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A plain wood sword stood straight, plunged into the ground.
It was no different from what Li Fan had seen in the Celestial Blade Sect of the Fallen Immortal Realm.
It was as if the passage of time had lost its effect on it.
A thousand years remained unchanged.
Looking at the scene before him, Li Fan even had the illusion that what he had seen in the Fallen Immortal Realm was this very wood sword.
"I wonder how Shuo Feng managed to take this wood sword away.""
Li Fan had started to catch on to some clues now.
Here, millions of broken swords took the [Sword] as their core, faintly forming a formation.
To forcibly take away this Heaven’s Oddity wasn’t just a matter of facing resistance from the [Sword].
One would also be subject to attacks from all the swords in this place.
Even with Li Fan’s current cultivation base, he could barely manage it. But it would definitely cause a huge commotion, attracting the attention of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
"The proper way is to make it willingly follow," he thought.
"It’s a pity..."
Li Fan tried to convey his wish, but the wood sword completely ignored him.
Fortunately, Li Fan had not really intended to take it with him.
Taking an Enlightenment Pill, Li Fan sat down on the ground and began to feel the sword rhythm emanating from the wood sword.
At that moment, Li Fan was the closest to the wood sword out of all the broken swords in the Sword Tomb.
Ignoring the subtle hostility from these swords, Li Fan focused on his comprehension earnestly.
With the help of the Enlightenment Pill, along with Li Fan’s own decent comprehension and his prior experience in the Fallen Immortal Realm, numerous scenes started flashing through his spirit consciousness.
"Eh?"
"It seems that this wood sword itself has undergone some sort of change over thousands of years."
"Compared with what I saw in the Fallen Immortal Realm, it seems more..."
Li Fan thought for a long time but couldn’t find the right word to describe it.
To call it perfect, Mr. Bai’s casually formed [Sword] was the embodiment of Xuanhuang World’s Sword Dao, flawless from the start.
To call it stronger, the two merely differed in nature. The thousand-year-old wood sword might not necessarily be weaker than the one now.
"It should be said that with the changes in the Profound Yellow Celestial Way, this Heaven’s Oddity is also undergoing corresponding changes."
"Overall, the one before me can exert greater combat power in today’s Xuanhuang World."
Li Fan had an epiphany.
While Li Fan was exerting himself in the Sword Tomb, striving to comprehend the true essence of Xuanhuang Swordsmanship and attempting to replicate Mr. Bai’s feat of creating a Heaven’s Oddity barehanded.
In Misthaven Ocean, on Haixuan Island.
A cultivator named Yan Longjiang quietly sought out Ji Shaoli’s avatar.
Seeing Yan Longjiang’s hesitant appearance, Ji Shaoli smiled and said, "Brother Yan, speak your mind. You’re one of our senior members of the Misthaven Ocean mutual aid group. The scale of our association today couldn’t have been achieved without your efforts in promotion."
Then Yan Longjiang lowered his voice with some nervousness and said, "When the six of us first joined the mutual aid association, Brother Ji promised to provide us each with a Cave Heaven necessary for advancing to the Nascent Soul stage..."
"I wonder if that promise still holds now...""
Yan Longjiang swallowed nervously, looking anxious.
He couldn’t be blamed for his attitude. After all, the mutual aid group was different from before. In just a few short years, it had grown complex and extensive. Furthermore, many members had already taken positions in the inland regions of the Immortal Alliance, with boundless futures ahead of them.
And Ji Shaoli himself was even more enigmatic, with even Unity-Path cultivators showing nothing but respect in his presence.
If he refused, Yan Longjiang wouldn’t dare show even the slightest dissatisfaction.
What Yan Longjiang didn’t expect was that Ji Shaoli was even more approachable than imagined.
"Haha, what are you talking about, Brother Yan. I, Ji, have always been a man of my word. Just a mere Cave Heaven, after all, wouldn’t I gladly bestow it upon the deserving members of the association?" Ji Shaoli patted Yan Longjiang’s shoulder, reassuring him.
He then asked, "What law does Brother Yan cultivate, and what kind of Cave Heaven do you desire?"
Actually, Ji Shaoli had long been clear on the other’s situation but still asked this question.
Overjoyed by the question, Yan Longjiang quickly replied, "I practice the ’Seven Sins Wind Mastering Scripture,’ and as for the Cave Heaven..."
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"I dare not ask for too much, just a bit more expansive will do."
Yan Longjiang muttered quietly.
A moment later, Ji Shaoli nodded slightly, and a suitable target appeared in his Spirit Consciousness.
Without further ado, Ji Shaoli then led Yan Longjiang and stealthily headed towards their destination.
In the Continent of the Converging Tides, Ji Shaoli acted as his protector.
In just seven days, Yan Longjiang had successfully devoured the Gale-Wind Cave Heaven.
Suppressing the still unsettled aura in his body, Yan Longjiang respectfully saluted Ji Shaoli.
"Thank you, Daoist friend, for making this possible."
"I cannot repay this kindness. In the future, I will be willing to offer my life in mutual assistance!"
Ji Shaoli waved his hand, "This place is crowded and complicated, let’s go back and then talk."
Soon after the two departed,
a middle-aged cultivator dressed in green robes leisurely strolled near Gale-Wind Cave Heaven.
After making sure no one was around by looking left and right,
he formed hand seals, intending to enter the Cave Heaven.
But to his surprise, there was no response at all.
The middle-aged cultivator’s face changed drastically, and he tried the hand seals again, not believing in evil.
The result was the same.
Now he was completely panicked.
He took out a spirit symbol and sent out a notification.
Shortly after, another cultivator with a burly figure dressed in black arrived at the scene.
The black-clothed cultivator had concealed his face, and the aura that emanated from him was already at the God Transformation Realm.
After he examined the area, his expression turned extremely ugly.
"This Gale-Wind Cave Heaven has been stolen!"
The cultivator in green could hardly believe it, "What? The Cave Heaven is gone?"
He stared dumbfoundedly ahead, "Who would dare to do such a thing!"
The murderous intent in the black-clothed cultivator’s eyes couldn’t be contained, "Heh, it has always been the Xiang Family who takes from others. Now, to have been bullied to this extent!
"Search! Find out everything! I want to see who is so arrogant!"
The reaction of the Xiang Family was extremely swift.
In less than the time it takes for half an incense stick to burn, five or six cultivators arrived at the crime scene.
After a while of casting spells, they saw two blurry figures.
"Unfortunately, the other party is not easy to deal with. They used a secret technique to conceal themselves, so we can only restore this much," said the elderly man leading the group of investigators with some regret.
"Can we track their route?"
"Not much time has passed; it should be possible," affirmed the white-haired man with a nod.
As he spoke, he took out a gold square compass and tossed it mid-air.
Then two faint silver trails appeared before everyone.
"Looking at this direction, it’s leading to Heaven City of the Converging Tides."
"Hmph, is it actually someone from within the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals?" said the black-clothed Xiang Family cultivator, grinding his teeth with a cold laugh.
"I’m afraid it’s cultivators from other states, not locals from our Continent of the Converging Tides. The question is how the information of this Gale-Wind Cave Heaven was leaked," the white-haired man said with a hint of confusion in his voice.
"Speaking of which, Brother Xiang, have you heard about this?"
"Hmm?"
"Recently, the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma erupted without warning, and after it subsided, the Immortal Alliance sent people to investigate underground in Banner Ridge State. They discovered traces of the Essence of Heaven and Earth there but then it disappeared suddenly," the white-haired man conveyed telepathically.
"What do you mean?" the black-clothed cultivator narrowed his eyes.
"The missing Essence of Heaven and Earth was originally repairing the underground voids in Banner Ridge State. Its disappearance led to the outbreak of the Immortal-Ordinary Miasma."
