Chapter 123: Revisiting the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace

As waves of people entered, the sound of reading inside the house grew louder.

Li Fan listened carefully and could vaguely make out a few sentences.

"Heavenly Law is stern; respect the rules and abide by them."

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"I have now obtained the Law and shall spread it to All living beings."

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"Heavenly Law cannot be violated."

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"Heavenly Law…" Li Fan recalled what he had seen and heard, but found no relevant information.

"I wonder, what connection does this place have with the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace?"

The reason Li Fan did not choose to enter was, firstly, as he had said earlier, this Opportunity was of little use to him, a Qi Refining Late Stage Perfection Cultivator.

Secondly, he still had some concerns.

Could this eerie existence truly be without any danger, allowing everyone to gain benefits for nothing?

Li Fan didn't believe it.

He planned to let these people test it first.

If it were truly so, then he could simply come again in the next life.

Li Fan cultivated the Hundred Lifetimes Method, not a single lifetime method.

Losing opportunities was not a concern for him.

Another day passed amid the loud reading sounds.

On the second day, when the Cultivators woke up from the ground, every single one of them had advanced by one minor Realm.

They were overjoyed, for one night was worth many days of arduous cultivation!

Thus, like the previous six, they contacted their friends to come here.

Gradually, more and more people learned of this Opportunity.

A constant stream of people came and went, all wearing joyful expressions.

Li Fan merely observed in silence.

Before the green ox cart entered the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, Li Fan roughly calculated.

In total, about two Nascent Soul, six Golden Core, nineteen Foundation Establishment, and several Qi Refining Cultivators had entered the thatched cottage.

Even the liveliest gatherings must come to an end.

A month later, the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace hanging in the sky was visible in the distance.

The green ox cart had finally reached its destination.

Li Fan and the other Cultivators all chose to stay far away from the cart, watching from a distance.

"Moo!"

The green ox bellowed, its four hooves treading on air as it soared.

Pulling the two-wheeled cart behind it, it rose from the sea surface to midair.

Then it charged headlong toward the azure and transparent Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.

Blue and green light intertwined and flickered.

Without any sound, the ox cart silently disappeared into the Congyun Sea.

All the Cultivators present let out sighs of regret.

A dozen or so Cultivators, perhaps bold or because they had previously ventured into the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, were driven by curiosity and flew in after it.

Li Fan once again used the Formless Killing Intent to lock onto one of them.

Following him, his perspective shifted, and he arrived at the long-unseen Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.

Before the towering gate, the green ox shrank to normal size.

Pulling the two-wheeled cart, it advanced slowly. When it passed the stone statue of Qin Tang, it suddenly stopped.

The door of the thatched cottage burst open, and a wooden slip flew out.

The wooden slip flew before the stone statue of Qin Tang, and a nearly transparent figure emerged from it.

Somewhat aged, with an indistinct face.

"Qin Tang…"

He stared at the stone statue pierced through the heart, fell silent for a long time, then slowly spoke.

The stone statue of Qin Tang seemed to move slightly.

Then, with a creaking sound, it twisted its head into a strange angle.

Staring at the aged figure before it, a faint, barely audible voice suddenly emerged from the stone statue of Qin Tang.

"Mas…"

"…ter…"

Though the voice was soft, it was like a thunderclap, instantly spreading throughout the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.

"Master…"

"Master…"

"Master…"

Different voices, some filled with pain, some with confusion, some with relief, some with comfort.

Echoing from all directions, reverberating endlessly.

Overlapping and interweaving, like a symphony from Hell, resounding within the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.

Li Fan even saw, deep in the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, where the Taiyi Hall was located.

The Turtle-Snake Taiyi seemed to be awakening from slumber, revealing its ferocious body.

But a broken sword shadow suddenly appeared.

This broken sword was deeply embedded in Taiyi's body, with only a short section exposed.

Completely pitch-black, with Evil Qi soaring to the sky!

The broken sword trembled slightly, producing a grating sound like being sharpened on a whetstone.

In the Void Realm, countless sword shadows rained down, viciously stabbing into the Turtle-Snake Monster's body.

"Pain…"

Taiyi wailed in madness, forced to retract its body back into the Taiyi Hall.

Outside the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, Li Fan was deeply shaken by what he saw.

Because this broken sword embedded in Taiyi's body seemed to be the same sword as the one he had encountered earlier, the sword handle that had contended with Azure Wind.

They belonged to the same sword!

Before the stone statue of Qin Tang, the transparent figure of the Master looked at the location of the Taiyi Hall and sighed deeply.

Then, the Master reached out and grasped the bamboo slip.

Afterward, he clasped his hands behind his back, looked up at the sky, and took a deep breath.

The Master's figure instantly expanded, and in a short time, he stood like a giant opening the heavens, towering between heaven and earth.

His hair and beard bristled as he glared ahead and roared in anger.

"Heavenly!"

"Doctor!"

The Master's roar instantly spread throughout the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.

Then, accompanying the Master's roar, a deathly silence first fell over every part of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.

Then, voices of resentment rose one after another, instantly surging to the sky.

"Heavenly Doctor!"

"Heavenly Doctor!"

"Heavenly Doctor!"

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The shouts were endless, filled with despair and hatred, so much so that even Li Fan, outside the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, couldn't help but shiver.

The desperate cries echoed through every corner of the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, causing the entire massive structure to tremble and shake incessantly.

The White Mist that originally shrouded every building roiled like boiling water.

It seemed as if the beings that had been tortured for thousands of years were all about to break free.

High above the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, before the Master's enormous figure, a small white jade statue suddenly appeared.

With its appearance, all the eerie entities within the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace erupted into complete chaos.

Angry and desperate shouts surged like a river, endless and unceasing.

Cracks appeared on the ground, and the entire Cloud Water Heavenly Palace seemed on the verge of splitting apart.

The white jade statue glowed faintly and then transformed into the size of an ordinary person.

With a kind face and white hair, it was the mysterious old man who had briefly met the Clone Lin Fan.

Ignoring the surging shouts below like angry waves, the Heavenly Doctor smiled slightly: "Everyone."

"Long time no see."

The Master's towering figure trembled all over. His face filled with hatred, he gritted his teeth, wanting to say something.

But in the end, only one word escaped his lips.

"Die!"

The sky seemed to darken, as if endless killing intent was gathering.

In an instant, fine cracks appeared on the Heavenly Doctor's body.

But he patted himself, and those cracks disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if they had never existed.

The Heavenly Doctor smiled at the Master: "Fighting, is it necessary to be so angry?"

The smile suddenly vanished, and the Heavenly Doctor's face turned extremely cold.

"Getting angry easily is a sickness."

"A sickness…"

"must be cured."

Outside the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, Li Fan's expression changed. He instantly activated all his defensive talismans.

Then, at maximum speed, he fled far away.

A shockwave erupted from the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.

In an instant, it swept across the entire Congyun Sea.

Then, with undiminished force, it spread to the surrounding prefectures.

For a moment, the entire Cultivation World sensed what was happening in the Congyun Sea.

It seemed as if several vast consciousnesses exchanged a few thoughts.

Then they all fell silent.