Chapter 67: Insisting on Cultivating the Illusion Art

Third: If you want to explore the anomalies, gather as many people as possible.

The most effective way to figure out the rules of the anomalies is to use human lives to pile up.

Believe in yourself, you certainly won't be the first to die!

…

Li Fan finished reading the "Sect Ruins Survival Guide" carefully, feeling that the hundred Contribution Points were well spent.

With this experience, he would be more confident when exploring the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace two years later.

In his previous life, after the news spread that Sikong Yi had obtained the "Cloud Water Diagram" from the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace and earned 100,000 Contribution Points,

it ignited the enthusiasm of the Congyun Sea Cultivators for exploring the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace.

Although the "Cloud Water Diagram" had already been taken,

the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace was so vast—surely there were treasures beyond just the "Cloud Water Diagram," right?

With this mindset, the Cultivators of the Congyun Sea surged toward the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace, one after another, risking their lives.

Even Loose Cultivators from distant continents came, drawn by its reputation.

Their thinking wasn't wrong.

In the previous life, even up to the anchor year 27, the year Li Fan reached Qi Refining, the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace still hadn't been fully explored.

From time to time, news would spread of Cultivators obtaining treasures from within, making everyone envious.

And precisely because so many people continuously explored it, most of the strange rules within the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace had long ceased to be secrets.

Li Fan had heard about them in his previous life.

But…

Regarding how Sikong Yi originally obtained the "Cloud Water Diagram," opinions remained divided, with no definitive conclusion.

Therefore, Li Fan's best plan to obtain the "Cloud Water Diagram" in this life was to secretly follow Sikong Yi and cut in just as he was about to succeed.

With two years until the Cloud Water Heavenly Palace opened, he could first secretly gather information about Sikong Yi, knowing himself and his enemy.

At the same time, he needed to improve his own strength as much as possible.

Li Fan's gaze fell on a pile of Qi Refinement Stage offensive Cultivation Techniques in the Tianxuan Mirror.

Offensive techniques cost much more than ordinary ones.

The "Small衍Water Decisive" that Li Fan had previously cultivated cost only 1,200 Contribution Points.

But offensive techniques were generally priced around 1,500 points.

Li Fan quickly browsed through the technique descriptions, selecting one that suited him.

"Flowing Water Sword Decisive," "Small Rigid Wind Sword," "Crimson Meteor"…

Suddenly, Li Fan's gaze stopped on one technique.

"Netherworld Illusion Art."

After carefully reading the technique introduction several times, Li Fan's heart raced.

According to the introduction, this was a technique specializing in illusions.

It involved visualizing and cultivating an "Illusion Spirit" in the mind; when encountering an enemy, one could release the Illusion Spirit to confuse them.

Once the Illusion Spirit became powerful, it could even drill into another's Sea of Consciousness, launching a direct Divine Sense attack.

This technique seemed tailor-made for him!

Although he didn't know how his Divine Sense strength compared to other Cultivators, after centuries of continuous Reincarnation, plus the enhancement of the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra, it shouldn't be too weak.

Furthermore, there was the matter of visualizing and cultivating an "Illusion Spirit."

A crimson figure inexplicably appeared in Li Fan's mind.

If he visualized based on the Crimson Flame, the resulting "Illusion Spirit" should have considerable power.

Li Fan pondered inwardly and immediately decided to purchase this technique.

But the price…

Li Fan took a look and his eyelids twitched.

2,500 points!

That was almost the same price as a Foundation Establishment technique!

No wonder this technique seemed so powerful yet had been hanging here, untouched.

Actually, Li Fan was mistaken on this point.

The reason the "Netherworld Illusion Art" was so expensive was simply that illusion-type techniques were relatively rare, not because it was particularly strong.

In the current Cultivation World, the Divine Sense strength of most Cultivators was roughly similar.

After all, before the Great Tribulation descended, techniques specifically for strengthening Divine Sense were scarce.

Not to mention the current situation where Immortal techniques couldn't be practiced together.

Lacking means to enhance Divine Sense, the vast majority of Cultivators had similar Divine Sense strength.

Under these circumstances, few would choose to attack others with Divine Sense.

Because it often meant mutual destruction.

This was why the "Netherworld Illusion Art" was considered mediocre by other Cultivators.

In the end, it was just an illusion art.

It was merely a method of using Divine Sense, not a method of enhancing it.

Since Divine Sense attacks couldn't be used lightly, who would be willing to spend 2,500 Contribution Points just for a bit of illusion?

It was precisely because Li Fan possessed the Profound Yellow Heart Refining Mantra and had personally witnessed the heaven and earth spirit Crimson Flame that he was well-suited to the path of visualizing an "Illusion Spirit."

Thus, the "Netherworld Illusion Art" could yield multiple times the effect in his hands.

Regardless, Li Fan eventually gritted his teeth and purchased the "Netherworld Illusion Art."

In the blink of an eye, his Contribution Points dropped to only 1,321.

Contribution Points came quickly, but went even faster!

He had originally wanted to buy a movement technique, but now he didn't have enough, so that would have to wait.

For now, the priority was to Cultivate the "Netherworld Illusion Art" to the Qi Refining Late Stage.

Activating the Tianxuan Mirror's auxiliary cultivation mode and placing the Azure Glaze Pearl beside him, Li Fan began to Cultivate.

His mind was as clear as a mirror; with the dual enhancement, the profound technique text became as easy to understand as elementary school textbooks.

The pure cultivation base derived from the "Small衍Water Decisive" in his Dantian became nourishment, propelling the progress of the "Netherworld Illusion Art" skyrocketing like a rocket.

In less than a day, the "Netherworld Illusion Art" reached the Qi Refining Middle Stage.

At the Middle Stage, one could begin to visualize an "Illusion Spirit" in the mind.

Although it was called an Illusion Spirit, the visualized object couldn't be created out of thin air.

It had to be based on something that actually existed in the Cultivation World.

Thoughts flowed slowly, and scenes from the past appeared before his eyes.

Li Fan seemed to return to the moment in his previous life when he witnessed Crimson Flame Burning the Sea.

A faint shadow slowly took shape in Li Fan's Sea of Consciousness.

With just this unformed shadow, Li Fan suddenly felt his body temperature rise sharply.

Sweat poured down like raindrops.

Frowning, Li Fan forcibly activated the Heart Refining Mantra to suppress the burning sensation.

He continued visualizing the Crimson Flame's form.

As the Crimson Flame Illusion Spirit slowly took shape, Li Fan's body temperature grew higher and higher.

If before it was like being in a desert under the scorching sun, now it felt as if he were being roasted in a great fire.

As Li Fan continued visualizing, the burning sensation became increasingly terrifying.

Finally, when the temperature reached a limit, the clothes on Li Fan's body spontaneously combusted.

"Pfft!"

He could no longer maintain the visualization state, and the shadow in his Sea of Consciousness instantly dissipated.

Li Fan suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

The blood seemed to emit an extremely high temperature; before it even hit the ground, it turned into a puff of white steam and evaporated.

Li Fan wiped the blood from his mouth, undeterred.

He bought a healing Medicinal Pill from the Tianxuan Mirror, recovered for a moment, and then resumed visualizing.

Thanks to the book friends Wu Yan and Bai Si Meng for their tips.

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