The sword seller, dressed in red, deserves applause for the prankster.

Upon hearing that the key was right there, Chi Miao was even more excited than the others, her eyes shining brightly as she exclaimed, "The key is right here! Why didn't you say so earlier? I thought it was my fault... What is the key?"

Everyone else also focused their attention on the Supreme Elder of Nine Swords Mountain.

The Supreme Elder smiled helplessly and addressed Chi Miao: "You."

Chi Miao: "Huh?"

She looked left and right, squinting at the direction the Supreme Elder was pointing, and gestured with her hand.

It seems like they're talking about her.

Everyone else was also stunned.

Chi Miao pointed at herself: "You're saying the key to the Heavenly Sorrow Cave is me?! Me??!"

What about her looks like a key?

Besides, even if the key really is a person, it wouldn't be her, would it?

Not only has she never even seen the face of the Heavenly Sorrow Immortal, but they are even separated by hundreds of years!

However, the Supreme Elder did not seem to be joking, and said with certainty, "Yes, it is you, Chi Miao, a disciple of our Nine Swords Mountain."

"The Weeping Sword is not a condition for opening the Heavenly Sorrow Cave, as we have already considered. However, the reason we are willing to take the risk and choose to nourish the Weeping Sword with the power of an entire sect is because..."

"Even if the Weeping Sword isn't the key, it will be the eye that the Celestial Sorrow Immortal uses to choose the key."

Turning his head, he looked at Chong Shuai: "Disciple, do you still remember what happened at the Sword Tomb the day Chi Miao entered the mountain?"

"I remember! Of course I remember!" Chong Shuai's eyes widened suddenly: "At that recruitment ceremony, after the first round of selections, the Sword Tomb mysteriously emitted a sword's cry!"

"The Weeping Sword, which was on the verge of death, was suddenly awakened!"

Hearing this, Sorrowful Sword was stunned for a moment, then recalled, "At that time... I did feel that it was because I sensed Master's aura that a sentence appeared in my mind... I've finally waited for you."

"The voice saying those words in my head... it sounds like it belongs to the previous owner?!"

Hearing this, everyone was even more shocked.

"What did the Heavenly Compassionate Immortal say?!"

Is the Heavenly Sorrow Immortal waiting for Chi Miao?

At that moment, everyone looked at Chi Miao, and couldn't help but get goosebumps.

The power of immortals is beyond comprehension, transcending all mortal realms. Even if the Heavenly Sorrow Immortal had foreseen this day, they would not utter a single word of disbelief.

But after traversing so many eras, all for the sake of waiting for Chi Miao?

This……

"What is your relationship with the Heavenly Sorrow Immortal? Could you perhaps be a descendant of the Heavenly Sorrow Immortal?!"

Chi Miao was stunned: "How is that possible? I'm an orphan, okay?"

A complete orphan, transmigrated into a world that starts in hell.

Now everyone was even more convinced, though they were still confused: "An orphan? Orphans in the cultivation world usually have extraordinary backgrounds. You don't know who your parents are? Maybe your ancestor was the Heavenly Compassion Immortal!"

Chi Miao: "...You guys really have vivid imaginations."

To be honest, she had no idea about her background and didn't particularly want to find out who her biological parents were.

Even if she were to reincarnate through countless lifetimes, she wouldn't have much desire to trace back to the past, because she is who she is. No matter who she was born of or whose child she is, she will always be Chi Miao.

As long as she knows she is Chi Miao, that's fine.

Upon hearing this, the Weeping Sword also refuted the rumor:

"What nonsense are you spouting? My unreliable former master, the Heavenly Sorrow Immortal, is he even worthy of comparing himself to my current master? My current master's status is far superior to his! He could spend his entire life and still never reach the level of my current master!"

Everyone gasped, completely convinced by the Weeping Sword's explanation, and exclaimed to Chi Miao, "Huh??"

"You've been hiding this so well, young lady?!"

Even immortals can't reach your height?

Chi Miao looked left and right, and in the end, he didn't know what to say.

"Maybe so. Maybe in my past life I was an incredibly powerful and invincible celestial being."

Everyone gasped again.

Chi Miao gritted her teeth and couldn't help but yell, "You believe everything I say! Why didn't you believe me when I said Wenren Yin colluded with the demons?!"

She's really about to break down, okay?!

The explanation given by others was: "It's because you've been proven wrong so many times that we have a lot of faith in your mysterious and impressive identity."

Chi Miao: "..."

Jingming nodded.

Chi Miao: "You're just nodding your head."

"However, my lord... if you are truly curious about your identity, the only person in this world who can probably give you the answer is my former master."

"Aren't you curious why you're an orphan with no parents?"

Chi Miao: "...Even if I wanted to ask, I'd have to find him first."

"You all say I am the key, but as you can see, I just tried so many ways but couldn't open this Heavenly Sorrow Cave."

The Weeping Sword drew closer: "But I am certain that you, Master, can open it, and... only you can open this Heavenly Sorrow Cave."

Chi Miao was taken aback, then looked at the array on the skull, her eyes narrowed.

If she is the key, then... what is it that sets her apart from everyone else, what is it that only she can do, or what is it that she knows?

At this moment, the Supreme Elder's voice gently guided her:

"Don't worry, don't feel any pressure, you can definitely do it."

"Calm down and think about it carefully..."

"If only you can open it, what is the only answer?"

His eyes were very gentle, but if anyone noticed, it wasn't the look of an elder towards a child.

It's more like the other way around.

It was like... the gentle gaze of a junior towards a senior who had forgotten everything but whom he still deeply respected and relied upon.

The words of the Supreme Elder reassured Chi Miao, and she closed her eyes to think.

Is it the Star Golden Pill? No, that was something she obtained by chance, belonging to the Holy Maiden of the Tantric Sect.

Could it be a spiritual root?

No... she did use spiritual power just now.

Suddenly, a sentence popped into Chi Miao's mind as if by magic. She then walked to the array, blinked, and spoke:

"Open Sesame?"