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第五百二十二章 美梦终将醒

"Before I tell my junior brother about this, no one else knew about it except the sect leader and me."

"So you must keep this a secret for me," Zhao Senior Sister said with a soft tone.

A sense of impending danger suddenly surged into Li Fan's heart.

In an instant, many thoughts flashed through his mind. His body stiffened momentarily but quickly returned to normal.

He stroked her smooth, fair back as if it was natural and said, "Of course. I was shocked when I heard this news just now, feeling a bit incredulous."

"Let alone the elders; they would surely come together to stop it if they knew about it."

"Even with the sect leader's help, compared to those old fellows, our strength is too weak. We still need to accumulate power and bide our time, striving for a decisive victory," Li Fan advised from his own experience.

Zhao Senior Sister remained silent and motionless in his arms as if she were asleep.

"By the way, Senior Sister, why did Ji Sect Leader suddenly have the idea of passing on the sect leadership to you?" After a long silence, Li Fan finally couldn't help asking.

"I don't know. These old relics always make people feel so unpredictable. Maybe he's hoping for immortality and doesn't want to deal with this mess anymore," Zhao Senior Sister changed her lying position, speaking in a lazy tone.

"Anyway, the world is getting more chaotic. The Ten Great Immortal Sects are seen by long-lived cultivators as more of a hindrance than anything else..."

Zhao Senior Sister's voice grew softer until it was barely audible.

Seeing that she had no more words to say, Li Fan didn't dare to追问 any further.

Instead, he resumed his cultivation.

A moment of pleasure.

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Li Fan knew that since the day Zhao Senior Sister walked out from the sect hall, she had become somewhat different. But this intuition was not backed by concrete evidence.

In their daily interactions over the following days, he didn't notice anything unusual about her, his companion for a century.

But...

Li Fan still firmly believed that something was changing in her, happening gradually.

However, where did this persistent sense of danger come from?

Even if Zhao Senior Sister had been keeping secrets from him, it seemed she wasn't lying when it came to her feelings toward him.

As the sect leader, he would be his junior brother's partner. This wasn't a minor sect; it was the renowned Great Dao Sect that shook the entire world of cultivators.

At that time, he would truly be second only to none in the sect.

Even in his wildest dreams before, he hadn't dared to hope for this position.

Now with Zhao Senior Sister's help, wealth and honor were within reach!

What could possibly be wrong?

Li Fan instinctively felt like he had forgotten something important. But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't remember it.

He continued his normal life while secretly investigating the situation.

Time passed quickly.

Another three years went by.

During these three years, with the efforts of many brilliant cultivators from the Ten Great Immortal Sects, a method to eliminate the lingering "Immortal Pestilence" in the world was finally found.

Thus, large-scale "disinfection" operations began. Each surviving sect had to send cultivators to various regions of the Xuanhuang Realm to carry out the task of eliminating the "Immortal Pestilence."

Li Fan and Zhao Senior Sister, who were originally the main laborers, were not dispatched down the mountain because she was confirmed as the next sect leader.

Instead, a group of five True Transcenders was sent out. Li Fan also benefited from this and stayed within the sect to enjoy his peace.

As time passed, even inside the sect gate, Li Fan could sense that the Xuanhuang Realm's environment seemed to be slowly improving.

"After great calamity comes great governance. I hope the heavenly disaster ends soon so we can welcome a new era of cultivation!"

Li Fan often heard disciples making such wishes within the sect.

As the "Immortal Pestilence" gradually dissipated, Zhao Senior Sister became busier and busier.

She seemed to be officially taking over as the sect leader, attending numerous meetings with respected elders from the Great Dao Sect.

It wasn't an easy task to convince them. Li Fan often saw some elders leaving the meeting room in anger, their sleeves flapping behind them.

But Zhao Senior Sister told him not to worry; more and more elders were convinced and agreed to her taking over as sect leader.

"Very soon, I will truly become the sect leader of the Great Dao Sect."

Zhao Senior Sister smiled and said this.

Li Fan was not at all worried about it. Instead, his long-standing fear grew stronger.

Not just in Zhao Senior Sister; something eerie and inexplicable seemed to be happening throughout the entire Great Dao Sect.

Although he could sense possible anomalies, Li Fan couldn't pinpoint them.

Thus, Li Fan's anxiety and rage intensified.

Zhao Senior Sister, who was beside him, naturally noticed his emotions.

Fortunately, Li Fan just attributed it to the frequent celestial phenomena of fallen cultivators appearing in the sky.

Originally, they thought that with the "Immortal Pestilence" cleared, cultivators could finally have a moment of peace.

Who would have thought that not long after, another anomaly occurred in the heavens?

Previously, the "death declaration" appeared randomly above when a cultivator fell. But now, this randomness was turning into something inevitable.

Moreover, the range and impact of these anomalies were gradually increasing.

The scene generated by a Transcender's fall almost covered several thousand miles of the sky.

Worse still, all cultivators who witnessed the "death declaration" in the heavens felt their unease and agitation intensifying day by day.

Those who had long given up on cultivation to just live out their remaining days began to develop strange emotions.

Sorrow for the dead rabbit, resentment, confusion, anger...

When a cultivator from within the sect also fell due to his life span coming to an end,

A strange atmosphere slowly spread throughout the sect.

It was under these circumstances that Zhao Senior Sister officially succeeded and became the sect leader.

Seventeen elders unanimously agreed with Ji Sect Leader's decision, shocking many disciples who had been looking forward to a good show.

At this moment, Li Fan's unease reached its peak.

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