Chapter 62

After the strange phenomenon disappeared, Li Fan敏锐地察觉到，自己身上似乎发生了某种说不清的变化。

But after a thorough examination, he still couldn’t figure out exactly what the change was.

However, it probably wasn’t a bad thing.

Li Fan decided to put it aside for the moment and just keep it in mind.

After identifying his current location, Li Fan realized that it was slightly off from where he had appeared in the cultivation world in his previous life.

But it wasn’t too far off.

This place was closest to Liuli Island, so Li Fan decided to go there first.

After all, he had spent a long time on Liuli Island in his previous life and was more familiar with it.

Although He Zhenghao, the "good guy," was somewhat greedy, he was at least relatively reliable.

Compared to others, Li Fan preferred to deal with people he knew, to minimize uncertainty.

After deciding on the direction, Li Fan didn’t operate the Taiyan Boat but instead used a wind control technique to fly to Liuli Island.

He now wanted to play the role of a wandering cultivator from the Congyun Sea, who had fortuitously cultivated to the late Qi Condensation stage.

He wanted to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage but lacked the method, so he decided to join the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.

In the current cultivation world, the life of a wandering cultivator was extremely difficult.

Unlike members of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association, who had fixed channels to obtain cultivation techniques.

Wandering cultivators often had to risk their lives to search for cultivation techniques in various ancient sect ruins.

Not only did they have to face the strange and dangerous mechanisms in the ruins, but they also had to be wary of their equally covetous peers.

A single misstep could lead to death and the loss of their path.

Even so, these wandering cultivators were unwilling to join the two major organizations, preferring not to be controlled and to avoid serving others.

For wandering cultivators, freedom was above all else.

Different choices reflected different values, and it was hard to say which was better.

Therefore, the Taiyan Boat was a bit too flashy for a wandering cultivator.

To avoid unnecessary trouble and suspicion, Li Fan chose to fly by himself.

It was a bit slower, but Li Fan wasn’t in a hurry, and it was a good opportunity to adapt.

The reason for this was that in Daxuan, Li Fan had vaguely felt that his affinity with spiritual energy had mysteriously increased in this life.

But since the Immortal Sealing Land lacked spiritual energy, he couldn’t verify it.

Once he entered the cultivation world and sensed and absorbed the surrounding spiritual energy, Li Fan finally confirmed that his intuition was correct.

If in his previous life he had to forcibly draw spiritual energy from the world like a pump through the Root of Heaven and Earth,

Then in this life, he only needed to think, and the spiritual energy would obediently enter his dantian without any force.

Although it wasn’t as intimate as the spiritual energy Xiao Heng described, it was much better than before.

Li Fan speculated that the reason for this change was likely related to the Root of Heaven and Earth.

In his previous life, the Root of Heaven and Earth was cultivated through the five emotions: greed, fear, anger, hatred, and self-centeredness.

But in this life, the Root of Heaven and Earth in Li Fan’s dantian was directly manifested through the "Return to Truth."

If the Root of Heaven and Earth cultivated through the Five Spirit Qi was filled with violent and dark negative emotions, then the Root of Heaven and Earth granted by "Return to Truth" was balanced, peaceful, and natural.

He didn’t expect that inheriting his cultivation from his previous life through "Return to Truth" would come with such benefits.

In his joy, Li Fan also vaguely felt that there might be deeper reasons behind this.

However, before he could think it through, his expression suddenly changed.

Because, in Li Fan’s perception, a killing intent appeared from a distance, firmly locking onto him and rapidly approaching.

Moreover, the other party’s aura was powerful, at least at the Foundation Establishment stage!

Although it felt somewhat inexplicable, Li Fan didn’t hesitate.

He immediately summoned the Taiyan Boat, accelerated to the maximum speed, and fled toward the nearest Liuli Island.

The other party seemed surprised that Li Fan had such a treasure as a flying boat, paused for a moment, and then sped up even more.

Inside the Taiyan Boat, Li Fan’s expression was grim.

The distance was too far, beyond the range of his divine sense.

But from the slowly approaching killing intent, the other party’s speed was definitely faster than his Taiyan Boat.

Li Fan hesitated for a moment and then released a formless killing intent toward the other party.

Suddenly, everything went dark, and a faint murmur echoed in his ears.

The surroundings became surreal and distorted.

It felt as if countless eyes were secretly watching Li Fan.

Fortunately, this hallucination-like scene came and went quickly.

It was just a momentary blur before everything returned to normal.

Li Fan knew this was a side effect of releasing formless killing intent across a major realm.

Formless killing intent was a borrowed power of fate.

Since it was borrowed, there was naturally a risk.

Even a mortal falsely claiming an imperial decree would be punished with the extermination of nine generations, let alone pretending to be the will of heaven.

The greater the cultivation gap between him and the target of the killing intent, the more likely it was to be detected by the will of heaven.

Fortunately, crossing just one major realm wasn’t a big problem.

After releasing the formless killing intent, there was initially no response.

But soon, Li Fan sensed a sudden wind in the world.

This wind continuously swirled in the path of the other party, quickly forming a tornado.

The tornado, with a faint green glow, resembled a giant dragon, roaring toward the other party.

Caught off guard, the other party was hit by the tornado.

Li Fan took this opportunity to accelerate his escape.

Soon, a loud explosion came from behind.

The other party seemed to have escaped the tornado and was flying toward Li Fan even faster.

The killing intent was even stronger.

Just as the other party was about to catch up to Li Fan, a giant crocodile shark leaped out of the sea and swallowed the other party whole.

The crocodile shark then fell back into the sea, splashing high.

"Bang!"

A burst of flames erupted from the sea.

The crocodile shark was burned to ashes, and the other party emerged from the sea, looking rather disheveled and enraged.

Sensing Li Fan’s aura, the other party accelerated in pursuit.

But every time he was about to catch up to Li Fan, something unexpected would happen.

Thus, the two of them continued their chase, with the other party’s speed being much faster, but he couldn’t catch up to Li Fan.

Finally, Liuli Island came into view.

The other party cautiously looked around, seeing no more unexpected situations, and breathed a sigh of relief. With a serious expression, he was about to use a Dao technique to kill Li Fan.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning split the sky in broad daylight.

It struck the other party directly.

If not for a light that flashed on his body at the critical moment, absorbing most of the lightning’s damage, he would have been killed instantly.

Even so, the other party was burned and unrecognizable.

Seeing this, Li Fan quickly flew toward the central protective array of Liuli Island.

The other party paused in the air for a moment before recovering.

Enraged, he shouted, "He Zhenghao, come out and help me kill this little thief!"

From Liuli Island, a familiar voice of Li Fan’s responded, "Protector Wan? How did you end up like this?"

...

Li Fan, who was flying toward Liuli Island, stopped upon hearing their conversation.

Trapped between the two, with no way to escape, Li Fan cursed inwardly.

He then silently recited in his mind.

"Return to Truth!"