Chapter 183: One Heart, Many Uses

With Huan Zhen's assistance, one can undergo infinite reincarnations.

Beyond the Myriad Immortals Alliance, Li Fan would definitely visit other organizations like the Council of Five Elders if he got the chance in the future. He believed they should also possess methods similar to the Heart-Questioning Platform. To prevent exposure and being directly killed as a spy, it was essential to find a secret technique for concealment. Moreover, this method of concealing secrets in one's heart was especially crucial for Li Fan, who possessed Huan Zhen.

"I hope you truly are a spy, Fellow Daoist Zhou," Li Fan mused inwardly, recalling his initial encounter with Zhou Qing'ang.

Immediately, he sent messages to several acquaintances, including He Zhenghao, Gao Yuan, and Chen Ying, inquiring about Zhou Qing'ang. After more than half a day, he gradually received replies. Excluding those unfamiliar with the person, the other replies were quite consistent. Zhou Qing'ang was originally a rogue cultivator. Over seventy years ago, while in the late Qi Condensation stage, he joined the Myriad Immortals Alliance. After advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage, he successfully passed the decennial assessment and became the guardian of Tai'an Island. Zhou Qing'ang was diligent and responsible in his daily work. Most of the time, he stayed quietly on the island and rarely went out.

With this information, Li Fan became even more convinced of his judgment. Next, he had to find a way to expose him. Having infiltrated the Myriad Immortals Alliance for so many years without being discovered by others, this person must be extremely cautious. It might be difficult for others to find his weakness. But for Li Fan, who possessed the Formless Killing Intent, if this person was indeed a spy, then under 24/7, comprehensive, all-year-round surveillance, it would only be a matter of time before he revealed himself.

Displaying a friendly smile, Li Fan left the Sky Profound Mirror and arrived at Tai'an Island via a teleportation array. Having served as acting guardian for several years, Li Fan was quite familiar with the island. Above the city where the strange human-faced fruits lived, Li Fan met Zhou Qing'ang and explained his purpose.

"Ah, the Tai'an fruits," Zhou Qing'ang shook his head apologetically. "Fellow Daoist, your timing is truly unfortunate. All the remaining fruits have been sold, with none left."

"Alas, what terrible luck," Li Fan sighed with regret. "I just heard about such a cheap wonder that can extend one's lifespan, but I couldn't get any in the Sky Profound Mirror, so I thought I'd come to you to see if you had any in stock." As he spoke, he silently activated his Formless Killing Intent, locking onto Zhou Qing'ang. The Formless Killing Intent was already incredibly profound, and Li Fan's cultivation was even a minor realm higher than Zhou Qing'ang's. Naturally, Zhou Qing'ang remained completely unaware and instead enthusiastically suggested, "Fellow Daoist, don't worry. If you truly need it, I'll save one for you during the next Tai'an fruit harvest."

Li Fan was delighted upon hearing this. "Many thanks, Fellow Daoist!" As he spoke, he took out a Myriad-Character Communication Talisman and began adding him as a friend. "I currently serve as an array repairer in the Strategy Array Hall, so we can keep in touch more often in the future!" Li Fan said. "I wonder if you are familiar with He Zhenghao, the guardian of Glazed Island? My relationship with Fellow Daoist He is also quite profound."

Zhou Qing'ang's eyes lit up, and he immediately accepted the friend request. "Haha, my relationship with Fellow Daoist He is also quite good. So, we're all acquaintances!" Li Fan then continued to chat casually, following Zhou Qing'ang's lead. Only then did he return to Myriad Immortals Island.

Within the Sky Profound Mirror, Li Fan directly transferred one hundred contribution points to Zhou Qing'ang. "Fellow Daoist Zhou, I've transferred the contribution points to you first. Please be sure to save a Tai'an fruit for me." Soon, Zhou Qing'ang replied. "Rest assured, Fellow Daoist, I will save one for you, even if it means failing to complete my annual submission task!" "Fellow Daoist Zhou is truly a straightforward person!" While praising him, Li Fan observed Zhou Qing'ang's every move through his Cosmic Perspective. His expression remained normal. Li Fan didn't expect to find a flaw quickly. With the Formless Killing Intent watching, it would only be a matter of time before he exposed himself. This matter was temporarily put aside.

After Li Fan transferred the fifteen thousand contribution points to He Zhenghao, he began formally sifting through meritorious service tasks. He planned to first raise his authority level, then see if he could find cultivation methods related to multitasking with one's mind. This was quite important to him. In his twelfth life, he encountered the problem of "not enough brainpower." After the Moon Palace's lending operations gradually expanded, Li Fan had to both maintain the array studies of his main body and clones, and constantly monitor nearly a hundred borrowers. Although most only required a wisp of spiritual sense, when too many spiritual senses were projected outwards, his main body was inevitably affected. Specifically, his thought processes would sometimes experience brief pauses, and his normal thinking speed would decrease. In simple terms, Li Fan sometimes felt his brain "lagging."

There were two ways to solve this problem. One was to increase the overall strength of his spiritual sense. The second was to improve his spiritual sense's multi-threading processing capability, which is known as "one mind, multiple uses." Li Fan's spiritual consciousness strength was already very high compared to ordinary cultivators. His late Foundation Establishment stage was equivalent to the late Golden Core stage, a full major realm higher than typical cultivators. Now, he had also found a way to enhance his spiritual consciousness by entering the Fallen Immortal Realm and absorbing the bodies of possessed individuals. For now, he didn't need to look for other ways to increase his spiritual consciousness strength. Therefore, what Li Fan needed to do currently was to improve his weakness: find a method for "one mind, multiple uses."

In his twelfth life, although Li Fan possessed a vast fortune of millions, unfortunately, the Sky Profound Mirror did not contain such cultivation methods. He could only reluctantly make do. However, since he had joined the Myriad Immortals Alliance system in this life, he naturally had to seize this opportunity to find a cultivation method that could enhance multi-threading processing capabilities. Li Fan had previously searched, but with his current authority level of Yanyi, he hadn't found a suitable cultivation method. But Li Fan believed that with the increase in his authority level, satisfactory results would surely appear.

Currently, Li Fan was at the Foundation Establishment stage, and most of the meritorious tasks he could accept corresponded to C-level merits. Occasionally, there would be one or two lower D-level merit tasks, all marked with "high risk." Li Fan's target was among these high-risk tasks. So-called high risk was actually relative. For ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators within the Myriad Immortals Alliance, Golden Core stage tasks were clearly beyond their capabilities. But for Li Fan, who possessed many unusual arts, the risks of these tasks were actually not that high.

For instance, one task required him to join a certain squad from the Martial Arts Hall to clear out the exotic beasts on Wanlai Island in the Cloud Sea. According to the task description, these exotic beasts fed on sound. They reproduced extremely fast, formed large groups, and were numerous. Most of them needed to be cleared out periodically. Although the exotic beasts were rampant, their individual strength was relatively weak. Their basic combat strength was only equivalent to the early Foundation Establishment stage. It couldn't be more suitable for Li Fan.