If the calamity Li Fan spoke of did not come to pass, all those contribution points would be wasted for nothing. He would have to start accumulating everything from scratch.
"Isn't that a bit..." Chen Ying couldn't help feeling a little reluctant. But he saw Li Fan shake his head almost imperceptibly.
"I have said all I needed to say. Whether you believe me or not is of no concern to me!"
Li Fan turned as if to leave.
Chen Ying hurried forward to stop him.
"Fellow Daoist, there is no need for such haste. I will surely repay this life-saving debt in the future. For today, allow me to fulfill my duties as host."
Suppressing the myriad thoughts in his heart, Chen Ying led Li Fan on a tour of his cave dwelling.
After introducing his unique methods for accelerating the growth of spirit plants, Chen Ying personally refined a batch of pills while he observed.
During their conversation, Chen Ying discovered that this man truly lived up to his reputation of being an ancient cultivator.
His knowledge was vast and profound. Although he was not well-versed in the art of alchemy, he could effortlessly discuss various principles of medicinal properties, and some of his viewpoints even proved enlightening for Chen Ying himself.
Li Fan stayed at Chen Ying's cave dwelling for a full seven days before finally taking his leave.
Chen Ying was reluctant to see him go. Before departing, he generously gifted Li Fan a bottle of Contemplation Pills.
These pills were refined using his own unique methods. When used during the breakthrough from the Golden Core to the Nascent Soul realm, they produced remarkable effects.
The materials to refine them were rare, and the success rate for producing the pills was astonishingly low.
Even Chen Ying himself did not have much in stock, and he generally did not sell them. Instead, he gave them as gifts under special circumstances.
Observing that Li Fan's cultivation had already reached the late-stage Golden Core realm and he was about to form his Nascent Soul, he decided to make this gesture of reciprocity.
After seeing Li Fan off, Chen Ying began contemplating their conversation.
This man is no peddler of empty mysticism, but someone with genuine talent and learning.
A calamity of bloodshed...
It’s just some contribution points. Even if I lose them, I can always earn more. At worst, it means a bit more hardship, refining a few more batches of pills.
But if I die, then everything is truly over.
Better to believe it will happen than not.
Having reached this decision, Chen Ying activated the Tianxuan Mirror within his cave dwelling and began to search.
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I wonder if this Chen Ying will escape with his life this time.
Once Li Fan left the cave dwelling, he could only vaguely sense the presence of Chen Ying’s aura. Due to the multiple layers of restrictions built into the cave dwelling, Formless Killing Mechanism’s perception of Chen Ying was mostly blocked.
His fate is in his own hands now.
Li Fan didn’t dwell on it further. He left the residential district of Myriad Immortals Island and returned to the Tianxuan Mirror.
If I didn’t know the entire Congyun Sea would soon vanish, I’d have bought a cave dwelling of my own, no matter the cost.
Now, within the relatively cramped space of the Tianxuan Mirror, Li Fan couldn’t help but entertain the thought.