This Mini Tianxuan Mirror is good stuff.
Li Fan's eyes burned with desire.
The device He Zhenghao used to track the price fluctuations of Spirit Mist Grass must have been this Mini Tianxuan Mirror.
The basic model isn't too expensive, just five thousand contribution points.
But the higher-tier models are absurdly pricey. The cultivation-enhanced version costs fifty thousand contribution points. The combat-capable one goes for two hundred thousand. I can only look at them for now.
The Myriad Immortals Array Banner Set costs ten thousand contribution points.
If purchased together, the total will be 13,500 contribution points. I have just enough.
It's certainly expensive, but worth the price.
After hesitating briefly, Li Fan still spent the enormous sum to acquire both treasures.
Having seen the Mini Tianxuan Mirror before, Li Fan kept it in his storage ring without paying it much attention.
However, he carefully examined the Myriad Immortals Array Banner Set.
The main banner was roughly half the height of a person, featuring an alternating black and yellow design with the words "Myriad Immortals" inscribed.
By touching it, he could sense the presence of the remaining 364 secondary banners.
Apart from the complete banner set, there were three variations he could also deploy: thirty-six, seventy-two, and one hundred eight banners.
Fewer banners meant reduced power, but significantly faster deployment—perfect for personal protection during his travels.
Having gained some understanding of arrays, Li Fan naturally recognized the power of this miniature Myriad Immortals Array.
Satisfied, he stored it and immediately rushed back to Brightmoon Lake.
Over the last twenty days, Su Xiaomei and the others had thoroughly surveyed Brightmoon Lake's surroundings.
It was indeed just an ordinary large lake, with no spiritual treasures nearby.
Li Fan designated the small island in the center of the lake as the core, systematically deploying the 364 Myriad Immortals Array Banners around it.
As the main banner settled into position, the miniature Myriad Immortals Array took shape.
"I will be undergoing secluded cultivation here, hence the array. Do not enter without permission, or you will certainly die.
"During my cultivation session, you may choose suitable islands nearby to settle in. If none satisfy you, you can construct your own.
"After I emerge from seclusion, I will expand the array's radius to thirty li. Choose islands within this area."
After these instructions, Li Fan fully activated the Myriad Immortals Array, completely blocking the view of the array's interior from those outside.
Rather than beginning cultivation immediately on the island, he dove underwater, descending to the lakebed.
He found a massive boulder and hollowed it out. Then, using the misdirection technique from the Heaven-Swapping Art, he concealed the chamber.
Only then did he enter the stone chamber to begin secluded cultivation.
The stone chamber was simple, without any furnishings.
Li Fan paid this no mind.
Sitting cross-legged, he floated mid-air. His consciousness immersed itself within the Deepsea Pearl.
Nineteen years after entering the cultivation world in this lifetime, Li Fan finally began Foundation Establishment.
Borrow the Curios of heaven and earth to build a Dao Foundation.
The Foundation Establishment process requires Curios of heaven and earth, but the concept of 'borrowing' is equally crucial.
To borrow, not to rely upon completely.
Curios of heaven and earth aggregate the laws of heaven and earth while retaining fragments of their own consciousness.
Cultivators establishing their foundation must transform the aggregated laws within Curios of heaven and earth into their Dao Foundation while maintaining complete awareness of themselves.
Under Li Fan's control, the formless Heaven-Earth Root attached itself to the Deepsea Pearl within his dantian.
Instantly, countless memory scenes flooded his mind. These were the Congyun Sea's past experiences.
Accompanying them were emotions of extreme fury, resentment, and bitterness.
The memories of the Congyun Sea were too vast, crashing over him in endless waves like an unceasing tide.
Had Li Fan recklessly accepted them all, the sheer torrent of information would have overwhelmed his current divine sense, washing away his will and leaving him a mindless fool.
So Li Fan did the only thing he could—he anchored his mind and ignored the onslaught.
Like a steadfast reef battered by wind and waves, he remained unmoved.
As for the negative emotions, the moment they arose, they became fuel for the Xuanhuang Heart Refinement Sutra. They failed to affect him in the least.
The Congyun Sea raged and roared, but Li Fan stood firm as a mountain.
Threads of faint blue light were slowly drawn from the Deepsea Pearl by the Heaven-Earth Root.
A vast, shimmering projection of a sea began to take shape within Li Fan's dantian.
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At Brightmoon Lake, Su Xiaomei and the others were in the midst of carving out their cave dwellings.