Chapter 259: Three Underwater Faults
"Hahaha, thanks for the kind words, Daoist friend."
With a hearty laugh, Zheng Hao couldn't wait to fly to the destination.
"We've arrived; this is the place!"
After a short while, Zheng Zhenhao suddenly paused in mid-air and then plunged into the sea.
Li Fan followed, diving deep into the ocean and reaching the seabed.
Sweeping his divine sense, he observed the three major fault lines composed of numerous rugged mountain ranges below.
"Truly extraordinary, it has a unique charm compared to the mountains and rivers on land."
Li Fan couldn't help but marvel.
Zheng Hao stood on the underwater mountain range, closed his eyes, seemingly searching for something.
Above his head, the "Hundred Veins Formation Map of Mountains and Rivers" suddenly appeared.
In an instant, as if there were inexplicable fluctuations emanating from the continuous mountain ranges below, it faintly resonated with the formation map.
Zheng Hao continuously adjusted his position, determining the optimal location.
Li Fan quietly observed from the side.
After a while, Zheng Hao suddenly opened his eyes, revealing a glint of insight.
The "Hundred Veins Formation Map of Mountains and Rivers" above his head expanded rapidly with his intent.
In an instant, it became as large as hundreds of miles.
Sharp-eyed Li Fan also noticed that the appearance of the mountains and rivers in the formation was constantly changing.
Surprisingly, it gradually became more similar to the underwater mountain range shrouded below.
The resonance fluctuations became stronger and stronger.
When the scenery in the map completely matched the actual scene, Zheng Hao shouted.
The formation emitted a dazzling white light and then seemed to completely merge into the lower mountains, disappearing.
Zheng Hao formed seals and pointed continuously. Beside him, the mountain and river formation subtly changed.
It seemed to form a large array, guarding Zheng Hao in the center.
"Hundreds of Veins in the mountains and rivers can be used as a formation... What a clever technique."
Li Fan had once peeked into Zheng Hao's "Detailed Explanation of Mountain and River Formation Map." He was not unfamiliar with this method of turning the form of mountains and rivers into a formation.
"Would Daoist friend please protect me!" Zheng Hao solemnly said to Li Fan.
After that, he focused his mind and formally began to form the Golden Core.
Although this place was quite remote, rarely visited by cultivators, Li Fan did not relax his vigilance.
He flew above Zheng Hao, overlooking his formation of the Golden Core, while also keeping an eye on the surroundings to act as a guard.
It was different from the magnificent scene when Zhang Haobo formed the Golden Core, filling the sky with the Sword, Water, and Wind methods.
At the beginning, absolute quietness prevailed.
There were no abnormal signs; Zheng Hao just sat cross-legged above the three underwater faults, motionless.
If Li Fan hadn't vaguely sensed that something seemed to be brewing beneath the fractured seabed, he would almost think that Zheng Hao was just in seclusion.
Li Fan patiently waited.
The process of accumulating power was even longer than imagined.
More than ten days passed before changes finally occurred.
In the silent underwater world, a sound resembling a heartbeat suddenly echoed.
"Thump!"
Li Fan narrowed his eyes.
At the moment he heard the sound, he had a momentary illusion.
The hundred-mile-long seabed three faults seemed to suddenly come alive.
It was as if a deep-sea behemoth that had been sleeping for countless years suddenly awakened, giving him an inexplicable sense of danger.
"Thump!"
The heartbeat sound echoed again.
The earth trembled slightly.
Li Fan's feeling became even stronger.
From the perspective of the heavens and the earth, when he looked at the mountains below, Li Fan vaguely saw.
With the continuous echoing of the heartbeat-like sound, deep in the earth, strands of earthy-yellow energy surged like blood flowing through veins.
Endless power surged through the earth, bringing boundless strength.
"The method of Earth Veins..."
Li Fan seemed to have gained some enlightenment.
Expanding to a hundred miles and merging with the underwater mountains below, the "Hundred Veins Formation Map of Mountains and Rivers" at the edge suddenly erupted with a bright light.
It was as if a silver dividing line separated it from the original underwater mountain range.
With the heartbeat sound, countless massive earthy-yellow vein forces rushed from the vast continental shelf in the boundless distance.
Like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, they were all absorbed by the formation.
"Just the method of Earth Veins, and it has such a momentum?"
"Extraordinary, truly extraordinary!"
"Indeed, he is the man I value!"
Li Fan exclaimed in admiration, eagerly anticipating the remaining two techniques.
The Earth's Pulse Force continued to surge, gradually stabilizing.
He Zhenghao began to explore the 'Mountain and River Technique' once again.
Li Fan noticed that the sea around, which should have been still, was slowly flowing at this moment.
From the highest seabed, it flowed downward.
With each fall of thousands of meters, unique underwater waterfalls formed, each layer changing in momentum and speed.
After the baptism of the three major faults, the slow undercurrent had turned into a rushing underwater river.
Sweeping and washing through the underwater mountain range.
Compared to the heartbeat of the Earth's Pulse, it sounded like heavy breathing.
Rivers rushed through, cutting through the dense mountain ranges.
Strands of blue and blue energy were absorbed by the formation.
"The Technique of Mountains and Rivers..." Li Fan's eyes flashed with a hint of brilliance.
The Earth's Pulse and the mountains and rivers complemented each other.
The constant heartbeat and breathing echoed in his ears.
The three underwater faults below gave a more apparent sense of "activity."
Blue and yellow light emerged continuously in this underwater area.
It seemed to attract some cultivators who came to investigate.
Most of them could tell that a certain cultivator was breaking through the Golden Core stage.
Later, Li Fan revealed his identity as a maintenance member of the Wan Xian Alliance Formation.
These cultivators, seeing someone protecting the formation and being a member of the Wan Xian Alliance, dispelled their thoughts and chose to avoid it.
However, there were still some persistent and unscrupulous cultivators lurking.
Most of them were nameless wandering cultivators.
Their strength was all below the Golden Core stage.
Li Fan, without hesitation, activated his insect-binding divine ability, directly capturing them and throwing them far away.
In this way, three days passed.
This spectacular movement slowly began to converge.
The heartbeat became faint.
The breathing became light.
The power of the Earth's Pulse and the power of the mountains and rivers gradually receded.
The sense of "activity" also slowly subsided.
It returned to the normal appearance of the seabed abyss.
However, Li Fan could clearly feel it.
This was hiding, not disappearing.
An obscure and unnamed energy concealed all anomalies.
Making it difficult for people to perceive.
If Li Fan had not witnessed all the changes and developments from beginning to end and observed them meticulously from the perspective of the world, he probably could not have sensed the inexplicable changes here.
Li Fan looked down at the underwater abyss as if staring at an ancient ferocious beast ready to devour anyone at any time.
Occasionally, an indescribable palpitation surged in his heart.
"The Technique of Concealed Abyss..."
"Wonderful!"
"The three techniques are complete. It seems that Senior He is not far from completing his Golden Core!"
Li Fan thought to himself.
The seabed returned to its silent appearance.
Seven days later.
However, He Zhenghao still had not successfully formed his Golden Core.
The Earth's Pulse, the mountains and rivers, and the Concealed Abyss techniques had all stopped fluctuating.
In theory, he could have formed the Golden Core at this point.
However, He Zhenghao remained motionless.
It didn't seem like a failure.
It looked more like he was waiting for something.
(End of this chapter)