Chapter 299: The Chance of Longevity Fruit
Chapter 297 – The Fruit of Longevity’s Chance
“You can’t spell talent, you either have to rely on chance encounters or hard work.”
“Unfortunately, the effort is there, and the chances have not been encountered in this life for the time being.”
When the last strand of gold color in the Soul Gathering Pearl dissipated without a trace, Li Fan could not help but let out such a sentiment.
No accidents had occurred.
More than two months had passed again, although Li Fan could not say that he had not made any progress at all.
But it was only the success rate of discrimination that had increased from five out of ten thousand to just one out of a thousand.
He still couldn’t detect the difference between a normal divine soul and a soul contracted divine soul, and the so-called discrimination was still just a blind guess based on intuition.
This was certainly not enough to fulfill the requirements of building the [Heavenly Xuan Spirit Locking Formation].
“It seems like we can only try again next time.”
“The only thing I’m a bit sad to see go is this top-grade Huan Yu Bei Yuan that can open the Enlightened Spirit state at public expense.”
Li Fan shook his head and grasped this last time to cultivate for free.
Ten days later, the monthly examination came again.
The Soul Gathering Pearls in the hands of most of the cultivators had all been consumed, so this test was also the final test to decide who would go and who would stay.
Li Fan’s performance was very stable.
The part on the knowledge of formation construction was still on top.
The section on recognizing soul contracts, on the other hand, was still lower down.
“Only those with a success rate of fifty percent or more in discernment will have the opportunity to further their education.”
“Anyone who fails to meet the standard will be expelled from the Huan Yu Special Academy as of today.”
“And inform the relevant people.”
Ji Hongdao scanned the young cultivators below and said in a cold voice.
The moment he saw Li Fan, his eyes fluctuated slightly, but that was all.
It was impossible to break the rules for this stranger.
The moment these words came out, among the thousand or so cultivators, there were nearly a hundred of them, whose faces were pale and as if they had lost their lives.
But at least there was no undignified scene of crying and begging for another chance to appear.
Only Li Fan had a cloudy look on his face, and those who didn’t know, thought that he had passed the test.
Ji Hongdao waved his hand, and a layer of white light enveloped the bodies of these eliminated cultivators, including Li Fan.
A few moments later, these hundred or so people appeared in a spacious and empty compound.
“Don’t be discouraged even if you’ve been eliminated, go back and take it from wherever you came from. It’s also meaningful to continue dedicating an ounce of yourself to the development of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance!” The one who spoke was a chubby middle-aged cultivator with an extremely conspicuous goatee on his chin.
The fat cultivator revealed a kind smile and patted over these eliminated youths one by one.
While patting, he explained, “It’s not that the organization doesn’t feel at ease with you guys, it’s really that the secrecy level of the [Tianxuan Spirit Locking Formation] is a bit high.”
The cultivators he patted over disappeared without a trace with a flash of light.
Li Fan’s heart was suddenly alarmed, thinking that the fat cultivator had come to kill and silence him.
The opponent’s strength was unknown, but these young cultivators with Jindan strength had no resistance at all in front of him.
Li Fan was clearly no match for him either.
Just as he was about to prepare to silently recite Returning Truth, he heard the other party continue, “Relax, it’s just sealing the part of your memories about the [Tianxuan Spirit Locking Formation].”
“Don’t look at me with a frightened face, I know what you guys are thinking. But this is Tianyu City, the important place of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. I don’t know how many pairs of eyes are staring at this place. That kind of thing, how is it possible ……”
The fat cultivator muttered under his breath while quickly performing his job.
Li Fan sniffed and sighed in relief just like the other cultivators.
However, he didn’t completely believe the fat cultivator’s words to the fullest, and remained wary in his heart, ready to return the truth at all times.
“I don’t know what is senior’s name?” When it was Li Fan’s turn, Li Fan was the one who suddenly asked.
The fat cultivator froze, and the movement of his hand slowed down for a beat.
“You kid is interesting, I always feel that I will run into you again one day.” The fat cultivator sized up Li Fan and said, “My name is Huangfu Song.”
With this on his lips, the movements of his hands were not delayed any longer.
A slap on Li Fan’s body.
As the light erupted, Li Fan was in a trance before his eyes and appeared in another compound.
In front of him seemed to be the gate to leave this place.
“After signing this confidentiality agreement and surrendering the Huan Yu Order, you can leave on your own. I suggest that you don’t rush back, it’s rare to come to our Tianyu Prefecture, it would be a shame not to wander around. Here, I recommend the East of the city’s Dao Discussion Building, cultivators traveling from the south to the north will choose to land there, it’s extremely lively. There’s also free spirit tea provided.” At the large opening, there was a thin bamboo pole-like cultivator standing guard.
On his face was a smile that was worse than crying, whenever a cultivator came before him.
He would pull out a golden deed and hand it to the other party.
Only after signing it and handing over the Huan Yu Order would he let them go.
“By the way, I wonder if you guys have ever heard of that [Ice Abyss Fire Lotus] spectacle? It is also highly recommended that you guys take a look at it.”
The thin cultivator sent the young cultivators who had completed the formalities and were hanging their heads out while introducing them to the places worth visiting in Tianyu Prefecture.
Soon, it was Li Fan’s turn again.
As usual, Li Fan asked, “What is senior’s name?”
“Shangguan Shi.”
The other party simply responded, placing a golden deed in front of Li Fan.
It seemed to be a little more advanced than the generic [Business Deed Book], but not as advanced as the Five Elders’ Association’s [Divine Soul Deed].
A single glance swept through the contents of the deed.
A unilateral deed with harsh conditions.
Anyone who leaked it would have their gods and souls destroyed.
Anyway, it was not up to Li Fan not to sign, without hesitation, dashingly wrote down his name.
A golden light disappeared into the body, Shangguan Shi nodded.
“You can go now!”
Arching his hand, Li Fan stepped out of the Huan Yu Special Courtyard.
“This is a bit embarrassing, I’m afraid Zhang Zhiliang wouldn’t have expected me to be eliminated outright in the first round.”
“Counting the time, there should still be more than a year before the Red Flame Burning Sea.”
“I definitely can’t go back, it’s better to follow the original plan of traveling around this Tianyu Prefecture for a while, and then when Daoist He’s closed training is over, I’ll go directly to defect to him.”
“As for Zhang Zhiliang’s side ……”
“I don’t think he’ll give up his chance to merge with the Dao for this trivial matter and come to trouble me instead.”
Thinking of the Dao Discourse Building mentioned by Shangguan Shi just now, Li Fan, who had no place to go for the time being, inquired about its location and went straight there.
The Dao Discourse Building was more than just a building.
Rather, it was a stretch of buildings.
Not only did it provide services such as gatherings and catering, but there were also many small courtyards such as the Huan Yu Bei Yuan where one could stay.
The lobby of the main building was extremely lively and filled with cultivators.
Most of them did not have a high cultivation level, and Li Fan visually estimated that the highest was the YuanYing realm.
It was thought that if they came here to meet above the God of Transformation, they would choose to arrange for a separate courtyard building.
Casually finding an empty seat and sitting down, a spiritual tea automatically surfaced on the tabletop.
Taking a sip, he immediately felt his body’s spiritual qi tumbling, soothing and refreshing. After drinking it all in one go, the cup was placed on the table.
Spiritual tea gushed out from the bottom of the cup and refilled it.
Li Fan didn’t drink it this time, but picked up a jade tablet engraved with the word “Dao” on the table.
After some exploration with his divine sense, many different styles of dishes immediately appeared in his mind.
Almost all of them had the effect of improving the body quality and quenching the purity of the aura in the body.
Of course, the prices were also extremely expensive.
Almost all of them cost several hundred contribution degrees a piece.
“This Dao Discourse Building definitely can’t be opened in the Cong Yunhai.”
“Ordinary cultivators, they simply can’t afford to consume it.”
Li Fan randomly ordered a few dishes to taste the effects.
In between waiting, he pricked up his ears to listen to the conversations of the surrounding cultivators in passing.
It wasn’t much different from the scene of talking in a mortal restaurant.
There were all kinds of topics.
Cultivator so-and-so had improved another small realm; whoever was approaching his great limit had still not been able to make a breakthrough and died of old age with regret.
The Five Elders Association hadn’t made any major moves in the past few years, and was bound to be secretly plotting some kind of conspiracy.
……
All these kinds of things, Li Fan didn’t feel annoyed when listening to them.
Not long after, the light flashed, and the ordered dishes as well as cutlery automatically appeared on the table one after another.
Li Fan tasted them one by one, feeling the changes in his body, and secretly nodded his head.
“This Dao Discourse Building really has some reputation.”
Right at this moment, the lobby, which was already a bit noisy, suddenly emitted some more clamor.
A few key words drifted into his ears, and Li Fan was slightly stunned and could not help but concentrate to listen.
“Fellow Daoist Lu, did you really find a life-enhancing spirit fruit?”
“Hush, low key, low key. This trip to the Underground Spectral Forest did yield a small harvest. Identified by the Heavenly Xuan Mirror, the Spirit Turtle Violet True Fruit can extend one hundred and fifty years of life.” Daoist Lu’s voice was somewhat complacent.
“Hiss ……”
“Spirit Turtle Violet True Fruit, I remember that the list given by Immortal Venerable Extreme Cheng didn’t have this kind of spirit fruit, right? Doesn’t that mean ……”
“Fellow Daoist Lu has stumbled upon a great creation this time!”
“A life extension of one hundred and fifty years, that’s an extremely remarkable treasure. It’s just that I don’t know how many places it will rank in the conscription bounty. If I’m lucky enough to be in the top three ……”
“That’s a Diffractive Law Jue ah ……”
The crowd’s breaths couldn’t help but catch.
……
Li Fan listened to the conversations of a few people on the other side in his ears, and his complexion moved slightly.
At that moment, he couldn’t care less about cleaning up the remaining food and directly booked a separate house in this Discourse Building and stayed within it.
As expected, there was the presence of a Heavenly Xuan Mirror within the courtyard.
After a search, Li Fan immediately understood the circumstances of the matter.
It turned out that ever since Immortal Venerable Extreme Cheng resigned from his position as the Chief Commander of the Garrison Courtyard and recuperated from his injuries, although his injuries were gradually improving, he could not make up for the loss of his longevity.
Just like all cultivators who were approaching the end of their lives, Immortal Venerable Extreme Cheng began to seek various methods of life extension.
Only the extreme into the immortal honors in a high position for many years, all kinds of life-extending heavenly materials and earth treasures have basically tasted, for him to lose the utility.
So he issued a reward for three years, the entire Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance to search for life-extending treasures that still have an effect on him.
Anyone who proves to be effective will be offered a high reward.
The more the life span is increased, the more generous the reward will be.
The rewards unique to the top three were even more heart-thumping to all cultivators in the world.
One chance to use the Diffractive Law Jue.
As we all know, the world’s techniques are hard to come by.
And it was even harder to customize a technique according to one’s own circumstances.
Although the weavers could do this, but on the one hand, the cost was not expensive, and on the other hand, there were high and low levels of weavers, and the compiled techniques were far from perfect.
It was only the second best option.
In the hearts of all cultivators, what they dreamed of was to be able to use the Wanxian League’s first treasure, the Diffractive Law Jue, to deduce and create a merit law for themselves.
Unfortunately, for the vast majority of cultivators under the sky, this was only a distant dream.
The Diffraction Jue was the foundation of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, so it was very precious!
The average person didn’t even know what it looked like or where it was located.
Let alone use it.
Even the average Harmonious Dao Realm powerhouse might not be qualified to use it.
It was also the fact that Immortal Emperor Extreme Cheng had been in control of the garrison camp for nearly five hundred years, and was in a position of great power.
During that time, he had experienced countless wars of all sizes and had gained all sorts of merits.
Only then could he take out the reward of three chances to use the Diffractive Law Jue.
“First place, can deduce the Harmonization Technique. Second place, Transformation of God. Third place, Yuan Ying.”
Li Fan checked the description of the rewards and had to say that his heart was moved.
The Life Extension Exotic Treasure, he just happened to have it.
The Past Life Longevity Fruit, which could extend his life by 300 years.
And it happened to be not within the list of exotic treasures that Extreme Cheng had already taken.
To him, this Longevity Fruit was of little use.
And if he exchanged him for the Extreme Cheng Immortal Honor Reward ……
Not to mention the superiority of the customized gongfu, just being able to meet that town alliance’s treasure, the Diffusion Law Jue, was already worth the price of admission in Li Fan’s opinion.
“It’s just that this Transformation Longevity Fruit is from the Meteoric Immortal Realm. Generally speaking, only Jindan Realm cultivators can enter.”
“I’m only a Foundation Establishment cultivator, so it’s a bit inappropriate to turn it in on this.”
“Anyway, the Immortal Elder’s bounty has only been over for less than a year now, so I can wait until I break through to Jindan and then turn it in.”
“In this way, it will be possible to explain its origin in an honorable manner.”
“Well …… dealing with a Harmonized Immortal Exalt is bound to be a bit risky.”
“There is still a need to think carefully again.”
For the next few days, Li Fan wandered around this Tianyu City.
Another trip was made to that wondrous scene [Ice Abyss Fire Lotus] that Shangguan Shi had mentioned.
A lotus flower made of countless flames bloomed in the cold ice abyss.
Although it was pretty to look at, Li Fan couldn’t see anything particularly famous about it.
It was said that some cultivators had attained enlightenment here and directly raised a small realm, so it seemed that it was his enlightenment that was not enough.
On the way back from the Cold Ice Abyss, Li Fan’s communication spirit talisman, however, suddenly received a transmission from Ji Hongdao.
He was told to quickly return to the Huan Yu Special Courtyard.
(End of chapter)