My Longevity Simulation - Chapter 1457

[Chapter 1436: Hidden in the Sea of Stars]

But after several days of observation, Li Fan still could not find any trace of the so-called [Dao Network]. It seemed that it was even more elusive than the Dao of Heaven and Earth itself.

However, Li Fan was not discouraged. From the current point of view, the Dao Network is likely to be the trump card of Fangshuo Xinghai against the True Immortal forces. It can even compete with the nameless True Immortal, so how could it be so easily cracked by Li Fan, a newcomer?

“No matter how strong a fortress is, it can be breached from within.”

“Since we can’t forcefully invade the Dao Network for the time being, we can just hide and sneak into the Shuoxing Sea. We can’t completely rely on Emperor Sanmo…”

Li Fan shook his head slightly, and first carefully used the power of dreams to make a “rubbing” of the remaining traces of fluctuations here. Then he continued to grope towards Shuoxing Sea.

Although on the surface, the traces of the battle have been completely eliminated by the white-robed monk’s [Heaven Repair] method. But Li Fan knows that there is no absolute in the world. As long as something happens, it will leave traces. It is not detectable now, just because of lack of ability. But it does not prevent Li Fan from recording it first and studying it repeatedly in the future.

The distant Shuoxing Sea is not full of vitality everywhere. Instead, it is like an island, forming many gatherings. The aura exuded by these gatherings is not determined by the size of their scope. Each has its own distinct characteristics.

“Those who can survive in this starry sky must be extraordinary people.”

Li Fan watched from afar, discerning some familiar auras.

The Sword Domain was discovered one after another, suspected to be the gathering place of the ten sects of the Xuanhuang Realm in the past. But the Sheng Shang in Qin Zhuang’s memory was never found.

“The Xuanxianzhou can still sense the existence of the Shangxianzhou outside the wall, so the Xuanshang is not extinct.”

Recalling the strange behavior of the Saint Merchant in Qin Zhuang’s memory: he stopped communicating with the outside world and even began to take back the treasures he had sold. The Dao Stone in his sea of consciousness flashed, and after some deduction, the most likely guess suddenly emerged in Li Fan’s mind.

“It is very likely that Sheng Shang discovered something and either hid himself from the world or simply fled.”

Sheng Shang is just a starting point, and Li Fan is not obsessed with pursuing the former Shang Xianzhou.

He began to test the weakly defended forces in the Shuoxing Sea one by one.

It was just as he had sensed, the strength of these forces had little to do with the amount of vitality they gathered.

There were two lonely breaths of life, one large and one small. As if being excluded, they lived on the edge of the Shuoxing Sea. But Li Fan hadn’t approached yet. He just watched from afar, and suddenly a sense of crisis arose in his heart. Even the dream tentacles were affected, distorted and alienated. Li Fan could only stay away.

There was a huge gathering place that gathered the breath of tens of millions of creatures, but it was shrouded in a huge dark cloud woven by many negative emotions that exuded a foul smell, such as killing, resentment, greed, etc. Even outside this gathering place, there were still many protective measures to isolate the direct erosion of Li Fan’s dream power.

But Li Fan, observing the dark clouds of emotions from afar, had already found a breakthrough point for the dream invasion.

However, Li Fan did not rush to take action.

This flaw could be a trap specially forged by the Shuoxinghai forces to lure in true immortals.

After exploring all other gathering places, he found that only this place had a chance to connect to the Dreamland. Li Fan was very cautious and first accumulated a large amount of dream power to form an additional copy of the Dreamland. He sent his divine thoughts into this copy and then cut off its connection with the main world of the Dreamland.

After ensuring that everything was foolproof, Li Fan used his spiritual power to launch the invasion of the gathering place.

There was no one in this copy of Dreamland Paradise. It was just a copy that was cut, and the power of Dreamland was reduced by one point. If it was not effectively replenished before the energy was consumed, the copy world would perish.

Although Li Fan only separated out a divine thought, it carried nine phantoms of the Xuanhuang Realm and the computing power equivalent to that of a top-grade Dao Stone.

“If all these preparations don’t make a breakthrough, then we have to find another way.”

It’s not going very smoothly.

That invisible layer of as if completely cut off the contact between the power of dreams and the thoughts of living beings. Even though the suppressed negative emotions of living beings were already like substance, stretching across the sky, there was a layer of membrane in between that made it impossible to touch.

“If we disregard the consequences and consume all the power of this copy at once, we may be able to force a gap. But it will inevitably arouse the collective vigilance of the forces in the Shuoxing Sea.”

“It’s not worth it.”

After some research, Li Fan finally decided not to alert the enemy, but to wait patiently for the opportunity.

In the Shuoxing Sea, there would be cultivators who would leave the gathering place and walk in the starry sky. Li Fan didn’t believe that all these “passersby” were so powerful that he couldn’t approach them.

Facts have proved that Li Fan’s judgment was correct.

Although the target he was targeting was not as active as other forces, it was still there.

Li Fan kept an eye on it for half a year, and finally a ray of light flew out from it.

Its destination seems to be the direction of the Sword Domain.

As the light burst out, it brought with it a large cloud of emotions. His emotional fluctuations were so obvious that Li Fan could clearly feel his thoughts without having to actively eavesdrop.

“You’re asking me to run errands again!”

“I, Ma Tiande, have passed the examination and obtained the certification of the [Tao Master] from Shuo Xinghai. Although I have only just begun to learn the basics, at least I can coordinate and manipulate the patterns of the Tao network within a unit area!”

“It’s simply a waste of my life to ask me to do those trivial things every day…”

This monk named Ma Tiande, with a strong resentment, galloped across the starry sky.

Li Fan never took action, but just watched him enter the gathering place adjacent to the Sword Domain. He stayed there for three days before returning slowly.

It seemed that he had finally gotten rid of his anger, and his resentment had disappeared. He hummed a little tune happily and slowly returned the way he came.

Seeing that Ma Tiande was about to enter the defense, Li Fan launched the attack brazenly.

Ordinary methods of possession and lurking are likely to be discovered by the gathering place’s protective layer. Even any power related to immortals may cause an alarm.

Therefore, Li Fan adopted the “Dao Dan” technique of Xuanxianzhou. Ma Tiande, who was flying in the void, just paused slightly.

However, he had been refined by Li Fan into a “human pill” that could be swallowed at any time. Li Fan swallowed the pill silently with his divine mind, and instantly turned into Ma Tiande.

Temporarily interrupting the connection with the Dream Paradise copy, Li Fan sorted out the information in Ma Tiande’s mind while flying straight towards the gathering place.

“【Elysian City】?”

“Interesting.”

Theoretically speaking, this body was still Ma Tiande, but he had more thoughts in his mind than before.

Any living being will inevitably have such ups and downs in thoughts.

Moreover, the Daodan technique is unique to the Xuanxianzhou and has never appeared in this starry sky before.

Although the defenses outside Paradise City are strong, it is still difficult to guard against such unpredictable means.

Without any setbacks, “Ma Tiande” flew smoothly into the Paradise City.

Different from the foul smell and gloomy mood seen from outside, what Li Fan saw was a scene of peace and prosperity.

The colorful lights stretched to the horizon. The wanton laughter, the lewd moans, the unrestrained shouts…

Filling every corner of the city.

“In Paradise City, three years of day, three years of night, and six years of reincarnation.”

“At night, enjoy yourself and have no worries.”

“During the day… killing without punishment?”

While Li Fan was sorting out the information in Ma Tiande’s mind, he went forward to report.

Ma Tiande went to [Knife Island] this time just to deliver an invitation on behalf of the Lord of Paradise City.

Thirty days later, it was the time when the day and night in Paradise City changed.

Invite everyone from Dao Island to come and watch the grand event.

…

Information flashed through his mind, and Li Fan calmly came to the center of Paradise City.

Compared with the bustling and lively scene around it, the central mansion is so deserted and gloomy, forming a strong sense of contrast, making everyone who sets foot here feel a little creepy.

Even though this was not the first time Ma Tiande came here, he still instinctively felt fear.

Li Fan did not ignore the feelings in his heart, and his expression changed accordingly.

He followed closely and came before the Lord of Paradise City and reported the situation to him.

“Master Zhu, I have delivered the invitation. But I am not sure how many people will come from Dao Island.”

Li Fan was embarrassed and told the whole story: “As soon as I entered, the people on the island invited me to compete with them. They also threatened that if I didn’t accept, they would tear up the invitation. I really had no choice but to agree.”

“It’s called a sparring match, but I was just getting beaten up unilaterally…”

Li Fan secretly learned about Ma Tiande’s original behavior and complained to the Lord of Paradise City.

The Lord of Paradise City, also known as Master Zhu by Ma Tiande, looked extremely old.

He looked quite funny, hunched over in his wide robe. But Li Fan did not dare to underestimate the evil aura of Master Zhu.

Li Fan even vaguely realized that nine-tenths of the huge emotions accumulated above the Paradise City were dependent on this scholar Zhu.

Facing Ma Tiande’s endless complaints, Master Zhu did not interrupt. He just stopped quietly, tapping the table with his bony fingers. From time to time, he would scratch the long table with his nails, making an extremely harsh sound.

Li Fan saw clearly that the long table in front of Bachelor Zhu was made of piled and polished human skulls.

Even the remnant of the skull had not completely dissipated. As Master Zhu’s fingers gently stroked it, a faint wailing of pain was heard.

Cold sweat dripped down Ma Tiande’s forehead, but he did not stop talking and completed the report from beginning to end.

After he finished speaking, he stood respectfully under the long table, waiting for the city lord’s instructions.

The mansion was quiet for a while.

From time to time, there was a lot of noise coming from outside the house.

Master Zhu, who was curled up in his robe, pressed his fingers on the long table. Every time he pressed, the sound outside the room stopped abruptly.

It was not until the place was completely quiet and no more noise from outside could be heard that Master Zhu spoke.

It didn’t sound like the voice of an old man, but the voice of an innocent child.

“You’ve had a hard time running.”

“Have dinner before going back.”

As the other party spoke, a ghostly figure floated out from the darkness and came in front of Li Fan.

There was a rustling sound, and a bowl of steaming red soup appeared in front of Li Fan.

Ma Tiande’s body trembled slightly.

It is not only the instinctive reaction of this body, but also represents Li Fan’s emotional fluctuations to some extent.

The red soup in the bowl was filled with countless pieces of meat mixed with blood.

Floating in the bowl were eyeballs.

They seemed to have their own thoughts, all staring at Li Fan outside the bowl.

Although Li Fan had destroyed the world several times and regarded all living things as nothing, he had never done such a “disgusting” thing.

“Mr. Ma, drink it quickly. Why aren’t you drinking yet?”

Seeing Li Fan’s hesitation, Master Zhu’s voice became a little impatient. Just like a naughty child who suddenly lost his favorite toy. A strange aura began to spread over Master Zhu’s body.

“Are you not hungry? Or are you not satisfied with this bowl of soup?”

“It’s okay. I’ll ask the servants to prepare something better.”

In Li Fan’s mind, Ma Tiande’s understanding of the Lord of Paradise City flashed through his mind.

“Many temperaments will be manifested.”

“Old people, children, charming women, cruel butchers…”

“Children are the most emotionally unstable.”

He made up his mind: “No need to bother Master Zhu. This bowl of soup tastes delicious.”

As he spoke, Li Fan took the red soup and drank it all in one gulp.

To his surprise, it was not as bloody as it looked. There was not even the slightest smell of blood and flesh.

On the contrary, it is indescribably delicious. Even Li Fan, who has reincarnated hundreds of times in the Xuanhuang Realm and has almost dug out all its secrets, can hardly find anything comparable to it in terms of taste.

After drinking a bowl of red soup and looking at the empty bowl, Li Fan actually felt reluctant to leave.

“Why, do you want another bowl?”

Bachelor Zhu also noticed Li Fan’s emotional changes, and became a little excited, as if he had found a soulmate.

With great perseverance, Li Fan shook his head and refused.

“Such a delicacy must be savored carefully.”

“It’s better to eat less than to eat more,” he said seriously.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhu burst into a muffled laugh.

The voice changed from that of a child to that of an old man quietly.

“What you said does make some sense.”

“In that case, you go down first.”

Li Fan bowed and said goodbye.

When I was about to leave the mansion, I suddenly heard the light words of Master Zhu.

“I’ve also prepared a seat for you at this day and night ceremony.”

Li Fan showed a delighted expression and bowed again: “Thank you, Master Zhu!”

The light and shadow in front of my eyes changed, and the city lord’s mansion disappeared.

A red building filled with obscene sounds replaced it.

Li Fan licked his lips.

Ma Tiande’s memory data reappeared: “Master Zhu, a member of the Shuoxinghai Governing Council.”