216 Chapter 341: Temptation and Abduction of Yanfajue

Although Yanfajue appeared as a little girl in front of him, Li Fan did not truly perceive her as a child.

Since the establishment of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance by the Supreme Transcendent during the wasteland era, Yanfajue had already existed.

If his speculation was correct, Yanfajue had been working tirelessly for at least five to six thousand years.

This was enough for Li Fan to show her ample respect.

The young girl raised her head, glanced at Li Fan, and nodded. "Yes. Promoting unique methods is quite laborious."

Suddenly, she widened her eyes and asked, "You still have one-third of an hour left. Would you like to stay a bit longer, or leave now?"

Li Fan naturally understood. "I'll leave when the time is up."

"It's my honor to be in the same room as you," Yanfajue said with satisfaction.

"Great, I can rest for another one-third of an hour," she exclaimed joyfully.

During the remaining time, Li Fan didn't just stand there foolishly. Under the subtle surveillance around, he began to ask Yanfajue some probing questions.

"May I ask if you're a cultivator?"

"A long time ago. But people need rest, and they also die. Later, the Supreme Transcendent fused me with Yanfajue," the young girl replied lazily, leaning on the table with an indifferent expression.

"Now, I won't die. Just occasionally tired. How long have you been promoting unique methods without resting?"

"How long? I don't remember. It's been like this all along. Resting is not allowed until all the methods are fully promoted. Occasionally slacking off is okay," the girl said with a helpless expression. "I really want to finish early and go out to relax."

...

Li Fan and Yanfajue chatted smoothly, exchanging words and information.

Mysteriously, the hidden presence, for some unknown reason, never stopped Li Fan, even when his questions became somewhat audacious.

In this way, Li Fan gained a preliminary but detailed understanding of the first treasure of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

Reluctantly, Li Fan's allotted time finally ran out.

"Alright, it's time to say goodbye," the young girl waved her hand, bidding farewell to Li Fan.

"I hope to see you again one day," Li Fan respectfully bowed.

Then, he felt the surrounding light suddenly dim.

After a moment of darkness, when he opened his eyes, he was back outside the Guardian Hall's black stone tablet.

The black-robed cultivator who led them was still waiting.

Simultaneously, West Gate Moon was there, meditating with closed eyes, seemingly studying the newly acquired techniques.

However, Han Yi was nowhere to be seen, not yet coming out.

Li Fan didn't disturb the other two, silently standing to the side.

He recalled the encounter with Yanfajue in his mind.

But it was a blank.

"As expected..." Li Fan understood.

Except for the clearly imprinted content of the "Mysterious Profound True Spirit Transformation" technique in his mind, everything from leaving the waiting room to appearing outside the black stone tablet, the entire memory of meeting Yanfajue, was untraceable.

Even how he acquired the technique and what Yanfajue looked like couldn't be remembered.

"The security of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's treasures is indeed strict."

"This should be some kind of prohibition directly affecting cultivators, preventing those with ulterior motives from prying into Yanfajue."

"No wonder, besides knowing about the existence of Yanfajue, no one knows any other information."

"But well..." Li Fan closed his eyes, concealing the emotions in his eyes.

"These restrictions are useless against me."

"All memories have already been synchronized with the main body."

In the heavenly city of Tianyu, the reflection of Li Fan's main body seemed calm.

In reality, his mind was replaying the first meeting with Yanfajue over and over.

"Forced labor for thousands of years, to ensure efficiency, even fusing cultivators with rare treasures, making her an immortal labor force."

"The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance is truly heinous and insane."

"Yanfajue is so pitiful. It's my duty to save her."

In the conversation with the little loli, Li Fan learned that Yanfajue was her companion rare object.

After being discovered by the Supreme Transcendent, in order to maximize utilization, he used secret methods to transform her.

Her body disappeared, and her consciousness completely merged with Yanfajue.

Becoming an unusual existence, both human and a rare object.

Since then, she neither aged nor died.

But she had to work tirelessly, promoting unique methods without rest.

Until there were no more methods to promote.

The Supreme Transcendent had promised her that on the day she exhausted her methods, it would be her time to rest.

Yanfajue innocently believed that the Supreme Transcendent's words meant real rest.

But to Li Fan, this "rest" was definitely not a benevolent term.

Publicly and privately, it was Li Fan's duty to save Yanfajue, without question.

For other cultivators, stealing Yanfajue from the heavily guarded headquarters of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, under strict surveillance, was an impossible task.

But for Li Fan, now that he knew her information, it might not be impossible.

In fact, Li Fan had already thought about how to proceed.

Firstly, Yanfajue was under the care of a cultivator.

According to the deduction, the guardian cultivator must at least have Harmony Dao cultivation.

So, Li Fan's first plan was to cultivate to Harmony Dao level within the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and then become Yanfajue's guardian.

The second step was to cultivate a relationship while spending time with Yanfajue.

The third step was to wait for the opportune moment, initiate True Transformation, go back to the anchor point of one year, and during retention, choose the third option: memories of a person with close relations.

The fourth step was to repeat the actions of the previous life, return to Yanfajue's side, and let her inherit the memories of the previous life.

These decades or even hundreds of years of memories naturally included the process and results of Yanfajue laboriously promoting unique methods.

With these memories, Yanfajue wouldn't need to work hard to promote unique methods again.

When it was time to report, she could just take out the methods promoted in the previous life from her memories.

With this great gift, Li Fan could continue to deepen his relationship with Yanfajue.

The fifth step was to initiate True Transformation again. Repeat the third and fourth steps.

Cycle after cycle of memories would surely push Li Fan's intimacy with Yanfajue to the highest.

Li Fan would make Yanfajue recognize him as her master.

The final step was True Transformation. Choose to retain one item of oneself.

Choose Yanfajue.

And according to past experience, rare objects in the world do not appear the same twice.

If there were conflicts brought back by True Transformation, the weaker one perished, the stronger survived.

With memories spanning countless lifetimes, Li Fan's Yanfajue would undoubtedly be more powerful than the one anchored for one year.

So the ultimate result would be the disappearance of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance's Yanfajue.

Li Fan's Yanfajue would be preserved.

This was Li Fan's preliminary plan to entice Yanfajue.

It must be said that it was quite intriguing.

Although in this process, there would undoubtedly be various problems.

For example, the first step of becoming a Harmony Dao cultivator within the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and infiltrating Yanfajue's side was currently distant for Li Fan.

Or, Yanfajue should have some safeguards left by the Supreme Transcendent, making it impossible for her to easily recognize someone as her master.

But...

In the face of cycle after cycle of reincarnation memories, these were nothing.

As long as there was a theoretical possibility, it was an established inevitability for Li Fan.

Yanfajue was the foundation of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

And the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance was the foundation of the Supreme Transcendent's cultivation.

Although the Supreme Transcendent had now withdrawn from the world, it was evident from the "the number of cultivators should neither be too many nor too few" that the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance was still an important means for the Supreme Transcendent to maintain a stable number of cultivators.

Li Fan was curious. If the foundation of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance were to be removed.

What would be the reaction of this elusive Supreme Transcendent?

(End of this chapter)