Chapter 515

The beautiful dream will eventually end.

The beautiful dream will eventually end.

Angry Squid: ............

“Before I told you, junior brother, no one else knew about this matter except for the Sect Master and me.”

“So, junior brother, you must keep this secret well for me.”

Senior Sister Zhao said with a faint, distant tone.

A fatal crisis suddenly surged into Li Fan’s heart.

In an instant, many thoughts flashed through his mind. His body stiffened abruptly for a moment, but soon, it returned to normal.

He stroked his senior sister's smooth, fair back, and said as if it were obvious, “Naturally. I was shocked when I first heard this news; it felt somewhat unbelievable.”

“Not to mention the elders; if they knew about this, they would certainly come forward collectively to stop it.”

“Even with the Sect Master's help, our strength, Senior Sister, is far too weak compared to that group of old fellows. We still need to accumulate strength, bide our time, and strive to deliver a decisive blow.” Li Fan, putting himself in Senior Sister Zhao's shoes, offered her advice.

Senior Sister Zhao, however, just lay quietly in Li Fan's arms, not speaking or moving.

As if she had fallen asleep.

“By the way, Senior Sister. Why did Sect Master Ji suddenly decide to pass the position of Sect Master to you?” After a long silence, Li Fan finally couldn't help but ask.

“Who knows? The thoughts of these old fogeys are always so inscrutable. Perhaps he hopes for immortality and no longer wants to manage the mess that is the Grand Dao Sect?” Senior Sister Zhao shifted her lying position, her voice languid.

“After all, the world is becoming increasingly chaotic. What are these Ten Great Immortal Sects, in the eyes of cultivators in the Longevity Realm, but more of a hindrance than practical value…”

Senior Sister Zhao's voice grew fainter and fainter until it was barely audible.

Seeing that the other party had no intention of saying more, Li Fan dared not press further.

He just resumed dual cultivation again.

A period of joyous intimacy.

Li Fan knew that ever since that day, after Senior Sister Zhao walked out of the sect hall, she had become somewhat different.

It was just a vague, deep-seated intuition in his heart, with no actual evidence.

In their subsequent daily life of constant companionship, he also found nothing abnormal about his senior sister, who had accompanied him for a hundred years.

But…

Li Fan was still very sure that something was changing within her, little by little.

However, where exactly did this persistent sense of crisis in his heart come from?

Even if Senior Sister Zhao was hiding something from him, for now, her feelings for him didn't seem false.

If she became the Sect Master of the Grand Dao Sect, he would be the Sect Master's Dao Companion.

One must know, this was no ordinary small sect, but the Grand Dao Sect, renowned and shaking the entire cultivation world.

At that time, he would truly be second only to one person, and above ten thousand.

Even in the ambitions he had previously envisioned, he had never dared to covet this position.

Now, with Senior Sister Zhao's help, wealth and glory were within easy reach!

What exactly went wrong?

Li Fan subconsciously felt that he seemed to have forgotten something important.

But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember.

He could only live his life normally while secretly investigating.

Time flew by.

Another three years passed.

Over these three years, through the combined efforts of many astonishingly talented cultivators from the Ten Immortal Sects, a method was finally found to eliminate the pervasive Immortal Plague from the world.

Thus, a large-scale “eradication” operation began.

For the sake of future survival, every surviving sect had to dispatch cultivators to various parts of the Xuanhuang Realm to carry out the task of eliminating the Immortal Plague.

Li Fan and Senior Sister Zhao, who had always been tasked with arduous duties, were no longer sent down the mountain by Ji Changxi, as Senior Sister Zhao was already confirmed as the next Sect Master candidate.

Instead, he sent another group of five True Disciples.

Li Fan also benefited from this, staying within the sect to enjoy a peaceful life.

As time passed day by day, even though he was within the sect's gates, Li Fan could sense that the environment of the Xuanhuang Realm seemed to be slowly improving.

“After a great calamity, there will be great order. I hope the worldly tribulation passes soon, so that our generation can once again usher in a golden age of cultivation!”

Within the sect, Li Fan would occasionally hear disciples making such wishes.

The Immortal Plague gradually dissipated, and Senior Sister Zhao also became gradually busier.

It seemed she was about to formally take over the position of Sect Master of the Grand Dao Sect, as she had been constantly attending various meetings recently.

Those attending the meetings were all highly respected elders within the Grand Dao Sect.

Presumably, convincing them would not be an easy task.

Li Fan often saw some elders leaving the meeting venue with furious expressions, storming off.

However, Senior Sister Zhao told Li Fan that he shouldn't worry.

More and more elders had already been persuaded and agreed to her taking over the Sect Master position.

“Soon, I will become the true Sect Master of the Grand Dao Sect.”

Senior Sister Zhao said this with a smile.

Regarding this matter, far from alleviating his worries, it intensified the fear that had always lingered in Li Fan’s heart.

Not just on Senior Sister Zhao.

Within the entire Grand Dao Sect, a chilling yet indescribable and unclear change seemed to be taking place.

Although he could perceive potential anomalies, Li Fan was always unable to uncover the truth.

Therefore, the powerless Li Fan grew increasingly anxious and furious.

Senior Sister Zhao, his intimate partner, naturally noticed this emotion in him.

Fortunately, Li Fan merely attributed it to the increasingly frequent celestial phenomena of falling appearing in the sky.

He had originally thought that after the Immortal Plague was cleared, cultivators would be able to live in peace for a while.

Who would have thought that not long after, new anomalies would occur between heaven and earth?

Previously, the “death declarations” that Li Fan and Senior Sister Zhao had seen only appeared randomly in the sky when a cultivator died.

But now, this “randomness” was turning into a “certainty.”

And the scope and influential power of these anomalies were also slowly strengthening.

When a Dao Integration realm cultivator fell, the resulting phenomenon could almost cover the sky for tens of thousands of miles.

Even more terrifyingly, the trepidation and unease in the hearts of all cultivators who witnessed these “death declarations” in the heavens were continuously being stimulated.

Those cultivators who had long given up on the idea of cultivation, only wishing to muddle through their days and live out the rest of their lives,

After seeing the phenomena caused by the deaths of cultivators overhead, day after day,

Different emotions began to grow in their hearts:

The sorrow of shared fate, unwillingness, confusion, anger…

When cultivators within the Grand Dao Sect also began to fall due to their lifespans coming to an end,

A strange atmosphere slowly began to spread within the sect.

It was under these circumstances that Senior Sister Zhao officially succeeded and became the Sect Master of the Grand Dao Sect.

A total of seventeen elders unanimously agreed to the former Sect Master Ji Changxi's decision.

This stunned many disciples within the sect who had been preparing to watch a good show.

At the same time, Li Fan's unease reached its peak.