Chapter 358 - 335: Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance Headquarters
“Hehe, Lan Yu’s treasure box, which people also refer to as the Lan Yu Relic.”
“It was formerly divided into different little blue boxes by the Immortal Lan Yu of Yuandao State before she departed, each housing different collections of her treasures over the years. She scattered these boxes across Yuandao State, leaving them to those destined to find them.”
“And I, naturally, am one of those destined people.”
With a complacent look on his face, Han Yi explained to both of them.
“You may not believe this, but at the time, I had just arrived in Yuandao State and was completely clueless about what was happening.”
“Suddenly, a small blue box fell from the sky, flying right in front of me.”
“I was taken aback, thinking it was a magic treasure belonging to another cultivator. After a while, when no one came forward, I finally mustered the courage to open the small box.”
“Who knows that…”
Han Yi seemed to be in awe of his own luck, he kept reminiscing about that time, which was no less fascinating.
“Are you saying…..this treasure found its own way to you?” Xi Men Yue pointed at Han Yi, her hand trembling a little.
“Hehe, Fellow Daoist Xi Men, don’t be so astonished. It’s just that I was on my way, and I happened to encounter a treasure. It’s not a big deal, right?” Han Yi used his folding fan to move Xi Men Yue’s finger that was pointing at him.
He exclaimed, “I’ve seen my fair share of ups and downs in my life, peaks and valleys. Now, I can regard such an event with equanimity.”
Xi Men Yue opened her mouth to respond, but found herself at a loss for words.
She had no choice but to turn her head away, refusing to look at Han Yi’s face.
Meanwhile, Li Fan couldn’t help recalling something. He once heard that Han Yi was thoroughly swindled by a Foundation Establishment Master, leaving him utterly destitute.
“It seems that he wasn’t born with strong luck. What changed his fortunes so drastically?”
“Or is it more than just having good luck?”
While Li Fan was contemplating, he added Han Yi to a list of subjects for careful observation in his next life.
Li Fan did not let his thoughts show on his face, but still comforted Xi Men Yue, “Fellow Daoist Xi Men, there is no need to be so upset. The fact that you have obtained the Fruit of Eternal Life means that you’re remarkably fortunate!”
“Adding five hundred years to your life is an extraordinary feat.”
“By the way, where did you acquire this Fruit of Eternal Life?” As he was speaking, Li Fan casually asked this question.
“How can it be the same?” Xi Men Yue seemed somewhat disheartened and frustrated.
“I had a narrow escape from death to obtain this Fruit of Eternal Life from the Li Ling Relics of Divine Transformation Province. He had it easy, it fell from the sky!”
“Isn’t this infuriating?” Xi Men Yue was about to say something else.
However, a sudden appearance of a black shadow made her stop.
The black figure’s appearance was unclear, it was as if a black veil had been draped over it.
However, the faintly emanating aura of icy coldness was enough to trigger a strong sense of danger in Li Fan.
Han Yi and Xi Men Yue’s faces immediately turned grave.
The man in black sized up Li Fan and the others, and then threw a small round mirror into the sky.
The round mirror hovered in mid-air, emitting a pillar of silver light that enveloped Li Fan and the others.
It looked like some characters were flowing upward along the beam of light.
After a while, the light pillar disappeared.
The black-clothed man said, “Follow me.”
He pointed his finger at the small round mirror in the sky. The circular edge of the mirror seemed to melt like ice and snow, spreading outward, forming a rectangular door-like figure before it came to a stop.
Silver radiance lingered on the door, and images of many buildings and cultivators flickered within.
The scene before him seemed vaguely familiar.
Li Fan was immediately reminded of the scene when he first saw the emergence of the new mirror face in the Universal Academy.
There wasn’t time for further contemplation as Han Yi had already flown in first.
Li Fan followed right after him.
There was no dizziness often associated with teleportation.
Just as with ordinary flying, he did not feel that he had passed through a portal.
Within a blink of an eye, Li Fan had already left the Sky Extremity Institute and arrived at a completely unfamiliar place.
When he looked back, the path they had taken to get here had quietly vanished.
“Is this the headquarters of the Ten-Thousand Immortal Alliance?”
Seeing the stunned Han Yi and Xi Men Yue on his left and right, Li Fan took a deep breath to suppress his shock.
He then began to carefully observe the scenery before him again.
What first caught his eye was a towering statue of the Dharma Transmission.
Unlike the statues seen in other cities of the Ten-Thousand Immortal Alliance’s provincial city, this Celestial Respected Figure resembled a living being.
Silvery hair, yet with skin as tender as a child’s.
Eyes closed slightly, expressing a depth of sorrow and compassion.
The clothes he wore, the high crown atop his head.
Everything looked so real, depicted in great detail, as though alive and breathing.
Even from the Celestial Respected Figure, a powerful aura could be felt.
Though it was not a direct threat, the pressure felt like a heavy stone weighing on Li Fan’s chest, making it hard for him to breathe.
The moment he first laid his eyes on this Celestial Respected Figure, Li Fan felt a strange and tremendous sense of fear in his heart.
Such a feeling almost made him instinctively call Even True for help and flee this place.
Fortunately, he managed to suppress this feeling with his strong willpower.
It took him quite a while before he could think clearly again.
Li Fan kept mulling it over, trying to pinpoint the exact source of the fear he had experienced.
This was an instinctive warning from his body and soul – pure and unconscious reaction from Li Fan.
Unaware of its cause, Li Fan chose to trust his instinct.
Gradually, Li Fan seemed to grasp something.
Yet, the answer left him in disbelief.
Because, upon abruptly setting eyes on this lifelike Celestial Respected Figure, a sense of familiarity suddenly arose within him.
As if he had seen it before, his body instinctively sounded the alarm.
This made him feel like he was plunged into deep cold, being uncontrollable.
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“How is that possible?”
“Where did it come from?”
The surprise on Li Fan’s face was now genuine.
He forced himself to overcome his fear and once again observed the Celestial Respected Figure, trying to find the source of this familiar feeling.
However…
When he turned to look again, the towering Celestial Respected Figure seemed to be nothing more than a mirage.
It had completely disappeared from his field of vision.
Just when Li Fan was growing more puzzled, he suddenly heard Han Yi’s sigh.
“The Celestial Venerate’s Teachings, the world bows down. What a magnificent sight, and how fortunate were those cultivators present at the time!”
Li Fan’s heart stirred at once.
“Heavenly Venerate’s Teachings?”
“Could it be that what Han Yi saw and what I saw were different?”
Then Xi Men Yue’s confirmation reinforced Li Fan’s guess.
“The New Method has been established, the heavens rain black blood, everything weeps together. What a cruel yet beautiful scene…”
“I’d give anything to have lived ten thousand years earlier, to experience it firsthand.”
And just then, the black shadow who had appeared earlier somehow magically appeared next to them.
“In this space, a trace of the Celestial Dharma Bearer’s aura remains. When cultivators come here for the first time, they may feel something and have illusions.”
He explained in a low voice.