Chapter 1369: Eternal Obsession

Li Fan secretly looked around.

After the Qingming Pearl shattered and dissipated, it was like an invisible boulder falling into a crack in the ground.

The endless, maze-like underground river in the sea of ​​​​stars and depressions ripples with ripples.

An inexplicable aura surges within it, adding inexplicable vitality to the place.

It seems that the Qingming Pearl has completely dissipated and activated something.

Li Fan faintly noticed that the cracks and depressions here seemed to be a little different.

"It seems that for thousands of years, Qingming Pearl has been continuously releasing its energy to the outside world. It has almost reached its limit and is about to be completely drained."

"Our approach is just a last resort." Li Fan sighed.

Mo Rubin also discovered this, and his expression that had become a little gloomy due to excitement gradually calmed down.

He looked back at the entire ground crack and depression, and vaguely understood the meaning of existence here: to accumulate vitality and wait for the right time to make a move. Then guide the Xinghai to fully recover!

"Such an exquisite project will definitely not be naturally generated by the sea of ​​stars. Not to mention the Qingming Pearl as an introduction to the supply of life..." Mo Rubin's thoughts suddenly changed.

"Is it possible that this is Brother Xuanyuan's arrangement? But when exactly was it?"

"Qing Mingzhu is Brother Xuanyuan's most important treasure and will never leave his body. It actually stays here...but Brother Xuanyuan disappeared into that inexplicable pond."

Mo Rubin's expression was a little surprised and uncertain.

"This matter is indeed a bit strange." Li Fan nodded and said, "Either it is that King Xuantian did not disappear directly on the day he was attacked, but fell into a deep sleep due to serious injuries. It was not until he woke up later that there were such cracks and depressions in the ground. Arrangement. Maybe the pool in Xuanhuang Realm is connected to the seam somewhere here. "

"Either it is that King Xuantian had already handed over the Qingming Pearl to others before he was attacked. Over the years, this person has been replacing him, executing various plans related to the resurrection of the Star Sea..."

"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 which one of the twelve Dharma Kings that King Xuantian trusted the most?"

"There is no need to say anything like treating everyone equally. The distinction between closeness and distance is the principle of the great Tao. Even a saint cannot avoid it."

Mo Rubin had a cold face and stopped talking.

Then he closed his eyes directly to cover up his inner uneasiness.

But in the end, Mo Rubin did not escape this problem: "I think if Brother Xuanyuan really has the person 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 were missing and the facial features were destroyed. He always wears a bronze fang mask and almost never communicates with others.

"In the Xuantian Sect, except for Brother Xuanyuan, no one knows the true identity of Xing Wuque. As you said before, there is a difference between closeness and distance. Our twelve Dharma Kings are also divided into small groups because of their relationship with each other. ”

"Sun Xingwang and Sikong Lin often keep each other company, saying things that others can't understand; Gongye Tianzong and Tian Xingke often talk and have fun, changing cups; Luo Yichen, Auntie Nie, Ji Yuzhen, and the three wives always There are endless whispers..."

"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 given a task, he never makes mistakes and can do it. Completed with extremely high efficiency." Mo Rubin had a look of reminiscence on his face.

"It's like a machine that has given up its emotions and desires and no longer lives for itself."

"Because of this, Brother Xuanyuan may trust him the most."

"Moreover, it seems that Xing Wuque was not in the church when the incident occurred that day." Mo Rubin frowned.

Li Fan nodded slightly: "If it was really Xing Wuque who took the Qingming Pearl back then, then he should have been working on the mission of King Xuantian all these years. I wonder if Brother Mo has contacted this Xingfa King’s method?”

Mo Rubin shook his head: "Xing Wuque has only had direct contact with Brother Xuanyuan. But..."

As if something suddenly occurred to him, Mo Rubin looked again at the place where the Qingming Pearl had disappeared.

"I don't know, can I use the [Xian] tactic again on Qing Mingzhu? I will definitely be able to use it again..."

"The Qingming Pearl is an immortal weapon, and I'm afraid the real immortal seal characters are useless to it. Besides, it has dissipated now." Li Fan pointed at the ripples around him and said.

"Dissipation does not mean disappearance. Even among the many treasures that Brother Xuanyuan obtained from the immortal world, the Qingming Pearl is the most precious one. How can it disappear completely so easily?"

"The Qingming Pearl has not disappeared, but has turned into life in some other special form and exists in the underground river here..."

Mo Rubin said categorically, regaining his former demeanor as the Twelve Dharma Kings of the Xuantian Sect: "Just go ahead and use the Infinite Vitality Underwater River here as the target to use the Manifestation Technique!"

Li Fan re-understood this boundless underground river and vaguely understood it.

After cheering up, and with great solemnity, Lingkong wrote the word "show" on the book. The moment the mysterious characters took shape, they melted into the dark river like ink.

With the reverberating ripples, the regular rhythm was quickly disrupted.

It was as if another unrelated and completely independent wave had appeared.

Li Fan and Mo Rubin followed the direction of the wave and moved forward quickly.

This time it went deeper and deeper into the ground, and it took more than thirty days to finally reach the finish line.

"Be careful, there seems to be a living person's aura in front of you!" Mo Rubin reminded through a sudden voice transmission.

Li Fan had already guarded the virtual shadow of the wooden sword by his side and slowly approached.

At the end of the dark river, a figure stood alone.

His breath was erratic, and his face was wearing a fang mask!

"Xing Wuque?" Mo Rubin couldn't help shouting when he saw the familiar shape.

However, after Li Fan was stunned for a moment, something strange couldn't help but feel in his heart.

Xing Wuque had long lost both his hands and feet, but this figure had all four limbs.

More importantly...

The clothes he wore looked very familiar to Li Fan.

Exactly the same as Xu Ke who disappeared deep in the underground river before!

"Is it Xu Ke?"

"Still Xing Wuque?"

"No wonder I sensed his erratic aura before..." Li Fan pondered and did not take action easily.

Naturally, after a brief shock, Mo Rubin also recognized the differences between the person in front of him and his old friend.

After careful observation for a while, he made a judgment: "Plausible. It should be in some kind of wonderful fusion state? Could it be that, after so many years, Xing Wuque is also a method of survival that is approaching its end and cannot be used?"

Li Fan could see that this integration should be led by Xu Ke. Rather than saying it is the survival of Xing Wuque, it is better to say it is inheritance.

"As expected of the son of destiny, he was hit to death here by the reverberating star power, and yet he still encountered such an opportunity."

"If Mo Rubin's previous guess was correct and Xing Wuque has been carrying out the tasks assigned by King Xuantian for thousands of years..."

"It was also because of Mr. Bai's dying instructions that Xu Ke shouldered the responsibility of suppressing Xuanhuang's evil thoughts alone forever."

"These two people are very similar in this regard. Perhaps this is the reason why Xu Ke can obtain the inheritance of Xing Wuque?" Li Fan thought to himself.

Mo Rubin shook his head slightly: "This new body is too weak to withstand Xing Wuque's strength. But we can help!"

With that said, Mo Rubin shot out a demonic heart.

In the process of flying towards the target, the originally ferocious expression on the devil's heart slowly dissolved.

It turned into a faceless face, and then completely melted into a viscous gray solution.

It penetrated into Xu Ke's body in an instant.

After a while, Xu Ke's erratic breath became somewhat stable.

"Billions of demonic hearts can not only injure people and take away their bodies, but also suppress disasters and save lives. It is indeed the magic of the witch clan." Li Fan couldn't help but sigh when he saw this scene. Not to be outdone, he fired out dozens of golden needles.

Just like helping Mo Rubin before, pure spiritual power and soul power were instilled through the golden thread.

With the help of two powerful men, Xu Ke's process of fusing the bronze mask was more than a thousand times faster!

Originally, it would take at least several decades of effort to complete the absorption of all inheritance.

But now, not long after, Xu Ke's breath has gradually become calmer.

Li Fan and Mo Rubin waited quietly.

Finally, two bright lights lit up from the mask's eyes.

Seeing the two people in front of him, Xu Ke's body trembled slightly.

"Holy Master?!" He shouted subconsciously, his tone full of astonishment.

The tone of his voice has become completely different from Xu Ke's before. But the content of the words undoubtedly revealed the true identity of the current figure.

"Huh?" I heard a familiar voice, but shouted something unfamiliar. Mo Rubin was stunned for a moment, and then finally came to his senses and looked at Li Fan.

At this time, Li Fan also had a shocked face. He asked in disbelief: "Xu Ke? How could it be you?!"

It was 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 in his eyes, and it was only because Xu Ke knew Li Fan that he didn't take action immediately.

"Senior Xing...has already reached his limit and passed away."

"By chance, I picked up this mask, passed his test, and reluctantly inherited his mantle." Xu Ke's tone was a little sad.

Xu Ke told the whole story in detail.

It's the same as Li Fan's previous guess. Perhaps Xing Wuque did have the idea of ​​taking over 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 my predecessor is too huge. Even if he let me absorb it, I would not be able to accept it for a while. Instead, I fell into an unstable state..."

"Fortunately, the two seniors came to help." Xu Ke bowed and saluted.

The voice of my former companion spoke to me like this. Mo Rubin suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

Li Fan directly asked about Xing Wuque's dark relationship with Xinghai Dishu.

"Senior Xing's inheritance seems to have deliberately concealed the memory of this aspect."

"But through some memory fragments, I can also deduce roughly."

"This underground river in the sea of ​​​​stars was dug out inch by inch by Senior Xing using the power of the immortal treasure Qingming Pearl over the years." Xu Ke spoke and directly restrained 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, there has never been a moment of rest."

"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 the limit..."

"With regret, he fell at the end of this underground crack." Xu Ke showed a sad look on his 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 legacy of Senior Xing, I will naturally help him complete his unfinished business."

The 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..."

A dazzling green color suddenly bloomed on the mask on Xu Ke's face.

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 fairy treasure!"

"It's just another repetition after ten thousand years!"

The green light flew out from the mask.

It illuminated the end of the dark river in front.

Under the joint witness of Mo Rubin and Li Fan, another new underground rift was indeed opened by Xu Ke!

However, after advancing less than three feet, the green light suddenly broke.

Xu Ke also fell to the ground as if exhausted.

"With your current situation, when will it be completed?" Li Fan snorted coldly.

"As long as there is progress every time, there will always be a day of completion." Xu Ke said with a difficult smile.

"As Senior Xing said, the explanation of King Xuantian must have his meaning."