Chapter 72: Caress the Head and Grant Longevity

The sudden sound silenced all the high-ranking dignitaries of Da Li.

The Da Li Emperor's face turned ashen. He knew that in the eyes of immortal masters, mortals like them were essentially no different from ants. What was the consequence of an ant making demands? The sky full of blood over the Da Li capital twenty years ago was the best answer.

They all lowered their heads, sweat pouring down, casting furtive glances at Li Fan.

Yet, that voice, as if unafraid of death, repeated loudly, "Immortal Master, please save my sister!"

Li Fan looked towards the source of the voice. It was Su Changyu, who appeared to be about ten years old.

A middle-aged man finally reacted, rushing forward and pressing him to his knees. "Yu'er, what are you doing!" The middle-aged man, also kneeling frantically on the ground, held Su Changyu down and made him kowtow to Li Fan. As he kowtowed, he pleaded, "My son is ignorant; Immortal Master, please forgive him!"

Li Fan fell silent.

At this, all the Da Li dignitaries panicked. Led by the Emperor, they, too, knelt down one after another. Xiao Heng also kowtowed, cautiously saying, "Immortal Master, please save little sister Su."

After a long silence, Li Fan finally spoke slowly, "Since that is the case, take me to see her. Do not let this happen again."

Everyone present let out a long sigh of relief.

In truth, Li Fan had already intended to see Su Changyu's terminally ill sister; it was simply that he couldn't agree so easily on the surface. That was why he had put on a bit of a show earlier.

A moment later, Li Fan saw Su Xiaomei in an underground room. The temperature in the basement was very low, causing many officials who had followed along to shiver involuntarily.

A newborn infant lay quietly on a small jade bed. Beside the jade bed, many ice cubes were piled up. The infant's body seemed extremely hot, requiring maids nearby to constantly chip off ice and apply it to her body to cool her down.

Seeing this abnormal sight, Li Fan narrowed his eyes. He walked forward, his divine sense sweeping over Su Xiaomei. His expression immediately froze.

"You may all withdraw first!" he commanded coldly.

The dignitaries promptly exited the underground room, leaving only Li Fan and Su Xiaomei.

Li Fan placed his hand on Su Xiaomei's scorching body and carefully guided a very thin wisp of spiritual energy into her. After it circulated once and returned, Li Fan's expression turned to one of shock as he confirmed his findings.

"This Su Xiaomei actually has no Immortal-Mortal Miasma within her?"

"And what kind of constitution is this? That wisp of spiritual energy I just sent into her body was actually strengthened after circulating once?"

Li Fan controlled that wisp of spiritual energy, gathering it at his fingertip. It was completely different in attribute from his own original spiritual energy, carrying a scorching sensation. However, it was not the scorching heat brought by the Crimson Flame that Li Fan had encountered before. It wasn't the heat from fire, but rather…

Li Fan meticulously analyzed the spiritual energy at his fingertip. After a long while, he finally arrived at a rough judgment. His expression couldn't help but become strange.

"The heat generated by anger?"

Li Fan looked at Su Xiaomei, who was still asleep, a peculiar expression on his face. "Could this be the legendary Heavenly Immortal Physique, a Heaven-Envied Person?"

Having stepped into the cultivation world in two lives, Li Fan was no longer an ignorant novice. He still knew a bit about various common knowledge in the cultivation world.

First, let's talk about the Heavenly Immortal Physique. It is widely known that mortals in the cultivation world contain Immortal-Mortal Miasma from birth, and they must purge themselves of this miasma to cultivate. However, when two cultivators combine, there is a certain chance of giving birth to offspring without Immortal-Mortal Miasma. Such individuals are called Heavenly Immortal Physiques.

Heavenly Immortal Physiques possess an unparalleled affinity for various cultivation techniques and spell arts. Their cultivation talent is also exceptionally high. These two factors combine to make Heavenly Immortal Physiques cultivate at an incredibly fast pace, and their techniques receive a natural power bonus when cast. They are far beyond what ordinary cultivators can compare to. They can truly be called Heaven's favored children. The various legends of cultivating to the Golden Core stage in just over a decade, found on distant continents, were all created by those with Heavenly Immortal Physiques.

Next, let's discuss Heaven-Envied Persons. In the cultivation world, there is a class of people who are born with innate divine abilities. For example, some are born with three eyes, able to see through illusions; some have innate unique bones, possessing infinite potential and near-inexhaustible vitality. Still others are born with the ability to control water, fire, or lightning. Such individuals, born with innate divine abilities, often suffer corresponding heaven's envy due to the power of their abilities. From birth, they are accompanied by various tribulations. If they can overcome each tribulation, they will naturally become stronger through their trials. But if they cannot endure, they will, of course, die with their innate abilities. This is Heaven's restriction and also its test for such individuals.

Those who possess innate divine abilities do not necessarily cultivate quickly. However, in combat against others, they are often invincible among those of the same cultivation level. There are even many individuals with powerful innate abilities who can kill cultivators of the same realm as easily as butchering a chicken, and even fighting across a major cultivation realm is not beyond their capabilities. Such individuals are invariably notorious and have illustrious combat records in the cultivation world.

Both physiques are incredibly rare, one in a million.

And what did Li Fan see now? These two physiques actually appeared simultaneously in one infant! There wasn't a trace of Immortal-Mortal Miasma in her body, confirming her as a Heavenly Immortal Physique. Although he didn't know why a Heavenly Immortal Physique, normally born only from the union of two cultivators, would appear in this small world teeming with mortals, Li Fan was sure he hadn't seen incorrectly.

And that power constantly burning within Su Xiaomei's body must be her innate divine ability. Li Fan guessed that her body was related to the emotion "anger." As the anger in her heart grew stronger, her own strength would be amplified exponentially, until the fury completely burned both herself and her enemy to ashes. Su Xiaomei's current state of constant scorching heat was likely due to her innate divine ability being out of control, unable to suppress the anger in her heart.

"A Heavenly Immortal Physique, a Heaven-Envied Person – no wonder she faces such a mortal tribulation right after birth."

"With the constant burning of her life force by the anger within her, even if she spent her days hidden in an ice cellar, Su Xiaomei would never live to adulthood."

"No wonder, in the previous life, Su Changyu was so anxious. He was willing to become a test subject for Immortal-Mortal Miasma just to become a cultivator as early as possible."

"In his view, perhaps becoming a legendary Immortal Master would save his sister's life."

"What a pity..."

Li Fan looked at Su Xiaomei. Suddenly, the Blue Flame Phantasm in his Sea of Consciousness awoke from its slumber.

"If she hadn't met me, even a Golden Core cultivator might not have been able to save her life."

A faint blue figure appeared before Li Fan. Like a wisp of mist, it slowly approached Su Xiaomei's tiny body. It reached out and stroked Su Xiaomei's head.

The scorching heat on the infant's body slowly dissipated. Her tightly furrowed brows relaxed, and Su Xiaomei smacked her lips, slowly turning over.