Chapter 86: The Cloud Water Diagram Appears

Two voices sounded simultaneously, echoing before the Taiyi Hall.

"Impossible! How could you possibly come out of that hellhole alive?" The two spoke in unison, their faces filled with disbelief.

Before the Sword Forest, Li Fan stood with his arms crossed, watching the pale Si Kongyi and Hundred Mile Chen, sneering without answering.

He simply stepped onto a sword hilt, seemingly about to chase after the two.

A phantom pierced through, and a heart-wrenching pain followed.

Li Fan almost lost control of his body and nearly fell.

Falling from the sword hilt wouldn't kill him; he would just be teleported back to the outermost edge of the Sword Forest to start over.

Of course, if someone was foolish enough to try to fly over the Sword Forest…

Then they would experience what it truly felt like to have ten thousand swords pierce through the heart.

This was the trial of the Sword Forest before Taiyi Hall.

Unlike other places in Yunshui Heavenly Palace, as long as one didn't seek death here, there was no fatal danger.

At most, one would experience the sensation of being pierced through the heart by one sword after another.

In his previous life, many Cultivators had gritted their teeth and endured the intense pain to pass through the Sword Forest and enter the interior of Taiyi Hall.

However…

The great hall was empty; there was nothing at all!

"Could it be because the treasures in Taiyi Hall were taken by Si Kongyi right from the start?"

"Is the Opportunity within this Taiyi Hall the 'Cloud Water Diagram'?"

Although he could use the Binding Insect Divine Power to take down these two now, he couldn't guarantee he could force the method of obtaining the Cloud Water Diagram out of their mouths.

According to what Li Fan knew, in the ancient Cultivation World, there were vicious Soul-searching methods that could forcibly read a Cultivator's memories.

Unfortunately, Li Fan didn't know how to do that yet.

Therefore, to be safe, it was better to wait until these two took out the Cloud Water Diagram.

Li Fan pondered in his heart, and the Blue Flame Illusion Spirit suddenly appeared in his Sea of Consciousness.

His body temperature gradually dropped, and Li Fan felt himself becoming incredibly calm and rational.

No external objects could disturb his state of mind.

He stepped forward onto a sword hilt.

Although he could still feel the pain…

Li Fan was fearless.

He took several steps forward in succession. To avoid scaring Si Kongyi and the other too much, he then stopped, pretending to rest.

Si Kongyi and Hundred Mile Chen were already greatly shocked to see that Li Fan wasn't dead.

Seeing Li Fan getting closer and closer, their shock turned into anxiety.

Steeling themselves, they gritted their teeth and took several fierce steps forward.

Four sharp swords pierced them simultaneously; the pain brought was not as simple as mere addition.

The pain suddenly multiplied several times, making it almost impossible for the two to maintain their balance.

Fortunately, at the moment they were about to fall, they supported each other and barely managed to steady themselves.

Seeing this, Li Fan also took three steps forward, then put on an act of being unable to maintain his balance.

In this way, Li Fan always maintained a distance from the two, lowering their guard.

Yet he also appeared determined to catch up, giving them a sense of pressure.

Like prey being chased by a hound, Si Kongyi and Hundred Mile Chen got closer and closer to Taiyi Hall, step by step.

Finally, they reached the end of the Sword Forest.

Jumping off the sword hilts, the two fell to the ground as if exhausted.

But with Li Fan pressing closer from behind, they didn't dare to rest.

In desperation, Hundred Mile Chen pulled out a Blue token from his robes and shouted loudly towards Taiyi Hall.

"One hundred and sixty-fifth generation Personal Disciple of Yunshui Heavenly Palace, Hundred Mile Chen, requests an audience with Ancestral Master Taiyi!"

Hundred Mile Chen's voice echoed continuously.

Li Fan abruptly stopped his steps and stared intently ahead.

The magnificent Taiyi Hall seemed to come alive at this moment, slowly rising into mid-air amidst constant trembling.

The ground beneath his feet began to vibrate.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Four thick legs, like heavenly pillars, extended from beneath Taiyi Hall and slammed onto the ground.

A hideous monster's head also appeared before Li Fan's eyes, like a phantom descending upon the world.

The broken swords in the Sword Forest vibrated incessantly.

"Roar!"

Along with a strange roar, a giant tortoise finally fully manifested.

The giant tortoise carried Taiyi Hall on its back.

As the giant tortoise continued to howl, two giant black snakes crawled out from within Taiyi Hall.

One went forward, entangling with the head.

One went backward, opening its bloody maw to serve as the tortoise's tail.

If this massive monster, a fusion of tortoise and snake, was already visually shocking enough…

Then the scene on the monster's body made Li Fan feel physically uncomfortable.

He saw:

Every inch of the monster's body was covered with broken sharp swords.

They were so densely packed that it was impossible to tell exactly how many swords were stuck in the monster's body.

At a glance, it seemed as if the monster was composed entirely of sharp swords.

And the small Sword Forest before Taiyi Hall seemed like an extremely insignificant part that had fallen off its body.

"Yunshui Heavenly Palace, Ancestral Master Taiyi? After so many years, is he still alive? Or has he turned into an anomaly like Qin Hall and the Insect Daoist?" Li Fan couldn't be sure.

In his previous life, there were no rumors at all about this Ancestral Master Taiyi.

Li Fan didn't dare to act rashly for a moment, only observing from a distance.

Seeing the true face of the Ancestral Master, Hundred Mile Chen was extremely excited.

He knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Your name is Hundred Mile Chen? You are a Personal Disciple of my Yunshui Heavenly Palace?"

An old voice sounded.

The tortoise-snake monster lowered its head slightly, seemingly wanting to see Hundred Mile Chen's appearance clearly.

"Reporting to Ancestral Master Taiyi, this Disciple is of the Cloud-Brushing lineage," Hundred Mile Chen replied in a trembling voice.

"Cloud-Brushing…" The old voice seemed to fall into memory.

"Yes, it is indeed the Aura of the Cloud-Brushing lineage."

"So, that kid still has descendants alive in the world?" The tortoise-snake monster felt something was slightly off.

But he was already too old.

So old that even simple thinking had become a problem.

The pain brought by the countless broken swords on his body also affected his thinking at all times, like a vicious curse.

Thus, after a moment of fruitless thought, he slowly spoke: "Then, why did you wake me up?"

Hundred Mile Chen seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Suppressing his excited expression, he hurriedly said: "This Disciple wishes to beg the Ancestral Master to bestow the Cloud Water Diagram."

"Cloud Water Diagram? What is that? Let me think…"

A moment later.

"Oh. So it's that thing; it's nothing major."

The tortoise-snake monster's tone carried a hint of nostalgia: "Back then, Han Hai once said that this thing could only be given to a Disciple of Yunshui Heavenly Palace."

"Since you are a descendant of Cloud-Brushing…"

Speaking to this point, the tortoise-snake monster hesitated for a moment.

Then he still slowly said: "Then giving it to you doesn't seem to be anything wrong."

Hundred Mile Chen showed a look of wild joy and couldn't stop kowtowing: "Thank you, Ancestral Master! Thank you, Ancestral Master!"

Just as the tortoise-snake monster was preparing to give the Cloud Water Diagram to Hundred Mile Chen.

A voice suddenly rang out.

"Wait a moment!"

Hundred Mile Chen and the tortoise-snake monster looked in the direction of the voice.

They saw Li Fan stepping on sword hilts all the way, approaching rapidly.

Sword phantoms constantly passed through his body, but the pain seemed to have no effect on him at all.

Li Fan took three steps in two, quickly crossing the Sword Forest and floating down.

Catching his breath, Li Fan cupped his hands towards the tortoise-snake monster: "Disciple Li Fan is also a Personal Disciple of Yunshui Heavenly Palace. I also wish to beg the Ancestral Master to bestow the Cloud Water Diagram!"

As he spoke, he began to circulate the Cloud Water Illusion Dream Skill.

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