Chapter 78: The Cloud Water Heavenly Palace
Chapter 78 – Cloud Water Heavenly Palace Kai
“I’m sorry. I really can’t do anything about this matter. I have a premonition that a breakthrough is imminent, and it will be necessary for me to go out in two years to look for opportunities, so I will not be able to guard Liuli Island for many hours.”
The Cloud Water Heavenly Palace was about to open in more than a year’s time, and Li Fan would definitely not miss the opportunity to enter it ahead of the others for the sake of the small amount of contribution for guarding it.
So he could only simply reject He Zhenghao.
“In that case, then I can only find someone else. I also wish you, Fellow Daoist, an early Foundation Establishment!” He Zhenghao regretfully replied.
No more messages came through from the communication spirit talisman.
Li Fan didn’t care and spent his contribution to turn on the assisted cultivation mode.
Cultivating the Ru Shadow Follows the Shadow Resolve.
After all, it was only an auxiliary technique, and the cultivation of the Ru Shadow Following Shape Determination was too much simpler than the remaining two techniques.
With the double bonus of Enlightened Spirit and Linglong Liuli Pearl, it only took less than ten days for Li Fan to cultivate it to the late stage of Qi Refining.
At this moment, Li Fan was testing the effects of the Ru Shadow Follows Shape Determination.
He used 100 contribution points to simulate unfolding a chase battle with a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator in the Tian Xuan Mirror.
The space around him changed into rolling hills.
In the mountains, a figure flew towards the distance to escape.
That was setting the target that needed to be chased.
Looking at the other party’s back that was getting farther and farther away, Li Fan’s mind moved and his figure steeply darkened.
It was as if it was covered with a dark veil, and under the cover of the omnipresent shadows, it was even more difficult to detect.
As the other party was about to completely disappear from sight, Li Fan fiercely accelerated and flew to follow.
Compared to the simple wind flying before, Li Fan’s speed was now greatly improved.
Moreover, he had vaguely created some sort of connection with the target he was locked in pursuit of.
The increase in the speed of the other party, to a certain extent, also caused Li Fan’s speed to be accelerated.
It really seemed as if Li Fan had become the opponent’s shadow, making it impossible to get rid of.
It was even more able to constantly use the shadows on the ground to weave and jump.
In this way, it didn’t take long at all for Li Fan to catch up with the figure in front of him.
The surrounding scenery blurred for a while, and the illusion of mountains and rivers and cultivators disappeared at the same time.
It changed back to a pitch black space.
The chase ended, and Li Fan was still satisfied with the Ru Shadow Follows the Shadow Decree.
In itself, its effect of concealing the breath was not bad, and if it was paired with the Hidden Shape Talisman, then it would be even less noticeable.
Although that Sikong Yi was somewhat mysterious, his cultivation level should be at the late stage of Qi Refining.
He had prepared so much in advance, and even more so, he was counting on his heart.
Plotting the “Cloud and Water Talisman”, should not be a big problem.
Now everything is ready, just waiting for Jiao Xiuyuan’s side of the intelligence to come, as well as the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace officially opened.
In the Heavenly Xuan Mirror, Li Fan’s gaze was ghostly, gazing into the distance.
……
Two months later, Ten Thousand Immortals Island, Thousand Miles Hall.
Li Fan, who had received a summons from Jiao Xiuyuan, hurriedly arrived after inspiring the Hidden Shape Talisman.
As soon as he met Jiao Xiuyuan, he pretended to be furious: “How did you do your job at the Thousand Miles Hall? It’s just a small Qi Refining Cultivator, and it took so long to find out some information. I thought you guys forgot about this and were going to find someone else to do it!”
Jiao Xiuyuan was a little embarrassed, but he hurriedly pulled Li Fan along with the band to turn the store’s formation on, isolating it from outside prying eyes.
Only then did he explain in a low voice, “You keep your voice down! The delay for so long is really something that happened for a reason that.”
“Hmm?” Li Fan’s expression moved slightly as he waited for the following.
“Hehehe, I won’t hide it from you, but the difficulty of this mission is out of my expectation. The fifty points of contribution that I agreed with you last time is really too little ah! You know that this time I had asked a senior in the late stage of Foundation Establishment to help me out before I managed to get it done …… “Jiao Xiuyuan looked at Li Fan with bated breath, his meaning plainly visible.
“What, you want to break the contract?” Li Fan’s eyes narrowed slightly as he stared at Jiao Xiuyuan with a mischievous face.
Jiao Xiuyuan touched his head, “You add more or less ……”
Li Fan turned around and wanted to leave.
Jiao Xiuyuan almost jumped up anxiously, “Aigoo, my dear grandpa, I really have a bad year! Two consecutive orders are this money-losing business.”
“Okay, okay! Let’s do it as promised, fifty on fifty!” He said through gritted teeth.
“Here, plus the deposit from before, it’s exactly fifty contribution degrees.” Li Fan said coldly and threw four medium grade spirit stones over. “It’s easy for me to earn this amount of money from you.” With a bitter face, Jiao Xiuyuan caught the spirit stones before handing over a jade slip to Li Fan.
Li Fan received the jade slip, and after checking it with his divine sense, his face showed a strange color.
He then put the jade slip away and left.
Looking at Li Fan’s distant back, Jiao Xiuyuan’s original flattering expression abruptly disappeared.
He stroked the spirit stone in his hand and let out a gust of cold laughter.
“One is mysterious, with unknown origins; one is unseen, with ill motives.”
“I’d like to see what you two are up to.”
……
In the Heavenly Xuan Mirror, Li Fan carefully read the contents of the jade slip once more before finally destroying it.
“Two people?”
Li Fan frowned slightly, feeling a little tricky all of a sudden.
It turned out that according to the intelligence Jiao Xiuyuan had gathered, this Sikong Yi usually lived in deep seclusion and did not show up much.
He also had a close friend called Baili Dust, who was also a male cultivator.
This Baili Dust’s strength is a little weaker, and he is in the middle stage of Qi Refining.
Sikong Yi and Baili Dust seemed to have an excellent relationship, and every time they went out to act, the two of them always stayed together, inseparable.
Moreover, the two seemed to know some kind of combining art.
When they kill the enemy, they work well together, and their minds are connected, just like one person.
These two people generally stay within the Ten Thousand Immortals Island, in addition to doing tasks to accumulate contribution, generally do not go out.
Only during Jiao Xiuyuan’s investigation, these two had disappeared once for no apparent reason.
After leaving Ten Thousand Immortals Island, they lost track of them, not knowing where they had gone.
“Who is this Baili Dust, why don’t I have any impression?” Li Fan thought back carefully and did not find any information about Baili Dust from his memory.
“It seems that this person should have fallen in the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace Ruins.”
“However, I didn’t expect that there would be one more cultivator to target. My current bit of preparation doesn’t seem to be enough.”
“Good thing, there’s still quite a bit of time.”
Thoughts churning in his mind, Li Fan resumed his plotting.
……
One year later.
Anchored for eleven years, the central sea area of the Cong Yun Sea.
Thunderstorms that had been brewing in the sky for months continued to roar.
The thick swirling clouds had been dyed black, slowly spinning as they continued to accumulate power.
The clouds seemed like a high wall, guarding the center of the vortex.
There, there was a blue light that kept flickering.
With each of its flashes, this central sea seemed to undergo some sort of indefinable change.
This abnormality had attracted no cultivators since.
There were even vague rumors that there was an ancient sect relic about to appear here.
As a result, these past few months, more and more cultivators gathered.
Li Fan was naturally among them.
His eyes swept through the crowd, and without a trace, he paused on the duo of Sikong Yi and Baili Dust.
He then caught sight of Jiao Xiuyuan’s figure.
Jiao Xiuyuan stared at the swirling clouds in the sky with a rather excited expression.
“I’m afraid this person thought that he had encountered a chance to take advantage of something.”
“Unbeknownst to him, he’s just seeking his own death.”
A cold aura flashed through Li Fan’s gaze.
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