yuē bàn zhǎn chá de shí jiān zhī hòu 。
约半盏茶的时间之后。
About half a tea cup's time later.
lǐ fán sān rén zhǎo dào le wèi yú shēn gǔ dǐ bù yī chù shān dòng zhōng de cáng shēn zhī suǒ 。
李凡三人找到了位于深谷底部一处山洞中的藏身之所。
Li Fan and his companions found a cave at the bottom of a deep valley, serving as their hiding place.
yǒu zhèn fǎ zhē yǎn rù kǒu ， yǒu mì fǎ yǐn cáng qì xī 。
有阵法遮掩入口，有秘法隐藏气息。
The entrance was concealed by an array, and their presence masked by secret techniques. Most cultivators would find it hard to locate this entrance even if they deliberately searched for it. However, with Lin Ling's presence—having access to all the trees in the mountain as her eyes—and Li Fan himself, every detail was a giveaway.
yì bān xiū shì ， jiù suàn kè yì sōu xún ， dōu hěn nán fā xiàn zhè rù kǒu 。
一般修士，就算刻意搜寻，都很难发现这入口。
To Li Fan's surprise, there were still no signs of anyone inside the cave!
dàn zài yǒu zhe 【 zhōng mò jiě lí dié 】 de lǐ fán 、 yǐ jí shān zhōng wàn shù jiē wèi ěr mù dì lín líng yī xíng rén miàn qián ， què quán dōu shì pò zhàn 。
但在有着【终末解离碟】的李凡、以及山中万树皆为耳目的林灵一行人面前，却全都是破绽。
They had just escaped not long ago, and their aura hadn't dissipated yet!
rán ér ， ràng lǐ fán zài dù gǎn dào yì wài de shì 。
然而，让李凡再度感到意外的是。
Li Fan narrowed his eyes. "This... is..."
shān dòng zhī zhōng ， yī rán méi yǒu rén ！
山洞之中，依然没有人！
"Is he hiding from me?"
tóng yàng shì gāng gāng táo dùn bù jiǔ ， qì xī hái wèi sàn qù ！
同样是刚刚逃遁不久，气息还未散去！
"Can they predict my arrival?"
lǐ fán bù jīn mī qǐ le yǎn jīng 。
李凡不禁眯起了眼睛。
"Is it a prophecy, or..."
“ zhè shì ……”
“这是……”
Suddenly, Li Fan recalled the resurgence of Fuxingshan after its collapse.
“ zài duǒ zhe wǒ ？”
“在躲着我？”
"Time reversal?"
“ néng gòu tí qián zhī dào wǒ lái zhǎo tā men ？”
“能够提前知道我来找他们？”
The sudden thought caused his heart to race. However, having experienced much, he quickly regained composure. "Just speculation; not true."
“ shì yù yán ， yì huò shì ……”
“是预言，亦或是……”
"The truth will be revealed once we capture them and their son."
lǐ fán hū de xiǎng qǐ le fù xīng shān bēng ， yòu chóng xīn chū xiàn de shì qíng 。
李凡忽的想起了复兴山崩，又重新出现的事情。
Driven by a long-awaited sense of excitement, Li Fan turned to Lin Ling again.
“ shí jiān dào liú ？”
“时间倒流？”
Lin Ling scanned the area before shaking her head. "They haven't left this cave."
cāi cè chū xiàn de chà nà ， lǐ fán xīn zàng bù yóu de jù liè tiào dòng le fān 。
猜测出现的刹那，李凡心脏不由得剧烈跳动了番。
Li Fan examined the surroundings more closely: "No signs of spatial transfer either. Could it be..."
bù guò bì jìng tā jīng lì de duō le ， hěn kuài jiù huī fù le zhèn dìng 。
不过毕竟他经历的多了，很快就恢复了镇定。
Both Li Fan and Lin Ling looked down.
“ jǐn jǐn zhǐ shì cāi cè ér yǐ ， suàn bù dé zhēn 。”
“仅仅只是猜测而已，算不得真。”
A smile crept onto Li Fan's face as he lazily instructed, "We follow them."
“ dào dǐ rú hé ， bǎ tā men fù zǐ èr rén zhuā dào zhī hòu ， jiù yǒu dá àn le 。”
“到底如何，把他们父子二人抓到之后，就有答案了。”
Lin Ling nodded, enveloped in green light, and dived underground.
zài jiǔ wéi jī dòng xīn qíng de qū shǐ xià ， lǐ fán yòu kàn xiàng le lín líng 。
在久违激动心情的驱使下，李凡又看向了林灵。
Logically, the underground was dark and hard to navigate, making it easy to escape. However, among Li Fan's group was Lin Ling, who had a connection with ancient trees of the earth veins!
lín líng què dōng zhāng xī wàng le huì ， yáo le yáo tóu ：“ tā men méi yǒu chū zhè shān dòng 。”
林灵却东张西望了会，摇了摇头：“他们没有出这山洞。”
Despite the vast space below, it was all under the domain of these ancient earth veins. Every move could not be hidden from their eyes.
lǐ fán wén yán ， zài dù zǐ xì chá kàn qǐ lái ：“ yě méi yǒu kòng jiān tiào zhuǎn de jì xiàng 。 nán dào shuō ……”
李凡闻言，再度仔细查看起来：“也没有空间跳转的迹象。难道说……”
With guidance, Li Fan and his companions quickly found traces of their opponents' movements. However, he also noticed that they only walked for a short while underground before hastily returning to the surface.
lǐ fán yǔ lín líng tóng shí kàn xiàng dì xià 。
李凡与林灵同时看向地下。
"Did they notice we're following them?"
zuǐ jiǎo fú xiàn chū yī sī xiào yì ， lǐ fán lǎn yáng yáng dì fēn fù dào ：“ wǒ men zhuī 。”
嘴角浮现出一丝笑意，李凡懒洋洋地吩咐道：“我们追。”
"Truly persistent."
lín líng diǎn le diǎn tóu ， lǜ sè guāng máng lǒng zhào ， zuān rù dì dǐ 。
林灵点了点头，绿色光芒笼罩，钻入地底。
Thinking this, he returned to the surface. This time, Lin Ling's感应 indicated that Daozi and his son had flown into the sky.
àn lǐ lái shuō ， dì xià hūn àn wú guāng 、 nán biàn dōng xī nán běi 。
按理来说，地下昏暗无光、难辨东西南北。
Unfortunately, flight would leave behind traces of spiritual energy fluctuations.
hěn róng yì bǎi tuō zhuī bǔ 。
很容易摆脱追捕。
Soon, Lin Ling found their direction of escape and led Li Fan in pursuit. No matter how they changed directions or set up decoys, they couldn't shake off Lin Ling's tracking.
dàn piān piān ， lǐ fán yī xíng zhōng ， què yǒu zhe néng gòu gēn dì mài gǔ shù pān shàng guān xì de lín líng ！
但偏偏，李凡一行中，却有着能够跟地脉古树攀上关系的林灵！
Finally, it seemed Daozi and his son had given up the chase, standing still amidst the clouds, waiting.
dì xià kōng jiān suī guǎng ， què quán shì dì mài gǔ shù de dì pán 。
地下空间虽广，却全是地脉古树的地盘。
"Little Lin Ling is really useful," Li Fan thought as he caught up to the two figures. "I wonder what you're after, Senior."
yī jǔ yī dòng ， nán táo fǎ yǎn ！
一举一动，难逃法眼！
Facing the trio that surrounded him, Daozi respectfully asked, "I only came here to help with your home renovation. I didn't expect such unexpected results."
dé le zhǐ yǐn ， lǐ fán děng rén hěn kuài jiù zhǎo dào le duì fāng xíng dòng de hén jì 。
得了指引，李凡等人很快就找到了对方行动的痕迹。
Li Fan's eyes narrowed as he scanned both of them. His son was about eight or nine years old and not particularly handsome, but he faced Li Fan with a calm demeanor despite the ominous aura.
bù guò tóng shí lǐ fán yě fā xiàn ， tā men zhǐ zài dì xià zǒu le duǎn duǎn yī zhèn ， jiù cōng máng yòu fǎn huí dì shàng 。
不过同时李凡也发现，他们只在地下走了短短一阵，就匆忙又返回地上。
Especially his gaze, fixed on Li Fan with a hint of contempt, as if harboring deep grudges.
“ shì yòu fā xiàn wǒ men zhuī lái le me 。”
“是又发现我们追来了么。”
Clearly, they had never met before, yet their attitude suggested something more...
“ zhēn shì nán chán a 。”
“真是难缠啊。”
Further confirming Li Fan's suspicions.
zhè me xiǎng zhe ， tā zài dù huí guī dì miàn 。
这么想着，他再度回归地面。
Daozi noticed his son's unusual behavior and changed his expression. He blocked his son behind him. "I don't understand what you mean!"
zhè yī cì ， lín líng tā dé dào de gǎn yìng shì ， ōu dào zi fù zǐ èr rén ， fēi dùn rù kōng zhōng zhī zhōng 。
这一次，林灵她得到的感应是，欧道子父子二人，飞遁入空中之中。
Li Fan snorted coldly. "The collapse of Fuxingshan and its resurgence—was it your son who did it?"
zhǐ kě xī fēi dùn zhī shù ， bì dìng huì liú xià líng qì bō dòng 。
只可惜飞遁之术，必定会留下灵气波动。
"His abilities... Could he be the legendary time reversal technique?"
hěn kuài ， lín líng jiù zhǎo dào le tā men táo wáng de fāng xiàng 。
很快，林灵就找到了他们逃亡的方向。
Although Li Fan appeared only as a Golden Core cultivator, Lin Ling and Tianyang were both at the Dao Formation and Divine Transformation stages, with Li Fan leading them.
dài zhe lǐ fán ， jǐn jǐn gēn shàng 。
带着李凡，紧紧跟上。
Daozi couldn't fathom his true cultivation level. He said, "Senior, don't joke around. How could there be such a thing as time reversal in this world?"
wú lùn ōu dào zi tā men rú hé biàn huàn qián xíng fāng xiàng ， gù bù yí zhèn ， dōu nán táo lín líng de zhuī zōng 。
无论欧道子他们如何变换前行方向，故布疑阵，都难逃林灵的追踪。
"As for my son's abilities..."
zhōng yú ， ōu dào zi tā men sì hū fàng qì le zhēng zhá ， bù zài táo cuàn 。
终于，欧道子他们似乎放弃了挣扎，不再逃窜。
As Daozi spoke, he lowered his voice but paused deliberately, as if waiting for something.
zài qián fāng yún céng zhōng jìng lì 、 děng hòu 。
在前方云层中静立、等候。
Li Fan's senses immediately went on high alert: "Binding Insects!"
“ lín líng zhè xiǎo jiā huo ， hái zhēn hǎo yòng a 。” zhōng yú zhuī shàng ， kàn zhe qián fāng yī dà yī xiǎo de rén yǐng ， lǐ fán xīn zhōng bù yóu àn zì gǎn tàn dào 。
“林灵这小家伙，还真好用啊。”终于追上，看着前方一大一小的人影，李凡心中不由暗自感叹道。
The target was not Daozi but his son!
“ bù zhī qián bèi kǔ kǔ zhuī xún ， suǒ wèi hé shì ？” ōu dào zi miàn duì jiāng zì jǐ bāo wéi zhù de lǐ fán sān rén ， bù bēi bù kàng de bào quán wèn dào 。
“不知前辈苦苦追寻，所谓何事？”欧道子面对将自己包围住的李凡三人，不卑不抗的抱拳问道。
The child lost control instantly, yet there was no panic in his eyes. Everything seemed within his预料.
“ yuán běn zhǐ shì jiā lǐ jiàn zhù pò tǔ dòng gōng le ， xiǎng qǐng nǐ bāng gè máng 。 méi xiǎng dào ， jū rán yǒu le yì wài de shōu huò 。” lǐ fán yǎn jīng wēi mī ， yǎn shén zài liǎng rén shēn shàng lái huí sǎo guò 。
“原本只是家里建筑破土动工了，想请你帮个忙。没想到，居然有了意外的收获。”李凡眼睛微眯，眼神在两人身上来回扫过。
He looked at Li Fan with a hint of mockery.
ōu dào zi de ér zi ， bù guò bā jiǔ suì de nián jì 。 róng mào suàn bù dé jùn lǎng ， rán ér miàn duì yǐn yǐn shì fàng shā qì de lǐ fán ， què shì yí rán bù jù 。 zì yǒu yī fān qì dù 。
欧道子的儿子，不过八九岁的年纪。容貌算不得俊朗，然而面对隐隐释放煞气的李凡，却是怡然不惧。自有一番气度。
At the same time, Tianyang's body suddenly expanded into a black and red sphere, enveloping Li Fan in its center.
yóu qí tā de yǎn shén ， hěn hěn dīng zhe lǐ fán 。 fǎng fú yǒu shén me xuè hǎi shēn chóu yì bān 。
尤其他的眼神，狠狠盯着李凡。仿佛有什么血海深仇一般。
"Boom!"
míng míng èr rén cǐ qián cóng wèi jiàn guò bǐ cǐ ， dàn què rú cǐ zī tài ……
明明二人此前从未见过彼此，但却如此姿态……
Unknown to them, something collided, producing a loud explosion.
sì hū yù fā yàn zhèng le lǐ fán xīn zhōng de cāi xiǎng 。
似乎愈发验证了李凡心中的猜想。
Li Fan felt dizzy, while Tianyang's puppet body developed cracks.
ōu dào zi yě fā xiàn le zì jǐ ér zi de yì cháng ， miàn sè yī biàn 。 jiāng ér zi lán zài shēn hòu ：“ wǒ bù míng bái nǐ shuō de shén me yì si ！”
欧道子也发现了自己儿子的异常，面色一变。将儿子拦在身后：“我不明白你说的什么意思！”
Fortunately, Lin Ling intervened just in time, preventing total destruction.
lǐ fán lěng hēng yī shēng ：“ fù xīng shān bēng ， yòu fù xiàn 。 jiù shì nǐ ér zi de shǒu bǐ ba ？”
李凡冷哼一声：“复兴山崩，又复现。就是你儿子的手笔吧？”
"What the hell is that?"
“ tā de néng lì jiū jìng shì shén me ？ nán bù chéng huì shì chuán shuō zhōng de shí guāng dào liú zhī shù ？”
“他的能力究竟是什么？难不成会是传说中的时光倒流之术？”
Li Fan cursed inwardly. His True Technique panel showed his protective shield was fully charged; he felt relieved.
suī rán lǐ fán wài biǎo zhǐ shì jīn dān xiū shì ， dàn shì lín líng 、 tiān yáng yī wèi hé dào ， yī wèi huà shén ， dōu yǐ tā wéi shǒu 。
虽然李凡外表只是金丹修士，但是林灵、天阳一位合道，一位化神，都以他为首。
The Channelling Stone flashed blue in his mind, replaying the scene in slow motion.
ōu dào zi wú fǎ cāi tòu lǐ fán zhēn shí xiū wèi ， zhǐ shì shuō dào ：“ qián bèi bú yào kāi wán xiào le 。 shì jiān qǐ huì yǒu shí guāng nì liú zhī shì 。。”
欧道子无法猜透李凡真实修为，只是说道：“前辈不要开玩笑了。世间岂会有时光逆流之事。。”
He finally identified the culprit behind the sudden incident: a bolt of arrow.
“ zhì yú wǒ ér shén tōng ……”
“至于我儿神通……”
Daozi and his son seemed to have anticipated its trajectory, deliberately lingering to draw Li Fan's group into position. They bought time until the arrow struck Li Fan.
ōu dào zi shuō zhe ， yī biān jiāng shēng yīn yā dī ， yī biān què gù yì hū de bù yán 。
欧道子说着，一边将声音压低，一边却故意忽的不言。
A yellow light emanated from Daozi's son, locking onto the arrow with incredible accuracy despite its speed. In an instant, the arrow flew back towards its origin!
fǎng fú zài děng dài zhe shén me ！
仿佛在等待着什么！
The yellow light enveloped Daozi and his son, using the arrow’s unimaginable speed to escape Li Fan's group in a blink of an eye.
lǐ fán xīn zhōng dùn shí jǐng líng dà zuò ：“ fù chóng ！”
李凡心中顿时警铃大作：“缚虫！”
"Master, they're gone. They've run too far for me to sense their presence," Lin Ling said apologetically.
mù biāo bú shì ōu dào zi ， ér shì tā de ér zi ！
目标不是欧道子，而是他的儿子！
Tianyang nodded guiltily.
nà hái tóng shùn jiān shī qù kòng zhì ， dàn shì tā de yǎn zhōng ， què méi yǒu rèn hé huāng luàn 。
那孩童瞬间失去控制，但是他的眼中，却没有任何慌乱。
Li Fan waved his hand nonchalantly. He replayed the events and vaguely understood the true nature of their abilities.
hǎo xiàng yī qiè dōu zài tā de yù liào zhī zhōng 。
好像一切都在他的预料之中。
It wasn't time reversal... or at least, it had some connection.
fǎn ér kàn xiàng lǐ fán ， yǒu wēi wēi cháo fěng zhī sè 。
反而看向李凡，有微微嘲讽之色。
Reversing an object's state to a certain point in the past!
yǔ cǐ tóng shí ， tiān yáng de shēn qū shà shí péng zhàng qǐ lái ， zǔ chéng yī tuán hēi hóng xiāng jiàn de yuán qiú ， jiāng lǐ fán wéi zài zhōng xīn 。
与此同时，天阳的身躯霎时膨胀起来，组成一团黑红相间的圆球，将李凡围在中心。
On a child, Li Fan was delighted. This was the only cultivator he'd encountered since his reincarnation who could be linked to Time Dao.
“ hōng ！”
“轰！”
"Run? You can't run!"
bù zhī gēn shén me pèng zhuàng zài yì qǐ ， jù dà de hōng míng shēng shà shí xiǎng qǐ 。
不知跟什么碰撞在一起，巨大的轰鸣声霎时响起。
"You might escape for now but not forever!"
lǐ fán dùn shí yī zhèn tóu yūn mù xuàn ， ér tiān yáng de kuǐ lěi shēn qū ， gèng shì chū xiàn le yī dào dào liè wén 。
李凡顿时一阵头晕目眩，而天阳的傀儡身躯，更是出现了一道道裂纹。
"I've got you; there's no escaping me!"
xìng hǎo yǒu lín líng jí shí chū shǒu xiàng jiù ， zhè cái miǎn yú sì fēn wǔ liè de xià chǎng 。
幸好有林灵及时出手相救，这才免于四分五裂的下场。
Li Fan's eyes sparkled as he thought of dozens of countermeasures in an instant. (End of Chapter)
About half a tea cup's time later.
Li Fan and his companions found a cave at the bottom of a deep valley, serving as their hiding place.
The entrance was concealed by an array, and their presence masked by secret techniques. Most cultivators would find it hard to locate this entrance even if they deliberately searched for it. However, with Lin Ling's presence—having access to all the trees in the mountain as her eyes—and Li Fan himself, every detail was a giveaway.
To Li Fan's surprise, there were still no signs of anyone inside the cave!
They had just escaped not long ago, and their aura hadn't dissipated yet!
Li Fan narrowed his eyes. "This... is..."
"Is he hiding from me?"
"Can they predict my arrival?"
"Is it a prophecy, or..."
Suddenly, Li Fan recalled the resurgence of Fuxingshan after its collapse.
"Time reversal?"
The sudden thought caused his heart to race. However, having experienced much, he quickly regained composure. "Just speculation; not true."
"The truth will be revealed once we capture them and their son."
Driven by a long-awaited sense of excitement, Li Fan turned to Lin Ling again.
Lin Ling scanned the area before shaking her head. "They haven't left this cave."
Li Fan examined the surroundings more closely: "No signs of spatial transfer either. Could it be..."
Both Li Fan and Lin Ling looked down.
A smile crept onto Li Fan's face as he lazily instructed, "We follow them."
Lin Ling nodded, enveloped in green light, and dived underground.
Logically, the underground was dark and hard to navigate, making it easy to escape. However, among Li Fan's group was Lin Ling, who had a connection with ancient trees of the earth veins!
Despite the vast space below, it was all under the domain of these ancient earth veins. Every move could not be hidden from their eyes.
With guidance, Li Fan and his companions quickly found traces of their opponents' movements. However, he also noticed that they only walked for a short while underground before hastily returning to the surface.
"Did they notice we're following them?"
"Truly persistent."
Thinking this, he returned to the surface. This time, Lin Ling's感应 indicated that Daozi and his son had flown into the sky.
Unfortunately, flight would leave behind traces of spiritual energy fluctuations.
Soon, Lin Ling found their direction of escape and led Li Fan in pursuit. No matter how they changed directions or set up decoys, they couldn't shake off Lin Ling's tracking.
Finally, it seemed Daozi and his son had given up the chase, standing still amidst the clouds, waiting.
"Little Lin Ling is really useful," Li Fan thought as he caught up to the two figures. "I wonder what you're after, Senior."
Facing the trio that surrounded him, Daozi respectfully asked, "I only came here to help with your home renovation. I didn't expect such unexpected results."
Li Fan's eyes narrowed as he scanned both of them. His son was about eight or nine years old and not particularly handsome, but he faced Li Fan with a calm demeanor despite the ominous aura.
Especially his gaze, fixed on Li Fan with a hint of contempt, as if harboring deep grudges.
Clearly, they had never met before, yet their attitude suggested something more...
Further confirming Li Fan's suspicions.
Daozi noticed his son's unusual behavior and changed his expression. He blocked his son behind him. "I don't understand what you mean!"
Li Fan snorted coldly. "The collapse of Fuxingshan and its resurgence—was it your son who did it?"
"His abilities... Could he be the legendary time reversal technique?"
Although Li Fan appeared only as a Golden Core cultivator, Lin Ling and Tianyang were both at the Dao Formation and Divine Transformation stages, with Li Fan leading them.
Daozi couldn't fathom his true cultivation level. He said, "Senior, don't joke around. How could there be such a thing as time reversal in this world?"
"As for my son's abilities..."
As Daozi spoke, he lowered his voice but paused deliberately, as if waiting for something.
Li Fan's senses immediately went on high alert: "Binding Insects!"
The target was not Daozi but his son!
The child lost control instantly, yet there was no panic in his eyes. Everything seemed within his预料.
He looked at Li Fan with a hint of mockery.
At the same time, Tianyang's body suddenly expanded into a black and red sphere, enveloping Li Fan in its center.
"Boom!"
Unknown to them, something collided, producing a loud explosion.
Li Fan felt dizzy, while Tianyang's puppet body developed cracks.
Fortunately, Lin Ling intervened just in time, preventing total destruction.
"What the hell is that?"
Li Fan cursed inwardly. His True Technique panel showed his protective shield was fully charged; he felt relieved.
The Channelling Stone flashed blue in his mind, replaying the scene in slow motion.
He finally identified the culprit behind the sudden incident: a bolt of arrow.
Daozi and his son seemed to have anticipated its trajectory, deliberately lingering to draw Li Fan's group into position. They bought time until the arrow struck Li Fan.
A yellow light emanated from Daozi's son, locking onto the arrow with incredible accuracy despite its speed. In an instant, the arrow flew back towards its origin!
The yellow light enveloped Daozi and his son, using the arrow’s unimaginable speed to escape Li Fan's group in a blink of an eye.
"Master, they're gone. They've run too far for me to sense their presence," Lin Ling said apologetically.
Tianyang nodded guiltily.
Li Fan waved his hand nonchalantly. He replayed the events and vaguely understood the true nature of their abilities.
It wasn't time reversal... or at least, it had some connection.
Reversing an object's state to a certain point in the past!
On a child, Li Fan was delighted. This was the only cultivator he'd encountered since his reincarnation who could be linked to Time Dao.
"Run? You can't run!"
"You might escape for now but not forever!"
"I've got you; there's no escaping me!"
Li Fan's eyes sparkled as he thought of dozens of countermeasures in an instant. (End of Chapter)