As expected, Xu Fei found a ring lying quietly inside, its surface adorned with a yin-yang fish design, exuding an ancient, rustic aura.
Xu Fei reached out and placed the ring on his finger, and immediately, the yin-yang fish on the ring began to slowly rotate.
This signified that the ring had recognised Xu Fei as its rightful bearer, claiming the identity of the temple’s heir that Kawashima Ichio had so desperately sought.
It now belonged to Xu Fei.
Xu Fei turned back and bowed respectfully to the stone tablet, then retraced his steps to return.
As he reached the crack, preparing to climb back through, the stone tile beneath his foot suddenly sank, and the chamber began to transform.
Xu Fei noticed a gap appearing on his right, which startled him.
The surprise wasn’t the change itself, but the fact that Xu Fei had just been thinking how convenient it would be if another exit appeared.
And then, the gap materialised.
“Could it be that I now truly possess the power to freely control the temple?”
With this thought, Xu Fei focused his mind, and the gap widened further, stones below stacking up to form a stone staircase extending all the way to the ground.
“Now that’s more like it! If I had to crawl back through, where’s the dignity of the temple’s master?”
Xu Fei couldn’t help but quip, then leisurely descended the stone steps.
When the barely conscious Kawashima Ichio, lying on the ground, saw Xu Fei slowly walking down the steps, the aura of a returning king instantly made him realise that he had always been the unfortunate guide, while the true master was Xu Fei, not himself.
“Give up, this ring is the symbol of the temple’s master, and it now belongs to me!”
“With my current medical skills, if you choose to surrender, I can still save your life!”
Xu Fei said, looking at the dying Kawashima Ichio.
To his surprise, Kawashima Ichio let out a cold, self-mocking laugh.
“Now I finally understand that I was the clown all along.”
“Living is no longer something worth fighting for, take this, it’ll be useful when you go to R Country.”
Kawashima Ichio tossed over a crescent-shaped token, resembling the scarlet full moon that had appeared in the sky earlier.
The only difference was that one was a crescent, the other a full moon.
Xu Fei caught it, frowning as he asked, “What makes you so confident that I’ll go to R Country?”
Kawashima Ichio laughed again, his eyes filled with desolate clarity, as if he had seen through everything.
“Of course I know, the so-called evil god was originally from Huaxia, and before his death, he left the complete cultivation technique in my homeland.”
“A Huaxia cultivator like you surely can’t bear the thought of your cultivation being incomplete, you’ll definitely make the trip to achieve perfection!”
Xu Fei found some truth in his words, it seemed he would need to make time for a visit.
At that moment, the underground palace suddenly began to shake violently, startling Xu Fei.
“What’s happening? Isn’t the palace under my control?”
