NOVPUBJust as one would tailor treatment to a specific illness, the Celestial Doctor’s golden needles transformed upon contact with Li Fan’s divine soul.
In accordance with the shape of Li Fan’s divine soul, a tightly wrapped protective layer formed around the perimeter.
"No wonder there’s no need for refining to control it as if it were my own limb; it fits the divine soul as perfectly as a magic treasure made to order."
"And furthermore…"
Li Fan squinted his eyes and used his divine soul power to launch an impact from the inside out against the layer of golden needle protection.
The moment the divine soul’s impact collided with the protective layer, Li Fan felt a gentle force dispersing it, then, like ripples, spreading around the point of impact.
It distributed the impact evenly and then dissolved it with ease.
If there’s such protective strength within the protective layer, one could only imagine how tough its exterior must be.
After continuous testing, Li Fan came up with the four-word evaluation: "Solid as a gold soup."
"However, the protection of the golden needles is limited to the divine soul. If it’s solely about physical damage, their protective effect is actually inferior to that of common armor magic treasures."
"Needles unharmed, person survives..."
"The Celestial Doctor’s words weren’t an exaggeration. As long as the divine soul is intact, with his strength, helping to rebuild the body is merely a simple matter."
"And to destroy the divine soul, one must first break through the golden needle’s protective layer."
"Even…"
Li Fan’s spirit consciousness suddenly conjured an image.
At the moment of a fatal blow, just as the golden needles were about to shatter, a golden light would rise and whisk Li Fan’s divine soul back into the hands of the Celestial Doctor.
Li Fan was certain that the Celestial Doctor still had a degree of control over the golden needles he sent out.
This was indeed out of care for the "current sole heir of the Heavenly Law Realm," but for Li Fan, it was far from a good thing.
How can one allow others to sleep soundly by the side of their bed?
With Li Fan’s character, he would never allow anything he couldn’t fully control to envelop his divine soul.
If the divine soul were frozen, rendering him unable to return to true form, that would truly be a disaster with no recovery!
"Is there a way to enjoy the protection of the golden needles and yet ensure absolute safety..."
Before the faceless stone statue, Li Fan began to ponder.
In fact, there weren’t many trump cards he could use at his disposal to restrain the power of the Celestial Doctor.
And they were all uncontrollable variables.
Such as chaos, famine, grey mold spots, etc.
A slip of attention could lead to Xuanhuang Annihilation, a fate shared in mutual destruction.
After much thought, Li Fan finally set his sights on the golden willpower generated by the faceless stone statue.
Previously, Li Fan had stored the golden willpower inside the Tribulation Body within his Dantian, and every time it was about to be full, without Li Fan needing to manipulate it, the golden willpower would compress itself automatically.
Therefore, the golden willpower that had been accruing over this period of time was boundless, yet it still hadn’t managed to even fill a single Tribulation Body.
But this copy of Li Fan’s Tribulation Body appeared radiant with divine and extraordinary golden light.
The golden willpower was an existence beyond Li Fan’s current capabilities and level of power systems; he still hadn’t found a way to use it.
The only thing he could do was to guide it.
"Willpower, willpower..."
"Could it be possible to invoke its power by stimulating it according to one’s wishes?"
A thought struck Li Fan, and he began to try.
As expected, it was as if they were entirely different species, and the golden willpower remained completely indifferent to Li Fan’s calling.
After the fruitless attempt, Li Fan had no choice but to change his approach.
He created another Tribulation Body, slowly channeling the Golden Willpower into it. At the same time, he urged the Tribulation Body to transform into the shape of a long rope.
Like a conduit, it carried the slow-moving Golden Willpower.
The channel, wrapping around the Celestial Doctor’s Golden Needle that was protecting Li Fan’s Divine Soul, gradually began weaving an outer garment.
Throughout the process, Li Fan was exceptionally careful and cautious.
Both the Celestial Doctor’s Golden Needle and the Golden Willpower were forces he could not yet control.
Only by directing them to form a system of mutual checks and balances could he feel a trace of safety.
Admittedly, doing this outside one’s own Divine Soul was extremely dangerous.
A slight mishap could lead to the destruction of the Divine Soul.
But with the presence of Even True, Li Fan still had the qualification to boldly attempt it!
"If something does happen, these two immense powers will certainly first notice each other. They’ll subconsciously ignore me, an insignificant ant. It is in their nature."
"On the contrary, it’s safer than confronting any one of them alone."
"This is what is called the way of balancing forces."
Li Fan looked at the Tribulation Body filled with Golden Willpower, resembling a golden rope, interwoven with the Golden Needle’s protection, and couldn’t help but nod in satisfaction.
If the Celestial Doctor’s Golden Needle were to burst forth, it would inevitably trigger the Golden Willpower first.
Vice versa as well.
If Li Fan was hit by a fatal external attack, the attacker would face a counterattack from both the Celestial Doctor’s Golden Needle and the Golden Willpower.
To use an inappropriate analogy, Li Fan was currently like someone who had bound two linked bombs to himself.
Any action that could harm Li Fan would fully detonate those bombs.
Li Fan believed that even the Immortal Sovereign would not fare well under simultaneous attack from these two powers!
Even in a crucial moment, Li Fan could also actively detonate these two bombs, thereby achieving an unexpected effect!
"To harness momentum, to maneuver strategically. This is where my true nature reveals itself..."
When the equilibrium between the two was finally reached, Li Fan quietly admired his masterpiece, feeling somewhat proud.
But he quickly sobered up.
"This is nothing more than a makeshift solution born out of necessity. If I could thoroughly understand the Celestial Doctor’s Golden Needle and form my own Divine Soul protection..."
"Since the Celestial Doctor could achieve this, there’s no reason I cannot."
Li Fan carefully sensed the energy attributes of the Celestial Doctor’s Golden Needle outside his Divine Soul, combining it with the contents of "The Immortal Scripture of the Heavenly Physician" and the "Sky Mending Record," pondering to himself.
So, time passed without knowing how long it had been.
Li Fan was awakened by an image in his mind.
It turned out that the task he had set for the followers of the Crimson Compassionate Immortal, to find someone who could restore a cultivator’s appearance from their skull, finally had some leads.
Li Fan had thought it would be a simple matter, but in reality, in the vast Xuanhuang World, no one but Li Fan had this need.
Since there was no practical value in usage, no cultivator would study this technique.
It wasn’t until Li Fan issued a reward for the task that, driven by the prospect of profit, some cultivators began to attempt it.
"Tong Yan State, Luo Suzhen."
After obtaining the information on the target cultivator, Li Fan thought it over and ultimately decided that he should personally take action.
It involved something Even True was very eager to find; he had to take it seriously.
His form escaped, like a ghostly apparition.
Soon, Li Fan arrived at the entrance to Luo Suzhen’s Cave Mansion.
Like Yin Shangren and Ximen Yu, this Luo Suzhen also preferred to live in isolation.
