The monster within was revealed to be the mad old man's master!
Such a casual, matter-of-fact tone...
A total psychopath...
The scene flashed again.
The old man's clothes had changed, but they were still tattered.
This time, he was standing before the glass container again, but the monster inside had undergone a slight change.
Its flesh had clearly rotted, hanging haphazardly on its bones...
"Why?! Why did it fail again?!" The mad old man hysterically slammed the glass container: "Where did it go wrong!!!"
And then, he did something that shattered the worldview of Ye Fan and the others!
"Bang—!"
"Splash—!"
The old man smashed the glass container with a punch!
Then, he grabbed a piece of flesh from the monster and put it directly into his mouth!
He chewed it slowly with his eyes closed, as if contemplating something...
The little enchantress and the others felt a surge of nausea...
Fortunately, the scene ended quickly.
Otherwise, they might have vomited on the spot!
Scene after scene flashed by, faithfully recording everything the mad old man had done.
Fortunately, the latter parts were relatively more normal, mostly experimental records of him creating stitched-together monsters.
The difference was that the levels of the demonic beasts he chose were progressively higher.
It seemed his experiments were progressing well.
The scene flashed again.
This time, the mad old man was not conducting any research but was packing up things in the room.
Mainly, he was collecting documents that recorded the experimental process and progress.
As the mad old man tidied up, he excitedly muttered to himself.
"Master, you wouldn't have expected this!"
"The person you mentioned before appeared in the Great Liang Kingdom a while ago!"
"If I find him, I'll get the complete theory, hahahaha!"
...
The mad old man seemed extremely agitated, knocking over many things as he left.
After that, the scene showed an empty room with no further changes.
Fifteen minutes later, the image completely vanished.
"Strange?" the little enchantress mused, "Why did it stop? Is it broken?"
"It should have only recorded up to that point."
Ye Fan said as he opened the base of the crystal ball.
As expected.
Two magic crystals were embedded inside, but one of them had completely dimmed, clearly out of energy.
"Hey? What is this thing?" the little enchantress asked, full of curiosity.
"Magic crystal, you can think of it as similar to a demonic core," Ye Fan replied casually.
Although usually, one magic crystal was enough for the crystal ball to function normally, some people chose to place two magic crystals inside.
After all, magic crystals with more energy were more expensive, and mages were an extremely costly profession...
Except for certain exceptionally wealthy individuals, most mages lived a relatively tight life.
The reason they were able to activate it smoothly just now was due to the spare magic crystal.
Seeing the little enchantress staring at the magic crystal with shining eyes, Ye Fan couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Indeed, women and dragons had the same attribute: they couldn't resist shiny things...
"If you like it, take it." Ye Fan simply took out the magic crystal and handed it to the little enchantress.
He had no use for this thing anyway, so he let her have it to play with.
"Thank you." The little enchantress took the magic crystal and happily began to play with it.
Shan Ji and Xiang Jiao Jun also seemed very interested in this novel item, watching the little enchantress play with eager eyes...
Ye Fan rubbed his temples, organizing his thoughts about this secret realm expedition.
Now it seemed that his own ridiculous theory had been brought to this world by someone.
Then, after several transfers, it reached the mad old man.
Although the mad old man's version was incomplete, it didn't mean the person who brought it didn't possess the complete version.
Perhaps the three jade pendants of his granddaughter earlier were also brought by that mysterious person!
These were only the parts he had seen.
No one could say for sure if that mysterious person had more things related to him.
Damn it.
Who the hell was this guy?
Could he have dug up his family's graves?
Although he was standing here alive and well, the thought of his family's graves being dug up still made Ye Fan feel quite disgusted.
It seemed he had to find a way to locate this person!
All the signs now indicated that the worlds he had traversed before were gradually intertwining into a web.
And this mysterious person might be the key to glimpsing the full picture of this grand web!
According to the mad old man, that person had appeared in the Great Liang Kingdom before.
However, the exact timing was uncertain...
Thinking of this, Ye Fan suddenly had a bold idea.
The mad old man, having found a clue, set off for the Great Liang Kingdom.
The little enchantress was sealed underground, which might have happened during this period!
If that were the case...
Wouldn't it be equivalent to him indirectly implicating the little enchantress?
Holy cow...
No, no, no.
How could there be such a coincidence in the world? He must be overthinking it!
It seemed it was time to go back.
Although he might not be able to find that mysterious person, he might find some clues about him.
Although the hope was slim.
However, the matter in Ge City was now concluded, and he had no other clues for the time being.
Besides, he had been away for so long this time, and it was time to return to the sect and check in.
After all, Zi Yun Zhenren was his master, wasn't he?
Although his master, the sect leader, had a few minor flaws.
For example, excessive narcissism, a penchant for sneak attacks, price gouging, being 'tight-lipped', often dragging people to play mahjong, and crucially, being a sore loser who liked to renege on debts, etc., etc...
Hmm...
Looking at it this way, this master seemed quite troublesome...
Forget it, forget it...
Who doesn't have some bad habits...
He was still his master, after all...
...
"Since everything is fine, let's go back," Ye Fan said.
"Okay, okay!" the little enchantress said eagerly, "Now that we're going back, are we going to unify Ge City?"
In her opinion, since Ye Fan had defeated the big boss here, he should naturally take his place!
Then Ye Fan would be the boss of the entire Ge City, and she would be the big boss lady of Ge City!
In the future, she wouldn't have to spend money on food, clothing, housing, and transportation, which would save a lot!
"No," Ye Fan shook his head, "We're going to the Great Liang Kingdom."
"Ye Fan, you..." The little enchantress suddenly froze, "Are you going to avenge me... Wuwuwu, I'm so touched..."
Ye Fan couldn't be bothered to correct the little enchantress's misunderstanding and immediately led them away.
Shortly after everyone left.
The gatekeeper whose head was stomped on suddenly emitted a faint black light.
The shattered fragments of his head began to writhe slowly, as if the black light intended to repair them.
Half an hour later.
The black light tried hard for a long time but ultimately achieved nothing...
Suddenly!
The black light seemed to have discovered something, leaving the gatekeeper's body and slowly wriggling towards the side.
And not just one, but many thin black lights wriggled together.
The scene looked like a pile of black maggots crawling.
After another quarter of an hour, these black lights finally wriggled to something.
The blood-stained clothes the little enchantress had thrown away earlier!
The black lights seemed to have found treasure and tried to scrape off the blood from them.
After several failed attempts, the black lights converged into one place.
Finally, they formed a black sphere of light about the size of a fist.
The black sphere swayed twice and absorbed a drop of blood from the clothes.
Just this tiny drop of blood bizarrely dyed the entire black sphere red!
An eerie dark red!
And as this drop of blood entered, the sphere of light began to twist violently!
It looked as if something inside was about to burst the sphere!
Then the sphere of light accelerated and returned to the gatekeeper's body.
The eerie red light erupted completely!
The gatekeeper's body began to shatter inch by inch!
In just a few breaths.
"Bang—!"
The gatekeeper exploded!
Blown to pieces!
Where his corpse had been, a standing man appeared.