Chapter 12: The Second Anchor Point Appears

"Thousand Machines Jade Universe Golden Chapter, Nascent Soul Realm Cultivation Technique, current number of Cultivators: 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 wave of longing in his heart, but it was a pity that he was currently just a Mortal and didn't even possess Divine Sense.

Although he could simply use the Storage Ring, he was powerless when it came to this Nascent Soul Cultivation Technique, and could only stare at it helplessly, unable to learn its specific contents.

With a treasure mountain before him but unable to enjoy it, Li Fan greedily took a few more looks before finally putting it down with reluctance.

Afterward, Li Fan looked at a rusty iron sword to the side.

It was Dao Xuanzi's Foundation Establishment Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects, [Rusty Sword Dao Xuan].

According to what Kou Hong said, for a Qi Refining Cultivator to achieve a Breakthrough, they need to rely on various Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects to forge their Dao Foundation.

Each Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object has its own wonders, and only those with destiny can find them.

Once forged into a Dao Foundation by a Cultivator, it becomes inextricably linked to the Cultivator.

If the Cultivator falls, then the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object will also fade away with the Cultivator's death, losing its miraculous nature and becoming an ordinary item.

Li Fan stroked the ordinary iron sword before him with his hand, but his attention was focused on the information that suddenly appeared from [Huan Zhen].

"Discoverable item for charging: Rusty Sword Dao Xuan (Damaged)."

"Do you wish to charge?"

Li Fan pondered for a moment and chose yes.

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

"Current anchor point charging progress: 1%"

"Current number of anchor points: 1"

Li Fan's heart stirred; according to the information fed back by [Huan Zhen], when the anchor point charging progress reached 100%, a second anchor point would be unlocked.

In the future, when everything is Virtualized and he chooses to return, he will be able to choose to restart from any anchor point.

"If I can really unlock a second anchor point, that would be so much more convenient." Li Fan daydreamed for a while, feeling quite expectant.

For example, his repeated Reincarnation over these past few lives was an attempt to obtain the method of Cultivation from Kou Hong and the other person.

The previous fifty years were, for him, actually a repetitive torment, not to mention that sometimes uncontrollable variables would arise.

If he could directly start his Reincarnation from when he became the Grand Preceptor and controlled the world, then the efficiency of his attempts would be greatly increased.

Thinking further ahead, he was currently just a Mortal, and each Reincarnation only lasted fifty years.

Although it was somewhat long, Li Fan could barely accept it.

Once he embarked on the path of Cultivation, it would easily take hundreds or thousands of years; if he failed and wanted to try again, he would have to start everything from the beginning, which made Li Fan's scalp tingle just thinking about it.

Furthermore, if he could unlock more anchor points, Li Fan would have plenty of opportunities for trial and error.

By trying step by step like this, it was not impossible to forge a perfect path to immortality.

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

"Although Heaven and Earth Spiritual Objects are hard to come by, the Cultivation World is incomparably vast, and such Spiritual Objects are endless. As long as I can leave this Immortal Extinction Land and break free from these shackles…" Thinking of all this, Li Fan's desire to leave this place grew even more intense.

After absorbing the Rusty Sword Dao Xuan, Li Fan did not pay much attention to the other items inside the Storage Ring.

They were nothing more than standard Spirit Stones, low-level Magical Artifacts, and similar items.

Standard Spirit Stones were Spirit Stones jointly produced by organizations like the Myriad Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association; they had different grades and were equivalent to the legal currency of the Cultivation World.

Each Spirit Stone had a unique anti-counterfeiting Restriction that others could not imitate.

In fact, the reason standard Spirit Stones had value was because they were recognized by the Myriad Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association, and could be used to exchange for Cultivation Techniques.

As for those privately made inferior Spirit Stones or natural Spirit Stones mined from various spirit mines, they were all worthless.

When it came down to it, in the current Cultivation World, what constrained the Cultivators was not resources like Spiritual Qi or Spirit Stones, but Cultivation Techniques.

Cultivation Techniques for every Realm.

It was precisely because the Myriad Immortals Alliance and the Five Elders Association controlled the vast majority of the world's Cultivation Techniques that they could become behemoths spanning the entire Cultivation World.

As for those low-level Magical Artifacts, they were mostly used for consumption during conflicts.

Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi could hardly be called wealthy.

Therefore, the various Magical Artifacts they had on them were all ordinary goods and had no real value.

After putting the items in front of him, including the Nascent Soul Realm Cultivation Technique, back into the Storage Ring one by one, Li Fan was already gasping for breath.

This body was already so old, like a candle in the wind, and could completely dissipate at any moment.

Taking a deep breath, Li Fan closed his eyes, as if wanting to firmly etch his current weakness into his heart.

Afterward, Li Fan no longer hesitated, summoned [Huan Zhen], 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 possessed 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 said person. 4. Abandon the above options to accelerate the charging progress.]

Li Fan chose the first option this time.

It was a pity that his attempt to cheat by putting all his items into the Storage Ring at the end of his previous life did not succeed.

The Storage Ring, Nascent Soul Cultivation Technique, Spirit Stones, Magical Artifacts, and other items appeared in Li Fan's mind one by one.

Li Fan naturally chose that Nascent Soul Cultivation Technique.

What surprised him was that after he chose this Cultivation Technique, he could take it out of and put it back into [Huan Zhen] at any time.

Moreover, the Cultivation Technique had achieved a kind of binding relationship with him.

This Cultivation Technique now completely belonged to him; even if he didn't choose to bring it back in the next simulation, it would permanently exist within [Huan Zhen].

"In this way, I can make many more plans…" Li Fan took out the golden Jade Slip, and while playing with it in his hand, he pondered the action plan for this life in his mind.

"The Great Migration era has passed for thousands of years, and relevant clues have long been buried deep underground. Digging up Ancient Tombs on a large scale is truly too shocking; even with my strong control over the imperial court in the previous life, it still stirred up considerable opposition. If I were to do this just after the imperial court has stabilized, it would certainly be unsustainable."

"However, if I start laying the groundwork from now and spend twenty years, it might not be impossible to change the thinking of the people in the world…"

Name: Li Fan

Realm: Mortal

Physical Age: 20/86

Mental Age: 282/1109 ↑

Virtualization charging progress: 0%

Anchor point charging progress: 1%

Current number of anchor points: 1

Bound Item: Thousand Machines Jade Universe Golden Chapter

…

Time flowed on, and Li Fan's sixth life began.

Everything proceeded according to the established trajectory, but under Li Fan's secret instigation, many subtle changes occurred in worldly affairs.

Starting in the third anchor year, rumors of Immortals descending to the world began to spread throughout Great Xuan.

In the fifth anchor year, the Antiquarian School suddenly emerged.

This school brought several volumes of ancient books to the capital to present to the Emperor; because the ancient books were exquisite and rare in the world, they shocked the entire world.

The ancient books were named: 《I Ching》, Morality, 《Nanhua》, 《Analects》, 《The Great Learning》…