NOVPUB"What’s the difference between the stone statue and the true body?"
Upon hearing Daoist Baihua’s words, Li Fan couldn’t help but shudder inwardly.
The originally motionless Faceless True Immortal Statue seemed to come to life in a mere instant.
It looked towards Li Fan with a gaze that was slightly mocking and dark...
However, when Li Fan looked again, all the phantom images had vanished in a blink, reverting to an ordinary carving.
The information disclosed in Daoist Baihua’s words was too terrifying, making Li Fan, who was frightened and alarmed, almost activate [Real] on the spot!
But the current Master Li was no longer the small Foundation Establishment cultivator who had been found by the Celestial Doctor using a connected incarnation and forced into a dishonorable [Real]!
If a single dubious word from someone else could frighten him into immediately activating [Real], that would indeed be a laughable matter!
Li Fan’s eyes narrowed slightly as images from his current life flashed quickly through his Spirit Consciousness.
Then, his heart settled slightly.
The Faceless True Immortal Statue, related to that Faceless True Immortal who once saved the King of Mystic Sky, holding some power of a True Immortal, was something Li Fan had already confirmed when images of believers praying surfaced in his Spirit Consciousness.
Making use of the statue to connect with believers, even able to directly bestow cultivation base out of thin air and afterwards absorb the Golden Willpower...
Such numerous effects, if said to be merely the function of a simple statue without the support of that Faceless True Immortal’s power, then it would be somewhat unconvincing.
Nevertheless, at that time Li Fan admittedly harbored wishful thinking.
He lacked the courage to face a True Immortal directly, but he had the boldness to take advantage of the True Immortal’s residual power for his benefit.
"I still underestimated the power of a True Immortal. Where the power extends, is as if the True Immortal himself has arrived..."
Once again, Li Fan fell into a fallacy of thought, gauging the abilities of a True Immortal from the perspective of an ordinary cultivator.
In the previous view of Li Fan, this True Immortal stone statue was akin to an array that could strengthen the sensitivity of the Formless Killing Machine, allowing the True Immortal to sense everything happening around the statue at any time.
The conclusion now, however, was overturned.
This statue was equivalent to the True Immortal’s personal presence!
At this thought, even Li Fan, who was of strong will and far beyond ordinary people, couldn’t help but feel an intangible, substantial pressure.
After all, deceiving superiors and underlings is completely different from courting death under their very eyes.
But after some contemplation, Li Fan still withstood this pressure and did not rashly activate [Real].
The reasons were threefold.
Firstly, even if the statue was like the True Immortal personally present, since Li Fan unearthed the statue until now, he had never exposed the secret of possessing [Real]. In the True Immortal’s eyes, he was merely a slightly stronger Nascent Soul Monk, trying to gain benefits under the guise of the Crimson Compassionate Immortal. Even an Immortal Realm cultivator might not catch the True Immortal’s eye. How much less he, Li Fan? Would immortals be curious why an ant in an anthill was stronger than the others? If that Faceless True Immortal truly could sense everything that happened here, and Li Fan was still alive and well, that would be the best proof that he had not yet attracted the True Immortal’s attention.
Secondly, it was not the first time the Faceless Stone Statue appeared in the Xuanhuang World. During the reign of the Mystic Sky Sect, statues were almost prevalent throughout the entire Xuanhuang World. Later, when the Ten Great Immortal Sects rebelled and the Mystic Sky Sect fell, countless statues were damaged, leaving only the last one collected by Mr. Bai. Throughout this process, the Faceless True Immortal remained indifferent, never showing even a trace of power to punish. This suggests that the True Immortal actually doesn’t care about the affairs of the Xuanhuang World. Or perhaps, unless one displays power at the level of the immortals, one is not even worthy to be "seen" by the True Immortal. Therefore, although Li Fan’s side seemed tumultuous, in the eyes of a True Immortal, it was nothing at all.
The last point, which was the main basis for Li Fan’s decision to temporarily refrain from using [Real] and to continue observing, 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘱𝘶𝑏.𝑐𝘰𝑚
was the existence of the Deserted Dao Immortal and the [High Wall].
The Deserted Dao Immortal, sitting in ruins and seeking Enlightenment for nearly ten thousand years.
In the 115th era, Li Fan, controlling the Medicine King Cauldron, broke into the Immortal Ruins and disturbed his Enlightenment, forcing him to open his eyes.
If in the Xuanhuang World not far from the Immortal Ruins there truly was an existence with equal power,
how could the Deserted Dao Immortal have peacefully sought Enlightenment for such a long time?
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Li Fan did not believe that the principle where no one is allowed to sleep soundly beside a couch holding a resting person, would be inapplicable at the level of the Immortals!
Another factor was the High Wall.
Regardless of whether the High Wall was constructed by the Deserted Dao Immortals, or by those outside the wall.
The function of the High Wall to filter and block beings of the Immortal level is already established.
Sensing from within or outside the High Wall will certainly be affected to some degree. It definitely won’t be the same as being there in person.
"If that Faceless True Immortal detects something unusual and crosses the High Wall..."
"I’m afraid it will immediately raise the alertness of the Deserted Dao Immortals."
"When two tigers meet, there must be a struggle. I will also have ample time to ’Even True’."
In a flash, Li Fan, after weighing his options, had already made a decision.
"It seems extremely perilous, but because the gap in strength between the two sides is so great, it isn’t as dangerous as one might imagine."
"As long as [Real] isn’t exposed."
"However, that being said, if I did not possess [Real] myself, I wouldn’t have thought that in this world there really exists such a treasure capable of turning reality into illusory and reversing everything."
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His thoughts gradually converged, and Li Fan, looking at the terrified Daoist Baihua before him, smiled faintly and said, "Daoist Baihua knows only one side of the story and not the other."
"In mundane affairs, why would a True Immortal normally take any interest?"
"There are many matters in the Profound Yellow World that I can handle on behalf of the True Immortals."
Li Fan spoke indifferently, as if to provide proof, a Golden Bodily Crisis filled with Golden Willpower slowly emerged from within his body.
Then it gently pointed towards the forehead of Daoist Baihua.
The moment the Golden Bodily Crisis appeared, the figure of Daoist Baihua trembled violently as if a hurricane had swept across a lake.
Li Fan sensed emotions such as "terror," "greed," and "fear" from her.
"Indeed..."
Li Fan thought to himself, slowly controlling it, and instilled a strand of the Golden Willpower from the Bodily Crisis into Daoist Baihua’s body.
With the infusion of Golden Willpower, Daoist Baihua couldn’t help but let out a moan.
A face of bewitching beauty, once obscured, was revealed as if the clouds were parted to reveal the sun.
However, the noble air had vanished, leaving her eyes misty, gazing foolishly at the finger of the Golden Bodily Crisis now touching her brow.
A rush of longing and desire came forth overwhelmingly.
The scene and sentiment were expressed beyond words.
Even Li Fan’s own emotions began to stir slightly.
He felt as though he was witnessing a national beauty peony, outshining all the other flowers of the world, slowly blooming before him, fully unleashing its own splendor.
"Hmph."
Yet facing the pleading of Daoist Baihua, Li Fan swiftly steadied his spirit and retracted the Golden Bodily Crisis after just a moment.
Those countless empty and resentful gazes from Daoist Baihua, Li Fan looked at her coldly, as a warning.
Then he slowly said, "It seems that the gift from the True Immortal is of great help to you."
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