Chapter 245: Inexplicable Smoke Rising

“Celestial Killing Law, Vast Sea Law.”

“If I continue to refine them like this, I might be able to achieve Golden Core with these two Laws in no time.”

Li Fan felt a slight joy in his heart.

However, the moment this thought arose in his mind, a sense of crisis suddenly surged into his heart.

It was as if he was facing the mysterious Heavenly Doctor again.

The severity of the crisis made his heart pound and filled him with inexplicable dread.

“Hmm?”

Li Fan’s deep Cultivation process was instantly interrupted.

His expression was extremely solemn, and he secretly wondered.

“This premonition… where does the crisis come from?”

Li Fan had always been extremely confident in his sensory abilities.

They had saved him from near-death several times in past calamities.

Therefore, facing this sudden sense of danger, Li Fan had to take it seriously.

Huan Zhen kept changing, only maintaining the nascent forms of the Celestial Killing and Vast Sea Laws, which had been so difficult to condense, from completely dissipating.

Stopping the Core Formation process, Li Fan began to ponder.

However, he searched for a long time, turning things over and over.

But he still couldn’t find the reason.

Instead of foolishly forcing the Core Formation, Li Fan began to think about solutions.

“Celestial Killing, Vast Sea, I cannot purely use these two to form a Golden Core.”

“Although I’m not sure why yet, there must be a deeper underlying reason.”

“Let’s just ignore why this result occurs for now, and treat ‘not being able to purely condense a Golden Core with the Celestial Killing and Vast Sea Laws’ as an established fact.”

“Since two aren’t enough, then let’s try three…”

The Blue Flame Phantom Spirit suddenly emerged from his Sea of Consciousness.

It flew in front of Li Fan and pressed a finger against his Dantian.

The Blue Flame Law slowly joined the Core Formation process.

As time passed, the Celestial Killing, Vast Sea, and Blue Flame Laws gradually formed a tripod-like balance.

The nascent Golden Core slowly stabilized.

At this point, Li Fan once again entertained the thought of fully forming the Golden Core.

The sense of crisis struck again.

However, this time it was much milder than before.

“It seems my approach is effective.”

“But what is the reason for this?”

“Are the Celestial Killing and Vast Sea Laws poisonous, needing dilution?”

Recalling the fact that the Vast Sea was truly bizarre and Celestial Killing was trapped by Qing Feng.

Li Fan could only make such a guess.

“If my guess is correct, then I just need to add other Laws during the Core Formation process.”

“With my current ability, maintaining four Laws simultaneously for Core Formation is already my limit.”

“The choice for the remaining Law is…”

“Qing Feng, Scarlet Flame…”

Li Fan secretly shook his head.

These two, one was a jailer, and the other a stoker.

Whether in terms of strength or rank, Li Fan felt they were not on the same level as Celestial Killing and Vast Sea.

As for Blue Flame, although it seemed a bit weaker.

Its characteristic of maintaining absolute rationality was Li Fan’s primary reason for considering it.

“It is now Anchored Year 16.”

“In this life, the appearance of Scarlet Flame and the annihilation of all by Ink Kill should still be in Anchored Year 28.”

“It’s only 12 years, I can wait.”

Li Fan pondered, resisting the temptation to advance, and temporarily gave up on Core Formation.

The Law power, which had been so difficult to condense in his Dantian, slowly dispersed.

Li Fan, however, felt no reluctance.

The terrifying power of Ink Kill that annihilated everything was something no Daoist Cultivator could refuse.

Even if it was just a weakened version for a Golden Core, it must be extremely formidable.

Waiting 12 years for this was completely worth it.

“The day Ink Kill annihilates Congyun will be the day I achieve Golden Core.”

“However, during this period, my Cultivation cannot improve.”

“The feedback Cultivation from the Sitting Mountain Skill will be wasted.”

“It’s almost certain that Su Xiaomei and Zhang Haobo will Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment.”

“After that, there might also be a huge amount of feedback Cultivation from Ye Feipeng’s Dao Integration…”

“Hiss, no.”

Li Fan suddenly felt a pang of heartache, as if countless grains were being wasted before his eyes.

“I need to find a way to preserve this excess Cultivation.”

He was about to search the tianxuan mirror for a solution.

A prompt, whose tone was vastly different from usual and filled with a solemn atmosphere, suddenly sounded.

“Effective immediately, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance has entered Class B combat readiness.”

“All defensive arrays in all states are fully activated.”

“All Cultivators are prohibited from moving across states.”

“All members of the Immortal Alliance system are to return to their state cities as soon as possible and await instructions.”

“Any foreign Cultivators discovered will be killed on sight, regardless of life or death.”

…Li Fan’s eyelids twitched, and he abruptly stood up.

“What’s going on?”

“Why did we suddenly enter combat readiness?”

“Class B…”

“Have they already started fighting with the Five Old Men Association?”

In an instant, several thoughts flashed through Li Fan’s mind.

This sudden turn of events was completely unexpected.

He didn’t know what went wrong, leading to such a major event that had never occurred before.

Soon, suppressing his distracting thoughts, Li Fan began to inquire among his friends.

He was now widely connected, with extensive social ties.

He sent out inquiries one by one.

“Hmm? Why is this star…”

Among the stars representing the identities of numerous Cultivators within the Myriad Character Communication Talisman.

One star, though bright, appeared desolate and deathly gray.

This indicated that the Cultivator had already fallen.

Li Fan clicked on this star, and the identity of the fallen Cultivator instantly appeared in his mind.

“Congyun Sea, Medicine Hall Chen Ying.”

Li Fan’s heart trembled.

“It’s him? How could a Nascent Soul Cultivator fall so easily?”

“And, wasn’t he going to the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven…”

“Wait a minute, could it be that this battle is related to the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven?”

In a flash, Li Fan seemed to have thought of something.

In the twelfth life, in Anchored Year 16, the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance discovered four other hidden Grotto-Heavens near the Wood Attribute Grotto-Heaven.

The five Grotto-Heavens belonged to the Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth attributes, respectively.

Yet, they subtly formed an array, appearing as one entity.

The discovery of these Five Elements Cave Heavens attracted the covetous gaze of the Five Old Men Association.

A great battle erupted between the two sides, and the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance lost a Soul Transformation expert.

The casualties of the Five Old Men Association were unknown, but they were successfully repelled.

“If my guess is correct…”

In a flash of lightning, Li Fan guessed the cause of the matter.

In the twelfth life, the Five Old Men Association only knew that the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance had discovered a Five Elements Cave Heaven.

They might not have been clear about the actual situation inside this Grotto-Heaven.

Therefore, after a fruitless attempt, they gave up and retreated.

But in this life, the lingwu grass incident caused such a huge commotion.

This forced the tianxuan mirror to step forward to reassure people and stabilize the market.

Although it settled the storm with a single word.

It also revealed the situation of the Wood Attribute Grotto-Heaven.

“…This Grotto-Heaven is extremely vast, with extremely high Wood Attribute Spiritual Qi, and an abundance of various spiritual plants and herbs…”

Li Fan recalled the tianxuan mirror’s wording at the time, and his expression couldn’t help but become colorful.

Three consecutive “extremely” words fully illustrated the rare and extraordinary nature of this Grotto-Heaven.

One of the Wood Attribute Grotto-Heavens within the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven had such value.

What other treasures might be in the other four attribute Grotto-Heavens was simply unimaginable.

Understanding the crux of the matter, Li Fan suddenly realized.

“No wonder we suddenly entered combat readiness this time.”

“It must be that the Five Old Men Association has made a deadly move.”