Chapter 649: 汲运逆世理

My qi luck, even among mortals, is of the worst possible kind: white, green, blue, red, purple.

Li Fan narrowed his eyes. Despite this disheartening truth, his heart remained undisturbed.

So-called qi luck was merely one factor influencing a person's destiny and the opportunities they encountered. For Li Fan, who could endlessly reincarnate, if opportunities didn't present themselves, he could seek them out. As long as it wasn't the kind of black calamitous luck that invited various misfortunes and uncertainties, it wouldn't have much impact.

Li Fan cultivated for half a day according to the 'Heaven's Will Is Mine' cultivation method. Then, he couldn't help but frown and stop.

"After all, relying solely on a feather, my progress is too slow compared to a true Xuanbird. And without a benefactor like Xu Ke from whom to draw qi luck, just cultivating foolishly like this, I probably wouldn't develop any significant qi luck even in hundreds of years."

"Qi luck, hmph..."

Facing a setback in his cultivation, Li Fan instantly changed his approach.

"With the help of Truth Reversion, I, with my foresight, don't need qi luck at all."

"Luck and destiny are intertwined, flowing through the world in harmony with the heavens. But when revealed externally, it becomes a vulnerability. Perhaps one day, a cultivator skilled in this path might scheme against me..."

A thought sparked in Li Fan's mind, and a plan began to form.

He activated his divine ability, but this time, he didn't choose to nourish his own qi luck. Instead, he channeled all of his already meager qi luck in reverse into the Xuanbird feather inside his body.

From Li Fan's perspective, a small vortex seemed to appear on his body. The thin white pillar of smoke struggled for a moment before being irresistibly drawn into it.

Perhaps because his qi luck was inherently extremely thin, Li Fan felt not the slightest discomfort even after it was completely absorbed.

Now, even if Li Fan used the divine ability of 'Heaven's Mandate Xuanbird,' he couldn't observe the qi luck smoke pillar above his head.

It was as if he had become the legendary 'person without luck.'

"All good fortune and opportunities are unrelated to him, but conversely, the possibility of qi luck backlash or encountering disaster is also greatly reduced."

He then observed the Xuanbird feather in his dantian. After absorbing Li Fan's qi luck, it seemed to glow a fraction brighter than before.

"After all, I am not truly a person without luck. Even if my qi luck dissipates temporarily, it will regenerate with my daily activities. And I can use this feather to re-absorb it."

"At critical moments, I can even unleash all the qi luck accumulated in the Xuan feather, perhaps achieving the effect of turning decay into wonder."

His thoughts raced as he organized his strategy, and Li Fan was very satisfied with his gains from this trip to the Fallen Immortal Realm.

He sensed it would be more than a year before he could re-enter.

"Heavenly Sword Sect..."

"In the previous two scenarios, Mr. Bai subtly played an important role. I wonder what his connection is to the Heavenly Sword Sect's sword forging."

Moments later, Li Fan suppressed his thoughts.

While he was immersed in the Fallen Immortal Realm, Liu San had already informed all the sect cultivators how to enter it.

Upon hearing that they could return to ancient times through an alternative method, the disciples were all extremely excited and eagerly tried it out.

The various times and spaces they entered were also incredibly diverse and peculiar.

After they awoke, Liu San ordered dedicated personnel to collect and organize all their experiences and observations. In Liu San's view, this Fallen Immortal Realm was nothing short of a massive treasure trove, a free trial secret realm. If utilized well, it could greatly accelerate the revival of the Medicine King Sect.

After Li Fan emerged and learned of this, he also compiled and shared the "guides" he had read in the Seek Immortal section, making the disciples' exploration more efficient.

Regarding the gains from the Fallen Immortal Realm, Liu San had once suggested that the disciples uniformly hand them over for Li Fan to coordinate their distribution.

However, Li Fan rejected the idea.

"Seizing someone's opportunity is akin to killing their parents. The Bloodline Crossing Arts haven't reached a point where I can treat others as slaves. To provoke the disciples' resentment for some trivial gain would simply not be worth the loss."

"Stability comes first in all matters," Li Fan reminded Liu San again.

Amidst Liu San's flattery, proclaiming, "The Young Master's temperament is beyond my emulation," Li Fan quietly departed from Longevity Valley.

Traversing through the white mist, as he was about to return to the regular territory of the Myriad Immortals Alliance, he suddenly noticed a team of Nascent Soul cultivators patrolling and guarding outside the white mist barrier.

This was clearly due to the incessant harassment and attacks from the Five Elder Council.

With a slight smile, Li Fan silently bypassed them and headed straight for Luoyan State.

His target was none other than Han Yi, who had been transformed into a stone statue.

Li Fan didn't know what changes had exactly occurred to Han Yi, but the stone statue he had become was truly a bit eerie.

Previously, Li Fan had investigated using the Heavenly Profound Mirror. A long time had passed since the incident, and countless cultivators had passed by the area.

Yet, surprisingly, not a single cultivator had managed to discover Han Yi's presence.

Not to mention that the statue he had become was continuously devouring the qi luck of surrounding living beings.

And from the various clues collected, the scope of Han Yi's influence was slowly expanding.

It was foreseeable that if he never awoke, one day, perhaps the entire Luoyan State would be affected.

Previously, even if Li Fan knew about this, without a method to resist the qi luck absorption, he wouldn't have risked himself to investigate thoroughly.

But now that he had obtained the Heaven's Mandate Xuan Feather and could also cast the Xuanbird's divine ability, he could certainly give it a try.

More than ten days later, Li Fan arrived at the mortal town from his memory.

It was not far outside this town that Han Yi had been instantly turned into a stone statue by the Old Fisherman's gaze.

By this time, the mortal city was clearly already within the range of Han Yi's statue's influence.

Li Fan looked, and saw that the qi luck smoke pillars above the heads of the mortals, regardless of their quality, were all entwined with a thick wisp of black.

This specifically manifested as the city's mortals being plagued by bad luck, with everything going wrong.

Falling and getting injured for no reason while walking were already considered minor misfortunes. Many choked to death while eating, or faced ruined businesses and the deaths of their families. Some mortals had already sensed that something was amiss recently and wanted to flee.

However, they often died tragically halfway through their escape for various inexplicable reasons.

Li Fan observed from the air for a period of time. When the mortals died, the qi luck smoke pillars above their heads instantly dispersed.

The intertwined blackness, however, seized this opportunity to greedily feast, completely devouring the dispersed qi luck. After its fill, it suddenly vanished, its whereabouts unknown.

"Somewhat interesting."

Just as Li Fan was thinking this, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine, as if something was rapidly approaching him.

His expression changed slightly, and his figure instantly dodged, narrowly avoiding a streak of sword light.

"Fellow Daoist, be careful!"

The sword light brushed past Li Fan and blasted into the mortal city below.

"Boom!"

In an instant, the entire city was obliterated by the sword light. The mortals within, not even having time to let out a single cry, were all dead.