Six minutes earlier.

After falling into the wind cave, the omnipresent gale within made it impossible for Chen Hao to open his eyes.

The howling wind beside his ears seemed like demons with a myriad claws tearing at his clothes, and countless sharp knives cutting and slashing Chen Hao's skin.

With his eyes tightly closed, Chen Hao had but one sensation—tearing apart! The screeching sound of the wind meant tearing apart, the sensation of his skin being slashed by the wind knives was tearing apart, and his heart increasingly filled with despair was likewise tearing apart.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Hao saw a purple bud above his left eye flicker with light, followed by a surge of the cool Nether Eye Power infiltrating his bloodstream from his left eye, then seeping through his blood and out to his skin.

Only with the enveloping Nether Eye Power did the painful sensation of tearing stop. Chen Hao opened his eyes, his body couldn't help but tremble from the cold of the Nether Eye Power wrapping around him.

After sneezing, Chen Hao looked around and discovered that beyond the whistling gusts of wind, there was nothing else in the vast expanse of the wind cave.

He straightened his body, attempting to walk upwards. However, he plummeted even deeper down as if into a bottomless pit. "Why does it feel like a bottomless hole?" Chen Hao said with furrowed brows.

About ten minutes later, after trying various methods, Chen Hao was still unable to exit the wind cave.

He felt extremely anxious, thinking that if he couldn't get out of this wind cave, what would become of his grandfather lying in the hospital, waiting for him to return with his Yin Soul; Tang Jing and Tang Chao still needed his help to face the people sent by the Li Family and Qian Feng; Xie Xiaofeng still needed him to fight side by side; Ye Yuqiao still needed him to defeat the Ghost King and the Eight Great Law Kings.

Moreover, the most important thing was, he was just a little bit away from hearing Ye Yuqiao admit she liked him in person!

"I must get out!" Chen Hao's gaze was very determined.

At that moment, Chen Hao felt a warmth in his chest. He touched his chest and found something puffed up under his coat, as if something was inside. Immediately, he unbuttoned his black school uniform.

Suddenly, the Book of Yin and Yang Exorcism, shimmering with golden light, fell from his body.

"I swear I didn't bring this book with me when I left home!" Chen Hao muttered to himself, his face showing an utterly stunned expression. Instantly, his surprised look turned to one of delight, thinking to himself, "This mystical book appearing here means that I can definitely get out. Thank the ancestors for their protection!"

Then, Chen Hao forcefully channeled all his strength into the soles of his feet, and his whole body subsequently plunged downward, pursuing the Book of Yin and Yang Exorcism that had just accidentally fallen below.

With the resistance of the wind, the sensation of falling felt as if he were sitting in an invisible elevator, which was actually quite exhilarating.

A few minutes later, Chen Hao finally saw a golden light not far below—The Book of Yin and Yang Exorcism was already close at hand!

However, just a few seconds later, he suddenly felt a powerful Yang Energy. He widened his eyes to look downward, and vaguely discerned a blurred figure.

"Is there someone else in here?" Chen Hao exclaimed in surprise and immediately accelerated his descent.

As the golden light grew closer, the blurry figure also became clearer. It was a middle-aged man wearing a gray robe, with a scruffy beard and long hair coiled up with a hairpin, evidently someone from ancient times. The fierce winds in the wind cave had tattered his gray robe and deeply etched wrinkles on his face.

The moment Chen Hao's eyes met his, within those tear-filled orbs, Chen Hao read the loneliness and fear that he himself had felt minutes ago. Only this loneliness and fear were merely flickering shallowly across the middle-aged man's face, but they allowed Chen Hao to perceive a despair he could not yet understand, and a deeper loneliness.

The Book of Yin and Yang Exorcism was now in the hands of the middle-aged man. He blinked, squeezing out the tears brimming in his eyes, and the splattering teardrops were instantly dried by the winds of the cave. When Chen Hao landed before him, he asked, "Who... are... you?"

Every word he uttered was extremely slow, slightly stammering, and trembling intensely as if he had not spoken for a long time.

"Who are you?" Chen Hao countered.

The man's face turned gloomy, and his voice still trembling, he asked, "Is, is this book yours?"

"Yes!" Chen Hao nodded.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man hung his head and then burst into uncontrollable weeping.

Chen Hao was startled and stood aside, not knowing what to make of the situation.

After a long time crying, the middle-aged man looked up at Chen Hao again and said, "This book once belonged to me!"

"Yours!" Chen Hao was petrified, his mouth agape wide enough to fit an apple. After a moment of shock, Chen Hao blinked and, with an incredulous tone, said, "Does that mean you are my... ancestor?"

"Hold on to this book well!" The man handed the Book of Yin and Yang Exorcism back to Chen Hao, sighed, and then continued, "My name is Chen Jing, styled Wuxie, the 72nd generation Onmyoji of the Chen Family. A long time ago, I happened to encounter the Wind Girl, and after some entanglements and resentments with her, I was sent by her into this wind cavern, never to leave again."

"I am the 84th generation, and you are the 72nd, that would be about... three hundred years ago!" Muttering calculations to himself, Chen Hao was stunned. Realizing that his ancestor had been trapped in the wind cavern for over three hundred years, he felt a deep sadness for him.

After being dazed for a while, just as Chen Hao was about to speak again, Chen Jing shook his head in sorrow and said, "A day outside is equivalent to six days inside the wind cavern. To be precise, I have been here for eighteen hundred years!"

Chen Hao was dumbstruck, his shocked expression beyond words. He then sadly said, "How have you managed to live here for over eighteen hundred years without..."

Chen Jing looked at Chen Hao and explained, "The reason I am still alive is that I was waiting for you! You said you're the 84th successor, which means you are as exceptionally talented in the Yin Yang Arts as I am. When I fell into this cavern, I had two of the Chen Family's ancestral magical artifacts with me. I did not want these peerless treasures to vanish from the world with my death, so I waited here, until one day a descendant of the Chen Family could find me."

Stepping forward, Chen Jing approached Chen Hao and, patting him on the shoulder, continued, "Heaven has not let me down, finally allowing me to meet you!"

After saying this, Chen Jing broke into another bout of loud weeping. After a long while, when his emotion had somewhat settled, he handed the sword hanging from his waist to Chen Hao and said, "This is the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword, the best sword in the world for exorcising evil. From this day forward, this sword is yours."

Chen Hao took the Evil-Banishing Moon Sword and continually nodded his head.

"The second peerless treasure is this rhinoceros horn pendant I wear," Chen Jing produced a pendant from within his clothes. "It's thanks to this pendant that I managed to live until today. Don't underestimate this little thing, it will be of great use to you in the future, especially with the enchantment on your left eye. Once I remove this pendant, I will disappear!"

Chen Hao was startled at first, then his expression turned solemn.

Chen Jing smiled resignedly and said, "Don't forget, I should have been dead a long time ago, a pile of bones. Being able to wait here for a descendant of the Chen Family is truly a stroke of fortune for me."

With that, Chen Jing removed the pendant from around his neck and passed it to Chen Hao.

The moment he took the pendant, Chen Hao felt the Yang Energy in Chen Jing fading away.

"Before I die, I can do one last thing, which is to send you out of this wind cavern!" Chen Jing suddenly burst into hearty laughter, then slapped Chen Hao on the back.

Chen Hao instantly soared high into the air.

Looking back at Chen Jing, Chen Hao saw his body disintegrate and crumble to dust, which spread within the winds of the cavern. A single sentence was left in the whirlwind, "Tell the Wind Girl, I misunderstood her back then, apologize to her for me."

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