NOVPUBWu Ninglu put away the jade talisman that Li Fan handed over, looking as though she had more to say.
"It’s just three hundred years! I’m going!"
Li Fan simply waved his hand, without further comment.
He followed the Head of the Sun Family to the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance headquarters.
The jade talisman given to Wu Ninglu served not only as a communication talisman but was also in essence a miniaturized aggregate array technique.
It contained a spirit fragment of Li Fan.
While enabling full-scale surveillance of Wu Ninglu, its primary purpose was to keep an eye on the Immortal Alliance’s movements from the outside world.
The spirit fragment had the origin of the TianXuan Mirror and could remain hidden within it, keeping a constant watch over the Immortal Alliance’s affairs.
After all, during the time guarding the Yan Fajue, it might be in a completely isolated state, unable to use the TianXuan Mirror easily.
And his avatar was in the Da Qi Miniature World, not likely to go out easily.
Leaving a contingency plan was necessary.
With Li Fan’s current strength, the spirit fragment left behind was nearly as powerful as an average Unity-Path cultivator.
The only downside was it couldn’t recover from battles as swiftly as regular cultivators.
Without the main body replenishing it, its power would decrease with every use.
As for the friend that Li Fan mentioned to Wu Ninglu...
It was naturally the sacred embryo he had created.
However, without the support of True Immortal’s Net and the infusion of the essence of source power, the sacred embryo had barely broken through to the Qi Refining Realm.
Li Fan had sent it into the remains of the Heavenly Sword Sect to conquer the Black Sword Sky Oddity.
With his prior experience, there shouldn’t be a problem; it would just require persistent effort.
...
Sun Xingyao, the Head of the Sun Family, had been on the Unity-Path for more than five hundred years.
In his youth, he had also guarded the Yan Fajue.
On their journey to the Immortal Alliance Headquarters, he explained the details of this "job" to Li Fan.
"The Yan Fajue is the foundation of our Immortal Alliance. Don’t be fooled by its location within the headquarters, seemingly impregnable. In reality, one must always be vigilant against petty tricks."
"In a thousand years, the Five Elders Organization has plotted no less than three actions against the Yan Fajue. They try all means to get close to it and then use a magic known as the Curse to launch spiritual attacks on its will."
"The Yan Fajue, she..."
"Almost has no defense against such attacks. Once it’s affected, it signifies a stagnation of at least a hundred years. The last time the Five Elders Organization succeeded, it caused the Immortal Alliance heavy losses. And yet, the incident couldn’t be publicized, leading to almost doubling the exchange price for techniques in the TianXuan Mirror. The voices of disgruntled Immortal Alliance cultivators filled the heavens..." Sun Xingyao shook his head silently as he recalled his younger days.
"So this duty of yours is not as simple as it appears."
"Patriarch, if I am unable to fend off these malicious attacks during my tenure, causing damage to the Yan Fajue, what will happen?" Li Fan asked.
Sun Xingyao’s strides suddenly halted.
He turned and looked at Li Fan, paused for a moment, and said, "Regardless, our promise remains unchanged; we will take good care of Ning Lu. You can go with peace of mind."
Li Fan was at a loss for words.
He hadn’t realized it before, but this Sun Xingyao actually had quite a sense of humor.
As the light and shadows shifted, Li Fan found himself back at the Immortal Alliance Headquarters.
Just like before, an illusory scene appeared before him.
Only...
This time it was different from the Statue of Dharma Transmission he had seen before.
On the boundless fields, smoke spiraled up from the kitchen chimneys. On the roof of one of the farmhouses lay a simple-looking youth.
His eyes were dull, gazing at the sky as if lost in thought.
"Doggie, come down for dinner."
The scene ended abruptly there.
Breaking free from the illusion, Li Fan couldn’t help but be taken aback for a moment.
Sun Xingyao, mistaking his reaction to be one of shock from the extraordinarily vivid hallucination, began to explain, "The headquarters of the Immortal Alliance is imbued with a trace of the Celestial Dharma Bearer’s presence, which is why..."
Li Fan was naturally aware of this.
He was thinking about something else.
"That simple and honest young man named Doggie..."
"Was he the Celestial Dharma Bearer when he was young?"
In his spirit consciousness, the images he had just seen played back, indeed, there was a shadow of the elder Celestial Dharma Bearer.
"Could it be that the Celestial Dharma Bearer was native to Xuanhuang World?"
"That’s not right."
Li Fan watched that brief scene over and over again many times.
"No matter how I look at Doggie’s facial features, they don’t seem to be related to the Celestial Dharma Bearer who once dominated Xuanhuang World."
"Those eyes full of confusion, and the huge turning point in his life trajectory afterwards, they seem more like..."
A word inevitably appeared in Li Fan’s spirit consciousness.
Transmigration.
"If my previous guess was correct, then this youth named Doggie must be the soul-crossed Celestial Doctor?"
"Coming from Heavenly Law Realm, slipping into unconsciousness within the womb. Not until several years later did he awake."
"Was it by this method that he escaped the pursuit of the Immortal Dao Ten Clans and Xuanhuang Heaven Path?"
Just like the current Li Fan, who, in the eyes of Xuanhuang Heaven Path, was indeed a native cultivator.
At that time, no matter how much the outside world investigated, the Celestial Dharma Bearer did not reveal his true nature.
Li Fan still didn’t understand what mechanism "transmigration" was based on.
But he was very clear that it was definitely not the same as plain soul snatching.
"Through some secret techniques, deceiving the heavens and reincarnating as a person of Xuanhuang World?"
Li Fan’s thoughts slowly turned.
As he was pondering, Sun Xingyao casually asked about the visions he had seen.
Li Fan naturally responded with what he had seen of the statue of Dharma Transmission.
Sun Xingyao nodded slightly upon hearing this, "It seems, Lu Er, that your achievements in the future are destined to surpass mine."
Without waiting for Li Fan to ask, he took the initiative to explain, "Each cultivator sees different visions on their first visit here."
"It is said to be closely related to one’s fundamental path. As everyone knows, the techniques that all cultivators in the world practice come from the Celestial Dharma Bearer. Therefore, the closer the vision is to the Celestial Sovereign, the more boundless one’s future prospects."
"It is said that a true genius can see the scene of the old man’s first preaching back in the day..."
Sun Xingyao said with envy.
Li Fan, however, was silent, a sudden wariness born in his heart.
This time his strength had skyrocketed, and he had even glimpsed the childhood scenes of the Dharma Bearer.
If he advanced further, he might directly alert the Celestial Dharma Bearer’s sensitivity.
The two traveled through the void at the Immortal Alliance Headquarters, using array techniques to shuttle back and forth.
They soon arrived at the location of the Law Enforcement Hall Headquarters.
"Follow me," Sun Xingyao commanded softly, making a slight hand gesture.
An invisible force field instantly enveloped him and Li Fan.
The spiritual power in his body, which had become dormant due to the Spirit Transforming Stone beneath his feet, once again became active.
"It has some suppressive effects on me, but the effect is not as obvious as it was at lower realms."
"Should there really be a fight, I would still be unmatched within Unity-Path."
Li Fan felt at ease in his heart as he followed Sun Xingyao into the Law Enforcement Hall.
It was not like before, the waiting space where they used the Jade Decree of Law Invocation.
They were really coming to where the Law Enforcement Hall was located.
A dome ceiling, densely packed with countless stars.
