The old priestess had an eccentric personality, treating human lives like blades of grass. However, this was the underground religious code she adhered to, and Ye Fan had no authority to criticize her. Now, as she lay on the brink of death, managing to hold onto her last breath until his arrival, Ye Fan couldn't help but admire her.

"If you have something to say, just say it directly," Ye Fan said.

The old priestess's breath was even fainter, and her voice was almost inaudible, but Ye Fan could still hear her words clearly: "The key left by the ancients is down below..."

At this point, the old priestess was completely spent, and she had already passed away. Her hand stretched out as if intentionally trying to hand the magic wand to Ye Fan. Her soul hadn't left her body; it was as if she used the power of her soul to hold on until Ye Fan arrived.

Ye Fan heard only the word "key" from the old priestess; he didn't know exactly what key it was. But since the key was an ancient relic, it might be significantly related to the heavenly tribulation and the chosen one. The extinction of the underground kingdom could also be connected to this information.

"Master, she's already dead," the small Black Crystal said pitifully as it followed behind Ye Fan.

Ye Fan wouldn't allow her to devour the dead souls, which meant she could only stare at so many dead souls without being able to feed. She was beginning to feel her worldview being turned upside down.

"I understand," Ye Fan stood up. With so many corpses in front of him, he couldn't bury each one. These people seemed to have died not long ago, so he could only leave the bodies where they originally fell, letting time turn them into withered bones. Ye Fan said, "I'll give you some time to go outside and devour the dead souls. I'm going to take you to the underground ocean soon."

"Alright, alright." The small Black Crystal was delighted and turned into a small crystal, flying out of the palace. With so many dead souls outside, she could freely chase after the souls and leave the food behind.

Originally, Ye Fan wouldn't allow the small Black Crystal to do this, but this was her mode of survival. Even the creator couldn't disrupt nature's survival rules, let alone he wasn't the creator.

Ye Fan picked up the old priestess's magic wand, which she wanted to hand over to him before she died. Although he didn't know what its use was for now, he felt that the wand's head had some special energy, though it was very weak.

"Master God, why not let me perceive the world around me? Didn't you say you would take me back to the underground world?" Leng Yu asked. Ye Fan had cut off her five senses and spiritual sense, which felt like being locked in a cage, prompting her to ask.

Ye Fan replied to her softly, "Since you don't want to return to the underground world to live, I won't force you. We'll pass underground but not enter. My destination is the underground ocean!"

Ye Fan took Leng Yu out of the palace. At this time, the small Black Crystal was still relentlessly pursuing the fleeing dead souls. Ye Fan summoned her with his spiritual sense, and even though she was not fully satisfied, she had to drift back to Ye Fan's side. At this time, the small Purple Crystal had already emerged from Ye Fan's storage bracelet. With most of the dead souls eaten by the small Black Crystal, it wasn't as terrifying, thus giving her more courage.

"Master, it's terrifying; it eats wherever it goes. I'm afraid it will eat me one day," the small Purple Crystal protested to Ye Fan.

In front of the small Purple Crystal, the small Black Crystal seemed like an inexperienced girl, unable to speak properly. Ye Fan said, "It's okay, it won't eat you, you're not a dead soul."

"But I'm also a soul. Hmph, the master is biased. It's just a spirit now, without a body, but I have a body and can be the master's woman. Why doesn't the master help me more?" The small Purple Crystal playfully transformed into a human girl, whispering in Ye Fan's ear, making the small Black Crystal envious. The small Blue Crystal and small Red Crystal also emerged from Ye Fan's storage bracelet, circling around Ye Fan as if pleading for him to transform them into human girls too.

Ye Fan ignored the mischievous small crystals and took them toward the pathway to the underground ocean. In the face of the strong water current, Ye Fan had to determine the direction correctly, moving up along the current to the underground ocean where Lan Jing had lived for millions of years. Without exiting the waterway, he could already feel the strong blue light emanating from the large Blue Crystal at the seafloor.

The small Black Crystal hadn't spoken the entire way. As they neared the underground ocean, she leaned against Ye Fan's chest, making a request through the Tongling Mirror: "Master, let me have a human body too."

Ye Fan asked, "Didn't you say you didn't care about becoming human?"

The small Black Crystal hesitated before saying, "Seeing that little Purple can, I'm so envious..."

Having said that, she retreated into Ye Fan's storage bracelet since only Ye Fan could hear her voice through the Tongling Mirror, not worrying about the small Purple Crystal speaking poorly of her to Ye Fan.

Finally exiting the waterway, from afar, they could already see the large Blue Crystal's presence. At this moment, the small Blue Crystal was happiest, for that was her progenitor, like a child returning to her mother after playing outside.

But Ye Fan knew that the main energy of the large Blue Crystal had all been absorbed by the small Blue Crystal, making it uncertain who the progenitor truly was.

Originally, the small Blue Crystal hastily headed towards the large Blue Crystal, with the small Red Crystal following behind. But they turned back midway, discovering danger.

Beside the large Blue Crystal, there was a powerful Spiritual Energy entity, which even Ye Fan could sense the entity's frightening presence. If it intended to hide its body, he wouldn't have been able to detect it. The fact that he could indicated that the person was waiting for him.

"You managed to find this place too, cough cough." From afar, the person was already greeting Ye Fan.

Ye Fan could tell accurately that this was currently Earth's most dangerous individual and also a mysterious figure, a cultivator both friend and foe known as Wuying.

He knew little about Wuying, only that his master, Zhuo Junwu, had some connection with him. Wuying had once helped the Tianxuan Sect and the Diyuan Sect imprison the other five major sects and even set up an illusionary realm to test him, in which he ended up injuring Wuying. As for Wuying's injury that time, Ye Fan had always found it inexplicable; the illusion was set by Wuying, and he just didn't get lost in it, so why did Wuying get injured?

Ye Fan didn't approach Wuying too closely, clasping his hands respectfully, "Senior Wuying, long time no see."

"It hasn't been long; didn't we just meet recently?" Wuying gave Ye Fan a sidelong glance, squinting abruptly as if he had discovered something, "The crystals you control, the Black Crystal's power has grown stronger, absorbing at least tens of thousands of dead souls at once. It seems the secret of the Dead Sea in the Southern Anan Domain has been uncovered by you."

One sentence made Ye Fan feel a sense of crisis, and he respectfully said, "It seems nothing can be hidden from you, Senior."

"Cough cough, the matter in the Southern Anan Domain—I had planned to resolve it after dealing with things on Earth. I didn't expect you to get there first. Did you also obtain that object?" Wuying suddenly asked.

Ye Fan shook his head slightly, "After breaking the formation, the loss was too great, so I returned directly to Earth. As for the object you mentioned, Senior, I have no idea what it is!"

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