Chapter Seventeen: Mighty Power Shakes Heaven

  "If this time still can't succeed in condensing, I'm afraid the injury will be extremely severe." Xiao Fan muttered to himself.

  In the inheritance space of the Xiao family, Xiao Fan suffered severe damage to his spiritual sea due to the failure of condensing the Observation Diagram. Fortunately, with the help of a strand of true spirit from the old ancestor of the Xiao family, he recovered instantly. However, if he were to be injured again this time, Xiao Fan would not be so lucky.

  Lao Bai took out a mysterious banner and fixed the void, then came to Xiao Fan's front, curiously looking at Xiao Fan who was concentrating on condensing his thoughts, whispering: "What kind of inheritance did this kid get, that he can actually summon the breath of that person?"

  "Could it be that he obtained the legacy left behind? However, it's unlikely, as his numerous disciples have all become powerful figures in their own right, and there hasn't been any news of him leaving behind a legacy..."

  Even if Lao Bai's background is mysterious, he can't guess why Xiao Fan can evoke that strand of mysterious great power.

  Although Lao Bai had fixed the void in place, it did not affect the arrival of that mysterious and mighty power.

  When that mysterious great power descended, Xiao Fan had already condensed the observation chart by half. However, that mysterious great power was too strong, and it merged into the observation chart that had already been condensed by half. The powerful impact caused the observation chart to shatter instantly.

  Xiao Fan only felt that his spiritual sea was like a needle stab, painful. The moment the observation chart shattered, Xiao Fan's spiritual sea was like it had endured a stormy rainstorm, being bombarded and fragmented.

  "Wow..."

  Xiao Fan spat out a mouthful of blood, and his whole body felt weak. However, at the same time that the Observation Diagram shattered, the mysterious great power in the void also disappeared, leaving behind only a faint aura in Xiao Fan's spiritual sea.

  "Xiao Xiaozi, are you alright?" Lao Bai immediately came to Xiao Fan's side and asked with concern.

  Xiao Fan's whole person was spiritually dazed, feeling that the old white in front of him seemed to transform into countless ones, only came just in time to say a word: "Good dizzy..." Then he fainted.

  "The spiritual sea of consciousness was damaged, the little guy wanted to forcibly merge with that one strand of aura, but ultimately couldn't bear it and got hurt. Truly ignorant of the height of heaven and earth." Old White saw through Xiao Fan's situation at a glance, muttered to himself, and then helped Xiao Fan onto the bed to rest.

  "With this injury, it's unlikely he'll recover within three to five months." Old White sighed softly. If it were a physical wound, it would be easier to treat with medicine. However, Xiao Fan's spirit had been injured, and although there were medicines that could treat spiritual wounds, they couldn't be found in a short amount of time, at least not in a remote city like Xuan Shan City.

  "This kid is really overestimating himself." Old White muttered to himself while putting away his own flag, since that mysterious and great power had already dissipated, he didn't need to continue sealing the void.

  When Xiao Fan woke up, it was already the second day. He only felt a splitting headache, his whole body was weak, and everything in front of him was dark.

  "Kid, you know what suffering is now, don't you? You overestimated yourself and tried to pull down that person's power. It's already lucky for you that you weren't shaken to death." Old White said to Xiao Fan with a sarcastic tone.

  "Do you know whose mysterious power that is?" Xiao Fan's head was aching, but he was still conscious.

  "Nonsense." Old White was extremely disdainful of Xiao Fan's question: "In the past, when I was invincible and dominated the world, how could I not know about that person's existence?"

  "But I'm curious, how did you manage to get his inheritance and even pull a thread of his power from the Mingming Great Way? It's really strange."

  Xiao Fan shook his head and said: "I think you've misunderstood, I didn't receive his inheritance, I'm just cultivating a spiritual energy skill."

  "Impossible! How could an ordinary technique of this world possibly pull in that mysterious great power?" Lao Bai jumped up as soon as he heard it.

  "I don't have time to argue with you, my head is killing me..." Xiao Fang didn't have the energy to argue with Lao Bai, at this moment he had a severe headache and felt dizzy all over.

  "How unlucky I am, and yet still unsuccessful." Xiao Fan was truly on the verge of tears, never expecting that trying again would still not bring success, and instead lead to even more severe injuries. This time, there was no one who could help him heal his mental wounds, and he didn't know how long it would take for him to recover.

  At this moment, Xiao Fan had not yet truly cultivated the "Mind Sword Body" technique. His spiritual sea of consciousness was injured and he had no way to treat it, so he could only quietly nurture himself and wait for a slow recovery.

  "Whatever, since you won't tell the truth, I won't bother with you either." This time Old White was surprisingly easy to talk to, which really surprised Xiao Fan. It didn't match its character at all.

  Xiao Fan didn't know that Lao Bai was thinking to himself: Since this kid won't say anything, he must have made a vow not to let others know after receiving the inheritance. What's the use of forcing him? It's better to observe slowly in the future and eventually find out the true situation.

  Just as Lao Bai thought, the legacy left by a powerful person generally has a condition attached to it in the legacy, that is, each person who accepts the legacy must make a great oath and cannot spread the legacy at will.

  Whether it is to prevent the inheritance from being obtained by bad people, or to prevent too many people from knowing about the inheritance, almost every inheritance has oath restrictions.

  What's more, some powerful beings are afraid that their successors will be captured and regret being forced to search for their souls. The powerful beings will set up a ban in the soul of the successor. If the successor encounters a forced soul search, it will trigger the ban to self-destruct, ultimately turning into dust and dispersing.

  Xiao Fan had yet to truly enter the cultivation world and naturally didn't know about these matters.

  "Lao Bai, you're all-powerful and omniscient. Is there any way to quickly heal my mental trauma?" Although Xiao Fan didn't think Lao Bai could help himself, he still couldn't help but ask.

  Lao Bai smiled and said: "Although there are not many ways to treat your mental trauma, but as far as I know, at least there are two methods."

  "What method?" Xiao Fan's eyes lit up and he became spirited, having heard this good news, his headache seemed to have alleviated.

  Lao Bai said: "The first method is to have someone who has achieved great success in their cultivation help you recover, but this person's cultivation must have reached a very high level. At least, there are only a few people on this continent who can do it, so don't even think about it. The second method is to use the Spirit-Beckoning Grass."

  "Yīn Shén Cǎo is a rare herb, with extremely harsh growing conditions. This grass grows one leaf every thousand years, and when it reaches seven thousand years, it will have seven leaves, hence the name 'Seven Leaf Grass'. The functions of Seven Leaf Grass are numerous, even great abilities can't help but take action to seize it. This grass is extremely rare, it's said that it's a once in a thousand year encounter."

  "Ma De, you said that neither of these methods is applicable, it's just a bunch of nonsense." The sudden great disparity caused Xiao Fan to scold Bai Yu Wu Gui Lao Bai loudly.

  "Who says these two methods are useless." Old White snorted.

  "Are you referring to the Divine Herb?" Xiao Fan asked, his voice a mixture of calmness and disappointment, having lost the excitement and anger he had earlier, as if he no longer believed Old White.

  "No." Old White replied succinctly. Even though Xiao Fan was prepared, the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily. This dead turtle really deserved a beating.

  "I'll just take good care of my injuries then." Xiao Fan muttered softly, lying on the bed and ignoring Lao Bai.

  Lao Bai suddenly jumped to Xiao Fan's bedside, laughing and saying: "Although I don't have the divine grass, but with a super strong person like me standing in front of you, can't you understand how to cherish it?"

  "You're a super strong..." Xiao Fan just thought that this dead turtle was really good at joking.

  "Naturally, thinking back to those years when I was at the peak of my powers, I was almost invincible. Although so many tens of thousands of years have passed since then, I am still far stronger than ordinary cultivators." Old White said with a seemingly very pleased expression.

  "Alright then, hurry up and cure the trauma to my spirit. I'll believe that you were once invincible and could conquer the world." Xiao Fan said with a roll of his eyes.

  "Hmm...": As soon as Xiao Fan spoke, Lao Bai's voice became smaller: "If it were me from back then who wanted to treat your current mental trauma, I would just need to blow a breath on you and that would be enough. However, the current me is still unable to use my own powerful abilities, so I can only have you slowly recover instead."

  "……" Xiao Fan looked at Bai Yu Wu Gui Lao Bai speechlessly and said in a soft voice, "Today I finally understand you."

  Lao Bai is really good at bragging, but his abilities are limited to just that. When it comes down to actually doing something, he's got nothing.

  Xiao Fan muttered to himself, from now on he would no longer trust Lao Bai.

  "It's just that it really gave me a headache for half a year..." Xiao Fan rubbed his nearly splitting head, muttering softly, with a pained expression.

  I knew it would fail this time too, I should have changed someone else to watch instead.

  "Haha, you're just a poor kid." Old White said with a sarcastic tone, laughing loudly without any image.

  "Hmph..." Xiao Fan coldly snorted and stopped talking to this guy, who was really too infuriating.

  "That's right, there's another way." After a while, Lao Bai suddenly let out a loud roar, which made Xiao Fan's head buzz.

  "What other way is there?" Although he repeatedly told himself not to care about Lao Bai's words, as soon as he heard that Lao Bai still had a way, Xiao Fan couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement in his heart. If the method really worked and could cure his injuries, then it would be great.

  But with Lao Bai's so careless and perfunctory attitude, is the method he said really useful?