Chapter 249: Refining Creation with the Furnace

There was no solid basis.

It was simply a feeling that suddenly welled up in Li Fan's heart as he looked at Zhang Zhiliang, who remained silent with half of his body submerged in darkness.

However, Li Fan had always been extremely confident in his premonitions.

"Could it be because he was traumatized after witnessing the tragic deaths of the other two Formation Great Masters from the Strategy Formation Hall on the battlefield?"

Li Fan couldn't help guessing.

He didn't ask further, but firmly etched the matter in his heart.

After bowing in salute, Li Fan quietly withdrew.

Returning to the Tianxuan Mirror, he carefully read the contents of the Dividing Spirit Jade Slip.

The second one was much more profound than the first, even beginning to touch upon the Legacy knowledge of Zhang Zhiliang's [Infinite Formation].

Unhurriedly, Li Fan incorporated it into the multi-line Cultivation process of the [Divine Unification of Transformation Dao].

Half a month later.

The main body was still Cultivating as usual.

Meanwhile, the Clone Lin Fan's research on the human body's hidden treasures had already achieved minor success.

Combining numerous historical documents with continuous experiments on his own body,

coupled with the descriptions and records of the human body's hidden treasures in the "Heavenly Doctor Immortal Scripture",

the Clone continuously urged forth the boundless energy stored within his body day and night to temper and strengthen his Physical Body.

Now, without relying on spiritual power or Spells, relying purely on bodily strength,

the destructive power he could unleash was already comparable to the Late Stage Qi Refining.

Because there were no special tricks, merely the most basic mobilization of the hidden treasure's power to hammer and temper himself like a furnace,

Li Fan named it the [Creation Furnace Art].

It was only related to a furnace and had completely nothing to do with Creation.

However, when naming something, it naturally had to sound as domineering as possible.

Li Fan was very satisfied with the name Creation Furnace Art.

Presently, the Clone's Cultivation of the Creation Furnace Art had reached its first critical period.

From head to toe, from inside out, the overall tempering had been preliminarily completed.

The strength of the Physical Body had already reached expectations.

The next step was to draw upon the vast and endless power of the hidden treasures within his body, making it act like a giant heavy hammer to fiercely ram and pound his Physical Body.

Much like refining steel through a hundred smeltings, while constantly pounding the Physical Body, he was simultaneously strengthening it.

This was the [Initial Refining] of Li Fan's Physical Body.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Faint, muffled rumbling sounds came from within the Clone's body.

Every time the sound rang out, a trace of unusual blood-red color surged onto Li Fan's face.

Afterwards, his body truly resembled a scorching furnace, with the red hue dyeing his entire body.

The temperature of his body grew increasingly higher.

It was as if he was being roasted by flames, having reached the limit and about to be completely melted at any moment.

Yet whenever it reached the critical point, a pure and vibrant burst of vitality would emerge from the body's hidden treasures in time, neutralizing the fatal injuries.

This was not consciously mobilized by Li Fan.

Rather, it was an instinctive reaction of the body when a fatal crisis occurred.

Under these continuous blows and temperings, Li Fan's Physical Body gradually grew formidable.

Quantitative changes continuously accumulated.

I do not know how much time had passed, but along with an even more muffled impact sound ringing out,

Li Fan's body trembled slightly.

The blazing red light completely receded.

The strength of his body finally ascended to a new level.

He circulated his spiritual power, transforming it into a sharp blade, and slashed toward his left arm.

"Clang!"

It actually produced the sound of metal and stone striking each other.

Li Fan continuously adjusted and enhanced the intensity of his spiritual power until he exerted a force equivalent to the Middle Stage Foundation Establishment.

Only then was a bloody mark finally sliced onto his arm.

"The first refining has finally succeeded."

"The steps equivalent to Foundation Establishment are complete."

"Next is to mobilize the power of the hidden treasures within the body to temper the Physical Body through the furnace once more."

"Continuously repeat this step. One refining, a hundred refinings, a thousand refinings…"

"According to expectations, if there were no restrictions, once the human body's hidden treasures were developed to the extreme, relying solely on physical strength alone would allow one to wave a hand and influence or distort the Laws."

"It would nearly reach the state of being immune to all Spells and indestructible through all tribulations."

"Pity that in this Xuanhuang World, this path is cut off."

"Perhaps the restrictions of the surrounding Small Worlds might be slightly weaker."

Li Fan took a deep breath, and the scar on his arm vanished in an instant.

"However, my requirements are not high; I just need to forge a path where the Physical Body can contend with the Golden Core Realm."

"This will be my Clone's next goal."

As this thought arose, the power of the hidden treasures within his body surged forth like floodwaters releasing a dam,

scouring and tempering his Physical Body.

"After the success of the initial refining, this tempering has already become as natural as breathing, an instinct of the body."

"There is no need to remain in secluded cultivation at all times anymore."

"I can research methods to increase tempering efficiency…"

Li Fan pondered inwardly.

Just at this moment, the communication spirit talisman transmitted a prompt.

It was Jiao Xiuyuan coming to pour out his grievances once more.

Over the past few years, Li Fan had already grown accustomed to this.

In his original plan, he should have held the first auction in Anchor Year 18 to build momentum for the Small Medicine King Cauldron.

However, the sudden outbreak of the Tianling Province great battle and the Tianxuan Mirror's sudden discount event forced him to postpone it.

In Jiao Xiuyuan's words, it was: "All the Cultivators went to buy Cultivation Techniques, and they've all become paupers. There's no more grease left to squeeze out!"

"If we hold an auction now, I'm afraid we won't even recover our capital!"

Furthermore, Qianli Hall's business had been rather bleak over these past few years.

To use the phrasing from before Li Fan's Transmigration, it was an economic downturn where everyone was having a hard time.

However, Li Fan believed that with the macro-control of the Tianxuan Mirror, coupled with the existence of the Celestial Venerable of Longevity who made people forget disasters,

Cultivators would eventually recover quickly.

After briefly replying with a few words and putting away the communication spirit talisman, the Clone once again immersed himself in the research of the human body's hidden treasures.

Just as both Li Fan's main body and Clone were bitterly Cultivating,

Ye Feipeng on the desolate island grew somewhat bewildered.

Over these past few years, although he considered himself diligent enough in his Cultivation,

the gap between reality and his ideals was simply too large, dealing him a heavy blow.

According to the history in his memories, Zhang Haobo would soon be able to rule the winds and suppress all immortals with a False Core Realm.

Yet he, Ye Feipeng, had only just broken through to the Late Stage Foundation Establishment.

The Golden Core was a distant and hopeless prospect!

"Could it be that the gap in my talent compared to a true Prodigy is really this huge?"

Not only Zhang Haobo, but the few individuals on this desolate island were each more monstrous than the last.

Su Xiaomei was gradually growing up, and her Cultivation speed was getting faster and faster.

Coming from behind, she was now tied with Ye Feipeng, both being at the Late Stage Foundation Establishment.

However, under the augmentation of her terrifying talent, her actual combat power utterly crushed Ye Feipeng.

During sparring matches, Ye Feipeng could only rely on his increasingly astonishing speed to constantly dodge.

Xiao Heng was also not weaker than him.

Even Su Changyu and the Yin sisters, whose Cultivation was slightly slower, each had their own strengths, making them people one dared not underestimate.

When it came to competing in talent, he simply couldn't compare.

Although Ye Feipeng already had a sober understanding of this previously,

at that time he still had his omniscience as a Reborn person to rely on, so his heart wasn't very panicked.

But now, that reliance was gradually becoming unreliable in Ye Feipeng's eyes.

Everything was because some time ago, he accidentally overheard passing Cultivators discussing the Tianling Province great battle that had erupted a few years ago.

The more he listened, the more panicked he felt.

Because in his past life, such a major event had never happened at all.