Li Fan secretly looked around.
After the Qingming Pearl shattered and dissipated, it was like an invisible boulder falling into the ground.
The endless, maze-like dark river in the Xinghai Depression was rippling with ripples.
An inexplicable aura surged in it, adding an inexplicable vitality to this place.
It seemed that the complete dissipation of the Qingming Pearl activated something.
Li Fan vaguely realized that the ground depression here seemed to have become a little different.
"It seems that for thousands of years, the Qingming Pearl has been constantly releasing its energy to the outside world. It is about to reach its limit and is about to be completely drained."
"Our approach is just the finishing touch." Li Fan sighed.
Mo Rubin also discovered this, and his expression, which had become a little out of control due to excitement, gradually eased.
He looked back at the entire ground depression, and vaguely understood the meaning of its existence: accumulating vitality and waiting for the right time to trigger it. Then guide the Xinghai to fully recover!
"Such a sophisticated project would definitely not be generated naturally by the sea of stars. Not to mention that there is the Qingming Pearl as a source of vitality..." Mo Rubin's thoughts turned rapidly. "
Could it be that this is arranged by Brother Xuanyuan? But when exactly?"
"The Qingming Pearl is the most important treasure of Brother Xuanyuan, and he never leaves his body. It actually stayed here... and Brother Xuanyuan disappeared in that unknown pond."
Mo Rubin's expression was a little surprised and doubtful.
"This matter is indeed a bit strange." Li Fan nodded and said, "Or, when King Xuantian was attacked, he did not disappear directly, but fell into a deep sleep due to serious injuries. It was not until he woke up later that the arrangement of this ground crack depression was made. Perhaps the pool water in the Xuanhuang Realm is connected to a certain ground crack here."
"Or, before King Xuantian was attacked, he had already handed over the Qingming Pearl to someone else. Over the years, it has been this person who has replaced him to carry out various plans related to the revival of the sea of stars..."
"Absolutely impossible!" Before Li Fan finished speaking, Mo Rubin subconsciously interrupted him.
Li Fan stared at Mo Rubin meaningfully: "Brother Mo, can you tell me, among the twelve Dharma Kings, which one did Xuan Tian Wang trust the most?"
"No need to say anything like treating everyone equally. There is a difference between close and distant relatives, which is the principle of the great way, and even saints can hardly avoid it."
Mo Rubin had a cold face and hesitated to speak.
Then he actually closed his eyes to hide his inner unrest.
But in the end, Mo Rubin still did not avoid the question: "I think, if Brother Xuanyuan really has someone he trusts the most, then it must be Xing Wuque."
"Xing Wuque..."
Information about this Dharma King suddenly appeared in Li Fan's mind.
All limbs are missing, and facial features are destroyed. Always wear a bronze fang mask, and almost never communicate with others.
"In Xuantian Sect, except for Brother Xuanyuan, no one knows the true identity of Xing Wuque. As you said before, there are differences between close and distant relatives. Our twelve Dharma Kings are also divided into small groups because of their relationships with each other."
"Sun Xingwang and Sikong Lin often accompany each other and say things that others can't understand; Gongye Tianzong and Tianxingke always have a great time talking and drinking; Luo Yichen, Nie Da Niang, Ji Yuzhen, and San Niangzi always have endless whispers to tell..."
"Only Xing Wuque always keeps a distance from other Dharma Kings and never takes the initiative to communicate with anyone in the sect. When he appears, he is always alone. But every time he is assigned a task, he never makes mistakes and can complete it with extremely high efficiency." Mo Rubin's face showed a look of reminiscence. "It
's like a machine that has cut off its seven emotions and six desires and no longer lives for itself."
"Because of this, Brother Xuanyuan may trust him the most."
"Moreover, when the incident happened that day, Xing Wuque did not seem to be in the sect." Mo Rubin frowned.
Li Fan nodded slightly: "If it was really this Xing Wuque who took the Qingming Pearl back then, then he should have been running around for the mission of King Xuantian all these years. I wonder if Brother Mo has any way to contact this King Xingfa?"
Mo Rubin shook his head: "Xing Wuque has only had direct contact with Brother Xuanyuan. But..."
As if he suddenly thought of something, Mo Rubin looked again at the place where the Qingming Pearl disappeared before.
"I wonder if I can use the [Manifest] character formula on the Qingming Pearl again? I'm sure I can find out more..."
"The Qingming Pearl is an immortal weapon, I'm afraid the True Immortal Seal Characters are useless to it. Besides, it has disappeared now." Li Fan pointed to the surroundings, and said to the ripples that were still rippling.
"Dissipating does not mean disappearing. Even among the many treasures obtained by Brother Xuanyuan from the fairy world, the Qingming Pearl is the most precious one. How can it be so easy to completely disappear?"
"The Qingming Pearl is not disappearing, but in some other special form, it has turned into vitality and exists in the dark river here..."
Mo Rubin said decisively, and restored the style of the former twelve Dharma Kings of Xuantian Sect: "You can just use the infinite vitality dark river here as the target to perform the Manifestation Technique!"
Li Fan re-understood this boundless dark river in the ground and vaguely understood it.
He cheered up and wrote the word [Manifestation] in the air again with great solemnity. The moment the mysterious characters took shape, they merged into the dark river like ink.
The reverberating ripples and the regular rhythm were quickly disrupted.
It was as if another unrelated and completely independent wave appeared.
Li Fan and Mo Rubin followed the direction of the wave transmission and moved forward quickly.
This time, they continued to go deeper into the cracks, and after many twists and turns, it took more than 30 days before they finally reached the end.
"Be careful, there seems to be a living person's breath fluctuation ahead!" Mo Rubin suddenly reminded.
Li Fan had already protected the wooden sword phantom by his side and slowly approached.
At the end of the dark river, a figure sat alone.
The breath was erratic, and there was a fang mask on his face!
"Xing Wuque?" Seeing the familiar shape, Mo Rubin couldn't help but shout loudly.
However, after Li Fan was stunned for a moment, he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart.
Xing Wuque had lost his hands and feet a long time ago, but this figure had all his limbs.
More importantly...
the clothes he wore were very familiar to Li Fan.
It was exactly the same as Xu Ke who disappeared in the depths of the dark river before!
"Is it Xu Ke?"
"Or is it Xing Wuque?"
"No wonder I sensed his breath was erratic before..." Li Fan pondered and didn't act rashly.
After a brief shock, Mo Rubin naturally realized that the person in front of him was different from his old friend.
After careful observation for a while, he made a judgment: "It seems to be true. It should be in some kind of wonderful fusion state? Could it be that after so many years, Xing Wuque is also on his deathbed and has no choice but to use the method of survival?"
Li Fan saw that this fusion should be led by Xu Ke. Rather than saying it is Xing Wuque's survival, it is better to say it is inheritance.
"As expected of the son of destiny, he was hit by the reverberating star power and was thrown to this deadly place, but he still encountered such an opportunity."
"If Mo Rubin's previous guess is correct, Xing Wuque has been carrying out the tasks assigned by King Xuantian for ten thousand years..."
"Xu Ke also took on the responsibility of suppressing Xuanhuang's evil thoughts alone and forever because of Mr. Bai's dying wish."
"These two people are very similar in this regard. Perhaps this is the reason why Xu Ke can obtain Xing Wuque's inheritance?" Li Fan secretly speculated in his heart.
Mo Rubin shook his head slightly: "This new body is too weak to withstand Xing Wuque's strength. But we can help!"
As he said, Mo Rubin shot out a magic heart.
As it flew towards the target, the ferocious expression on the demon heart slowly dissolved.
It turned into a faceless face, and then completely melted into a viscous gray solution. It
instantly penetrated into Xu Ke's body.
After a moment, Xu Ke's erratic breath became somewhat stable.
"The billions of demon hearts can not only hurt people and take over bodies, but also suppress disasters and save lives. It is worthy of being the immortal method of the God and Witch Clan." Li Fan sighed when he saw this scene. Not to be outdone, he shot out dozens of golden needles.
Just like he helped Mo Rubin before, he infused pure spiritual power and soul power through the golden thread.
With the help of the two powerful men, Xu Ke's process of fusing the bronze mask was more than a thousand times faster! It
would have taken at least decades of effort to complete the absorption of all the inheritance.
But now, not long after, Xu Ke's breath has gradually become stable.
Li Fan and Mo Rubin waited quietly.
Finally, two bright lights lit up from the eyes of the mask.
Seeing the two people in front of him, Xu Ke's body trembled slightly.
"Saint Master?!" He shouted subconsciously, his tone full of surprise.
His voice and tone had become completely different from Xu Ke's in the past. But the content of his words undoubtedly revealed the true identity of this figure.
"Huh?" Hearing a familiar voice, but shouting out unfamiliar content. Mo Rubin was slightly stunned for a while, and then finally reacted and looked at Li Fan.
Li Fan was also shocked at this time. He asked in disbelief: "Xu Ke? How could it be you?!" He
looked as if he had not noticed it before.
Mo Rubin asked coldly: "Aren't you Xing Wuque? What did you do to him?"
There was a dangerous light flashing in his eyes, and it was only because Xu Ke knew Li Fan that he did not act immediately.
"Senior Xing... he has already reached his limit and passed away."
"I picked up this mask by chance and passed his test. I can be regarded as barely inheriting his mantle." Xu Ke's tone was a little gloomy.
Xu Ke told the whole story in detail.
It was the same as Li Fan's previous guess. Maybe Xing Wuque did have the idea of taking over another body and being reborn at first, but after sensing that Xu Ke's life was very similar to his own, Xing Wuque finally chose to give up.
Fusion then became inheritance.
"The inheritance of the senior is too huge. Even if he let me absorb it, I couldn't accept it for a while. Instead, I fell into an unstable state..."
"Fortunately, the two seniors helped." Xu Ke bowed and saluted.
The voice of his former companion spoke to him like this. Mo Rubin was still a little uncomfortable.
Li Fan directly asked about the relationship between Xing Wuque and the dark sea of ground fissures in the star sea.
"In the inheritance of senior Xing, it seems that the memory of this aspect is deliberately concealed."
"But through some memory fragments, I can also infer the general situation."
"This underground river that spreads all over the star sea was dug out inch by inch by senior Xing over the years using the power of the fairy treasure Qingmingzhu." Xu Ke spoke, directly suppressing Li Fan and Mo Rubin.
"The underground river winds through the entire star sea. It is hard to imagine that such a project could be accomplished by one person. But even if it was deliberately deleted by the senior, there are still a lot of remaining memories of the development of the underground river, which undoubtedly shows his achievements." Xu Ke said very sadly.
"Since Senior Xing received the order from King Xuantian, he has been holding the Qingming Pearl and doing this work."
"For ten thousand years, he has never stopped."
"Even if the senior has extraordinary cultivation, it is a very burdensome thing to push the fairy treasure Qingming Pearl. Ten thousand years of non-stop, years of persistence, and finally made him reach his limit..."
"With regret, he fell at the end of this underground crack." Xu Ke showed a sad face and told everything.
Li Fan was silent.
Although it sounds so unreasonable.
But if Xing Wuque is really the character described by Mo Rubin before...
It may not be impossible.
Mo Rubin was even more shocked and wanted to say something several times but stopped.
He looked ahead, at the end of the underground river: "Xing Wuque...didn't complete the task assigned by Brother Xuanyuan until his death?"
Xu Ke nodded: "This is also what I will continue to do for the rest of my life. Since I have inherited the mantle of Senior Xing, I will naturally help him complete his unfinished business."
His tone was calm, but extremely resolute.
Mo Rubin's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he looked at Xu Ke with surprise.
"Absurd..."
"Let's not talk about the meaning of doing this. The fairy treasure Qingming Pearl has been broken. With your current cultivation, how can you open up a new underground river?"
Xu Ke did not waver at all: "Persisting in completing Senior Xing's obsession is the meaning itself."
"As for the broken fairy treasure..."
The mask on Xu Ke's face suddenly bloomed with a dazzling green color.
It was exactly the same as what Li Fan had seen on the original Qingming Pearl before!
"In the ten thousand years of pioneering, the senior has already transformed the act of opening up the underground river into his own instinct. Now that it has been passed down to me, I can do it even without the magic treasure!"
"It's just another repetition after ten thousand years!"
A green light flew out from the mask.
It illuminated the front, the end of the dark river.
Witnessed by Mo Rubin and Li Fan, Xu Ke really opened up a new section of the ground!
However, after advancing less than three feet, the green light suddenly broke off.
Xu Ke also collapsed to the ground.
"How long will it take for you to finish this?" Li Fan snorted.
"As long as you make progress every time, there will always be a day to finish it." Xu Ke said with a difficult smile.
"As Senior Xing said, the instructions of King Xuantian must have his meaning."