Chapter 249: Forging Creation in the Furnace

There was no concrete evidence, just a feeling that surged in Li Fan's heart as he looked at Zhang Zhiliang, who remained silent with half of his body shrouded in darkness.

However, Li Fan was always very confident in his own intuition.

"Perhaps witnessing the tragic deaths of the other two formation masters from the Array Tactics Hall on the battlefield stimulated him?" Li Fan speculated.

Without asking further questions, he firmly kept this matter in mind. After bowing respectfully, Li Fan quietly withdrew.

Back in the Heavenly Mystery Mirror, he carefully read the contents of the second Divine Soul jade slip.

Compared to the first one, the second was much more profound, even delving into the inheritance knowledge of Zhang Zhiliang's "Infinite Law."

Leisurely, Li Fan incorporated it into the multi-line cultivation process of the "Dao of Transformation One."

Half a month later, Li Fan's main body continued cultivation as usual. Meanwhile, his clone, Lin Fan, had achieved some success in researching the secrets of the human body.

Drawing from various written records, along with continuous experimentation on his own body, and referencing numerous descriptions of the human body in the "Heavenly Physician Immortal Canon," the clone tirelessly stimulated the boundless energy within, tempering and strengthening his physical body.

Now, relying solely on physical strength without using spiritual power, the destructive power he could unleash was comparable to the later stages of Qi Refinement.

Due to the lack of any special tricks, it was simply about mobilizing the power hidden within his body, forging himself like a giant furnace.

Therefore, Li Fan named it the "Creation Furnace Technique."

It had nothing to do with actual creation, but names should lean towards the domineering side as much as possible.

Li Fan was quite satisfied with the name "Creation Furnace Technique."

Now, the clone was about to enter a crucial phase in cultivating the Creation Furnace Technique. His entire body, inside and out, had undergone initial refinement, and the physical strength had reached the expected level.

The next step was to extract the vast and endless hidden power within the body, making it like a massive heavy hammer that would violently pound and temper the physical body.

This was Li Fan's initial forging of the fleshly body, the "First Refinement."

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

A muffled rumble emanated from the clone's body.

Every time the sound echoed, a peculiar blood-red color appeared on Li Fan's face.

Subsequently, his body seemed to be like a blazing furnace, and the red color spread throughout his entire body.

The body temperature soared.

As if being roasted by flames, it reached its limit and seemed on the verge of complete melting.

However, each time it approached a critical point, the hidden energy within the body instinctively surged, resolving any life-threatening injuries.

This was not a conscious decision by Li Fan but a natural reaction when facing mortal danger.

Under the repeated hammering and tempering of the fleshly body, Li Fan's physical strength gradually became formidable.

The quantitative change accumulated continuously.

After an unknown amount of time, with the emergence of a more profound dull impact sound, Li Fan's body trembled slightly.

The blazing red light completely retracted.

The strength of his body had finally risen to a new level.

Activating his spiritual power, he transformed it into a sharp blade and slashed at his left arm.

"Ding!"

Unexpectedly, it produced a sound resembling metal striking against stone.

Li Fan continuously adjusted the strength of the enhanced spiritual power until he exerted a force equivalent to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

Finally, a bloodstain appeared on his arm.

"The First Refinement is finally successful."

"Completed a step equivalent to Foundation Establishment."

"Next is to mobilize the hidden power within the body and refine the fleshly body in the furnace once again."

"Repeat this process continuously. One refinement, a hundred refinements, a thousand refinements…"

"According to expectations, if there are no restrictions, by developing the human body's hidden potential to the extreme, relying solely on physical strength, one can influence and distort the laws with a wave of their hand."

"Approaching a level where ten thousand laws are invincible, and various calamities are indestructible."

"Unfortunately, on this Xuanhuang Realm, this path is cut off."

"Perhaps, the restrictions in the surrounding small worlds might be weaker."

Li Fan took a deep breath, and the scar on his arm disappeared in an instant.

"But my requirements aren't high. I only need to open up a path for the physical body to contend with the Golden Core realm."

"This will be the goal for my clone in the future."

With a single thought, the hidden power within the body gushed out like a torrent.

Cleansing and tempering the fleshly body.

"After the success of the initial refinement, this tempering has become as natural as breathing, an instinctive part of the body."

"It's not necessary to be in seclusion all the time."

"I can research methods to increase the efficiency of tempering..."

Li Fan contemplated to himself.

At this moment, a notification came from the communication talisman.

It was Jiao Xiuyuan again, complaining as usual.

In recent years, Li Fan had become accustomed to this.

Originally, he planned to hold the first auction to promote the Little Medicine King Ding during the 18th year of anchoring.

However, the sudden outbreak of the Tianlingzhou Great War and the unexpected discount activity of the Heavenly Mystery Mirror forced him to postpone it.

In Jiao Xiuyuan's words, "All the cultivators are buying techniques, and they've all become paupers. There's no profit to squeeze!"

"Organizing an auction now, I'm afraid I won't even be able to recover the cost!"

And the business of the Qianli Hall had also been relatively bleak in recent years.

In the words of Li Fan from his pre-transmigration era, the economy was declining, and everyone was not doing well.

However, Li Fan believed that with the macroeconomic control of the Heavenly Mystery Mirror and the existence of the Longevity Celestial Lord who made people forget disasters, cultivators would eventually recover quickly.

After briefly responding, Li Fan put away the communication talisman and once again immersed his clone in the study of the human body's secrets.

While both Li Fan's main body and clone were diligently cultivating, Ye Feipeng on the deserted island seemed somewhat lost.

In these years, although he considered himself diligent in cultivation, the gap between reality and his ideals was quite significant, which made him feel disheartened.

According to the historical records in his memory, not long after Zhang Haobo, he would be able to suppress Mu Fengling with his False Foundation stage cultivation.

However, Ye Feipeng had just recently broken through to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

The Golden Core realm seemed unattainable!

"Could it be that the gap in my talent is truly so great compared to true geniuses?"

Not only Zhang Haobo, but each of the individuals on this deserted island became a monster in their own right.

Su Xiaomei was gradually growing up, and her cultivation speed was getting faster and faster.

Rising to Foundation Establishment stage just like Ye Feipeng, her actual combat power, enhanced by her terrifying talent, easily surpassed Ye Feipeng.

In battles, Ye Feipeng could only rely on his increasingly astonishing speed to constantly dodge.

Xiao Heng was also not inferior to him.

Even Su Changyu and the Yin sisters, who cultivated a bit slower, had their own strengths that were not to be underestimated.

In terms of talent, he was simply no match.

Although Ye Feipeng had already recognized this fact before, at that time, he still had the reliance of being a reborn person, and his heart wasn't in panic.

However, now, that little reliance in Ye Feipeng's eyes gradually became unreliable.

Everything was because of the conversations he overheard from passing cultivators some time ago, discussing the Tianlingzhou Great War that erupted several years ago.

The more he heard, the more anxious he felt.

Because in his previous life, such a major event had never occurred.

(End of this chapter)