Chapter 158: Chapter 147: Li Fan Begins Foundation Building
Translator: 549690339
“Tianxuan small mirror, what a valuable item.”
Li Fan’s eyes lit up with excitement.
“The one that He Zhenghao used to track the price trends of Spirit Mist Grass should be this Tianxuan small mirror.” “The initial version isn’t expensive, only five thousand contribution points.”
“But the prices above that are ridiculous.”
“The one with training function costs fifty thousand contribution points. The one that can be used for defense is two hundred thousand contribution points.”
“I can only look.”
“Thousands of Immortal Array Banners, ten thousand contribution points.”
“If you buy two together, it’s thirteen thousand five hundred contribution points. ”
“Just enough.”
“It’s pricey for sure, but it’s worth it.”
Li Fan hesitated for a moment before finally spending a lot to buy these two treasures.
Having seen the Tianxuan small mirror before but not paid much attention to it, Li Fan tossed it into his storage ring.
He carefully examined the Thousands of Immortal Array Banners.
A banner half a man’s height, alternating black and yellow, inscribed with the words “Thousands of Immortals”.
This is the main banner.
Touching it with his hand, he could sense the presence of the remaining three hundred and sixty-four sub-banners.
Besides setting up the full set of array banners, there are also three sets of changes: thirty-six, seventy-two, and one hundred and eight.
The fewer the banners, the smaller the power, but the faster the formation speed. It is suitable for self-defense when going out.
Having already gotten a glimpse of the Array Technique, Li Fan naturally understood the power of this mini version of Thousands of Immortal Array.
Satisfied, he accepted it and immediately hurried back to Moon Lake without stopping.
After twenty-something days, Su Xiaomei and the others had already thoroughly investigated the surroundings of Moon Lake.
Indeed, it was just a large ordinary lake, with no spiritual items around.
Li Fan chose a small island in the center of the lake, using it as the center, he set up the three hundred and sixty-four Immortal Array Banners in sequence.
As the main banner was in place, the miniature Thousands of Immortal Array was formally set up.
“I am going to go into seclusion here, hence the arrangement of the array. You all must not trespass without permission, or there will be no doubt of death.”
“During my seclusion, you can choose suitable islands around to settle down. If there are none to your liking, you can make your own island.”
“After I come out of seclusion, I will expand the scope of the formation to a radius of thirty miles. You can choose the islands within this range to settle down.”
After explaining everything, Li Fan fully activated the Thousands of Immortal Array.
Isolating the view inside and outside the array.
Instead of immediately going into seclusion on the island, he dove into the water and went to the bottom of the lake.
He found a huge stone at the bottom of the lake and hollowed it out.
He then used the deception art from “The Secret of Swapping Day and Night” to conceal it.
Only then did he enter the stone chamber and begin his seclusion.
The stone chamber was rudimentary and empty.
But Li Fan didn’t mind.
His mind immersed into the Ocean Pearl.
Nineteen years after entering the Immortal Cultivation World, Li Fan finally started the foundation establishment.
“Borrow the wonder of heaven and earth to establish the Tao Foundation.”
“The process of Foundation Establishment must have the wonder of heaven and earth. But the word ‘borrow’ is very important.”
“It’s not complete dependency.”
“Natural Treasure, while gathering the Heaven-Earth Principle, there is still a bit of awareness left.”
“When a cultivator establishes their foundation, they must transform the principle gathered in the Natural Treasure into their Dao Foundation while keeping their will fully conscious.”
Under Li Fan’s control, the invisible Root of Heaven and Earth attached itself to the Ocean Pearl in his Dantian.
In an instant, countless memory images appeared in his spirit consciousness.
These were the past experiences of Misthaven Ocean.
Accompanied by these were extreme emotions such as anger, unwillingness, and resentment.
The memories of Misthaven Ocean were too great, wave after wave, like a tide, never-ending.
If Li Fan rashly accepted them, with his current strength of spirit, he would only be washed away by this massive flow of information into a fool without his own will.
So what Li Fan did was to stay true to his heart and ignore it.
Like a rock by the sea, let the wind blow and waves crash, I still stand firmly.
Those negative emotions, as soon as they appeared, turned into fuel for the Xuan Huang Heart-Refining Spell.
It had no effect on Li Fan at all.
Misthaven Ocean roared in rage, but Li Fan remained unmoved.
Threads of blue glimmering light were slowly extracted from the Ocean Pearl by the Root of Heaven and Earth.
A vast Azure Sea Mirage slowly appeared in Li Fan’s Dantian.
Moon Lake.
Su Xiaomei and others were busily establishing their own cave mansions.
Suddenly, they seemed to sense something and looked around.
The sky was clear, but waves suddenly rose in the Moon Lake without any wind.
The lake water churned, and the waves it stirred up grew higher and higher.
The eight hundred miles of Moon Lake were boiling at this moment.
Huge waves assaulted the lake, wreaking havoc within.
The cave mansions that everyone had worked so hard to establish were easily submerged.
The group was helpless and could only avoid by flying in mid-air.
“What divine technique is Master understanding again? Just going into seclusion is such a grand occasion!” Su Xiaomei blinked her big eyes, curious.
The others couldn’t answer, only looking shocked at the large lake below.
At the bottom of the lake.
As the Azure sea Mirage gradually solidified.
Li Fan’s vision, also slowly rose from himself, slowly rising into midair.
And quickly spread to the surroundings, soon covering the entire Moon Lake.
Li Fan was very familiar with this feeling, just like when he had transformed himself into the ocean back then.
But how can this be?
Li Fan was puzzled.
The power of the Ocean Pearl was being continuously extracted by the Root of
Heaven and Earth.
It was transitioning from reality to illusion.
His Dao Foundation was about to form.
Everything was going smoothly, perfectly.
But why did he suddenly become Moon Lake again?
Li Fan calmed his mind and carefully comprehended.
It was only after a while that he realized.
He couldn’t help but laugh and cry.
It turned out that the Ocean Pearl was behind this abnormal scene.
The Ocean Pearl, seeing itself about to be transformed into the Tao Foundation of a cultivator, faintly sensed the existence of Moon Lake, a much weaker entity than itself.
“I, the vast Misthaven Ocean, cannot escape tribulation. How does this tiny Moon Lake survive unscathed?”
Thus, the Ocean Pearl, controlling its last bit of strength, attempted to bring down Moon Lake with it.
Of course, this was futile.
A cultivator cannot use two Natural Treasures as their Tao Foundation at the same time.
But the action of the Ocean Pearl brought unexpected benefits to Li Fan.
The water in Moon Lake roiled and surged, causing huge waves to surge into the sky.
This strange phenomenon lasted for eighteen days.
Su Xiaomei and the others had retreated to the lakeside temporarily, but they didn’t leave.
One day, the tumultuous lake suddenly became calm without warning.
Everyone looked at each other and then turned their attention to the small island where Li Fan was establishing his foundation.
The Array Technique covered it, and it was shrouded in mystical light, making the situation inside unclear.
Before long, a figure shot up into the sky from within. It was Li Fan, who had been in seclusion for a long time.
Li Fan extended his left hand, looking down at Moon Lake, and slowly clenched it.
It seemed as if nothing had happened.
“What is master doing?” Su Xiaomei placed both hands under her chin, looking ahead, somewhat puzzled.
The rest of the people shook their heads, remaining silent.
All they knew was that Li Fan wouldn’t do meaningless things, so they all stared at the lake surface, afraid of missing even the slightest detail.
A moment later, they understood why Li Fan had acted as he did.
An endless suction force seemed to instantly generate in Li Fan’s hand.
The water from eight hundred li wide Moon Lake rose from below, formed into countless water dragons, and continuously flew towards Li Fan’s hand.
Ten million white water dragons, as if they were meeting their ruler, let out a loud cry and rose from all parts of Moon Lake.
They flew towards Li Fan, who was in the sky.
Around Moon Lake, Li Fan stood alone.
Three million water dragons danced, creating countless water vapours.
With the sunlight pouring down, a seven-colored rainbow appeared.
They forgot to think.
Those lake water white dragons flying towards Li Fan’s hand gathered and compressed, forming a small water droplet.
The lake water continued to fall, but the size of the droplet remained the same.
Its color slowly changed from white to azure blue.
After the water dragons fluttered for half a day, Moon Lake finally dried up.
All the fish, shrimp, and crabs in the lake were struggling to survive at the bottom of the lake.
Li Fan looked at the water droplet that was somewhat similar to the Ocean Pearl in his hand, a sharp light flashed in his eyes.
“Enlightenment Land…”
Before the Ocean Pearl was transformed into the Tao foundation, its actions hadn’t turned Moon Lake into a Tao Foundation like itself.
However, under the Power of the Principle contained in the Ocean Pearl, the entire Moon Lake had been unwittingly assimilated.
Now Li Fan, who had established his Tao foundation using the Ocean Pearl, could manipulate the entire Moon Lake as he pleased.
In the ancient Immortal Cultivation World, there were cultivators whose rules influenced and assimilated the surrounding environment during their enlightenment.
These affected places often carried the strong personal imprint of the enlightened cultivators.
They could even spontaneously manifest a Divine Technique of the cultivator.
These places were called Enlightenment Lands.
The current situation of Moon Lake and Li Fan was similar to this.
But in reality, it was even more so.
In fact, it was as if Li Fan had refined Moon Lake using the Ocean Pearl.
In Moon Lake, Moon Lake was him, and he was Moon Lake.
At full power, his strength was not inferior to any Golden Core Cultivator!
Li Fan crushed the water droplet in his hand.
Countless water drops exploded and scattered.
Then they reformed into flying water dragons, soaring back into Moon Lake.
Moon Lake quickly went from being parched to being refilled.
Within a short while, it returned to its original vast and smoky state.
Just a slight move managed to change the water environment of eight hundred li.
But Li Fan did not feel any joy in his heart.
This was just like the previous Ocean Pearl, merely an external force.
In the end, it was not his own strength.
As Li Fan pondered, he opened the long-unseen [Real] panel.
Name: Li Fan
Realm: Early stage of Foundation Establishment
Physical age: 49/3651
Mental age: 569/3560″
Void Transformation charging progress: 200%
Anchor charging progress: 20%
Current anchor points: 1
Current available anchor points: 1
Bound items: “The Golden Seal of the Jade Realm of a Thousand Mechanisms”, Tai Yan Boat, Paused Step Monument (damaged)
Techniques: Xuan Huang Heart-Refining Spell, Mistwater Mirage Technique,
Day Stealing and Sun Replacement Secret, Golden Scroll of the Jade Sphere,
Spiritual Illusion Technique, Shadow Following Technique
Divine techniques: Life and Death Cycle, Formless Killing Machine, Binding
Worm
His physical age had finally surpassed three hundred. And the upper limit of his mental age reached more than three thousand six hundred years and was still continuously increasing.
Li Fan felt his soul power was several times stronger than before.
The total amount of Spiritual Energy in his body was incomparable to the past.
Li Fan began to think about his next path of cultivation.
After the Ocean Pearl was transformed into the Tao foundation, it could not be freely utilized like before.
It felt as if it had become a treasure sealed within his body.
He needed to constantly improve his cultivation to unlock the treasure.
The more he unlocked, the more he could use its abilities.
Ultimately, he would completely manifest the power of the Ocean Pearl.
The entire process of Foundation Establishment was to truly convert the power of the Natural Treasure into his own power..
