Chapter 928 |
Boundless spiritual power poured continuously into the clone, Li Qing’s, body.
Yet the body, which should have recovered swiftly, instead became more and more shattered as it regenerated.
It was as if his very bones were being stripped and his soul torn apart.
Feeling the pain coming from his clone, even Li Fan could not help but frown slightly.
It seemed that some extremely strange power was entrenched around the wound, preventing it from healing.
This power did not vanish with the destruction of the flesh. Instead, like maggots gnawing at bone, it began to seep into the cultivator’s Dao Foundation.
A foreboding rose in Li Fan’s heart. If left unchecked, even the “Heavenly Wonder” Cave Heaven of his clone might be corroded.
“The Sky-Patrolling Arrows didn’t used to be this strong. It’s as if they were specially designed to target cultivators of the New Method.”
“Not only have their numbers multiplied severalfold, but their lethality has increased too…”
In his view, although these arrows acted individually, they might very well form a vast formation that could enshroud the entire Alliance.
Point by point, woven together into a colossal net that could cover the heavens.
Just like the Mysterious Net he had once encountered.
In a moment of focus, Li Fan activated the power of the Final Dissociation Disc to perform a deduction.
After a few breaths, the results confirmed the feasibility of his suspicion.
He then recalled how the clone, upon returning, had encountered an entirely new defensive grand formation.
There was little doubt now. The Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance had been preparing for something monumental. The only question was when it would be revealed, perhaps giving the Five Elders Association an unexpected “surprise.”
“Perhaps it’s related to that Mo Rubin, who replaced the Dharma-Transmitter.”
Li Fan narrowed his eyes, countless thoughts flashing through his mind.
After a moment, he decided to set those aside for now.
The most urgent matter was to heal the clone.
The “Heavenly Wonder” Dao Foundation had been attained through great effort. If it were destroyed so easily, that would truly be a pity.
While the clone had gone to the Five Elders Association, Li Fan had remained secluded in the Spiritwood Realm, diligently studying the Record of Mending Heavens.
Combining it with the Immortal Scripture of the Heavenly Doctor and the many pieces of knowledge he had gathered across his reincarnations,
Li Fan could now be said to have taken his first true step into the Path of Medicine.
And that so-called “first step” was in comparison to the Heavenly Doctor himself.
Compared to the ordinary healers of the Xuanhuang Realm, Li Fan’s skill far surpassed theirs, almost to the point of absolute domination.
After all, with the lifelong insights of a Heavenly Doctor as his foundation, it would be harder not to excel.
“The defeat of the divine soul must first be met by weakening it, then mended through harm…”
Li Fan recalled the passage from the Record of Mending Heavens, his expression solemn.
He divided off a strand of his divine soul, wrapped it in pure spiritual power, and formed several silver needles.
With a gentle wave, those needles all pierced into the broken body of his clone, Li Qing, disappearing from sight.
The clone, whose body had been wracked with agony and spasms, instantly fell into a deep slumber.
No matter how much pain there was, it could not be felt, as if already dead.
Holding his breath for a moment, Li Fan focused his mind and said: “Swift!”
In an instant, all the silver needles returned, arranging themselves neatly in front of him.
Originally silver-white, the needles had turned completely gray in just a short time.
It was as if some kind of toxin had been absorbed along the tips.
Li Fan sensed the spiritual power within these needles and within himself.
He realized that once tainted by this gray toxin, the spiritual power was directly converted, quickly falling into a state of silence.
“Quite powerful.”
“However, compared to the [Disease] I saw on Han Zhong, it is still far weaker.”
“After all, this gray power only suppresses the spirit. With my Limitless Fullness and Emptiness Method, even if my spirit is consumed, it can be quickly replenished.”
“The otherworldly illness, however, directly limits the upper bound of the spirit.”
Thinking this, Li Fan’s hands moved without pause.
One by one, the silver needles flew into Li Qing’s body, drawing out the continuously corrosive gray power.
As the culprit disappeared, Li Qing’s complexion gradually improved.
As for the extracted gray power, Li Fan temporarily sealed and preserved it using the Seven-Colored Divine Light.
He would study it later; perhaps there would be some surprises.
The treatment took the time of a full incense stick.
Once the last trace of gray power was eliminated, Li Fan finally exhaled in relief.
“The Record of Mending Heaven is indeed remarkable. A small test, and I’ve neutralized a great weapon that the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance is still experimenting with.”
The principle behind this treatment was actually simple.
It involved suppressing the spirit activity of his clone, Li Qing, then injecting the silver needles’ own spiritual power as bait to draw out the toxin.
Of course, to complete this treatment without harming the patient’s spirit required the healer to have extremely high spiritual proficiency.
If the patient were not his own clone, with whom Li Fan was intimately familiar, and if he did not have the Limitless Fullness and Emptiness Technique to endlessly replenish spiritual power, the treatment would not have been so easy.
After a while, Li Qing slowly awakened.
The first thing he said was: “The Sky-Patrolling Arrow’s targeting was not just bad luck. It should be that when I broke through the protective formation, I left some trace on my body.”
“That is why I was attacked by the Sky-Patrolling Arrow.”
Li Fan nodded slightly. “I thought of that too.”
“That new formation does have some tricks. Although it doesn’t look especially difficult to break, in retrospect, the flaw was deliberately exposed.”
“Like bait, when a formation master follows the exposed flaw and appears to break the formation, they have already quietly triggered a mark.”
“Using this mark, combined with the ever-present Sky-Patrolling Arrows within the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, they can carry out post-event assassinations.”
“It seems that Lu Xichan’s return was somewhat useful. A formation that appears defensive but is actually a trap requires skill to even conceive,” Li Fan said slowly.
Li Qing also sighed: “Fortunately, as a Dao Foundation cultivator of Heavenly Wonder, my flesh and blood are integrated with the Sword Dao. Even if blood is left behind, I need not fear being tracked. An ordinary cultivator, even if surviving the Sky-Patrolling Arrow, could be tracked for thousands of miles using the blood left on the arrow.”
“In any case, we should lie low for a while. The Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance has prepared so many reserves; it seems they are planning a major move. All we can do is wait and see,” Li Fan instructed.
Li Qing nodded in agreement.
Then, a silver light containing the Xuantian Sect cultivation method flew from his mind.
Li Fan was extremely cautious and did not view it directly.
Instead, his clone read it, synchronizing cognition so that the contents of the method were recorded step by step in Li Fan’s own mind.
Each cultivation method of the Xuantian Sect far surpasses any existing technique in the Xuanhuang Realm today.
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