Chapter 125: Seven-Colored Falling Immortal Formation

The Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets was located in the central core area of Wanxian Island. He received a message instructing him to go to the entrance of the area, where someone would be there to escort him.

Li Fan was somewhat curious about this mysterious death, so he wasted no time and headed directly to the central core area.

Soon, several magnificent buildings in the center of Wanxian Island came into view.

A striking seven-colored barrier and a surrounding moat separated the core area from the central residential district of cave dwellings.

Li Fan stood on the small bridge, pausing to wait for his escort.

He keenly noticed that as soon as he stepped onto the small bridge, the floating seven-colored light above him locked onto him.

Li Fan, being bold, looked up and carefully observed the seven-colored light.

It appeared to be part of Wanxian Island's protective grand formation, yet it was also distinct and even more formidable.

"I wonder what kind of formation this is," Li Fan mused to himself.

Before long, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, dressed in a black and yellow robe, hurried over.

He glanced at Li Fan, confirming his identity.

Without another word, he simply instructed Li Fan to follow closely behind him and not wander off.

He then proceeded inside.

As the killing intent from the seven-colored floating light dissipated, Li Fan unhurriedly followed him.

As he walked, he observed his surroundings.

He noticed that all the cultivators within, like his escort, wore black and yellow robes.

They had serious expressions and moved with haste, seemingly very busy.

Their cultivation levels ranged from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment and beyond.

"This must be what they call 'within the system'," Li Fan thought to himself.

Council Hall, Medicine Hall, Talisman Hall, Martial Arts Hall…

Passing by building after building, they finally arrived at the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets, tucked away in a corner.

This place was notably quieter than the others.

Occasionally, he saw one or two cultivators whose cultivation levels were indiscernible, closing their eyes and counting on their fingers, seemingly divining something.

The escorting cultivator led Li Fan into a room and then quietly withdrew.

The room was filled with a lingering fragrance. A cultivator, with his back to Li Fan, was looking up at a massive map of the Cloud Sea.

Li Fan looked closely and saw that the map was densely covered with countless markers.

There were blue winds, red crosses, black dots…

Moreover, these markers were like living beings, constantly moving and changing on the map.

"This is…" Li Fan's heart stirred, and he carefully examined the map.

However, after only a few glances, he felt a wave of dizziness and quickly averted his gaze, daring not to look anymore.

Li Fan stood in the room for a while before the cultivator, who had been facing away, finally turned around.

He was a young man with the appearance of a scholar, seemingly in his early twenties.

His face was haggard and he didn't look very healthy.

He coughed a few times, then with a wave of his hand, dozens of miniature figures immediately appeared before Li Fan.

"Do you know these people?"

Li Fan looked, focusing his spiritual sense on one of the figures.

"Mao Fei, a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator. Cause of death: Attacked by an exotic sea beast while out."

Li Fan switched to another person to check.

"Qiao Guangyu, a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator. Cause of death: While comprehending the laws of heaven and earth, his mind became disoriented, leading him to self-detonate."

Li Fan's eyelids twitched, and he switched to another person.

"Ling Meng, a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator. Cause of death: Accidentally perished in a relic cave-dwelling while searching for opportunities."

After viewing these images one by one, Li Fan's heart was instantly struck with a chill.

He naturally knew all these people.

They were precisely the group who had entered the thatched hut at that time.

He had originally thought it was a great opportunity to advance a minor cultivation realm.

Unexpectedly, it was a fatal trap.

Death didn't claim them immediately but in the near future.

The Master is truly venomous.

Moreover, this manner of death...

Li Fan was all too familiar with it.

Wasn't it the killing intent unleashed by Heaven?

But why would accepting the Master's opportunity invite the killing intent of heaven and earth?

The Master, the Heavenly Physician, Cloudwater Heavenly Palace…

Countless thoughts flashed through Li Fan's mind in an instant.

As he pondered, he didn't forget to nod and reply, "I did indeed have a brief encounter with these people."

Li Fan then recounted the scene of the green ox pulling the cart and the lecture given using bamboo slips.

The frail scholar-cultivator seemed to have known this already, showing little surprise.

Instead, he looked at Li Fan with interest and asked, "With such an opportunity before them, so many people present at the time went in. Why did you, of all people, not go in?"

Li Fan used his previous explanation once again.

The frail scholar-cultivator listened without committing to an answer but didn't press Li Fan further.

He simply smiled and said, "You are quite fortunate."

He turned his head to look at the images of the cultivators who had inexplicably perished.

He sighed, "When Heaven wills your death, you cannot but die."

After a long pause, he finally spoke to Li Fan again: "You may go back now. I know this matter is unrelated to you, but as the sole survivor of the incident, the necessary procedures still need to be followed. That's why I called you here to inquire."

Li Fan nodded, glanced at the map on the wall again, and quietly departed.

Faintly, he seemed to hear the cultivator's soft sigh from the room: "Another case has been added."

Li Fan's steps paused slightly, then resumed their normal pace.

Coming out of the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets, doubts suddenly arose in Li Fan's mind.

"Another case? What does that mean?"

"Does it refer to strange harm, or to Heaven unleashing killing intent?"

"With the imperceptible influence of the Venerable Immortal of Longevity, how could he remember?"

Li Fan then recalled the countless markers on that map.

"Perhaps, although specific events cannot be remembered, one can infer that they occurred by observing their effects, indirectly confirming that the events indeed took place."

"For example, a large number of Wanxian Alliance cultivators suddenly dying simultaneously at a certain moment..."

Li Fan pondered as he walked.

His thoughts were interrupted by a noisy crowd ahead.

All these people wore black and yellow robes, looked relatively young, and seemed naive and inexperienced.

Their cultivation levels were only at the early Qi Refining stage, seemingly having just begun their cultivation journey.

They looked up at the flowing seven-colored light in the sky, pointing and excitedly discussing something.

The one leading them was older and had a long beard.

He was heard saying, "This is the Seven-Colored Immortal-Trapping Formation, a standard feature in the core area of every Wanxian Alliance outpost. It's an improved version of an ancient formation, its power astonishing. Even ordinary Spirit Transformation cultivators, if they accidentally fall into it, will instantly perish and have their cultivation destroyed."

"That powerful!"

"Master Gong, Master Gong, how much longer will we have to study before we can set up such a powerful formation!"

Master Gong chuckled, "You young lads have just learned to walk and are already thinking of flying."

"Hmm, let me think."

"Generally speaking, when you break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, you can try to set up island-protecting grand formations."

"At the Golden Core stage, you can barely participate in maintaining the Wanxian Grand Formation."

"As for this Seven-Colored Immortal-Trapping Formation…"

Master Gong smiled but did not answer.