In the second year after Mina left, Xiao Fan, who had been hovering and hiding near the lava pool, finally became unable to sit still.
His original self was cultivating in the Heart Poison Crystal, but this clone was doing nothing at all, waiting boringly.
Moreover, this body is a clone of wood. It is born with a very keen aversion to fire. Being burned by the high temperature next to the lava pool for a long time makes it extremely uncomfortable.
"Damn it, how long do we have to wait before it can be opened again?" Xiao Fan glanced at the tightly closed crack and couldn't help but frowned.
"Waiting... is really annoying... I wish Mina could stay with me!"
In this way, time passed bit by bit amid constant complaints.
In the blink of an eye, he had been waiting for another three years.
Within the Heart Poison Crystal, the Beast Condensing Furnace was operating stably, and Maliao stood in front of the furnace, never leaving.
"How's it going?" Xiao Fan asked, bored.
"I don't know, this is my first time using this kind of thing!" Ma shook his head and said: "But for the time being, it seems that it will take a long time. As for whether it can be successful, I don't know."
"Hey! It's so boring!" Xiao Fan, who was bored, looked at Ben Hong who was practicing in a secret room in the Qingyang Sect palace complex in the Heart Poison Crystal.
"Oh? After this Benhong got this physical body, he entered the country very quickly. He has almost reached the late stage of Lishen. It's not bad, but it's a pity that he can't regenerate the Yuanling. He can only exert his
It’s just basic combat power. If we could have captured the Blood Lord Namara and obtained his body, the Great Yuan Gathering Pill of Damaro, wouldn’t it be possible to completely repay this evil spirit?”
"No, after rescuing Brother Donghuang and the others, we have to find a way to get the materials for the Great Moro Yuan Judan and try to refine it with the Medicine King Divine Cauldron. After all, Brother Donghuang and the others also need this kind of king-grade elixir!" Xiao Fan thought to himself secretly.
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Time passed again in Xiao Fan's boredom.
In the blink of an eye, twenty years have passed.
The crack leading to the hell realm shows no signs of opening at all.
"Holy crap, did Mina make a mistake?" Xiao Fan started to get impatient. Although he stayed in the underworld for a thousand years and the earth only lasted for one year, he didn't have that much time to wait here, right?
At this time, the time in the Heart Poison Crystal is also the same as that in the underworld. If time is not accelerated, it will be one step behind the time in the underworld. If you practice, it will not have much effect of getting twice the result with half the effort.
In other words, Xiao Fan feels that he is just wasting his time here!
On this day, just as Xiao Fan was walking around the crack as usual to check if there was any sign of the crack opening, a person suddenly appeared in front of him out of thin air.
It was said that it was out of thin air, not even Xiao Fan felt any spatial fluctuations!
At the same time that person appeared, a pungent smell of wine spread around, making Xiao Fan frown.
Dirty drunkard!
That weird man who helped Xiao Fan avoid being invaded by the underworld's energy in the endless abyss and taught him how to enter the ghost gate!
"Hey! Boy, we meet again. It seems that you are living a good life!" The sloppy drunkard raised his head, poured a few sips of wine into his mouth, and then said with a drunken smile.
"Senior..." Xiao Fan hurriedly clasped his fists. Although the man in front of him was extremely weird, he was indeed kind to Xiao Fan. A person like Xiao Fan, who has clear grudges and grudges, is naturally full of respect in his heart.
However, after Xiao Fan just checked again, he found that this person's cultivation level was still not visible!
You know, even if you are a master who has not broken through the realm, no matter what your cultivation level is, there is nothing you can do in front of Xiao Fan!
In other words, the man in front of me has the lowest cultivation level and is in the realm of Saint Immortal!
For this kind of state that Xiao Fan cannot afford to offend at this time, it is better to be humble.
"Stop waiting here stupidly. If you want to go to hell, it will take at least another thirty years for this rift to open. Instead of wasting time here and waiting in boredom, why not play chess with me?" Sloppy?
The drunkard laughed.
"Playing chess? Who is this senior? Why do you know that I am here and also know that I want to go to hell?" Xiao Fan was puzzled.
"Hey, what else can happen in this underworld that escapes my eyes?" The sloppy drunkard rubbed the jagged stubble on his chin, smiled, and suddenly grabbed Xiao Fan in the air.
Before Xiao Fan could react, he felt that the space around him suddenly turned upside down following this grab, and then twisted crazily, and everything around him disappeared in the distortion.
But this kind of phenomenon only occurred for half a breath, and the surrounding area became calm again.
But Xiao Fan was surprised to find that he was no longer in the Walun area!
The place where he is now is a huge starry sky, with countless cold and dark huge stone balls constantly rotating around the fiery red boulders.
The size of these stone balls is really amazing. Compared with them, Xiao Fan is not even as good as a grain of dust!
Just the flames ejected from the surface of those burning red boulders can extend to a distance of hundreds of millions of miles. Compared with this, the Yunhe Continent and the underworld are just the tip of the iceberg.
"This...this is..." Xiao Fan was completely confused.
"Hehe, isn't it strange?" The sloppy drunkard stood in front of Xiao Fan, looked at Xiao Fan's shocked look and smiled: "Do you feel that this place is very strange?"
"What the hell is this place?"
"This is neither in the underworld, nor in other realms, nor outside the realm!" The sloppy drunkard rubbed his chin and said: "This is the space evolved from the nine realms, which is called the universe.
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"Universe?" Xiao Fan was even more confused.
"Haha, you don't need to understand this, and it's nothing special. This is not the real universe, it's just a world I simulated through independent fields, just for... playing a good game of chess!"
"Playing chess? You don't have to come here to play, right? Where are the chess pieces?" Xiao Fan asked doubtfully.
"The stars in the sky are the chess pieces! And the entire range that you can see is the chessboard, how about it?"
"Stars? You mean...these huge round stones are stars?" Xiao Fan was stunned.
"Haha, that's right, those things that are burning are one of those stars when you look up at the sky in the earth screen world!"
"This...how to do this?"
"It's very simple. It doesn't seem difficult for you to push these stars, right?" The sloppy drunkard pointed his finger, and suddenly a huge fireball swayed, followed by escaping from its own orbit, and was moved not far from Xiao Fan.
at.
Suddenly, the extremely hot temperature made Xiao Fan tremble all over.
"Using stars as chess pieces? Interesting!" Xiao Fan raised his hand and pushed the fireball away, then licked his lips and said: "Although I don't understand what senior means and what the universe is, but since senior has such a
If Yazhi wants to play a game of chess, then I should accompany you!"
"Haha, very good, you go first!" The sloppy drunkard nodded with satisfaction.
"Then this junior will be disrespectful!" Xiao Fan said, grabbing a fireball from a distance, locking it with his majestic Yuan force, and then dragged it to the side.
"Hey, you'd better use your true self to do it. The power of your clone is not enough!" The sloppy drunkard couldn't help but shake his head when he saw this.
"Senior, you actually know that I have this self?" Xiao Fan was startled, and immediately said nothing. The self suddenly opened his eyes from the Heart Poison Crystal, and his body swayed, and he and his clone instantly alternated.
"Haha, that's right. When playing chess, you should have this kind of fun feeling!" The sloppy drunkard laughed and waved his arms, causing huge burning fireballs to fly all over the sky.
"Okay!" Xiao Fan also became interested and kept controlling the fireballs around him.
Using the starry sky as a chessboard and countless stars as chess pieces, these two people are having a great time playing back and forth.
This method is simply breathtaking.
This game of chess has been played continuously for thirty years!
"Haha! Forget it, if we don't play anymore, there will be no winner if we continue like this!" After placing a chess piece, the sloppy drunkard smiled, stretched out, and shook the empty wine gourd in his hand.
: "I didn't expect you to be very good at playing chess!"
"Haha, senior accepted it!" Xiao Fan cupped his fists and laughed.
When facing a devastating disaster in the Earth Screen Realm before, it took three years to prepare, but within the Heart Poison Crystal, it took a full three thousand years.
As for training, Xiao Fan's biggest pastime, besides accompanying the beauties, was playing chess with old guys like Qingyangzi. From the original bad chess basket, he also honed his chess skills to a superb level.
"We have been playing chess for thirty years. Do you feel any changes in yourself?" the sloppy drunk suddenly asked.
"Change?" Xiao Fan was stunned. Over the years, he had been concentrating on playing chess and understanding the chess moves, but he was not distracted. At this time, after his spiritual consciousness wandered around in his body, he couldn't help but look happy.
"My Yuan Power is actually more pure than before? And...it has actually reached the edge of the late soul-stepping stage!"
"Hey, it takes a lot of strength to control these huge stars as chess pieces, so in the process of constantly playing chess, it is a great exercise to master and control your own strength. As the saying goes, the sword is more powerful.
The sharper you sharpen, this is why your cultivation level has also been further improved in the process of playing chess!" The sloppy drunkard said with a smile: "This can be regarded as... I helped you before you went to the hell world.
Just do a little favor!"
"Thank you, senior, but... Why did senior help me so many times?" Xiao Fan quickly clasped his fists and asked in confusion.
"It looks pleasing to you, okay?" The sloppy drunkard rolled his eyes and said, "Don't blame me for not reminding you, the hell world is not that easy to break into. There are many masters in it, so don't force yourself too much!"
"Remember the teachings of our seniors!" Xiao Fan nodded.
"Okay, the time is almost up. The entrance to the hell world has been opened. I will send you back right now!" The sloppy drunkard said, waving his sleeves, and a force suddenly wrapped Xiao Fan and sent him out.
cosmic space.
"Hey, although I shouldn't help you, but...the guys in the hell world are living too comfortably. It would be nice to go make trouble with them. It should be fun..." After sending Xiao Fan away,
The sloppy drunkard couldn't help but laugh alone...