153 Chapter 278: Chao Yuan Yi Resurgence
Just as Li Fan managed to see the excited children surrounding a slender figure in green before leaving the Immortal Falling Realm, he was forced to return to the real world after a dizzying experience.
After a moment of disorientation, Li Fan returned to the real world.
"Mr. Bai..."
"Are you the owner of this memorial spacetime?"
Although this expedition yielded no practical results, Li Fan confirmed one thing: this Mr. Bai was peculiar.
In the memorial spacetime, events should remain unchanged unless interfered with by Li Fan. Based on previous experiences, Mr. Bai should have visited the small temple shortly after the big battle, according to the timeline.
However...
"How coincidental. I was about to leave, and he just arrived?"
Li Fan didn't believe this was a simple coincidence. Mr. Bai was deliberately avoiding him, or perhaps, due to some special reason, Li Fan couldn't see him, just like how he couldn't leave Ninyuan City.
This seemed to be a specific rule of the entire memorial spacetime of Ninyuan City.
Leaving aside the reason for such occurrences, the probability of Mr. Bai being the owner of the memorial spacetime was quite high when analyzed in this way.
Now the question was, what was Mr. Bai's lingering attachment?
Thinking of the children's praise for him as the "best good person in the world" and his proactive organization of rescue efforts and medical treatment for the injured...
...
After the great battle, the scene of Ninyuan City turning into a realm of death, with corpses everywhere, flashed before Li Fan's eyes.
"If only this cruel scene had never happened."
"Is this your lingering attachment?"
Li Fan pondered.
Although there could be other possibilities, based on the current clues and the character setting for Mr. Bai, this seemed to be the most probable.
"Try to resolve the Ninyuan City Longevity Fruit incident without causing harm to ordinary people? It's a bit difficult."
After deducing the result, the next step was to find a way to verify it.
However, achieving this goal seemed more challenging than simply defeating Senior Brother Zhang. Not to mention the invincible Senior Brother Zhang, even capturing the mid Gold Core stage Song Hesong without harming ordinary people was not an easy task.
"Fortunately, I have the 'Bind Insect' divine ability as a backup. Let's try various methods first."
"If all else fails, I'll solve this after reaching the Gold Core stage."
Seeing a glimmer of hope for escaping from Ninyuan City, Li Fan wasn't too bothered about spending a bit more time on it.
After silently planning the next action plan for entering the Immortal Falling Realm, Li Fan recalled the extraordinary stone in the small temple.
He immediately searched for it in the Tianxuan Mirror.
It wasn't a secret, and he easily found relevant information.
"Immortal Sealing Stone," that's what cultivators called this type of stone.
The effects were the same as what Li Fan had experimented with: it could isolate all spiritual power and divine consciousness.
In ancient times, it was commonly used to build secret chambers, carve stone statues, or create stone nails for imprisoning prisoners.
Matching the Immortal Sealing Stone was a method called "Sealing Immortality and Suppressing Spirits."
By inserting dozens of Immortal Sealing Stone nails into specific acupuncture points across the body, one could block the circulation of spiritual energy and seal the entire cultivation base.
However, as time passed, the number of Immortal Sealing Stones gradually decreased, and it was now challenging to find them. Occasionally picking up some in the ruins of sects could still fetch a good price.
"The remaining Immortal Sealing Stones in the small temple are enough to create a set of sealing stones."
Li Fan spent his contribution points to purchase the "Sealing Immortality and Suppressing Spirits" acupuncture technique and kept it in mind.
...
Anchored for 25 years, not long after Li Fan closed his retreat, a piece of news from Jiushan Province once again attracted the attention of cultivators from all over the world.
The mysterious remnants of the Chaoyuan Sect's legacy, which had never been thoroughly investigated, recently underwent strange changes.
Initially, the desolate ruins of the sect occasionally showed mysterious figures wandering around. When cultivators rushed over, the figures would suddenly disappear.
Gradually, the frequency of these figures appearing increased, and the duration of their stay gradually extended.
Later, their voices could be heard conversing with each other.
Aside from being intangible and without a physical presence, these figures were almost indistinguishable from real people.
The figures were unaware of the presence of real-world cultivators. It was as if they were living in their own time and space, unaffected and undisturbed.
What caused a sensation, however, was when a cultivator accidentally encountered an image of a Chaoyuan Sect disciple reciting the "Heavenly Light Building Yang Decision."
Delighted, the cultivator memorized the entire method.
Although it was only a Qi-refining stage cultivation technique, the significance of this event was extraordinary.
It meant the possibility of acquiring other high-level cultivation methods.
Even if there were no cultivation methods, observing the ancient Chaoyuan Sect cultivators refining pills and crafting tools was equivalent to having free teachers providing guidance and on-site teaching.
As a result, the Chaoyuan Sect's ruins, which had almost been deserted, became lively again.
Of course, the liveliness belonged to the Wuxian Alliance and had nothing to do with the Five Elders Council.
For some unknown reason, the several Nascent Soul cultivators responsible for guarding the borders did not return and continued to station themselves in Jiushan Province.
The Tianxuan Locking Spirit Formation was always activated.
Any Five Elders Council cultivator who entered would be killed on the spot.
Under this situation, the previously chaotic Jiushan Province became peaceful.
Meanwhile, on the deserted island in the Sea of Clouds, a rare dispute arose among the people leaving the boundaries.
The cause of the incident was the new changes in the Chaoyuan Sect's legacy.
During an occasional conversation between Xiao Pangzi Ye Feipeng and passing cultivators, he learned about this matter.
Upon returning to the deserted island, he casually mentioned this incident during a conversation with everyone.
Unexpectedly, Su Xiaomei and Zhang Haobo both sensed something upon hearing this and simultaneously expressed their interest.
Considering their fortuitous encounter with the Dao Foundation, they should be linked to the Chaoyuan Sect!
Both of them had been stuck at the Foundation Building perfection realm for some time.
One reason was the bottleneck of the "Heaven's Calamity" that they couldn't break through.
The second reason was that they hadn't decided on which Dao Foundation method to use to establish their foundation.
Now that an opportunity was right in front of them, they suddenly had the idea of going to Jiushan Province.
The journey was long and dangerous.
Xiao Heng, the nominal successor of the "Returning Immortal," naturally opposed this idea.
Xiao Heng believed that, with their talents, the bottleneck in establishing the foundation could only hinder them temporarily and wouldn't be a lifelong obstacle.
Even without the Chaoyuan Sect's opportunity, there would be other chances for them.
However, forcefully going out to explore with the cultivation level of Foundation Building perfection was too dangerous.
Even though the two had exceptional talents and formidable combat strength, there was still a significant gap in realm.
It would be better to continue hiding and wait for everyone to break through to the Golden Core realm. After their self-defense capabilities greatly improved, they could collectively seek opportunities outside.
(End of this chapter)
