Above Weidu, Li Fan stood silently without a word.
According to the mories of the city's mortals, the Tianxuan Mirror clone had vanished on the second day after the anomalies in the four prefecture.
He searched around but found no trace left by the other.
Narrowing his eyes, Li Fan refused to give up and made another trip to the Hidden Cave-Heaven where he had previously t with Mo Rubin.
There were no signs of any cultivator's visit.
"Could it be..."
"That Mo Rubin ran off directly with the Tianxuan Mirror?"
The thought suddenly erged in Li Fan's mind.
With blue light flowing from the Dao Deviation Stone, Li Fan quickly reviewed the entire plan from beginning to end.
This ti, he did not imrse himself in his own perspective. Instead, he observed purely as an outsider.
From the very start, rescuing Mo Rubin.
Then, feigning madness and foolishness, disguising himself as Sun Xingwang to gain Mo Rubin's trust.
The two devised a plan to extract news of the Xuantian King from the Tianxuan Mirror's mouth.
The early steps of the plan seed entirely successful. Until the final step, sothing unknown had gone awry.
...
Scenes flashed rapidly before Li Fan's eyes.
Watching his seemingly flawless performance, and Mo Rubin's cooperation in the act, Li Fan's face twitched.
Although he had already faintly confird in his heart that he might, possibly, have been played by Mo Rubin.
Still, Li Fan clung to a sliver of illusion.
Returning to the Spiritwood Realm, he forcibly interrupted the Master Qiaogong's research and handed over the ancient bronze mirror that Mo Rubin had given him.
"A realm... realm artifact?"
The Master Qiaogong's expression turned utterly peculiar in an instant.
He glanced stealthily at Li Fan, then carefully chose his words: "Forgive my poor eyesight, but this seems to be..."
"What do you an 'seems'? It's just an ordinary bronze mirror. Look at this patina; good grief, who knows where it was dug up from." Fang Zaiji of this lifeti had yet to witness Li Fan's might, so he spoke boldly and directly.
"I understand. Thank you for your trouble, Fellow Daoist Qiaogong." Li Fan's face showed no trace of joy or anger as he vanished from the two in a flash.
"What the hell; wasting our ti..." Fang Zaiji was quite dissatisfied with Li Fan's interruption and was about to complain further when the Master Qiaogong cut him off directly.
"Just say a bit less. The emmisary's mood does not seem good." The Master Qiaogong whispered.
...
In the underground secret chamber of the Spiritwood Realm.
Li Fan gripped the small mirror covered in verdigris, his expression frozen like ice.
"Realm artifact..."
"Interesting."
With a bang, Li Fan exerted slight force and crushed the bronze mirror to pieces.
"After so many years of reincarnation, this is the first ti I've been fooled."
At this point, even if Li Fan was unwilling to admit it, he could no longer deny the fact.
Mo Rubin might not have taken Li Fan's identity as the Xuantian Sect's Dharma King seriously from the beginning. But during their interactions, he discovered that Li Fan's strength was worth exploiting. Thus, he played along, using Li Fan's power to release the Tianxuan Mirror.
Poor Li Fan had still believed his acting was convincing.
But looking back now, there were indeed many flaws that could not be explained by re cultivation-induced madness.
For instance, aside from recalling so past events, whether in speech or conduct, Li Fan differed greatly from the real Sun Xingwang.
For instance, the astonishing formation abilities Li Fan displayed at key monts.
And for instance...
"Perhaps contact with the Tianxuan Mirror clone ultimately exposed ."
The Xuantian Treasure Mirror was, after all, the Xuantian Sect's sect-guarding artifact back then. As one of the sect's most important figures, the Twelve Dharma Kings could not possibly be unfamiliar with the Xuantian Treasure Mirror.
"This is two figures from the Xuantian Sect teaming up to deceive , an outsider."
"Very good. Worthy of being the prodigies chosen by the Xuantian King to share the burden of saving the world..."
"Very good!"
Li Fan did not fly into a rage from being deceived and humiliated.
Instead, he suddenly burst into hearty laughter.
Because he finally felt that things had beco truly interesting.
His countless past experiences of reincarnation had made Li Fan's attitude toward the living beings in the Xuanhuang Realm increasingly indifferent.
He treated them as NPCs in a ga that could be endlessly reset and refreshed.
After gathering enough information, he could even predict their reactions to certain words.
Even figures like the Heavenly Doctor, the Immortal Ancestor, the Immortal of the Immortal Ruins, and the Faceless True Immortal.
Li Fan viewed them rely as slightly stronger bosses.
But reality was not a ga after all.
Just like the abrupt mind-reading by the Heavenly Doctor back then, Xuantian Sect's Dharma King Mo Rubin had also given Li Fan a good lesson.
The cultivators of the Xuanhuang Realm were not so easily fooled!
Because they were real, living beings!
"No matter. You may have deceived for one lifeti, but can you deceive for lifeti after lifeti?"
There was no frustration from failure; instead, a eager-to-try gleam ignited in Li Fan's eyes.
"Moreover, this lifeti is far from over!"
With a cold snort, Li Fan closed his eyes and began pondering counterasures.
First, he needed to figure out exactly what had happened at the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance headquarters that day.
Even after so much ti had passed, it remained a strictly sealed mystery.
Without a Dharma Transmitter as an inside source, Li Fan had reverted to his previous state of being completely in the dark.
He knew nothing about the movents or information from the Alliance's upper echelons.
"It seems so channels must be firmly in my own hands. Relying on others will not do."
"I still need my own Transmitter..."
"But fortunately, I have gathered enough information in this lifeti. I can start attempting it step by step in the future."
Having deeply experienced the benefits of having a Dharma Transmitter as an inside source, Li Fan naturally would not abandon it.
However, that was a matter for after this lifeti.
For now, there was truly no further way to inquire about the news. So Li Fan chose the most common thod.
One word: wait!
Many secrets ceased to be secrets with the passage of ti.
Although it was an absolute secret that could not be probed now, it might not be the case after so ti.
As the confidentiality level dropped lower and lower, combined with the divine power of the Carefree Heavenly Sovereign.
Li Fan believed that as long as he offered enough price at that ti, he could certainly pry the truth of the matter from those who had personally experienced the event.
And what he needed to do was simply wait patiently.
However, during the waiting period, Li Fan did not idle.
In the Spiritwood Realm, various affairs proceeded in an orderly manner, but the dissemination of the Federation of All Worlds and the Faceless True Immortal's Dao inheritance had been halted.
Before finding Mo Rubin and the Tianxuan Mirror, it was best to remain vigilant.
Although he still could not clarify what had happened at the Immortal Alliance headquarters that day, from the signs that Lu Xichan and the entire Shuo Feng family had vanished together, it was clear that the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance had conducted a purge against potential traitors within.
Many people had disappeared just like that, without a trace.
Li Fan secretly compiled a list of these missing personnel.
At the sa ti, he kept inquiring about possible survivors of that day's events.
Five years later.
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