Bonus Chapter (7000 Monthly Votes)
"I just feel like this place is a bit eerie," Shang Tianci whispered.
Li Fan also sensed an unusual aura in the valley. Tian Yang darted forward, positioning himself in front of Li Fan. Li Fan followed behind, carefully observing his surroundings.
The valley floor, located beneath a thousand-zhang-high mountain, received no sunlight year-round and was filled with a miasma. The flora and fauna living there were unlike those on Mount Taixu. It was as if they had suddenly stepped into another world.
"This miasma can actually interfere with spiritual sense."
As they walked through the valley, not only did they have to tread carefully and contend with obstructed vision, but even their spiritual sense couldn't fully penetrate the area. They hadn't walked much further when Shang Tianci suddenly stopped.
"The chiming sound has stopped."
He abruptly turned around. Li Fan pondered for a moment, then, based on Zhu Xuan's warning sound, circled a rough area in the valley. The area was about three zhang in circumference, and everything was visible. But there were clearly no suspicious remnants of the Xuan Tian Cult.
"Hmm?"
Li Fan and Shang Tianci exchanged a glance. Spiritual energy shot out, clearing away all the weeds and animals in the area. After removing a thick layer of sludge, a smooth stone slab was revealed.
"This is..."
Li Fan touched the slab and found it somewhat familiar. In an instant, he remembered. Not from the present Xuanhuang Realm, but from the Fallen Immortal Realm, specifically the scene where Ning Yuan retrieved the Longevity Fruit. He had seen a similar stone slab in Mr. Bai's cottage in Ningyuan City.
The Dao Transformation Stone glowed with blue light, recalling the scene from back then. Li Fan's expression instantly became a bit strange. These two stone slabs weren't just similar; they were identical.
"A Jue Xian Stone Slab."
"Could it be..." A guess formed in Li Fan's mind. He ordered Tian Yang to lift the stone slab, while he himself drifted far away to evade any danger. After Tian Yang entered the underground chamber, explored it, and returned, signaling there was no danger, Li Fan then flew down.
It was not much different from the scene he remembered experiencing. Within the not-so-large space, a faceless stone statue stood against the wall. Perhaps due to the isolation provided by the Jue Xian Stone Slab, a long brown wooden table in the center, even after thousands of years, still looked just as it did back then. Even in the air, a faint smell of blood could still be vaguely detected.
The wooden box on the table corner, the transparent jars arranged along the wall, and the twenty-eight beast-species skeletons buried under the corner of the wall—all of these indicated that this was precisely the underground chamber in Mr. Bai's house that Li Fan had visited in the Fallen Immortal Realm! Things that existed in the Fallen Immortal Realm had inexplicably appeared before him like this. This discovery instantly gave Li Fan a ridiculous feeling of shifting and intertwining time and space.
"Mount Taixu was once Ningyuan City?"
"Does that mean the Purple Heaven Sect is not far from here?"
Li Fan's eyes flickered as he quickly compared this with the information from Ximen Yu's "Ancient and Modern Geography."
"It doesn't match."
A moment later, Li Fan slightly frowned. According to Jiao Xiuyuan's intelligence from the previous life, the ruins of the Purple Heaven Sect are currently located in Linlang Prefecture, in the central part of the Myriad Immortal Alliance, far from this place. Back then, Ningyuan City was within the Purple Heaven Sect's sphere of influence and wouldn't have been more than ten thousand li away.
"It seems Ximen Yu's 'Geography' has an error," Li Fan mused. "And he can't be blamed. Who would have thought that two places, once in the same prefecture, would be so far apart thousands of years later? This cannot be explained by geographical changes alone. It's as if someone deliberately cut and separated them."
Li Fan already knew that the current Xuanhuang Realm was formed by the integration of the original Xuanhuang world with several other worlds.
"Now it seems that besides integration, there's also modification," he thought. "What exactly does the Heavenly Venerate of Transmission intend? At the end of the 115th reincarnation, after the world was destroyed by a True Immortal's gaze, that earth-shattering roar—could it have been emitted by the Heavenly Venerate of Transmission? It seems the Xuanhuang Realm holds some special significance for Him."
His thoughts slowly calmed. To be cautious, Li Fan ordered Tian Yang to dig three feet deep in the area, ensuring nothing was missed.
"This faceless Xuan Tian divine statue is entirely made of Jue Xian Stone. It's quite valuable. But instead of selling it, it would be better to use it as a symbol for the Myriad Realms Alliance. After all, there might only be this one Xuan Tian divine statue left under heaven."
Li Fan then thought of the Xuan Tian Cult Dharma King still sleeping beneath the Purple Heaven Sect. "Perhaps it could even have a miraculous effect then."
After putting away the divine statue, the sensations from the Zhu Xuan Secret Art also returned to normal.
"Senior, what was that statue? It looked a bit unsettling," Shang Tianci couldn't help but ask.
"This involves ancient secrets. Its history is vast, even predating the rise of the Heavenly Venerate of Transmission. You'll know more later," Li Fan said with a mysterious smile, revealing half and concealing half, successfully piquing Shang Tianci's interest.
As they were about to leave, Li Fan had an idea and simply cut out and took the entire underground chamber with him. This left Shang Tianci completely dumbfounded. Li Fan didn't mind, and then he brought Shang Tianci back to the Spiritwood Realm. On the way, when crossing the borders of the prefecture, they encountered patrolling cultivators. Fortunately, Li Fan had the Heaven-Shrouding Secret Art, so they weren't detected.
"Little Shang, what do you think of this place?" Li Fan asked Shang Tianci while standing atop the Spirit Tree.
"It's good, but it's a bit..."
"Ordinary."
Shang Tianci struggled for a while before uttering that word.
"Indeed," Li Fan said earnestly. "It's almost an endless plain with few beautiful mountains and rivers. It can't compare to the Xuanhuang Realm, which is full of wonders. So, it's up to you now."
"Huh?" Shang Tianci was stunned. He clearly didn't understand Li Fan's meaning.
"Can't your Purple Gold Gourd materialize the wonders of Xuanhuang? Go ahead and materialize them one by one here in this Spiritwood Realm. Even if their scale isn't as grand as the originals, it doesn't matter. In this small world, recreate Xuanhuang! Imagine, when new people arrive, the first thing they see will be landscapes identical to those of the Xuanhuang Realm! How shocking that will be!"
Li Fan murmured. Shang Tianci's breathing quickened involuntarily.
"I'll go right away!" the straightforward young man immediately thumped his chest, promising.
"Before materializing, make sure to plan the landscape's orientation," Li Fan reminded him. "The Treant Elder has lived for many years; if you're unsure about anything, you can consult her."
Shang Tianci nodded repeatedly.
"With Little Shang's help, our Myriad Realms Alliance is starting to look more and more like a real organization," Li Fan thought, feeling a slight sense of complacency. "Once the transaction with the Five Elders' Council is complete and resources are ready, formal construction can begin."
"I wonder if I could refine this Spiritwood Realm into a portable treasure," Li Fan mused to himself. "Then, replace it with an anchor point and bind it to Huan Zhen. A solid and stable base seems quite important at the moment."
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