Chapter Twenty-Two: Boundary of the Heart

  Kong Fang was terrified in his heart, but facing such a powerful and unpredictable person, no one could remain calm.

  Seeing the terrified look on Kong Fang's face, the master of the secret mansion smiled slightly, and his mood seemed to be very good.

  "You can rest assured now, the trials have truly come to an end." The master of the secret mansion said with a hint of meaning.

  Although the master of the secret mansion said so, Kong Fang did not dare to relax. Previously, the master of the secret mansion had also promised that he and Zhang Huo's followers would leave the secret mansion alive, but after he chose the second option, Zhang Huo's followers were beaten by the master of the secret mansion without even being able to say a word of argument.

  The owner of the secret mansion didn't relax, and neither did Kong Fang. The owner simply said to himself: "100,000 years ago, my true body built this secret mansion, and soon after, my true body died, leaving only me, a wisp of residual soul, to guard this place. In these 100,000 long years, I have sent many people below the spiritual realm into this secret mansion, but few have been able to survive to see me, this wisp of residual soul. Even fewer have left alive." The owner looked at Kong Fang as he said this.

  "You might say that it's all because I didn't keep my promise, if I had kept it, many people would have left the secret mansion alive, wouldn't they?" The master of the secret mansion sneered with a hint of disdain on his face.

  Kong Fang was silent and didn't speak up, but he indeed had such thoughts in his mind. If the Secret Pavilion's master wasn't someone whose words didn't count, Kong Fang wouldn't have narrowly escaped death multiple times.

  With a glance at Kong Fang, the mocking expression on the face of the secret mansion owner grew even thicker. "Although I am just a wisp of residual soul, I don't even dare to step out of this house, lest my divine soul becomes unstable and directly collapses and disperses into the heavens and earth. But as for what happens in this 'Criminal Mountain', if I want to know, there's nothing I won't be aware of. Over 10,000 years ago, a little brat from the 'Bright Divine Realm' came running to my 'Criminal Mountain', rummaging everywhere, hoping to gain some benefits."

  Kong Fang's heart moved, and he secretly said: "It turns out that the true name of these three mountains is Xing Mountain. No wonder when looking from afar, one can see the shadows of three people being punished on these three mountains. I suppose all this was transformed by the master of the secret mansion himself."

  The master of the secret mansion sneered and continued, "A cultivator in the Ming Shen realm is not what I'm looking for as a successor. The one I'm looking for is either an ordinary person or a cultivator in the Ying Hun realm. Once they reach the Ru Ling realm, I won't let them enter the secret mansion, let alone the Ming Shen realm. That little brat naturally didn't find anything and even left a palm print on the empty ground in the middle of Xing Mountain, truly ignorant of his own mortality. If I wasn't worried that making too much noise would attract other powerful cultivators, I would have used an array to kill that arrogant little brat long ago."

  Kong Fang was shocked, and only then did he understand how the deep, bottomless palm-shaped pit in the middle of San Xing Mountain came to be. At the time, Kong Fang had found it somewhat strange - if a powerful being had fought and killed here, there shouldn't have been only one mark left behind. If not, there was no need to leave such a deep hole. Something he hadn't been able to figure out at first turned out to be the result of a strong being from the Ming Shen Realm 20,000 years ago venting their anger.

  Kong Fang suddenly came back to his senses, looking at the master of the secret mansion with some confusion, and couldn't understand why the master wanted to tell him these things.

  The master of the secret mansion obviously had no intention of dispelling Kong Fang's confusion and continued to speak on his own.

  "That little kid from the Bright God Realm didn't get anything, I thought he would leave directly, but unexpectedly, he established a sect not far from Lixing Mountain." The owner of the secret mansion looked at Kong Fang's astonished face and couldn't help but reveal a strange smile. "You guessed it right, that person is indeed the founder of your Qizong Sect, the current Sect Master of Qizong."

  Kong Fang was shocked, he never thought that the one who left the palm print would be the Sect Master of Qizong, and even more so, he never thought that Qizong was founded 20,000 years ago for this very reason.

  The master of the secret mansion suddenly changed his tone, and the faint smile on his face turned back into a cold sneer. "My inheritance is far more precious than you can imagine. Not to mention the Ming Shen realm's sect master from your Qi Zong, even stronger 'Tong Shen' cultivators who know about the inheritance would stop at nothing to rush over and seize it. My 'Shan Bian' was just a small test for you all. If you can't even pass this little test, it's too fanciful to think of obtaining my inheritance."

  Kong Fang was stunned and didn't know what to say. From the perspective of the Secret Pavilion's master, he indeed did nothing wrong. After all, tests don't necessarily have to be dangerous situations, they can also be set up in conversations. Moreover, the Secret Pavilion's master was a powerful figure, he could do whatever he wanted, and others couldn't resist even if they were dissatisfied.

  However, the master of the secret mansion explained his idea in such a way that it only made Kong Fang more suspicious. Although the other party was just a wisp of residual soul, he was after all the residual soul of a great expert who had reached the Butterfly Boundary, and there was no need to explain things to this weakling who hadn't even entered the Soul Summoning Boundary yet.

  Kong Fang could only think of one possibility, that the master of the secret mansion wanted to eliminate his dissatisfaction and resentment. As for the reason, Kong Fang could only think of it from the perspective of the successor. After all, the master of the secret mansion did all this to select a successor, and he must not want the successor to be dissatisfied with him, or even resentful, and he must make the successor understand his kindness.

  Thinking of this possibility, Kong Fang's heart suddenly became hot, if he could really get the inheritance of the master of the secret mansion, the trials he had experienced before were not worth mentioning at all.

  "The trials and inheritance I left behind are divided into two parts, passing the first part of the trial will allow you to obtain a small part of the inheritance, and only by passing the first part of the trial can you qualify for the second part of the trial. As long as you pass the second part of the trial, you can get my entire inheritance, not only that, but also all my treasures." The owner of the secret mansion said to Kong Fang in a voice full of temptation.

  Kong Fang didn't feel surprised or hit, but instead his face suddenly changed color. The first part of the test was not very difficult, but it also made him narrowly escape death. If he continued to take the second part of the test, the possibility of him surviving the test was really not great.

  "Don't worry, even if you want to take the second part of the test now, I won't agree. You're too weak right now. Wait until you break free from your physical shackles and reach the Ascended Spirit realm, then come back to Xing Shan, and I'll let you take the second part of the test. Now... The owner of the secret mansion's voice suddenly paused, before continuing: "You should receive your reward."

  Kong Fang's heart suddenly became excited, previously choosing to kill Zhang Huo's followers Kong Fang had already made up his mind to lose the inheritance opportunity, but unexpectedly he passed the final test.

  The master of the secret mansion flipped his palm, and in his palm appeared a five-colored strange object with eighty-one facets, about the size of a longan fruit.

  "This is the 'Boundary Heart', where items can be stored." The other empty hand of the Secret Mansion's master made a light slash in front of him, and Kong Fang felt a stinging sensation on his finger as a drop of essence blood flew towards the 'Boundary Heart' in the master's hand, before directly merging into it.

  "'Jiexin' is much more precious than ordinary storage treasures, so it's best not to show it to others easily. Fortunately, 'Jiexin' can be merged into the body, unlike ordinary storage treasures that can only be carried on the body, so as long as you don't take it out intentionally, ordinary people generally won't be able to discover it."

  The master of the secret mansion waved his hand, and the 'Jiexin' emitting five-colored light flew towards Kong Fang.

  With an extremely excited heart, Kong Fang grasped the Boundary Heart in his hand. When his consciousness entered the 'Boundary Heart', he saw the treasures inside and was directly stunned. Suddenly, a look of wild joy appeared on Kong Fang's face.

  In the boundary of his heart, there was actually a black guard he had always wanted to obtain.