Chapter 12

"Thousand Mechanisms Jade Ring Golden Chapter," a cultivation technique for the Nascent Soul Realm, current practitioners: 0.

Li Fan picked up the jade slip, and a piece of information naturally appeared in his mind.

"Nascent Soul Realm..." Li Fan felt a surge of longing in his heart, but unfortunately, he was still just an ordinary person, without even a spiritual sense. Although he could use the storage ring simply, he was powerless to practice this Nascent Soul cultivation technique. He could only look at it helplessly, unable to know its specific content.

Having a treasure mountain but no fortune to enjoy it, Li Fan greedily glanced at it a few more times before reluctantly putting it down.

Then, Li Fan looked at a rusted iron sword beside him.

It was Daoxuanzi's extraordinary artifact for the Foundation Establishment stage, the "Rusty Sword Daoxuan."

According to Kou Hong, a Qi Condensation cultivator needed to use various heavenly and earthly wonders to break through and establish their Dao foundation.

Each heavenly and earthly wonder had its own unique properties, and only those with a karmic connection could find them.

Once a cultivator established their Dao foundation with a wonder, it would be closely tied to the cultivator.

If the cultivator perished, the wonder would lose its miraculous properties and become an ordinary item.

Li Fan touched the ordinary iron sword in front of him, but his attention was focused on the information that suddenly appeared in his mind from "Return to Truth."

"Discovered rechargeable item: Rusty Sword Daoxuan (damaged)."

"Do you want to recharge it?"

Li Fan pondered for a moment and chose yes.

The rusty sword in his hand silently disappeared, and a line of small text appeared in Li Fan's mind.

"Current anchor recharge progress: 1%"

"Current number of anchors: 1"

Li Fan's heart stirred. According to the feedback from "Return to Truth," once the anchor recharge progress reached 100%, a second anchor would be activated.

In the future, everything would be virtualized, and when choosing to return, one could start from any anchor.

"If I can really activate the second anchor, it would be much more convenient." Li Fan daydreamed for a while, quite looking forward to it.

For example, in his past lives, he repeatedly reincarnated, trying to obtain cultivation methods from Kou Hong and the others. The previous fifty years were a repetitive torment for him, let alone the uncontrollable variables that sometimes arose.

If he could directly reincarnate from the point where he became Grand Preceptor and controlled the world, the efficiency of his attempts would greatly increase.

Thinking even further, as a mere mortal, each reincarnation only lasted fifty years. Although it was a long time, Li Fan could still勉强 accept it. But once he embarked on the path of cultivation, with lifespans stretching for hundreds or even thousands of years, failing and having to start over would be a daunting prospect, making Li Fan feel a chill run down his spine just thinking about it.

Moreover, if he could activate more anchors, Li Fan would have ample opportunities to try and make mistakes. By continuously trying step by step, he might even walk a perfect path to immortality.

As for the initial anchor, it could serve as a final insurance.

"Although heavenly and earthly wonders are rare, the cultivation world is vast, and wonders are constantly emerging. As long as I can leave this place of severed immortality and break free from the constraints..." Thinking of all this, Li Fan's desire to leave this place grew even more intense.

After absorbing the Rusty Sword Daoxuan, Li Fan did not pay much attention to the other items in the storage ring.

They were mostly standardized spirit stones and low-level magical artifacts.

Standardized spirit stones were manufactured by organizations like the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Council of Five Elders, with different grades, equivalent to the legal currency of the cultivation world. Each spirit stone had unique anti-counterfeiting restrictions that others could not replicate.

In fact, the value of standardized spirit stones lay in their recognition by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Council of Five Elders, allowing one to exchange them for cultivation techniques. Inferior spirit stones privately manufactured or natural spirit stones dug from various spirit mines were all worthless.

Ultimately, what bound cultivators in the current cultivation world was not spirit energy or spirit stones, but cultivation techniques. Techniques for various realms.

The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Council of Five Elders controlled the vast majority of cultivation techniques, which allowed them to become colossal entities spanning the entire cultivation world.

As for the low-level magical artifacts, they were mostly used for consumption in battles. Kou Hong and Daoxuanzi were not particularly wealthy, so the magical artifacts they carried were all ordinary, with little value.

After putting the items, including the Nascent Soul Realm cultivation technique, back into the storage ring one by one, Li Fan was already panting.

This body was so aged, like a flickering candle in the wind, ready to dissipate at any moment.

Taking a deep breath, Li Fan closed his eyes, as if trying to engrave his current weakness deeply in his mind.

Then, without hesitation, Li Fan summoned "Return to Truth" and ended this life.

...

In the darkness, scenes flashed by rapidly, and finally, a few familiar lines of text appeared in his field of vision.

[This simulation has ended]

[You can choose one of the following options to retain:

1. An item you possess in this simulation.

2. Your cultivation realm in this simulation.

3. The simulation memory of a person closely related to you in this simulation. This memory can be inherited by that person.

4. Abandon the above choices to accelerate recharge progress.]

This time, Li Fan chose the first option.

Unfortunately, his attempt to cheat by putting all the items into the storage ring at the end of his last life did not succeed.

The storage ring, the Nascent Soul cultivation technique, spirit stones, magical artifacts, and other items floated in Li Fan's mind one by one.

Li Fan naturally chose the Nascent Soul cultivation technique.

To his delight, after choosing this technique, he could take it out and put it back into "Return to Truth" at any time. Moreover, the technique was now bound to him in some sense.

This technique now belonged to him completely. Even if he did not choose to bring it back in the next simulation, it would permanently exist in "Return to Truth."

"Thus, I have many more plans..." Li Fan took out the golden jade slip, playing with it in his hand while thinking about the actions he would take in this life.

"The Great Migration Era has passed for thousands of years, and related clues are buried deep underground. Large-scale excavations of ancient tombs are too shocking. Even with my strong control over the court in my last life, it still sparked significant opposition. If the court were to undertake such actions right after stabilizing, it would be difficult to sustain."

"However, if I start planning from now, spending twenty years, I might be able to change the mindset of the people..."

Name: Li Fan

Realm: Mortal

Physical Age: 20/86

Mental Age: 282/1109↑

Virtualization Recharge Progress: 0%

Anchor Recharge Progress: 1%

Current Number of Anchors: 1

Bound Item: "Thousand Mechanisms Jade Ring Golden Chapter"

...

Time passed, and Li Fan's sixth life began.

Everything proceeded according to the predetermined path, but with Li Fan's subtle influence, many subtle changes occurred.

Three years after anchoring, rumors of immortals descending began to spread throughout the Great Xuan.

Five years after anchoring, the Ancient Studies School emerged. This school brought several ancient texts to the capital to meet the emperor, and due to the unparalleled excellence and rarity of these texts, they caused a sensation throughout the world.

The ancient texts were named: "I Ching," "Tao Te Ching," "Nanhua," "Analects," "Great Learning"...