"He completed the task again!"
"How on earth does he do it?"
Noticing that the last task had turned gray, Qian Yu was full of suspicion.
For some reason, he suddenly felt that he had greatly underestimated Su Nan.
At this moment, he had already returned to the outskirts of the Death Swamp and reunited with the other players.
He no longer had any thoughts of entering the Death Swamp or obtaining the spirit items from the Endless Icefield because he had already failed!
Except for himself, no one knew that he had obtained a trace of the remnant soul of an ancient powerhouse in the Ancient Cave Space, and that remnant soul happened to belong to the former owner of this cave!
From that remnant soul, he had obtained a lot of information, including a wealth of information about this inheritance location, which was why he was so familiar with it.
According to the information he had obtained, in order to obtain the final inheritance, three conditions must be met.
First, at least one of the three trial locations must be passed first.
The first to pass would invisibly receive a mark, a mark that could not be seen or touched but existed.
Second, at least one of the three spirit items must be obtained.
According to his original plan, he was definitely going to get the spirit item in the Black Wind Desert, as it was the easiest to obtain and the most suitable for him.
However, plans can't keep up with changes, and he failed to obtain the spirit item in the Black Wind Desert. In that case, he had to use all means to obtain the spirit item in the Death Swamp.
The spirit item in the Death Swamp did not match his cultivation system, but having it was better than not having it, and he was not completely incapable of using that spirit item.
However, what he couldn't have imagined was that he failed to obtain the spirit item in the Death Swamp as well.
As a result, the only spirit item he could obtain was the one in the Endless Icefield.
But from the information in the remnant soul of the powerhouse, he knew very well how powerful the monsters in the Endless Icefield were. They were not something he could deal with, not by a long shot.
Not at all!
He also didn't believe that Su Nan could obtain anything from there.
"Boss, what should we do now? Wang Nan has already left the Endless Icefield, and your task..."
Qian Yu fell silent for a moment and said, "Don't worry, no one can enter the last place except for me!"
After a pause, he thought about Su Nan's various performances and felt that he had spoken too definitively, so he added, "Even if he enters, it won't help. To obtain the inheritance, Wang Nan doesn't have the qualifications yet."
The third condition for obtaining the inheritance was qualification, the qualification to become a disciple of that ancient powerhouse.
This inheritance location was originally created by that powerhouse for his disciples. Without first becoming the disciple of that powerhouse, even if he obtained all the spirit items and marks, it would be useless!
In order to become the disciple of that powerhouse, one must first obtain a mainline task. That mainline task had already been triggered by me, and I am the only one who has the items to trigger it."
"Even if Wang Nan is incredibly talented, without the task items, he can't obtain the mainline task and doesn't have the qualifications!"
A murderous intent surged in Qian Yu's eyes.
Right now, he only had one thought: to kill Wang Nan!
As long as he could kill Wang Nan once, the first mark on Wang Nan's body from passing the three trial locations would return, and then he could try to obtain it again.
As for the matter of the spirit items, it was not a problem. He might not be able to obtain the spirit item in the Endless Icefield now, but it didn't mean he couldn't in the future.
As long as he could kill Wang Nan, the inheritance here would be his sooner or later!
Little did he know that Su Nan had already obtained the spirit item from the Endless Icefield!
He was destined to miss the opportunity to obtain the inheritance.
"Let's go, let's go back. It won't be long before this place becomes Wang Nan's burial ground. I want him to stay here forever!"
...
Qian Yu led everyone away.
Su Nan was temporarily unaware of all this.
At this moment, he was looking at the prediction information on the panel with a slightly furrowed brow.
Just as Qian Yu thought, Su Nan only discovered when he arrived in front of the palace that he couldn't enter it without a key.
And of course, he didn't have the key.
"Fortunately, I still have one more chance to use the Celestial Teleportation."
[After passing through three trial locations, you have finally arrived at the final inheritance location. Looking at the palace in front of you, you realize that the inheritance of the ancient powerhouse is inside the palace.]
[You eagerly approach the palace, and you see three characters on the plaque of the palace: "Dong Xian Palace."]
[You attempt to push open the stone door of the palace, but to your disappointment, the stone door of the palace is extremely heavy, and even if you exert all your strength, you cannot move it.]
[Upon careful examination of the stone door, you see an inconspicuous keyhole on one side of the wall next to the door. You understand that in order to enter the palace, you need the corresponding key, but unfortunately, you don't have it.]
[You do not give up and decide to use Celestial Teleportation to enter the palace directly.]
[Celestial Teleportation is used, and you suddenly find yourself in a stone room. On the walls of the stone room, there are hundreds of grooves, and in those grooves, many jade boxes are placed.]
[You casually open one of the jade boxes to take a look, and you find that it contains a spiritual herb. Unfortunately, after tens of thousands of years, even with the preservation of the jade box, the power of the medicine in the herb has long been depleted, turning it into dry grass.]
[You continue to take another jade box and find another useless spiritual herb. You persist in taking all the jade boxes one by one and, after two minutes, you have checked all the jade boxes, but you haven't found anything valuable.]
[You are greatly disappointed and can only plan to leave the room and explore other places. However, at this moment, you realize that the stone door of the stone room cannot be opened either.]
[You try to exert all your strength to strike the stone door, but after three minutes, the stone door remains unmoved, and you are trapped in the stone room!]
[The first prediction ends. Do you want to continue?]
"No!"
Su Nan didn't even hesitate and chose to stop the prediction.
For the first prediction, ending up trapped was not a disappointment to him. As long as he could enter the stone hall, everything would be fine.
He still had plenty of prediction attempts left, and he could keep trying. As long as there were truly valuable items in the stone hall, he was confident that he could obtain them.
...
[Celestial Teleportation is used, and you find yourself in the main hall of the palace. You immediately
notice that in the center of the main hall, there is a stone statue of an old man sitting cross-legged.]
[Sensing your arrival, the stone statue of the old man opens its eyes and congratulates you with a smile, as the first disciple to pass his trials, you are eligible to receive his inheritance.]
[You do not dare to be careless and attempt to converse with the old man. After a moment, you learn that the stone man is a remnant consciousness left behind by the true owner of the cave, responsible for waiting for the inheritor who passes the trials.]
[As the first disciple to pass the trials in the three locations, you are qualified to receive his inheritance.]
"The final inheritance is finally here."
Su Nan was overjoyed.
However, what he read in the following prediction made his face turn pale.
[You approach the old man and prepare to receive his inheritance.]
[However, at this moment, the old man notices something and his expression suddenly darkens. He sternly asks you why you, who are not his disciple, have found the trial location and entered the Dong Xian Palace.]
[The old man's reaction leaves you momentarily confused. Before you can ask him, he suddenly makes a move against you.]
[You die.]
"Not being his disciple means I can't obtain the inheritance?"
"There's actually such a restriction!"
Su Nan's face turned grim.
He had thought that by obtaining the spirit items and being the first to pass the trials in three locations, he had a solid chance of obtaining the inheritance. But he didn't expect to be blocked at the last moment because he wasn't the disciple of the ancient powerhouse.
"Not being his disciple means you can't find this trial location. Qian Yu found this trial location, so does that mean Qian Yu has become the disciple of the ancient powerhouse?" Su Nan quickly deduced.
In almost an instant, he was certain that Qian Yu had triggered a mainline task related to the cave, thus becoming the disciple of the ancient powerhouse.
"A mainline task?"
Chapter 192: The Underground Cavern of the Dong Xian Palace
"It seems like I'll have to start with Qian Yu if I want to obtain the inheritance," Su Nan murmured, contemplating his plan.
If Zhou Cheng's task related to the inheritance was not completed, he could use the Mainline Task Replication Card to duplicate it.
Duplicating a mainline task wouldn't directly make him a disciple of the ancient powerhouse, but that didn't matter. He could start from the first stage and complete the entire task.
With this decision in mind, he continued with his predictions.
When the prediction ended, Su Nan pondered if he could access the other stone chambers within the palace. If he couldn't obtain the inheritance, he might as well try to bypass the old man and search for other treasures within the palace.
He continued with several more predictions.
In the third prediction, he entered an empty stone chamber and got trapped inside.
In the fourth prediction, he appeared in the main hall and was killed by the stone statue of the old man.
In the fifth prediction, he entered an alchemy room filled with various herbs, but like the spiritual herbs from the first chamber, they had lost their effectiveness over time.
After more than ten consecutive predictions, he felt disappointed. He had found various items, but due to their age, they had all lost their original value.
"Am I just going to leave like this?" Su Nan couldn't help but feel regretful. While he had obtained three spiritual items during this journey, not obtaining the final one left him dissatisfied.
"What if I use Destiny here proactively?" he pondered, looking at the available Destiny points on his panel.
Initially, when he learned about the ancient cave, he had considered using Destiny within it. However, after hatching the Dragon Turtle, his Destiny had surged, and he hadn't needed to use it consciously.
Now, in this palace of the ancient powerhouse, where he had found nothing of value, he considered using Destiny.
He had 104 Destiny points available, enough to trigger a Rare-level event.
"Unfortunately, using Destiny proactively requires the game panel, and I can't try it in a prediction. Otherwise, I could give it a shot," Su Nan thought. Without hesitation, he decided to use his Destiny.
[Do you want to spend 100 Destiny points to trigger a Rare-level event?]
"Yes."
[A Rare-level event has been triggered. Please enter the underground cave 1,500 meters below the Dong Xian Palace after five hours.]
"The underground cave below the Dong Xian Palace?" Su Nan was surprised. He had expected his Destiny to reveal something valuable within the palace, but it directed him to go underground instead.
His Transcendent Space Teleportation had a range of 2,000 meters, but accurately reaching a depth of 1,500 meters underground was challenging.
To enter an uncharted area, the greater the distance, the greater the deviation.
However, to his surprise, in the prediction, he entered the underground cave with ease.
[You realize that there may be treasures located 1,500 meters below the palace. You decisively use Transcendent Space Teleportation, and in the next moment, you arrive in a cave.]
[The cave is quite large with numerous branching tunnels, making it a complex labyrinth. As you explore the cave, you continue forward.]
[After one minute, you haven't found anything unusual and continue your search.]
[Two minutes later, you suddenly spot a ten-meter-wide pit. At the bottom of the pit lies a massive rune-covered formation disk.]
[You are unaware that this formation disk was once used to seal demons.]
"Demons! There are demons sealed below this palace!" Su Nan frowned. Anything related to demons was something he avoided at all costs, and he couldn't believe his Destiny had led him to this.
The event directed him to this specific location, and Su Nan hesitated whether to continue exploring or not.
[You carefully examine the formation disk and notice it is covered in cracks, as if it could shatter at any moment.]
[You refrain from touching the formation disk and choose to continue exploring the cave.]
[After three minutes, you've thoroughly searched the entire cave and found nothing else.]
"There's only one formation disk? It seems my event is centered around that disk," Su Nan realized. "The game hint suggests I should return here in five hours, which means something unusual will happen then."
Looking at the time, it was already midnight. Unfortunately, his in-game character, Zhang Yang, was still en route to the Red Mountain County, so he couldn't log out of the game yet. Exiting the game now would raise suspicions, as no one would be controlling Zhang Yang during the journey.
Su Nan waited patiently.
With some time on his hands, he opened the regional chat to see what players were discussing.
"Even Zhang Yang, the great deity, is participating in this operation. Wang Nan is in for a tough time."
"What on earth did Wang Nan do to attract so many powerful players to target him?"
"Who knows? I heard that this operation was organized by Qian Yu and Zhou Cheng, and Qian Yu even used an ancient cave as bait just to lure Wang Nan."
...
As soon as he opened the regional chat, Su Nan saw numerous discussions about the various player factions preparing to take action against him.
"News spreads fast," Su Nan remarked.
After reading for a while, he realized that there were quite a few people involved in this plan to target him. Apart from Zhou Cheng and his team leaving from Tianyun County, Qian Yu from Red Mountain County was also involved. Nearby Fengqi County had players joining the operation.
One player who stood out was Zhuang Bin, who had recently gained fame by ranking fourth on the contribution leaderboard.
"Bring it on! Let them come! I'll take them all down at once!" Su Nan muttered.
Time passed, and five hours flew by.
At this point, the team from Tianyun County had entered Red Mountain County and was nearing the location of the ancient cave.
In the secret chamber, Su Nan once again turned his attention to the prediction.
Many readers have provided feedback that the recent plot has been lackluster and inexperienced. Thank you very much for your feedback. Upon careful consideration, I realized that it's true. Personally, I also didn't want to write these inexperienced plots, but they somehow slipped in.
I will make an effort to adjust the plot and reduce the inexperienced face-slapping plots, returning to the original feeling.
However, it's challenging to adjust the plot for the next ten to even dozens of chapters. Since I've already written this far, I'll have to continue even if it's a bit forced.
I'm truly sorry for not meeting your expectations.
(End of this chapter)