Chapter 355: Lost Jiaxu
In the Jiaxu stronghold, Li Fan looked at the list of successful candidates projected in the Tianxuan small mirror.
"This Guo Yezhong is a wonderful person. If there is no special reason, then he is just being lazy and slacking off in public. This is simply a slap in the face of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance."
Recalling the time when I met Guo Yezhong during the training camp, he seemed completely ordinary.
"If this person still has zero points at the end of the competition, I will respect him as a real man."
Suddenly, the faint whispers of resentment rang in his ears again. After more than a year of tempering, Li Fan had already become accustomed to it.
He lit up a glass lamp in the house without changing his expression. A strange black flame lit up and the strange sound from the abyss disappeared in an instant.
"This [Silence Glazed Lamp] is really useful." Enjoying the rare silence again, Li Fan couldn't help but praise it.
The Silent Glazed Lamp is a new type of silencer treasure that was delivered to the Martial Arts Hall two months ago.
From the Western Misty State.
After lighting the annihilation cord in the lamp, black flames will bloom, turning all sounds around into nothingness.
Easy to use, great results.
And unlike other rare treasures, there is a risk of mutation after absorbing too much magic sound.
This glass lamp will not be affected at all before it burns out. It can be turned off when not in use to extend its service life.
Among all the silencer treasures, the Silent Glazed Lamp is the most outstanding.
Unfortunately, it is said that the key component [Nirvana Guide Rope] requires special craftsmanship, has a long production cycle, and is extremely precious.
Therefore, only formation masters like Li Fan and Xue Mu would carry it with them.
The Qingxuan Army will only be used to deal with difficulties in times of crisis.
However, when Li Fan lit the Silent Glazed Lamp at this moment, it was not a waste on his part.
Ever since the sudden outbreak of the demonic sound tide that shook the abyss fifteen days ago, the Jiaxu stronghold here has lost contact with other strongholds and the Eternal Immortal Fortress.
Communication talismans, magic messages, and even the Tianxuan Mirror are all unable to connect to the outside world.
In fact, the list that Li Fan had just looked at out of boredom was just data frozen before the tide broke out.
According to Leng Yingyi, the old Qingxuan soldier and Nascent Soul cultivator who was guarding him, the power of this tide is so strong that it only occurs once in a hundred years.
According to Leng Yingyi's experience, the duration of the demonic sound tide is almost proportional to its power.
The sudden outbreak of the tide caught no one by surprise.
The supplies in the stronghold, including the [Black Death Talisman] that maintains survival in the Yuan-Devouring White Mist, are running low and need to be replenished in a timely manner.
Therefore, Leng Yingyi, who was responsible for his duty, led three of his men, risking their lives, and returned to the Eternal Immortal Fortress to seek supplies during the empty period after the outbreak of the Demonic Sound Tide.
However, he has not returned yet.
Although Li Fan was a little puzzled as to why he happened to encounter a tide that only occurs once in a century.
However, judging from the current situation, the base is still safe and there is no need to panic.
Under the dual influence of the high tide and the white fog, not only the communication but even the spiritual energy became disordered.
If the mind is unable to concentrate and one tries to practice Qi forcibly, it will cause the spiritual energy to move irregularly in the body and damage the Qi and blood.
Unable to practice, Li Fan, who had always been diligent, became idle.
He also tried to perform a ritual to enter the Fallen Fairyland.
But in this white fog, the connection with the Fallen Fairyland is too weak.
After several unsuccessful attempts to enter, Li Fan became dizzy and confused.
So I had to give up.
The only way to pass the time is to chat with other monks in the stronghold.
However, as time passed, the supplies in the base became less and less, and Leng Yingyi still showed no sign of returning.
Everyone became a little depressed and the chit-chat gradually became less and less.
The black fire flickered and jumped continuously.
Li Fan's expression also looked somewhat gloomy.
"Could it be that this world ends here?"
After staying there for a long time, this thought would occasionally pop up in his mind.
He took a deep breath and habitually chanted the Xuan Huang Lian Xin Mantra to suppress his distracting thoughts.
There was nothing else to do, so after thinking about it, Li Fan decided to devote all his attention to practicing the Heart Refining Mantra.
Ever since he had achieved success in cultivation, practicing the Xuan Huang Heart Refining Mantra had become as instinctive as breathing.
But after all, there is still a difference between practicing with all your heart and soul and practicing slowly based on instinct.
This was also the first time in a long time that Li Fan seriously practiced the Heart Refining Mantra again.
When he was still a mortal, the Purifying Heart Mantra was his hope to break through the barrier between immortals and mortals.
That's why he was able to forget about food and sleep and persist in practicing hard for several years.
But when he broke through to the Qi Refining Stage, the Heart Purifying Mantra was transformed into the Heart Refining Mantra.
Its role becomes unclear.
It is unable to improve one's cultivation in the slightest, and its apparent function is only to suppress and crush distracting thoughts in one's mind.
This is almost useless in today's world of immortal cultivation where the mind is not valued.
In addition, Li Fan has an extremely strong mind and is unlikely to be troubled by any mental demons.
Therefore, for Li Fan, the effect of refining the heart mantra is even more negligible.
If it weren't for the intuition in my heart and the ranking of the first method on the Zhenzhen panel, it would indirectly illustrate the value of the Heart Refining Mantra.
Maybe Li Fan had given up on it a long time ago.
After all, no matter how powerful the dragon-slaying technique is, if there are no dragons in the world, it will be useless and not worth wasting time at all.
However, at this moment, when Li Fan once again put everything aside temporarily and immersed himself in refining his mind, he gradually seemed to have some understanding.
"Refine your mind, refine your mind."
"I already know how to refine it."
"But I have no idea what it will be like and what the ultimate goal is."
"Perhaps this is also the reason why my progress in practicing the Heart Refining Mantra has been hesitant and incomplete over the years."
"What are you refining for?"
…
This question may be too profound.
Li Fan, who thought he had a good understanding, was in trouble for a while.
Time passes slowly in this process.
Working behind closed doors will only get you so far.
On the thirty-sixth day after the outbreak of the Demonic Sound Tide, Li Fan, who had been unable to figure out the answer, simply stopped practicing temporarily.
Just walk slowly in the stronghold, listen, observe, feel and think.
Compared with a dozen days ago, some changes have quietly taken place in the Jiaxu stronghold in a short period of time.
A closed environment, an unknown future, and waves of demonic sounds that come from time to time.
The supplies of survival are dwindling.
As the monks in the stronghold felt their days were long, an inexplicable emotion began to slowly grow in everyone's hearts.
Although it has not yet reached the point of desperation, Li Fan, who is able to see through people's hearts, noticed it at the first moment.
"Besides me, there are three Nascent Souls and six Golden Cores."
"I am the weakest, but if I play the pig and eat the tiger, and reap the benefits, it shouldn't be a problem for me to survive to the end."
This was the first thought that came to Li Fan’s mind.
(End of this chapter)
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