Chapter 666: 同梦御搜魂

With the Nascent Soul fully formed, the clone exuded an even more ethereal and otherworldly aura, as if detached from the mundane world.

Not only were the ordinary disciples of the Medicine King Sect staring wide-eyed, but even Liu San and Fang Zaiji, who had noticed the commotion and rushed over, couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"With Xu Ke's essence blood and appearance, combined with Mr. Bai's spiritual aura..."

"Why don't you call yourself Xu Bai from now on!"

Li Fan looked at the clone and nodded with great satisfaction.

Xu Bai then cupped his hands towards Li Fan and smiled slightly.

The crowd looking up from below immediately gasped in unison.

"Young Master, this is..." Liu San approached Li Fan, looked at Xu Bai, and a hint of doubt appeared in his eyes.

Recently, to prevent cultivators from the Myriad Immortals Alliance from infiltrating through the white mist, he had been constantly monitoring the entrance to Longevity Valley. Yet he hadn't noticed when this person had entered; it was as if they had appeared out of thin air. He had a faint suspicion, but Liu San still found it hard to believe, so he sought confirmation from Li Fan.

"This is not the place to talk. Follow me." Seeing Fang Zaiji, who also looked somewhat suspicious, Li Fan, along with Xu Bai, led the two to the secret cultivation chamber.

"This is the clone I refined," Xu Bai said directly.

"As expected," Liu San had a moment of realization, but then a hint of confusion arose.

"While the art of refining clones is rare, with the Young Master's abilities, acquiring such a method isn't difficult. But why is the clone you refined so...?"

"High-profile?" Without asking about the origin of Li Fan's clone refining method, he glanced at Xu Bai again, Liu San asked, somewhat perplexed.

Li Fan smiled without answering. "I have my reasons. By the way, how are the magic treasures Mr. Fang is refining coming along?"

Fang Zaiji instantly reacted: "White robes, folding fan—are these prepared for this clone? I thought so! That style really doesn't suit you, Sect Master!"

"Magic treasures at the Dao Integration level aren't easily refined," he continued. "They'll need at least another half a year. Besides..."

Fang Zaiji stared at Xu Bai for a few more moments. "The magic treasures I designed earlier are a bit unworthy of your clone, Sect Master. No, no, I have to scrap them and start over!"

The more he looked, the more Fang Zaiji felt that the white robes and folding fan he had originally envisioned for Xu Bai were somehow lacking.

He was about to rush off to consider new refining plans, but fortunately, Li Fan stopped him in time.

"It's been almost three years since the Scarlet Flame Scorches the Sea event," Li Fan said calmly. "It's time for the disciples to re-enter the world. Besides, my plan also requires the cooperation of all the disciples."

Liu San and Fang Zaiji naturally wouldn't object to this decision.

"However, re-entering the world also means risk. If any disciples unfortunately suffer misfortune and happen to have their souls searched, exposing the secrets of Longevity Valley and the Beast Seed Realm..."

"What should we do then?" Li Fan asked, looking at the two Dao Integration cultivators.

"I only specialize in artifact refining; you'll have to ask Old Liu about this," Fang Zaiji said, shrugging with an air of helplessness.

Liu San, however, didn't decline. After a long moment of thought, he provided an answer: "One person's mind can be broken, but the minds of thousands are hard to break. Currently, the Grand Dream Spring-Autumn Array is still operating within the Medicine King's True Cauldron. Any disciple venturing out only needs to connect a wisp of their spiritual sense to it. If their soul is forcibly searched, the grand array will trigger a counterattack. Unless the opponent's spiritual strength is greater than that of all the Medicine King Sect cultivators combined, who are still in deep slumber, they won't be able to learn anything from our disciples' minds."

"The Grand Dream Spring-Autumn Array, in essence, connects the thoughts of all cultivators within it, forming a magnificent dreamland. Therefore, besides allowing them to unite and collectively resist external spiritual attacks, it can also utilize the power of the dreamland to seal off a portion of the cultivators' memories within the array, just like mortals dreaming who don't realize they are in a dream. Furthermore, even if disciples are scattered across the Xuanhuang Realm in the future, we can instantly establish contact with them through the Grand Dream Spring-Autumn Array without being noticed by others..."

Liu San thoroughly explained another marvelous use of the Grand Dream Spring-Autumn Array to Li Fan.

Li Fan was very satisfied upon hearing this. "Then I'll leave this matter to you, Old Liu. After the disciples go out, they can act on their own; they only need to subtly inquire about news of the Celestial Spirit Flower. The Celestial Spirit Flower is unique to Tianling State of the Myriad Immortals Alliance. It absorbs the essence of heaven and is incomparably beautiful. However, after the great battle in Tianling State a few years ago, this item underwent strange changes..."

Liu San didn't ask Li Fan the reason for these instructions; he simply committed them firmly to memory.

After explaining the relevant precautions, Liu San immediately began the intensive task of connecting the disciples to the array.

Meanwhile, Li Fan left Longevity Valley first.

Longevity Valley is located within the white mist barrier at the border of Luoyan State and Lueying State.

Evading patrolling cultivators, Li Fan silently left the white mist and arrived within Tiancheng of Luoyan State.

Although located deep within the Myriad Immortals Alliance, Luoyan State was not much more prosperous than Congyun Sea. In fact, it had slightly fewer cultivators. This was partly due to the fact that most areas of Luoyan State were desolate and resource-poor.

But the main reason was the frequent occurrence of strange phenomena in Luoyan State.

For example, the Heart Apes, with which Li Fan was quite familiar, had once erupted on a large scale here. Although the Myriad Immortals Alliance hadn't recorded this in detail, Li Fan, in his previous lives, had noticed that Heart Ape bones were mostly produced in Luoyan State when he acquired them in large quantities, leading him to this speculation.

At this time, Luoyan City was quite deserted.

Li Fan entered the long-unvisited Heaven Profound Mirror, and the first thing he did was search for information regarding addictive pills.

Although Liu San said that the disciples had already confirmed that the Myriad Immortals Alliance apparently didn't prohibit such drugs, Li Fan knew that due to the existence of merit ranks, many hidden secrets were not accessible to ordinary cultivators.

Cultivators who had violated taboos and died mysteriously were not uncommon in the Myriad Immortals Alliance.

However, this item was crucial for Li Fan's future plans, so he had to clarify the Myriad Immortals Alliance's stance.

His current identity was still a "clean slate" with a merit rank of one. However, this didn't prevent Li Fan from gathering information.

Taking out the "Heart's Desire Ascension Pill" from the jade bottle, Li Fan was about to list it for sale in the market.

"Warning: The pill you are selling is a prohibited item. Your trading permissions have been temporarily frozen. Please destroy this prohibited item as soon as possible."

"Warning..."

The slightly sharp warning sound of the Heaven Profound Mirror immediately rang out and continuously repeated itself.

Li Fan pretended to be utterly astonished and said innocently, "What? A prohibited item! What are you talking about?"

"It's just an ordinary pill..."

The cold voice of the Heaven Profound Mirror repeated, "'Heart's Desire Ascension Pill,' rank three thousand six hundred seventy-fourth on the Myriad Immortals Alliance's list of prohibited items."

"Harm Level: B-Superior."

"Please destroy it as soon as possible."