“Xu Ke!”
Song Yang’s desperate and somewhat hopeless voice faintly came from below. Xu Ke, who had escaped death, looked back to make sure Song Yang wouldn’t catch up.
After a long time, he didn’t see the other party’s figure, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
“Little Green, thank you!”
Xu Ke said to the green phoenix familiarly while casually stroking its neck. The green phoenix flew while lightly chirping in response.
Meanwhile, Li Fan had exhausted too much energy from consecutively using his innate divine ability twice. Furthermore, after being chased by someone, his spirit was highly tense. When he suddenly relaxed, he fell into a deep sleep. And with this sleep, his existence in the Fallen Immortal Realm also came to an end.
When he regained consciousness, he had already returned to the cultivation world.
Reflecting on this journey to the Fallen Immortal Realm, which ended somewhat anticlimactic, Li Fan couldn’t help but sigh.
“This is it?”
Unlike when he possessed Li Chen of the Purple Heaven Sect, having an independent consciousness and freedom of movement, the starting point this time was extremely low, just a fledgling bird born from an egg.
He couldn’t accomplish anything at all, merely spending his days eating and drinking.
Despite his rapid growth over two months, the Foundation Establishment stage was already the limit. In the ancient cultivation world, this level of cultivation was almost at the bottom.
Even if he wanted to do something, he was powerless.
“Do I need to reveal my true form for freedom of movement?”
“Or…”
Now free of the addled mind he had when he possessed the Divine Bird, Li Fan quickly recalled the incident of Ye Feipeng, who owned the Kun Peng Essence Blood, practicing the Creation Forge Art to activate the Kun Peng bloodline.
“Perhaps, the method of calling upon the body’s hidden potential with the Creation Forge Art has miraculous effects on demonic beasts.”
“It’s worth a try. Hmm…”
“There’s no rush. Let’s see what changes there will be next time I enter.”
Because there were traces of the mysterious Mr. Bai in both Ningyuan City and within the Imperial Beast Sect, Li Fan speculated that the scene within the Imperial Beast Sect was similar to Ningyuan City before: he would be unable to escape without meeting certain conditions.
Otherwise, he would be continuously sent back as in a cycle.
As for whether he was truly trapped again, there was no need to wonder. He would know in about half a year when he would be able to enter again.
By then, he should be done with Tianyu Province and have gone to the Tianyun Province.
“However, perhaps Ji Hongdao won’t let me leave so easily.”
“According to the original plan, after completing the training, students from each province will return to their hometowns to build the Tianxuan Spirit Lock Formation.”
“But now that the Cong Yun Sea has disappeared, I don’t know what arrangements will be in store for me.”
“Furthermore, before leaving Tianyu Province, there’s one more thing I have to do.”
Li Fan left the closed-door room and came to the room where the Tianxuan Mirror was located, searching for information related to the extremely valuable rewards offered by Immortal Sage Jicheng.
The opportunity to use a life-extending method was extremely precious, and no one would want to lose it.
During this time, the prices of the originally extremely rare and precious life-extending treasures had soared even higher.
They were now priceless and often required high-level techniques or special treasures in exchange for purchase.
There were rumors that a cultivator had already discovered a Longevity Fruit in a ruin.
It was said that this fruit was refined by ancient cultivators and could extend life for five hundred years.
In the past, most had only seen mentions of it in the classics, and nobody expected to see the real thing now.
This fortunate cultivator, to avoid constant anxiety and fear, had already offered the Longevity Fruit to Immortal Sage Jicheng.
Furthermore, he hid all day in the Tianxuan Mirror, refusing to go out.
He was only waiting for the right time to cash in on the opportunity to use the Law Derivation Decree.
“My Longevity Fruit can also extend lifespan by three hundred years.”
“I wonder if it can make it to the top three.”
“Originally, I was very confident, but the Xuanhuang Realm has a long history, and there are too many hidden treasures. With great rewards, it’s normal for something more valuable than my Longevity Fruit to appear.”
“When the results are revealed, if it doesn’t work out in this life, I can inquire about the origins of the top three. I’ll plan ahead in the next life.”
“However, preparation needs to be done in advance.”
The previous clone had been buried along with the Cong Yun Sea by Ink Death. The bounty of Immortal Sage Jicheng had attracted widespread attention. Taking the initiative to step forward and stand in the spotlight was not Li Fan’s way of life.
To be safe, Li Fan decided to create another clone to collect the reward. After all, if the clone knew the technique, the main body did too.
“The clone created by the Sun Stealing Technique will be one minor realm lower than the main body.”
“In order to explain the origin of the Longevity Fruit, the clone must be at the Golden Core realm to enter the Fallen Immortal Realm. In other words, I need to advance to mid-stage Golden Core as soon as possible.”
“Relying solely on my own cultivation is a bit difficult. The new crops haven’t been planted yet, so I can only hope that Xiao Heng will provide more feedback.”
“Su Xiaomei and Zhang Haobo have been missing in the ruins of the Chaoyuan Sect for some time now. During this time, it seems like they have disappeared from this world and haven’t given me any cultivation feedback at all. However, through the faint connection of the Mountain Meditation Technique, I sense that Su Xiaomei and Zhang Haobo are still alive. When they come out, they should bring me some surprises.”
Not placing all his hopes on others, after a brief rest, Li Fan resumed his cultivation.
Time flew by. Soon, the final assessment of the Tianxuan Spirit Lock Formation had all ended.
After the results came out, Ji Hongdao sent a message, asking all the students who had gone out to return to the Huan Yu Courtyard. Everyone gathered together again, inevitably feeling a bit nervous.
Ji Hongdao smiled slightly, not rushing to announce the results, but first introducing the rewards for those who performed well in the assessment.
Taking out a jade disk, he said, “This is the little thing that made me envious.”
“Or should I say, all Formation Masters will fall in love with it when they learn of its abilities.”
“Why don’t you guess what it’s for?” Li Fan carefully examined the jade disk in Ji Hongdao’s hand, finding it somewhat familiar.
After thinking about it, he quickly realized.
This thing was somewhat similar to the “Formation Breaking Disk” he had seen before.
The so-called Formation Breaking Disk was a treasure that could analyze the structure of formations without destroying them, thereby providing reference solutions for Formation Masters to break the formations.
“Could it be that this thing is an advanced version of the Formation Breaking Disk?” Li Fan couldn’t help but think so.
Obviously, Li Fan was not the only one who thought so. Many students stared at the jade disk, their expressions excited.
“It seems you’ve already guessed it, so I won’t keep you in suspense.”
“The effect of this item is indeed somewhat similar to the Formation Breaking Disk.” Ji Hongdao touched the jade disk emotionally.
“But it is far more powerful than the Formation Breaking Disk.”
“The original Formation Breaking Disk consisted of one thousand and eighty segments.”
“But just one of these small jade disks can break formations several times faster than an entire set of Formation Breaking Disks.”
“This is because it is one of the latest secondary bodies born from the Tianxuan Mirror.”
“There are a total of nine.”
“We named them Dissociation Disks.”