The Fight Begins
After Su Xingchen's hesitant words, Bi Fan wasn't the only one who had this thought. Xu Lie sensed it too.
The two exchanged a glance without thinking. Bi Fan furrowed his brow deeply; he had to prevent this unexpected turn of events.
But the situation was still unclear, and he couldn't be certain that Su Xingchen had ulterior motives. They could only take things one step at a time.
Another hour passed. Their Soul Power had long since drifted an immeasurable distance away from their physical bodies. Just then, Su Xingchen abruptly came to a halt!
Bi Fan lifted his eyes and asked in a low voice, "Have you found it?"
Su Xingchen didn't answer. Instead, he gazed at the purple-glowing nebula not far ahead, studying it carefully for a long while.
Only after he had focused his mind and sensed the deeply hidden fluctuation of energy within did he let the delight in his eyes show.
He swiftly formed a Su Xingchen out of Soul Power—a person composed entirely of spiritual consciousness—and sent him step by step toward the nebula.
Xu Lie couldn't help asking telepathically, "Brother Bi, what do we do now?"
Bi Fan narrowed his eyes and replied quietly, "Don't rush. Anyone capable of cultivating the Spirit Refining Star Tome must be no ordinary person. Su Xingchen's not going to get what he wants so easily!"
When he reached his destination, Su Xingchen wore a cold smile and stretched out his hand. The inkstone appeared once more.
Bi Fan frowned as he looked at it. This inkstone wasn't a spirit body conjured from thin air; it was real. It seemed that most of Su Xingchen's power now depended on it.
At his urging, a somewhat complicated strand of Soul Power gradually spread out from