jiù zài shén bǐ zōng zhòng xiū shì jué wàng zhī jì ， yī jiàn gèng ràng tā men gǎn dào fèn nù de shì qíng fā shēng le 。
就在神笔宗众修士绝望之际，一件更让他们感到愤怒的事情发生了。
Just as the Divine Brush Sect's cultivators were losing hope, something even more infuriating happened.
zōng zhǔ chǔ yóu hóng jìng rán bù gù mén nèi dì zi de sǐ huó ， dài zhe zhì bǎo 【 huà tiān bǐ 】 hé zōng mén bǎo kù nèi de zhū duō cáng pǐn ， zhí jiē pò kōng ér qù 。
宗主楚游鸿竟然不顾门内弟子的死活，带着至宝【画天笔】和宗门宝库内的诸多藏品，直接破空而去。
The sect leader Chu Youhong actually disregarded the lives of his disciples and took off with the divine treasure, "Painting Heaven Pen," along with many treasures from the sect’s treasury.
suī shuō zài yí dìng chéng dù shàng yě xī yǐn le bù shǎo diǎn huà mén de huǒ lì ， dàn shēn wèi yī pài zhǎng mén ， jū rán rú cǐ méi yǒu dān dāng 。
虽说在一定程度上也吸引了不少点画门的火力，但身为一派掌门，居然如此没有担当。
Although this attracted some attention from the Point Painting Sect, as a sect leader, he acted so irresponsibly that it left the surviving Divine Brush Sect cultivators with intense resentment.
shí zài ràng shàng qiě huó zhe 、 hái zài pīn mìng sī shā de shén bǐ zōng xiū shì gǎn dào wú bǐ yuàn hèn 。
实在让尚且活着、还在拼命厮杀的神笔宗修士感到无比怨恨。
If not for his ruthless nature and lack of mercy, they might have surrendered on the spot and joined the Point Painting Sect instead.
yào bú shì duì fāng yě shì xīn hěn shǒu là 、 bù liú huó kǒu ， kǒng pà tā men dāng chǎng jiù huì tóu xiáng 、 fǎn guò lái jiā rù diǎn huà mén le 。
要不是对方也是心狠手辣、不留活口，恐怕他们当场就会投降、反过来加入点画门了。
Apart from Chu Youhong and a few lucky survivors who managed to escape, almost all of the Divine Brush Sect was wiped out in this battle.
zhè yī yì ， chú le chǔ yóu hóng yǐ jí shǎo shù jǐ wèi xìng yùn ér dé yǐ táo chū shēng tiān zhī wài ， shén bǐ zōng shàng xià jī hū sǐ jué 。
这一役，除了楚游鸿以及少数几位幸运儿得以逃出生天之外，神笔宗上下几乎死绝。
Although the Point Painting Sect failed to seize the "Painting Heaven Pen," it still annexed much of the Divine Brush Sect's territory and resources, significantly boosting its power. It quickly rose to become one of the top sects in the surrounding regions, with a formidable reputation.
diǎn huà mén suī rán méi néng chéng gōng qiǎng duó huà tiān bǐ ， dàn yě tūn bìng le shén bǐ zōng de dà piàn tǔ dì hé zī yuán ， shí lì dà zēng 。 yī yuè ér chéng zhōu biān dì qū shǔ yī shǔ èr de dà mén pài ， shēng míng hè hè 。
点画门虽然没能成功抢夺画天笔，但也吞并了神笔宗的大片土地和资源，实力大增。一跃而成周边地区数一数二的大门派，声名赫赫。
Chu Youhong seemed to have vanished along with the "Painting Heaven Pen."
ér chǔ yóu hóng zé fǎng fú hé huà tiān bǐ yì qǐ ， chè dǐ xiāo shī zài le shì jiè shàng 。
而楚游鸿则仿佛和画天笔一起，彻底消失在了世界上。
Twenty years later, some surviving Divine Brush Sect cultivators encountered Chu Youhong again and angrily questioned him about his actions during that time, when he abandoned his disciples for his own survival.
èr shí nián hòu ， yǒu dāng nián shén bǐ zōng de xìng cún xiū shì ǒu yù chǔ yóu hóng ， fèn nù de zhì wèn tā wèi hé dāng nián bù gù mén rén sǐ huó ， zì jǐ yī rén táo zǒu 。
二十年后，有当年神笔宗的幸存修士偶遇楚游鸿，愤怒的质问他为何当年不顾门人死活，自己一人逃走。
But Chu Youhong showed no remorse. He spoke of a statement that has since been passed down in the Xuanhuang realm's long history:
chǔ yóu hóng què méi yǒu sī háo kuì sè ， shuō chū le yī fān zài xuán huáng jiè lì shǐ cháng hé zhōng liú chuán zhì jīn de huà lái 。
楚游鸿却没有丝毫愧色，说出了一番在玄黄界历史长河中流传至今的话来。
"Whether you all die or not doesn't matter."
“ nǐ men jiù shì quán dōu sǐ le ， yě wú suǒ wèi 。”
“你们就是全都死了，也无所谓。”
"As long as I live, the Divine Brush Sect still exists."
“ zhǐ yào wǒ huó zhe ， shén bǐ zōng jiù hái zài 。”
“只要我活着，神笔宗就还在。”
"My master entrusted me with the sect before he died, and I must ensure it does not fall into my hands," Chu Youhong said with a look of self-righteousness.
“ shī fù lín sǐ qián ， jiāng shén bǐ zōng jiāo gěi wǒ ， wǒ jiù yí dìng bù néng ràng tā huǐ zài wǒ de shǒu lǐ 。”
“师父临死前，将神笔宗交给我，我就一定不能让它毁在我的手里。”
The cultivators were left speechless. They wanted to argue but found themselves unable to say anything as they realized their revenge would be delayed indefinitely.
chǔ yóu hóng yī liǎn de lǐ suǒ dāng rán 。
楚游鸿一脸的理所当然。
Due to this statement's outrageous nature, it quickly spread throughout the cultivation world.
xiū shì wén yán ， zé shì chēng mù jié shé 。 xiǎng yào fǎn bó ， què zhāng zhāng zuǐ ， shá yě méi yǒu shuō chū 。
修士闻言，则是瞠目结舌。想要反驳，却张张嘴，啥也没有说出。
Some mocked him; others understood and took his words as a profound truth. Some even wanted to confront him personally out of frustration with his behavior.
yuán běn jué dìng de pīn sǐ fù chóu yě wàng jì le ， zhǐ shì zài yī piàn máng rán zhōng rèn yóu chǔ yóu hóng piāo rán lí qù 。
原本决定的拼死复仇也忘记了，只是在一片茫然中任由楚游鸿飘然离去。
But after that incident, he disappeared from public view, never to be seen again until the Great Tribulation descended on the Point Painting Sect overnight.
yóu yú cǐ fān yán lùn tài guò nì tiān ， suǒ yǐ hěn kuài jiù zài dāng shí de xiū xiān jiè liú chuán kāi lái 。
由于此番言论太过逆天，所以很快就在当时的修仙界流传开来。
Then people began to suspect whether it was his doing.
chǐ xiào zhě yǒu zhī ， huǎng rán dà wù 、 yǐ qí wèi zhì lǐ míng yán zhě yǒu zhī 。
耻笑者有之，恍然大悟、以其为至理名言者有之。
...
shèn zhì yǒu kàn bù guò chǔ yóu hóng de zuò pài ， xiǎng yào qīn zì shàng mén jiào xùn tā yī dùn de 。
甚至有看不过楚游鸿的做派，想要亲自上门教训他一顿的。
"Putting one's private interests above the public good is a practice beyond ordinary people’s comprehension."
dàn cǐ shì zhī hòu ， cǐ rén què shì rén jiān zhēng fā le yì bān ， zài yě méi yǒu shuí jiàn guò 。
但此事之后，此人却是人间蒸发了一般，再也没有谁见过。
Li Fan reflected deeply and said with a sigh: "Perhaps the spy in the Point Painting Sect, who has already risen to the position of Senior Brother, chose to betray and forcefully seize the 'Painting Heaven Pen' because he realized his true master's nature.
zhí dào hòu lái tiān dì dà jié jiàng lín ， diǎn huà mén yī yè jiān mò míng qīng fù 。
直到后来天地大劫降临，点画门一夜间莫名倾覆。
Realizing that normal inheritance was impossible, he had no choice but to take such drastic measures.
cái yǒu rén huái yí ， huì bú huì shì tā de shǒu bǐ 。
才有人怀疑，会不会是他的手笔。
Encountering such a bizarre situation, there is indeed no better solution."
……
……
Li Fan shook his head slightly and searched for "Nanming" again.
“ zhì sī wèi gōng ， shí nǎi cháng rén nán yǐ lǐ jiě zhī xíng jìng 。”
“至私为公，实乃常人难以理解之行径。”
He did find some fragmented information about the "Yao Mountain of Nanming."
lǐ fán zǐ xì pǐn wèi yī fān hòu ， bù jīn rú cǐ gǎn tàn dào 。
李凡仔细品味一番后，不禁如此感叹道。
However, when he tried to access more details, he found that his permission level was insufficient.
“ shuō bù dìng diǎn huà mén jiàn dié míng míng yǐ jīng zuò dào le dà shī xiōng de wèi zhì ， què yī rán xuǎn zé pàn biàn 、 wǔ lì qiǎng duó ， jiù shì zhè ge yuán yīn 。”
“说不定点画门间谍明明已经做到了大师兄的位置，却依然选择叛变、武力抢夺，就是这个原因。”
"Yao Mountain..."
“ rèn qīng le zì jǐ zhè wèi shī zūn de zhēn shí miàn mào ， gǎn jué zì jǐ xiǎng yào tōng guò zhèng cháng tú jìng jì chéng huà tiān bǐ ， dìng rán yáo yáo wú qī 。 bù dé yǐ zhī xià ， cái chū cǐ xià cè 。”
“认清了自己这位师尊的真实面貌，感觉自己想要通过正常途径继承画天笔，定然遥遥无期。不得已之下，才出此下策。”
"It seems it has something to do with the remaining妖兽 in this world," Li Fan thought as he noted down the information.
“ yù jiàn rú cǐ qí pā ， yě què shí méi yǒu gèng hǎo de bàn fǎ 。”
“遇见如此奇葩，也确实没有更好的办法。”
Time passed quickly, and soon it was the tenth year of the anchor period.
lǐ fán wēi wēi yáo tóu ， yòu sōu suǒ qǐ le 【 nán míng 】 èr zì 。
李凡微微摇头，又搜索起了【南冥】二字。
This year, apart from occasional skirmishes between the border states and the Five Elders, all other regions were peaceful.
què shí chá dào le yǒu guān “ nán míng yāo shān ” de líng suì xìn xī 。
确实查到了有关“南冥妖山”的零碎信息。
The Cunyun Sea was also quiet.
dàn shì dài tā xiǎng yào gèng jìn yí bù chá kàn de shí hòu ， què fā xiàn zì shēn quán xiàn děng jí bù zú 。
但是待他想要更进一步查看的时候，却发现自身权限等级不足。
As a special advisor to the Performance Hall, Li Fan did not have to execute specific tasks. He just needed to occasionally visit the Performance Hall for tea and report in. If he had no time, he could delegate tasks with his contribution points.
“ yāo shān ……”
“妖山……”
Thus, he lived rather leisurely.
“ kàn lái gēn shì jiān gǒu yán cán cún de yāo shòu yǒu diǎn guān xì 。”
“看来跟世间苟延残存的妖兽有点关系。”
After transferring 23 million contribution points, including interest, from the third round of fundraising to Haozhenghao, Haozhenghao was left speechless by the astronomical number.
lǐ fán mù guāng shǎn dòng ， jiāng qí zàn qiě jì xià 。
李凡目光闪动，将其暂且记下。
It took him half a day before he finally regained his composure.
shí guāng liú shì ， zhuǎn yǎn jiù dào le máo dìng 10 nián 。
时光流逝，转眼就到了锚定10年。
In that moment, Haozhenghao had briefly considered fleeing with the funds but quickly came back to his senses when he thought about the owner of these contribution points.
zhè yī nián ， chú le biān jìng gè zhōu ǒu ěr huì hé wǔ lǎo huì fā shēng xiē xiǎo mó cā zhī hòu ， qí yú gè zhōu jiē shì píng ān wú shì 。
这一年，除了边境各州偶尔会和五老会发生些小摩擦之后，其余各州皆是平安无事。
Unless he defected to the Five Elders, there was no way he could use or even touch them.
cóng yún hǎi yě shì rú cǐ 。
丛云海也是如此。
Haozhenghao regained his sanity and contacted everyone who had invested. He returned their contribution points one by one.
zuò wéi yǎn wǔ táng tè yuē zhí shì ， lǐ fán bìng bù yòng zhí xíng jù tǐ de rèn wù 。
作为演武堂特约执事，李凡并不用执行具体的任务。
The cultivators were overjoyed with their gains but became somewhat disappointed when Haozhenghao made a statement:
zhǐ xū yào chōu kòng qù yǎn wǔ táng hē hē chá ， bào gè dào jiù xíng 。
只需要抽空去演武堂喝喝茶，报个到就行。
"Due to unforeseen circumstances, Master Li's fundraising plan will be paused."
shí zài méi yǒu kòng ， yě néng huā diǎn gòng xiàn dù ， wěi tuō bié de xiū shì dài bàn 。
实在没有空，也能花点贡献度，委托别的修士代办。
Haozhenghao sighed and said, "Please go back! When the wind subsides, I'll notify everyone if Master Li decides to restart the fundraising."
suǒ yǐ guò de yě shì pǒ wèi qīng xián 。
所以过的也是颇为清闲。
His words were vague but left people with endless speculations.
jiāng dì sān cì mù jí de yī qiān wǔ bǎi wàn gòng xiàn dù ， lián běn dài lì ， gòng jì liǎng qiān sān bǎi wàn gòng xiàn dù zhuǎn jiāo gěi hé zhèng hào hòu 。
将第三次募集的一千五百万贡献度，连本带利，共计两千三百万贡献度转交给何正浩后。
Unforeseeable factors? The winds of change?
hé zhèng hào kàn zhe nà tiān wén shù zì bān de gòng xiàn dù ， zhí jiē dāng chǎng lèng zhù 。
何正浩看着那天文数字般的贡献度，直接当场愣住。
Master Li could even use money to kill an婴灵 cultivator. Now he had been forced to pause his fundraising due to some unknown reason.
zú zú guò le dà bàn tiān ， cái shuāng yǎn tōng hóng de huí guò shén lái 。
足足过了大半天，才双眼通红的回过神来。
"Surely, it must have touched someone's interests."
zài gāng gāng nà me yī shùn jiān ， hé zhèng hào xīn zhōng nán miǎn shēng chū le xié kuǎn sī táo de xiǎng fǎ 。
在刚刚那么一瞬间，何正浩心中难免生出了携款私逃的想法。
The cultivators all nodded in understanding and exchanged glances before remaining silent.
bù guò xiǎng dào zhè xiē gòng xiàn dù suǒ shǔ de zhǔ rén ， tā xīn zhōng yí gè jī líng ， dùn shí qīng xǐng guò lái 。
不过想到这些贡献度所属的主人，他心中一个激灵，顿时清醒过来。
They were angry that they couldn't take advantage of the situation but also felt sorry for Li Fan.
chú fēi zhí jiē pàn táo dào wǔ lǎo huì ， fǒu zé zhēn shì yǒu mìng qiǎng 、 méi mìng huā 。
除非直接叛逃到五老会，否则真是有命抢、没命花。
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huī fù le lǐ zhì de hé zhèng hào kāi shǐ lián xì céng jīng cān yù tóu zī de zhòng rén ， yī yī jiāng gòng xiàn dù fǎn huán 。
恢复了理智的何正浩开始联系曾经参与投资的众人，一一将贡献度返还。
"I will make sure to notify you once everything returns to normal," they privately told Haozhenghao, who readily agreed with a smile.
dé dào le hǎo chù de xiū shì men dà xǐ guò wàng 。
得到了好处的修士们大喜过望。
Li Fan's pause on contribution point fundraising was due to the rapid growth and potential loss of control over the total amount. He wanted to take some time to stabilize things.
ér jiē xià lái hé zhèng hào de yī xí huà ， què yòu shì ràng tā men biàn dé yǒu xiē ào nǎo hé shī wàng qǐ lái 。
而接下来何正浩的一席话，却又是让他们变得有些懊恼和失望起来。
However, he did receive an internal warning from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance:
“ yīn wèi bù kě kàng lì yīn sù ， lǐ dà shī de mù jí jì huà ， yào zàn tíng le 。”
“因为不可抗力因素，李大师的募集计划，要暂停了。”
"Good idea. Let’s keep their appetites whetted until before the Red Flame Devastation. Then we can restart."
hé zhèng hào wēi wēi tàn qì dào ：“ dà jiā qǐng huí ba ！ děng shén me shí hòu fēng shēng guò qù le ， lǐ dà shī jué yì zài kāi mù jí ， wǒ huì tōng zhī dà jiā de 。”
何正浩微微叹气道：“大家请回吧！等什么时候风声过去了，李大师决意再开募集，我会通知大家的。”
Li Fan was not overly concerned about this matter. As more cultivators began spending contribution points to enhance their cultivation, feedback of their cultivation levels poured into his dantian like a river.
cǐ yán shuō de mó léng liǎng kě 。
此言说的模棱两可。
Even without actively practicing, his cultivation level increased steadily every day.
dàn yuè shì zhè zhǒng bàn qīng bù qīng de huà ， yuè shì róng yì gōu qǐ rén men de wú duān lián xiǎng 。
但越是这种半清不清的话，越是容易勾起人们的无端联想。
With the dual benefits from almost启灵 and悟道丹, he made significant progress in just one year—equivalent to decades of hard work for ordinary cultivators.
bù kě kàng lì yīn sù ？ fēng shēng guò qù ？
不可抗力因素？风声过去？
Li Fan felt that his Golden Core was nearly complete and would soon be ready to form a婴灵.
zhè wèi lǐ dà shī ， kě shì lián yuán yīng xiū shì dōu néng shēng shēng yòng qián duī sǐ 。
这位李大师，可是连元婴修士都能生生用钱堆死。
Every three months, he traveled to the Body Transformation Island to extract some phoenix blood from Ye Feipeng's body for research purposes.
rú jīn jìng rán pò yú wú nài ， bèi pò zhōng zhǐ le mù jí 。
如今竟然迫于无奈，被迫中止了募集。
His understanding of the phoenix lineage gradually deepened.
“ yí dìng shì chù dòng le mǒu rén de lì yì le 。 sī ……”
“一定是触动了某人的利益了。嘶……”
During this time, Li Fan also entered the Void Realm again.
zài chǎng xiū shì fēn fēn lù chū yuán lái rú cǐ de biǎo qíng ， yǎn shén bǐ cǐ jiāo liú zhī hòu ， jiē shì bì kǒu bù yán 。
在场修士纷纷露出原来如此的表情，眼神彼此交流之后，皆是闭口不言。
Xu Ke was commissioned by Lu Ya to deliver a wooden box to Nanming. The box contained various sealed powers and even emitted an aura from the Immortal Beast Emperor Sanmo.
xīn zhōng wèi zì jǐ bù néng dā shùn fēng chē fā cái ér gǎn dào fèn nù de tóng shí ， yě wèi lǐ fán bào bù píng qǐ lái 。
心中为自己不能搭顺风车发财而感到愤怒的同时，也为李凡抱不平起来。
Thus, Li Fan traveled with Xu Ke on the Azure Phoenix Bird for the entire journey.
“ děng yī qiè huī fù zhèng cháng le ， wù bì xiān tōng zhī wǒ 。”
“等一切恢复正常了，务必先通知我。”
The distance to Nanming seemed vast, and they still hadn't reached their destination by the time their travel time ran out.
tā men sī xià lǐ jiē duì hé zhèng hào rú cǐ shuō dào 。
他们私下里皆对何正浩如此说道。
This Void Realm trip had to be cut short.
shōu le bù shǎo lǐ wù ， fā le yī bǐ xiǎo cái de hé zhèng hào zì rán shì mǎn kǒu yīng yǔn 。
收了不少礼物，发了一笔小财的何正浩自然是满口应允。
By the eleventh year of the anchor period, the long-forgotten Cloud Water Heavenly Palace would reappear in the world.
lǐ fán cǐ fān zàn tíng gòng xiàn dù de mù jí ， yǒu gòng xiàn dù zǒng é péng zhàng tài kuài ， yǐn yǐn yǒu xiē shī kòng shì tou ， tā xiǎng yào zàn qiě xiān huǎn yī huǎn yuán yīn 。
李凡此番暂停贡献度的募集，有贡献度总额膨胀太快，隐隐有些失控势头，他想要暂且先缓一缓原因。
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Just as the Divine Brush Sect's cultivators were losing hope, something even more infuriating happened.
The sect leader Chu Youhong actually disregarded the lives of his disciples and took off with the divine treasure, "Painting Heaven Pen," along with many treasures from the sect’s treasury.
Although this attracted some attention from the Point Painting Sect, as a sect leader, he acted so irresponsibly that it left the surviving Divine Brush Sect cultivators with intense resentment.
If not for his ruthless nature and lack of mercy, they might have surrendered on the spot and joined the Point Painting Sect instead.
Apart from Chu Youhong and a few lucky survivors who managed to escape, almost all of the Divine Brush Sect was wiped out in this battle.
Although the Point Painting Sect failed to seize the "Painting Heaven Pen," it still annexed much of the Divine Brush Sect's territory and resources, significantly boosting its power. It quickly rose to become one of the top sects in the surrounding regions, with a formidable reputation.
Chu Youhong seemed to have vanished along with the "Painting Heaven Pen."
Twenty years later, some surviving Divine Brush Sect cultivators encountered Chu Youhong again and angrily questioned him about his actions during that time, when he abandoned his disciples for his own survival.
But Chu Youhong showed no remorse. He spoke of a statement that has since been passed down in the Xuanhuang realm's long history:
"Whether you all die or not doesn't matter."
"As long as I live, the Divine Brush Sect still exists."
"My master entrusted me with the sect before he died, and I must ensure it does not fall into my hands," Chu Youhong said with a look of self-righteousness.
The cultivators were left speechless. They wanted to argue but found themselves unable to say anything as they realized their revenge would be delayed indefinitely.
Due to this statement's outrageous nature, it quickly spread throughout the cultivation world.
Some mocked him; others understood and took his words as a profound truth. Some even wanted to confront him personally out of frustration with his behavior.
But after that incident, he disappeared from public view, never to be seen again until the Great Tribulation descended on the Point Painting Sect overnight.
Then people began to suspect whether it was his doing.
...
"Putting one's private interests above the public good is a practice beyond ordinary people’s comprehension."
Li Fan reflected deeply and said with a sigh: "Perhaps the spy in the Point Painting Sect, who has already risen to the position of Senior Brother, chose to betray and forcefully seize the 'Painting Heaven Pen' because he realized his true master's nature.
Realizing that normal inheritance was impossible, he had no choice but to take such drastic measures.
Encountering such a bizarre situation, there is indeed no better solution."
Li Fan shook his head slightly and searched for "Nanming" again.
He did find some fragmented information about the "Yao Mountain of Nanming."
However, when he tried to access more details, he found that his permission level was insufficient.
"Yao Mountain..."
"It seems it has something to do with the remaining妖兽 in this world," Li Fan thought as he noted down the information.
Time passed quickly, and soon it was the tenth year of the anchor period.
This year, apart from occasional skirmishes between the border states and the Five Elders, all other regions were peaceful.
The Cunyun Sea was also quiet.
As a special advisor to the Performance Hall, Li Fan did not have to execute specific tasks. He just needed to occasionally visit the Performance Hall for tea and report in. If he had no time, he could delegate tasks with his contribution points.
Thus, he lived rather leisurely.
After transferring 23 million contribution points, including interest, from the third round of fundraising to Haozhenghao, Haozhenghao was left speechless by the astronomical number.
It took him half a day before he finally regained his composure.
In that moment, Haozhenghao had briefly considered fleeing with the funds but quickly came back to his senses when he thought about the owner of these contribution points.
Unless he defected to the Five Elders, there was no way he could use or even touch them.
Haozhenghao regained his sanity and contacted everyone who had invested. He returned their contribution points one by one.
The cultivators were overjoyed with their gains but became somewhat disappointed when Haozhenghao made a statement:
"Due to unforeseen circumstances, Master Li's fundraising plan will be paused."
Haozhenghao sighed and said, "Please go back! When the wind subsides, I'll notify everyone if Master Li decides to restart the fundraising."
His words were vague but left people with endless speculations.
Unforeseeable factors? The winds of change?
Master Li could even use money to kill an婴灵 cultivator. Now he had been forced to pause his fundraising due to some unknown reason.
"Surely, it must have touched someone's interests."
The cultivators all nodded in understanding and exchanged glances before remaining silent.
They were angry that they couldn't take advantage of the situation but also felt sorry for Li Fan.
...
"I will make sure to notify you once everything returns to normal," they privately told Haozhenghao, who readily agreed with a smile.
Li Fan's pause on contribution point fundraising was due to the rapid growth and potential loss of control over the total amount. He wanted to take some time to stabilize things.
However, he did receive an internal warning from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance:
"Good idea. Let’s keep their appetites whetted until before the Red Flame Devastation. Then we can restart."
Li Fan was not overly concerned about this matter. As more cultivators began spending contribution points to enhance their cultivation, feedback of their cultivation levels poured into his dantian like a river.
Even without actively practicing, his cultivation level increased steadily every day.
With the dual benefits from almost启灵 and悟道丹, he made significant progress in just one year—equivalent to decades of hard work for ordinary cultivators.
Li Fan felt that his Golden Core was nearly complete and would soon be ready to form a婴灵.
Every three months, he traveled to the Body Transformation Island to extract some phoenix blood from Ye Feipeng's body for research purposes.
His understanding of the phoenix lineage gradually deepened.
During this time, Li Fan also entered the Void Realm again.
Xu Ke was commissioned by Lu Ya to deliver a wooden box to Nanming. The box contained various sealed powers and even emitted an aura from the Immortal Beast Emperor Sanmo.
Thus, Li Fan traveled with Xu Ke on the Azure Phoenix Bird for the entire journey.
The distance to Nanming seemed vast, and they still hadn't reached their destination by the time their travel time ran out.
This Void Realm trip had to be cut short.
By the eleventh year of the anchor period, the long-forgotten Cloud Water Heavenly Palace would reappear in the world.
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