my simulation longevity

Chapter 1369: Eternal Obsession

Li Fan looked around secretly.

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

The endless, maze-like underground river in the Xinghai Depression is rippling with waves.

An inexplicable aura surges in it, adding an inexplicable vitality to this place.

It seemed that the Qingming Pearl had completely dissipated and activated something.

Li Fan vaguely felt that the cracks and depressions here seemed to have become a little different.

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

"Our proximity is just the finishing touch." Li Fan sighed.

Mo Rubin also noticed this, and his expression, which had previously become a little out of control due to excitement, gradually relaxed.

He looked back at the entire crevice depression, and vaguely understood the significance of this place: accumulating vitality, waiting for the right time to trigger it, and then guiding the star sea to fully revive!

"Such a sophisticated engineering project would definitely not be generated naturally by the starry sea. Not to mention the Qingming Pearl as the source of vitality..." Mo Rubin's thoughts turned rapidly.

"Could it be that this was arranged by Brother Xuanyuan? But when exactly did it happen?"

"The Qingming Pearl is the most important treasure of Brother Xuanyuan, and he never leaves it. It turned out that it stayed here... and Brother Xuanyuan disappeared into that unknown pond."

Mo Rubin looked somewhat surprised and doubtful.

"This is indeed a bit strange." Li Fan nodded and said, "Or maybe, 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 this crack in the ground was arranged. Perhaps the pool of water in the Xuanhuang Realm is connected to a crack somewhere here."

"Or maybe King Xuantian had already handed the Azure Nether Pearl over to someone else before he was attacked. Over the years, this person has been carrying out various plans related to the revival of the Star Sea on his behalf..."

"Absolutely impossible!" Mo Rubin subconsciously interrupted Li Fan before he could finish his words.

Li Fan stared at Mo Rubin meaningfully and said, "Brother Mo, can you tell me which of the twelve Dharma Kings did King Xuantian trust the most?"

"There's no need to talk about treating everyone equally. There are differences between relatives and strangers. This is the principle of the Tao. Even saints cannot avoid it."

Mo Rubin had a cold face and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Then he actually closed his eyes to hide his inner unrest.

But in the end, Mo Rubin still did not avoid this 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 his limbs were missing, his facial features were destroyed, he always wore a bronze fang mask, and he almost never communicated with others.

"In Xuantian Sect, no one knows Xing Wuque's true identity except Brother Xuanyuan. As you said before, there are differences between close and distant relatives. The twelve of us Dharma Kings have also been divided into small groups because of our relationships with each other."

"Sun Xingwang and Sikong Lin often accompany each other, saying 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 the Third Lady always have endless whispers to tell..."

"Only Xing Wuque always kept his distance from other Dharma Kings and never took the initiative to communicate with anyone in the sect. When he appeared, he was always alone. But every time he was assigned a task, he never made a mistake and was able to 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 emotions and no longer lives for itself."

"Because of this, perhaps Brother Xuanyuan trusts 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 working 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 had disappeared before.

"I don't know if I can use the [Manifest] spell on the Azure Nether 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 dissipated 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 that Brother Xuanyuan obtained from the fairy world, the Qingming Pearl is the most precious one. How could it be so easy to disappear completely?"

"The Qingming Pearl did not disappear, but it has transformed into vitality in some special form and exists in the dark river here..."

Mo Rubin said decisively, and restored the style of the former Xuantian Sect's Twelve Dharma Kings: "Just use this infinite vitality dark river as the target to perform the Manifestation Technique!"

Li Fan once again felt the boundless underground river in the crack of the ground, and vaguely understood it.

He gathered his spirits and once again wrote the word "Xian" in the air with great solemnity. The moment the mysterious characters took shape, they melted into the dark river like ink.

The regular rhythm of the reverberating waves was soon disrupted.

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

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

This time they continued to go deeper and deeper into the cracks in the ground, and after many twists and turns, it took them more than thirty days before they finally reached the end.

"Be careful, there seems to be the breath fluctuations of a living person ahead!" Mo Rubin suddenly reminded through voice transmission.

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

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

His breath was erratic, and he was wearing a fang mask on his face!
"Xing Wuque?" Seeing the familiar figure, Mo Rubin couldn't help but shouted loudly.

However, after Li Fan was stunned for a moment, he couldn't help feeling a little strange.

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

More importantly...

The clothes he wore looked very familiar to Li Fan.

Just like Xu Ke who disappeared deep in the dark river before!
"Is it Xu Ke?"

"Or is it Xing Wuque?"

"No wonder I sensed his erratic breath before..." Li Fan pondered and did not act rashly.

After a brief shock, Mo Rubin naturally realized that the person in front of him was different from his old friend.

After observing carefully for a while, he made a judgment: "It seems to be true, but it is not. It should be in some kind of strange fusion state? Could it be that after so many years, Xing Wuque is also facing his end and has no choice but to use his method of survival?"

Li Fan could see that this fusion was led by Xu Ke. Rather than saying it was the continuation of Xing Wuque, it was more like inheritance.

"As expected of you, you are the son of destiny. You were hit to this deadly place by the reverberating star power, but you still encountered such an opportunity."

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

"It was because of Mr. Bai's last wish that Xu Ke shouldered the responsibility of suppressing Xuan Huang's evil thoughts alone for eternity."

"These two people are very similar in this respect. Perhaps this is the reason why Xu Ke was able to obtain Xing Wuque's inheritance?" Li Fan pondered in his heart.

Mo Rubin shook his head slightly: "This new body is too weak and cannot withstand Xing Wuque's strength. But we can help!"

As he spoke, Mo Rubin shot out a demon heart.

As it flew towards its target, the ferocious expression on Demon'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.

"The Million Demon Hearts can not only injure people and take over their bodies, but also suppress disasters and save lives. It is worthy of being the magic of the Divine 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 two powerful men, Xu Ke's process of fusing the bronze mask became more than a thousand times faster!
It would have taken at least several decades to absorb all the inheritance.

And now, not long after, Xu Ke's breathing has gradually become stable.

Li Fan and Mo Rubin waited quietly.

Finally, two bright lights appeared 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 surprise.

The tone of his voice was completely different from Xu Ke's in the past. But the content of his words undoubtedly revealed the true identity of this figure.

"Hmm?" Hearing a familiar voice, but hearing unfamiliar content, Mo Rubin was slightly stunned for a moment, 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 acted as if he hadn't noticed it before.

Mo Rubin asked coldly: "Aren't you Xing Wuque? What did you do to him?"

There was a dangerous gleam in his eyes, and it was only because Xu Ke knew Li Fan that he did not take action immediately.

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

"By chance, I picked up this mask and passed his test, so I can be considered to have inherited his mantle." Xu Ke's tone was a little gloomy.

Xu Ke explained the whole story in detail.

Just like Li Fan's previous guess, maybe Xing Wuque did have the idea of ​​taking over another body and being reborn, but after sensing that Xu Ke's life was very similar to his own, Xing Wuque finally gave up.

Fusion thus became inheritance.

"The inheritance of the senior is too huge. Even if he let me absorb it, I would not be able to accept it all at once. Instead, I fell into an unstable state..."

"Fortunately, the two seniors came to my aid." Xu Ke bowed.

Mo Rubin was suddenly a little uncomfortable with the voice of his former companion, speaking to him like this.

Li Fan directly asked about the relationship between Xing Wuque and the dark side of the Xinghai Rift.

"In Senior Xing's inheritance, it seems that this aspect of memory was deliberately concealed."

"But through some memory fragments, I can also deduce the general idea."

"These underground rivers that are spread throughout the starry sea were dug out inch by inch by Senior Xing over the years using the power of the fairy treasure Qingming Pearl." Xu Ke spoke, directly stunning Li Fan and Mo Rubin.

"The underground rivers meander throughout the entire starry 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 predecessors, there are still a lot of remaining memories of the development of the underground rivers, which undoubtedly shows his achievement." 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 tens of thousands of years, there has never been a moment of rest."

"Even though the senior has extraordinary cultivation, pushing the immortal treasure Qingming Pearl is still a very stressful task. After ten thousand years of non-stop work and months and years of persistence, he finally reached his limit..."

"With regret, I fell at the end of this crack in the ground." Xu Ke told everything with a sad look on his face.

Li Fan remained silent.

Although it sounds unreasonable.

But if Xing Wuque really had the personality that Mo Rubin had described before...

Not necessarily impossible.

Mo Rubin was even more shocked and seemed to want to say something but stopped himself several times.

He looked ahead, to 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 Senior Xing's legacy, I will naturally help him complete his unfinished business."

The tone was calm, but extremely firm.

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 level, how can you open up a new underground river?"

Xu Ke did not waver at all: "Persisting in fulfilling Senior Xing's obsession is the meaning of life itself."

"As for the destruction of the immortal 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 body of the Qingming Pearl before!
"During the thousands of years of pioneering, the seniors have already transformed the act of opening up underground rivers into their own instincts. Now that it has been passed down to me, I can do it even without the magic treasure!"

"It's just a repetition of ten thousand years later!"

A green light flashed and flew out from the mask.

Light up the front, the end of the dark river.

Under the joint witness of Mo Rubin and Li Fan, a new fissure in the ground was indeed opened up by Xu Ke!

However, after advancing less than three meters, the green light suddenly stopped.

Xu Ke also fell to the ground as if exhausted.

"With your current attitude, when will it take to complete it?" 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.

"Just as Senior Xing said, King Xuantian's instructions must have their meaning."

(End of this chapter)