Chapter 134: Fate Changes with Fortune

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On the Grand Derivation Ark, amidst the Sea of Wispy Clouds.

The group from Li Realm, having just entered the cultivation world, were excitedly looking around the deck.

Li Fan, meanwhile, activated the 'Heaven-Swapping, Sun-Changing Art' to observe everyone's fates.

Most of their fates appeared dull and dim, as if covered by dust.

However, when he saw Fatty Ye Feipeng, a hint of surprise involuntarily appeared in Li Fan's eyes.

This was because Ye Feipeng's fate resembled a nascent wisp of white mist, continuously swirling and evolving.

“This kind of fate configuration…”

Li Fan recalled the explanation of it in the cultivation art.

“Flowing with fortune, one change begets a hundred.”

This meant that the person's destiny was extremely susceptible to external influences.

If they encountered a benefactor who uplifted them, they might truly soar to great heights, like a giant roc taking flight with the wind, ascending ninety thousand miles in a single day, just as their name suggested.

However, if they encountered a person of great evil, and their own fate was still in a relatively fragile state at that time, they could very well fail to withstand the calamity and perish.

For instance, in the previous life, he noticed Li Fan's secretive presence and attempted to extort him. As a result, Li Fan directly stabbed him to death with a dagger.

But if the person being extorted wasn't as decisive as Li Fan, and truly got entangled by him...

...then with the ebb and flow of fortune, he might well have ridden the wind to an unstoppable rise from that point on.

Li Fan would use eight characters to describe such a person: 'A god in favorable winds, a ghost against them.'

Among the group from Li Realm, apart from Ye Feipeng, only Xiao Heng and Su Xiaomei had particularly unique fates.

Su Xiaomei's fate was a difficult-to-distinguish intertwining of purple and black.

Xiao Heng, on the other hand, displayed the imagery of a 'hidden dragon in the abyss'.

Any one of these three, if placed in the ancient cultivation world, would have been extremely rare.

Often, only one such person would appear in a major state over a period of ten years.

But now, in this small Li Realm, they had appeared together, seemingly in a cluster.

This made Li Fan's imagination run wild.

“Perhaps it’s related to the volcano in Li Realm.”

Under the pressure of death, Xiao Heng couldn't sleep at night. Faster than in his previous life, he only took eight or nine days to completely remove the miasma from his body.

Then, after entering the cultivation world, he successfully guided Qi into his body and entered the Qi Refining stage within a day and a night.

Su Xiaomei was even more extraordinary. The moment the Grand Derivation Ark broke through the Immortal Severing Grand Formation and entered the cultivation world...

...Li Fan felt the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surging and spontaneously rushing into Su Xiaomei’s body.

Her body, as if starved for a long time, accepted everything without refusal.

Like a bottomless pit, it absorbed all of this spiritual energy into her body.

Even now, this process was still ongoing.

Su Changyu, seeing the rapid progress of the two people beside him, couldn't help but feel a little envious.

However, he didn't lose his mental balance. Instead, he cultivated the 'Profound Yellow Pure Heart Incantation' that Li Fan had taught him with even greater diligence.

He worked tirelessly, forgetting to eat and sleep, just like Li Fan had done back on Glazed Island.

Li Fan couldn't help but nod subtly upon seeing this.

The Grand Derivation Ark flew swiftly, skimming the surface of the sea.

All around them was the boundless ocean, and the monotonous, repetitive scenery quickly caused the people from Li Realm to lose their sense of novelty.

They all returned to the cabins to rest.

Li Fan, who had been studying formations for nearly two years, tried his hand at setting up a 'Sound-Silencing, Form-Concealing Array' outside the Grand Derivation Ark.

This was a basic, small-scale concealment formation, but it was effective, capable of hiding both sound and form.

Undetected along the way, Li Fan successfully returned to Night Orchid Island with the group.

After informing everyone of the various methods to remove the miasma, Li Fan then entrusted Yin Yueting with their resettlement.

Afterward, he inquired about the future plans of Su Xiaomei and the other two.

Su Xiaomei and Xiao Heng both stated that they would wait for Su Changyu to successfully guide Qi into his body before going to Myriad Immortals Island together.

Li Fan didn't press them.

He simply made another trip to Myriad Immortals Island and exchanged for two Qi Refining stage cultivation arts.

One, naturally, was the 'Minor Derivation Water Art' for Xiao Heng.

The other was the 'Heart-Fury Blazing Flame Art' prepared for Su Xiaomei.

Xiao Heng cautiously took the jade slip and bowed his head to Li Fan in gratitude.

Su Xiaomei, on the other hand, was less reserved.

She took the jade slip, grinned happily, and repeatedly said, “Thank you, Master.”

Li Fan ignored her, letting her call him that.

“While you wait for Su Changyu here on Night Orchid Island, you mustn't be idle,”

“Work with Zhao Erbao to help me collect ancient artifacts. I have great use for them.”

Li Fan instructed.

Su Xiaomei and Xiao Heng nodded repeatedly.

“The path of immortality is arduous; I can only guide you through the entrance. Your future achievements will depend on your own fortunes.”

With that, after leaving them a communication talisman, Li Fan dismissed them.

“Xiao Heng and Su Xiaomei both possess extraordinary fortune. With their assistance, the process of collecting Dao-infused ancient artifacts should greatly accelerate. I hope to complete the collection before the Red Flame Burns the Sea event.”

That same night, Li Fan used the 'Cloud Water Illusory Dream Art' to further deepen Zhao Erbao's painful memories, as a warning.

Afterward, Li Fan hastily returned to Myriad Immortals Island.

This was because he had received a message from Gong Boyu.

He Zhenghao's posthumous work, 'Array Map of Mountains and A Hundred Veins', had been fully restored.

Unexpectedly, their progress was so swift. Li Fan, without stopping, arrived outside the Array Strategy Hall once more.

Gong Boyu had already sent someone to greet him there.

Re-entering the metal cube-like building, this time Little Fang moved quickly, bringing him to a large council chamber.

Inside, besides Gong Boyu, sat six other cultivators.

They all appeared to be in their forties or fifties, and their auras were unfathomable, clearly indicating their cultivation was not weak.

Gong Boyu beckoned Li Fan over, saying with a contented smile, “Thanks to the combined efforts and wisdom of these old friends, we spent quite some time and finally completed Fellow Daoist He Zhenghao's posthumous work. This is truly cause for celebration!”

Li Fan nodded, “If Fellow Daoist He still has a spirit after death, he would surely be greatly comforted.”

Gong Boyu took out a square jade block from his robes and handed it to Li Fan.

Li Fan took the unfamiliar jade block in his hand and examined it carefully.

He saw that all eight corners of the jade block had been replaced with different colored metals.

The entire surface of the jade block was also engraved with intricate and profound patterns.

Threads of golden light, like rivers, flowed among the patterns.

“This is an encrypted jade slip from our Myriad Immortals Alliance. Once created, each encrypted jade slip can only be viewed by a specific cultivator. If others attempt to forcibly read it, it will trigger a pre-set destruction enchantment, causing it to self-destruct.”

“This one is prepared for you, containing the completed 'Array Map of Mountains and A Hundred Veins'.”

Gong Boyu explained.

Li Fan nodded, and with a thought of his spiritual sense, he began to examine the contents of the jade slip.

Distinct mountain forms instantly appeared in Li Fan's mind.

Upon closer inspection, every clod of soil and every fragment of rock on those mountains was remarkably a miniature formation.

Countless tiny formations, stacked upon each other, formed a complete mountain—a grand formation shaped like a mountain.

The sheer volume of information contained within made Li Fan involuntarily gasp.

This was certainly not something a Qi Refining stage cultivator could comprehend.