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Outside the stone door, Cui Haoyu, Fu Qinglin, and others were also waiting all along, but as time slowly passed, Qin Fang's figure remained absent.

"What's going on exactly?"

At this moment, Cui Haoyu's expression was somewhat unpleasant as well. He glanced into the deep, dark stone door and couldn't help but mutter under his breath.

Qin Fang had entered the Chess Sword Formation Remnant along with four others from the families of Cui and Fu, but these four had come out early, while Qin Fang hadn't even left a trace.

"Could something unexpected have happened?"

Fu Qinglin's complexion was not any better than Cui Haoyu's. He furrowed his brow and muttered as well.

He and Cui Haoyu had hoped that Qin Fang would help them crack the Chess Sword Formation Remnant, which had been passed down through generations for hundreds of years.

Throughout these hundreds of years, even though neither the Cui nor Fu families were able to solve it, they did gain some insights.

Through the efforts of many generations, they discovered the only way to solve the Chess Sword Formation Remnant was to find a young master to forcefully break the formation.

But now the world is entirely different from hundreds of years ago. Young masters back then might have quickly reached the Grandmaster Level, with some talented prodigies even reaching the Great Grandmaster Level, but now... just look at the current foundation of the Cui and Fu families for a glimpse.

Originally, Cui Haoyu and Fu Qinglin hadn't planned this, until the sudden rise of Qin Fang gave them a glimmer of hope.

This is also the reason why Cui Haoyu and Fu Qinglin appeared at the Game of Swords tournament, as it required both of them to personally invite Qin Fang; the others below them didn't have enough influence.

The outcome satisfied them. Qin Fang agreed to their request and proceeded to break the formation as they had hoped...

But the earlier commotion inside seemed to indicate that Qin Fang had already cracked the Chess Sword Formation Remnant. By now, Qin Fang should have emerged, yet after waiting for so long, even his shadow hasn't appeared, leaving Cui Haoyu and Fu Qinglin understandably anxious...

"Could it be that Qin actually obtained the Patriarch's Sword Dao legacy?"

Cui Haoyu suddenly entertained this possibility and couldn't help but glance at Fu Qinglin, who seemed to harbor the same suspicion, exchanging a worried look in mid-air.

Soon, this worry transformed into a trace of cunning, as their eyes quickly exchanged a look of malice.

Evidently, they had resolved entirely to the point where it seemed that even if Qin Fang truly obtained the Sword Dao inheritance of Master of Yijian Fu Cailin, they were determined to keep Qin Fang from leaving, or even… they never intended to let Qin Fang leave alive!

It's undeniable that the plans of Cui Haoyu and Fu Qinglin were well-thought, but is the reality as they anticipated?

Clearly, it is not!

At least not for Qin Fang, who had entered a very secluded valley at this moment.

"Game of Swords Valley..."

This place is extremely hidden, and whether it remains within Bagong Mountain, Qin Fang isn't quite certain, but judging by a walking distance of about twenty minutes, it should still be in the mountains.

The valley is located beneath a stone cliff, very small and concealed, nearly impossible to detect, as when Qin Fang looked up, he saw it covered by a large mountainside, with only some gaps allowing a ray of light to leak through...

And on that cliff, the three characters "Game of Swords Valley" were carved, clearly indicating a connection to Master of Yijian Fu Cailin.

Qin Fang even suspected that this valley was where Master of Yijian Fu Cailin secluded himself in his later years, rather than Sword Forest...

Compared to the characters on the stone wall in Sword Forest, these three characters seemed quite ordinary, but Qin Fang faintly felt that they held a profound inner brilliance, as though they had reached the Realm of Simplicity and Perfection...

Qin Fang was far from reaching that realm, so he could only faintly sense a little, but he couldn't be sure, yet it had already instilled him with considerable respect for this top master from hundreds of years ago.

The valley wasn't very large. There weren't many plants, perhaps due to the long absence of human care, it became quite desolate, especially as those vines nearly filled the valley completely.

Looking around, Qin Fang saw only these plants, unable to see any exit for the time being, so his immediate priority was to deal with these plants first.

With the Flowing Shadow Sword in hand, this sharp prized sword was put to great use this time. In Qin Fang's hand, it instantly became an effective tool for chopping wood, slicing non-stop, turning the thick vines into lifeless souls at the mercy of the blade.

Then Qin Fang set fire to burn these vines clean. Thus, Game of Swords Valley became a lot cleaner and tidier.

At this moment, Qin Fang noticed a stone house, like a cave, beneath the stone wall. There was a stone table, stone stools, and even a chessboard drawn on the stone table.

Undoubtedly, these must have a very close connection with the Master of Yijian, Fu Cailin...

Given that he had arrived at this place, suspected to be the retired hideout of Master of Yijian, Fu Cailin, Qin Fang naturally couldn't do nothing. He glanced around the valley, finding nothing unusual and no imagined treasures like spiritual medicine...

This was also understandable. Spiritual medicine has always been rare and over years, even spiritual medicine collected by Master of Yijian, Fu Cailin, must have already withered. Leaving seeds could be considered Qin Fang's good luck.

With nothing outside, Qin Fang swiftly entered the stone house, sealed for hundreds of years. If he hoped to find anything worthwhile, it seemed he'd have to explore inside.

This stone house was not large, in fact, rather small.

There's a saying that though a sparrow is small, it has all the organs; this is quite fitting for the stone house, which had a full set of desk, chair, bed, cabinet, etc.

It was even a two-room suite; the outside counted as a living room, while inside was a smaller storage area.

There wasn't much in the living room. Though stone-made "furniture" was naturally eternal, it didn't hold much value. The rest had rotted over time and thus were uninteresting to Qin Fang.

Nonetheless, Qin Fang wasn't bothered and stepped into the storage area, hoping to find something of value there...

The storage area was much like the living room outside, with paper books already rotted and no remnants left behind. Qin Fang's attention was caught by a chessboard made from an unknown material and a piece of black stone prominently placed.

It's fair to say that most things inside the warehouse were damaged, except these two that remained fairly intact.

This was understandable; the chessboard seemed to be made from some kind of metal and had undergone special treatment, remaining as it was after hundreds of years, without a trace of rust.

The black stone spoke for itself, regardless of hundreds or even thousands of years, it probably remained unchanged...

Yet this piece of stone had attracted the attention of the master Fu Cailin, a top-notch expert, so Qin Fang naturally couldn't treat it as a regular stone.

Almost upon seeing this stone, Qin Fang immediately used his Scouting Skill on it.

"This is..."

When the result of the Scouting was fed back to him, Qin Fang's eyes widened, and his face bore an expression of excitement, even appearing somewhat thrilled.

"This is... Purple Obsidian! It's actually Purple Obsidian..."

Suddenly, Qin Fang seemed to be in a frenzy, hugging this purple-black stone and shouting with joy.

The Flowing Shadow Sword needed three primary materials to be elevated to a Divine Artifact, besides auxiliary materials which were easy to collect. These were Galaxy Divine Iron, Tianxin Sand, and Purple Obsidian.

Among these, Galaxy Divine Iron had been obtained by Qin Fang after slaying Nakano at the Master Level Peak, while he had no clues regarding the remaining two.

Qin Fang had almost forgotten about these two materials until he unexpectedly acquired one here.

"Hahaha, now only Tianxin Sand is left..."

With Galaxy Divine Iron and Purple Obsidian in hand, two of the three primary materials needed to upgrade the Flowing Shadow Sword to a Divine Artifact level have been obtained. Only Tianxin Sand remains to be found for the sword's upgrade to become a divine-grade sword...

Thinking of owning a weapon comparable to the Ten Great Divine Weapons sent Qin Fang into uncontrollable excitement.

Yet, regarding when he'll obtain Tianxin Sand, Qin Fang wasn't very certain; maybe he'll find it soon, or perhaps never, it's all a matter of luck, unpredictable by anyone.

However, Qin Fang wasn't anxious. When he got Galaxy Divine Iron, he felt similarly hopeless, as searching for these almost vanished treasures amidst the vast humanity was like looking for a needle in a haystack, almost hopeless...

Yet this "almost impossible" possibility turned into reality now; there's no reason Qin Fang shouldn't believe he could find the remaining Tianxin Sand? (To be continued. If you enjoyed this work, we welcome you to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com) with recommendation votes and monthly votes; your support is my greatest motivation.)

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