Chapter 112: Seeing Qingfeng

What exactly is Huan Zhen?

Ever since Li Fan awakened Huan Zhen, this question had been deeply buried in his heart.

Was it a special ability that awakened with his Transmigration?

Or was it a rare treasure hidden within his body?

At certain moments, Li Fan would unconsciously feel a sense of dread.

What if one day, he suddenly lost Huan Zhen?

Or, what if Huan Zhen suddenly failed at a moment when he needed to turn solid into void?

When he first read the "Treatise on Rare Items", Li Fan also suspected whether Huan Zhen was a type of Heaven's Wonder.

Could he use it for Foundation Establishment?

Now, after hearing Yin Shangren's words, Li Fan was vaguely convinced that he might indeed be able to use Huan Zhen to establish his Dao Foundation.

But…

Not now.

As his last trump card, he couldn't rashly attempt it without a certain level of confidence.

If using Huan Zhen for Foundation Establishment was a problem to be solved, then Li Fan didn't even have the qualifications to participate in the discussion yet.

After all, he still hadn't fully understood what Foundation Establishment actually entailed.

Fortunately, in this era, most problems could be answered by paying.

The Clone, Lin Fan, began searching for knowledge related to Foundation Establishment.

"Introduction to Foundation Establishment", "Heaven, Earth, and Man", "Records of a Hundred People's Foundation Establishment"…

One by one, relevant works were exchanged and read.

Li Fan gradually gained a general understanding of Foundation Establishment.

Using the Devouring Method, one consumes a Heaven's Wonder into the Dantian.

The roots of heaven and earth take root there.

Using the rare item as soil and a breeding ground, one absorbs the Law it contains, eventually growing a fruit called the "Dao Foundation."

Heaven's Wonders are divided into three categories: Heaven's Wonder, Earth's Wonder, and Human's Wonder.

Among these, Foundation Establishment with Human's Wonder is the easiest.

Because Human's Wonders are mostly formed from fallen Cultivators, they contain the Cultivator's comprehension of Law from their lifetime.

During the Foundation Establishment process, it's like having a teacher constantly giving advice and patiently guiding.

Earth's Wonders and Heaven's Wonders, however, are closer to pure Dao Law.

And without the insights of other Cultivators as reference, one needs to spend more time and energy to comprehend the various rules aggregated within the rare item and transform them into one's own Dao Foundation.

But the advantage of using Heaven's Wonder or Earth's Wonder to establish the Dao Foundation is that it will not fail.

It's the same as when breaking through to Qi Refining, forming the roots of heaven and earth to forcibly extract Spiritual Qi.

This method of Foundation Establishment emphasizes "stability."

… …

"If Foundation Establishment before the Great Tribulation of Antiquity was a closed-book exam, then current Foundation Establishment is an open-book exam. The answer is right in front of you; how quickly and accurately you can copy it depends entirely on the individual," Li Fan mused to himself.

"The rarer the item, the higher the difficulty of the exam. When the difficulty reaches a certain level, you can't even understand what the question is asking, let alone answer it."

"It seems that even if I wanted to use Huan Zhen for Foundation Establishment in a short period, I wouldn't be able to do it at all."

"But if I continuously improve my understanding of the Dao Law through the process of Foundation Establishment, and then try again repeatedly, there might still be a chance."

"As for that The Foundation Establishment Method of Self…"

"Ten years ago, huh. Perhaps, I can let that Yin Shangren try it first."

Li Fan had planned out his upcoming cultivation.

The Clone was still present, and the Cultivator remains obtained from Tianyang Grotto-heaven could not yet be used.

The Clone, Lin Fan, continued to browse secrets in the tianxuan mirror. At the same time, he exchanged and browsed some Foundation Establishment Cultivation Techniques to accumulate knowledge for later deduction and Fusion of his own Cultivation Techniques.

As for his main body, Li Fan still planned to wait for the cang hai pearl to appear before using it for Foundation Establishment.

In his previous life, he had transformed into a vast sea, comprehending heaven and earth through the consciousness of the sea.

He was already perfectly compatible with this cang hai pearl.

Using it for Foundation Establishment would certainly yield twice the result with half the effort.

Now, more than half of the 13 years of anchoring had passed. There should only be about 7 or 8 years left until Crimson Flame Burning Sea and the cang hai pearl appeared.

He could definitely wait.

Moreover, during this period, he wasn't without means to comprehend the Dao of Foundation Establishment.

Formless Killing Intent, the technique of Heaven's Sight and Earth's Hearing, activated.

The images in his mind gradually became clear.

In the torrential rain, Zhang Haobo was like a kite with a broken string, flying with the wind.

He completely ignored the high rolling waves and the large raindrops, letting them hit his body.

Li Fan observed Zhang Haobo.

"It's been nearly three months since I last saw him, and he's already in the Late Qi Refining Stage…"

"His eyes are tightly closed, his breathing is completely absent, and even all the Spiritual Qi in his body has become silent."

"What is he comprehending?"

Li Fan also observed the raging wind and rain.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but in the dim and gloomy sky, a trace of green light flashed and disappeared.

"That was…"

When Li Fan looked again, he couldn't see it anymore.

That fleeting glimpse just now seemed to be just his imagination.

"Qing…"

Under Heaven's Sight and Earth's Hearing, Li Fan didn't believe he could be mistaken.

He suddenly recalled the continuous wind disasters that had ravaged Congyun Sea for several years.

He had previously searched for information about the wind disaster in the tianxuan mirror, but it seemed to have little impact on Cultivators, as there were no records.

Now he knew that this should also be influenced by Chang Sheng Tian Zun.

Li Fan remembered that not long before he arrived at Congyun Sea in his previous life, there had been a huge wind disaster.

Hundreds of islands were destroyed.

In the following years, the scale and frequency of the wind disaster became smaller and smaller, until the Crimson Flame descended.

"There might be some secrets hidden within this. It's just not the time to investigate yet…" Li Fan kept this in mind.

His attention returned to Zhang Haobo.

He was still in a state of Epiphany.

Li Fan couldn't make sense of it, and the endless wind and rain seemed to have no end, he didn't know when it would stop.

So he had no choice but to retain a sliver of his attention, constantly observing Zhang Haobo's movements.

Most of his attention, however, returned to the tianxuan mirror.

"Putting all my eggs in one basket is clearly not going to work; I still need to cast a wide net. I haven't tried how many people Formless Killing Intent can lock onto at most."

"Hmm, I can find some Cultivators who are about to Foundation Establishment and conduct some experiments."

When it came to gathering information, Li Fan thought of Jiao Xiuyuan.

Although this person was greedy and afraid of death, his intelligence was relatively reliable.

He was also his regular customer.

So he concealed his figure and, familiar with the route, arrived outside Thousand Mile Hall.

Before he even walked in, Jiao Xiuyuan's voice came from afar.

"I've got the stuff, when are you finally coming to pick it up! I've urged you several times, haven't I?"

"Don't give me that nonsense about not being able to make it; I think you just don't want it anymore!"

"Hello? Hello!"

"Damn it!"

Li Fan walked into the room and saw Jiao Xiuyuan's face full of indignation.

He slammed a small cauldron onto the table.