapped in oilcloth, holding it high above his head with both hands.

"Before my father passed away, he repeatedly instructed me to personally return this item to you, Young Master Su."

"He said... this was something left behind by Uncle Su back then."

Su Changge became interested.

With a slight movement of his fingertips, the cloth bundle left Lin Mo's hand and floated lightly into his palm.

He unwrapped the layers of oilcloth.

A palm-sized, pitch-black stone lay quietly in the cloth.

The surface of the stone was pitted and uneven, without any luster or even a hint of spiritual energy fluctuation. It looked no different from any common rock found by the roadside.

"Just this?"

A trace of disappointment rose in Su Changge's heart.

He had thought it would be some peerless divine weapon or a treasure map.

As it turned out, it was just a broken stone?

However, the moment his fingers touched the black stone.

The silent System notification in his mind exploded without warning.

[Ding! Special high-dimensional energy source detected! Scanning...]

[Scan complete! Found [Primal Chaos Divine Stone (Fragment)]!]

[Item Description: Suspected fragment of a cosmic divine object left over from before the Ancient Era. It contains a trace of unanalyzable Primal Chaos Origin power. Its specific functions are unknown, and it hides secrets sufficient to overturn the world's perception.]

Su Changge's heart throbbed violently.

Primal Chaos Divine Stone?!

This name sounded like it was no ordinary item!

He forcibly suppressed the waves in his heart and put the stone into the System space, his face still maintaining that calm, unruffled expression.

He looked at Lin Mo again and found that after delivering the item, the man seemed to have offloaded a massive burden. He just knelt there, quietly waiting for instructions, without any intention of asking for anything.

Su Changge thought about it.

Regardless, the man had traveled a long way to deliver such a Heaven-Defying treasure; he couldn't let him leave empty-handed.

He began searching through the System space.

"System, find some trash pills from the lucky draws that I can't use myself, but look very impressive."

[Ding! Filtering for Host... Found [marrow cleansing pill (Defective)] x1. A System lucky draw giveaway with mixed medicinal effects, ineffective for the Host.]

Su Changge casually threw the jade bottle containing the pill toward Lin Mo.

"Take this as a reward for your trouble."

Lin Mo subconsciously caught the jade bottle and blankly pulled out the stopper.

The next second, a medicinal fragrance so thick it was almost tangible burst out from the bottle's mouth!

Just by inhaling a breath of the pill's fragrance, he felt the Meridians in his body—which had been stagnant and blocked due to old injuries—being washed by a warm current, showing signs of loosening instantly!

"This... this is... a Divine Grade pill?!"

Lin Mo's eyes widened. He looked at the jade bottle in his hand in horror, then at Su Changge, his whole body trembling with excitement.

For a low-level Loose Cultivator like him, a pill of this grade was a life-saving divine medicine he wouldn't even dare to dream of! It was enough to repair his Dao Foundation and even give him hope of reaching a higher Realm!

And this unfathomable Young Master Su had actually just tossed it to him like trash?

A Master!

This was a true peerless Master who looked down upon all living beings!

"Thank you, Young Master Su! Thank you for the medicine, Young Master Su!"

Lin Mo instantly burst into tears and kowtowed several times toward Su Changge, his forehead even bleeding. Only then did he carefully tuck the pill into his robes and leave with a thousand thanks.

After seeing Lin Mo off, Su Changge immediately sank his consciousness into the System space and impatiently took out the 'broken stone'.

The stone felt warm in his hand. He could feel the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi being absorbed into it at an extremely slow but never-ending pace.

This stone was definitely not simple.

Hidden behind it might be a shocking secret concerning this world and the Origin of this body.