Looking at the expressions of these disciples, it was clear they were feeling it too—the kind of unbearable pain that causes one's facial muscles to spasm and lose control.
And when they really couldn't bear it any longer and withdrew their hands to give up, the injuries on their bodies would immediately heal, as if what had just happened was merely an illusion.
However, after a failed attempt, although their bodies recovered, their spirits were clearly heavily struck, with each outer sect disciple's face pallid, soaked in sweat as if they were suffering from a serious illness, and they definitely wouldn't be able to make a second attempt any time soon. They had no choice but to leave the scripture tower with regret.
Li Fan observed for a while and also understood a bit. This was probably some kind of spell designed by Bamboo Mountain to test and select disciples. Even though these demons and ghosts were now pursuing the great path and looking down on any acquired immortal methods, after all, this was a genuine immortal method and probably couldn't be easily passed on to others.
Walking around the bookshelves with his hands behind his back, Li Fan looked at the tags under those bamboo slips. By deducing from what those disciples in brown fur were going through, he also had a guess.
There was only one truth!
In fact, it was quite simple. Metal, wood, water, fire, earth—the five elements of escape techniques correspond to Divine Force, Purple Mist, Xuanming, Red Evil, and Earth Returner. Basically, in the names of Daoist techniques, these two words are included to indicate what attribute the method belongs to. Like 'So-and-so Xuanming Qi Gathering Technique,' it would be a water attribute foundation-building method. 'So-and-so Red Evil Divine Pill Technique,' would be a fire attribute Golden Core cultivation method.
Of course, the five elements of escape techniques are the most basic of basics, making up the vast majority of the techniques in the scripture tower. They really are varied and mixed with prefixes like Yin and Yang, Heaven and Earth, Big Dipper, and Mixed Elements to enhance the feeling of grandiosity. But after seeing a long string of names, in the end, you look closely and oh, it's just cultivating Qi with breath control...
It seems that the eccentric fairy Wang Shu didn't fool him; for basic techniques, he could just choose any...
Then Li Fan's right hand reached out and grabbed a bamboo slip that a disciple in brown clothing had just taken off the shelf.
The other party stared at Li Fan with a dumbfounded expression.
Li Fan stared back at his right hand with a dumbfounded expression.
The outer sect disciple tugged at the bamboo slip in his hands, unable to pull it away, and said impatiently to Li Fan, "Hey, what are you doing! I got this first!"
Li Fan broke into a sweat, "This... this... let go quickly!"
"How dare you! No one has ever managed to snatch something from my hands before!" This was presumably not a case of adolescent fantasy but rather a little fatty of some royal descent getting angry.
Then Li Fan's right hand 'whooshed' and snatched the bamboo slip away, stuffing it into Li Fan's bosom, and with a slap 'smack,' he sent the little chubby prince spinning in place, his cheeks trembling with flesh.
The prince and Li Fan were both dumbfounded.
"Uhh, no, that is, there seems to be a misunderstanding with your hand and mine..."
"Teacher—!"
The prince, covering his face, looked at Li Fan for a while, then turned his head and ran off yelling.
Li Fan, with his mouth agape, was stunned for a while, then turned his head to look at his right hand, "What are you doing, system!?"
'Xuantian Sword Intent actively recommends a foundation-building technique for the host.'
The system immediately popped up, refusing to take the blame.
Then Li Fan saw his right hand fling an arm toward those shelves with the five elements of escape techniques and lifted his index finger to shake it.
'Xuantian Sword Intent indicates those won't do.'
Then the finger pointed to the bamboo slip in his bosom and gave a thumbs up,
'Xuantian Sword Intent approves of this one.'
I can friggin' understand that!
For a moment, Li Fan didn't know how to react and just lowered his head to take a look at the bamboo slip his right hand had snatched back.
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