Chapter 237: The Legacy

Chapter 237: A Legacy from Across Generations

Three months after the Immortal Bell rang.

The Immortal Conscription Order arrived as promised.

The Master and disciples of Body Transformation Dao gathered to discuss countermeasures.

Li Fan also wanted to quietly join them, but his Master, Tian Yangzi, sternly pulled him out.

He could only vaguely hear the gist from outside the door.

"What kind of Immortal Conscription Order is this? Why should we care about it! Those large Schools have tens of thousands of members, so sending some people is naturally fine."

"Our Body Transformation Dao only has so few people, and they still want us to go to the front lines? What kind of logic is this?"

…The Second Senior Brother's speech was exactly the same.

And the final outcome was consistent with Li Fan's previous experience.

The Senior Brother was the first to participate in the war.

Before his departure, everyone tearfully bid him farewell.

Li Fan asked the Senior Brother who he was going to fight.

Si Xing just smiled and patted his Junior Brother's head, saying he was going to fight bad guys.

Then, he transformed into a wisp of green light and soared into the sky.

With the Senior Brother gone,

the atmosphere in Body Transformation Dao became much more somber.

Fortunately, there was still the Second Senior Brother, a lively character, who often brought laughter and joy.

And Li Fan's successful Breakthrough to the Foundation Establishment stage also brought a period of jubilation to Body Transformation Dao.

But happiness is always short-lived.

One year and three months after Si Xing's departure,

bad news arrived.

The Senior Brother died on the battlefield.

The Second Senior Brother was filled with grief and indignation; according to the news he privately received,

this was clearly due to the Ten Great Immortal Sects underestimating the enemy.

The battle started very smoothly.

The enemy retreated steadily.

However, the army led by the Ten Great Immortal Sects severely underestimated the enemy's hidden power.

During a pursuit, they were ambushed and caught off guard.

The losses were heavy, and the front line was in jeopardy.

So, the Immortal Sects issued another Immortal Conscription Order.

Although they harbored a hundred grievances against the Immortal Sects,

under absolute pressure, if Body Transformation Dao did not want to be completely annihilated like other mountain Sects,

they had no choice but to obey the order and enlist again.

This time, it was the Second Senior Brother who went to the front lines of the war.

For this, the Second Senior Brother even had a fierce fight with the Third Brother.

In the past, when the two Senior Brothers sparred, the Third Brother, Lian Chang, always had a slight advantage.

This time, in order not to let the other go to his death, both of them showed their true abilities.

However, this time, Lian Chang lost.

The Second Senior Brother, Ling Xiao, was very strong.

His exquisite brushwork splashed ink and danced in the air, instantly drawing dozens of Flying Swords.

Although constructed by a brush, they seemed to exist in reality.

They whistled and crashed against Lian Chang's protective bronze bell.

The brush did not stop, and countless illusory Magical Artifacts scattered like celestial maidens, constantly, without pause.

Lian Chang was beaten to the point where he had almost no power to retaliate.

It turned out that he had always been going easy on Junior Brother Lian Chang before.

Lian Chang was dejected.

Ling Xiao, however, smiled and bid farewell to everyone.

Before leaving, he handed dozens of his written works, which he had not yet sold, to Li Fan for safekeeping.

He also warned him not to peek.

If he really couldn't resist, he should be careful to exercise restraint.

Then he left gracefully.

After the Second Senior Brother Ling Xiao left, Body Transformation Dao completely fell silent.

Master Tian Yangzi, watching his disciples leave him one by one, also seemed to have aged a lot.

The Third Brother, Lian Chang, was already taciturn.

After being stimulated, he began to Cultivate diligently like a madman.

Li Fan was also like this.

Two years and three months after Ling Xiao's departure,

the Immortal Conscription Order arrived again.

Senior Brother Ling Xiao, however, never returned.

Perhaps considering possible resistance, this time the Ten Great Immortal Sects also sent an Immortal Conscription Envoy.

If anyone disobeyed, they would be executed without mercy.

As with previous experiences, after some persuasion,

Tian Yangzi went to the battlefield.

In the Body Transformation Dao Immortal Cave, only Li Fan and the Third Brother, Lian Chang, remained.

Although Li Fan already knew the outcome of events,

he was just a small Foundation Establishment cultivator attached to this vast trend; how could he resist?

He could only watch helplessly as things happened again.

This battle seemed even more brutal than the previous two combined.

Just six months later, the exhausted Immortal Conscription Envoy returned with orders from the Ten Great Immortal Sects.

"This battle has reached its most critical moment."

"All Sects and Loose Cultivators must unite and overcome the difficulties together."

"Those who disobey orders, delay military opportunities, spread rumors, or conspire to defect to the enemy,"

"shall be executed without mercy."

Immortal might was awe-inspiring.

The Immortal Conscription Envoy even threatened Li Fan, the youngest in Body Transformation Dao.

Then he made several empty promises of benefits.

Lian Chang clenched his fists, but ultimately agreed to the Immortal Conscription Envoy.

Before leaving, Lian Chang left a Jade Slip for Li Fan.

It contained the Cultivation experiences of Body Transformation Dao's Ancestral Masters throughout the generations.

He warned Li Fan not to go out easily, then sealed the door and left resolutely.

Body Transformation Dao was once again left with only Li Fan.

He had returned to the original trajectory of history.

Looking back at this [Simulation], Li Fan felt a little helpless.

To be fair, he had done quite well.

By relying on the "Danger" technique in the Medical Sutra, he successfully escaped his slumber.

And spent a happy time with the people of Body Transformation Dao.

He had the ability of prescience.

He could change one person's fate.

But he could not change the fate of many people.

In the ancient war, the entire Cultivation World was involved.

Even the Eternal Celestial Venerable was deeply caught in the vortex of war, unable to avoid it.

Li Fan simply could not influence or change any of this.

So, what exactly was Tian Yang's obsession?

Li Fan Cultivated while pondering.

"Tian Yang's life was not inferior to others…"

Slowly, Li Fan had his own guess.

When Tian Yang was young, he watched helplessly as his Master and Senior Brothers, in order to protect each other,

threw themselves into the battlefield, resolutely going to their deaths.

And as the weakest and most protected person in the School,

he alone survived to the end.

This was all because of his "weakness."

Tian Yang's heart was filled with guilt and regret.

If his strength had been greater at that time,

stronger than all his Senior Brothers,

then, would he have been able to take the place of his Senior Brothers on the battlefield?

Would he not have had to watch his Senior Brothers die one after another?

Would one of his Senior Brothers have had a chance to survive?

…Perhaps, this was Tian Yang's simple yet pure obsession.

Time slowly passed as Li Fan Cultivated.

Five years and three months after Lian Chang's departure,

the Body Transformation Dao Immortal Cave burst open.

Seven Cultivators, who coveted the Body Transformation Dao Immortal Cave, broke in.

Li Fan, who had been sitting in seclusion for several years and lacked Core Formation experience, still failed to Breakthrough the shackles and achieve Golden Core.

The outcome was as before.

The [Simulation] world disappeared, and Li Fan returned to the real Cultivation World.

The usable count of Tian Yang's [eternal legacy] also became one.

However, Li Fan unexpectedly discovered that

he was not empty-handed this time.

The dozens of posthumous works that the Second Senior Brother Ling Xiao had given him before leaving

appeared in Li Fan's mind.

Li Fan was silent for a long time before he finally understood.

Perhaps it was because he had always been in a deep slumber back then and couldn't properly accompany his Senior Brothers through the last moments of their lives.

This was also Tian Yang's obsession.

After destroying the traces on the seabed, Li Fan returned to Wanxian Island.

Under Ling Xiao's name, he uploaded those dozens of posthumous works one by one.

Thus, this author, who had died thousands of years ago,

resumed his updates.