Chapter 249: Forge of Creation

There was no concrete evidence.

It was just a sudden feeling that surged in Li Fan's heart as he observed Zhang Zhiliang, who remained silent, half of his body shrouded in darkness.

However, Li Fan was always confident in his intuition.

"Perhaps witnessing the tragic deaths of the other two Formation Masters from the Formation Hall on the battlefield has affected him?" Li Fan speculated.

Without asking further questions, he kept this matter firmly in mind.

After bowing respectfully, Li Fan quietly withdrew.

Back in the Tianxuan Mirror, he carefully read the contents of the new jade slip.

Compared to the first one, this one was much more profound, even delving into the knowledge of Zhang Zhiliang's "Infinite Formation."

Li Fan incorporated it into the multitasking cultivation process of "Divine Transformation Dao."

Half a month later, the main body was still cultivating as usual.

Meanwhile, the clone, Fan Lin, had achieved some success in the study of the human body's hidden potential.

Utilizing various literary sources and continuous experimentation on his own body, combined with the descriptions in the "Heavenly Doctor's Immortal Sutra," the clone tirelessly stimulated the boundless energy within him to refine and strengthen his physical body.

Now, relying solely on physical strength without the use of spiritual energy, the destructive power he could unleash was comparable to late stage Qi Condensation.

Since there was no special technique involved—just the basic manipulation of the hidden potential, similar to tempering oneself like a furnace—Li Fan named it the "Creation Forge Art."

It had no real connection to creation and was mainly focused on the forging of the body, but when it came to naming, Li Fan naturally leaned towards a more domineering direction.

The name "Creation Forge Art" was something Li Fan found quite satisfying.

Now, the clone was entering the first critical phase of practicing the Creation Forge Art.

From head to toe, inside and out, the overall tempering of the body had been preliminarily completed.

The physical strength had reached the expected level.

The next step was to draw upon the vast and endless hidden potential within the body, using it like a giant heavy hammer to violently pound the body.

Similar to the process of tempering steel a hundred times over, simultaneous strengthening of the body occurred when continuously hammering it.

This was Li Fan's "Primary Refinement" of the physical body.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Dull thuds echoed faintly from within the clone's body.

Each time the sound rang out, a strange blood-red color appeared on Li Fan's face.

Soon, his body seemed to become a blazing furnace, with the red color spreading all over.

The body's temperature rose even higher.

It seemed like it was being roasted by flames, reaching its limit, ready to melt completely at any moment.

However, each time it reached a critical point, a surge of pure vitality would emerge from inside the body, resolving the fatal injuries.

This was not something Li Fan consciously manipulated.

It was the body's instinctive reaction in the face of life-threatening crises.

Under the continuous forging of these hammering impacts, Li Fan's physical body gradually became stronger.

He accumulated quantitative changes.

After an unknown amount of time, with a heavier and more muffled thud, Li Fan's body trembled slightly.

The intense red color faded.

The strength of the body had finally risen to a new level.

Activating his spiritual energy and forming a blade, he slashed at his left arm.

"Ding!"

Surprisingly, a metallic clash echoed.

Li Fan continuously adjusted and increased the intensity of his spiritual energy until he exerted a force equivalent to mid stage Foundation Establishment.

Only then did a bloody wound finally appear on his arm.

"The first refinement is finally successful."

"The step equivalent to Foundation Establishment has been completed."

"Next is to mobilize the hidden potential within the body and forge the physical body once again."

"Then, repeat this process. One refinement, a hundred refinements, a thousand refinements..."

"According to expectations, if there is no limit, the hidden potential of the human body is developed to the extreme, by relying solely on the power of the physical body, one could influence and distort the laws with a mere wave of the hand."

"It's almost to the point of being invulnerable to all laws and indestructible against all calamities."

"Unfortunately, in the Xuanhuang Realm, this path is cut off."

"Perhaps the restrictions in the surrounding subworlds might be weaker."

Li Fan took a deep breath, and the wound on his arm disappeared in an instant.

"But my requirements aren't high. I just need to open a path for the physical body to contend with the Golden Core realm."

"That will be the next goal for my clone."

With a single thought, the hidden potential within his body surged out like a torrent.

It washed over and tempered his physical body.

"After the primary refinement's success, this tempering has become as natural as breathing, an instinct of the body."

"I don't have to stay in seclusion all the time."

"I can research methods to increase the efficiency of the forging..."

Li Fan contemplated in silence.

At this moment, a communication talisman sent a prompt.

It was Jiao Xiuyuan again who had come to share his grievances.

Over these years, Li Fan had become accustomed to such complaints.

Originally, according to the plan, he should have held the first auction during the 18th year to build momentum for the Minor Medicine King Cauldrons' popularity.

However, the sudden outbreak of the war in Tianling Province and the unexpected discount event from the Tianxuan Mirror forced him to postpone it.

As Jiao Xiuyuan put it, "All the cultivators are buying cultivation techniques, and everyone's turning into paupers. There's no profit to be made anymore!"

"By holding an auction now, I'm afraid we won't even recover our costs!"

Business at Thousand Mile Hall had also been quite bleak these years.

In the words of Li Fan's previous life, it was an economic downturn, and everyone was having a hard time.

However, Li Fan believed that with the macroeconomic control of the Tianxuan Mirror and the existence of the suspected Longevity Immortal who made people forget disasters, cultivators would recover quickly.

After responding briefly, Li Fan put away the communication talisman, and the clone once again immersed himself in the study of the human body's hidden potential.

While both the main body and the clone were diligently cultivating, on the deserted island, Ye Feipeng became somewhat confused.

Over these years, even though he considered himself diligent in cultivation, the gap between reality and ideal was considerable, which left him quite disheartened.

According to the history he remembered, shortly after Zhang Haobo reached the false Golden Core realm, he could shepherd a great wind disaster to Ten Thousand Immortals Island.

But Ye Feipeng had only recently broken through to late stage Foundation Establishment.

The Golden Core realm seemed like an unattainable goal.

"Could it be that the gap between my talent and true geniuses is truly so great?"

Not only Zhang Haobo, but each of the people on this deserted island was also a monster.

Su Xiaomei gradually matured, and her cultivation speed became faster.

Later on, she reached the same level as Ye Feipeng, and they were both in the late stage Foundation Establishment. However, with her terrifying talent, she easily defeated Ye Feipeng in actual combat.

During their battle, Ye Feipeng could only rely on his increasingly astonishing speed to evade constantly.

Xiao Heng was also not weak.

Even Su Changyu and the Yin sisters, who cultivated slightly slower, each had their strengths and couldn't be underestimated.

In terms of talent, Ye Feipeng was inferior.

Although he had a clear understanding of this before, at that time, he still had the foresight of a reborn individual, and his heart was not too anxious.

But now, that point of reliance gradually became unreliable.

Everything changed because some time ago, he happened to overhear passing cultivators talking about the Tianling Province war that happened a few years ago.

The more he heard, the more uneasy he felt.

Because, in his previous life, such a major event had never occurred.