Chapter 1019 A Thousand-Year Immortal Body
Even though Li Fan already knew the cause and effect of the matter, he still felt a bit of heart-pounding when watching the power of the Immortal Ruins again.
After the screen finished playing, the virtual image of Liu Ruchen began to give instructions.
He appointed his adopted son, Liu Yihang, as the head of the Medicine King Sect, and hoped that the other elders would support and help him.
If they were unwilling, they could leave the Medicine King Sect, and it would not be forced.
After returning to the Xuanhuang Realm, they should not rush to seek revenge, but hide and wait for the right time in the Longevity Valley, and so on.
Everything was as Li Fan had known before.
But after temporarily gaining control of the Medicine King's true tripod, Li Fan did not rush to leave.
Instead, he continued to wait in the control room.
After the virtual image of Liu Ruchen completely dispersed, he also did not leave.
After patiently waiting for nearly half a day, it seemed that nothing had happened.
After pondering for a moment, Li Fan activated the disc to quickly operate, and a formation was generated.
A cold light flashed in his eyes as Li Fan quickly set up a formation in the control room.
The main function of the formation was to make all the hidden remnants unable to escape!
Yes, Li Fan suspected that Liu Ruchen from the Medicine King Sect had not completely died!
This was not a baseless guess.
You should know that Li Fan had a wide range of experiences by now.
Mechanisms, formations, prohibitions, he had seen all sorts of things.
But the virtual image that bestowed the instructions did not belong to any of these categories.
The fact that it could maintain the image and speak for so long naturally meant that it was supported by some kind of power.
Since all the other possibilities had been ruled out, the only remaining one was Liu Ruchen's own soul power!
As the formation was completed, waves of light traversed the space in a complex pattern.
Just as Li Fan had expected, a blurry figure was forced to reveal itself once again!
Not even a spiritual connection could be established, as if it would dissipate at any moment.
Feeling the faint trace of helplessness and despair from the other side, Li Fan snorted.
He reached out and grabbed Liu Ruchen.
Without any mercy, he infused the energy of the Faceless True Immortal into him.
As Liu Ruchen's soul became clearer, he also appeared in Li Fan's network of perception.
"Master Liu, your trick of shedding the golden cicada's shell was quite impressive. I almost got fooled by it," Li Fan said lightly.
"Friend jests," Liu Ruchen replied with a bitter smile.
"I wonder to which sect you belong?" he asked tentatively.
"The Xuantian Sect," Li Fan said with a smirk.
"What?!" Liu Ruchen's soul trembled, and at this moment, it seemed to be on the brink of collapse.
Stabilizing his mind with some difficulty, Liu Ruchen said with a lingering fear, "It's better not to make such jokes..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the Blood Moon shadow appeared behind Li Fan.
An overwhelming pressure, far surpassing that of an ancient Harmony Dao cultivator, nearly shattered Liu Ruchen's weakened soul just with its aura.
"Do you think I'm lying? Your Medicine King Sect has been away for only half a day, but it has been thousands of years in the Xuanhuang Realm!" Li Fan said coldly.
Finally coming to his senses, Liu Ruchen said in shock, "Thousands of years?"
He calculated in his mind and confirmed that Li Fan was not lying.
His already intangible face became even paler: "I knew it would affect time and space, but I didn't expect it to go this far."
Although extremely shocked, Liu Ruchen, as the head of a sect, quickly calmed down.
"So, the Xuantian Sect has successfully revived and regained control?" Liu Ruchen asked cautiously.
"Hehe," Li Fan smiled, then gestured to show the general situation of the Xuanhuang Realm.
After understanding the massive changes that had occurred over the past thousand years, Liu Ruchen remained speechless for a long time.
"Hmph, I happened to stumble upon the ancient rumors of your Medicine King Sect's departure. Then I saw the comet streaking across the sky not long ago, and out of curiosity, I figured out the cause and effect of the matter."
"According to the rules of our Xuantian Sect, fools and traitors like you are usually executed," Li Fan's eyes flashed with a hint of killing intent.
But then he changed his tone, "However, times have changed. If we want to overthrow the Immortal Alliance and restore the Xuantian Sect, we need to gather all available forces."
"So, I'm giving your Medicine King Sect a chance..."
Li Fan looked at Liu Ruchen with a fierce gaze.
Where else did Liu Ruchen have a choice? Not only himself, but the lives of the disciples sleeping inside the Medicine King's tripod were also in the hands of Li Fan.
Liu Ruchen had no choice but to agree.
"Even though your opinion doesn't really matter. Since you've already taken refuge with the Kind and Compassionate True Immortal, there's no way for you to escape," Li Fan said with a smile.
Remembering the faceless stone statue that had suddenly appeared in his soul before, Liu Ruchen couldn't help but feel a pang of fear.
After temporarily sealing Liu Ruchen and the Medicine King's tripod in a cave, Li Fan returned to the Spirit Wood Realm and called for the master craftsman.
Currently immersed in his research on the Heavenly Yang, the master craftsman was not pleased to be disturbed by Li Fan.
"My friend lost his physical body due to certain accidents. Can you create a puppet that he can inhabit?" Li Fan asked directly.
With Liu Ruchen's current level of soul strength, it was difficult for him to even maintain a physical form, let alone resume cultivation.
Helping him rebuild his soul would be troublesome.
So, it was better to let the master craftsman lend a hand.
Glancing at Liu Ruchen, the master craftsman nodded and said, "No problem! But it will be an ordinary celestial puppet. He previously had Harmony Dao cultivation, right? I'm afraid the puppet's body will not be able to fully utilize his original strength."
"As long as he can move, it's fine," Li Fan replied, without much concern.
Saving Liu Ruchen was only for a better control of the Medicine King Sect.
Without any real bait at his disposal, there was some risk in using coercion to make the Medicine King Sect submit one by one. After all, a similar situation had arisen in the previous life.
As long as Liu Ruchen was around, he wouldn't have to worry about the Medicine King Sect getting out of control.
Grumbling to himself, the master craftsman asked Li Fan for some materials.
Having lived in the Xuanhuang Realm for some time, the master craftsman needed materials that were produced locally.
Li Fan quickly prepared everything.
"Um... would you be able to provide some essence of source power?" Before starting the construction of the puppet, the master craftsman made a request.
Seemingly worried that Li Fan might misunderstand, he explained, "I haven't used the essence of source power before, so I'd like to give it a try."
"Otherwise, I'll have to try it directly on the little brother of the Heavenly Yang, and I'm not sure about it."
Li Fan remained silent for a moment and eventually agreed to the master craftsman's request.
The master craftsman became excited.
It seemed that he had overturned his previous forging plan and asked Li Fan for more materials.
Then, he began creating the celestial puppet.
The process of forging was quite novel.
There were no tangible flames involved; instead, he directly used the golden source power from the void to create a phantom figure.
(This chapter is concluded)