31: The Banner of Ten Thousand Souls? No, that's called the Banner of the Human Emperor!

The phantom was stunned by these words. He knew the young man before him had misunderstood him, so he immediately said with a smile:

"Little friend, I am not capable of such despicable acts... Besides, in my current state, even if I wanted to perform a Possession, I lack the strength to follow through... So, Little friend, you need not worry that I will do anything to you."

The man looked completely sincere.

Seeing the other party's frank demeanor, Lin Haoran realized he had misunderstood and immediately laughed it off.

"Haha... My apologies, Senior. This Junior was just nervous for a moment, please do not mind."

"May I ask what brings Senior here this time?"

However, he did not completely trust the man and remained vigilant at all times. If anything seemed wrong, he would immediately use his trump card for protection.

Hearing Lin Haoran's inquiry, the man, knowing he did not have much time, went straight to the point.

"I was a core Elder of the Saint Heaven Palace, a quasi-Emperor-level forces in the Central Plains a million years ago. Later, the Sect suffered a catastrophe. I led a portion of the Sect members to break through with our lives, and only then did we successfully hide in this Secret Realm. However, we were all severely injured and ultimately could only die with regret..."

"At first, I was extremely unwilling to accept this, obsessed with revenge. Thus, an obsession was born, remaining upon this skeleton, thinking that when the time was right in the future, I would perform a Possession on whoever entered, and once the cultivation base was sufficient, I would go to take revenge..."

Speaking of this, the man's phantom could not help but burst forth with a murderous intent.

Upon hearing this, Lin Haoran's hair stood on end, and he inwardly cursed that this old fogey truly had malicious intentions.

That old man is truly wicked!

Lin Haoran became even more vigilant, his eyes fixed tightly on the other party, his hand resting on his trump card.

Seeing Lin Haoran's defensive appearance, a trace of satisfaction appeared in the man's eyes.

His Heart-Nature is quite good...

He then continued: "But as time passed, I gradually understood... I am a relic of an old era; why should I come to harm the young people of a new era..."

"Besides, what would revenge achieve? My relatives, friends, and those I was familiar with are long gone. Living alone in this world, what meaning is there..."

As the man spoke, a sense of loneliness could not help but seep from his body...

"Senior is truly righteous!"

"This Junior respectfully sends off Senior!"

Lin Haoran suddenly blurted out these two sentences.

Lin Haoran: Mhm, mhm, I get it, so please hurry up and leave • ᴗ •

The man, who was originally being sentimental, was momentarily stunned by the two sentences Lin Haoran had suddenly blurted out.

It took over ten breaths for him to recover, and then he shook his head: "Indeed, it is just some dust of the past, better not to mention it..."

The man paused, then stared at Lin Haoran with a serious expression:

"Little friend, let me speak plainly. I have treasures and a Legacy here, and I can give them all to you..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Haoran was overjoyed; this was exactly the sentence he had been waiting for!

Otherwise, he would have already flung a Saint-level attack at the face of this mysterious phantom.

"If there are any conditions, Senior, please state them directly."

Lin Haoran knew there was no such thing as a free lunch in this world. Since the phantom said this, he surely wouldn't let him get these treasures so easily.

"Hehe, Little friend, rest assured, I will not make things difficult for you. I only have one condition, and that is that I hope you can rebuild the Saint Heaven Palace in the future and continue the Legacy of my Saint Heaven Palace."

"In return, I will give you the majority of the Sect's foundations that the Sect Master entrusted to me during his lifetime!"

"Moreover, as for the Legacies of my Saint Heaven Palace, Little friend, you may pass them on to your Family to help strengthen it, but it must be limited to your Family only."

"After all, things like Legacies... you understand, Little friend."

The phantom said a mouthful in one breath, including not only his conditions but also the benefits Lin Haoran would receive.

"What do you think? Little friend, consider it?"

The man's phantom gestured toward Lin Haoran.

Lin Haoran pretended to struggle for a moment, then nodded and said:

"Senior, I agree!"

The phantom seemed not to have expected Lin Haoran to agree so easily, and was slightly surprised.

But on second thought, his Saint Heaven Palace was once a quasi-Emperor-level forces; who wouldn't want the Legacy of his Saint Heaven Palace?

And looking at this Little friend, who seemed inexperienced in the previous stone chamber, he didn't look like he came from a great Family. It was likely his Family didn't have much foundation; he probably didn't even know if they had Saint King-level Cultivation Technique...

He probably estimated that his Family was just a small Saint Family...

However, to save Lin Haoran's face, he did not ask too much.

Seeing the man remain silent for a long time, Lin Haoran thought he had regretted it and immediately said:

"Senior, please give those Legacies to me quickly; I will not let you down!"

"Cough! Little friend, let us make an oath to the Heavenly Dao!"

The man realized he had lost his composure and quickly coughed lightly.

"Oh, oh, oh, I understand, I understand, I get it!"

"Senior, may I ask your name...?"

"Xuanming Saint Emperor!"

Lin Haoran laughed it off, then said righteously:

"Heavenly Dao is above. I, Bai Li, hereby swear an oath: as long as I receive the foundations and Legacy of the Saint Heaven Palace promised by Senior Xuanming Saint Emperor, I will surely help rebuild the Saint Heaven Palace in the future. If I fail to fulfill this promise, I, Bai Li, shall surely suffer the bombardment of ten thousand tribulations and die! Never to enter Reincarnation!"

...

"Hahaha, Little friend is truly straightforward!"

"I do not have much time left... Little friend, remember this: on the bottom right corner of the wall to your left, there is a control stone for a passageway. You can open it to enter the passage. At the end of the passage, there are the foundations and Legacy I promised. Little friend, you may take them yourself."

"Take care, Little friend..."

The phantom of Xuanming Saint Emperor began to slowly dissipate, but his expression revealed a sense of relief...

"Respectfully sending off Senior!"

Lin Haoran cupped his hands.

This time, he was sincere.

After the phantom disappeared, that skeleton, having lost the maintenance of Xuanming Saint Emperor's obsession, instantly turned into powder and scattered on the ground. A single gust of wind would be enough to blow it away.

Lin Haoran erected a monument for Xuanming Saint Emperor on the spot, cupped his hands again, and only then followed Xuanming Saint Emperor's instructions to try and open that passage.

After fumbling around for a bit, a passage indeed appeared before Lin Haoran.

"So this wall was refined using Materials that suppress Divine Sense; no wonder my Divine Sense couldn't see a single flaw..."

After Lin Haoran felt it for a moment, he also revealed an expression of realization.

Afterwards, he walked all the way along the passage and soon reached the end.

"Hiss! This is just too damn rich, right?"

The moment he saw the mountains of Spirit Stone protected by a special formation, along with piles of other resources, even Lin Haoran, a Prodigy of the Lin Family who had seen much of the world, could not help but gasp in shock at this moment.

Lin Haoran immediately took out a pile of Spatial Rings and dove directly into these treasures and resources, frantically gathering them up.

As for that special formation, it was only used to protect these resources so they would not be destroyed over the passage of time; it could not defend against a Cultivator.

"Hahaha, this is truly striking it rich! The previous ones couldn't even compare to one-thousandth of this."

Lin Haoran was obsessed with money; as he gathered them, he laughed like an idiot.

As one could see, the empty Spatial Rings he had prepared beforehand were decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.

"Eh? What is this?"

Suddenly, at some moment, Lin Haoran gave a light exclamation.

At this time, he was staring at a strange box in his hand. One could see that the box was covered in Seals, as if something ominous was being suppressed inside.

But Lin Haoran was "bold due to high skill"... he didn't think that much at all, having only endless curiosity about the situation inside the box, and immediately tried to open it. However, with his cultivation base at the ninth level of the Cave Heaven Realm, he could not open it no matter what.

Helpless, he could only take out the trump card his father had given him once again...

"Forget it, at worst I'll just ask the old guy for a few more when I see him..."

Although he felt pained, to explore the secrets of this box, Lin Haoran gritted his teeth.

All in!

Crack!

Boom!

Then, two sounds of different volumes followed one after another.

"Finally opened!"

Looking at the box where the Seal had disappeared, Lin Haoran breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let this young master see what secrets you actually have..."

One minute later

"Hahaha, could it be that this young master is the legendary Child of Luck?"

"...myriad soul banner? No, no, no, that is called a human emperor banner!"

"Jie jie jie!"