Chapter 121: Chapter 116: Element Devouring White Fog Wall
Translator: 549690339
The next day, Li Chenfeng and his companions quietly left the island.
In the perception of the Formless Killing Machine, they kept heading north, getting farther and farther away.
The perceived image became more and more blurry, so Li Fan cancelled his lock on Li Chenfeng.
“Do I still have forty to fifty years left…”
“If I ever get the chance, it’d be nice to take a trip to their empire.”
However, in this life, the priority is to advance my cultivation to the Foundation Establishment Phase first.
Upon returning to the Ten Thousand Immortals Island, Li Fan first secluded himself to cultivate for a while.
He slowly digested the insights he gained from observing the Foundation Establishment process.
After leaving seclusion, he began to examine the “Atlas of the Surrounding Geographic Conditions of Misthaven Ocean” that his clone Lin Fan had exchanged.
He had thought about exchanging the entire map of Xuanhuang World at once, but the Tianxuan Mirror showed that it didn’t have enough authority to view it.
So he had no choice but to settle for second best and first exchanged for the nearby area of the Misthaven Ocean.
As the map appeared in his spirit consciousness, Li Fan found out that the seemingly boundless Misthaven Ocean was actually just an inland sea.
It was as if someone had forcefully chiseled out a gap in the continent.
The Misthaven Ocean was almost entirely surrounded by land.
Only on the southeast, through a relatively narrow sea area, it connected with the endless ocean.
To the north of the Misthaven Ocean was Yongliang State, where Li Chenfeng and his companions had fled.
To the west and south, from top to bottom, were Jiushan Province, Shilin State, and Yuandao State.
These three states were all territories of the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals.
The Yongliang State to the north was under the control of the Five Elders Organization.
“I have been anchored here for almost 14 years now, it’s about time to plan a way out.”
“After getting the Ocean Pearl, I must quickly leave the Misthaven Ocean and leave a clone here to quietly observe the situation.”
“As for where to go…”
Li Fan carefully reviewed the information about several states.
Jiushan Province and Yongliang State bordered each other and weren’t very peaceful.
There wasn’t much difference between Shilin State and Yuandao State.
However, as Yuandao State was adjacent to the Endless Ocean, it was abundant in water attribute spiritual energy.
Considering that I will be using the Ocean Pearl for Foundation Establishment later, it’s obviously more appropriate to choose Yuandao State.”
Li Fan also noticed that in this Xuanhuang World, the boundaries between states were not artificially demarcated.
States were naturally separated by something called the [Foggy Barrier].
Mortals and cultivators could all pass through.
But the cost of crossing the White Mist Barrier each time was lifespan.
The longer it took, the more life span was lost.
Mortals hardly dared to cross the [Foggy Barrier] on their own, for they would often die of old age before they could get out due to their slow walking speed.
While cultivators could fly extremely fast, each time they crossed the [Foggy Barrier], they would lose at least thirty days of lifespan.
Not much, but if frequent, even Golden Core Cultivators couldn’t withstand it.
So most cultivators adhered to one principle:
Don’t move unless necessary.
They generally only operated within their own states.
Fortunately, the area of a single state was also vast, with a size not inferior to the Misthaven Ocean.
Moreover, with the presence of massive organizations like the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals spanning the whole Immortal Cultivation World, resources were never scarce.
So some cultivators might only move around within one state for their entire life, which did not have any substantial impact on their cultivation.
Of course, it was possible to cross between two states through ultra -long-distance teleportation arrays.
But that only reduced the loss of lifespan to about ten days, and it was also very costly.
Only a very few cultivators would choose this method.
However, after some inquiries made by Li Fan, it turned out that there was no [Foggy Barrier] between Yuandao State and Misthaven Ocean.
Moreover, within the Ten Thousand Immortals Island, there was indeed a dedicated teleportation array leading to Yuandao State.
“If I can reproduce ‘The Mountain-Seating Secret’, then some of the extremely talented individuals would become somewhat important to me.” For a moment, several figures flashed through Li Fan’s mind.
“After leaving, I might be able to bring them along and see the effect of ‘The Mountain-Seating Secret,”‘ Li Fan pondered. “However, taking along a mortal will surely pose many inconveniences.” “I think I should go ahead and prepare in advance.”
Li Fan had tried before, and found that if the Tai Yan Boat carried living people, they could not be absorbed into [Real] space.
After some thought, Li Fan decided to use the teleportation array to visit Yuandao State for an investigation.
The overall layout of Yuandao State was similar to that of Misthaven Ocean.
Almost every large mortal town had a city-protection array and was guarded by a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Above Yuandao State, there was a huge floating city that was named Yuandao Heavenly City.
The structure of Yuandao City was identical to that of Ten Thousand Immortals Island, as if they were cut from the same mold, which gave Li Fan a sense of familiarity.
There was still a Tianxuan Mirror in the center of the city. When Li Fan entered it, he found it to be exactly the same as when he used it on Ten Thousand Immortals Island.
Even in Yuandao City, Li Fan spotted a familiar figure.
“It seems that all territories under the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals must be like this. I wonder what the situation is like with the Five Elders Organization.”
Mortals could not enter Yuandao Heavenly City. The largest city in Yuandao State was called Zhuoling City.
After Li Fan teleported to Zhuoling City and paid a price of 50 contribution points, he exchanged for a courtyard with the guard of Zhuoling City as a future resting place.
After that, Li Fan set up the Tai Yan Boat and flew back to Misthaven Ocean from Yuandao State.
This was to scout the way for future withdrawal.
By the time he returned to Ten Thousand Immortals Island, it had already been 14 years.
During this time, Zhang Haobo had been constantly tracking the trail of the Wind Disasters.
At first, he would miscalculate the time and location of the Wind Disasters. But gradually, Zhang Haobo’s predictions became more and more accurate.
He could always be there on time at each Wind Disaster site.
But now, Zhang Haobo stopped his pursuit of the Wind Disasters.
He was floating in the air, looking up at something.
He stood like a stone statue, still and serene.
This lasted for a long time.
However, a strange aura started to slowly emerge around Zhang Haobo.
Li Fan immediately shifted his attention back to Zhang Haobo.
Without wind, his clothes suddenly fluttered and made a rustling sound.
Like being pushed from below, he started to rise slowly.
Gradually accelerating, he soared up like a thin shadow.
The speed kept increasing until he reached the sky.
But when he flew past a certain height limit, he suddenly stopped.
He kept hovering in this space, as if he was looking for something.
But…
He was unable to enter.
Zhang Haobo’s face was as calm as still water. He turned into a gust of fresh wind, blowing incessantly in this area.
A day, two days, three days…
Days went by, and it seemed that he hadn’t gained anything.
But Li Fan noticed that Zhang Haobo’s range of movement was getting smaller and smaller.
When the final area was confirmed, he let out a loud growl, suddenly accelerated, turned into a green glow and violently dashed towards the void.
A twinkle of hard-to-notice water-blue light also lit up on him at the right time.
Zhang Haobo’s figure suddenly disappeared between the heaven and earth.
And Li Fan’s viewpoint was also carried into a strange space.
In its hand, a prison cage made of green light was held aloft.
A dreadful black sword hilt was constantly hitting, trying to break free from the cage.
“Bang Bang Bang!”
Occasionally, wisps of green light were knocked down and drifted down, landing in various places of Misthaven Ocean.
Turned into Wind Disasters..
