Chapter 99 You Are Strong, I Am Stronger
"How could this be?" Li Fan was stunned and asked in surprise.
"Isn't it said that it was only the cave of a Jindan cultivator? How come even a Yuanying cultivator died there?"
Yu Wenxing shook his head: "No one knows the exact situation right now. It's just that the entrance to the cave has been temporarily blocked, just in case someone else breaks in and dies without knowing the situation."
After that, Yu Wenxing sighed again: "There are only a dozen Yuanying cultivators in the entire Wanxian Island. Now one of them has suddenly died, the loss is not small."
“Not to mention the four Jindan and thirteen foundation-building masters who died in the two expeditions.”
"The island is not peaceful right now. With so many monks having passed away, all their positions on the island have become vacant. In order to compete for these lucrative positions, various forces have begun to wrestle secretly."
"The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance has also restarted its investigation into Zheng Xiaoyun. This time, it was Elder Gongsun from the Tianji Hall who personally stepped in. I don't know if they can find out the truth."
"It's a troubled time..."
Li Fan saw that Yu Wenxing seemed to have other reasons for his worry, but since he didn't say it, Li Fan didn't dare to ask rashly.
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, he returned to Wanxian Island through the teleportation array.
The atmosphere on the island became much more serious, and the faces of the monks passing by were no longer as relaxed as before.
After some inquiries, Li Fan found out the reason why Yu Wenxing looked so worried.
It turns out that the person behind Yu Wenxing’s backing is the fallen Lord Gou Xuan.
It was precisely because of this relationship that he was able to defeat many competitors and become the guardian of Liuli Island.
Now, before you even get comfortable in your seat, your backer has already fallen.
No wonder he looked so worried.
"Even the Nascent Soul masters have perished. That cave is truly extremely dangerous."
"It seems that Fellow Daoist He's body will not be retrieved anytime soon."
This is what Li Fan originally thought.
However, a few days later, things seemed to be taking a turn for the better.
The investigation results of the Wanxian League are out.
There was no problem with the Jindan cultivator named Zheng Xiaoyun.
The reason why he was only at the Golden Core level during his first expedition was that he was still able to escape.
During the second expedition, the Nascent Soul master died.
In fact, it was because the mechanical puppet in Tianyang Zhenren's cave had a strange characteristic:
Be weak when encountering a weak opponent, be strong when encountering a strong opponent.
When Zheng Xiaoyun led the team for the first time, those mechanical puppets only showed the combat power of the Jindan stage.
Zheng Xiaoyun's own strength was acceptable, and with the help of five other foundation-building cultivators who attracted firepower, he was able to barely save his life.
And when True Lord Gou Xuan led the team, the combat power of those mechanical puppets actually expanded to the Nascent Soul stage.
More than a dozen Yuanying stage cultivators exploded in an instant, catching everyone off guard.
The second expedition team was wiped out instantly.
Of course, there is definitely an upper limit to the saying that mechanical puppets become stronger when facing stronger opponents.
But now, what is the upper limit of the strength of this mechanical puppet?
It’s hard to say.
Although Taoist Tianyang was only at the Golden Core stage during his lifetime, he built his cave residence inside an underwater volcano before his death.
For thousands of years, those mechanical puppets have been continuously absorbing the energy of the earth fire.
This directly caused the active underwater volcano to become a dormant volcano.
Now that the underground fire has become active again, it may mean that after so many years, the mechanical puppets have reached their limit of growth.
The ancient mechanical art has been lost for a long time, and no one knows how powerful the mechanical puppet is when it grows to its limit.
But I think that before the catastrophe, when Yuanying was weaker than a dog, mechanical engineering could have occupied a place.
This puppet definitely can't be too weak.
The lowest level is Nascent Soul, and Spirit Transformation is not impossible.
So…
True Lord Gou Xuan, his death was truly not unjust.
After all, no one would have thought that there would be such a terrifying combat force lurking in this small Jindan cultivator's cave.
As soon as the official announcement of the Wanxian League came out, the haze shrouding the sky over Wanxian Island immediately dissipated.
Everyone is quite convinced by the survey results.
Because Elder Gongsun of Tianji Hall has always been famous for his ability to explore the mysteries of heaven and determine cause and effect.
The conclusions he made based on his investigations were basically consistent with the facts.
As a result, all the Qi-refining monks, who were the largest in number in Congyun Sea, became excited.
More than a dozen mechanical puppets in the Nascent Soul stage are indeed terrifying.
But a dozen Qi Refining puppets...
It can be said that it has no deterrent effect at all.
If I could bring back even one puppet...
Countless Qi-refining monks immediately began to imagine and were extremely excited.
So they all clamored to form a team to explore the cave of Zhenren Tianyang for the third time.
When hearing the news, even Li Fan couldn't help but be moved.
Wasn’t he almost invincible during the Qi Refining Stage?
Those who are at a lower level than him can be caught directly with the insect-binding magic.
Being also in the late stage of Qi Refining, he possesses many skills including Formless Killing Intent, Cloud and Water Illusionary Dream, Blue Flame Illusion, etc.
Li Fan didn't believe that there was anyone stronger than him in this sea of clouds.
How about exploring this cave?
Li Fan was moved for a moment, but then he thought again and felt that something was wrong.
If these mechanical puppets are really weak when facing the weak and strong when facing the strong.
The officials of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance could secretly summon a group of late-stage Qi Refining cultivators to break through the cave and move all these puppets back.
How could the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance give up on gaining more than a dozen puppets with at least the combat power of the Nascent Soul Stage, and instead foolishly make this information public?
The only explanation is that there must be something else strange about the puppet in this cave.
The Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance is also unsure.
Therefore, they decided to let these large number of Qi-refining monks risk their lives to explore the way.
Li Fan had also heard of Elder Gongsun.
When he completed the bounty on the exotic beast dragon whale, Elder Gongsun had investigated it.
They only found out the direct cause of the dragon whale's death: it was besieged by several deep-sea monsters and its life was exhausted.
But they failed to find out the fundamental cause of death: the invisible murderous intent launched by Li Fan.
Therefore, Li Fan believed that it was true that Elder Gongsun was able to detect the secrets of heaven.
But it is just like a blind man touching an elephant, he can only get one part but not the whole picture.
Li Fan is not the only one who understands this truth.
After the initial excitement wore off, everyone calmed down in time.
But there are always some monks who hold on to luck and think they are destined to be monks.
Together they numbered about thirty people.
Explore Tianyang Cave three times.
Li Fan simply put the bounty on He Zhenghao's corpse again and waited patiently to see the show.
Ten days later, the expedition team returned in disgrace.
Most of the thirty or so people escaped back.
As they cried and complained, everyone watching the show knew what had happened in the cave.
There are a total of seventeen puppets, they are so powerful!
I don't know what material the whole body is made of, but it is extremely sturdy.
No matter what spells I cast, they have no effect at all.
Not even a scratch left.
(End of this chapter)
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