My Simulated Road to Immortality

Chapter 296: 276: The Resurgence of Chaoyuan

Translator: 549690339

He only had enough time to see the children excitedly clustering around a lean figure in a green shirt before Li Fan was forced to leave the Fallen Immortal Realm.

After a dizzying spin, Li Fan returned to the real world.

“Mr. Bai…”

“Are you the master of this Reminiscence Space-Time?”

Even though this exploration didn’t yield any actual results, Li Fan at least confirmed one thing.

This Mr. Bai was acting suspiciously.

In the Reminiscence Space-Time, if he hadn’t intervened, everything that happened should have been consistent and unchangeable.

According to his previous experiences, Mr. Bai should have arrived at the small temple to visit the children not long after the great battle ended.

But this time…

“What a coincidence, I was just about to leave, and he showed up?”

Li Fan didn’t believe that this was just a simple coincidence.

This Mr. Bai was deliberately avoiding him.

Or maybe, for some particular reason, Li Fan was unable to see him.

Just like how Li Fan couldn’t leave Ningyuan City.

It was a rule of the entire Ningyuan City’s Reminiscence Space-Time.

Without dwelling on why such a thing would happen, looking at it this way, the chances of Mr. Bai being the master of the Reminiscence Space-Time were quite high.

So the question was, what were Mr. Bai’s obsessions?

Thinking about the children’s evaluation of him: The best good-hearted person in the world.

Adding to it that he actively organized aid and vigorously treated the injured.

The image of Ningyuan City filled with corpses and appearing as if it were the end of the world not long after the great battle unavoidably appeared before Li Fan’s eyes.

“Caught up in the fight between cultivators, the hometown was almost turned into a death ground.”

“How good it would be if this cruel scene never happened.”

“Is this your obsession?”

Li Fan contemplated.

Even though he did not exclude other possibilities, taking into account what he currently knew, this was the most plausible version of Mr. Bai’s personae.

“So the goal is to solve the issue of the Longevity Fruit in Ningyuan City without mortal casualties? This is going to be difficult.”

Having figured out a possibility, the next step was to verify it.

But achieving this goal seemed more difficult than simply defeating Elder Brother Zhang.

Let’s not talk about the almighty Elder Brother Zhang first.

Just Song Hesong, who was at the mid-stage of the Golden Core, to arrest him without impacting mortals was not an easy task.

“Fortunately, I can rely on the [Binding Worms] Divine Technique. I’ll try every method first.”

“If it really doesn’t work, I’ll wait until I reach the Golden Core Stage before tackling this issue.”

He finally saw hope of escaping from Ningyuan City. As for it taking slightly longer, it didn’t affect Li Fan much.

After figuring out his plan of action for the next entry into the Fallen Immortal Realm, Li Fan started thinking about that peculiar stone in the temple.

He immediately started searching for it in the Tianxuan Mirror.

As it wasn’t a secret, he quickly found information on it.

[Absolute Immortal Stone] was the name cultivators used for this kind of stone.

Its effects were the same as what Li Fan had experimented with, it could isolate all spiritual energy and mental awareness.

In ancient times, it was commonly used to build secret rooms, carve stone statues, or turn into stone nails to imprison criminals.

There was also a pairing technique called “Immortal Spirit Annihilation” that worked with the Absolute Immortal Stone nail.

If you insert the Absolute Immortal Stone into several fixed acupoints throughout the body, it could block the circulation of spiritual energy and seal one’s abilities.

However, as time changed, the number of Absolute Immortal Stones in existence gradually diminished, and they are very rare to come by these days.

Occasionally, some are collected from Sect Ruins, and they can fetch a good price.

“There are still some Absolute Immortal Stones left in the small temple, which can be fashioned into a set of stone nails if need be.”

He spent some contribution points and purchased the Immortal Spirit Annihilation method, memorizing it.

After 25 years of seclusion, a piece of news from Jiushan Province drew the attention of cultivators all over the world again. It was regarding the Ruin of Chaoyuan Sect, which had been inexplicably changing.

In the beginning, shadows of people wandered occasionally in the abandoned Ruin of Chaoyuan Sect.

By the time cultivators noticed and rushed over, the shadows suddenly disappeared.

Slowly, the frequency of the shadows’ appearance increased, and the time they stayed also gradually extended.

Later, even their conversations could be heard.

With the exception of being non-physical entities, these shadows were almost indistinguishable from actual human beings.

The shadows seemed unaware of the presence of cultivators in the real world and lived their life undisturbed in their own time and space.

The reason this became sensational was due to a cultivator inadvertently encountering a shadow of Chaoyuan Sect disciple reciting “Heavenly Light Yang Building Technique”.

The cultivator, overjoyed, memorized the complete technique.

Even though it was just an Energy Refining Stage technique, this event was of extraordinary significance.

Because it signaled the possibility of acquiring other high-level techniques.

Even without those techniques, learning alchemy and refining tools from the ancient members of the Chaoyuan Sect was like having a free live teacher explaining everything in detail.

Consequently, the almost forgotten Ruin of Chaoyuan Sect once again drew a crowd.

Of course, the excitement was for the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals, not the Five Elders Organization.

For some unknown reasons, the God Transforming cultivators assigned to guard the border did not return and remained stationed within Jiushan Province.

The Tianxuan Soul Locking Array was permanently activated.

Any Five Elders’ Monk who dared to enter was immediately eliminated.

Under such circumstances, the initially chaotic Jiushan Province tranquilized.

Meanwhile, on the Deserted Island in Misthaven Ocean, the group had an unusual disagreement.

The cause was the Ruin of Chaoyuan Sect which had undergone a new change.

Ye Feipeng, who was on an outing, learned about this news from overhearing the conversations of passing cultivators.

When he returned to the island and casually mentioned this unusual event, Su Xiaomei and Zhang Haobo felt a distinct resonance upon hearing it.

They felt that their opportunity to form a Gold Core lay in the Chaoyuan Sect!

The two had been stuck at the Perfect Stage Foundation Establishment for some time now.

They could not advance due to the bottleneck presented by the [Catastrophe of the Heavens].

Nor had they decided on which method of Heaven and Earth to use for forming the Gold Core.

Now that an opportunity was at hand, they yearned to travel to Jiushan Province.

The journey would be long and perilous.

As Xiao Heng was the nominal successor to [Immortal Revival], he naturally objected.

Xiao Heng believed that with their talents and ability, the Gold Core bottleneck could only delay them temporarily and not forever.

Without the opportunity from the Chaoyuan Sect, other opportunities would present themselves.

However, venturing out rashly while at the Perfect Stage Foundation Establishment was extremely dangerous.

Despite their extraordinary talents and strong combat prowess, the difference in their realms was still substantial.

It would be better to continue to lie low for a period, let everyone breakthrough to the Golden Core Realm, and only then go out to seek opportunities together once their ability to protect themselves improved.