NOVPUB"Divine sense communication is inconvenient, let’s meet here instead,"
"By the way, I will give you that exotic treasure."
"Hehe, I’ve felt like someone has been watching me lately, so I need to be extra cautious."
After Mo Rubing sent the location information, he suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Li Fan, sensing the flickering map point within his spirit consciousness, remained silent.
"Is this a test, or a trap?"
Ever since he had made the decision "to observe the situation and not to strike back," Li Fan had always felt somewhat uneasy.
But after careful consideration and reflection on himself, he couldn’t pinpoint the source of his unease.
"Not striking back should be fine, but after all..."
Li Fan slightly furrowed his brow.
His spiritual sense was always very effective. His current feeling was like walking through a dense forest where the path was correct, and there was no imminent danger of wildlife attack.
However, a vague sense of crisis told Li Fan that there must be something he was overlooking.
Li Fan knew the source of the unease must come from the Faceless True Immortal Statue.
"Mystic Sky God Statue, Mystic Dharma King..."
A sudden flash of Mo Rubing’s figure crossed Li Fan’s mind, and he made a resolution.
"Although he should now regard me as one of his own, I must still take precautions."
Li Fan recalled the scene where Mo Rubing devoured the Dharma Transmitter Feng.
In this period, Li Fan had also made some preliminary analysis and guesses about Mo Rubing’s capabilities. 𝒏𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝙗.𝙘𝒐𝙢
Compared to Sister Zhao’s [Unity of Thousands], Mo Rubing was more like "mirroring, assimilation."
"As long as I can maintain my own heart and not be deluded by that void of mirror-like thread, I should be able to delay the assimilation process. I have the Seven-color Divine Light and the protection of the Immortal Heart Spell, if worst comes to worst, fleeing shouldn’t be a big problem."
"If that still fails, I could also release Daoist Baihua to draw their fire. Being from the Immortal Realm, she should be able to hold them off for a while."
The persistent unease, for which he could not discern the reason, made Li Fan’s thoughts much more complex than usual. Thus, he was even more cautious.
After making thorough preparations, Li Fan quietly arrived at the agreed-upon location.
At the border of the Central Four States of the Immortal Alliance, in an ordinary mountain peak in Tianchen State.
The stone mountain soared high, piercing into the skies.
Hidden beneath the Cloud Sea, amidst the waist of the mountain, was an inconspicuous stone cave.
Initially, it was very narrow, just wide enough for a person to pass. After walking several dozen steps, it abruptly opened up.
Mo Rubing had been waiting there for a long time already.
There were no signs of Array Techniques or forbidden formations outside the stone cave, but from the outside, it was impossible to sense the presence of any cultivators inside.
It was not until he stepped into the stone cave and approached Mo Rubing that he finally realized something.
"This place is a secure stronghold of Dharma Transmitter Feng, a Hidden Cave Heaven naturally formed by Heaven and Earth. It’s the kind of place spoken of in legends, invisible to those not fated to see it. There’s no danger for the two of us meeting here," Mo Rubing, having reverted to his original appearance, explained slowly as he sat at the stone table.
"What secure stronghold? I encountered no obstacles at all and just walked right in," Li Fan snorted disdainfully.
Mo Rubing smiled, "Brother Xingwang, that’s where you’re mistaken. The reason it was so easy is that I had already informed you of the location of this Hidden Cave Heaven beforehand. If you had come here alone, without any knowledge…"
"Spiritual sense would not perceive it, and even if one saw the entrance with their own eyes, they would subconsciously ignore it. Such are the mysterious creations of Heaven and Earth; even with our strength, we cannot fully comprehend it!"
Ignoring Mo Rubing’s sigh, Li Fan said impatiently, "Enough, stop talking about these useless things. Where is the Exotic Treasure that can deduce formation arrays?"
Mo Rubing shook his head, then casually tossed an object over.
Li Fan caught it, slightly startled.
The object was not one of the Dissociation Discs as he had anticipated, but rather a green cube he had never seen before.
"What is this thing…"
With a slight touch by Li Fan, the cube instantly disassembled into tens of thousands of much tinier cubes.
Like living creatures, they gathered and dispersed in the air, forming various regular patterns.
Li Fan examined one of the small cubes closely and discovered that it was made up of a combination of hundreds of array techniques.
"Array Crown?" The name involuntarily appeared in Li Fan’s Spirit Consciousness.
However, he did not reveal that he knew what the item was, but instead looked up at Mo Rubing, seeking an answer.
"This is the [Crown of the Eternal Array], recently discovered and submitted by the Immortal Alliance in Lanchang State,"
"The so-called Array Crown, in simple terms, is hundreds of array techniques layered together. This Eternal True Crown is derived from continuously transforming an ordinary Array Crown," explained Mo Rubing in detail.
"It is said to have been left by a Transforming God Array Mage who perished from strange phenomena. After research by the Immortal Alliance, it is preliminarily determined to be an anomaly created by the fusion of Natural Treasure and strange laws from the Outer World during their integration," Mo Rubing continued.
Li Fan immediately understood the implications. Natural Treasures are the manifestations of Xuanhuang World laws; the strange refers to the distorted, residual laws of those devoured worlds.
However, once they fused, some unimaginable changes would occur.
Li Fan had hypothesized this possibility when he first discerned the true origin of the strange phenomena. Unfortunately, until now, he had not encountered any real-life examples. Unexpectedly, Mo Rubing had casually produced one.
Indeed, the resource capabilities that the Dharma Transmitter could call upon were advantages that many cycles of reincarnation and foreknowledge could not quickly compensate for.
Li Fan knew of this object, but Sun Xingwang surely wouldn’t.
Pretending to be overwhelmed, he directly interrupted Mo Rubing’s speech, "Alright, alright, no need to recite spells. Just tell me how to use this thing."
"The Eternal Array Crown is constantly evolving. It generates arrays from arrays, ad infinitum. You just need to engrave the [Mystic Sky Phantom Lock] array technique into it from time to time and let it naturally evolve. It’s like beasts fighting; the ultimate survivor is certainly the strongest," Mo Rubing explained unperturbed.
"That sounds easy, though it seems a bit unreliable…" Li Fan muttered, examining the green Eternal Array Crown.
"No problem. Although somewhat uncontrollable, it will definitely achieve our goal. Engraving the Mystic Sky Phantom Lock is time-consuming and laborious. Currently, at the Immortal Alliance Headquarters and under the public eye, it’s inconvenient for me to act. I can only leave it to you," Mo Rubing stated seriously.
"Actually, there’s another Exotic Treasure with even stronger capabilities than this [Crown of the Eternal Array] for deducing formation arrays, called the Dissociation Disc. Unfortunately, due to envy from the heavens, it split into nine pieces. The time required to unite all nine discs is too lengthy; we simply can’t wait. Thus, we had to give up," Mo Rubing remarked with some regret.
