Chapter 256: Feipeng's Dual Foundation Treasure
T/N: I won't be able to post a chapter tomorrow, so this is tomorrow's chapter in advance.
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Fang Yang departed with a gloomy expression.
Li Fan, on the other hand, returned to the Tianxuan Mirror, paying no attention to the curious gazes of others.
"Purifying technique..."
Indeed, there were such types of techniques within the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.
Generally, these were practiced by cultivators who needed to maintain a clear state of mind for their other cultivation methods.
However, these techniques did not significantly enhance one's cultivation level or combat power, making them less popular and relatively inexpensive.
Li Fan started searching for a suitable one for himself. Suddenly, his gaze stopped on a technique named "Purple Heaven True Thunder Purification."
"Purple Heaven True Thunder purifies all things and dispels evil easily..."
Once again, the mention of "Purple Heaven" and "Thunder." It was hard for Li Fan not to connect it with the Purple Heaven Sect's Purple Heaven Royal Thunder Technique from the Fallen Immortal Realm.
This technique cost a little over forty thousand contribution points, and without hesitation, Li Fan purchased it. After reading through it, he compared it with the "Purple Heaven Soul Observation Technique" he had already mastered.
There were indeed similarities, but it was clear that "Purple Heaven True Thunder Purification" was not as profound as the "Purple Heaven Royal Thunder Technique." At best, it could be considered a weakened version.
"After all, Zhang Qianmo's methods involve the Purple Heaven Royal Thunder, which seems more advanced than the Purple Heaven True Thunder."
"To eliminate the hidden danger, maybe I should employ multiple methods."
"In an ideal scenario, I would purchase Heavenly Treasures from the Tianxuan Mirror, and in conjunction with the methods of the Purple Heaven Sect, I would cultivate on Grand Xuan's Dissociation Mountain for some time..."
"Heavenly Treasures are not a problem; there's no shortage of contribution points. However, Zhang Qianmo's undefeated streak remains unbreakable."
Thinking about this, Li Fan felt somewhat helpless.
"Things need to be taken step by step."
"If it comes to it, once I break through to the Golden Core realm, I'll forcefully capture him and see if I can obtain the 'Purple Heaven Royal Thunder Technique.'"
"I can't rest easy until the hidden danger is removed."
"Before that, it's better to be cautious and lie low within the Tianxuan Mirror."
Sighing quietly, Li Fan prepared for his future retreat while practicing.
With the Crimson Flame's incineration of the sea, he definitely had to flee the Cong Yun Sea.
He couldn't go to Yuandao Province, and Jiushan Province was too chaotic.
The Cong Yun Sea only bordered three provinces, so the remaining Shilin Province became the most suitable place to flee to.
Li Fan began to silently collect information about Shilin Province in the Tianxuan Mirror.
The 21st year arrived shortly after Li Fan went into closed-door cultivation.
Lancang and Haoxuan, the two Soul Transformation True Monarchs, erupted into a fierce battle as expected, on the outskirts of the Cong Yun Sea.
The sky tore apart, and a beam of starlight descended, teleporting them away.
"It seems Zhang Zhiliang has indeed taken action."
Upon hearing this news, Li Fan's clone, who had recently hidden himself, stopped practicing the "Creation Forge Art."
He headed to Yuandao Province alone, preparing to witness the scene of Blue Feather's fall.
To avoid any troubles, his clone remained focused and went directly to Zhuo Ling City after arriving in the Yuandao Province.
He found a residence, tightly locked his doors, and practiced diligently while waiting.
Half a month later, while he was mobilizing his body's hidden potential to temper his physical body, Li Fan suddenly felt a palpitation in his heart.
An indescribable sorrow, accompanied by the continuous cries of alarm within the city, surfaced in his mind.
Li Fan touched his cheek and found tears uncontrollably streaming down his face.
Slowly stepping outside, he looked up at the vast sky.
On the vast sky, a young Daoist child in a blue Daoist robe was overlooking the land below with a smile.
The Daoist boy gradually matured into an adult, and then slowly aged.
In the end, the image of the Blue Feather Immortal Sage, who had ruled the Yuandao Province for over three thousand years, appeared before everyone.
Afterward, it withered like autumn leaves.
Heavy rain started pouring from the sky.
Beasts howled on the earth.
Countless mortals couldn't help but weep.
"What is this..."
Li Fan stood in the rain, letting it drench his body.
He comprehended the emotions of the beings in heaven and earth.
Or rather, they were the emotions that the beings infected by the will of heaven and earth passively produced.
"The heavens are grieving?"
"What's there to be sad about? Just the fall of Blue Feather, a Dao Integration cultivator?"
Li Fan shook his head inwardly.
"No, that's not it."
"After Zhang Haobo achieved Dao Integration, he was killed by Ink Death. At that time, heaven and earth were joyful."
"Fortunately, he was executed by the Heavenly Spirit Ink Death..."
Li Fan stared at the lingering anomaly in the sky, suddenly feeling as if he had gained some insight.
"The sorrow lies in the departure of one of the only remaining Old Law cultivators from this world."
"Perhaps, what's even more sorrowful is..."
"This cultivator, who has lived for countless years, created the foundation of his cultivation with Old Law as a Dao Integration Immortal Sage."
"He must have been a faithful follower of the Old Law."
"But in his final moments, in pursuit of longevity, he decided to defy the principles of heaven and earth..."
"Another cultivator who survived for thousands of years has joined the opposite side..."
"The Immortal Ancestor is indeed domineering."
Li Fan stood beneath the anomaly in the sky, motionless.
He carefully pondered.
Until a long time later, the anomaly dispersed.
The sky returned to calm, and a surge of heat emanated from Li Fan's body, instantly evaporating the rainwater on him.
With one last glance at the sky, he quietly returned to the Cong Yun Sea.
Li Fan's main body and clone secluded themselves, paying no attention to worldly affairs. However, the world would not stand still, and it continued to move forward.
After being heavily injured by Zhang Zhiliang, Ye Feipeng was enveloped by the Canghai Pearl and sank into the depths of the sea.
Whenever a green wind descended, heralding the imminent arrival of a wind disaster, Ye Feipeng would suddenly open his eyes.
His eyes were hollow, devoid of vitality, but it didn't hinder his movement.
Surrounded by blue light, he arrived at the location where the wind disaster was brewing.
His large mouth opened wide, similar to the first time he devoured the green radiance.
He swallowed the energy brewing in the wind disaster.
The wind disaster dissipated invisibly, and Ye Feipeng, as if satisfied, returned to the seabed to continue his slumber.
The handle of the Heavenly Calamity Sword had already escaped from the Green Wind's prison with a desperate strike on the 20th year.
It had disappeared, and the Green Wind had disappeared with it.
The scattered green radiance formed the last wind disasters of the Cong Yun Sea, and would normally persist until around the 24th year before completely dissipating.
However, due to Ye Feipeng's unconscious continuous consumption, by the 22nd year, the wind disasters that had been ravaging the Cong Yun Sea had completely disappeared.
Ye Feipeng, who had swallowed all the Green Wind energy, now had an aura intensity that far exceeded an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator.
However, it seemed there was no bottleneck to his strength.
Although he had not advanced to the Golden Core realm, his strength continued to rise.
Through the Vision of Heaven and Earth, Li Fan could see even more clearly.
A monstrous shadow resembling both a whale and a roc would occasionally appear behind him.
It emitted ancient and melodious cries.
"Is this the reason you want to save Ye Feipeng?"
"For this, you even gave up the chance for the other half to escape?"
"You're so confident in him?"
This was a treatment that even Zhang Haobo in the previous life did not receive from the Cong Yun Sea.
Li Fan stared fixedly at Ye Feipeng.
In his dantian, besides the previous foundation built by the Green Wind True Intent, there was another familiar blue bead, quietly sinking within the Green Wind.
The blue light in Ye Feipeng's chest had merged with the Heavenly Treasure, the Canghai Pearl.
"Building two foundations with two Heavenly Treasures? What's going on here?"