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第1364章 万古执念举

Li Fan carefully observed the endless underground river, gradually understanding. With renewed vigor, he wrote the character "显" in mid-air with great solemnity. The mysterious character instantly merged into the dark river like ink.

The ripples began to resonate irregularly, as if another unrelated wave had appeared.

Following the direction of this disturbance, Li Fan and Mo Rujin hurried forward.

After more than thirty days of continuous exploration, they finally arrived at their destination.

"Be careful, there seems to be a living being's aura ahead!" Mo Rujin suddenly warned through mental communication.

Li Fan had already conjured an illusory wooden sword around him as he slowly approached. At the end of the dark river, a figure was sitting alone, his face wearing a fang mask!

"Xu Ke?" Seeing this familiar shape, Mo Rujin couldn't help shouting out loud.

However, Li Fan hesitated for a moment before feeling a strange sensation. Xu Ke had lost both hands and feet long ago, but the figure in front of him was fully intact. Moreover...

The clothes he wore were extremely familiar to Li Fan. They matched exactly with those of Xu Ke who had disappeared deep in the river.

"Is it Xu Ke?"

"Or is it Criminal Wu?"

"I wonder why his aura fluctuates so much..." Li Fan pondered, not wanting to act rashly.

Mo Rujin, after a moment's shock, also noticed the differences between this figure and his old comrade. After careful observation, he concluded: "It seems like a strange fusion state? Could it be that Criminal Wu is reaching the end of his life span and using some method to continue existing?"

However, Li Fan saw through this fusion; it was Xu Ke who was in the lead. It wasn't so much about the continuation of Criminal Wu as it was about the transmission.

"Truly a son of destiny, being struck by reverberating star power and still finding such an opportunity," Li Fan mused. "If Mo Rujin's guess is correct, Criminal Wu has been executing tasks for the Sky Emperor for thousands of years."

Xu Ke explained everything in detail.

Just as Li Fan had guessed, perhaps Criminal Wu initially intended to take over his body but ultimately chose to pass on his knowledge after realizing how similar Xu Ke was. The fusion became a transmission instead.

"Grandmaster's legacy is too vast; even if he allowed me to absorb it all at once, I would be unable to handle the pressure and fell into an unstable state..."

"Fortunately, with your help, this process has greatly accelerated," Xu Ke bowed in gratitude. Mo Rujin was still unaccustomed to hearing his old comrade's voice.

Li Fan directly asked about Criminal Wu's connection to the star river underground.

"The legacy of Grandmaster Criminal seems to have intentionally hidden this aspect."

"However, through some fragmented memories, I can infer its general outline," Xu Ke said. "The underground rivers spanning the entire star river were dug out by Grandmaster Criminal over these years using the power of the divine treasure, Qing Ming珠."

Xu Ke's words stunned Li Fan and Mo Rujin.

"Grandmaster Criminal worked tirelessly for thousands of years without stopping. Even with his extraordinary cultivation, it was a heavy burden to move the divine treasure, Qing Ming珠," Xu Ke said sorrowfully. "He finally reached his limit and fell here in regret."

Mo Rujin was deeply moved by this revelation.

"Did he never complete the task assigned by Brother Xuan?" Mo Rujin asked, looking at the end of the underground river.

Xu Ke nodded: "This is what I will continue to do for the rest of my life. Since inheriting Grandmaster Criminal's legacy, it is only right that I help him finish his unfinished tasks."

His tone was calm but resolute.

Mo Rujin's expression changed as he looked at Xu Ke.

"Absurd..."

"Even if we ignore the significance of this task, with the broken Qing Ming珠, how can you open new underground rivers now?"

Xu Ke remained firm: "The meaning lies in completing Grandmaster Criminal's will."

"As for the broken treasure..."

A bright green light suddenly appeared on Xu Ke's mask, just like what Li Fan had seen on the original Qing Ming珠.

"Grandmaster Criminal has turned this task of opening underground rivers into a natural instinct over thousands of years. Even without the treasure, I can do it!"

"It is merely another repetition after so many years."

The green light illuminated the end of the dark river in front of them, witnessed by both Mo Rujin and Li Fan.

Sure enough, Xu Ke had opened up a new section of underground river!

However, he only managed to advance less than three feet before the light suddenly stopped. Xu Ke then fell to the ground as if exhausted.

"Can you finish this in your lifetime?" Li Fan coldly remarked.

"Progress is all that matters; there will be a day when it's completed," Xu Ke said with difficulty.

"Just like Grandmaster Criminal said, the task assigned by Sky Emperor must have its significance."

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