Chapter 682: Chapter 648: Choose Illusions at Will
“That was indeed an interesting experience.” Li Fan gave a slight smile after listening.
“In the Fallen Immortal Realm, besides the original world, there are countless other derivative time-space continuums. It was just bad luck this time, if you want to try your luck again, Elder Liu, you can come back after some time.” Li Fan explained.
At this time, Liu San sighed heavily and said, “I’ve come to terms with it, the past is the past. Even if I saw them, how would it help? In the eyes of the sect leader, I am no longer the loyal old servant. Let’s leave everything to fate! It’s better to focus on the revival of the Medicine King Sect.”
“Many opportunities lie within the Fallen Immortal Realm. We should let the disciples try it out as well. This will prevent them from getting bored from staying inside for too long.” Liu San suddenly suggested.
Li Fan had no objections.
In the following period, all the members of the Medicine King Sect devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the construction of the new sect within the Valley of Eternal Life.
The overall layout was still patterned after the once Medicine King Sect, with buildings springing up one after another.
As they watched the familiar scenes gradually reappear in front of them, Liu San and the disciples were filled with excited expressions.
However, what was unexpected for Li Fan was that the destruction of the Misthaven Ocean didn’t cause much of a stir in the outside world.
Normally, the sudden destruction of an entire state should have become a topic of heated discussion among cultivators for some time.
But this time, perhaps because the matter had stirred up too much commotion, both the level of information suppression and the speed of forgetting about the disaster greatly surpassed previous instances.
After disguising himself as a passerby and making some inquiries, Li Fan found that the memories of the multitude of lifeforms in the Misthaven Ocean had been forgotten by the world in less than a month.
Even when it was occasionally brought up, it felt like it was something that happened a very long time ago.
“The power of the Worry-Free Celestial is truly admirable and fearsome.” Even though Li Fan was a witness to the events, the memory in his spirit became somewhat fuzzy. Fortunately, he has the Secret Techniques of the Taoist Divine One, which constantly remind himself.
The topic most discussed in the Immortal Alliance now is a group of mysterious cultivators who suddenly appeared out of the White Mist, wreaking havoc and destruction some time ago.
These cultivators come and go like the wind, and they are well-trained. Moreover, they seem to be very familiar with the Immortal Alliance, specifically targeting those guarded cities that produce special resources.
They do not linger after a fight, and immediately retreat back into the White Mist as soon as they sense the arrival of reinforcements.
The Universal Leisure True Ship, which can greatly reduce the impact of the Element Devouring White Fog, is still a scarce item in the Immortal Alliance and is not something that ordinary cultivators can afford. So, they can only watch the attackers calmly disappear into the White Mist.
Risk life for a chase? How much is your yearly salary, fellow Daoist? What’s there to risk your life for? It will be handled by professionals once it’s reported.
Consequently, the Immortal Alliance headquarters kept receiving attack reports from everywhere in no time.
Naturally, the officials of the Immortal Alliance were furious.
Since ruling half of the Xuanhuang World, they had never been so blatantly humiliated on their own territory.
So they sent specially trained cultivators to investigate the locations where the attacks occurred.
Unfortunately, these attackers were very crafty. They left no clues or evidence.
Instead, they avoided the areas where the investigation teams were located and continued to launch surprise attacks mysteriously.
This blatant provocation thoroughly angered the Immortal Alliance.
One group after another of black-robed cultivators, filled with murderous intent, traveled to various states through the teleportation array, vowing to capture these culprits.
However, ever since, the attackers in the White Mist seem to have completely disappeared, never showing up again.
So the forceful Immortal Alliance swung at empty air, making them feel frustrated!
They had no choice but to let the black-robed cultivators patrol the various states for a while, arresting some suspicious figures to save face, and then hurriedly ended it.
As for the real identities of these attackers, the Immortal Alliance’s first suspect was naturally the Five Elder’s Organization.
However, everything requires evidence, especially an accusation like this that could potentially lead to another war between the two sides.
Before the Immortal Alliance could make a statement, the Five Elder’s Organization had already spoken up.
They expressed regret and sympathy for the attacks suffered by the Immortal Alliance’s territory. They proposed that in keeping with the agreement between the two sides to coexist in peace, if the Immortal Alliance had any difficulties in handling the matter, the Five Elders Organization could send people to assist in the investigation.
The Immortal Alliance would never agree to such a thing. They strongly suspected that the other party was making them sick again after completing a series of attacks.
But the Immortal Alliance, which couldn’t find key evidence, had to swallow their pride in silence.
They not only couldn’t attack the Five Elder’s Organization, but they also had to hold their noses and thank the Five Elder’s Organization for their concern.
In this round of confrontations, the Immortal Alliance was completely defeated.
The direct consequence of this was that the Immortal Alliance began to take serious notice of the Universal Leisure True Ship, which could freely navigate through the White Mist.
They demanded that each state be equipped with sufficient quantities and arranged for cultivators to patrol and guard outside the White Mist Barrier every day.
They had to be ready to prevent surprise attacks from happening again.
This led to the Universal Leisure True Leaf, whose price had been low for a long time, experiencing a brief boom.
Those cultivators who had been trapped in the market had made a sizable profit.
“The Five Elder’s Organization is quite creditable after all, maintaining the system with a contract.”
“But they did gain a lot of benefits this time.”
Scanning through the confidentially circulated figures of the property losses caused by the attacks, Li Fan chuckled.
“With such a good show, the incident of the Misthaven Ocean has been almost completely forgotten.”
“I just need about another year, wait for the atmosphere to calm down again, and I can gradually send the disciples of the Medicine King Sect back to the Immortal Alliance.”
Taking a deep breath, Li Fan adjusted his condition to its most optimal state, then proceeded to the main hall of the sect, which had been built in the valley.
He executed the talisman sign, arrived at the secret room beneath the main hall, and then closed the entrance.
He took out an ice-blue elixir, the “Supreme Detachment Pill” refined by Liu San, and swallowed it.
A familiar sensation surged up to him, and Li Fan launched the ceremony.
“Blessing Lifespan Xuan Huang Respectful Deity!”
As he muttered in a low voice, a moment later, he felt a slight dizziness.
Instead of instantly entering the Fallen Immortal Realm as usual, it felt like he had arrived at a somewhat bizarre, transparent bubble…
In front of him, two flickering images appeared.
Li Fan was familiar with both of them.
They were precisely the “Ningyuan Life Fruit” and “The Transformation of the Beast Taming Sect”, the two scenarios he experienced in the Fallen Immortal Realm!
“I can freely choose to enter any of the scenarios, is this the change brought about by the Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra?” Li Fan thought.
Without much hesitation, Li Fan chose to return to the “Transformation of the Beast Taming Sect” scenario.
In that moment, the light in front of him projected towards Li Fan.
Everything became clear.
“Oh, I wonder when Brother Lu Ya will return.”
Li Fan heard Xu Ke’s somewhat disappointed voice at the same time.