The guest of Xuan family

"It was merely taking a shortcut. Brother Shuo, your Foundation Establishment miraculous object, [Sword], is not suited for preemptive strikes, but its defensive counterattacks are truly a Yijue. However, this [Silk Extraction] technique mimics birth, aging, illness, and death, as well as the changes of human beings. Rather than calling it an attack, it is more like applying a status effect. That is why it did not trigger the [Sword]'s counterattack." Winning the spar, Li Fan did not wear a proud expression on his face, but instead took the initiative to explain to Shuo Feng.

Back then, within the Root of Heaven and Earth that nurtured the Five Elements Grotto-Heaven, Li Fan had once experienced having a body woven from fine threads, which was continuously extracted.

At that time, he had already gained a faint comprehension.

However, it was still quite far from being able to directly unleash the Divine Ability in the real world. Until this time, after taking charge of the Heavenly Fortune of the Beast Realm and in the process of breaking through to the Middle Stage of Nascent Soul, Li Fan had nearly become an existence akin to the Heavenly Dao of the Small World.

The life and death of all things in the world were entirely within a single thought.

Regarding the composition and collapse of things, Li Fan had once again gained a brand new and unique understanding.

Thus came this [Silk Extraction] Divine Ability.

Just as he told Shuo Feng, strictly speaking, [Silk Extraction] could not be considered an attack-type Divine Ability. Rather, it attached a trend of accelerated disintegration to the target. This belonged to the target's own changes.

Just like how Mortals would experience birth, aging, illness, and death, all things in the world would eventually head toward an end and dissipate between heaven and earth. [Silk Extraction] merely accelerated this process.

In the battle against Shuo Feng, the manifestation of [Silk Extraction] was the result of Li Fan's full-forced exertion. While its might was undoubtedly terrifying, it actually had a fatal weakness. That was, the process of executing [Silk Extraction] required continuous casting. Once interfered with or interrupted by the outside world, the effect would be greatly discounted.

Only against an oddity like Shuo Feng, who focused on defensive counterattacks, would it have miraculous effects.

Therefore, actually, the best method to use [Silk Extraction] was not as fierce and explosive as when fighting against Shuo Feng. Instead, it was to quietly, like moistening things silently in the dark, slowly and continuously extract the "threads" of the target without their awareness.

By lengthening the time scale, the target would not have obvious scars appearing on their body like Shuo Feng did.

Instead, they would feel an inexplicable bodily weakness and bodily discomfort throughout. Yet they would never be able to find the reason, and in the end, they could only watch helplessly as their essence, Qi, and spirit continuously decayed, finally dying in agony.

The so-called "life leaving like pulling silk" was precisely this.

It was truly an unrivaled wondrous method for harming people from the shadows, and even compared to Formless Killing Intent, it surpassed it by a few points. Li Fan had always been in the habit of holding back a trump card, so this time during his skirmish with Shuo Feng, he had also concealed the true lethal form of [Silk Extraction].

"Brother Li previously praised me as a natural-born talent, but in my view, your Comprehension Ability surpasses mine by quite a bit. This move, [Silk Extraction], is simply ineffably wondrous!" Defeated by Li Fan, Shuo Feng not only showed no anger, but instead his attitude faintly grew even more enthusiastic.

The chilling killing intent that had flashed by earlier also seemed as though it had never appeared at all.

"Brother Shuo flatters me too much; it is merely something I accidentally obtained while traveling across the four quarters," Li Fan said with a slight smile.

"Brother Li need not be overly modest! Within the Myriad Immortals Alliance, there are countless people who call themselves Prodigies. Those who can independently comprehend such Divine Abilities like you are few and far between!" Shuo Feng patted his body, and instantly a flash of white light shone as he changed into a new set of clothes.

Leading the way ahead, Shuo Feng brought Li Fan to a small building at the peak of the mountain and invited him to take a seat.

The female cultivator in a yellow skirt left for a moment and subsequently brewed a bowl of spiritual tea for each of the two.

The fragrance of the tea overflowed, instantly refreshing one's spirit.

Shuo Feng said, "Brother Li's style of Divine Ability, I have yet to think of a method to break it. When I get inspiration in the future, I must certainly ask you for guidance again!"

Li Fan nodded slightly, "Then I shall look forward to it."

Shuo Feng laughed heartily and said, "Straightforward! Brother Li's temperament truly suits my taste! Much stronger than those obsequious fellows who have no real ability yet love to cozy up to power!"

Li Fan did not pick up the topic, but instead shifted the subject: "Speaking of cozying up to power, actually I truly have another matter that requires troubling Brother Shuo."

"Oh? What matter? Speak freely."

Li Fan then expressed his desire to increase his contribution Rank.

"An insufficient authority Rank is truly infuriating. Being restricted everywhere is so unfree!" Li Fan sighed.

After hearing this, Shuo Feng said dismissively, "Hmph, it is merely a threshold specially set up by the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance to consolidate its own rule. For those true power-holders, where is the need to step-by-step climb upward and elevate authority Ranks…"

"However, since Brother Li has this demand, it is also easy to handle. Zhi Jin…"

The female cultivator in a yellow skirt immediately acknowledged.

"Are there any vacant Guest Elder slots recently?" Shuo Feng asked.

"There are still three vacancies this year. However…" Zhi Jin glanced at Li Fan, hesitating to speak.

"Cultivation base doesn't meet the requirements, right." Shuo Feng smiled disdainfully, "It doesn't matter. Handle special matters with special methods. Just say it was designated by me. You just need to go give a heads-up."

Zhi Jin nodded slightly, her figure blurring as she instantly vanished from the scene.

Only then did Shuo Feng explain, "Serving as a Guest Elder of my family will grant a baseline authority of Thirty. Every year, there will also be a fixed distribution of contributions."

Hearing this, Li Fan did not show any expression of joy. Instead, he frowned and said, "Many thanks, Brother Shuo. However, I am used to being idle and loose. If…"

Shuo Feng waved his hand, "It's fine. There is no need for you to do anything; just hold a nominal title. You and I share the same ideals and temperament; how could we be the kind of people willing to be bound?"

"However…"

Shuo Feng looked at Li Fan, a trace of Battle Intent flashing in his eyes: "If one day my hands itch and I want to find someone to spar with, you must not intentionally decline!"

Li Fan felt a sense of relief and immediately cupped his fists, saying, "Then I shall thank Brother Shuo in advance!"

Shuo Feng truly lived up to being a top-tier second-generation immortal of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance. His handling efficiency was extremely high.

The spiritual tea on the table had not yet been finished when Zhi Jin had already returned.

When a snowflake-ice-crystal-shaped jade talisman was handed to Li Fan, it indicated that Li Fan's appointment as a Guest Elder had already been registered on file.

"Brother Li can take a look at the effect." Shuo Feng lightly tapped the tabletop with his index finger, and a Tianxuan Small Mirror appeared before Li Fan.

When Li Fan checked his information in the Tianxuan Mirror, he indeed discovered that he had gained the title of "Xuan Family Guest Elder".

The authority Rank, truly as Shuo Feng had said, was elevated directly to Rank thirty.

However, there was also an explanation: this authority Rank was bound to the position of "Guest Elder". Once the "Guest Elder" title was lost, the authority Rank would also vanish accordingly.

As for the contributions personally acquired, they would accumulate starting from Rank one.

The two did not affect each other.

This was within Li Fan's expectations, but what he cared more about were the four characters "Xuan Family Guest Elder".

"Xuan Family?" Li Fan glanced at Shuo Feng with some puzzlement.

Shuo Feng did not avoid it either, and said generously, "My mother's surname is Xuan. As for my name…"

He shrugged, looking like "I'm not too clear about it either".

Li Fan nodded and did not pursue the question further.

Only one chapter today, kowtow.