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Obtaining the remains of the black bird
No matter how one looked at it, the red string in Xu Ke's hand seemed ordinary and unremarkable.
But how could Mr. Bai, who could casually bestow the Creation True Profound Art, truly give children something ordinary?
Especially when Li Fan's gaze swept over Xu Ke, and he slightly released the killing intent in his heart, a fatal sense of crisis suddenly emerged.
Li Fan instantly understood that if he truly lost his mind and attacked Xu Ke…
Then the one who would die first would definitely be himself.
Xu Ke, however, was completely unaware of the preciousness of the red string; he was simply overjoyed because it was a gift from Mr. Bai.
"Let's go, it's time," Lu Ya said, his gaze deep, taking one last look at Xu Ke.
Then he quietly flew out of the Myriad Beast Boat and formed a hand seal.
A dim light silently enveloped the flying boat, and the Myriad Beast Boat broke through the Void Realm, heading towards an unknown homeland.
The moment the flying boat left the Xuanhuang World, Li Fan, who was standing on Xu Ke's head, felt everything around him fall into absolute stillness in an instant.
Then, like a photograph that had undergone the baptism of time, the colors gradually faded.
Finally, it disintegrated into specks of light and shattered with a rumble.
Li Fan knew that this was because he had resolved the Heavenly Fate Blackbird's obsession and completed the Beast Taming Sect Incident.
But unlike before, Li Fan did not directly return to the real world.
Instead, he returned to the distorted transparent bubble he had been in after entering the Fallen Immortal Realm this time.
Li Fan looked forward, and a new mass of light and shadow appeared.
In the rapidly changing scene, one could vaguely see a giant stone sword standing in a massive spiraling rift valley.
Thousands of Cultivators, like ants, were diligently using the power of raging earth fire to smelt various Materials into it.
"It seems a new plot has been unlocked. This appears to be…"
"Heavenly Sword Sect, Breaching World Divine Weapon?"
Li Fan narrowed his eyes slightly.
Unfortunately, perhaps because he had just left the Fallen Immortal Realm, he could not yet enter this brand new scene.
"I'll have to wait until next time."
In the fleeting images of the light cluster, countless Cultivators moved back and forth, leaving trails of flowing light.
But that Breaching World Divine Weapon remained standing, looking increasingly majestic as time passed.
It seemed to possess a special magical power; Li Fan stared at it for a long time before shifting his gaze.
Looking at the previous two light clusters, although they both belonged to the "cleared" type, the feeling they gave Li Fan was still somewhat different.
"Ninyuan Fruit of Longevity" was like a perfectly luminous sphere, radiating light in all directions.
However, the "Beast Taming Sect Incident" only illuminated a small part of it, with most still hidden in shadow.
Li Fan mused, "Perhaps Little Black's obsession, like Senior Brother Zhang's back then, was just a superficial cover. The true master maintaining the Beast Taming Sect's spacetime might be someone else."
Li Fan carefully replayed and integrated his multiple experiences in the Fallen Immortal Realm into a complete sequence.
He still found no clues until the surrounding distorted space became unstable.
The bubble shattered, and Li Fan returned to the real world.
At the same time, a black feather appeared in his hand.
"Relic of the Blackbird…"
Along with the Heavenly Fate Blackbird's feather, a blurred memory flashed by quickly.
That was what truly happened to Little Black in history.
Just like Li Fan had done, Little Black was very confident in himself and insisted on participating in the "Concentric Ring" test, despite Xu Ke's dissuasion.
But it was, after all, a Yao Beast, and it did not have Li Fan's fortuitous encounter with the Immortal Heart Mantra.
No miracle occurred, and the final result was that it failed the "Concentric Ring" test of never harming its master.
Originally, Little Black was supposed to face the fate of being executed along with many other Yao Beasts.
However, due to Xu Ke's desperate pleas, Lu Ya felt compassion and ultimately made an exception, sparing its life.
To prevent secrets from leaking, Lu Ya asked Di Sanmo to exile it to a desolate Small World, where it was forbidden to leave for a thousand years.
"Little Black, we will definitely meet again," Xu Ke said, tears welling up in his eyes during their tearful farewell.
The Heavenly Fate Blackbird also felt sorrow and let out cries.
But it also knew that without the restraint of the Beast Taming True Art, it truly could not suppress the violent intent in its heart.
If it insisted on staying by Xu Ke's side, it might instead harm him.
It feigned composure and stroked Xu Ke's head with its wing as a gesture of comfort.
"Little Black, it will be a long time until we meet again.
We'll both be grown up by then; will you still recognize me?" Xu Ke worried again.
Little Black was about to mock Xu Ke's seemingly foolish worry when it suddenly saw the other party slap his head and take out a drop of his own essence Bloodline.
Placed in a brown jade bottle, Xu Ke solemnly handed it to Little Black.
"Here, this is for you. You can't forget me," Xu Ke's small face turned a little pale, but he still bravely smiled at the time.
The Heavenly Fate Blackbird cried out in sorrow and swallowed the small brown bottle into its belly.
After parting with Xu Ke, Little Black was banished by Di Sanmo's spell to a desolate Small World.
The scene shattered, and the memory ended there.
…
Li Fan recalled the desolate and ruined scene that flashed in the Blackbird's eyes at the end and suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.
It was precisely the Small World that Han Yi had mistakenly entered before, where many human-beast hybrids existed.
"So that fallen Heavenly Fate Blackbird really was Little Black."
Li Fan pondered for a moment, and a flash of inspiration suddenly crossed his mind.
"I wonder if Xu Ke's drop of essence Bloodline is still there."
"Imperial Bloodline, method of controlling strange beasts…"
A vague plan gradually formed in Li Fan's mind.
Xiao Qing, Li Chenfeng, and other Empire personnel were very cautious.
Ever since Li Fan had appeared last time, saying that the Xuanhuang World was about to face a major war and that trade would be suspended for a period, they had all retreated and disappeared.
According to the last surveillance footage from Formless Killing Intent, it seemed they had temporarily returned to the Empire.
"I haven't tried making a Clone with a Cultivator's essence Bloodline yet.
If Xu Ke's drop of essence Bloodline is still there, perhaps it could give Xiao Qing and the others a 'surprise'."
Li Fan's eyes flickered.
After a while, he temporarily suppressed this thought and carefully examined the Relic of the Blackbird.
This time, the gains from the Fallen Immortal Realm, besides this feather, also included some memories regarding Little Black's innate Divine Ability, Heavenly Mandate is Mine.
Although he did not possess the Heavenly Fate Blackbird's Bloodline, by using this feather, he could still exert a certain effect.
As he absorbed the Relic of the Blackbird into his body, the same familiar sensation as when he cultivated while possessing the Blackbird immediately surged into his heart.
His perspective suddenly rose, and Li Fan observed his own Luck.
The almost imperceptible white smoke column seemed as if it could be blown away by the wind at any moment.
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