Chen Ping'an stumbled out of the room with a dazed expression and made his way out into the yard. He looked up at the scorching sun, and it was a bright and clear day with not a single cloud in the sky.

Chen Ping'an could feel that his own breathing was a little labored, so he sat down onto the doorstep and joined his palms together as he focused on meditation.

Only after around 15 minutes had passed did the obstruction in his breathing fade away, but right as he was about to stand up, he caught a glimpse of something out of his peripheral vision, causing him to immediately sit back down onto the doorstep. His eyes widened with disbelief as he turned toward a corner of his yard, where a slab of Dragon Slaying Platform was resting peacefully.

He hurriedly rose to his feet and rushed over to the slab of Dragon Slaying Platform, then crouched down to examine it carefully. As he examined the slab of Dragon Slaying Platform, he was struck by a sense of familiarity. He stroked his own chin as he slowly made his way around the piece of Dragon Slaying Platform, and after making a full lap around the stone, he was convinced that this was a piece of the pedestal beneath the Nodding Bodhisattva statue. 

However, it looked as if this chunk of the pedestal had been sliced off extremely cleanly, much like a piece of tofu, and a shiver immediately ran down his spine as he made this observation.

Ning Yao was always making bold claims to Chen Ping'an, but she had never once lied to him. She had told him that Dragon Slaying Platform was an extremely hard material that could only be sliced through by a powerful sword immortal at a heavy cost. Chen Ping'an firmly believed what she had told him, and thus, he...