NOVPUB"Can’t cultivate?"
Li Qing’s incarnate was crafted using the blood essence of Su Yuqing’s Heavenly Dao Incarnation from Li Realm, and was further established on the Tao Foundation with the Heavenly Black Sword. It was impossible for there to be a situation where one’s natural talent wasn’t sufficient to begin practicing the Techniques.
It seemed that the restriction was with the "Life Spirit Elemental Technique" itself.
Li Fan cast his gaze toward the Spirit Element Sect disciple slumped in the corner.
"How interesting, despite knowing the content of the Technique, there are no memories related to the Elemental Spirit Technique in the divine soul. They can only be extracted through torture. Is the Technique stored within the flesh?"
Li Fan’s divine sense swept over the unconscious disciple, meticulously examining him.
Given Li Fan’s current extensive knowledge of the human body, he quickly noticed something unusual.
Inside the body of the Spirit Element Sect disciple, there existed a layer of branding inscribed deep within the flesh, forming a unique sigil. This sigil seemed not to affect the body in any way, but Li Fan keenly detected traces of the Techniques’ operation on it.
Even though this Spirit Element Sect disciple had since switched to a New Method, the imprints left by years of practicing the previous Technique had not faded away at all.
"The imprint stores the Technique and also serves as a sort of authentication. One can only practice the ’Life Spirit Elemental Technique’ if they match the authentication..."
Not long afterward, Li Fan’s divine sense moved away from the disciple of the Spirit Element Sect, who was now nothing more than a pile of flesh and blood.
It wasn’t that he was merciless and wanted to silence the man.
But rather, when he was inspecting the Elemental Spirit Technique imprint, he triggered its inbuilt protection. The imprint self-destructed, consequently tearing apart the disciple’s body.
Fortunately, Li Fan had already memorized all of the imprint’s details before this happened.
Even though it was exceedingly intricate, all it took was a glance for the Huadao Stone to perfectly replicate it.
Li Fan squinted his eyes, his hand dancing in the Void as if it were a brush.
The Elemental Spirit Technique imprint gradually took form.
Its shape was human-like, comprised of more than 128,000 different "parts" intertwined with each other.
At the moment the imprint was recreated, it seemed to possess its own spirituality, and began to move on its own.
First, it aimlessly discerned its surroundings, then it slowly drifted toward the muddy remains on the ground. no𝚟𝚙u𝚋.c𝚘m
Li Fan didn’t intervene, simply observing the changes.
Once the human-shaped imprint attached to the flesh, the chunks of meat that had already lost all signs of life began to twitch. Using the imprint as a skeleton and the flesh as its attire, it redressed itself.
The process was quite unsettling, but what truly astonished Li Fan happened next.
Although the Technique’s imprint reshaped the body, it did not bring the disciple back to life. It was nothing more than a walking corpse, and furthermore, its appearance hadn’t even been restored.
It was purely a creation of flesh melded together, and its first and only mission upon existence was to sit cross-legged and start practicing the "Life Spirit Elemental Technique."
Spiritual Energy slowly gathered within the body of the flesh construct, and before long, Li Fan sensed the operation of the Technique within it.
Like a machine built of flesh, even in the absence of the disciple’s life to serve as "host," it could endlessly and tirelessly cultivate the "Life Spirit Elemental Technique."
The flesh machine had neither intelligence nor consciousness, oblivious to both Li Fan and Li Qing, simply following its predetermined instructions, executing its task.
"No wonder that enigmatic Sect Master of the Elemental Spirit Sect was initially able to find enough Cultivators to practice the Technique, allowing the gains from the Technique to directly offset the side effects of Incompatible Cultivation."
"It turns out he relied on these flesh Puppets without their own consciousness."
A look of keen interest flashed in Li Fan’s eyes.
"Even after death, the flesh continued to operate the Technique instinctually, probably due to that kind of imprint. I had never heard about this before, it seems the Sect Master of the Elemental Spirit Sect also had secrets of his own."
"Too bad, even with the intervention of the Heavenly Venerable Law Phases, it was no different from a fight with an ant, an inevitable death."
Of course, it wasn’t ruled out that the Sect Master of the Spirit Element Sect might not have been in Jiushan Province at the time, and by chance, avoided this disaster.
All that was needed now was to verify it...
Under the guidance of Li Fan, his Incarnate, Li Qing, immediately sat cross-legged and began to inscribe the Elemental Spirit Technique markings within his own body.
The original body was intently feeling the subtle changes that occurred within as the number of markings kept increasing.
Only when the markings had fully reappeared and connected into one, did Li Fan faintly perceive their influence on the flesh and blood.
To put it in layman’s terms, it was like stamping a seal on the physical body.
"Cultivate the ’Life Spirit Elemental Technique’," Li Fan said with narrowed eyes.
Li Qing gave a slight nod and once again attempted to operate the Elemental Spirit Technique.
This time, encountering no obstructions, he quickly mastered the basics of the cultivation art.
"Aside from us, no one else in the Xuanhuang World is cultivating this technique anymore."
"It seems that the Spirit Element Sect Master truly has perished."
Li Fan shook his head.
The logic was simple, while the Spirit Element Sect Master himself might not have cultivated the Elemental Spirit Technique, the technique must have been greatly useful to him. Otherwise, he would not have gone to such lengths to establish the Elemental Spirit Sect and spread the technique far and wide.
If he were still alive, he would certainly be regrouping. With the method of using the markings to control Flesh Puppets, resurrecting his power wouldn’t be difficult.
But so much time has passed since the fall of Jiushan Province, and still no new cultivators have begun to practice the Elemental Spirit Technique. Even those who had previously been practicing it had all given up.
"No matter how clever your schemes, they are ultimately futile in the face of absolute power disparity," Li Fan remarked.
The death of the Spirit Element Sect Master was quite innocent, but the legacy he left behind fell into the hands of Li Fan at a bargain.
Though the ’Life Spirit Elemental Technique’ undoubtedly still held secrets, Li Fan decided to start using it anyway.
And unravel its mysteries over time.
"First, create some Flesh Puppets and get the Elemental Spirit Technique running," Li Fan instructed.
Li Qing immediately went to carry out the order.
"If all goes well, soon the Small World will be producing cultivators continuously."
"I don’t expect them to be able to confront the Five Elders Organization head-on; they just need to help me with the ’Mending the Heavens’ task."
"The River of Blood is virtually endless, spanning a vast stretch of time. Yet most of the history is of no consequence; it’s those key moments that are crucial..."
"King of Mystic Sky’s return from the Immortal Realm Passage, establishing the Mystic Sky Sect, to his mysterious disappearance."
"The ruling twilight of the Immortal Dao Ten Clans, the rise of the Celestial Dharma Bearer, and Mr. Bai achieving the ancient and modern dual Heavenly Sovereign status."
"..."
"First, let’s clarify what happened during these two periods," Li Fan decided.
Li Fan was well aware that using the cultivators from the Small World to obtain fragments of history from the Tome of World Creation was like fishing from a pond.
It was filled with randomness, and what one might catch was completely dependent on luck.
However, given enough attempts, one would eventually acquire something valuable.
Li Qing was highly efficient in carrying out tasks.
When cultivating the arts, one still had to consider the influence of the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma. Due to the pressing nature of the situation, he eventually resorted to using materials from within the Xuanhuang World.
Nevertheless, after little more than ten days, he had created a sufficient number of Flesh Puppets.
As for the many Foundation Establishment Cultivators who inexplicably vanished within the territory of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals, it hardly caused any ripples at all.
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Consider this yesterday’s.
