With his high emotional intelligence, he would never say something like, "Isn't this the ultimate simp?"
Anyway, he's not really into these kinds of love stories.
Liu Yan didn't let him off the hook and continued, "Legend has it that there was once a lovelorn man named White Wolf who jumped into the River of Oblivion in order to see his beloved Xu Xian'er again."
"He also met Xu Xian'er, who had crossed the Bridge of Helplessness several times, and saw her drink bowl after bowl of Meng Po soup. He hoped she wouldn't drink it, hoped she would jump into the river to find him, but he also feared she couldn't bear the torment of a thousand years in the River of Oblivion."
"Unfortunately... the White Wolf did not know that Xu Xian'er had long forgotten about him, so how could she have jumped into the River of Oblivion? For thousands of years, every time Xu Xian'er crossed the Bridge of Helplessness, she never cast even a glance into the river below."
"Drink the Meng Po soup, sever all past dreams and ties, forget all the ups and downs of this life, all the love and hate of this lifetime, and in the next life, you will be like strangers who will not recognize each other..."
She sighed softly, "This is reincarnation. This is the end of this story."
Fan Xiao: "..."
Licking... never mind, I'm too lazy to complain.
At this moment, a scholar-looking man suddenly interjected, saying, "The original intention of this story is to teach people to let go of their obsessions, not to promote a tragic love story."
"..."
Liu Yan was startled, but quickly realized that Fan Xiao seemed to have removed the soundproofing measures.
She looked at the scholar and asked, "Sir, have you also heard the legend of the White Wolf and Xu Xian'er?"
My wife also likes this story very much and often mentions it.
The scholar seemed to be moved by the scene, and sighed softly, "White Wolf and Xu Xian'er, in the end, became strangers."
Their love ultimately vanished with time. A thousand years have passed, and the only thing that blooms is the red spider lily on the road to the underworld.
Many people compare the White Wolf to the petals of the spider lily, and Xu Xian'er to the petals. There's a saying: "Flowers bloom without leaves, leaves grow without flowers; flowers bloom and fade for a thousand years, but flowers and leaves never meet..."
He shook his head: "The Three Lives Stone is etched, and a bowl of Meng Po soup is poured. We were not together in our past lives, and we are destined to be apart in this one... Why cling to it any longer?"
After saying that, he smiled at Fan Xiao and Liu Yan: "Greetings, both of you. I... will take my leave now."
After saying that, he walked towards the Bridge of Helplessness ahead.
The fireflies on the surface of the River of Oblivion looked like pairs of eyes, watching the scholar walk by.
The river flows normally under the bridge, without any surging waves, presenting a serene scene.
The scholar's back view did have a somewhat carefree and unrestrained feel to it... well, that's just Fan Xiao's opinion.
Upon seeing this, Liu Yan said disdainfully, "You've truly wasted my time calling you 'sir'! You show no affection whatsoever when you mention your wife. What a heartless person you are."
Fan Xiao: "..."
"There really is a big difference in how men and women think..." he thought to himself.
Liu Yan continued, "If there were a devoted lover who could treat me like the White Wolf treated Xu Xian'er, I would be willing to jump into the River of Oblivion with him and suffer a thousand years of torment."
"Hmm... You jump, I jump, that's pretty good," Fan Xiao commented.
"Uh... Benefactor, what does this mean?" Liu Yan asked, puzzled.
"What I mean is, if there really is a man who is so infatuated with you, but... he looks even uglier than a monkey, how would you deal with it?" Fan Xiao asked.
Liu Yan was, after all, a person from ancient times, and her thoughts were bound by certain principles of propriety, morality, and shame, so she couldn't just "speak off the cuff".
She seriously imagined a man uglier than a giant monkey, madly in love with her... Ugh!
Why do I suddenly feel so nauseous?
How is this going?
"Hehe..." Fan Xiao chuckled and said, "Don't overthink it. We've reached the final stop. Reincarnation lies ahead. Let's get going."
With the aid of the "Eye of Truth," his vision had already reached the Tenth Hall—the Hall of Reincarnation—across the Bridge of Helplessness.
After seeing through the Samsara Palace, he saw... a pitch-black ocean!
It was a densely packed pile of resentment and hatred.
In that black sea of resentment, translucent figures would occasionally emerge from the surface, roaring and howling... They looked exactly like vengeful ghosts.
If nothing unexpected happens, this is probably the group of people who died unjustly after the original 010 district was destroyed.
The quantity... is so great that just looking at it makes you feel suffocated and desperate.
That immense resentment distorted the laws of the Netherworld, affecting the normal operation of the reincarnation system.
Above the absolute darkness, a large number of members of the underworld were stirring up immense ghostly power, continuously pouring it into the magic array that covered the vast surrounding area, forcibly carving out a narrow path of reincarnation from that dark and deep sea of resentment.
The forces of Luofeng Mountain... that is, the Five Ghost Emperors and the people of the Six Heavenly Palaces of Luofeng, are basically all inside the magic array.
No wonder they couldn't spare the time to deal with the evil spirits.
Because once they leave, the cycle of reincarnation in the underworld will collapse.
Fan Xiao didn't rush to deal with this matter and quietly accompanied Liu Yan to the head of the Naihe Bridge.
Looking at the Meng Po soup in front of her, Liu Yan remained silent for a while, then reached out, picked it up, and drank it.
Memories don't disappear immediately; they fade away little by little as you cross the Bridge of Helplessness.
Liu Yan looked at Fan Xiao.
Fan Xiao wished him a safe journey.
"Hmm... I appreciate your kind words, my benefactor." Liu Yan smiled gently: "See you in the next life."
She turned around, stepped onto the Bridge of Helplessness, and walked straight ahead without looking back.
The surface of the River of Oblivion shimmered with starlight and fireflies, captivating the soul.
……
Fan Xiao looked away and turned to his side.
Meng Po handed him a bowl of clear soup and urged him to hurry up with her eyes.
Fan Xiao picked up the bowl, took a sip, tasted it carefully, and then frowned slightly as he commented, "Bland! Next time you make soup, remember to make several different flavors, otherwise I'll dock your pay... oh no, I should say I'll make you work overtime until you vomit blood."
Meng Po: “???”
"Who are you...!?"
Upon realizing the effects of Fan Xiao's unclear soup, Meng Po's terrifying ghostly power surged, and the powerful pressure caused everyone around her to instinctively lower their heads.
"Who I was before doesn't matter, in the future..." Fan Xiao grinned and said, "You'll soon be calling me boss."
He has fulfilled his promise to Liu Yan.
He also obtained the truth about the dungeon and the complete walkthrough.
So... there's no need to hide it anymore.
Moreover, on the underworld side, when he walked the cycle of reincarnation, he used the "Demon Eye of Truth" to observe every direction and see all areas, but he did not find the Speaker's figure. When he launched the "Judgment of Inevitable Annihilation" earlier, he had already known the Speaker's appearance and remembered his spiritual aura by observing the opponent's imminent death.
His "Eye of Truth" effect was amplified by "Quantum Immortality," so it's unlikely he missed it.
The Speaker is not located in the Yellow Springs region, which is under the jurisdiction of the Underworld.
Even without using a stick to point the way, Fan Xiao could guess where this guy had hidden—it was undoubtedly deep within the Demon Territory.
This also aligns with his previously confirmed answer, namely that the Speaker and the Underworld are on opposing sides.
Chapter 764 I'm rich! I'm rich!
After making a new decision, Fan Xiao ignored the oppressive power of the ghostly energy surging from Meng Po and directly unleashed a combination of "Quantum Immortality" and "Killing Angel" sealing skills.
First, target the ghostly power on Meng Po with luck, then have the little angel activate the sin of jealousy.
After clearing her mental energy once, all of Meng Po's ghostly power was temporarily eliminated by the little angel.
Judging from the mental energy consumed by Fan Xiao, Meng Po will not be able to recover for at least a few days... After all, she can only be considered a clerical worker in the underworld system, and her strength is not that great.
Having lost her ghostly powers, Meng Po knelt on the spot, her eyes filled with fear and disbelief, her body trembling uncontrollably as she stood up.
The sudden loss of power returned her to her original soul form, and this drastic change in her soul form left her in an extremely weak state, making it difficult for her to even stand up.
Fan Xiao ignored Meng Po and the panicked reincarnated souls around him. He simply overlapped the "Material World" with this space and took a step out... With the help of "Quantum Immortality", the teleportation ability brought by the "Material World" was restored to its original level, allowing him to cross the wide River of Oblivion in the next instant, and his figure appeared outside the gate of the Tenth Hall of Reincarnation.
The little angel made a move and instantly cleaved open the gate that King Yama had just closed.
The gate separates two spaces—each of the ten halls is an independent little world.
This is also why he couldn't use his "material world" teleportation ability to directly cross the Samsara Palace and reach the sky above the dark Sea of Resentment further behind.
However... it's just a few more steps, and he doesn't find it troublesome.
Soon, Fan Xiao entered the small world where the Samsara Palace was located.
His gaze pierced through the layers of obstacles in an instant, and he saw King Chakravartin sitting on the main seat in the main hall.
As usual, Fan Xiao used a lucky charm to test whether the other party was Dr. Zhuang's counterpart.
After receiving a negative answer, he ignored King Yama and used this small world as a transit point to move towards the dark Sea of Resentment that connected to this place.
Just as King Yama was about to make a move... Boom! The massive stone chair beneath him, a symbol of authority, was instantly pulverized into dust by a terrifying, invisible force under Fan Xiao's mere glance.
Even though King Yama possessed terrifyingly powerful demonic energy, he couldn't stop the attack that came from those eyes.
This is an attack at the conceptual level.
The Wheel King understood; this was a warning!
At this moment, Fan Xiao had successfully arrived at the location above the Dark Sea of Resentment through several teleportations.
Blood-red wings sprouted from his back, and he floated in the air in the outer area of the massive ghost power array.
The next second, Fan Xiao's gaze collided with that of the leading Five Ghost Emperors.
The Five Ghost Emperors are not five people, but a total of nine, and their strength is roughly the same.
Logically speaking, in the normal underworld mythology system, above the Ghost Emperor, there should be an emperor who governs all affairs of the underworld... namely, the Fengdu Emperor.
But he didn't see anything similar in this space.
It seems... this position is probably reserved for dungeon bosses.
Using his crisis sensing skill, Fan Xiao roughly estimated the strength of the nine Ghost Emperors before him—each of them was significantly stronger than an A-level player. Add to that the Ghost Power specifically designed for souls, the versatility of the Ghost Power system in this instance, and the fact that players' spiritual energy methods were subject to extraordinary suppression in the Netherworld… It was simply wishful thinking for an A-level player to defeat them.
If an ordinary A-level player came here, they would probably be suppressed in a single encounter... No, ordinary A-level players can't even set foot here.
"A new player?" A Ghost Emperor who was closest to Fan Xiao suddenly asked.
"Oh? You know about the existence of players?" Fan Xiao asked in return.
"Beings like you have existed for over a hundred years," the Ghost Emperor replied. "However, we have never seen anyone as brazen as you, who dared to recklessly rampage through the cycle of reincarnation, threaten the Lord of the Samsara Palace, and actually succeed.
He shook his head: "If your goal is to defeat Jafari Sanye, then go and cultivate your ghost power properly. You can't seal off the immortality granted to you by the Netherworld until you become a Ghost Emperor."
With that, a beam of light flashed in his hand and shot towards Fan Xiao.
Fan Xiao caught it and discovered that the light contained a bronze token shaped like a tiger tally, with the words "Day Tour" engraved on it.
Day trip...Day trip god?
In the myths and legends of the underworld, the Day Wanderer is one of the Ten Underworld Marshals.
Liu Yan had previously told him that a Yin general went to the mortal realm to deal with evil spirits causing trouble there... This token might be able to connect the mortal realm and the underworld.
"Considering your extraordinary potential, I will not punish you for trespassing on the cycle of reincarnation. Keep this Yin General's Token safe. With its certification, there will be no more obstacles for you to accumulate merit and cleanse your sins. And being innocent is the most basic requirement for becoming a Ghost Emperor... Go back."
The Ghost Emperor issued an order to Fan Xiao.
Fan Xiao naturally wouldn't listen, but only curiously glanced at the bronze token a few times.
According to the Ghost Emperor, this should be considered a form of official identity verification.
It should also be a "merit collector" - only by suppressing and killing evil spirits can one obtain corresponding merits and cleanse one's sins.
He hadn't forgotten that he still carried the "unforgivable crime of massacre."
This is also one of the reasons he went straight into the cycle of reincarnation—joining the underworld and engaging in slow, deliberate actions doesn't fit his current level of strength. He believes the Ghost Emperor must possess a method to cleanse sins, so he intends to ask him in person.
Before he could even begin to threaten, the other party proactively gave him the answer... and even gave him the items.
For a moment, Fan Xiao felt a little embarrassed about suppressing these people... He wasn't some psychologically twisted pervert; rather, he believed that by demonstrating his strength and threatening them, he could gain the upper hand more quickly and resolve the problem faster.
Seeing that the other party was so cooperative, Fan Xiao restrained himself from taking action and asked, "Is it these unjustly deceased people who are blocking the normal reincarnation system?"
He glanced down at the dark sea.
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