Chapter 92

Having obtained the spirit sand, Li Fan left the cave and returned to the sea surface.

With all the materials now gathered, the next step was to begin refining the body double.

Naturally, this could not be done under the watchful eye of the Myriad Immortal Alliance and the Heavenly Profound Mirror.

Li Fan thought for a moment and continued flying westward.

There, on an uninhabited island, was a cave that Sikong Yi had once opened.

He had concealed it using the techniques of the Heaven-Swapping Sect, making it difficult for ordinary cultivators to detect.

Sikong Yi had also hidden there to refine his body double.

Since that was the case, Li Fan decided to head to that cave.

After flying for about two days, he was almost close to the uninhabited island.

However, Li Fan vaguely sensed that there was someone on the island. He immediately became alert, concealed his presence, and stealthily approached.

"Strange, it should be on this island."

The voice coming from a distance was somewhat familiar.

Li Fan focused his gaze and saw the furtive figure of Jiao Xiuyuan.

He was scratching his head with his left hand while staring at a square object in his right hand.

The object looked like a compass, but with more complex patterns and symbols.

A red light shot out from it, spreading around.

After a short while, it returned, emitting a "beep" sound.

"There's no way, I shouldn't have the wrong place. But why isn't this Spirit-Detecting Disk working?"

Jiao Xiuyuan was puzzled.

"What are you looking for..." At that moment, Li Fan's voice suddenly rang out.

Jiao Xiuyuan was startled, almost dropping the Spirit-Detecting Disk.

"Brother Sikong?" He turned his head, looking at the figure that had suddenly appeared in front of him, obscured by a Concealment Talisman, and asked tentatively.

"Previously, you sent someone to secretly follow us, just to sneak into my cave while I was away?" Li Fan said coldly, his tone unfriendly.

Jiao Xiuyuan laughed nervously: "Misunderstanding, all misunderstanding."

He glanced around and quickly asked: "I wonder where Brother Baili is?"

Li Fan did not answer, but directly took out the Green Wood Purple Fire Array Diagram and enveloped Jiao Xiuyuan.

Purple flames flickered, and Jiao Xiuyuan screamed as he turned to ashes.

The air was filled with the smell of burning wood.

"Indeed, it's just a puppet."

Li Fan was not surprised. He looked at the uninhabited island below and began to use the Heaven-Swapping Technique.

He faintly sensed the presence of a hidden cave in the island's forest.

He flew over and stopped in front of an ordinary-looking coconut tree.

Gently touching it, he felt a suction force as his aura resonated.

Letting go of his resistance, he entered the tree.

The cave was quite simple, barely large enough to accommodate two people without feeling cramped.

There was nothing valuable inside.

But Li Fan only intended to use this place temporarily, so he didn't have many requirements.

He wasn't worried about Jiao Xiuyuan seeking revenge.

After all, trying to sneak into someone else's cave was an unseemly act.

Moreover, this place was very remote. Even if Jiao Xiuyuan wanted to come for revenge, by the time he traveled a long distance to get here, Li Fan would have already refined his body double and left.

Li Fan stopped thinking about these trivial matters, took out all the necessary materials, and began refining.

This time, Li Fan did not plan to spend too much effort to deprive other cultivators of their lifespans.

In his plan, this body double was only to be used to deceive others, attract attention, and obtain the 100,000 contribution points.

This body double would also stay behind to witness the Burning Sea of Crimson Flames.

Since it would ultimately die, there was no need to be too particular.

The refinement began.

Li Fan took out a clump of his own essence blood, using it as the core, and controlled the Ten Thousand Beast Blood and Hundred Beast Meat, mixing and condensing them into a human shape.

He then activated his cultivation technique, sensing the various floating lifespans in the world.

These floating lifespans mostly belonged to the animals and plants on the surrounding islands.

Each was very weak.

But there were many of them.

Li Fan carefully extracted a thread from each of these floating lifespans and gathered them together.

As he extracted more lifespans, his control became increasingly difficult.

He knew he couldn't be too greedy, or it would cause a backlash.

When he felt that he had reached the limit of what he could control, he stopped adding more.

He then infused this new, blank lifespan into the clump of blood and flesh.

Instantly, a faint vitality emerged from it.

The refinement process was already more than halfway successful. Li Fan added the remaining materials one by one.

Bones, organs, skin, hair...

They all slowly took shape.

Li Fan then adjusted the appearance of the body double.

It was neither too handsome nor too ugly.

An ordinary face, one that would be hard to notice in a crowd.

After a moment, a blank, expressionless face appeared before him.

Li Fan stared at it for a while and nodded in satisfaction.

Next was the final step.

Li Fan focused his mind and pointed at the top of the body double's head.

"Sever!"

He severed the connection between the body double's lifespan and its source.

The body double finally became an independent entity.

Li Fan and the body double looked at each other.

An additional body, a new perspective.

This feeling...

Was a bit strange.

He controlled the body double, making it walk, lie down, stand, and sit.

After a while, Li Fan slowly adapted.

He took out clothes from his storage ring and dressed the body double.

The body double bowed to him: "Greetings, Fellow Daoist!"

The original Li Fan smiled: "From now on, you will be called Lin Fan!"

"Very well!"

The body double Lin Fan was one minor realm lower than the original.

He only had the cultivation of the Middle Qi Refinement stage.

And he had not practiced any cultivation techniques, only possessing the realm.

Since the body double was now refined, the next step was to have him join the Myriad Immortal Alliance.

There was no need for Li Fan to recommend him.

Lin Fan took the storage ring containing the *Cloud Water Map* and flew to the Lingyun Island.

Li Fan quietly followed behind to prevent any unexpected situations.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened.

After successfully meeting the guardian of Lingyun Island, Lin Fan requested to join the Myriad Immortal Alliance.

The guardian had no objections.

Following the familiar procedures, Lin Fan arrived on the Myriad Immortal Island and activated his Heavenly Profound Mirror space.

Li Fan also returned to the Myriad Immortal Island but did not meet with him.

Lin Fan took out the *Cloud Water Map* and chose to complete the 100,000 contribution point task.

At the same time, Li Fan focused his mind, sensing the situation with Lin Fan.

The Heavenly Profound Mirror remained silent for much longer than usual.

After a long time, there was still no response.

Li Fan thought something might have gone wrong.

Finally, the voice of the Heavenly Profound Mirror sounded again.

"Unable to verify the authenticity of the *Cloud Water Map*. Please wait."

...

"Task issuer... requests to visit your space. Do you accept?"

Lin Fan was taken aback but then agreed.

A moment later, an elderly man with white hair and a kind face appeared before Lin Fan.

The old man gave off no aura of a cultivator, appearing like an ordinary person.