Chapter 754: Chapter 717: The Giant Corpse Suddenly Disintegrates
Seeing Li Fan deep in thought, Huang Fusong thought that he was considering going back for a chance to find some life-prolonging treasures.
He immediately began to persuade him otherwise.
After all, without Li Fan, he and Dong Fang’s efficiency in exploring the mystic realm would certainly not be as high as before. Their hopes of exchanging the limited treasures on the Qingxuan List were even more bleak.
“Actually, the reward issued by Immortal Lan Yu this time could be a good thing for us. As the saying goes, this would decrease one area whilst increasing another—quite a significant number of cultivators have been lured back. As a result, the competition in the White Mist would be less…” Huang Fusong began analytically.
Li Fan chuckled, waving a hand to interrupt him: “Brother Huang does not need to worry. I have no intentions of going back. Moreover, there is a chance that I may even stay in the White Mist longer than you.”
Dong Fang Yao immediately became curious: “Why? Brother Li, have you set your eyes on something on the Qingxuan List?”
Without any need to withhold secrets, Li Fan paused and said: “[Stone Plate of the Apocalypse].”
Dong Fang and Huang Fu looked at each other: “One hundred thousand Qingxuan Points, to gamble on that secondary life entity of uncertain utility…”
Dong Fang Yao couldn’t help himself and advised: “Brother Li, think thrice! The risk is too great. If that thing is just a glamorous name, and its actual utility is not that great, then won’t you be at a loss in the end? It would be better to consider other things instead. Even exchanging for a Unity-Path Technique would work! Even if you can’t use it yourself, you can trade it with others…”
While Dong Fang Yao rambled, Huang Fusong also gave his opinion after mulling it over: “The Stone Plate of the Apocalypse…”
“After this secondary life entity was born, for a whole ten years, no other Tianxuan Secondary Life Entity was produced. This caused the headquarters to become extremely anxious, thinking that no more secondary life entities would appear after that.”
“This is exactly why it was given the title of [End].”
“However…” Huang Fusong slightly furrowed his brows, “Generating an anomaly in Tianxuan Mirror for such a long period of time, we originally thought that the entity had some special aspect. However, after a long period of research without definite results, they gave up on studying it reluctantly. This is probably the reason it was included in the Qingxuan List by the Immortal Alliance.”
“After all, it is a Tianxuan secondary life entity. It may have some use yet to be discovered by the Immortal Alliance. Its asking price of 100,000 Qingxuan Points may be high, but if you win the gamble…”
Li Fan chuckled, and then said: “I could make an astronomical profit from just one go! I’m willing to try!”
Dong Fang Yao blurted out: “Brother Li’s got quite the gambling streak. What if in the end you found that this thing is nothing but a piece of broken rock…”
“At the very least, it has some value as a collectible, ensuring that there is no complete loss!” Li Fan laughed lightly, seeming carefree.
“What I’m worried about now is whether there are others who want to compete with me. Among the myriad cultivators in the Immortal Alliance, there are bound to be those more addicted to gambling than I am.”
Huang Fusong clapped his hands: “Then it seems like we’ll have to speed up the pace. We’re still a significant amount short of 100,000 Qingxuan Points!”
After this discussion, the three unified their goals and continued to put their full effort into exploring the mystical realm.
Time continued to slip away in this process.
Huang Fu and Dong Fang have already exchanged the Dissociation Disc and the Devouring Origin Saint Body Skill, and have now shifted their target towards other treasures.
The accumulation of Qingxuan Points was gradually nearing 100,000.
The number of mystical realms currently explored by the three of them, including the original Life and Death Mysterious Area, has added up to the number thirteen.
With practice making perfect, and the exploration process becoming smoother, Li Fan also figured out some rules about the existence of “mystic realms”.
Based on the conclusion that “the current Xuanhuang world is born from the fusion of many other worlds”, Li Fan found that the so-called mystic realms are likely “fragments” which fell out of their original worlds during fusion and collision.
These mystic realms are strangely unique, each having its own unique rule, which is very similar to the “strangeness” in the Xuanhuang world.
By comparing the attire and architectural style of the cultivator corpses found in the mystic realms, Li Fan further found that these mystic realms clearly have different origins.
“World-level derivative collisions are occurring, and the White Mist acts as a buffer zone…”
After another exploration of a mystic realm, Li Fan came to a realization.
This might also explain why there is such a vast space in the White Mist, because that was originally the distance between worlds.
“Damn it, trying to find an undiscovered mystical realm is getting harder and harder.”
The Pu Xian’s True Ship had been flying in the White Mist for several days, passing several mystic realms. However, the Mirror of Celestial Measurement kept giving reminders that they had already been recorded. Dong Fang Yao couldn’t help but curse.
Huang Fusong played with the Dissociation Disc in his hands, while speaking absent-mindedly: “It’s pretty normal. It’s almost a year since the Immortal Alliance issued the exploration decree. Given the number of cultivators in the Immortal Alliance, the shallow parts of the White Mist should have been almost fully explored by now. If we want to continue to gain profits, we must delve deeper…”
“Bang!” Suddenly, before Huang Fusong could finish speaking, a loud noise was heard.
It was as though something dropped from above onto the Pu Xian’s True Ship, causing the ship to shake violently for a moment.
Huang Fusong instinctively put away the Dissociation Disc in his hands, scanned with his divine senses, and revealed an odd expression on his face.
Because what collided with the fast-moving Pu Xian’s True Ship was unmistakably a cultivator’s corpse!
Moreover, from the clothing on the corpse, it was not from the mystic realms, but from the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals!
The faces of the three on the ship changed instantaneously. They believed that an Immortal Alliance cultivator had encountered trouble here and unfortunately perished. They immediately started preparing themselves cautiously.
But, what happened next made Li Fan and the others go pale with astonishment.
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
First, one or two sounds. Then, the frequency started increasing significantly.
The continuous collisional sounds echoed, and the Pu Xian’s True Ship was constantly shaken to the verge of collapse, with its protective shield now seeming terribly fragile.
Huang Fusong was working on strengthening it while seeing the scene outside with a pale face.
He could see that beyond the top, it was pitch black. Countless cultivator corpses rained down like droplets, plummeting from above.
Some bodies were still relatively intact, others were already torn apart, leaving stumps and fragments.
Without exemption, it seemed that there were traces of twisted, wriggling black lines on the edges of their bodies.
The face of the occasional corpses that could be seen did not seem horribly brutal like the corpses in the mystical realms.
Instead, they had their eyes shut with a peaceful expression.
The rain of corpses continued without ceasing, as if it would never stop.
To forcefully accelerate and escape from the range surrounded by the rain of corpses might endanger the Pu Xian’s True Ship.
The three stopped the flying ship, defending the falling corpses pouring down on the ship with their respective powers.
Though they were all lifeless, posing little threat,
this uncanny scene sent shivers down their spines.