"Impossible, I must break through my cultivation quickly, otherwise, the laws of heaven and earth within this great bell will directly explode me!"
Feeling the surging power within him, Lin Chen quickly calmed himself down.
Now was truly not the time to ponder the origin of the great bell. If he couldn't refine all the spiritual energy transmitted by the bell.
Then, with his current body, he might very well explode and die!
This was something Lin Chen absolutely did not want to see.
Immediately, Lin Chen rapidly circulated his cultivation techniques to absorb this spiritual energy.
His cultivation level began to soar, quickly reaching the late stage of Core Formation.
Most importantly, after reaching the late stage of Core Formation, the spiritual energy showed no signs of stopping. Instead, it continued to pour into Lin Chen's body.
"Is this… trying to help me directly break through to Nascent Soul?"
Feeling the continuous influx of powerful spiritual energy, Lin Chen clenched his fists and began to absorb it voraciously.
Now was not the time to overthink things. No matter what, he could not waste this spiritual energy.
After several years of cultivation, combined with the spiritual energy transmitted by this great bell, Lin Chen spent over a month to completely absorb it all.
"Hoo! Finally, I've absorbed it all!"
Having absorbed all the spiritual energy, Lin Chen finally let out a long sigh of relief. Now he no longer had to worry about his body exploding.
"I never expected this mysterious great bell to directly help me break through to the Nascent Soul realm!"
"Huh? How can this be?"
However, as Lin Chen looked at the great bell, he suddenly noticed.
The great bell, which was originally larger than his own body, had now shrunk to the size of a fist. It lay on the ground beside him, emitting a faint golden glow.
Lin Chen curiously walked forward and picked up the great bell.
The once incredibly heavy great bell now felt like an ordinary small object in Lin Chen's hand.
A feeling of blood connection directly entered Lin Chen's mind.
"This is… a celestial artifact?"
Sensing the blood connection, Lin Chen's eyes widened in disbelief.
In the current cultivation world, treasures of the spiritual artifact level were already extremely rare.
Yet, this unremarkable-looking great bell turned out to be a legendary celestial artifact!
"Could this be the legendary celestial artifact feeding back?"
Lin Chen instinctively guessed as he looked at the great bell in his hand.
He had seen similar books in the library tower before.
Every celestial artifact, as it grew, would choose a master for itself, and they would grow together. Eventually, the master would use their spiritual energy to nurture the celestial artifact's body.
And once the celestial artifact was formed, it would share all its spiritual energy with its master!
"If this great bell is a celestial artifact, then what level of treasure is the Nine Dragon Ring?"
Thinking of this, Lin Chen's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
"Could it be that the Nine Dragon Ring is a legendary holy artifact?"
After much thought, Lin Chen felt this was the only explanation that made some sense!
"I should be considered a third-grade Nascent Soul now, right?"
"And I haven't even refined the laws of heaven and earth within me. If I refine them all, reaching Master's realm should not be difficult!"
Lin Chen then found himself in a dilemma, unsure whether to continue breaking through or to exit seclusion.
Given his master's previous attitude towards the Ghost Spirit Sect, he was undoubtedly eager for revenge.
And now, with his current cultivation, even if he were to fight against a powerful expert like his master, Lin Chen felt he might not necessarily lose.
The only thing troubling him now was whether to continue cultivating and break through his current cultivation, or to go out immediately for revenge.
"Forget it, sharpening the axe will not hinder the woodcutting. I'll refine the laws first. After all, the time flow within the Nine Dragon Ring has changed again."
After much deliberation, Lin Chen finally had an answer. The time flow within the Nine Dragon Ring had now reached a ten-to-one ratio.
This meant that if he cultivated for ten days within the Nine Dragon Ring, only one day would have passed in the outside world.
Although it would take a lot of time to completely refine the laws of heaven and earth within him.
Perhaps at least a year or a half would be needed!
But with the time flow within the Nine Dragon Ring, this was no longer a concern!
Lin Chen then put away the great bell, sat down cross-legged, and began to refine the laws within his body.
Regardless of anything else, the laws of heaven and earth within him were a kindness bestowed by this celestial artifact. No matter what, he could not waste it, right?
Meanwhile, outside.
Since Lin Chen began his seclusion, over a month had already passed in the outside world.
"Where is Xiao Chen? Why hasn't he come out of seclusion yet?"
Looking at Lin Chen's tightly shut door, Lin Yuelong was filled with anxiety.
During Lin Chen's seclusion, a terrifying demonic cultivator had appeared outside.
This demonic cultivator was consuming people's vital blood everywhere, leaving behind scenes of utter devastation wherever he went!
Yang Mei, as a member of the police force, had requested Zhao Long to personally pursue the demon, but each time, the fiend managed to escape!
What's more, the fiend had even issued a stern warning that he would make Lin Chen and Zhao Long suffer a fate worse than death!
It went without saying that the mysteriously appearing demon was none other than Song Ziyang from before!
"Senior Zhao, what should we do now?"
"If we let that demon continue to absorb blood essence, his cultivation will soon surpass yours."
Yang Mei frowned deeply as she spoke to Zhao Long.
When the demon first appeared, he was only at the half-step Nascent Soul realm. Although powerful, there were still many experts in the capital who could contend with him.
But now? After several cultivation families and sects were massacred, the demon's cultivation realm had directly broken through to the Nascent Soul stage!
One must understand that a Nascent Soul stage cultivator today was virtually omnipotent, capable of traversing heaven and earth.
Although Zhao Long was powerful, if a Nascent Soul realm cultivator truly intended to hide, it would be impossible for anyone to find him!
It was precisely because of this that they had been helpless against this demonic cultivator until now.
For Yang Mei and the others, their only hope was for Zhao Heng to quickly emerge from seclusion.
Then, perhaps using his Eight Gates Constriction Array, they might be able to capture the demonic cultivator!
Otherwise, if this demonic cultivator were allowed to continue cultivating, the entire Dragon Kingdom would be plunged into a great catastrophe!
"Senior Zhao, Zhou Envoy from the Ghost Spirit Sect has arrived!"
Just as Zhao Long was contemplating how to deal with the demonic cultivator, a person walked in and announced to Zhao Long.