Chapter 259 Three Undersea Faults

"Hahaha, thank you for your auspicious words, Fellow Daoist."

He Zhenghao burst out laughing and flew towards his destination impatiently.

"We're here! This is the place!"

After about half a day, He Zhenghao's figure suddenly paused, then he plunged into the sea.

Li Fan followed him down, arriving at the deep seabed.

His Divine Sense swept across, taking in the three great fault lines formed by countless rugged mountain ranges below.

"It truly has an extraordinary aura. Compared to the mountains on land, it possesses a unique quality."

Li Fan couldn't help but think to himself.

He Zhenghao stood above the seabed mountain range, closing his eyes in concentration, seemingly searching for something.

Above his head, the "Mountain and River Vein Array Diagram" suddenly appeared.

In an instant, an inexplicable fluctuation seemed to emanate from the continuous mountain range below, subtly forming a resonance with the Array Diagram.

He Zhenghao continuously changed and adjusted his position, determining the optimal spot.

Li Fan quietly observed from the side.

After a while, He Zhenghao's eyes suddenly opened, revealing a sharp glint.

The "Mountain and River Vein Array Diagram" above his head rapidly grew as he willed it.

In an instant, it expanded to a full hundred miles in size.

The sharp-eyed Li Fan also noticed that the mountains displayed in the Array Diagram were constantly shifting.

They gradually became more and more similar to the seabed mountain range covered below.

The resonant fluctuations grew stronger and stronger.

When the scenery in the diagram perfectly matched the actual landscape, He Zhenghao let out a loud shout.

The Array Diagram emitted a dazzling white light, then seemed to completely merge into the mountains below, disappearing from sight.

He Zhenghao made continuous hand seals, and beside him, the mountain Formation subtly underwent a miraculous transformation.

It seemed to form a grand Formation, protecting He Zhenghao in its center.

"All mountain and river veins can serve as a Formation… What a skillful method."

Li Fan had once peeked at He Zhenghao's "Detailed Explanation of Mountain and River Array Diagrams," so he was not unfamiliar with this method of transforming the natural landscape into a Formation with a mere gesture.

"I trouble Fellow Daoist to be my Protector!" He Zhenghao solemnly said to Li Fan.

Afterward, he composed himself and officially began his Core Formation.

Although this place was quite remote and rarely visited by Cultivators.

Li Fan did not relax his vigilance.

He flew to a position above He Zhenghao, observing his Core Formation while also monitoring the surroundings as his Protector.

Unlike the grand scene when Zhang Haobo formed his Core, where Sword Water Wind spells filled the heavens and earth, this was different.

At first, silence was the absolute main theme.

No unusual phenomena occurred; only He Zhenghao sat motionless above the three fault lines on the seabed.

If it weren't for Li Fan's faint perception that something seemed to be brewing beneath the sprawling, fractured seabed.

He would almost have thought that He Zhenghao was merely cultivating in seclusion.

Li Fan waited patiently.

The process of accumulating power was even longer than imagined.

It took more than ten days before a change finally appeared.

In the silent deep-sea world, a sound like a beating heart suddenly echoed.

"Thump!"

Li Fan narrowed his eyes.

The moment he heard the sound, he had a momentary illusion.

This hundred-mile-long seabed with its three fault lines seemed to suddenly come alive.

Like a deep-sea Vicious Beast that had been slumbering for countless years suddenly awakening, it brought him an inexplicable sense of danger.

"Thump!"

The heartbeat sounded again.

The earth trembled slightly.

Li Fan's feeling in his heart grew stronger.

From a celestial perspective, as he looked at the mountain range below, Li Fan even faintly saw.

As the heart-like sound continued to echo, deep within the earth, streams of earthy-yellow energy, like blood surging through veins.

Moved, bringing endless power to the earth.

"The Law of Earth Veins…"

Li Fan seemed to understand something.

The "Mountain and River Vein Array Diagram," which had expanded to a hundred miles and merged with the seabed below, suddenly erupted with bright light at its edges.

Like a silver dividing line, it separated itself from the original seabed mountain range.

The heart pounded, and countless massive earthy-yellow Earth Vein powers surged from the boundless distant continental shelf.

Like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, they were all absorbed by the Array Diagram.

"Just the Law of Earth Veins alone has such a grand Formation?"

"Extraordinary, truly extraordinary!"

"As expected of the man I value!"

Li Fan praised ceaselessly, and couldn't help but look forward to the remaining two laws.

The power of the Earth Veins surged continuously.

It had gradually stabilized.

He Zhenghao began to glimpse the "Law of Mountains and Rivers" again.

Li Fan noticed that the surrounding seawater, which should have been still, began to flow slowly at this moment.

From the highest point of the seabed, it flowed downwards.

Each time it dropped several thousand meters through a fault line, forming unique underwater waterfalls, the momentum and speed would undergo a qualitative change.

After being cleansed by the three great fault lines, the slow undercurrent had already transformed into a surging, torrential underwater river.

It swept and scoured through the seabed mountain range, roaring past.

Compared to the heartbeat of the Earth Veins.

It was like a heavy breathing sound.

The river rushed through the layers of mountains.

Strands of blue-green energy were absorbed and drawn in by the Array Diagram.

"The Law of Mountains and Rivers…"

A glint flashed in Li Fan's eyes.

Earth veins and mountains and rivers complemented each other.

The sounds of heartbeat and breathing constantly echoed in his ears.

The "activity" of the three seabed fault lines below became increasingly apparent.

Blue-green and earthy-yellow lights continuously emerged from this part of the seabed.

It seemed to attract some Cultivators to investigate.

Most of them realized that a Cultivator was undergoing a Golden Core Breakthrough.

Afterward, Li Fan also announced his identity as a Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance Formation repairman.

These Cultivators, seeing that there was a Protector and that he was a member of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance system.

They all dispelled their thoughts and chose to detour and keep their distance.

However, there were also some Cultivators who were unwilling to give up and harbored ill intentions, secretly lurking.

Most of them were nameless Loose Cultivators.

Their strength was all below the Golden Core stage.

Li Fan, however, was not polite; he activated his Binding Insect Divine Power, directly captured them, and threw them far away.

Thus, three days passed.

This rather spectacular commotion slowly began to subside.

The heartbeat grew fainter.

The breathing grew lighter.

The power of the Earth Veins and the power of Mountains and Rivers gradually converged.

The sense of "activity" also slowly faded.

It once again returned to the appearance of a normal deep-sea abyss.

However, Li Fan could clearly feel it.

This was concealment, not disappearance.

A profound and indescribable energy concealed all the abnormal phenomena.

Making it difficult for people to detect.

If Li Fan had not witnessed all the changes from beginning to end, and observed them meticulously from a celestial perspective.

He probably would not have been able to sense the inexplicable changes here.

Li Fan watched the abyss below, as if directly facing an ancient Vicious Beast ready to devour people at any moment.

An inexplicable tremor occasionally surged in his heart.

"The Law of Hidden Abyss…"

"Excellent!"

"The three laws are complete. It seems Fellow Daoist He is not far from completing his Core Formation!"

Li Fan thought to himself.

The seabed returned to its previous quiet state.

Another seven days passed.

He Zhenghao, however, still had not successfully formed his Core.

The three laws of Earth Vein, Mountain and River, and Hidden Abyss had all stopped fluctuating.

Logically speaking, he could have formed his Core by now.

But He Zhenghao delayed his actions.

It didn't seem like a failure.

It was more like he was waiting for something.