Chapter 186: The Heaven Severing Artifact (Barely counts as a big chapter, cough cough!)

"Dawn Bringers are the darlings of heaven and earth, the hope of the world."

The old man's voice carried a trace of trembling, his eyes filled with an expression of excitement.

Lin Chao sat quietly, acting as a qualified listener.

"You are destined to become one of the five strongest people in the future world.

The entire world will move for your sake!" The old man grew more impassioned as he spoke, as if he had already seen the glory, "What an enviable thing this is."

To be able to become one of the five most powerful people in the world, where tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of people move according to your thoughts with every word and action.

What power, what glory.

"Feng Yan, are you not excited?" The old man spoke, his voice still trembling, "You aren't overjoyed, are you?"

Lin Chao smiled without a word.

Standing at the pinnacle of the world meant nothing to him at all.

When he was the Martial Emperor, he suppressed a nation single-handedly and unified the world.

When he was Xiang Long, if he had wanted to, the entire Jiuzhou could have belonged to him.

Becoming one of the five most powerful people in this world, to tell the truth, did not move him very much.

Moreover, can the Dawn Bringers solve the problems that exist in this world?

Jian Yi knew his father, Feng Shanyue; Lin Chao had already been able to determine this.

Then, Jian Yi must certainly also know his identity as a Dawn Bringer.

Yet even so, what Jian Yi thought of was having him go to the Otherworld, which is to say, the so-called Jiuzhou.

The problems existing in this world are simply not something that five Dawn Bringers can solve.

Thus, Lin Chao asked: "You look up at the sky, what do you see?"

The old man was slightly stunned: "The Sun? Freedom?"

Sure enough, this old man did not know at all that black clouds were already gradually corroding this world, and before long, they would cover it like a carriage canopy, grinding this world completely flat.

Receiving this answer, Lin Chao's heart grew even heavier.

The crisis existing in this world seemed even stronger than the Ghosts and that pile of True Immortals in Jiuzhou.

In that world, Lin Chao at least knew who the enemy was.

But in this world, even now, Lin Chao did not know what kind of existence the enemy was.

What kind of strength was needed to break the deadlock?

He could only keep striving to become stronger and witness the scenery from higher places.

"What did you come to find me for?" Lin Chao remained calm and began to cut to the topic.

The old man suddenly coughed; once he started, he did not stop for a long time. It was about half a minute before he stopped coughing.

"Feng Shanyue gave me something back then," the old man said, pulling a petite sandalwood box from his bosom.

He placed the box on the table, his eyes filled with a fanatical expression.

"Inside this lies the Heaven Severing Artifact that belongs exclusively to the Dawn Bringer—the Wood Key.

Obtaining this Wood Key, your strength will increase rapidly; perhaps, in just a hundred years, you will be able to reach the Seventh Tier level.

With three hundred years of time, relying on the Heaven Severing Artifact, you will be able to stand at the peak of this world!"

Lin Chao's gaze penetrated the sandalwood box; he saw inside, quietly resting, a blood-red key.

It looked like it was made of Wood.

Is this the Heaven Severing Artifact?

Lin Chao scanned it but did not feel the power of the Heaven Severing Artifact.

"Only by reaching the Seventh Tier can one barely unleash the power of the Heaven Severing Artifact," the old man added here.

Lin Chao looked at the old man and spoke slowly: "What did Feng Shanyue promise you?"

The old man was slightly stunned: "Jian Fang really did not hide it from you."

After the old man finished this sentence, a trace of a mad expression appeared on his face.

"Feng Shanyue promised me that once you become a Dawn Bringer and become a top-tier existence in the Qiyuan World, you can speak up for the Clones!"

The old man stared into Lin Chao's eyes.

Lin Chao had a feeling that if he showed even a trace of malice toward the Clones, this old man would definitely take action against him.

"Fine." Lin Chao did not have any hesitation.

His parents had the grace of birth toward him, and Jian Yi had the grace of raising him.

He agreed to this matter very readily.

Moreover, if the problems existing in this world were truly solved.

Perhaps, in the future, there would be no new Clones appearing.

The Clones that exist today could also integrate well into the crowd, just like Ordinary people.

"Good." The old man laughed loudly, and as he laughed, tears flowed from his eyes.

He pushed the sandalwood box over, braced his hands on the table, stood up with difficulty, and finally left.

Only a thin back remained.

The thin back, however, had a sense of detachment and relief.

Lin Chao looked at the old man's crazed back and continued eating his rice noodles; he ate with difficulty.

Ten minutes later, Nuo An walked over, and she lowered her voice and said: "That Clone from just now... died."

"Mm." Lin Chao nodded.

With his discernment, he could naturally see that the old man was extremely weak.

His weakness was also related to the Heaven Severing Artifact in the sandalwood box.

He had a guess in his heart.

All these years, it had been the old man using his own life force to nourish the Wood Key.

Now that the nourishment was finished, the old man had finally handed the Heaven Severing Artifact to him.

"Nuo An..."

"Your subordinate is here."

"Tell Hong Yin to keep an eye on the movements of the Clones." Lin Chao spoke, making a decision.

"As you command." After Nuo An responded, his figure vanished.

Lin Chao glanced outside the noodle shop; the old man was long gone.

Besides leaving behind the Heaven Severing Artifact and the original promise, he hadn't even left behind his name.

At night, the Wood Key lay before Lin Chao.

The Wood Key lay there quietly, just like an ordinary object.

"Why was this Heaven Severing Artifact made into the shape of a key?

Could it be that it can open a certain Gate?"

Lin Chao guessed in his heart.

After all, the Heaven Severing Artifact being shaped like a key easily invited speculation.

"Who made the Heaven Severing Artifact, anyway?" Lin Chao pondered.

Unfortunately, he had no clue about these things at all.

Unless he could find other Dawn Bringers, as well as people who understood the Dawn Bringers better.

However, thinking that among the other few Dawn Bringers, there might still be Ghosts hiding.

Lin Chao thought for a moment, and he decided to follow his original plan, cultivating step by step to improve himself.

The path of the Dawn Bringer, according to records, was indeed very strong, but its strength was limited.

I fear that at its peak, it was only comparable to a True Immortal.

When he was Xiang Long in Jiuzhou, he had slaughtered True Immortals.

With more accumulation in this lifetime, he was confident he could go higher and further than Xiang Long.

"Heaven Severing Artifact..." Lin Chao glanced at the Wood Key and withdrew his gaze.

In September, Xinghai City was bright and sunny.

Lin Chao traveled light and left the high-speed railway station.

Behind him, a young girl waved her hand: "Feng Yan, let's keep in touch, find me to play cards."

"Okay." Lin Chao smiled.

This girl was the person sitting next to him when he took the high-speed train, and they had played cards for a while out of boredom during the trip.

She was also here to attend university.

However, the university that girl was attending was not an Academy, but Xinghai University.

Aside from the Academy, Xinghai University could be considered a top-tier institution in Jing Country.

Unfortunately, without attending an Academy and without stepping onto the Supernatural path, the time one could spend in this world was at most two hundred years.

The interaction with the girl was just a piece of scenery during the journey.

Lin Chao walked out of the station, and soon, a young and beautiful woman walked over.

"My lord, this way."

The woman was naturally not human, but a Ghost.

Lin Chao nodded and followed the woman into the car.

"How is the situation in Xinghai City now?" Lin Chao asked with his eyes closed.

"Xinghai City is filled with Supernatural factions, and there are quite a few large Supernatural organizations.

Lord Hong Yin has already taken control of one Supernatural faction—Seabird.

Currently, our Ghosts are all acting in the name of Seabird."

"Mm." Lin Chao nodded.

The female Ghost explained the distribution of power in Xinghai City to Lin Chao.

Xinghai City was truly worthy of being one of the top ten cities in Jing Country.

In the entire Xinghai City, there were five large Supernatural factions alone.

Generally speaking, the criterion for whether a faction was a large faction was whether it possessed a Seventh-Order Transcendent.

Xinghai City possessing five large Supernatural factions could be said to be extremely terrifying.

Besides this, there were even more small and medium-sized Supernatural factions in Xinghai City, numbering in the dozens.

Any one of these Supernatural factions, if placed in Ge'en City where Lin Chao had previously been, would be an Overlord-level existence.

And the most powerful Supernatural faction in Xinghai City was naturally the Dark Light Academy.

"How is the investigation into the movements of other Ghosts going?" Lin Chao asked.

In Xinghai City, there were naturally Ghosts present as well.

Moreover, the Ghosts here were, to a certain extent, stronger and more troublesome.

"Xinghai City borders the Duodao Sea, and within it is a small island named Mist Island, where quite a few Ghosts exist.

There is one Ghost whose strength is extremely high; even Lord Hong Yin might not be its match."

"Even Hong Yin is not a match?" Lin Chao's gaze became grave.

Hong Yin's strength was considered powerful even among the Seventh Tier.

Otherwise, Hong Yin would not have wiped out the Lingyun Demon Cave with a single Ghost back then.

Later, Lin Chao began to practice the cultivation methods of the Feng Family, and Hong Yin's strength increased by more than double.

But even so, she was still no match for that Ghost on Mist Island.

It is evident how terrifying the strength of that Ghost on Mist Island is.

"It seems that when I have the chance in the future, I must take a trip to Mist Island."

Lin Chao's strength is not strong enough now, so naturally, he will not go easily.

He will wait until he is confident in the future before going to subdue that Ghost.

Every Ghost is, for Lin Chao, a powerful combat force for his future.

"What about demons?" Lin Chao began to concern himself with demons.

After all, his best means of increasing his strength now is by devouring demons.

"Inside the Dark Light Academy, there is a Demon Cave.

It can be said that the establishment of the Dark Light Academy was for the purpose of guarding that Demon Cave."

"So that's how it is." Lin Chao felt even more anticipation for the Dark Light Academy.

He was already thinking about whether to have these Ghosts sneak into the Demon Cave of the Dark Light Academy to hunt some demons for him.

"By the way, is the Demon rampant in Xinghai City? What about the Anomalies?"

To the people of the Qiyuan World, the threat of the Demon is very distant.

But the threat of the Demon is higher than that of demons.

After all, the Qiyuan World already has an estimate of the strength of demons.

But the Demon is unknown.

"As for the Demon... it appears occasionally," the female Ghost answered truthfully. "The last time a Demon appeared was twenty years ago; at that time, the Demon bewitched people's hearts and formed a Glutton Church, causing huge losses to Xinghai City."

"What about the Anomalies?"

"Xinghai City does not have any of those dangerous Anomalies."

"Hmm." Lin Chao kept his eyes closed.

This answer did not exceed his expectations.

After all, according to the current strength of humans, they are simply unable to resolve Anomalies.

They even rely on sacrificing Clones to constantly grope for the patterns of the Anomalies, and subsequently utilize them.

Xinghai City can be considered a large human gathering place; if an aggressive Anomaly appeared, then Xinghai City would certainly not be this peaceful.

"The Anomaly in Xinghai City is somewhat special."

"Oh? In what way is it special?"

Lin Chao knew that the Anomalies in this world were all very special.

"The Anomaly here looks very much like a butterfly.

Every day, it carries a stone in its mouth and drops it into the Duodao Sea without rest."

"Is it that one? I have heard of it." Lin Chao had heard of this Anomaly.

At that time, when he was at the Spider, he checked the information on Anomalies and took note of this one.

This Anomaly was just one among the Ordinary Anomalies.

"The Master has heard of it?" A smile appeared on the female Ghost's face. "Why does the Master think it keeps carrying stones to drop into the seabed?"

"The behavior of an Anomaly cannot be fathomed," Lin Chao answered normally.

If he knew the reason, then the Anomalies in this world would not be so terrifying.

Whether it is humans, or demons, devils, or Ghosts, none are willing to provoke an Anomaly.

"However, I can take a guess."

"Because of what?"

"Because of love," Lin Chao blurted out. "In my hometown, the Duodao Sea has another name, the Aegean Sea."

"The Master's hometown is not Ge'en City? I have never heard of the Aegean Sea.

Could it be that the Master just made it up?" The female Ghost tilted her head, her eyes flickering.

Her appearance was much better-looking than Tao Lan's.

"When I see that butterfly Anomaly next time, I will definitely ask it if it is because of love."

Lin Chao smiled and said nothing.

Suddenly, he looked up at the azure sky outside the car window, his gaze becoming melancholy.

This butterfly made him think of the butterfly bird.

After all, the butterfly possessed a portion of the butterfly bird's characteristics.

I wonder where the butterfly bird is now; is it in the Wusheng Well?

Or did it go to the Immortal World?

The next day, Lin Chao got up early.

Today is the day for official registration at the Dark Light Academy.

The address of the Dark Light Academy cannot be found through Ordinary channels at all.

The notification letter Lin Chao received also instructed him to gather at a certain place, and then be picked up by people from the Dark Light Academy to be taken to the Dark Light Academy.

At this time, Lin Chao entered a manor.

The area of the manor was very large, and there were quite a few young people inside.

Lin Chao took a look; there were thirteen people in total.

When those thirteen people saw Lin Chao, they all looked over.

Clearly, they were also new students of the Dark Light Academy.

"Brother, you're also a student at the Dark Light Academy, right?" A boy with dyed red hair asked Lin Chao enthusiastically.

"Mm."

"Where are you from, brother? I'm from Kyoto."

Hearing that the red-haired man came from Kyoto, the young men and women present looked at him with different expressions.

After all, Kyoto's geographical location is special; if you were to throw a brick, you might just hit a person of power or influence.

"Xianghe Province, Ge'en City."

"Xianghe Province? A good place, there are especially many beauties there; I often patronize their businesses." The red-haired man acted as if he were an old friend.

Immediately, the gazes of many girls on the scene toward the red-haired man changed, revealing expressions of disdain.

Quite a few boys, however, revealed expressions of envy.

To the side, a woman named Qian Miaomiao frowned and spat under her breath, "Scumbag."

Just then, the Gate of the manor opened, and a burly woman with short hair walked in, an impatient expression on her face.

"Has everyone arrived?"

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