Li Fan did not dare neglect the white-haired elder’s request. After all, the other party was a mighty figure, and he had even paid the reward in advance.
Thus, Li Fan made another trip to Cloudwater Palace.
He had expected his avatar to undergo Senior Brother Qin Tang’s trials once more upon arrival.
But after a white light shone from the figurine within his storage ring, Li Fan found himself directly in front of the main gate of Cloudwater Palace.
The elder’s figurine broke free from Li Fan’s storage ring on its own and flew into the sky.
Then, it slowly dissolved and vanished like melting ice.
Is the task completed just like that? It seems a bit too simple and smooth. Li Fan wondered to himself, feeling uneasy.
He waited a while longer, but nothing unusual occurred within Cloudwater Palace.
Who knows what that figurine was for anyway?
Failing to discern any deeper mystery, Li Fan could only choose to leave.
Safely back within the Tianxuan Mirror, Li Fan stared at his balance of one hundred thousand contribution points, falling deep into thought.
Originally, Li Fan had planned for his avatar to obtain the one hundred thousand contribution points, redeem the techniques and treasures he required, and then deliver them to his true self.
It was similar to how Xiao Heng had redeemed the Lesser Water Manipulation Art and sent it to Li Fan in his previous life.
But after meeting this white-haired elder, Li Fan abandoned this idea. For now, it seemed best that his avatar and his true self not have any connection whatsoever.
That elder gave Li Fan an intensely dangerous feeling, and the avatar had already fallen within his line of sight.
If his true self and avatar were to make contact recklessly and he discovered their connection...
Even if that white-haired elder possessed a supremely high cultivation level, one could not guarantee he wouldn’t be tempted by the profoundness of the Heaven-Swapping Art.
After all, in this dangerous cultivation world, people could be refined into Curios of heaven and earth. One could never be too careful.
As for whether these one hundred thousand contribution points would go to waste in his avatar’s hands, left unspent?
There was no need to worry about that at all.
After all, in this world, the most precious things were various forms of knowledge, including techniques!
When his avatar browsed through various texts, it was equivalent to the true self reading them at the same time.
Therefore, spending these one hundred thousand contribution points through his avatar had the exact same effect as spending them through the true self.
Steeling his resolve, Li Fan first searched for information regarding the ancient war Qin Tang and Daoist Chong had repeatedly mentioned back in Cloudwater Palace.
That war seemed exceptionally brutal, leaving such a deep impression on them that they still couldn’t forget it even after transforming into Oddities.
Soon, Li Fan found bits and pieces of scattered information.
Unfortunately, due to the immense passage of time, all related records were frustratingly vague and incomplete.
Only one thing could be confirmed: this great war had indeed occurred.
The conflict seemed to have been a protracted one, beginning even before the Immortal Venerable began spreading his teachings.
It only ceased with the arrival of the Great Reformation.
Next, Lin Fan searched for information regarding Curios of heaven and earth.