Wild Dogs

The old man waved his hand, and the sundial beside him slowly turned. After a moment, time seemed to slow down around him.

Yang Fan immediately listened to the old man explain the various rules of Go.

More than a month later, Yang Fan put down the chess piece, exhausted.

"I've been playing Go with you for a month now, and I understand the rules of Go."

"I've been out here fighting you for so long, I'd probably be considered a master by now. Aren't you going to give me the Nirvana Lotus?"

Upon hearing this, the old man laughed heartily.

"Let's play another game, and another game."

Yang Fan was instantly furious.

"You've said that more than twenty times already, what's the point of playing chess now? If you don't give me the Nirvana Heart Lotus today, don't even think about playing chess with me again."

Hearing this, the old man had no choice but to wave his hand and hand the Nirvana Heart Lotus to Yang Fan.

Yang Fan was extremely excited when he received the Nirvana Lotus.

He was about to put the Nirvana Heart Lotus into his small cauldron, but then he thought that, just to be on the safe side, he put it into the storage bag that could be hidden.

After doing all this, Yang Fan immediately stood up.

"Okay, that's enough."

Upon seeing this, the old man immediately waved his hand.

"I've released some more treasures here. Play a few more rounds with me, and these treasures will be yours too."

Yang Fan chuckled.

"I've been losing for a month already, what's the point of betting again?"

Yang Fan shook his head repeatedly.

"Even though you lost, your skills are improving, so you might win another game."

"How about this, play a few more rounds with me, and I'll give you this."

Yang Fan shook his head repeatedly.

Seeing Yang Fan's displeasure, the old man gritted his teeth, and after a moment, he mysteriously took out a jade pendant.

"Look at this jade pendant. Do you see it?"

The old man gestured to Yang Fan, and Yang Fan's expression changed slightly after glancing at the jade pendant. This jade pendant was exactly the same as the one he had obtained in the Nine Chapters Palace.

"What is this thing?"

"You don't know this, do you? This item is called the Tianji Token, a special pass prepared for elders."

"With this token, you can go deep into the inner palace of the Heavenly Mystery Palace and find the good things inside."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan's expression changed several times.

"What? From what you're saying, the Heavenly Mystery Palace actually has an inner palace and an outer palace?"

Upon hearing this, the old man nodded emphatically.

"That's natural."

"Ordinary sects all have inner and outer palaces, and this one is no exception."

"Let me be honest with you. The so-called outer palace is where the disciples live. Only those who have reached the Core Formation stage or above, or the Nascent Soul stage, are qualified to enter the inner palace."

"The inner palace is the core area of ​​our entire Tianji Palace. It is there that we can obtain the true treasures of our Tianji Palace."

At this point, the old man looked at Yang Fan with extreme excitement.

"How about it, young friend? If you play a few more games with me, I'll give you this Heavenly Pivot Token. That way, you'll have a chance to enter the inner palace, won't you?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan revealed a half-smile on his face.

There was no other reason than that, although the jade pendant in the old man's hand sounded very powerful, Yang Fan already had one.

Previously, when he was in the Nine Chapters Palace, he obtained nine jade pendant fragments because he passed all the tests of the nine sub-palaces of the Nine Chapters Palace. When those nine jade pendant fragments were pieced together, they formed a complete jade pendant.

And now, listening to the old man's words, the jade pendant he had pieced together earlier was the Heavenly Secret Token of the Heavenly Secret Palace.

Yang Fan naturally felt there was no need to look for their so-called Heavenly Secret Token anymore.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan shook his head slightly.

"I don't think it's necessary anymore. Let's part ways here."

Yang Fan shrugged slightly and then walked outside.

"Young friend, you don't even want the Heavenly Pivot Token? Is there anything else you want?"

"Here you go, I have spirit stones, secret techniques, and elixirs."

Hearing this, Yang Fan stopped.

"Pills? What pills?"

The old man immediately became extremely excited and took out several bottles of pills.

"Take a look, this is a Creation Pill that is of great help to Core Formation cultivators."

Creation Pill? Yang Fan had never heard of this kind of pill before, and he looked at the other party in surprise.

Seeing Yang Fan's blank expression, the old man immediately patted his head.

"That's right, countless eras have passed now, it's normal that you don't know about the Creation Pill."

He then explained in detail.

"This Creation Pill is a type of pill that our Heavenly Mystery Palace used to refine. The process of refining this pill is extremely complicated, and only some of our Heavenly Mystery Palace's direct disciples can take it."

"Moreover, this pill is extremely effective for those in the Core Formation stage; young friend, you might want to take a look."

He then handed Yang Fan a porcelain bottle.

After opening the porcelain bottle and taking a sniff of the contents, Yang Fan immediately frowned.

"This isn't right, is it?"

Yang Fan immediately handed the pill to the old man, whose face fell after he glanced at what was inside.

"How could this be? Why have all the medicinal properties of the pills inside been lost?"

He hurriedly took out the other bottles of pills.

"That's not right. I was very careful when I stored it here. How could the medicinal properties have been lost?"

The old man shook his head repeatedly.

Seeing this, Yang Fan shook his head slightly and returned the pill.

"Forget it, I'll pass on the pills."

"If you don't want the pills, then take this. I still have quite a few spirit stones here."

The old man then found another box from the side.

However, when Yang Fan opened the box, he found only a pile of white stones inside. It was obvious that after so many years, the spiritual energy in these spirit stones had long since dissipated.

Seeing that he couldn't even use spirit stones, the old man could only look at Yang Fan dejectedly.

"It seems I really have nothing to give you. You can leave now."

Looking at the pitiful appearance of the illusory figure, Yang Fan felt a pang of sympathy.

"Alright then, do you have a recipe for the Creation Pill? If you do, I can play another round with you."

Upon hearing this, the old man shook his head.

"The pill formula is only available at the Alchemy Pavilion; I don't have it here."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan's heart stirred. Perhaps he could go to the Alchemy Pavilion and get more pill formulas.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan nodded.

"Okay, I'll play one last game with you. I have to leave after that."

After saying that, Yang Fan gestured for the other person to join him, and the two immediately began playing chess.

This time, the old man faced significantly more difficulty than before, but in the end, he still won.

Seeing this, Yang Fan smiled and nodded.

"Your strength is truly formidable, senior."

Upon hearing this, the old man raised his head triumphantly.

"What are you talking about? My chess skills are extremely high. It's an honor for you to receive my guidance."

He nodded after he finished speaking.

"Okay, you can leave now."

Upon hearing this, Yang Fan smiled slightly, and then jumped down in the direction he had come from.

After a while, Yang Fan returned to the palace he had visited before.