Chapter 1977 - 1973: The Seventh Crystal
After Ye Fan and Lan Jing’s cultivation session ended, Lan Jing’s skills had also improved significantly, and more importantly, Lan Jing’s feelings for Ye Fan were rapidly intensifying.
Once everything was over, Lan Jing leaned against Ye Fan, not wanting to move, while Ye Fan himself didn’t know how to make a closer gesture with Lan Jing. He wasn’t in a hurry, just holding Lan Jing, enjoying the warmth after the event.
"Ye Fan, shall we go to the bottom of the Death Sea again and take a look?" Lan Jing suggested proactively after gathering herself.
Ye Fan shook his head and said, "No need, you just need to cultivate well. The rest, let me handle it, I can go and resolve it myself."
"No, I want to go with you." Lan Jing said firmly.
Seeing Lan Jing’s eyes, Ye Fan didn’t know what to say, so he could only nod, taking Lan Jing with him into the Death Sea. The two of them headed in the direction where they had previously discovered some clues.
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The two of them reached the deepest part of the Death Sea, arriving at the place where they found the clue of the seventh small crystal last time. Ye Fan only used his Spiritual Sense to probe a bit but still didn’t find any clues.
However, at this moment, Lan Jing’s body started emitting a nearly blue glow, resembling her name, even somewhat like the small blue crystal. Under this glow, a force in the distance was responding. This time the feeling was very strong; even Ye Fan could feel it. He immediately took Lan Jing towards the direction from which the force was emanating, finding the source about millions of kilometers away.
"Ye Fan, is it this?" Lan Jing pointed into the distance and said.
Lan Jing also saw the energy source, which, unlike the previous six small crystals, emitted not a single color but a multi-colored glow. Under this light, Ye Fan also realized he might have found the root cause. When the two reached the energy source, it could sense Ye Fan and Lan Jing’s arrival and its energy weakened significantly.
"How beautiful." Lan Jing seemed naturally fond of multi-colored things, and at this moment, the seventh small crystal in her eyes seemed like a diamond refracting light, dazzling, and all this radiance came from the small crystal itself.
When Lan Jing reached out to take the small crystal in her hand, it directly evaded.
Lan Jing did not continue to pursue. She looked at Ye Fan and said, "Ye Fan, what’s going on?"
"I can’t explain it now, but it seems afraid of you; after all, we can’t communicate with it right now," Ye Fan said regretfully, "The Copper Mirror inside me, which could communicate with small crystals, is gone, and even the other six small crystals are missing now. We can only rely on our goodwill to make it accept us."
Lan Jing blinked and asked, "What should I do then?"
Ye Fan nodded and said, "You just need to approach it in your own way. It will sense that you are the person it needs to find, and that will be enough. We can then take it away from here."
"Okay." Lan Jing nodded. She followed Ye Fan’s instructions to continue extending her hand to entice the small crystal, which responded by emitting its signals towards Lan Jing, but unfortunately, Lan Jing had no idea what these signals meant.
Finally, after a long time, the small crystal landed on Lan Jing’s shoulder, looking happy. Lan Jing said, "Ye Fan, it feels just like the old small blue crystal, always wanting to play with me."
"They are originally made of the same material, and even have similar personalities. However, making contact with them now is not an easy task," Ye Fan said, looking at the small crystal, "Can you understand what I’m saying? If you can, bounce twice on her shoulder."
The small crystal seemed still somewhat afraid of Ye Fan and hid directly in Lan Jing’s hair, as if only Lan Jing was familiar, while Ye Fan appeared to be an enemy.
"Ye Fan, why does it seem so afraid of you?" Lan Jing asked curiously.
"Perhaps because I chased it before," Ye Fan replied, "At that time, I desperately wanted to find the seventh small crystal and ventured to the seabed, so it hid from me. I can’t prove my sincerity, so I brought you to find it. Now that it’s found, it’s afraid of me for now, but the future is uncertain." Ye Fan smiled.
Lan Jing said, "Yes, you can help the small crystal acquire a human body, and you are supposed to be its master, right?"
She said, and the small crystal was still hiding behind her hair, seemingly weary, wanting to sleep there.
Ye Fan said, "It seems it has been through a lot to find you, and now it’s somewhat exhausted. Why don’t we let it rest on you, and we’ll take it back to Earth."
"Okay." Lan Jing nodded. At this moment, Lan Jing was even more infatuated with Ye Fan, having no willingness to reject anything he said, and at this time, Ye Fan was giving Lan Jing a very good feeling.
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The two of them returned to Earth with the small crystal. Ye Fan did not let Lan Jing take the small crystal to meet anyone else as it’s necessary to establish a communication mechanism with the small crystal. Ye Fan also needed the small crystal to help him contact the six small crystals within him.
"Ye Fan, why don’t we take it to see Sister Zhao Jun?" Lan Jing asked.
"The small crystal has just come to be with us, and everything is unfamiliar to it. We shouldn’t cause it any disturbance. As long as we can stimulate its power to awaken the six small crystals inside me, my Copper Mirror can regain its function. At that point, I can establish contact with them, and our communication won’t be as complicated as now," Ye Fan said.
Lan Jing said, "Then I’ll listen to you in everything. Whatever you say now, I’ll do..."
The two sat down in a deserted villa. Ye Fan picked up a cup of water from the table and said to Lan Jing, "First, put it inside."
"Why?" Lan Jing asked curiously.
"These small crystals are always curious about luminous things. First, let it find its own toy and lower its guard," Ye Fan laughed.
"Hmm." Lan Jing finally placed the small crystal into the glass. The small crystal seemed to wake up, emitting a faint glow. When it saw Ye Fan, it seemed somewhat afraid, wanting to return to Lan Jing’s shoulder.
At this moment, Ye Fan capped it with a glass lid, like it was being trapped in a cage, causing the small crystal to emit a "squeaky" sound.