Immortality starts from the liver proficiency

Chapter 461 I'll just shrink back
Zhou Lu clenched his fist tightly, his nails digging deep into his palm.

When he looked inward with his divine sense, he indeed found a faint trace of a foreign divine thought remaining in his Niwan Palace, wrapped around his desires like a spider's web, and it was slowly dissipating as he regained consciousness.

"Someone is using mind-altering techniques to manipulate my mind!"

He felt a chill run through his body as he recalled the legendary methods of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Without direct manipulation, simply stirring up cause and effect, and causing fluctuations in consciousness, can subtly arouse the greed in the other person's heart, causing them to walk into the trap.

Someone must have used him as a pawn to lure Xu Yunfan out of seclusion!

"They almost became expendable pawns..."

Zhou Lu trembled as he pulled out a communication talisman, intending to immediately apologize to Xu Yunfan, but the talisman spontaneously combusted without any wind.

A strange rune vaguely appeared in the ashes, which startled him so much that he quickly shook his hand away.

This is clearly a warning; if anyone dares to speak out, the next one to be "stirred up" by karma will likely be more than just greed.

Xu Yunfan was absolutely aware of this matter, but he made no comment.

Zhou Lu was drenched in cold sweat, and his clothes on the back were soaked through and stuck stickily to his skin.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead with trembling hands, only to find that his palms were so slippery that he could barely hold them.

"It's over."

His legs went weak and he could barely stand. He could only hold onto the cold stone wall tightly. As a disciple of the Demonic Sect, he naturally knew the ruthless methods of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Without the foundation to be established, it is ultimately just a consumable that can be used at will.

The inexplicable look in Xu Yunfan's eyes kept replaying in my mind; it was a gaze that clearly saw through everything!

"I've become the bait."

Zhou Lu's face was deathly pale, and his lips trembled uncontrollably.

He knew the rules of the Yuanshi Sect all too well. For a nobody like him, once he got involved in the power struggles of Foundation Establishment cultivators, the best outcome would be a quick and painless death.

"Master Xu is trying to use me to lure out the person behind the scenes."

His throat tightened, as if he could already see himself being torn apart by the two forces.

On one side is the mysterious Foundation Establishment technique that can silently manipulate cause and effect; on the other side is the unfathomable Xu Yunfan.
"Either way, I'm doomed."

Zhou Lu closed his eyes in despair, and suddenly felt an urge to burst into laughter.

He had painstakingly built up his position in Hanya Pass over decades, only to become a casualty of the power struggle among high-level cultivators.

"If only I had known this would happen."

He bit his lip hard until he tasted blood and was jolted awake.

Now is not the time for regrets; we must find a way to save ourselves.

Looking around, the night at Hanya Pass remained deep, yet it made him feel suffocated like never before.

"What should I do..."

Zhou Lu muttered to himself and left in a daze.
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Xu Yunfan is not taking the bait.

Meanwhile, on a secluded cliff outside Hanya Pass, a figure stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes cold as he looked at the continuous buildings inside Hanya Pass.

"You are cautious... Unfortunately, you can hide for a while, but you can't hide forever."

He raised his palm, his five fingers slightly spread, and spiritual light flowed from his fingertips, outlining profound trajectories within a small space. When his divine sense reflected this, countless causes and effects were intertwined within it.

However, as soon as the deduction began, his expression changed drastically.

The light at my fingertips suddenly became disordered, as if it had touched some invisible barrier, and all the celestial trajectories were distorted.

"The secrets of heaven are obscured?!"

His pupils contracted slightly, and he stubbornly channeled his magic power again.

No matter how hard he tried to use his divination techniques, everything about Xu Yunfan remained unclear, like looking at flowers through a fog.

"The secrets of heaven have been concealed."

He snorted coldly, a chilling glint in his eyes. There are only three possibilities for a method that could deceive a Foundation Establishment cultivator's deductions.

Firstly, possessing a heavenly treasure. Such treasures often contain the laws of heaven and earth, which can naturally disrupt the deduction of heavenly secrets.

Secondly, the True Lord personally intervened to cover it up. The True Lord had refined the Golden Elixir and attained the fruition, so he could easily reverse Yin and Yang with his own actions.

Thirdly, they possess a rare method for concealing heavenly secrets. Such methods are extremely rare in the Divine Martial Realm and can only be obtained through great opportunity.

"It seems."

He gazed somberly toward Hanya Pass.

"This child either possesses a rare treasure or has mastered some kind of secret technique to conceal the secrets of heaven."

Regardless of the possibility, it means that Xu Yunfan's true abilities far exceed what is apparent on the surface.

As for the True Lord personally participating, that would break the rules.
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Xu Yunfan sat quietly in the cave, his fingertips lightly stroking the edge of the Zhenwu Sword. The cold light shimmering on the sword reflected his cold and stern face.

"What a beast!"

What did I do to deserve this? Why does everyone want to kick me when they see me?

His gaze darkened slightly, his mind churning with thoughts.

Zhou Lu's unusual behavior today is by no means accidental.

He recalled the many unusual occurrences of the past few days: the sudden appearance of the Arhat Fulong outside Hanya Pass, the strange movements of certain cultivators inside the pass, and the subtle, almost imperceptible, spying glances.
All signs indicate that there are undercurrents within the Yuanmo Sect, and his involvement in the Divine Martial Dao Foundation has probably spread far and wide.

It's not just the Pure Land of Bodhi and Zen; even some members of the Ten Thousand Chariots Sword Sect might be tempted.

People would be willing to fight tooth and nail for any available spot.

"You want to use Buddhism to get rid of me? To reap the benefits?"

A cold glint appeared on Xu Yunfan's lips.

Those fellow disciples who covet the Divine Martial Dao Foundation are probably already itching to get started.

After all, in this Divine Martial Realm, the opportunities to touch the metal element are extremely rare, and the foundation of his Dao that he revealed is nothing short of a stroke of luck for those Foundation Establishment True Persons who have no hope for the future.

"pity."

Xu Yunfan glanced at the cultivation progress of the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture on the attribute panel.

As night deepened, the wind howled outside the pass, and crows cried out in despair.

Xu Yunfan closed his eyes and concentrated, his aura gradually merging with the True Martial Sword.

"Subduing Dragon Arhat."

He silently recited the name in his mind, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. Since the other party dared to block his way, he should be prepared to perish.

"This struggle for the Dao must eventually be fought..."

He stopped thinking and focused his mind on regulating his breathing.

Inside the cave, only the cold light of the Zhenwu Sword flickered uncertainly in the darkness, lying dormant silently.
Within the Cold Crow Pass, ten years have passed like sand slipping through one's fingers, quietly slipping away.

Xu Yunfan never stepped out of the cave, spending his days with the Zhenwu Sword.

The perpetual Yin energy within Hanya Pass was transformed into pure spiritual power within his meticulously arranged Yin-gathering array, continuously nourishing his cultivation.

"My proficiency has increased again."

He stared at the numbers flashing on the attribute panel, a satisfied smile playing on his lips.

Over the past decade, he has not only pushed the True Martial Subduing Demon Scripture to a deeper level, but his mastery of array formations has also made rapid progress. Furthermore, with the accumulation of resources in the markets within Han Ya Pass and the assistance of his attribute panel, the Xuan Du Eight Scenes Refining Heaven Creation Cloud Book has reached a minor completion stage.

"I'm just one Heavenly Fiend and Earthly Fiend away from reaching the mid-Foundation Establishment stage."

Feeling the increasingly powerful magical energy within his body, Xu Yunfan's eyes flickered slightly.

To break through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, one must gather the purest Heavenly Qi and Earthly Qi from the world.

Within the Northern Continent, only in certain extraordinary places can one find pure Qi and Sha. Once one cultivates the Qi of Heavenly Qi and Earthly Sha, one can naturally obtain another divine power. At that time, with the two divine powers plus the physique of the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye Divine Power, entering the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment will be a natural progression.

(End of this chapter)