NOVPUBLi Fan nodded slightly, "So you’re saying, in another forty years, you will have successfully freed yourself?"
Yan Fajue was somewhat puzzled, "Freed myself? What do you mean, freed myself?"
"I wanted to escape before because I didn’t want to work. But now that I have such a good thing working for me for free, why should I run? Isn’t it nice to rest every day?"
Yan Fajue looked at Li Fan with disdain.
"Oh?"
"What if I keep occupying the imitation personality? How would you deal with that?" Li Fan said calmly.
"Humph, that won’t stump me." Yan Fajue’s figure suddenly retreated, and the surrounding scenery returned to what it had been before.
"Transform!" She pointed at Li Fan from afar.
With the light converging, another figure slowly took shape.
It was another imitation personality!
"A person can’t divide their focus between two! You have occupied one, how could you occupy a second?"
"Work for me!" Yan Fajue, with one hand on her hip and the other triumphantly pointing at the second imitation personality, ordered.
"How do you know I can’t?"
To everyone’s surprise, this second imitation personality once again emitted Li Fan’s voice.
Mockingly looking at Yan Fajue.
Yan Fajue’s expression froze on her face.
"Fine, fine, fine! I want to see just how much you can divide your focus!"
"Transform! Transform! Transform! Transform!..."
Jade Loli kept pointing in the air, creating one imitation personality after another, one after another.
One hundred, five hundred, a thousand...
Li Fan’s faces occupied the entire space inside the character light ball.
They taunted in unison.
"Not enough."
"Is that all?"
"Is that the best you can do?"
"Keep going."
...
The differentiated imitation personalities, amid Li Fan’s mocking words, had already approached the number ten thousand.
But Jade Loli’s forehead was already beading with sweat.
She temporarily stopped her actions, her big eyes staring in disbelief at the densely packed Li Fans.
"Are you not human?"
"What exactly are you?"
It was not meant as an insult, but in Yan Fajue’s understanding, a normal cultivator simply couldn’t achieve this.
Occupying an imitation personality was not just about differentiating a Divine Sense.
But more akin to splitting one’s Divine Soul in two and occupying one half.
Being able to control this many imitation personalities at once was akin to having one’s Divine Soul shattered into countless pieces, yet still being unaffected.
She was also relying on the power of Heaven’s Oddities to achieve this.
But the other party...
A hint of vigilance arose in Yan Fajue’s heart.
"Do you want more?"
Tens of thousands of Li Fan faces all smiled simultaneously.
"Even if you add another hundred thousand, I can still handle it," Li Fan said coolly.
Jade Loli closely examined the real Li Fan standing in Yan Fajue’s guarded space.
He indeed looked like he wasn’t under any strain, with closed eyes and a content expression.
Yan Fajue was somewhat hesitant.
It wasn’t just ten thousand that had reached her limit.
Rather, she was worried that if the fight continued between the two of them, it would attract the attention of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
After all, once the imitation personalities reached a scale of tens of thousands, it would unavoidably burden her normal cultivation process.
And Yan Fajue’s cultivation performance was constantly being monitored by the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
After some contemplation, Yan Fajue finally reluctantly conceded.
"Okay, I admit you are quite impressive!"
Jade Loli swallowed back every imitation personality one by one,
leaving only the original one.
After burping, Yan Fajue finally spoke, "Tell me, what exactly do you want to do? I must say, you definitely don’t come with good intentions."
Li Fan shook his head, "You’re misunderstanding me."
"I came here just to help you regain your freedom."
Yan Fajue was skeptical, "Freedom? What’s so good about freedom? Besides, I’ve worked for the Law Transmission for so many years; wouldn’t it be a pity to abandon it halfway?"
"All I’ve ever wanted is to be lazy," Yan Fajue reiterated.
"What benefits have Law Transmission promised you?" Li Fan asked.
"Hmm..." Yan Fajue refused to answer that question.
"Perhaps, I can help you too, and you won’t owe me anything," Li Fan said kindly.
Yan Fajue looked doubtful, "Is there such a good deal?"
"It’s just that I can’t stand seeing Law Transmission exploiting others," Li Fan explained.
Yan Fajue’s eyes brightened and then she nodded in realization, "I know! You have a grudge against Law Transmission! That’s why you came to me, wanting to undermine his foundation!"
Li Fan did not deny it, "You can say that."
Upon hearing this, Yan Fajue began to think seriously.
"Hmm, Law Transmission said he’d help me find my home, can you do that?" Yan Fajue asked hesitantly.
"Home?" Li Fan’s eyes flickered, "Tell me more about it."
"Alright." Yan Fajue moved closer and sat near Li Fan.
With her hands supporting her chin, she fell into recollection, "Before I was found by Law Transmission and became Yan Fajue, I was just an ordinary little girl, but I vaguely remembered my past life."
"The images in those memories, that’s my real hometown."
Yan Fajue felt Li Fan’s gaze on her and said somewhat helplessly, "I said it was vague. I can’t remember the specifics, but I’m sure I can discern the truth if I see it with my own eyes."
"I have a premonition that the information about my hometown is very important to me…"
Li Fan frowned slightly upon hearing this.
Just as he was about to speak, Yan Fajue, as if she had already sensed what he was about to say, glanced at Li Fan and said, "I’m not stupid. How could I have been deceived by Law Transmission’s empty words for so many years?"
"He actually showed me some images of my hometown. But I can’t show them to you..."
Yan Fajue gestured briefly.
Li Fan nodded, "I have heard that the Mystery of Xuanhuang is either a law of the realm or a transformation of an Upper Realm Immortal Tool, could your hometown be the Immortal World?"
Yan Fajue looked dejected, "Who knows. But I certainly hope not, or else I’d have no hope of returning home."
"By the way, how do you say, do you have the capability to help me?" Yan Fajue inquired.
Li Fan shook his head, "Before I understand the exact origin of your hometown, I cannot conclude."
Yan Fajue was surprised by his response, "I thought you would immediately guarantee it, trying to deceive me."
"It seems you are not that bad," Jade Loli reevaluated Li Fan.
Li Fan smiled wryly, "But give me some time, and I will let you distinguish through all the possible scenes one by one."
"Really?" Yan Fajue became somewhat skeptical.
"Right, can we now discuss what your fifty-year plan is?" Instead of directly answering, Li Fan asked in return.
After considering for a while, Yan Fajue said softly, "Actually, it’s nothing much, just to have a good sleep and then grow a bit."
"After growing up, I’d become stronger. Dealing with these tasks would be easier."
"Tasks that need ten years now might take less than a year by then."
A gleam of aspiration appeared in Yan Fajue’s eyes.
Li Fan’s eyes gradually narrowed upon hearing this.
"Just need to sleep for fifty years, no other conditions?"
"What do you mean just sleep for fifty years? Don’t make it sound so easy," Yan Fajue retorted, somewhat discontented.
Then she nodded in agreement, "That’s exactly it. If it weren’t for the constant lack of time to rest properly, I feel I would have grown by now."
"After all, Yan Fa to me is like cultivation to you cultivators."
"Having cultivated for so long, if I haven’t made any progress, wouldn’t I be a fool?"
Yan Fajue declared confidently.
Li Fan did not respond verbally, but he had already deduced from the undertones of Yan Fajue’s words what her so-called growth meant.
Like the Final Separation Disk, it involved sublimation, breakthroughs.
Reaching the ultimate limits of the mortal.
And even…
If Yan Fajue originated from an Upper Realm Immortal Tool, then restoring the former might of the Immortal Tool was not an impossibility.
