Chapter 93

The old man with white hair looked somewhat familiar, but he couldn't recall where he had seen him before.

He was as kind and approachable as a neighbor's grandfather, making one feel an irresistible fondness.

Lin Fan, of course, could not possibly think that the other was just an ordinary person.

Without a doubt, the other's cultivation was too high, far beyond what Lin Fan could sense at the moment.

Thus, Lin Fan became even more cautious.

He bowed and said, "I have seen you, Senior."

The old man with white hair responded with a chuckle, "No need to be so formal, I'm just an old man who hasn't died yet."

After a pause, he asked kindly, "Are you the one who is to submit the 'Yunshui Map'?"

Li Fan nodded and then handed over the colorful model.

The old man with white hair took the miniature Yunshui Tian Gong, examined it carefully, and his eyes revealed a look of infinite nostalgia.

"Yes, this is it."

"Hanhai, Taiyi, Fuyun..."

"It's been a long time."

Seeming to be lost in memories, the old man's eyes became somewhat hazy.

Lin Fan's heart skipped a beat upon hearing the old man's words.

He stood silently to one side, not daring to move.

From the tone of his words, this old man was actually from the same generation as Gui She Taiyi?

The destruction of Yunshui Tian Gong had happened countless years ago. Could this man have lived from then until now?

After the great calamity, cultivators were generally targeted by the malevolence of heaven and earth.

They could no longer live as long as the ancient cultivators.

Living for a thousand years was already extremely difficult.

What level of cultivation could allow someone to live so long?

Transcendence? Union with the Dao?

Lin Fan did not dare to speculate, but he became even more vigilant in his heart.

In this world where immortal arts could not be cultivated simultaneously, to have lived from the great calamity until now...

Such a powerful figure...

If one really thought he was as "kind" as he appeared, it would be too naive.

The old man with white hair looked at the somewhat nervous Lin Fan and smiled wryly.

"What is the current state inside Yunshui Tian Gong?" he asked.

Lin Fan then described in detail the stone statue of Qin Fan, the insect Daoist refining himself into a pill, and Taiyi with numerous broken swords piercing his body.

"If not for special reasons, I would not be unable to enter Yunshui Tian Gong, nor would I stand idly by while they suffer."

After a long silence, the old man sighed deeply.

"To be able to come out of Yunshui Tian Gong alive, you are quite alert," the old man said, sizing up Lin Fan.

"Just lucky," Lin Fan humbly replied.

"Do you have a commission for me?" the old man with white hair suddenly asked.

"Senior, please go ahead and say it."

"Could you run another errand to Yunshui Tian Gong for me and place this item there?" The old man with white hair took out a small white jade statue and handed it to Lin Fan.

This white jade statue had no special aura, seemingly just carved from ordinary jade.

The statue's appearance was identical to the old man with white hair.

"Since I cannot enter Yunshui Tian Gong myself, I will use this statue to accompany them."

"As for the reward..."

The old man with white hair pondered for a moment and then pointed at Lin Fan's forehead.

Instantly, countless pieces of information appeared in Lin Fan's mind.

Even with Lin Fan's mid-stage Qi Condensation mental strength, he felt dizzy and his head swelled.

When he came to his senses, the old man with white hair's figure had already disappeared from the Tianxuan Mirror.

And 100,000 contribution points had successfully been credited to his account.

Lin Fan slowly organized the vast amount of information in his mind. After a long time, he finally understood what the old man with white hair's reward was.

"The Heavenly Medical Scripture."

It was not a cultivation technique, but a medical scripture.

It included the study of human physiology, pathology, diagnosis, treatment, and medicine.

The subjects of study even encompassed various animals and plants in the world.

It could be said to be all-encompassing and all-inclusive.

The vast amount of information led Lin Fan to estimate that it would take him at least a dozen years to read through it once.

"This is a good thing, but it's too time-consuming to study. I'll have to put it aside for now."

Lin Fan did not dare to be negligent about the old man with white hair's commission.

After all, the senior had already given the reward in advance.

So Lin Fan went to Yunshui Tian Gong again.

He thought that his avatar would have to go through Qin Tang's illusion test again upon re-entry.

But after the statue in his storage ring emitted a white light, Lin Fan directly appeared before the gates of Yunshui Tian Gong.

The old man's statue detached from Lin Fan's storage ring and flew into the sky.

It then slowly dissolved and disappeared like melting snow.

"Is this task completed? It seems too simple and smooth," Lin Fan muttered to himself.

He waited for a while, but nothing unusual happened inside Yunshui Tian Gong.

"I wonder what that statue is for."

Not seeing any hidden meaning, Lin Fan could only choose to leave.

Returning safely to the Tianxuan Mirror, Lin Fan looked at his 100,000 contribution points and fell into deep thought.

Originally, Lin Fan planned to have his avatar obtain 100,000 contribution points, directly exchange the needed cultivation techniques and treasures, and then hand them over to his true self.

Just like how Xiao Heng exchanged "Xiao Yan Shui Jue" and sent it to Lin Fan in his previous life.

But after meeting the old man with white hair, Lin Fan dismissed this idea.

Currently, it was best for the avatar and the true self to have no connection.

The old man with white hair always gave Lin Fan a sense of extreme danger.

The avatar had already come into his line of sight.

If the true self and the avatar were to make contact rashly and he discovered their connection,

Given the miraculous nature of "Steal the Sky and Replace the Sun," even if the old man with white hair had extremely high cultivation, there was no guarantee he wouldn't be tempted.

After all, in this dangerous world of cultivation, people could be refined into wondrous objects of heaven and earth.

One could never be too careful.

As for whether the 100,000 contribution points would go to waste in the avatar's hands and be unable to be spent,

There was no need to worry about that.

After all, in this world, the most precious thing was knowledge, including cultivation techniques.

While the avatar browsed through various knowledge, it was equivalent to the true self browsing through it simultaneously.

So, the effect of the avatar spending the 100,000 contribution points was the same as the true self spending them.

After calming down, Lin Fan first searched for information about the "Ancient War."

When he was in Yunshui Tian Gong, he was very concerned about the front-line war frequently mentioned by Qin Tang and the insect Daoist.

That war seemed to be quite brutal, making them still remember it even after becoming strange.

Soon, Lin Fan found some scattered information.

Unfortunately, due to the extreme age of the events, all related records were vague.

The only certainty was that such a great war did indeed exist.

This war seemed to have lasted for a long time, starting before the Immortal Venerable's teachings and continuing until the great calamity.

Next, Lin Fan searched for information about wondrous objects of heaven and earth.