Forging a Mara to Descend into the World with Heavenly Mandate as the Lure

Weakness. Li Fan felt nothing but weakness, a weakness that had utterly swallowed every one of his senses from within and without.

Struggling to sit up, he only wanted a sip of water, yet he could not reach the kettle on the bedside table.

"Here. If you can't even get up, don't move around." A voice came, and then the kettle was handed to him.

"Thank you, I..." Li Fan took the kettle. Just as he was about to express his gratitude, he suddenly looked up and saw who had handed it to him.

It was Lu Xingshi. Li Fan's eyes widened enormously.

"You... you..." He could not even hold the kettle steady. It fell to the floor as he shakily pointed at Lu Xingshi.

"Calm down. I came to see you." Lu Xingshi spoke gently. "After all, you're about to die. No matter what, I had to come for one last meeting."

He spoke as though they were old friends reuniting after a long separation, yet Li Fan was chilled to the bone.

At this moment, Li Fan had only the last thread of Heavenly Mandate left within him. It was simply too deeply rooted for Curse of Mandate: Liu Qing to plunder away, so Lu Xingshi could only come and take it himself.

"The victor becomes king, the loser becomes bandit. I really am about to die." Li Fan forced himself to calm down. He accepted his fate.

"Before I die, can I ask you a few questions?" Li Fan suddenly asked.

"Go ahead." Lu Xingshi did not particularly care about his questions. This thread of Heavenly Mandate truly was difficult to obtain, and taking it away would be somewhat troublesome.

Since the other man wanted to talk, Lu Xingshi would keep him company.

"Who saved me?" Li