Chapter 237: Petrified on the Spot (10)

"Did you inherit the Legacy of that old master?" Old Chen's gray, yellowed eyes stared intently at Su Luo, flashing with an unusual brilliance.

Su Luo could feel the heartfelt respect and admiration Old Chen held for the Purple Fire Elder. Subconsciously, she felt there was no need to hide it any longer, so she nodded faintly and said, "Yes, I accidentally stumbled into an Immortal Cave and obtained the Legacy of the Purple Fire Elder. However, how did you manage to figure that out?"

In truth, this was what Su Luo was most curious about.

How on earth did Old Chen see that she had inherited the Legacy of the Purple Fire Elder? She hadn't revealed anything at all.

At this moment, Old Chen was completely immersed in his own world. He tilted his head back, and one could faintly see tears shimmering in his eyes.

"I have waited for so many years. I thought I would never live to see this day, but I never expected that at this final moment, I would actually wait for it." Old Chen let out a long sigh, his expression filled with infinite reminiscence.

"What do you mean?" Su Luo was even more confused.

"My great-grandfather was the personal attendant by the side of the Purple Fire Elder back in the day." Old Chen looked at Su Luo calmly. "Besides being a top-tier Alchemist on the continent, the Purple Fire Elder was also a rare and exceptional stone gambler. But that is not the most miraculous thing. The most miraculous thing is that he actually concocted a type of potion, a type—"

Speaking up to this point, a strange light flashed across Old Chen's expression, but it suddenly dimmed again. "This potion is incredibly miraculous. After consuming it, it allows a person to open the Heavenly Eye at a specific time. This so-called Heavenly Eye is the ability to see through the skin of a raw stone to determine whether it contains a crystal stone inside."

"Ah?" Su Luo was taken aback.

There is actually such a potion? One can see the internal structure of a raw stone after consuming it? How could such a Heaven-Defying potion exist in this world? Wouldn't that be completely Heaven-Defying?

Old Chen looked at Su Luo calmly and said, "The most miraculous part is not this, but the fact that from then on, the Chen family has only had one heir per generation, and every direct descendant is able to open the Heavenly Eye."

"What?" Su Luo was even more incredulous. Just how much of a Prodigy was the Purple Fire Elder? He was actually able to…

Following this, Old Chen's expression gradually dimmed. "Such a Heaven-Defying potion should not exist in this world, so the Chen family is destined to suffer the backlash of time."

"Backlash?" Su Luo was puzzled.

"Every generation of the Chen family descendants must serve by the side of the Purple Fire Elder or his successor, generation after generation, and never betray them." Old Chen said clearly, enunciating every word. "If they do not serve by their side, they will not live past the age of one hundred."

"How could it be like this…" Su Luo couldn't quite wrap her head around it.

"Young Miss may not believe it, but my grandfather and father did indeed die on their hundredth birthday. No one is an exception." Old Chen's cloudy eyes dimmed for a moment, and he added, "When they died, their faces were peaceful, and there was not a single scar on their bodies. They passed away in their sleep, exactly as the ancestral teachings described."

Seeing Su Luo staring at him in disbelief, a bitter smile flashed in the depths of Old Chen's eyes. "Therefore, the greatest wish of the Chen family for generations has been to find the Purple Fire Elder, or his successor, and then serve by her side."

"But…" Su Luo spread her hands helplessly. "I am not yet an Alchemist, so I cannot break the curse on you at all."

"No, it does not need to be broken." Old Chen knelt on both knees, his expression solemn. "I only ask that the Young Miss allows me to stay, and Old Chen will be eternally grateful."