Luo Qianxue remembered that she had once had an identity as Bai Xue.

Just as she was about to tell Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan about this—

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

Piercing sounds of objects cutting through the air came from high above.

Everyone looked up upon hearing that, and what they saw were Qin Chuan and his ragged group descending.

The City Lord had returned.

This signified that their leading forces had won the battle on the other front.

Lan Tianbai and the others were all surprised by this turn of events.

In their understanding, Earth's side had always been at a disadvantage, and it would have been deemed successful just to keep the city from being breached during the great war.

Winning the war was something they didn't even dare to hope for.

As soon as Qin Chuan and the others landed, they immediately walked towards Shen Qinghan.

Seeing this, Shen Qinghan instinctively shrank behind Lin Zichen.

Lin Zichen guessed what was happening, figuring that Qin Chuan and his party must have noticed the Palace of Water God that appeared in the sky earlier and saw it transform into a stream of light that plunged into Shen Qinghan's Heaven's Gate.

Sure enough, as soon as Qin Chuan approached Shen Qinghan, he spoke with a hint of respect, "Classmate Shen, do you have time now to go back to the city to talk?"

Shen Qinghan, as always, looked towards Lin Zichen without an opinion of her own.

Seeing her look over, Lin Zichen spoke on her behalf, "She has time."

After saying this, he then added, "Can I come along?"

"Of course," Qin Chuan gave an affirmative answer.

After arranging for others to stay behind and clean up the battlefield,

Quickly,

Qin Chuan, with a thought, took Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan back to the city.

The other leaders in the city also wanted to follow, but Qin Chuan outright rejected them, using the excuse that they should stay to clean up the battlefield.

What does the City Lord want with Shen Qinghan?

If anyone should be sought, it should have been Lin Zichen.

What exactly is going on?

Lan Tianbai and the others exchanged glances, all feeling perplexed.

...

Within the spacious City Lord's Office,

Qin Chuan sat in front of the tea table and poured a cup of hot tea for both Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan across from him.

After taking a slight sip of his tea, he looked at Shen Qinghan and asked, "Classmate Shen, about an hour ago, I saw you floating above a huge palace. What exactly is that all about? Would you mind telling me?"

Shen Qinghan didn't rush to answer but subconsciously looked towards Lin Zichen beside her.

Lin Zichen felt that since the matter had been witnessed firsthand, there was no need to hide it, so he spoke on behalf of Shen Qinghan:

"As for what exactly is happening, both she and I don't understand it very well."

"But one thing is certain, her physique is very special; since childhood, her affinity with water has far exceeded that of ordinary people, and her water-related abilities are also quite exceptional."

"I guess she must have received some kind of water-related inheritance."

"It's an innate inheritance."

"As for that palace, she and I don't quite understand the circumstances."

Lin Zichen roughly told Qin Chuan everything he knew, wanting to see if the City Lord who had seen much and knew wide, could provide them with answers.

After listening, Qin Chuan rubbed his chin with one hand, sinking into contemplation.

Water-related inheritance?

Innate from birth?

Could it be... the Water God's inheritance?

Based on what Elder Tree's clone had said, "The Water God has been resurrected," and the three words "Palace of Water God" on the plaques of the palace,

Qin Chuan speculated that Shen Qinghan might have obtained the inheritance of the Water God.

However, he didn't know what kind of existence the Water God was, having never heard the words "Water God" in Origin Land.

After pondering for a moment,

Qin Chuan, thinking it through, asked, "By the way, that Palace of Water God and the water surrounding it, where did they go afterwards? How did they disappear into thin air?"

Upon hearing such a question, Lin Zichen and Shen Qinghan became puzzled as well.

The Palace of the Water God and the water that surrounded it had been a very spectacular and shocking scene as it poured into Shen Qinghan's Heaven's Gate.

Neither of them expected that Qin Chuan, a Legendary Level Creature, hadn't seen this scene.

Could everyone not see it?

Or was it just Qin Chuan who couldn't?

Thinking this, Lin Zichen hesitated, not knowing whether to reveal the Palace of the Water God inside Shen Qinghan's Heaven's Gate.

After brief and careful deliberation,

Ultimately, Lin Zichen decided not to keep Shen Qinghan's secret, telling Qin Chuan, "That Palace of the Water God and the water that enveloped it, they all poured into her Heaven's Gate."

"The water that poured in became part of her Sea of Consciousness, enlarging it by dozens to hundreds of times."

"As for the Palace itself, it now quietly floats within her Sea of Consciousness."

"..."

Such a vast palace, such a massive amount of water, all poured into her Heaven's Gate?

How could that be possible?

Creating a Storage Space within the Sea of Consciousness is something that only Legendary or Mythical Level beings can do; she is merely a Rare Level creature, how could she do it?

Was it the inheritance of the Water God that enabled her to do these things?

Qin Chuan found this unbelievable and became even more curious about this so-called Water God.

Thinking this over, he said to Shen Qinghan, "Next, I am going to extend my spiritual power to explore your Sea of Consciousness, to see what its current condition is. The process might bring a bit of discomfort."

This was not a request, but a notification.

At the moment his voice fell, Qin Chuan's spiritual power invaded Shen Qinghan's Sea of Consciousness.

He did not care whether Shen Qinghan agreed.

This was the arrogance of a Legendary Level Expert:

There was no need to consider what a Rare Level weaker being thought.

Lin Zichen, detecting the spiritual power emanating from Qin Chuan, felt dissatisfied with his domineering actions.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by Aunomay Read