NOVPUBBeing able to have the Wooden Sword’s Heaven’s Wonder set aside specific times for one-on-one teaching.
This unimposing Black Sword surely has its extraordinary aspects.
Li Fan’s divine sense slowly swept over it, but no matter how he looked, it seemed to be nothing more than an ordinary iron sword.
It felt like he could easily snap it in half with a casual effort.
But while the Wooden Sword was losing its spirituality, and the other legacy swords were looking around in confusion,
the Black Sword itself was undergoing subtle changes.
"It’s like being slowly tempered by fire, removing the dross and preserving the essence. It appears exceedingly plain, yet in reality, it’s because, like the Wooden Sword, it embodies the unification of all laws and the utmost simplicity of the Great Dao," Li Fan gradually discerned the mystery within.
"Is this the other body that the Wooden Sword’s Heaven’s Wonder is planning to create for itself?" Li Fan suddenly had this thought in his mind.
"The other legacy swords might need much longer to transform into a complete conceptual existence. But this Black Sword, thanks to the Wooden Sword’s Heaven’s Wonder’s partiality, is not far from completing its transformation."
"Perhaps, this might be one of the reasons why the Wooden Sword was willing to leave with Shuo Feng," Li Fan mused.
Looking at the yet-to-be-finished Black Sword, Li Fan temporarily abandoned the idea of taking it away.
"There should still be a decade or so..."
"This is also the fruition of the Wooden Sword’s Heaven’s Wonder. If it could be taken away, the Heavenly Sword Sect within the Spirit Tree Realm would indeed be firmly established."
Although the reason why the Wooden Sword’s Heaven’s Wonder would do such a thing was still unclear,
it did not prevent Li Fan from making full use of it.
Having returned to the original spot, he stayed at the Sword Tomb for a few more days.
Only after being unable to gain any new insights from the Wooden Sword did Li Fan reluctantly leave.
Before parting, Li Fan did not forget to use a Secret Technique to conceal the Sword Tomb.
He also left a mark.
Should anyone else enter, he would immediately sense it.
"The affairs of the Heavenly Sword Sect are settled; next is the Medicine King Sect."
The location of the Medicine King Sect’s ruins was not a secret.
It was situated in a remote mountain range within the Six-String Province, where visitors were scarce.
Over the years, its contents had been thoroughly plundered by cultivators.
All that remained were some unwanted broken copper and rotten iron, scattered around.
When Li Fan arrived, within a hundred miles there was shockingly not another living soul to be found.
The air was permeated with a faint stench that made one involuntarily feel revulsion.
"Medicine King Sect truly acts after my own heart. They prepared their entire sect to flee and still left behind such disgusting miasma to prevent their former grounds from being occupied by others," Li Fan thought to himself.
This particular odor was left by the Medicine King Sect years ago.
It had nearly merged with the land here and lingered for thousands of years without dissipating.
If it wasn’t dispelled, no one would want to live in a place full of such foul smells.
The Medicine King Sect’s move was indeed revolting, but it was unquestionably effective.
Li Fan looked at the still reasonably preserved remains of the buildings and, following the location indicated by Jiao Xiuyuan, arrived inside the abandoned workshop.
Bearing the stench, he mobilized his spiritual power and dug out several Little Pharma Sovereign Cauldrons buried deep underground.
"There are actually thirty-six cauldrons?"
Li Fan’s expression turned inexplicable.
Although he had previously entrusted Jiao Xiuyuan with the task of excavating the Little Pharma Sovereign Cauldrons,
the latter had sworn that there were only about twenty.
"Oh, Jiao dear friend..."
Li Fan slightly shook his head, making a mental note of this discrepancy.
As usual, he conducted a thorough search.
Apart from these old cauldrons, the Medicine King Sect truly had nothing else of value.
Thus, Li Fan headed straight for the Violet Firmament Sect.
...
Meanwhile,
Haixuan Island.
Ji Shaoli suddenly felt uneasy.
"Strange, I have made ample preparations. Logically, even if a Unity-Path Cultivator came in person, I should be able to retreat at ease."
"Where does this sense of crisis come from?"
Always trusting his own premonitions, Ji Shaoli abruptly stood up, his expression exceedingly grave.
Pacing back and forth, the sense of crisis not only did not diminish,
Instead, it grew more and more fierce.
My heart pounded furiously, as if great trouble loomed!
Ji Shaoli knew something was wrong.
After checking the island’s Teleportation Array, he discovered that it had indeed been sealed and could no longer be activated!
"Trying to catch a turtle in a jar?"
A cold gleam flashed in Ji Shaoli’s eyes.
Attempting to initiate the instant movement Array Technique also proved futile.
It was as if something had sealed off the entire space surrounding Haixuan Island!
Though surprised, Ji Shaoli was not thrown into disarray.
He held a dead branch in his hand, feeling the rushing power of the Leyline under his feet, which was not restricted.
He breathed a slight sigh of relief.
After a period of growth, Lin Ling had grown stronger by staying with Taoist Luli every day.
Not only that, but as her Spirituality increased with each passing day, her relationship with the Leyline Ancient Tree improved as well.
Having obtained this Earth Vein Dead Branch from it, any holder could traverse the energy of the Leyline.
With a means of escape in hand, Ji Shaoli did not leave immediately.
He wanted to see who exactly meant him harm.
To be able to shut down the bidirectional Teleportation Arrays of Ten Thousand Immortals Island, and leaving all the connections he had maintained with contributions utterly useless...
It all pointed to the strength of the enemy.
Definitely not something the Xiang Family, a local snake of a province, could achieve.
Ji Shaoli was not afraid of secrets being exposed; he just needed to understand the cause of the failure.
Humming a tune, he brewed two cups of Spirit tea.
Ji Shaoli patiently awaited his guest’s arrival.
The members of the mutual aid society on Haixuan Island had already been sent away with an excuse.
He had promised Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi the two Earth’s Oddities and informed them of the specifics.
Whether they could survive to find them...
That depended on their own fortune.
He didn’t have to wait long.
Suddenly, the figure of a young man appeared beside Ji Shaoli.
What caused Ji Shaoli’s pupils to dilate was the fact that the young man appeared without any fluctuation of aura.
As if he had always been right beside Ji Shaoli.
What shook him even more was...
The young man in front of him was someone he had seen before!
"Dharma Transmitter?!"
Ji Shaoli blurted out.
It was indeed Li Fan himself in the Fallen Immortal Realm, during the scene where Ningyuan sought the Longevity Fruit.
One of the cultivators who spread the New Method seen by the first member of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals whose soul Ji Shaoli searched!
"Hmm?"
The young man was also somewhat surprised that Ji Shaoli had called out his identity as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Interesting."
The young man’s gaze was intense as he stared at Ji Shaoli.
The next moment, the clone only felt that its thoughts and body had become completely frozen.
Even the escape methods prepared in advance had lost their effectiveness!
It was as if his soul was being drawn out, and a vague figure was starting to appear on Ji Shaoli’s body.
Just then...
Two beams of Seven-Colored Radiance suddenly emerged, charging at the young man.
But as they neared the young man, they were pinched between his two fingers.
And they couldn’t advance an inch further.
"This is..." The young man, looking at the Seven-color Divine Light in his hands, revealed a hint of surprise in his eyes.
After suppressing and pocketing it,
The young man looked at Ji Shaoli again.
