Drawing luck against the world’s principles

“White, green, blue, red, purple. Even among Mortals, my Luck is of the most abysmal kind.”

Li Fan’s eyes narrowed slightly. Facing this disheartening truth, his heart remained largely undisturbed.

So-called Luck was merely one of the factors that could influence a person’s destiny and the Opportunities they acquired. For Li Fan, who could endlessly Reincarnate, if Opportunity didn't come, he could seek it himself. As long as it wasn't the black disaster Luck that would lead to various misfortunes and unforeseen events, it wouldn't have much impact.

Li Fan Cultivated for half a day according to the Cultivation method of 【Heavenly Mandate is Mine】. Then, he couldn't help but frown slightly and stopped.

“After all, it’s just relying on a single Xuan Bird's Feather. Compared to a true Heavenly Fate Blackbird, the progress is too slow. And I don’t have a noble person like Xu Ke to draw Luck from. Just Cultivating foolishly like this, it would probably take hundreds of years to Cultivate a significant amount of Luck.”

“Luck, humph…”

His Cultivation thwarted, Li Fan instantly changed his line of thought.

“With Huan Zhen’s assistance, I, who can foresee things, don’t need any Luck at all.”

“Luck and fate intertwine, resonating with Heaven, flowing through the world. Its outward manifestation is, on the contrary, a flaw. Perhaps one day I might be targeted by a Cultivator skilled in this Dao…”

Li Fan’s heart stirred, and a plan came to mind.

He activated his Divine Ability, this time choosing not to nourish his own Luck. Instead, he channeled all of his already meager Luck in reverse into the Xuan Bird's Feather within his body.

From Li Fan’s perspective, a small vortex seemed to appear above him. The thin white smoke column struggled for only a moment before being irresistibly drawn into it.

Perhaps because his own Luck was already extremely thin, Li Fan didn't feel the slightest discomfort until it was completely absorbed.

Now, even if Li Fan used the Divine Ability of the Heavenly Fate Blackbird, he could no longer observe the existence of the Luck smoke column above his head.

It was as if he was the legendary 【Person Without Luck】.

“All good fortune and Opportunities are unrelated to it, but conversely, the possibility of Luck backlash and encountering disasters is greatly reduced.”

Observing the Xuan Bird's Feather in his Dantian again, after absorbing Li Fan’s Luck, it seemed to have brightened ever so slightly compared to before.

“I am not truly a Person Without Luck after all. Even if my Luck dissipates for a time, it will regenerate with daily activities. But I can use this feather to re-absorb Luck.”

“At critical moments, I can even unleash all the Luck accumulated in the Xuan Feather, which might achieve the effect of turning decay into wonder.”

His thoughts raced, sorting out his ideas, Li Fan was very satisfied with the gains from this Fallen Immortal Realm trip.

After sensing it, it seemed it would take more than a year before he could enter again.

“Heavenly Sword Sect…”

“In the previous two scenarios, Mr. Bai subtly played an important role. I just don’t know what his connection is to the Heavenly Sword Sect’s sword forging.”

A moment later, Li Fan suppressed his thoughts.

While he was wandering in the Fallen Immortal Realm, Liu San had already informed all the Sect’s Cultivators about the method to enter it.

Upon hearing that they could return to ancient times through an alternative method, the Disciples were all very excited and enthusiastically tried it out one after another.

The times and spaces they entered were also strange and varied, encompassing everything imaginable.

After they awoke, Liu San ordered special personnel to collect and organize their experiences one by one. In Liu San’s view, this Fallen Immortal Realm was simply a huge treasure trove, a free Secret Realm for trials. If utilized well, it could greatly accelerate the Medicine King Sect’s revival process.

After Li Fan came out and learned of this, he also organized and sent the “guides” he had seen in the Seeking Immortals section to everyone, making the Disciples’ exploration more efficient.

Regarding the gains in the Fallen Immortal Realm, Liu San had once suggested that the Disciples unify their submissions, to be centrally distributed by Li Fan.

But Li Fan rejected it.

Taking away someone’s Opportunity is like killing their parents. Bloodline Transfer had not yet reached the point where one could treat others as slaves. For some insignificant gains, if it aroused the Disciples’ rebellious hearts, it would simply be more loss than gain.

“Stability comes first in all matters.” Li Fan once again admonished Liu San.

Amidst Liu San’s flattery of “Young Lord’s Heart-Nature, I am not as good,” Li Fan quietly left Chang Sheng Valley.

While traversing the White Mist, just as he was about to return to the normal territory of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, he suddenly discovered that outside the White Mist Barrier, there was a team of Nascent Soul cultivators on patrol and alert.

This was clearly due to the continuous harassment and attacks by the Five Old Men Association earlier.

With a slight smile, Li Fan silently bypassed them and headed straight for Luoyan State.

His target was none other than Han Yi, who had already turned into a stone statue.

Li Fan didn't know what changes had occurred to Han Yi, but the stone statue he had transformed into was indeed a bit eerie.

Earlier, Li Fan had investigated using the tianxuan mirror. A long time had passed, and countless Cultivators had passed by him.

But not a single Cultivator was able to discover Han Yi’s existence.

Let alone the fact that the stone statue he had turned into was constantly devouring the Luck of surrounding living beings.

And from the various clues collected, the range of Han Yi’s influence was slowly expanding.

It could be foreseen that if he never woke up, one day, perhaps the entire Luoyan State would be affected by him.

Previously, even if Li Fan knew about this, without a method to resist that Luck absorption, he would not risk himself to investigate thoroughly.

But now that he had obtained the Heavenly Fate Xuan Feather and could wield the Divine Ability of the Heavenly Fate Blackbird, he could try it out.

More than ten days later, Li Fan arrived at the Mortal town from his memory.

It was not far from this city that Han Yi was turned into a stone statue by the Fisherman’s glare.

At this time, this Mortal city was clearly already within the range of Han Yi’s stone statue’s influence.

Li Fan looked, and saw that the Luck smoke columns above the heads of the Mortals, regardless of their quality, all had a thick black entanglement.

The specific manifestation was that the Mortals in the city were all plagued by misfortune and everything went wrong.

Stumbling and getting injured for no reason while walking was already considered minor. Many choked to death while eating, or went bankrupt and their families were ruined from failed businesses. Some Mortals had already noticed that something was amiss recently and wanted to escape.

But they often died tragically halfway due to various inexplicable reasons.

Li Fan observed from the air for a period of time. When a Mortal died, their Luck smoke column instantly shattered.

And the entangled blackness took advantage of this Opportunity to feast, devouring it all. After a full meal, it suddenly disappeared, going to an unknown place.

“Interesting.”

As Li Fan was thinking this, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine, as if something was rapidly approaching him from behind.

His expression changed slightly, and his body instantly dodged, narrowly avoiding a sword light.

“Fellow Daoist, be careful!”

The sword light brushed past Li Fan and struck the Mortal city below.

“Boom!”

In an instant, the entire city was destroyed by the sword light. The Mortals in the city didn't even have time to let out a wail before they all died.