Wife, you didn't really drug me, did you?

The Tiger Soul Blade was what Chen Jie was truly worried about. After all, it was a legendary treasure, and it wouldn't do for such a precious blade to remain at the bottom of the cliff; that would be a complete waste.

Therefore, after the banquet, Chen Jie found the King of the West and told him about how the Tiger Soul Blade had fallen to the bottom of the cliff.

The Western King had originally intended to ask Chen Jie where the Tiger Soul Blade was, but upon hearing this, he knew its location. So he looked at Chen Jie and said, "So, during the fight, the Tiger Soul Blade fell off the cliff?"

Chen Jie nodded, and the Western King said, "The Tiger Soul Blade is the sword of the Human Emperor. Our clan lost two great divine artifacts, the Xuanyuan Sword and the Shennong Staff. Now, the only thing left is this Tiger Soul Blade, and we absolutely cannot lose it again!"

Chen Jie glanced at the Western King, thought for a moment, and said, "This precious sword is indeed pleasing, but if it were the Shennong Staff..."

Chen Jie didn't finish speaking, but the Western King understood that Chen Jie wasn't that eager for the Tiger Soul Blade. After all, his primary cultivation wasn't the "Nine Li Demon Art," which wasn't compatible with the Tiger Soul Blade. Secondly, Chen Jie wasn't actually practicing with a sword, so he wasn't that eager for the Tiger Soul Blade.

This situation is similar to Chen Jie practicing the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms. If he were given a Dragon Slaying Saber, although it is a top-tier treasure, it wouldn't significantly improve his abilities. However, if it were one of the Three Divine Weapons, the Shennong Staff, it would greatly enhance Chen Jie's abilities, since the Shennong Staff is specifically designed to complement the "Four Seasons Celestial Phenomena Technique".

At this moment, the Western King looked at Chen Jie and said, "The Tiger Soul Blade is a sacred object of my clan, so it must be returned to my clan!"

Chen Jie looked at the King of the West and said, "Of course, but if I need to use this knife, may I borrow it?"

Upon hearing this, the Western King glanced at Chen Jie and nodded, saying, "Of course, just don't borrow and not return."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at the King of the West and said, "King of the West, rest assured, I, Chen Jiu Si, am not such a person who is untrustworthy."

Upon hearing this, the Western King looked at Chen Jie and said, "Hehe, of course, I am naturally the King of Xindai."

The title of Prince of Dai was the one Chen Jie had just received. At this moment, Chen Jie asked curiously, "Your Majesty, where exactly does the bottom of that cliff lead? Is there any explanation?"

After hearing this, the Western King thought for a moment and said, "We have never explored this before, but some of our predecessors have tried it. They spent a day and a night trying to find the bottom, but they couldn't find it, so they gave up."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie nodded slightly and said, "In that case, it really will be difficult to retrieve the Tiger Soul Blade!"

Upon hearing this, the Western King said, "No matter how difficult it is, we must test it."

As the Western King was speaking, the Great Elder of the Jiuli Clan, Li Dao, spoke up: "This Tiger Soul Blade belongs to our ancestor. It is necessary for the Jiuli Clan to reclaim it. Therefore, I will participate in this descent down the cliff."

Upon hearing this, the Western King nodded slightly and said, "Alright, this matter is urgent. Come with me."

As the Western King spoke, he led Chen Jie and Li Dao directly to the place of inheritance. Then, at the foot of the steps behind the statue in the place of inheritance, he gently pressed three buttons, and a stone switch popped out and opened.

The next moment, a secret room appeared on the wall not far away.

The secret chamber opened, revealing three platforms, each inlaid with gold. Looking at these three platforms, the Western King sighed and said, "This is where the three divine artifacts of the Human Emperor were once kept."

"pity……"

Looking at the empty platform before him, the Western King sighed, then looked at a black stone on the right side of the platform and said, "This is the whetstone for the Tiger Soul Blade. It is connected to the Tiger Soul Blade. Holding this allows you to connect with the Tiger Soul Blade, and taking it down into the abyss allows you to sense the location of the Tiger Soul Blade."

Upon hearing this, Li Dao stepped forward and grabbed the whetstone. The Western King said nothing; with the sword gone, a whetstone wasn't so precious.

Chen Jie's gaze wasn't on the whetstone; instead, he looked at the two platforms beside him. On the middle platform was a piece of yellow animal hide. Seeing Chen Jie looking at the hide, the Western King said, "That's for wiping the blade of the Xuanyuan Sword."

Chen Jie then looked at another platform, where he saw a large mushroom—no, not a mushroom, but a Tai Sui!

Chen Jie had seen Tai Sui. You should know that Chen Jie initially relied on Tai Sui pills for cultivation, and no one has ever explained the origin of Tai Sui.

At this moment, Chen Jie looked at the Tai Sui in front of him and saw Xi Wang say, "This grew from a seed that fell from Shennong's staff. It has a certain sensitivity to Shennong's staff, and it also has a sensitivity to similar plants."

"By the way, it seems that outsiders call this kind of thing Tai Sui."

Chen Jie nodded upon hearing this and said, "Yes, it's Tai Sui."

The Western King looked at the Tai Sui in front of him and said, "Why don't you cut off a piece and keep it for cultivation? It would be good to give it to you as a gift."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at the Western King, who said, "The Grand Duke Jupiter is inexhaustible; cutting off a little bit won't affect it."

"Moreover, you cultivate the Four Seasons Celestial Phenomena Technique, so it will probably enjoy being with you, and who knows what the future holds..."

The King of the West didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear: perhaps in the future, this item could guide Chen Jie to find the lost Shennong Staff. Of course, this was just a wishful thought.

Thinking this, Xi Wang cut off a small piece of Tai Sui and handed it to Chen Jie. This Tai Sui felt like Play-Doh, smooth and tender. Chen Jie reached out and tentatively released a trace of the Spring Character Technique of the Four Seasons Celestial Phenomena. The next moment, he saw the little rubbery thing greedily absorbing the life energy of the Spring Character Technique.

After absorbing its nutrients for a short while, it immediately curled up and eventually turned into a long strip that was tied around Chen Jie's wrist, just like a wristband.

At the same time, a cool sensation slowly spread to Chen Jie's hand. Chen Jie felt the coolness and his spirits lifted. He then looked at the Tai Sui on his wrist, which seemed to be alive. He had to admit that this Tai Sui was very different from any other Tai Sui he had ever seen.

Moreover, according to the Western King's description, this thing has a connection with Tai Sui and the legendary Shennong Staff. So, this thing is really a treasure. It might even help him find the Shennong Staff, the exclusive weapon of the Four Seasons Celestial Phenomena Technique, in the future.

Having understood all this, Chen Jie thanked the Western King, and then the Western King led Chen Jie and the Grand Elder straight to the place of inheritance.

At the same time, more than twenty experts at the Furnace Realm or above were urgently summoned to prepare to descend into the abyss together to find the Tiger Soul Blade that had fallen to the bottom of the abyss.

Thus, the group entered the Land of Inheritance in a grand procession and saw the three statues of the Human Emperor. Led by the Western King, the group immediately knelt down to pay their respects to the three statues. Chen Jie also bowed to the three statues to show his respect.

These three are not only the ancestors of the immortal race, but also the ancestors of humankind like Chen Jie, or rather, they were originally the progenitors of humankind.

After paying their respects to the three statues, the group arrived at the edge of the cliff. Looking down, they saw an unfathomable abyss below. The reason why their group of more than twenty people had not prepared ropes was simple: they didn't need them. Yes, they didn't need them.

This cliff is bottomless; what use are ropes? You can only climb it with your bare hands.

Of course, this is not a difficult thing for experts like Chen Jie, just a bit troublesome.

At this moment, Chen Jie looked at the Grand Elder. This time, the two of them would lead the team. The Western King did not intend to go down, since there needed to be someone in charge on the ground. However, the Western King also sent a few of her trusted subordinates down.

At this moment, the Grand Elder looked at Chen Jie and said, "Brother Chen, the Tiger Soul Blade fell from that spot."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at the cliff, thought for a moment, and pointed to a spot not far away, saying, "They must have fallen from here." The Grand Elder immediately nodded and said, "Then I'll go down from here."

As they spoke, the Grand Elder began to climb down the cliff, with Chen Jie beside him. The two of them slowly descended the cliff.

Seeing the two climb down, the rest of the people followed behind them and began to climb down as well.

The cliff was extremely steep, and many of them were at a negative angle. Fortunately, these people were all highly skilled martial artists, and they could often use their spiritual energy to stick their bodies to the rock face and climb down little by little.

Even so, the entire process of climbing down was extremely grueling.

The physical torment was secondary; the greatest torment of this climb was actually the mental torment.

Because you don't know if there's a bottom here, you keep climbing, but you don't find the bottom, so you can only keep climbing. After climbing for a day, you'll start to doubt that there really might not be a bottom here.

Of course, besides this idea, another idea is that it might be coming to an end.

It's like this cliff is one meter deep. You may have climbed down eighty or even ninety centimeters, but if you give up at this point, it's as if the cliff has no bottom.

Therefore, you must first firmly believe that there is a bottom below this cliff before you can consider other options.

Because you never know where you are on your journey, it's easy to give up. Without strong motivation, it's really hard to persevere.

They continued climbing, and another day passed. At this point, everyone clearly felt that the temperature at the bottom of the cliff had risen extremely. Chen Jie was shocked. Could it be that they had climbed to the Earth's core?

Of course, the idea was fleeting. How could they possibly dig to the Earth's core? The Earth's core is more than 2,900 kilometers away from the surface, a distance long enough to travel from Beijing to Lingnan, spanning most of China.

They climbed for two days and were able to cover most of China. What kind of speed is that?

However, the temperature below was real. Chen Jie sensed the temperature below and looked at the Grand Elder, saying, "Grand Elder, there is probably magma or something like that down there."

Upon hearing this, the Grand Elder said, "It's alright. The Tiger Soul Blade is made from the finest irons in the world and is mixed with various extraterrestrial meteorites. Even if it's thrown into lava, it won't melt, so there's no need to worry."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jie looked at the Grand Elder and said, "I'm not worried about it melting; I'm mainly worried about it being swept away by the lava."

Upon hearing this, the Grand Elder's expression turned grim. He then said, "Let's go down and take a look."

Chen Jie nodded and followed the elder down the cliff. They climbed for another half a day before finally seeing the cliff.

There was no lava, but a very flat piece of land, and there was no flowing lava around as one might have imagined.

With their feet firmly planted on solid ground, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked curiously at the bottom of the cliff before them. They had finally arrived.

Looking at everything before him, the Grand Elder said, "We've finally reached the end of the two and a half days. Quick, quickly search for any trace of the Tiger Soul Blade."

Upon hearing this, everyone began to search. Chen Jie also started searching. At this moment, everyone lit the fires they carried with them, and the entire underground space was immediately illuminated. Then, everyone immediately began to search for the Tiger Soul Blade.

Tiger Soul Blade!

As everyone searched, Chen Jie joined them. According to the principle of parabolic motion in physics, the Tiger Soul Blade and Zhang Shicheng's body should be nearby, but the area was completely empty.

This doesn't make sense! The Tiger Soul Blade is gone, and Zhang Shicheng's body is also gone.

He was smashed to pieces? But there isn't even a single bone fragment around here, how is that possible?
Chen Jie frowned slightly. The Grand Elder was also holding a whetstone, sensing the surroundings to see if the Tiger Soul Blade was nearby.

There was no response at all.

The elder frowned deeply. This shouldn't be the case. The Tiger Soul Blade is powerful, but no matter how powerful it is, it's still just a weapon. It couldn't possibly disappear on its own.

So how could it not exist?

The Grand Elder then called out, "Have you found anything?"

Upon hearing this, the people around immediately shouted, "No!"

"Neither do I."

"Neither do I."

……

The sounds echoed back, and then the elder roared, "How strange! In such a tiny place, where could a knife have gone?"

After hearing the elder's words, a member of the Jiuli tribe said, "Elder, do you think that knife might have become a spirit and simply disappeared into the ground?"

The elder glanced at the Jiuli tribesman and said, "Don't talk nonsense. That's a knife, not a goblin."

After speaking, the Grand Elder looked at Chen Jiedao and said, "Brother Chen, you are knowledgeable and experienced. Tell me, what's going on here?"

Chen Jie frowned, looked around, and then said, "First, the Tiger Soul Blade itself does not have life force, so it is impossible for it to burrow underground and run away."

"Secondly, the corpse and the Tiger Soul Blade couldn't have simply vanished into thin air..."

"So, after eliminating all the impossible, the remaining answer, no matter how impossible, is the final answer."

Chen Jie's gaze sharpened at this moment, and he said, "Zhang Shicheng who fell down may not be dead. He picked up the Tiger Soul Blade and escaped."

Chen Jie arrived at what he considered the most likely answer: although Zhang Shicheng had been slashed by Li Siqi and fallen off a cliff, whether he was dead or not was a question. Moreover, according to the plots of the novels Chen Jie had read before, those who survived falling off cliffs often had extraordinary encounters.

So, he and Li Siqi became Zhang Shicheng's background figures?

As Chen Jie was speaking, someone suddenly shouted, "Prince Dai, Grand Elder, come look here! There's a cave entrance!" (End of Chapter)