By the time Chen Ping'an woke up, he discovered that the flame in the lamp had already fizzled out, and the sky was already beginning to brighten outside.

All he recalled were five things that the tall woman had said to him.

"You'll forget all of the secrets that I told you about up to this point when you wake up, and there's no need for you to try and recall them. I simply revealed them to you as I wanted to talk."

"If I were to appear in this world now, your current body and soul won't be able to bear my presence even if the Sages don't come to subjugate you and me, so it'll only harm you while providing no benefit. Hence, let's establish an agreement of 100 years. All you have to do is become a 10th tier cultivator within the next 100 years, and you'll be able to return to the stone bridge in the town to take the iron sword."

"Even though I chose you as my master, that's absolutely no reason for you to become arrogant or complacent, but at the same time, you must not look down on yourself. Over the past 8,000 years, I've seen far too many stunning prodigies, the most recent of which include the likes of Cao Xi, Xie Shi, and Ma Kuxuan, but none of them have managed to catch my eye, so you can rest assured that I chose you not because my life is about to come to an end, and I have no other choice."

"I won't be able to battle alongside you for now, but I do have a gift for you. During the dragon slaying battle 3,000 years ago, I had nothing else to do, so I decided to watch those kids fight, and it was quite the spectacle. They were dropping things everywhere, and I managed to pick up an exquisite white jade badge. It's quite petite and has no engravings, and I simply liked the look of it. 

“It can be used to store items, and it can be considered to be quite an old storage treasure. Compared with the popular pocket arsenals and pocket sword vaults nowadays, it's a treasure of an even higher caliber, with a storage capacity similar to that of your ancestral residence on Clay Vase Alley. On top of that, you don't have to carry it around. Instead, you can nurture it in your acupoint. 

“I've already linked the item with your will, so all you have to do is come into contact with an object, and it'll be stored into the acupoint that the jade badge is situated in at your behest. Unless the jade badge is forcibly broken by a cultivator at or above the Ascension Tier, nothi...