yú fù 、 hán yì ， liǎng rén xiāng shì ér lì 。
渔父、韩易，两人相视而立。
Fisher and Han Yi stood facing each other.
yī gǔ bào nüè de néng liàng ， hū de jiàng lín 。
一股暴虐的能量，忽的降临。
A violent energy suddenly descended upon them.
yú fù miàn róng píng jìng ， shēn xíng rú shān yuè bān ， kuī rán bù dòng 。
渔父面容平静，身形如山岳般，岿然不动。
Fisher's expression remained calm, his figure as solid as a mountain, unshaken by the storm. Even his cloak seemed to have absorbed countless years of time, tightly adhering to his body without being affected by the external force.
lián shēn shàng suō yī yě fǎng fú chén diàn le qiān wàn nián de shí guāng ， zài zhè fēng bào zhōng ， shǐ zhōng jǐn tiē yú fù zhī shēn 。 méi yǒu shòu dào sī háo wài jiè zhī yǐng xiǎng 。
连身上蓑衣也仿佛沉淀了千万年的时光，在这风暴中，始终紧贴渔父之身。没有受到丝毫外界之影响。
On the other hand, Han Yi was enveloped in an overwhelming aura of blackevil/煞气 (malevolent influence) energy that surged and erupted from within him.
ér hán yì shēn shàng ， shì shì zì nèi ér wài ， tāo tiān de hēi shā zhī qì fān téng 、 yǒng xiàn 。
而韩易身上，似是自内而外，滔天的黑煞之气翻腾、涌现。
Under this mysterious energy's influence, Han Yi's face remained still at the moment Fisher had stared at him. Yet, it looked unnaturally sinister.
zài zhè mò míng néng liàng de lǒng zhào xià ， hán yì liǎn shàng de shén qíng suī rán jìng zhǐ zài gāng gāng bèi yú fù zhù shì de nà ge shùn jiān 。
在这莫名能量的笼罩下，韩易脸上的神情虽然静止在刚刚被渔父注视的那个瞬间。
The childlike pupils vanished, his face cracking like shattered porcelain with cracks appearing. His entire body flickered intermittently, disappearing into swirling black mists before reappearing instantly.
kàn shàng qù què shuō bù chū de yīn sēn kě bù 。
看上去却说不出的阴森可怖。
In just a blink of an eye, these changes occurred within the span of a single glance. Fisher placed the fish basket back on his back and took large strides towards Cunyun Sea.
tóng kǒng xiāo shī ， liǎn shàng rú tóng suì liè de cí qì bān ， fú xiàn dào dào liè wén 。
童孔消失，脸上如同碎裂的瓷器般，浮现道道裂纹。
As for Han Yi...
zhěng gè shēn qū gèng shì shí bù shí shǎn shuò yī xià ， xiāo shī zài gǔn gǔn hēi qì zhōng 。
整个身躯更是时不时闪烁一下，消失在滚滚黑气中。
The surging black energy quickly retreated back into his body after Fisher's departure. However, he did not return to normal. He stood silently in place, making no other movements, like a statue that had been there from the beginning.
zhǎ yǎn jiān ， yòu qiǎo rán chóng xiàn 。
眨眼间，又悄然重现。
His hollow eyes stared blankly ahead. After an indeterminate amount of time, when a common white bird flew over Han Yi's stone-like figure, something strange happened.
biàn huà zhǐ fā shēng zài duǎn duǎn yī shùn 。
变化只发生在短短一瞬。
Without any warning, a wound on the bird’s wing that had already healed suddenly reopened. The bird lost its balance and tumbled in mid-air before crashing to the ground, never recovering until it died at Han Yi's statue's feet.
yī yǎn zhī hòu ， yú fù jiāng yuán běn fàng zài dì shàng de yú lǒu chóng xīn bèi zài shēn shàng ， cháo zhe cóng yún hǎi de fāng xiàng dà tà bù ér qù 。
一眼之后，渔父将原本放在地上的鱼篓重新背在身上，朝着丛云海的方向大踏步而去。
More time passed.
zhì yú hán yì ……
至于韩易……
A group of ordinary people from a nearby town walked by, seemingly unaware of Han Yi's stone-like figure standing in the middle of the road. They ignored him completely and bumped into him without flinching.
bù duàn fān téng de hēi qì zài yú fù lǎo rén lí qù zhī hòu ， zhòu rán suō huí tā de tǐ nèi 。
不断翻腾的黑气在渔父老人离去之后，骤然缩回他的体内。
Even more strangely, Han Yi’s stone-like figure seemed to be illusory. No collision occurred as the commoners passed through it seamlessly, their expressions unchanged.
dàn tā què bìng wèi huī fù zhèng cháng 。
但他却并未恢复正常。
However, not long after, one person from the group suddenly clutched his chest, turning pale. Amidst everyone's gasps, he fell to the ground and died shortly thereafter.
zhǐ shì yì zhí jìng jìng dì zhàn lì zài yuán dì ， jiē xià lái yě méi yǒu qí tā dòng zuò 。
只是一直静静地站立在原地，接下来也没有其他动作。
These people had originally planned to gather some herbs in a nearby mountain.
jiù xiàng yī zūn ， zì shǐ zhì zhōng jiù zài zhè lǐ de shí xiàng bān 。
就像一尊，自始至终就在这里的石像般。
Now that such an incident occurred, they no longer had any desire to collect medicinal plants.
kōng dòng de shuāng mù ， lèng lèng kàn zhe qián fāng 。
空洞的双目，愣愣看着前方。
With sobs, they carried the unfortunate victim who had died of a heart attack back home.
bù zhī guò le duō jiǔ ， dàng tiān shàng yī zhī xún cháng bái niǎo ， fēi guò hán yì shí xiàng shàng fāng de shí hòu 。
不知过了多久，当天上一只寻常白鸟，飞过韩易石像上方的时候。
After more time passed, a cultivator wearing a green Daoist robe flew swiftly over Han Yi's statue.
qí guài de shì qíng fā shēng le 。
奇怪的事情发生了。
"Finally, after much effort, I have gathered all the main ingredients for this elixir. With the alchemical furnace I bought earlier..."
méi yǒu rèn hé zhēng zhào de ， zhè zhǐ bái niǎo de chì bǎng shàng ， yuán běn yǐ jīng yù hé de shāng kǒu ， hū de chóng xīn bēng jiě kāi lái 。
没有任何征兆的，这只白鸟的翅膀上，原本已经愈合的伤口，忽的重新崩解开来。
"This [Xuanhuang Treasure Pill] is almost guaranteed to succeed!"
dǎo zhì tā tū rán shī qù le píng héng ， zài kōng zhōng zhuǎn le jǐ gè quān de tóng shí ， bù duàn wǎng xià zhuì luò 。
导致它突然失去了平衡，在空中转了几个圈的同时，不断往下坠落。
He muttered excitedly as he looked forward with anticipation.
yì zhí dào dá dì miàn zhī qián ， dōu méi néng huī fù guò lái 。
一直到达地面之前，都没能恢复过来。
The next day, an inconspicuous anomaly appeared in Luo Yan State's sky: a cultivator had died due to a mishap during alchemy, causing the furnace to explode. The elixir was not completed and cost him his life.
zhí jiē shuāi sǐ zài le hán yì shí xiàng miàn qián 。
直接摔死在了韩易石像面前。
Although such accidents were extremely rare in this era, they still occasionally happened.
yòu bù zhī guò qù le duō jiǔ 。
又不知过去了多久。
A deceased ordinary Golden Core cultivator caused no further commotion as everyone merely sighed before going about their business.
fù jìn xiǎo chéng zhōng ， yī xíng fán rén yǒu shuō yǒu xiào de lù guò le zhè lǐ 。
附近小城中，一行凡人有说有笑的路过了这里。
However, some subtle changes quietly occurred in Luo Yan State without being noticed by outsiders...
fǎng fú kàn bú dào hán yì diāo xiàng bān ， duì yú zhàn lì zài dào lù zhōng yāng de tā ， shú shì wú dǔ 。
仿佛看不到韩易凋像般，对于站立在道路中央的他，熟视无睹。
---
yě méi yǒu bì ràng ， jìng zhí zhuàng le shàng qù 。
也没有避让，径直撞了上去。
The scene returned to Fisher. Although he did not use his wind powers, he walked swiftly across the ground with incredible speed.
gèng jiā xuán qí de shì ， hán yì diāo xiàng ， jìng rán xiàng shì xū huàn de yī yàng 。
更加玄奇的是，韩易凋像，竟然像是虚幻的一样。
With each step, he was already a mile away. His figure flashed as he continued towards Cunyun Sea.
méi yǒu pèng zhuàng fā shēng 。
没有碰撞发生。
When he reached Yuan Dao State and was just one step from his destination, a blue figure suddenly blocked his path.
fán rén men zhí jiē chuān le guò qù 。
凡人们直接穿了过去。
"Friend, perhaps you should turn back..."
yī rán shén sè zì ruò ， chá jué bú dào rèn hé yì cháng 。
依然神色自若，察觉不到任何异常。
Fisher frowned as he sized up the other person. The man wore a blue Daoist robe with white hair and wrinkles covering his face, appearing old and on the brink of death.
zhǐ shì yòu xiàng qián zǒu le bù jiǔ ， fán rén duì wǔ zhōng qí zhōng yī rén ， què shì hū de wǔ zhù xiōng kǒu ， miàn sè cǎn bái 。
只是又向前走了不久，凡人队伍中其中一人，却是忽的捂住胸口，面色惨白。
"Have I met you before?" Fisher asked uncertainly.
zài zhòng rén de jīng hū shēng zhōng ， tuí rán de shuāi dǎo zài le dì shàng 。
在众人的惊呼声中，颓然的摔倒在了地上。
The blue-robed cultivator coughed several times and replied in an aged voice: "You are indeed getting worse at remembering."
mò guò duō jiǔ ， biàn yí mìng wū hū le 。
没过多久，便一命呜呼了。
"You could still recall me during our last meeting. Now, do you even remember who I am?"
zhè xiē fán rén ， yuán běn shì dǎ suàn qián wǎng bù yuǎn chù de shān zhōng cǎi zhāi xiē cǎo yào de 。
这些凡人，原本是打算前往不远处的山中采摘些草药的。
"I'll think about it... It was only two hundred years ago."
rú jīn chū le zhè děng biàn gù ， zì rán zài méi yǒu le cǎi yào de xīn sī 。
如今出了这等变故，自然再没有了采药的心思。
Fisher lowered his head in silence for a moment, seemingly pondering the old man's words.
chuò qì shēng zhōng ， tā men jiāng bù xìng xīn zàng bìng fā de sǐ zhě ， tái zhe dài le huí qù 。
啜泣声中，他们将不幸心脏病发的死者，抬着带了回去。
After a short while, he shook his head: "I can't recall now."
yòu shì yī duàn shí jiān guò qù 。
又是一段时间过去。
"But that doesn't matter..."
yī wèi shēn chuān qīng sè dào páo de xiū shì ， mǎn liǎn xīng fèn dì cóng hán yì diāo xiàng shàng kōng lüè guò 。
一位身穿青色道袍的修士，满脸兴奋地从韩易凋像上空掠过。
"Since you're going to die anyway."
“ zhè cì fèi jǐn qiān xīn wàn kǔ ， zhōng yú jiāng zuì hòu yī wèi zhǔ yào zhǎo qí 。 zài jiā shàng wǒ xiān qián gòu dé de nà dǐng dān lú ……”
“这次费尽千辛万苦，终于将最后一味主药找齐。再加上我先前购得的那鼎丹炉……”
---
“ zhè cì 【 xuán bīng bǎo dān 】， jī hū bì chéng yǐ ！”
“这次【玄冰宝丹】，几乎必成矣！”
Fisher continued talking to himself. The blue-robed old man was taken aback.
tā zuǐ lǐ dī shēng niàn dāo zhe ， yǎn zhōng mǎn shì qī dài 。
他嘴里低声念叨着，眼中满是期待。
"Yes, I'm about to die..." the old man said with a touch of sadness in his voice.
yī rì hòu ， luó yān zhōu shàng kōng ， fú xiàn chū yī dào bù xiǎn yǎn de xiū shì yǔn luò yì xiàng 。
一日后，罗烟州上空，浮现出一道不显眼的修士陨落异像。
"Do you still want to stop me?" Fisher asked.
dà yì shì mǒu wèi xiū shì ， zài liàn dān guò chéng zhōng yīn wèi cāo zuò shī wù ， dǎo zhì zhà lú fā shēng 。
大意是某位修士，在炼丹过程中因为操作失误，导致炸炉发生。
"It's my duty," the blue-robed cultivator replied without hesitation.
dān yào méi liàn chéng ， fǎn hái péi le zì shēn xìng mìng 。
丹药没炼成，反还赔了自身性命。
Fisher nodded and extended his right hand forward.
rú jīn zhè ge nián dài ， yīn wèi liàn dān zhà lú bù xìng yǔn luò de shì qíng ， suī rán jí qí shǎo jiàn ， dàn yě bú shì méi yǒu kě néng 。
如今这个年代，因为炼丹炸炉不幸陨落的事情，虽然极其少见，但也不是没有可能。
Instantly, intersecting black lines appeared around the blue-robed old man like a giant net, surrounding him from all sides.
huàn yuán app】
换源app】
The old man grunted as he vanished in an instant, leaving behind only a glowing blue feather in Fisher's shrinking net.
sǐ qù de yòu zhǐ shì gè bù qǐ yǎn de jīn dān xiū shì ， zhòng rén zhǐ shì gǎn tàn le jǐ jù 。
死去的又只是个不起眼的金丹修士，众人只是感叹了几句。
In the next moment, the net disappeared and returned to Fisher's hand.
biàn zài méi yǒu yǐn qǐ rèn hé bō lán 。
便再没有引起任何波澜。
Looking at the blue feather in his hand, Fisher's eyebrows raised slightly, showing some surprise. He shook his head slightly but did not dwell on it for long before placing the blue-robed cultivator’s statue back into his fish basket and continuing towards Cunyun Sea.
zhǐ shì yǒu xiē biàn huà ， qiāo wú shēng xī de fā shēng zài luó yān zhōu 。
只是有些变化，悄无声息的发生在罗烟州。
Not long after Fisher left,
zàn shí bù bèi wài rén suǒ zhī 。
暂时不被外人所知。
A faint figure reappeared among them.
shì jiǎo huí dào yú fù lǎo rén shēn shàng 。
视角回到渔父老人身上。
"Hmph!"
tā suī rán méi yǒu yù fēng fēi xíng ， zhǐ shì jiǎo tà shí dì xíng zǒu yú dì miàn 。
他虽然没有御风飞行，只是脚踏实地行走于地面。
He gave Fisher's back a deep look before vanishing from sight.
dàn sù dù què shì jí kuài 。
但速度却是极快。
---
yī jiǎo tà chū ， xià yī bù jiù yǐ jīng wèi yú wàn lǐ zhī wài 。
一脚踏出，下一步就已经位于万里之外。
In Qing Yun State, two states away from Luo Yan State, Li Fan immediately knew something was wrong when his surveillanceperspective disappeared. He reacted quickly and took out a statue of the Heavenly Venerable that could protect him from fatal blows to hissea of knowledge/cognitive sea.
shēn xíng lián shǎn ， bù duàn cháo zhe cóng yún hǎi jìn fā 。
身形连闪，不断朝着丛云海进发。
This one did not have the five-faced ten-handed form that could contact the Fivepivot/joint Academy but represented theworry-free Heavenly Venerable with a sad expression.
dāng tā dào dá yuán dào zhōu ， lí mù dì dì zhǐ yǒu yī bù zhī yáo de shí hòu 。
当他到达源道州，离目的地只有一步之遥的时候。
The statue's only function was to protect hissea of knowledge/cognitive sea when it faced a mortal blow, preventing its collapse. Its effect was quite significant.
hū rán ， yī dào lán sè shēn yǐng lán zài le tā de miàn qián 。
忽然，一道蓝色身影拦在了他的面前。
Li Fan felt as if he had been struck hard on the head, and his mind echoed loudly. The scene before him blurred into countless images that kept moving.
“ dào yǒu hái shì qiě huí ba ……”
“道友还是且回吧……”
He spat out blood instinctively while clutching his head tightly. Even hisbody protection energy recharge progress for the True Reality technique dropped by 5%.
yú fù zhòu zhe méi tóu ， dǎ liàng zhe duì fāng 。
渔父皱着眉头，打量着对方。
Fortunately, it was only a minor injury, and he did not face any mortal danger.
yī xí lán sè dào páo ， tóu fà huā bái ， mǎn liǎn zhòu wén 。
一袭蓝色道袍，头发花白，满脸皱纹。
The Five Elements force in his internal dao field circulated rapidly as Li Fan recovered his vitality within an instant.
Fisher and Han Yi stood facing each other.
A violent energy suddenly descended upon them.
Fisher's expression remained calm, his figure as solid as a mountain, unshaken by the storm. Even his cloak seemed to have absorbed countless years of time, tightly adhering to his body without being affected by the external force.
On the other hand, Han Yi was enveloped in an overwhelming aura of blackevil/煞气 (malevolent influence) energy that surged and erupted from within him.
Under this mysterious energy's influence, Han Yi's face remained still at the moment Fisher had stared at him. Yet, it looked unnaturally sinister.
The childlike pupils vanished, his face cracking like shattered porcelain with cracks appearing. His entire body flickered intermittently, disappearing into swirling black mists before reappearing instantly.
In just a blink of an eye, these changes occurred within the span of a single glance. Fisher placed the fish basket back on his back and took large strides towards Cunyun Sea.
As for Han Yi...
The surging black energy quickly retreated back into his body after Fisher's departure. However, he did not return to normal. He stood silently in place, making no other movements, like a statue that had been there from the beginning.
His hollow eyes stared blankly ahead. After an indeterminate amount of time, when a common white bird flew over Han Yi's stone-like figure, something strange happened.
Without any warning, a wound on the bird’s wing that had already healed suddenly reopened. The bird lost its balance and tumbled in mid-air before crashing to the ground, never recovering until it died at Han Yi's statue's feet.
More time passed.
A group of ordinary people from a nearby town walked by, seemingly unaware of Han Yi's stone-like figure standing in the middle of the road. They ignored him completely and bumped into him without flinching.
Even more strangely, Han Yi’s stone-like figure seemed to be illusory. No collision occurred as the commoners passed through it seamlessly, their expressions unchanged.
However, not long after, one person from the group suddenly clutched his chest, turning pale. Amidst everyone's gasps, he fell to the ground and died shortly thereafter.
These people had originally planned to gather some herbs in a nearby mountain.
Now that such an incident occurred, they no longer had any desire to collect medicinal plants.
With sobs, they carried the unfortunate victim who had died of a heart attack back home.
After more time passed, a cultivator wearing a green Daoist robe flew swiftly over Han Yi's statue.
"Finally, after much effort, I have gathered all the main ingredients for this elixir. With the alchemical furnace I bought earlier..."
"This [Xuanhuang Treasure Pill] is almost guaranteed to succeed!"
He muttered excitedly as he looked forward with anticipation.
The next day, an inconspicuous anomaly appeared in Luo Yan State's sky: a cultivator had died due to a mishap during alchemy, causing the furnace to explode. The elixir was not completed and cost him his life.
Although such accidents were extremely rare in this era, they still occasionally happened.
A deceased ordinary Golden Core cultivator caused no further commotion as everyone merely sighed before going about their business.
However, some subtle changes quietly occurred in Luo Yan State without being noticed by outsiders...
---
The scene returned to Fisher. Although he did not use his wind powers, he walked swiftly across the ground with incredible speed.
With each step, he was already a mile away. His figure flashed as he continued towards Cunyun Sea.
When he reached Yuan Dao State and was just one step from his destination, a blue figure suddenly blocked his path.
"Friend, perhaps you should turn back..."
Fisher frowned as he sized up the other person. The man wore a blue Daoist robe with white hair and wrinkles covering his face, appearing old and on the brink of death.
"Have I met you before?" Fisher asked uncertainly.
The blue-robed cultivator coughed several times and replied in an aged voice: "You are indeed getting worse at remembering."
"You could still recall me during our last meeting. Now, do you even remember who I am?"
"I'll think about it... It was only two hundred years ago."
Fisher lowered his head in silence for a moment, seemingly pondering the old man's words.
After a short while, he shook his head: "I can't recall now."
"But that doesn't matter..."
"Since you're going to die anyway."
---
Fisher continued talking to himself. The blue-robed old man was taken aback.
"Yes, I'm about to die..." the old man said with a touch of sadness in his voice.
"Do you still want to stop me?" Fisher asked.
"It's my duty," the blue-robed cultivator replied without hesitation.
Fisher nodded and extended his right hand forward.
Instantly, intersecting black lines appeared around the blue-robed old man like a giant net, surrounding him from all sides.
The old man grunted as he vanished in an instant, leaving behind only a glowing blue feather in Fisher's shrinking net.
In the next moment, the net disappeared and returned to Fisher's hand.
Looking at the blue feather in his hand, Fisher's eyebrows raised slightly, showing some surprise. He shook his head slightly but did not dwell on it for long before placing the blue-robed cultivator’s statue back into his fish basket and continuing towards Cunyun Sea.
Not long after Fisher left,
A faint figure reappeared among them.
"Let floods rage."
"Hmph!"
He gave Fisher's back a deep look before vanishing from sight.
---
In Qing Yun State, two states away from Luo Yan State, Li Fan immediately knew something was wrong when his surveillanceperspective disappeared. He reacted quickly and took out a statue of the Heavenly Venerable that could protect him from fatal blows to hissea of knowledge/cognitive sea.
This one did not have the five-faced ten-handed form that could contact the Fivepivot/joint Academy but represented theworry-free Heavenly Venerable with a sad expression.
The statue's only function was to protect hissea of knowledge/cognitive sea when it faced a mortal blow, preventing its collapse. Its effect was quite significant.
Li Fan felt as if he had been struck hard on the head, and his mind echoed loudly. The scene before him blurred into countless images that kept moving.
He spat out blood instinctively while clutching his head tightly. Even hisbody protection energy recharge progress for the True Reality technique dropped by 5%.
Fortunately, it was only a minor injury, and he did not face any mortal danger.
The Five Elements force in his internal dao field circulated rapidly as Li Fan recovered his vitality within an instant.