Chapter 5 A sudden uproar
[End of this simulation]
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Li Fan, who regained consciousness, was still immersed in the power of Daoxuanzi's sword.
“Is this the cultivator who has reached the great perfection of foundation building…” Li Fan was shocked.
Li Fan was already amazed by Kou Hong's strength that was enough to destroy Xuanjing City with just a wave of his hand, but the sword that Daoxuanzi used at the end made Li Fan deeply feel his own insignificance.
Just like an ant facing the tide, from Li Fan's perspective, he could not understand the sword at all, nor could he see the full picture of the sword.
Even if it was just a quick glimpse, it was enough for Li Fan to understand the gap between ordinary people and cultivators who have reached the great perfection of the foundation-building stage.
"If there were no immortal and mortal miasma, even if I reincarnated a hundred times and came up with a hundred strategies, I wouldn't be able to pose a threat to them." Li Fan was secretly glad in his heart, but at the same time he felt extremely confused and frightened.
"What exactly is this immortal-mortal miasma? Don't immortal cultivators grow up step by step from mortals? How can mortal blood have such a terrible inhibitory effect on immortal cultivators?" The hidden meaning behind this made Li Fan think a lot.
However, Li Fan quickly suppressed many of his thoughts.
"First summarize the gains and losses of this life."
Looking at the scenes flashing across the screen, Li Fan pondered in his heart.
"The ambush against Dao Xuanzi and Kou Hong was basically within my expectations. I first used bullets soaked in the blood of executed prisoners to deplete their strength, then used the Dan Formation Technique to disturb their minds, and then used the blood rain to finalize the battle, weakening the two to the extreme before capturing them alive..."
"I didn't expect that the immortal miasma would have such a strong restraint on immortal cultivators, which directly led to Kou Hong's death."
"What was even more unexpected was that we originally thought that the hundred-year brotherhood mentioned by these two people was just a casual remark, but we did not expect that their relationship was indeed extraordinary. When they were attacked, Daoxuanzi spoke out to remind Kou Hong, and Kou Hong knew that he could not escape death, so he took the initiative to give Daoxuanzi the Jindan Gongfa."
"Dao Xuanzi saw Kou Hong die in an ambushing plot, and he was so upset that he gave up his life and used a sword to kill both of them to avenge Kou Hong... All this shows that there is indeed an extraordinary friendship between the two..."
"If that's the case, why would the two of them fight each other over a Jindan technique?" Li Fan became more and more confused.
Suddenly, he recalled the scenes when he first saw the two of them.
"Only me can master the Golden Elixir Dao, and no one else can..." Li Fan suddenly became thoughtful, "Can't we practice the Immortal Technique together..."
"If brothers as close as us are like this, what is the situation in the world of immortal cultivation outside?"
Li Fan had a hunch that the world of immortal cultivation in this world might be completely different from what he expected.
"No matter how dangerous the road ahead is, I will not waver. Moreover, I have Huanzhen's help. As long as I am careful enough, no difficulty will be able to stop me."
But after wavering for a moment, Li Fan's determination became firm again.
"In this so-called immortal land, if I want to seek the way to immortality, I still have to find a way from Kou Hong and Dao Xuanzi. Last time I chose to attack both of them at the same time, maybe this time, I can choose to win over one of them." Li Fan's mind raced, and in a blink of an eye he thought of several ways to deal with them.
Although the opponent was a high-ranking foundation-building cultivator, Li Fan was not afraid of him. In fact, Li Fan did not seriously treat him as a formal "opponent".
It’s not that Li Fan is arrogant, but the ability of [Zhen Zheng] to repeat itself over and over again is really too amazing!
How can the cultivation of just the foundation-building stage compare to fifty years of foresight and countless opportunities for trial and error?
After the simulation ended, Li Fan still chose the option to speed up the process of virtual energy charging.
Name: Li Fan
Realm: Mortal
Biological age: 20/86
Mental age: 216/1080↑
Virtual Energy Recharge Progress: 30%
"The upper limit of my psychological age has only increased by a few decades this time. It seems that I'm almost reaching the upper limit." Li Fan was mentally prepared for this, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
"If you count the life before the time travel, this is already my fifth life. The road to immortality is so difficult." Li Fan sighed. "I hope these fifty years will not be wasted."
Li Fan once again began his fifty-year wait.
Just like a set procedure, everything went according to plan.
Take the imperial examination, pass it, and become the top scorer.
Serve as a county magistrate, mine minerals, and make guns.
After killing the King of Langya and taking his place, Li Fan finally became a little impatient.
Ten years was too long. If he could not control the world, he would have to stay in Jiangnan forever. If he could be given another ten years to mobilize the power of the whole world, then the plan to capture the two immortal cultivators alive would have a better chance of success.
Therefore, Li Fan decided to send his confidant to sneak into the palace and secretly give the emperor a chronic poison.
Who would have thought that it was this decision that caused such turmoil.
It turned out that although Li Fan's confidant's act of giving the emperor the drug had not been discovered, the emperor was young and strong, but his health was getting worse day by day, and he became a little suspicious.
He suspected someone was secretly harming him, and his chief suspect was his best brother, the Prince of Langya.
This also led to the fact that when the emperor was critically ill in the seventh year of Anchorage, he did not pass the throne to the Prince of Langya, but instead passed it to the somewhat cynical Prince of Runan.
Fortunately, the insider Li Fan planted in the palace passed on the news in time, and Li Fan took immediate action after hearing the news.
On the one hand, he sent his men to assassinate the Prince of Runan on his way to Beijing; on the other hand, in the name of the Prince of Langya, he declared that the emperor was harmed by the treacherous people around him. Under the banner of "pacifying the national crisis", he led the army he had built over the years and marched quickly. Before anyone could react, he attacked the capital and occupied the court by force.
Such drastic measures naturally have many side effects.
First of all, the ministers in the court were dissatisfied. The emperor's will passed the throne to the King of Runan. What you did, King of Langya, isn't it a rebellion? Although the ministers were intimidated by Li Fan's military oppression and could not openly resist, they could still pretend to obey and go on strike passively. Some even secretly contacted the princes of various places and tried to get them to lead troops into Beijing to "restore order". Li Fan was not soft-hearted and killed a group of people to barely intimidate them. Then, his cheap father-in-law, the chief university scholar, secretly helped, and after several months, the situation was barely stabilized.
In the past few months, the various places in Daxuan have been in turmoil. The princes of various places have established themselves and ignored the orders of the court.
So Li Fan could only send troops to wipe them out one by one.
Although firearms are powerful, their number is limited. In addition, the territory of the Great Xuan Kingdom is vast, so it took a lot of effort.
The war and political affairs made Li Fan overwhelmed.
This went on for a long time, until after twenty-two years of anchoring, when internal and external troubles were finally completely resolved.
With this calculation, it would have taken a few years longer to completely control the world than if he had been patient and followed the procedures before.
"I still need to be more cautious and keep my composure." After everything settled down, Li Fan felt helpless and could only learn from his mistakes. "A slight mistake can lead to a huge error. If there are too many variables, my advantage of foresight will be greatly reduced."
Fortunately, these are just minor disturbances and do not affect the overall situation.
After things gradually got back on track, the gears of time moved forward rapidly, and in the blink of an eye it was 35 years since the anchoring.
This year, Li Fan left Xuanjing City and traveled thousands of miles to Dongfang Xuyuan.
(End of this chapter)
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