Chapter 252: True Fear

He Xinxin was clearly discerning. Softly thanking Li Fan, she smiled and accepted the formation flag.

Watching the two, He Zhenghao, who was extremely worried, couldn't help but speak, "Hehe, although the gift from Daoist is precious, I'm afraid it's not very useful for my daughter when it comes to predicting crises and preserving life."

"If we talk about the ability to predict danger and safeguard one's life, my daughter is much stronger than me, her old father."

Upon hearing this, Li Fan's eyes flashed.

"Oh? How is that explained?" he inquired.

A hint of pride appeared on He Zhenghao's face. "I won't hide it from Daoist. My daughter has astonishing talent in divination since she was young."

"In recent years, she has been studying related techniques with her mother, following by her side."

"Now she has achieved some success."

"Not only can she shield fate, preventing others from plotting against her, but she can also vaguely predict future events, thereby turning bad luck into good."

Li Fan looked at the seemingly fragile and gentle He Xinxin again, contemplating.

"Shielding fate? Could it be that she's the reason the monitoring function of the 'no-phase kill mechanism' has failed?"

"It seems that He Zhenghao wasn't boasting; this method is truly extraordinary."

"I wonder what kind of technique she practices."

However, the cultivation techniques of practitioners in this world were extremely private matters, and Li Fan wouldn't casually ask.

In accordance with He Zhenghao's words, Li Fan expressed surprise and disbelief, saying, "I've only heard that fate is difficult to question, but I never thought Xinxin could predict fate. Is it really so extraordinary?"

"There's no falsehood to it, and the accuracy is quite high..."

He Zhenghao paused and continued, "However, there are times when predictions are wrong."

He turned to look at He Xinxin and smiled, saying, "My daughter had a feeling when she was practicing before, saying that I would fall in the near future."

"So she was extremely anxious and came all the way to the Congyun Sea to remind me to be careful. She also wanted to visit me."

"Hehe, I spend all my time practicing in this large formation of mountains, rivers, and stars. How could there be any risk of falling?"

He Zhenghao laughed and dismissed it.

On the other hand, He Xinxin frowned and said softly, "It's strange when you talk about it. The previous feeling was definitely not wrong."

"But after I arrived and calculated for my father again, the imminent crisis somehow disappeared."

Her eyes were full of doubt and regret. "I don't know why this happened. If my mother hadn't stopped me, and I came earlier, maybe I could have figured out where the changes in fate are."

He Zhenghao touched his daughter's head, comforting her, "The changes in fate are unpredictable, and cultivators can't know everything. You must have made a mistake, Xinxin."

At this moment, Li Fan praised, "Even if occasionally there are mistakes, this technique is still quite remarkable."

"To predict the future, foresee events in advance, how much advantage can one gain?"

"I wonder if Xinxin can calculate my future, and see how it will unfold?"

Li Fan smiled and asked.

The reason he did this was to see how far the divination technique in this world could reach.

Could it reveal that he came from a small world?

Could it reveal that he actually came from a different world?

Even, could it reveal the existence of "Huanzhen"?

If this Foundation Establishment girl could sense some clues, Li Fan would have to be more careful in his future actions.

Otherwise, if a powerful individual discovered him, it was likely that his entire history could be deduced.

Thinking he was hiding well, he might end up being caught without even knowing what happened.

That would be very troublesome.

He Zhenghao also intended for his daughter to show off a bit in front of Li Fan, so he didn't stop her.

Instead, he looked at He Xinxin with encouraging eyes.

"Since that's the case, allow Xinxin to demonstrate," He Xinxin said softly. Soon after, a golden-purple compass appeared out of nowhere.

The compass needle pointed at both Li Fan and He Xinxin.

She muttered words under her breath, and then the needle started to spin rapidly.

Li Fan's miniature figure appeared above the compass.

Characters floated out from the compass, revolving around the miniature image.

As the needle spun faster, some characters gradually dimmed and disappeared, while others became brighter, emitting a purple-golden glow.

Unlike regular text, each character seemed to be a combination of multiple meanings.

The calculation of Li Fan's future by He Xinxin appeared to be hidden in the arrangement of these characters.

Li Fan roughly estimated that there were at least tens of thousands of these purple-gold characters.

He Xinxin seemed to be struggling, with sweat drops continuously falling from her forehead.

After a while, the purple-gold characters exploded and returned to the compass.

Li Fan's phantom became slightly more solid.

He Xinxin's breath became somewhat hurried.

After a brief recovery, she continued to focus on Li Fan's phantom for the final calculation.

"Hmm?"

"Uncle, have you been to Yuandao Province?"

After waiting for a long time, she suddenly asked a somewhat inexplicable question.

Li Fan was slightly stunned and hadn't had a chance to answer when He Zhenghao preemptively said, "Hehe, Daoist Li Fan was previously a wandering cultivator in Yuandao Province. He came to the Congyun Sea in search of opportunities to break through."

"Why, Xinxin, is there a problem?" He Zhenghao noticed that his daughter's expression seemed off and hurriedly asked.

Being a wandering cultivator in Yuandao Province was a background Li Fan casually fabricated when he first met He Zhenghao.

However...

Family knows best.

Li Fan was very clear that in this life, he had never been to Yuandao Province.

Why would this girl ask about Yuandao Province?

Li Fan's gaze flickered as he stared at He Xinxin, waiting for her answer.

He Xinxin opened her mouth, hesitated for a moment, and then said apologetically, "Uncle, please forgive me. It's not that I don't want to say."

"It's just that I really don't know how to interpret this Dao Seal Erosion Script."

Li Fan raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

He Xinxin hesitated for a moment and used her hand to draw a picture in the air.

The figure in the drawing naturally resembled Li Fan.

On his back, there seemed to be something.

As the image continued to change, that invisible existence bit Li Fan fiercely.

Li Fan seemed completely unaware and walked away with an unchanged expression.

The thing on his back also disappeared.

...

The drawing disappeared.

He Xinxin furrowed her eyebrows and said, "According to the explanation of the Dao Seal, it seems that something attacked Uncle in Yuandao Province."

"Uncle neither got injured nor faced a life-threatening situation."

"But the overall Dao Seal Erosion Script still shows an extremely dangerous situation."

"It's contradictory."

"This is why I don't know how to interpret it," He Zhenghao smiled helplessly after hearing this. "Daughter, could it be that you made a mistake again? The extremely dangerous situation you calculated for me earlier also indicated a risk of falling. But isn't Daoist Li Fan alive and well now..."

Li Fan's heart sank.

"Yuandao Province..."

The blue crystal in his mind flickered.

All the experiences in Yuandao Province began to replay in his mind.

Once, and no anomalies were found.

Twice, still none.

...

Under the secret technique of "化道神一" (First God of Transformation), Li Fan repeatedly reviewed his past experiences.

Finally, he noticed something unusual.

A chill rose from behind, making him feel like he was in the depths of winter.

Even when he narrowly escaped death from the hands of Heavenly Physician, he had never felt so scared.

This was the true "fear" that Li Fan experienced since his arrival through the transmigration.

In the twelfth life, anchored for 29 years, he established the Du Fa Mingyue Palace.

Then, he devoted himself to seclusion and studied Zhang Zhiliang's Infinite Law Inheritance.

Chu Xingyang's forced marriage and the subsequent success of the Du Fa project proceeded smoothly in the Mingyue Palace.

This should have happened in the same year.

Through the blue crystal retracing the past, the conclusion was the same.

However...

Chu Xingyang's forced marriage and the initial success of the Du Fa project in the Mingyue Palace...

Actually happened in the anchored 39th year.

What happened in the intervening ten years?

(End of this chapter)