The secret left behind by the Martial Saint!

“Could this be…?”

Jiang Xuan’s heart trembled. He grabbed with one hand, and true essence surged forth, gently sweeping the item into his grasp.

He saw that it was a skull, or more precisely, a staff crafted from a skull. Both the head and the shaft of the staff were made of bone, making it quite heavy in his hand.

Moreover, it didn't resemble animal bones; instead, it looked like human bones.

Three large characters were carved on the staff: "empty skull staff."

Because the artisan item called the heart-shaking hammer that the City Lord of Lei City had given him reacted, Jiang Xuan was almost 100% certain that this empty skull staff was the item he was looking for, and also the item Qin Xianwei had been meticulously plotting for!

He just didn’t understand why this empty skull staff would appear inside a Bizarre Monster.

“Wait, this Bizarre Monster…”

Jiang Xuan suddenly remembered something. When he had previously searched online for information about the blood god fruit, he seemed to have seen information about this Bizarre Monster.

This Bizarre Monster was called the Empty Hungry Bizarre Monster, and it evolved from the relatively common Three-Headed Bizarre Monster.

Its characteristic was its ability to hide in an extradimensional space. In this situation, even the most powerful person would find it difficult to locate it, because it was very hard to pinpoint the extradimensional space it was in.

There were at least tens of thousands of extradimensional spaces, and trying to locate and find an Empty Hungry Bizarre Monster hiding within them was simply a fantasy.

But conversely, the Empty Hungry Bizarre Monster could emerge from the extradimensional space and enter the real world at any time.

“No wonder the principal killed all the Bizarre Monsters in this historical segment of the abandoned hospital, leaving none, yet this Bizarre Monster was still here…”

Jiang Xuan understood. It seemed that this Empty Hungry Bizarre Monster had initially hunted Chen Ruoxun and the other Classmates, and then when the principal came in to clear the area, it took the Classmates' remains and hid them in an extradimensional space.

“This time, this Empty Hungry Bizarre Monster probably sensed that I entered here, so it wanted to come out and actively hunt, but it didn’t expect to be no match for me at all…”

Jiang Xuan figured out the whole story. His gaze turned to the headless bodies of the eight Classmates.

He understood that taking these remains out now would only cause their relatives and friends grief and tears. How to deal with them, how to explain, was truly difficult.

So Jiang Xuan decided to hand this problem directly to the principal.

After all, the principal was responsible for these types of matters; who told him he was the principal?

Thinking of this, Jiang Xuan looked at Chen Ruoxun and said sincerely:

“Regardless, thank you just now. I almost misunderstood you.”

Chen Ruoxun’s expression finally became a bit more lively, no longer like a wax figure. A smile appeared on her face, but tears hung in the corners of her eyes as she shook her head:

“No, I should be thanking you. No matter what, you helped me get revenge. I…”

She seemed to want to say more, but her figure suddenly dissipated with a 'bang'.

Jiang Xuan was stunned, looking at the place where she disappeared, and suddenly understood a lot.

In a sense, Chen Ruoxun was neither human nor ghost, nor even a living being, which was why his Divine Ability couldn't affect her.

Her essence was a part of the Lei Cheng No. 1 High School Exclusive Secret Realm's abandoned hospital historical segment.

That’s right, historical segments also constantly change, adapting to the events that occur within them at any time.

Jiang Xuan guessed that perhaps when Chen Ruoxun was killed by the Empty Hungry Bizarre Monster and her head fell in front of him, her consciousness had not completely dissipated, and she saw him. So, when he entered a second time, Chen Ruoxun, as part of the historical segment, was triggered.

And she still retained her kind nature, which is why she tried every means to make him escape and not come into contact with this Empty Hungry Bizarre Monster.

Therefore, Jiang Xuan was not afraid that he would reveal any secrets, because as he left this Secret Realm, Chen Ruoxun, as part of the rules in the historical segment, would completely reset and remember nothing.

“Could it be… that because the martial dao sacred remains are about to appear, the Saint-Grade power is affecting this Secret Realm, leading to all these situations?”

Jiang Xuan speculated, choosing to first arrange the Classmates' remains neatly. He then left the corridor, found a hospital room, closed the door, and decided to study these two artisan items within this Secret Realm.

In a sense, hiding in this Lei Cheng No. 1 High School Exclusive Secret Realm was incredibly secluded and safe, far surpassing any other place.

Because no one would enter here, and even if someone did come, he would notice it immediately.

“How exactly should these two artisan items be used, and what is their relationship with the martial dao sacred remains?”

Jiang Xuan pondered, first taking the heart-shaking hammer in his hand, examining it repeatedly, then picking up the empty skull staff and looking at it.

Seeing that one's hammerhead resembled a heart and the other's staff head resembled a skull, a bold, even somewhat absurd, idea suddenly came to his mind.

“These two artisan items… couldn’t they have been crafted from the skull and heart of that Martial Saint Senior, could they?”

Using a Martial Artist as Materials, or rather, using a part of a Martial Artist's body as Materials to craft artisan items, such a situation existed, but it was listed as taboo by the Human Federation a long time ago.

But according to the City Lord of Thunder City, when his ancestor perished, it was precisely the era when humanity was pioneering the Martial Dao. At that time, such things might not yet have been considered taboo.

And that Martial Saint, most of his power had transformed into martial dao sacred remains, with the rest of his body essentially just an empty shell. This is why the two artisan items crafted were of such low quality, not even qualifying as Elementary artisan items.

With a lead, Jiang Xuan had a method to try. He immediately took a deep breath and carefully placed the end of the empty skull staff against the hammerhead of the heart-shaking hammer.

With a thud, the two artisan items touched each other!

Surprisingly,

Surprisingly… surprisingly nothing happened!

Jiang Xuan thought for a moment, then began to mobilize the Qi within his body, injecting it into the two artisan items. This was the method for activating ordinary artisan items.

But just like before, still nothing happened.

“Could it be…” Jiang Xuan began to think carefully.

Using true essence within the body was definitely not going to work, as they weren't from the same Cultivate system. In that case, there was only one possibility left.

He bit down hard, breaking the tip of his tongue, and spat out a small puddle of vital blood mixed with bits of flesh, first onto the heart-shaking hammer.

The heart-shaking hammer suddenly glowed brightly, absorbing the bits of flesh and vital blood he had spat out. Jiang Xuan spat again, also bits of flesh and vital blood, onto the empty skull staff.

The empty skull staff also began to glow, absorbing the bits of flesh and vital blood. The two artisan items began to vibrate violently.

Without any external force, the two artisan items suddenly detached from Jiang Xuan’s palm, slowly rising into the air, their blood-red light illuminating the entire room.

“It really works!”

Jiang Xuan clenched his fist tightly, looking at the two artisan items in the air with great anticipation, and at the same time, his heart was full of curiosity.

What would happen next?