"The Heavenly Scourge method, the Han Hai method."
"If I continue refining like this, I'm afraid that in no time, I'll be able to achieve the golden core with these two methods."
Li Fan felt a slight joy in his heart.
However, just as this thought crossed his mind, a sense of crisis suddenly surged in his heart.
It was as if he faced the mysterious and unpredictable celestial physician before.
The gravity of the crisis made his heart pound, and an inexplicable horror enveloped him.
"Hmm?"
Li Fan's deep cultivation process was instantly interrupted.
His expression became extremely serious, and he pondered deeply.
"Where is this premonition of danger coming from?"
Li Fan was always very confident in his sensing abilities.
Several times, it allowed him to narrowly escape from life-threatening situations.
Therefore, facing this sudden emergence of a sense of danger, Li Fan had to take it seriously.
"Return to Truth" continued to change, maintaining the rudimentary forms of the Heavenly Scourge and Han Hai methods.
Pausing the golden core formation process, Li Fan began to contemplate.
However, despite flipping through various possibilities and searching for a long time, he still couldn't find the reason.
Without recklessly attempting to form the golden core, Li Fan began to consider ways to address the issue.
"Heavenly Scourge, Han Hai; I can't purely form the golden core with these two methods."
"Although I'm not sure why, there must be a deeper reason behind it."
"Instead of worrying about why this result occurred, I'll treat 'I can't purely form the golden core with the Heavenly Scourge and Han Hai methods' as an established fact."
"Since two won't work, let's try three..."
The phantom of the Blue Flame Spirit suddenly appeared from the sea of consciousness.
It flew to Li Fan and placed a finger on his dantian.
The Blue Flame method slowly joined the process of forming the golden core.
As time passed, the Heavenly Scourge, Han Hai, and Blue Flame methods gradually formed a harmonious balance.
The embryonic form of the golden core stabilized.
At this point, Li Fan once again conceived the idea of completing the golden core.
The sense of crisis struck again, but this time it was much milder than before.
"It seems that my approach is effective."
"But what is the reason for this?"
"Heavenly Scourge and Han Hai methods are toxic, and they need dilution?"
Recalling the strange fact that the Han Hai was truly bizarre and the Heavenly Scourge was trapped by the Qing Feng, Li Fan could only make such a conjecture.
"If my speculation is correct, then I just need to add other methods during the golden core formation process."
"With my current abilities, maintaining the simultaneous golden core formation of four methods is already the limit."
"As for the choice of the remaining method..."
"Qing Feng, Red Flame..."
Li Fan shook his head inwardly.
These two, one was a boss, and the other was a boiler worker.
Whether in terms of strength or rank, Li Fan felt that they were not on the same level as the Heavenly Scourge and Han Hai.
As for Blue Flame, although it seemed a bit weaker, the fact that it could maintain absolute rationality made it Li Fan's priority.
"Now, it's anchored to 16 years."
"In this life, the manifestation of Red Flame exterminating everything should still be anchored to 28 years."
"But it's only a difference of 12 years, so I'll wait."
Li Fan contemplated, resisting the temptation to advance, and temporarily gave up on forming the golden core.
The power of the laws that had finally condensed in his dantian slowly dissipated.
However, Li Fan didn't feel the slightest reluctance.
The terrifying power of Mo Sha, capable of annihilating everything, was something no cultivator could resist.
Even if it was just a weakened version of the golden core, it must be extremely terrifying.
It was entirely worth waiting for 12 years.
"The day Mo Sha annihilates the Congyun is the day I achieve the golden core."
"However, during this time, I won't be able to advance my cultivation."
"The feedback cultivation from the Situational Meditation Technique will be wasted."
"Sister Su, Zhang Haobo, and the others breaking through to foundation building is basically a foregone conclusion."
"After that, there may be a huge feedback cultivation brought by Ye Feipeng's Dao Integration..."
"Hiss, no, it won't work."
Li Fan suddenly felt a pang of heartache, as if countless grains were being wasted unnecessarily before his eyes.
"I need to find a way to preserve this surplus cultivation."
Just as he was about to search for a solution in the Tianxuan Mirror, a notification with a tone quite different from usual, filled with a solemn atmosphere, suddenly sounded.
"As of now, the Wanxian Alliance has entered Grade B preparation status."
"All regional protective formations are to be fully activated."
"All cultivators are prohibited from crossing regional boundaries."
"All members of the alliance's organizational structure must return to the regional capital as soon as possible and await further instructions."
"If foreign cultivators are found, they are to be killed on the spot, regardless of life or death."
...
Li Fan's eyelids twitched, and he suddenly stood up.
"What's going on? How did we suddenly enter a state of preparedness? Grade B... Is it because the Five Elders have already started a fight?"
In an instant, several thoughts flashed through Li Fan's mind.
This sudden turn of events was completely beyond his expectations. Something must have gone wrong, leading to the emergence of a major event that had never happened before.
Quickly suppressing these distracting thoughts, Li Fan began to inquire from his friends.
At present, he had a wide range of friendships and a rich network.
He sent out inquiries one by one.
"Hmm? What's happening to this star..."
Inside the communication talisman with thousands of stars representing the identities of many cultivators, one star, though bright, showed a lifeless gray color.
This indicated that the cultivator had fallen.
Li Fan clicked on this star, and the identity of the fallen cultivator instantly appeared in his mind.
"Congyunhai, Medicinal Hall's Chen Ying."
Li Fan was shocked.
"Him? How could a Yuan Ying cultivator fall so easily? And wasn't he going to the Five Elements Grand Dao..."
Wait a minute, could it be that this battle is related to the Five Elements Grand Dao?
In an instant, Li Fan seemed to have figured something out.
In the twelfth era, anchored to sixteen years, the Wanxian Alliance, near the wood attribute Grand Dao, discovered four other hidden Grand Daos.
These five Grand Daos belonged to the metal, wood, water, fire, and earth attributes, forming a mysterious formation, seemingly integrated into one.
The discovery of these five Grand Daos attracted the covetousness of the Five Elders.
A fierce battle erupted, and the Wanxian Alliance lost a Nascent Soul powerhouse.
The situation of the Five Elders was unknown, but they were successfully repelled.
"If my guess is correct..."
In the blink of an eye, Li Fan seemed to have figured out the cause of the matter.
In the previous twelfth era, the Five Elders only knew that the Wanxian Alliance had discovered a Five Elements Grand Dao. They might not have a clear understanding of what was inside.
After a futile attempt, they gave up and retreated.
But in this era, due to the turmoil caused by the Lingwu Grass, the Tianxuan Mirror had to step in to stabilize the situation and the market.
Although it resolved the crisis with a single word, it also inadvertently revealed the situation of the wood attribute Grand Dao.
"...This Grand Dao is extremely vast, with extremely high wood attribute spiritual energy, and an extremely rich variety of spiritual plants and herbs."
Recalling the words of the Tianxuan Mirror at that time, Li Fan's expression couldn't help but become vibrant.
Three consecutive "extremely" words fully illustrated the extraordinary rarity of this Grand Dao.
For one of the Grand Daos in the Five Elements Grand Dao to have such value, it was unimaginable what treasures the other four attribute Grand Daos held.
Understanding the intricacies, Li Fan suddenly realized.
"No wonder we suddenly entered a state of preparedness."
"It should be the Five Elders taking drastic action."
(End of this chapter)