"Can I have a look at the jade pendant?"
After a moment of excitement, Uncle Pan's excited face regained its usual calmness. He then cautiously asked Xing Jue.
"Hmm."
Xing Jue smiled and placed the jade pendant in Uncle Pan's hands.
After carefully looking at Xing Jue's jade pendant, Uncle Pan's face revealed an excited smile. That smile was as if he was about to be reborn. He then said to Xing Jue,
"You are finally here."
"Hmm, you do look a little like him."
After carefully sizing up Xing Jue, he smiled and said, "It's not a big deal.
"Uncle Pan, you know my father?"
At this time, Xing Jue finally could not hold back the excitement in his heart and asked Uncle Pan excitedly. Since Uncle Pan was the person he was looking for, then he must have some understanding of his background.
"I know him, but I don't know him well." Uncle Pan said with a smile.
"Then do you know where my father is now?" Xing Jue continued to ask.
"I don't know. Seventeen years ago, I was asked by your father to wait for you here in order to give you something. Now that you are here, my mission is considered completed."
As he spoke, Uncle Pan took out a jade pendant from his robes. Upon closer inspection, it was actually the same pendant as Xing Jue's. Following which, Uncle Pan placed the two pendants against each other. Under Xing Jue's shocked gaze, the two jade pendants fused together. In the end, they actually fused together into a single pendant.
After completing this, Uncle Pan excitedly looked at the jade pendant in his hand, as if he could not bear to part with it. After a moment, he still handed it over to Xing Jue.
"What is going on?"
Looking at the jade pendant in his hand, Xing Jue could not see the difference between this jade pendant and the previous one. However, he clearly saw that this jade pendant was the result of two jade pendants fusing together.
"Your soul energy is very special. If your enemies discover it, you will definitely lose your life. This jade pendant can suppress your Spiritual Strength, preventing others from discovering it. "Seeing Xing Jue's confusion, Uncle Pan explained to Xing Jue.
"So that's how it is."
After hearing Uncle Pan's words, Xing Jue finally understood his father's intention. After keeping the jade pendant, Xing Jue looked at Uncle Pan curiously.
He was very curious why Uncle Pan said that he didn't know his father well, but he was still willing to wait for him here for 17 years. Now that he was here, if he didn't come, wouldn't Uncle Pan have to wait here for a lifetime?
Xing Jue had never heard of a person who was willing to do such a thing for someone he was not very familiar with, nor did he believe that such a person existed.
"Hehe, this story is a bit long. If you want to know what happened, then sit down."
As if seeing through Xing Jue's thoughts, Uncle Pan said to Xing Jue with a smile, then signaled Xing Jue to sit down.
Seeing this, Xing Jue also hurriedly sat down. Xing Jue could be said to be looking forward to the next part of the story.
"I believe you can also see that I am not an ordinary person."
"Actually, there is no harm in telling you. Back then, I was also an expert. At least in the eastern part of the Tianwu Continent, there was no one who was my opponent." Speaking until here, Uncle Pan had a proud smile on his face.
No one in the eastern part of the Tianwu Continent was his opponent? Hearing this, Xing Jue couldn't help but feel admiration for Uncle Pan. However, he also felt that it was strange. How could such an expert allow himself to be slaughtered by a few bandits just now? Could it be that he was intentionally hiding his strength? Wasn't his ability to endure too much?
"However, just when I thought that I was already very amazing, your father suddenly appeared in front of me." Speaking until here, Uncle Pan's emotions became a little emotional.
And Xing Jue also felt that his father must have done something to this Uncle Pan.
"Your father made a bet with me, saying that he could defeat me in one move, and the bet was for me to wait for you here until you appeared."
"Although this bet was extremely harsh, to the me back then, I didn't think that I would lose, so I accepted this bet with your father."
"But in the end … it was a failure." Speaking until here, Uncle Pan couldn't help but clench his fists. Obviously, he still had some lingering fears about what happened back then.
And after hearing Uncle Pan's words, Xing Jue was even more shocked. Uncle Pan claimed that even in the entire eastern part of the Tianwu Continent, there was no one who was his opponent. This meant that his strength was definitely very strong.
What shocked Xing Jue the most was that his father could defeat Uncle Pan in one move. Then what level was his father at? What level of expert was that? Just thinking about it made Xing Jue's heart beat faster. To the current him, that kind of expert was simply too sacred.
"After that, your father was afraid that I would break the bet, so he sealed my strength in a sealing array. And the key to unlocking the sealing array is the jade pendant in your hand." Speaking until here, Uncle Pan looked at Xing Jue with an expectant gaze.
"Eh?"
And hearing until here, Xing Jue was a little speechless. His father's methods could be said to be ruthless. To a once peerless expert, strength was extremely important. It was no wonder that such an expert like Uncle Pan was willing to wait for him here.
"Can you … help me remove the seal? As long as you help me, no matter what happens in the future, as long as it is within my ability, I will do my best to help you. "Suddenly, Uncle Pan said to Xing Jue emotionally. There was even a hint of a pleading tone in his words.
"Then where is the sealing array?" Xing Jue slowly asked after a moment of silence.
This Uncle Pan was truly pitiful. Out of a kind of pity in his heart, Xing Jue also wanted to help him. And if he could help Uncle Pan recover his strength, it would also be a great help to him.
An expert that was unrivalled in the three empires. With this kind of help, didn't that mean that in the future, Xing Jue could walk unhindered in the three empires?
"Endless Sea Region."
Uncle Pan said word by word. And at this moment, an extremely unfamiliar name entered Xing Jue's mind.
"Endless Sea Region? Where is that? "Xing Jue asked curiously.
"The Sky Martial Continent is very big. Right now, the three empires are only in the eastern part of the Sky Martial Continent. It sounds nice to say that it is the eastern part, but it is actually just a forgotten corner of the Sky Martial Continent. The Endless Sea Region is to the west of the three empires. It can be said that it is a place where experts are as common as clouds. And my home is there. "Uncle Pan explained to Xing Jue.
"Oh."
After listening to Uncle Pan's explanation, Xing Jue finally understood what it meant by 'there's always someone better than you.'
It was no wonder his master, Senior Feng, had once told him that a power like Yufeng Pavilion would only be a mid-tier power in the Sky Martial Continent.
A mid-tier power like Yufeng Pavilion was already so powerful to Xing Jue. Then just how powerful would a high-tier power be? His own race, the Spirit Eater race, had been the strongest power in the Sky Martial Continent in the past. Just how powerful would they be at that time?
"The Endless Sea Region isn't very far from here. If you travel normally, you can reach it in half a year," said Uncle Pan.
"Not far? Half a year? Half a year is not far? " After hearing Uncle Pan's words, Xing Jue's expression immediately became excited. To him, the faster he could become stronger, the better. He did not have the time to waste on half a year's time on his journey.
"As long as you help me, I can guarantee that you will become a Martial God within a year." Uncle Pan seemed to see through Xing Jue's worries.
"Become a Martial God in a year? Are you joking? Do you know what level I am at now? "Xing Jue said with extreme disbelief.
"Just a low-tier Wu Zun, and you will soon become a mid-tier Wu Zun."
"Don't be surprised. It's just a small matter. I can tell from the way you repelled those bandits," said Uncle Pan with a smile.
"Are you serious?" At this moment, Xing Jue also began to admire Uncle Pan. Just by looking at the strength of others, he could tell the level of strength. This was not something an ordinary person could do.
"If I lied to you, you don't have to help me break the seal. But I want to tell you that helping me is the same as helping you."
"Even with his strength back then, he still wanted to do such a thing. That means he was in a dangerous situation back then, and his enemies were even stronger than him."
"To put it bluntly, if your father was still alive, he wouldn't have abandoned you to this remote place!" Uncle Pan said again.
After hearing Uncle Pan's words, Xing Jue clenched his fists even tighter. Creaking sounds came from his fists.
In fact, Xing Jue also knew that his father might have died. Otherwise, he wouldn't have left him those words, such as telling him to be an ordinary person and to be more ordinary.
As for what happened back then, Xing Jue could guess a little. His father should be a survivor of the Spirit Eater Clan, and he worked hard to cultivate for the revival of his clan.
"In the end, his father did reach a peak level, but it was obvious that he failed in the end."
"And the ultimate reason for his failure is very likely the mysterious expert that Xiaoqian mentioned. The expert who destroyed the Spirit Eater Clan alone."
After a moment of silence, Xing Jue raised his head and said to Uncle Pan, "Alright, I promise you."
Even though his father failed, Xing Jue still wanted to try. Although it was still too far to talk about revenge, as long as he had enough strength, he could achieve it. And what Xing Jue needed to do was to increase his strength as soon as possible, because he had too many things to do. Strength was his capital.
After hearing Xing Jue's words, an excited smile finally appeared on Uncle Pan's face.
"Then when do you and I set off?" Xing Jue asked again. As long as he thought about increasing his strength, Xing Jue was even more anxious than Uncle Pan.
"Tonight, we can only sneak away. Otherwise, it will be hard to explain to the others." Uncle Pan said slowly after a moment of silence.
"Alright." Xing Jue also agreed.
Looking at Uncle Pan's somewhat melancholic eyes, Xing Jue could also guess some of the reasons. Even though Uncle Pan was once a peerless expert, he had lived the life of an ordinary person for the past 17 years. It would be a lie to say that he didn't have any feelings for the residents of Heping Village for 17 years.
Thus, Xing Jue and Uncle Pan headed towards the unknown journey under the full moon that hung high in the sky and everyone was asleep.
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