Chapter 708: 674: Xuan Family Appoints a Guest Official

Chapter 708: Chapter 674: Xuan Family Appoints a Guest Official

“It was just a trick. Brother Shuo, your Foundation Establishment Artifact [Sword] doesn’t do well in the first attack, so your defense and counterattack are excellent. However, the art of [Silk Drawing] imitates the changes of being born, aging, getting sick, and dying, and the changes of people. Rather than an attack, it can be seen as applying a status. Therefore, it did not trigger a counterattack from the [Sword].” After winning the battle, Li Fan expression didn’t hint any proudness, but he took the initiative to explain to Shuo Feng.

Once in the Root of Heaven and Earth that nurtured the Five Elements Cave Heaven, Li Fan had experienced his own body, which was woven from fine threads, being drawn continuously.

At that time, he had some enlightenment.

However, to the point of using Divine Technique directly in the real world, he still lacked a lot. It was not until he took control of Beast Species Heaven’s Luck and broke through to the Nascent Soul Mid Stage. Li Fan had almost become an existence like the Heavenly Dao in the Small World.

The birth and death of everything in the world are just thoughts away.

In terms of the formation and collapse of things, Li Fan has a new and unique understanding.

So, he developed the Divine Technique of [Silk Drawing].

Just as he explained to Shuo Feng, strictly speaking, [Silk Drawing] is not an attack-class Divine Technique. It is to attach a trend of accelerated collapse to the target. This is a change within the target itself.

Just like mortals will be born, age, get sick, and die, everything in the world will eventually come to an end and dissipate between Heaven and Earth. [Silk Drawing] just accelerates this process.

In the battle with Shuo Feng, the performance of [Silk Drawing] is the result of Li Fan’s fullest effort. The power is, of course, terrifying, but it has a fatal weakness. That is, the process of applying [Silk Drawing] requires continuous skill casting. Once interfered or interrupted by the outside world, the effect will be greatly reduced.

Only when dealing with such weirdos like Shuo Feng who mainly defends and counterattacks, there is a special effect.

Therefore, the best usage of [Silk Drawing] is not as rapid and explosive as dealing with Shuo Feng, but from the darkness, silently, without the knowledge of the target, slowly pulling out its “lines”.

If you stretch the timescale, the target won’t be like Shuo Feng, with obvious wounds on the body.

Instead, they will feel inexplicably weak and uncomfortable all over. But they can never find the reason. In the end, they can only watch their essence and spirit gradually decline and finally die in pain.

The so-called “life goes like pulling silk” is just like that.

It’s really a wonderful method of injuring people secretly, even better than Formless Killing Machine in some ways. Li Fan always has the habit of holding back, so this time in the handoff with Shuo Feng, he also hid the real killing form of [Silk Drawing].

“Brother Li, you once praised me for being gifted by the heavens. But in my opinion, your perception is even better than mine. This technique of [Silk Drawing] is unspeakably brilliant!” Beaten by Li Fan, Shuo Feng was not angry, but his attitude became more enthusiastic.

The cold intention to kill that flashed before seemed to have never appeared at all.

“Brother Shuo, you are too kind. It’s just that I traveled around and acquired it by chance.” Li Fan smiled slightly.

“Brother Li, don’t be modest! There are countless people in the Alliance of Thousands of Immortals who claim to be talents, but few can comprehend such Divine Techniques on their own like you!” Shuo Feng patted himself, and in a blink of an eye, he was in another set of clothes.

Leading the way in front, Shuo Feng invited Li Fan to sit in a small building at the top of the mountain.

The female cultivator in the yellow skirt left for a while and then brewed a bowl of Spirit tea for each of them.

The tea was fragrant and refreshing.

Shuo Feng said: “Brother Li, I haven’t figured out how to crack this Divine Technique yet. Once I have some inspiration, I must ask for your advice again!”

Li Fan nodded slightly: “Then I’ll be waiting.”

Shuo Feng laughed heartily: “Refreshing! I really like Brother’s Li personality! Much better than those who only know how to flatter, and eagerly appeal to the powerful without any real abilities!”

Li Fan didn’t answer, but changed the topic: “Speaking of eagerly appealing to the powerful, I actually have another favor to ask Brother Shuo.”

“Oh? What’s the matter? Feel free to speak.”

Li Fan then expressed his desire to upgrade his merit level.

“The lack of Authority Level is really annoying. It’s so restrictive, it’s really uncomfortable!” Li Fan sighed.

Shuo Feng was unmoved by this and said: “Humph, this is but a threshold specially set by the Immortal Alliance to consolidate their rule. As for those real power holders, who need to climb up step by step and upgrade Authority Levels..”

“But since Brother Li has this need, it’s easy to do it. Zhi Jin…”

The female cultivator in the yellow skirt immediately responded.

“Are there any vacant slots for the Guest Official Quota recently?” Shuo Feng asked.

“There are still three vacant slots this year. But…” Zhi Jin looked at Li Fan with hesitations to speak.

“The cultivation level doesn’t meet the requirements, right?” Shuo Feng sneered, “Doesn’t matter. Special circumstances require special means. Just say it’s my designated position. You just need to notify.”

Zhi Jin nodded slightly, her figure blurred, and disappeared instantly.

Only then did Shuo Feng explain: “As a guest official of my family, you will have a basic authority of thirty. Fixed merits will also be distributed every year.”

Upon hearing these words, Li Fan did not show any joy, but frowned and said: “Thanks a lot, Brother Shuo. But I’m used to being idle, if I am… ”

Shuo Feng waved his hand: “Never mind. You don’t need to do anything, just hang an empty position. You and I hit it off well, do you think either of us is willing to be bound?”

“But … ”

Shuo Feng looked at Li Fan, his eyes flashed with a hint of fighting spirit: “If one day you itch for a fight and want to have a sparring, you can’t deliberately refuse!”

Li Fan was relieved, and immediately bowed his hands in salute: “Then I will thank Brother Shuo first!”

Shuo Feng, as the top Immortal second generation of the Immortal Alliance, was efficient in getting things done.

Before the Spirit Tea on the table was finished, Zhi Jin had returned.

When a snowflake-shaped ice crystal Jade Talisman was given to Li Fan, it meant that Li Fan’s appointment as an official guest had been registered.

“Brother Li, you can check the effect.” Shuo Feng tapped his index finger on the table, and a Small Tianxuan Mirror appeared in front of Li Fan.

When Li Fan checked his information in the Tianxuan Mirror, he indeed found that he had added the title of “Mysterious Family Guest Official”.

Authority Level turned out to be directly elevated to thirty as Shuo Feng said.

However, it also explained that this Authority Level is tied to the position of the “Guest Official”. Once the title “Guest Official” is lost, the Authority Level will also disappear along with it.

And the merits obtained personally will start counting from one and accumulate.

The two do not affect each other.

This was expected by Li Fan, but what he was more interested in was those four words “Mysterious Family Guest Official”.

“Mysterious Family?” Li Fan looked at Shuo Feng with some confusion.

Shuo Feng did not evade it, he said straightforwardly: “My mother’s surname is Xuan. As for my name…”

He shrugged, with an “I’m not too sure either” expression.

Li Fan nodded and did not ask further.