Chapter 573: 545: The Real Weakness

Chapter 573: Chapter 545: The Real Weakness

Li Fan had lost track of how long it had been since he had truly looked at himself.

The image he subconsciously identified as himself in his spirit consciousness was stuck at his frail scholar appearance at the age of 20.

After all, no matter how much his face aged, once he activated [Real],

When he returned to the anchor point, he would remain the way he appeared at that age.

So for Li Fan, aging was actually a false proposition.

The worldly creatures fear aging, sickness, and death; to him, they were merely temporary “states” that could be shed at any moment.

Li Fan even somewhat “ignored” the changes happening to his body.

Let alone the numerous creatures in this Xuanhuang World.

Kou Hong, Dao Xuanzi, He Zhenghao, Zhang Zhiliang, Xiao Heng…

These people, with each reincarnation, their destinies varied according to Li Fan’s actions.

In one life, they might be his sworn enemies, and in the next, they could be his close wine-loving friends.

In the life after that, they might become Li Fan’s loyal followers.

And after that?

Maybe they would become innocent souls affected during Li Fan’s battles with others.

But…

No matter what they encountered, once Li Fan activated [Real], their “states” would be restored to the moment Li Fan had chosen as the anchor.

In that case, for them, wouldn’t these repetitive life experiences seem somewhat illusory?

When people mock those who are extremely selfish, they often say things like “The world doesn’t revolve around you, what makes you think others should always cater to you”.

But for Li Fan, at least this Xuanhuang World

did revolve around him.

A thought arises, and the world resets.

The past becomes smoke and dust.

Under such circumstances, how could Li Fan view the people in this world as beings on the same level as himself?

Even if it required the help of the treasured object [Real] to accomplish this, Li Fan, who could reverse time, absolutely could not treat the creatures of the Xuanhuang World as his “peers”.

Li Fan had been looking at himself in the mirror for a long time, but didn’t find the “hidden changes” that Gao Yuan mentioned.

This might indicate that even Li Fan himself hadn’t noticed the subtle changes taking place within him.

Just like the “mental age” that still steadily increased despite each use of [Real].

Li Fan wasn’t as unchanging as he thought himself to be.

[Real] could reverse time, but as the carrier of [Real], Li Fan had the ability to continue to “change” under it.

“I thought my acting was already outstanding…” mused Li Fan, slightly mocking himself.

Li Fan closed his eyes momentarily and when he opened them again, his gaze seemed to have subtly changed.

It had become more lively, vibrant, and held a trace of love for everything in the world.

Li Fan took a moment to observe again, constantly adjusting until

much later, he finally stopped his actions.

“For now, I’ve changed it.”

“But still, acting is acting. No matter how close it is, it’s not real.”

“In this world, there are too many people with unimaginable abilities. Even Misthaven Ocean’s ordinary guard cultivator has such a keen ability to see the essence of things.”

“Trying to deceive everyone in the world is probably impossible right now.”

“This is not a matter of importance, nor is it a significant flaw.”

“After all, the people who ‘reject sentiment and forsake righteousness’ aren’t rare.”

Li Fan did a little adjustment on this digression, but he didn’t put too much thought into it.

Regarding the speculation of Gao Yuan and others that Li Fan might be the fallen Immortal Sovereign, He found it a bit amusing.

“I actually didn’t have any ulterior motives. I was merely looking for an excuse to avoid the potential Sky-spirit State War.”

Li Fan, who had left the Ten Thousand Immortals Island alone and secretly, descended deep into the ocean.

He dived tens of thousands of meters into the ocean trench, ensuring that no one followed him.

Only then did he activate [True Spirit Mystic Transformation] and return to his original appearance.

He buried all the items he had obtained from the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals since he had entered the world as an “Ancient Sect of Heavenly Secrets Monk”, temporally burying them and sealing with [Hand Covers the Sky].

Completely bare, Li Fan changed his clothes and re-emerged to the surface of the sea.

After borrowing a set of fitting clothes from a nearby Mortal Island, he headed straight for the island where the people from the [Empire] were staying.

In a short while, he arrived at his destination.

Since he didn’t conceal his aura, when he was nearing, the sacred teacher of [Empire], the Azure Luan Bird that once belonged to Xu Ke, sent him a psychic warning.

“What brings the fellow Daoist here?”

Li Fan stopped in mid-air, flashed a slight smile.

He simply replied, “Union.”

Shortly after, Little Green flew out personally to greet him.

After carefully observing Li Fan for a while, Little Green took him into the secret room on the island.

Li Chenfeng was not on the island and his whereabouts were unknown.

The spirit lock of the Formless Killing Machine was also temporarily ineffective.

Li Fan played back the images recorded by the Huadao Stone in his spirit consciousness, and found that Li Chenfeng had left the Xuanhuang World.

However, the place he left this time was not the same as the place he returned to the [Empire] before.

“Not the [Empire], but another Small World?”

Li Fan had a thought in his heart, but he didn’t express it, he just kept in mind.

“Fellow Daoist, are you also with the United Federation of All Realms?” Little Green asked straight to the point.

“Yes. I’m here on the orders of my superior to inform you all that our collaboration will probably have to be temporarily suspended,” Li Fan said lightly.

“What?!” Even Little Green, who had lived for over a thousand years, was taken aback by this sudden news.

She stood up abruptly, her phoenix eyes fixed intently on Li Fan.

“What does this mean?”

Then she examined Li Fan suspiciously, her eyes narrowing a bit, “Are you really one of the United Federation of All Realms?”

She even began to doubt Li Fan’s identity.

The air slowly filled with murderous intent. Li Fan made a gesture with his hand to calm Little Green down.

He explained, “It’s not that we at the United Federation of All Realms want to go back on our word, but rather, it’s due to unforeseen circumstances.”

“Not only you, the [Empire], but we’ve also temporarily cut off contact with other Small Worlds.”

“Our superiors’ idea is for everyone to lay low for a while, and wait for the dust to settle.”

Little Green’s furrowed brows didn’t relax, she was about to speak when she heard Li Fan said, “I know you’re in a hurry to leave the Xuanhuang world.”

“But circumstances are unique, and we are compelled to do this.”

“After all, we benefited a lot from the last trade. We would hope to complete the rest of the deal as soon as possible.”