NOVPUBSo when Li Ping heard the Foundation Establishment experience from Yin Shangren, Li Fan himself also instantly knew it as well.
"Bury all of the past self, to build an infinite path for the future?"
Li Fan pondered in silence.
He suddenly thought of his [Real] exotic treasure.
Given his previous act of successfully using a part of the [Real] to establish the New Method Foundation, it should have already merged with him.
"That is to say, if I want to complete the [Art of Self-Founded Cultivation], I must include the entirety of [Real]..."
No sooner had this thought occurred to him than he himself found it somewhat absurd.
Once [Real] is activated, everything in the world, in an instant, becomes illusion and returns to the record anchor point.
Not even True Immortals are an exception.
"After Yin Shangren uses the method of Building Foundation with Me, he will be able to apply the law of the world’s remaining spirits at will. By the same logic, if I succeed in my cultivation..."
"No longer needing to rely on [Real], ignoring any restrictions like anchor points, charging, and others, I could bring life and death to the world with a single thought, returning to any time node I wish to visit..." 𝓷ℴ𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
"This ability."
"Perhaps there is no stronger cultivation in the Foundation Establishment Phase, right?"
Li Fan shook his head secretly.
"This creates a paradox."
"If I possess such power, why would I still chase the New New Method? Overthrowing the Law Transmission, trampling on the Faceless One, would be merely the work of a moment."
"Without a special method that could help me understand and analyze the nature of [Real] beforehand, this would be a dead end for me."
"Sometimes, being too powerful in one’s own foundation is not necessarily a good thing."
Li Fan glanced unintentionally in the direction of the Museum of Divine Artifacts.
During a previous discussion with Yin Shangren, the latter had suggested a viable way to steal Mr. Bai’s skull.
Lure the emperor-like beast away from Immortal Alliance Headquarters.
Then replace the original with a forged skull.
"After Mr. Bai sacrificed his life to reverse Heaven and Earth, all spirituality within him dissipated as well. It became indistinguishable from the average mortal’s bones."
"Uh... except that it’s a bit harder."
"So, as long as you create an exact replica of the skull, it might be possible to replace the real one without notice if you exchange them without breaking the Forbidden Formation."
"Though this is the theory, the actual operation..."
Yin Shangren shook his head and then never mentioned it again.
But Li Fan never forgot about it.
He was also very sure that there was nothing unusual about Mr. Bai’s bones.
Not only Yin Shangren’s World Spirits, but even the Tianxuan Mirror, after appraising Mr. Bai’s ribs, had only offered the lowest contribution value of 1 point.
"But the skull is an exception."
"With Mr. Bai’s Eternal Memento within, it couldn’t possibly be ordinary."
"During the use of the Eternal Memento, one cannot activate [Real]. The Eternal Memento also cannot be taken back to be used in the next life. So..."
A ghostly light flashed in Li Fan’s eyes.
"The best method is still like the previous life when I stole the Xuan Huang life-changing treasure, to create a relatively safe environment that no one else can attend to."
"As for what exactly Emperor Tri-Moa cares about with the lure-away method, perhaps the answer can be found in the Fallen Immortal Realm."
"And in the situation where the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance headquarters has been burglarized, with no time to care for anything else..."
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"The conspiracy of the Law Transmission was exposed, forcing it to manifest in this world and drawing the attention of the entire Xuanhuang World."
A rough outline of the conspiracy instantly formed and added to the original plan.
"Given the power of the Law Transmission, which oppressively dominates and is unfathomably mysterious, it is unrealistic to expect him to come forward and explain himself solely with sheer strength. The threat must involve the Xuanhuang World he cares about…"
"This time, however, I won’t be the one playing the villain."
Within the chessboard, all the pieces were in place, just waiting for Li Fan to slowly make his move.
...
While Li Fan was hiding in a dark corner, making all sorts of secretive plans,
the fragment of his spirit that he had split off and attached to Wu Ninglu discovered something rather interesting.
Wu Ninglu was actually pregnant!
During the intervals of her focused cultivation, Li Fan’s split divine sense carefully examined the fetus in her womb and confirmed that it was indeed the offspring of Sun Ang, the identity that Li Fan had assumed from the Sun Family.
"However, it has been sealed with a secret technique, halting its growth."
"This woman is also interesting."
After observing for a while, Li Fan realized that Wu Ninglu was not as ordinary and mindless as Sun Ang appeared to be.
Her marriage into the Sun Family seemed to serve another purpose.
The accidental leak of the news that Sun Ang had broken through to the Realm of Unification, resulting in Sun Ang being forced into guarding Yan Fajue for five hundred years, was to get Sun Ang out of the way.
And all the benefits that Sun Ang had sacrificed himself for ended up benefiting this woman.
She used these precious resources to cultivate with all her effort.
The progress she made in a month of cultivation was greater than the previous three years.
Even Li Fan’s split divine sense vaguely sensed that before long, she would break through to Perfect God Transformation.
And on this day, Wu Ninglu, who had been secluded at home for cultivation, finally slipped up.
As if she had suddenly become a different person, Wu Ninglu walked up to the mirror in the room, her slender fingers continuously caressing her own face.
Her eyes were misty, yet occasionally flashed with malice.
"Sister is having a really good time, isn’t she? Her cultivation speed even surpasses mine…"
Wu Ninglu’s expression changed again, and the smile disappeared, "Wu NingJiu, you’re insane! Taking over my body at this time, aren’t you afraid of being discovered by the Sun Family?"
She tried to lower her voice as much as possible, but her trembling body showed the rage in her heart at that moment.
Wu NingJiu regained control over the body, still smiling pleasantly, "Sister, I’m not as bored as you think. Without the Elders’ instructions, how would I dare to contact you so rashly?"
"Listen carefully, we have received the latest news that within three months, that treasure will return to the Sun Family. By then, you’ll need to find out the exact location where the treasure is hidden."
Wu NingJiu’s voice became lower and lower until it was barely audible.
Wu Ninglu, having returned to normal, had a face of fluctuating expressions and finally stomped her foot hard, as if she had made up her mind.
Fascinated by what he saw from beginning to end, the observing split divine sense of Li Fan suddenly became interested.
"Sun Family treasures? I haven’t heard that the Sun Family has anything remarkable."
The split divine sense transformed into a thin thread, sneaking into Wu Ninglu’s sea of consciousness.
Though she had been trained to have strong defenses against divine sense intrusion, how could she escape Li Fan’s deliberate assault?
Before long, Li Fan had located the answer he was looking for.
What turned his casual and slight interest into something more solemn was unexpected.
"Could it really be a suspected existence on the same level as the Kun-Qian Skeletal Hand, possibly an Immortal Instrument taking form?"
"This is quite interesting."
The Sun Family’s treasure also possessed the supreme might unique to the legendary Immortal Instruments.
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