"I'm sorry. I really can't do anything about this. I have a feeling that a breakthrough is imminent. I will have to go out to look for opportunities within two years, and I will not be able to guard Liuli Island for a long time."
The Yunshui Tiangong will be opened in more than a year, and Li Fan will definitely not miss the opportunity to enter it first just for the sake of his small contribution to guarding it.
So I could only reject He Zhenghao outright.
"That's it, then I can only find someone else. I also wish fellow Taoist friends an early foundation!" He Zhenghao replied regretfully.
No more messages came from the communication talisman.
Li Fan didn't care and spent his contribution points to activate the auxiliary practice mode.
I started practicing "Ruyingyingxingjue".
After all, it is only an auxiliary exercise, and the practice of "Ruying Shaoxing Jue" is much simpler than the other two exercises.
With the double bonus of Qi Ling and Linglong Glazed Beads, it only took Li Fan less than ten days to reach the advanced stage of Qi refining.
At this moment, Li Fan is experimenting with the effects of "Like a Shadow Follows the Form".
He used 100 contribution points to simulate a chase battle with a monk in the late stage of Qi Refining in the Tianxuan Mirror.
The surrounding space transformed into continuous mountains.
In the mountain forest, a figure quickly fled into the distance.
That's setting goals that need to be pursued.
Looking at the opponent's back getting further and further away, Li Fan thought and his figure suddenly darkened.
It seems to be covered with a dark veil, and it is even more difficult to detect under the ubiquitous shadow.
The opponent was about to completely disappear from sight, Li Fan accelerated suddenly and flew to keep up.
Compared with the simple flying in the wind before, Li Fan's speed has been greatly improved.
There is a deeper connection with the target of pursuit.
The increase in the opponent's speed has also accelerated Li Fan's speed to a certain extent.
It's really as if Li Fan has become the other person's shadow, making him unable to get rid of him.
It can also continuously jump through the shadows on the ground.
In this way, it didn't take long for Li Fan to catch up with the figure in front of him.
The surrounding scene blurred for a while, and the illusion of mountains, rivers and monks disappeared at the same time.
It turned back into a dark space again.
The chase is over, and Li Fan is still very satisfied with "Ruyingyingjue".
By itself, its effect of concealing aura is quite good, and if it is paired with a hidden talisman, it will be even less likely to be noticed.
Although Sikong Yi is a bit mysterious, his cultivation should be in the late stage of Qi refining.
I had prepared so much in advance, and I just calculated it mentally but not intentionally.
It shouldn't be a big problem if you plot "Clouds and Waters".
Now that everything is ready, all we have to do is wait for the information from Jiao Xiuyuan to come in and the Yunshui Tiangong to be officially opened.
In the Tianxuan Mirror, Li Fan's eyes were dim and staring into the distance.
……
Two months later, Wanxian Island, Qianli Hall.
After receiving the message from Jiao Xiuyuan, Li Fan hurried over after activating the hidden talisman.
When he met Jiao Xiuyuan, he pretended to be angry: "What do you do in Qianli Hall? You are just a small Qi Refining monk, and it took you so long to find out the information. I thought you had forgotten about this matter and were going to find someone else to handle it.
It’s here!”
Jiao Xiuyuan was a little embarrassed, but he quickly grabbed Li Fan and followed the belt to open the store's formation to isolate it from outside prying eyes.
Then he explained in a low voice: "Please keep your voice down! There is a reason for the delay for so long."
"Huh?" Li Fan's expression moved slightly, waiting for the next step.
"Hehe, to tell you the truth, the difficulty of this mission is beyond my expectation. The fifty contribution points agreed with you last time was really too little! You know, I asked you to do this this time.
A senior who was in the late stage of foundation building helped to get it done..." Jiao Xiuyuan looked at Li Fan eagerly, his meaning clear.
"What, you want to break the contract?" Li Fan narrowed his eyes and stared at Jiao Xiuyuan with an unkind expression.
Jiao Xiuyuan touched his head: "Can you add more..."
Li Fan turned around to leave.
Jiao Xiuyuan was so anxious that he almost jumped up: "Oh, my dear, my life is really unlucky! Two consecutive orders were made at a loss."
"Okay, okay! Just do as promised, fifty is fifty!" He gritted his teeth and said.
"Here, plus the previous deposit, it is exactly 50 contribution points." Li Fan said coldly, throwing four medium-grade spiritual stones over.
"It's easy for me to earn your money." Jiao Xiuyuan grimaced, caught the spirit stone, and then handed a jade slip to Li Fan.
Li Fan took the jade slip and looked it over with his spiritual consciousness, showing a strange look on his face.
Then he put away the jade slips and left.
Looking at Li Fan's retreating back, Jiao Xiuyuan's original flattering expression suddenly disappeared.
He stroked the spiritual stone in his hand and sneered.
"One is mysterious and of unknown origin; the other is shady and has ulterior motives."
"I want to see what you two are going to do."
……
In the Tianxuan Mirror, Li Fan carefully read the contents of the jade slip again before finally destroying the jade slip.
"Two people?"
Li Fan frowned slightly, suddenly feeling a little troubled.
It turns out that according to the intelligence collected by Jiao Xiuyuan, Sikong Yi lives in seclusion on weekdays and rarely shows up.
He also has a good friend named Bai Lichen, who is also a male monk.
This Baili Chen is slightly weaker and is in the middle stage of Qi refining.
Sikong Yi and Bai Lichen seem to have a very good relationship. Every time they go out for action, the two always stay together and are inseparable.
Moreover, the two seem to know some kind of combined attack technique.
When killing the enemy, the cooperation is seamless and the minds are connected, just like one person.
These two people usually stay in Ten Thousand Immortals Island, and except for doing tasks to accumulate contribution points, they usually don't go out.
However, during Jiao Xiuyuan's investigation, these two people disappeared once inexplicably.
After leaving Ten Thousand Immortals Island, I lost track of it and I don’t know where I went.
"Who is this Baili Chen? Why don't I remember him at all?" Li Fan thought about it carefully, but couldn't find any information about Bai Lichen from his memory.
"It seems that this person must have died in the ruins of Yunshui Tiangong."
"However, I didn't expect that there would be one more monk to target. My current preparations don't seem to be enough."
"Fortunately, there is still a lot of time."
With thoughts swirling in his mind, Li Fan started planning again.
……
One year later.
Anchored for eleven years, in the central waters of Congyun Sea.
Thunderstorms that have been brewing for months continue to roar in the sky.
The thick swirling clouds have been dyed black, slowly rotating, and constantly accumulating power.
The clouds are like high walls, guarding the center of the whirlpool.
There, there are blue lights flashing continuously.
To be continued...