My Simulated Road to Immortality

Chapter 660: Chapter 626: White Mist Against Life and Death

Liu San didn’t answer immediately, but pondered for a moment before asking a question.

“Master, do you know if the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals have any kind of stronghold in the White Mist Barrier?”

Li Fan was briefly taken aback: “Elder Liu, why do you ask such a question?”

Liu San stroked his beard and spoke slowly: “When I was piloting the Puxian True Vessel through the vast white mist, I occasionally spotted a group of cultivators acting strangely.”

“They had no protection at all, just exposed in the Element Devouring White Fog. Their movements were slow, as if they were looking for something.”

“What was even more strange was that I couldn’t feel any signs of life from them at all. I initially thought they were fallen cultivators, merely instinctively acting corpses. Just as I wanted to get closer to investigate, one of them, appearing to have noticed my presence, turned his head. At the same time, a Divine Sense probed out.”

“At the time, my main mission was to find the Valley of Eternal Life. To avoid unnecessary trouble, I sent out a Divine Sense to demonstrate my harmless intention, then retreated.”

“The Valley of Eternal Life is hidden in the white mist. In the future, when our Medicine King Sect goes in or out, we might encounter these people. It’s better to plan ahead.”

As Liu San explained the story, Li Fan’s expression gradually grew serious.

“Cultivators in the white mist have no signs of life but are no different from normal cultivators?”

Almost instantly, Li Fan thought of his previous life when a team of cultivators from the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals walked out from the white fog after being anchored for over four hundred years, despite being dead, they were still alive.

“The Principle of Reversing Life and Death, has it already been successful?”

Li Fan immediately questioned Liu San about the situation of those cultivators in detail.

A moment later, Li Fan calmed down somewhat.

“They were sluggish, just like zombies. There’s still quite a difference from true resurrection from death. It’s just that life characteristics are indeed reborn from a corpse.”

This mysterious Immortal Sovereign, who, without anyone noticing, overturned the Principle of Life and Death and secretly enlightened is extremely enigmatic.

Even in his past life, all the way to the Xuanhuang Unification Period, during the time of the Sky Alliance rule, he still had not revealed himself.

Obviously, he was intentionally hiding his identity. No matter what his purposes were, he definitely didn’t want to be disturbed by anyone.

“This matter is indeed very strange. But it doesn’t really concern our Medicine King Sect. If the sky falls, the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals will support it. In the future, if we encounter them again, we’ll just avoid them,” Li Fan pretended to ponder for a while, then instructed.

Liu San also felt that there was some truth in Li Fan’s words, so he nodded and no longer dwelled on it.

“The current location of the Valley of Eternal Life is in the White Mist Barrier at the border of Luoyan State and Liaoying State.” Liu San took out a map and marked the location.

“About here. In the white mist, the perception of distance might be slightly off. But the general direction is definitely correct.”

Li Fan glanced at it and memorized the location.

“It’s not too far from the Cloud Sea, we can transfer there anytime. Moreover, Luoyan State is much more prosperous than the Cloud Sea, making it more suitable as our first stepping stone for the rise of the Medicine King Sect.”

“However, to avoid arousing Zhou Qingang’s suspicion, the matters at the Cloud Sea need to be unhurried and slowly separated,” explained Li Fan.

“If the Master decides, that’s good. So many years have passed, a moment more won’t matter. Besides, the entrance to the Valley of Eternal Life has been re-sealed by me using a secret technique, outsiders have no chance of detecting it,” Liu San affirmed by nodding.

Having settled this matter, Li Fan returned to the main topic and suggested sparring.

Liu San immediately perked up with interest: “It seems the Master has some gains from refining the new Techniques?”

“Yes, Elder Liu, you don’t know. The Tianxuan Mirror of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals is truly an extraordinary divine artifact. It has incredible powers, and can even help me deduce Divine Techniques. It’s just a pity Elder Liu, your cultivation is too high and your origins can’t be concealed, otherwise, you could personally experience it,” Li Fan commented regretfully while filled with awe.

“Haha, even if there are many benefits, my life has reached the end. As long as you young ones can benefit from it, then it’s worth it!” Liu San dismissed with indifference.

Next, the two of them went to the Martial Arts Room inside the Medicine King Sect Cauldron to compete.

Though it was framed as a spar, Liu San was actually only sparring with him.

Even if the [Heaven Piercing Heart Sword] is extraordinary, it’s a bit of a stretch to harm Liu San, who was two major cultivation stages ahead.

However, Liu San was all praises for this Divine Technique.

“Master, you truly live up to the expectations of the Sect Master, having comprehended such a profound Divine Technique.”

“One palm shatters the sky, the sword follows your intent. Its lethality is astonishing and very difficult to guard against. If you break through to the God Transformation Stage, I might have some trouble facing this Divine Technique.”

Liu San stretched out his left index finger, eying the faint blood stain on it as he spoke.

Looking at his own “achievements”, Li Fan roughly estimated the might of the [Heaven Piercing Heart Sword].

In fact, he hadn’t used all his strength, he had just utilized the power of a Cave Heaven Domain.

If he let the power of the Five Elements Cave Heaven flow and abruptly explode, the lethality would probably increase by more than ten times.

At that time, it would not simply be a wound.

“Injury but no lethal damage. After all, the strength gap between Unity-Path and Nascent Soul is not as small as that between Foundation Establishment and Nascent Soul,” Li Fan understood in his heart.

In the following period, Li Fan asked Liu San to select some trustworthy people from the still slumbering cultivators of Medicine King Sect to be awakened first.

Soon, the Crimson Blaze Ocean and the Great Calamity would descend, burying all of Li Fan’s foundation here.

To whitewash his identity again wouldn’t be so easy then.

Therefore, he needs to make use of this last bit of time to accelerate the pace of incorporating the cultivators of the Medicine King Sect into the Alliance.

Liu San also understood that under the current environment of no practicing multiple laws, Techniques were incredibly hard to come by, especially the higher level ones. Therefore, when selecting people, he was extremely cautious. However, he had not been engrossed in power in his early years, he only followed behind Liu Ruchen, focusing on cultivation and alchemy.

Therefore, he didn’t have any confidants, and as for the disciples of the Medicine King Sect, he only had a general understanding of their conduct.

After some contemplation, he even secretly approached Li Fan and proposed the idea of “forced control.”

Although this was exactly what Li Fan had in mind, he still had to put up a front.

He pretended to be hesitant, remained silent and bowed his head.

Seeing his reaction, Liu San couldn’t help but say, “Master, you should know that kindness can’t run a military. The current situation is special and can’t afford any kind of mishap. People’s hearts are complicated and hard to fully understand. We can’t expect everyone to be like us, willing to give their all to revive the Medicine King Sect.”

Seeming to remember something, Liu San sneered, “There are quite a few traitors in the Medicine King Sect.”

“Back then…”

Liu San paused, “Now, the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals is stronger than the Ten Sects of the Immortal Dao. Maybe when they wake up and see the sights of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Immortals, they’ll have the idea of defecting.”