It must be said that Chi Gongdao’s research on the True Immortal Seal Characters indeed had aspects that others could not match.
Upon identification by Li Fan, among the Elders of the Broken Immortal Tower, he was the one who had restored the most True Immortal Seal Characters and had the highest degree of restoration.
Moreover, Chi Gongdao possessed an unshared secret; he could precisely locate, within the boundless Sea of Relics, the True Immortal Power Relic that was dispersing yet could still be utilized by an Immortal Boat Monk.
It is said that eight or nine out of ten of the dual True Immortal Power Relics at the Broken Immortal Tower were also found by this Elder Chi Gongdao.
Thus, his status within the Broken Immortal Tower, and indeed the entire Immortal Boat, was exceptionally elevated.
Huff, huff...
As Li Fan pushed open the door of the small building, a gust of Yin Wind acpanied by a faint murmur struck his face.
Already accustomed, Li Fan walked directly without hesitation and sat down quietly in front of Chi Gongdao.
Immediately, a pen posed of flesh and hair appeared in front of Li Fan.
Li Fan reached out to take the pen, and before he could fully grasp it, the hairs on the pen came to life like a living thing, rapidly lengthening and firmly binding Li Fan’s right hand.
Inplete True Immortal Characters floated up in his mind, causing his hand to move accordingly.
Drops of blood flowed from the tip of the pen, congealing like ink, leaving indelible marks in the air.
Honestly, the first time Li Fan came here, he almost slipped and was close to writing out the plete True Immortal Characters.
Had his reaction not been quick, the Immortal Boat would probably have been annihilated under the Annihilation Power of the True Immortal Characters.
The pen moved swiftly as if it were a dragon or snake, with blood spraying wildly.
Soon, a fragmented, distorted True Immortal Character appeared here.
It was precisely one-half of the [Hunger] character.
"Hungry oh hungry hungry hungry!"
Suddenly, the pen in his hand roared angrily, and the entangling hair tightened even more. Large portions even started wriggling like worms, attempting to burrow into Li Fan’s body through his hand and devour his flesh.
Li Fan squinted his eyes, not activating his physical Spiritual Power to expel it. Instead, as his own flesh was being devoured, he felt the pen’s hunger.
The hair was not overly greedy; it merely tasted briefly and then quickly retracted. The pen released from his hand and flew back into the darkness.
Moments later, strange chewing sounds emerged.
Occasionally mixed with the crunching of bones.
At the same time, Chi Gongdao’s voice came, "Not bad, the flavor is even more authentic than the last time."
"Zhao, you really are a genius. If it weren’t for old Ai’s unwillingness, I would have taken you as my student no matter what,"
Li Fan did not respond but said solemnly, "Elder Chi, I feel I have reached a bottleneck in my understanding of this character. I’d like to try a new one."
Chi Gongdao let out a strange laugh, "Hehe, greedy. I like it!"
Whoosh!
Seven pens, all made from flesh and hair, flew out from the darkness and hovered in front of Li Fan.
"Choose whichever one you want!"
Li Fan closed his eyes, sensing the different auras emanating from the pens.
"That’s the one."
After a long while, Li Fan made his decision and reached out for the most faded flesh and blood pen on the far left.
The flesh bubbled, and hair attached itself.
Drawing Li Fan’s hand through the Void, writing menced.
The strokes were vigorous, and a blood-red True Immortal Character slowly manifested.
Li Fan concentrated on understanding, while the other six pens had already disappeared unknowingly.
"Solitary."
"Eternal Heaven and Earth, only this body stands alone."
The Sacred Embryo Li Fan, when he had once traversed the Star Sea, had encountered this True Immortal Character.
At that time, even the Heaven’s Oddities integrated within his Tao Foundation in his body exhibited tendencies to be separated by the oddity.
And now, Li Fan once again felt that force from the bright red character before him.
However, surrounding space faintly contained Forbidden Formations, restraining the "Solitary" and other appearance powers of the True Immortal Characters from dispersing.
In Li Fan’s perception, time seemed both long and swift.
When the writing of "Solitary" was plete, he still felt some longing.
This process of understanding the True Immortal Characters without seeing their true form, and deducing their powers, was indeed fascinating.
The pen entwining his hand had already returned to the darkness.
Chi Gongdao’s cackling laugh once again sounded by Li Fan’s ear, "Zhao, want to experience more? Just e over to me from Ai Tianjue; I swear I’ll teach you all these True Immortal Characters I have deduced…"
Li Fan remained expressionless, "Elder Chi need not worry. Should I need anything, I will exchange insights as before."
Having said this, without waiting for Chi Gongdao to respond, he turned and left.
After a moment of silence inside the small building, Chi Gongdao’s voice echoed again, "Determined will, I like that even more…"
"Cackle cackle cackle cackle…"
Chi Gongdao coveted Li Fan, yet unbeknownst to him,
Merely a single direct experience had allowed Li Fan’s understanding of "Solitary" to stealthily surpass him.
After all, having seen the actual True Immortal Seal Characters firsthand and also having directly suffered an attack from the residue of the "Solitary Word Secret Technique," it was understandable that Li Fan had swiftly surpassed his teacher.
"Let’s first try and see if I can continue to restore them just by myself. If I fail, then I’ll seek help from the geniuses of the Immortal Boat."
"After all, the more True Immortal Characters power one controls, the better."
Li Fan returned to his residence and began to organize his gains from Ai Tianjue and Chi Gongdao.
And awaited their next summons.
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