26: Chapter 26 Unable to Move, Two Women

Nangong Miao hurriedly pushed Li Fan, whom she was holding, away, then leaped backward, putting several feet of distance between them.

This action was not because she found Li Fan dirty, but because she waited a moment and, upon discovering no black and white lightning appeared, slowly walked back toward him.

She used her foot to flip Li Fan, who was face down, over. By now, all the wounds on Li Fan's body had completely healed.

However, his clothes were soaked in blood and riddled with large tears from the flying feathers, making him look incredibly disheveled.

"Human Race? It looks like he had a run-in with the Winged Race..."

Nangong Miao crossed her arms, just standing there quietly watching Li Fan, who looked like a corpse.

"He is quite handsome, not much different from my imperial brothers."

After being sucked into the gateway, Li Fan's consciousness had fallen into endless illusions.

In a trance, he felt as if he were being torn apart into thousands of different selves, some rushing toward the path ahead, others looking back at the past.

Thousands of thoughts intertwined, throwing his mind into chaos, making it impossible to distinguish between reality and illusion.

He did not know how much time had passed, until a crisp voice rang out simultaneously in the consciousness of all the Li Fans.

[Strongest Desperate Survival System offline, Strongest Clarity and Truth-Breaking System online]

In an instant, those bizarre and grotesque fantasies dissipated. He opened his eyes, and his vision slowly came into focus.

What came into view was a slender back in purple gauze, the purple gauze outlining a graceful and alluring figure.

The woman's long, jade-like hand was slowly stroking his body from top to bottom.

Feeling the warm, gentle touch of her fingertips, Li Fan wanted to speak, but his whole body remained weak and limp, unable to make a sound.

Sensing that Li Fan had awakened, the Purple-clad Woman turned her head, her pair of purple-blue heterochromatic eyes meeting Li Fan's gaze.

"Awake?"

Li Fan stared into those deep pupils for a few seconds, then subconsciously looked away, quietly observing his surroundings.

This action of his, however, made the Purple-clad Woman pause slightly.

The woman's beautiful, heterochromatic eyes narrowed slightly, then she continued speaking as if nothing had happened.

"I have already examined your body; the Meridians through which your Spiritual Qi circulates are all damaged."

"However, there is a strange power constantly repairing them; perhaps it won't be long before you can move freely."

Li Fan understood in his heart, knowing this was the result of the Fusion of the dao sword and the Sword Embryo. He sighed inwardly.

"A Golden Core expert, terrifying indeed. Fortunately, I have the System."

Continuing to look around, he realized he must be on the floor of a pavilion.

Standing at the entrance of the pavilion was another woman, dressed in palace attire that looked exceptionally luxurious. Her expression did not look great, but she probably didn't have any malicious intent.

However, the feeling of being at someone else's mercy was not pleasant. Li Fan tried to exert force to move his body.

But after several attempts, he still couldn't muster any strength.

"Forget it."

Li Fan simply gave up struggling entirely, closed his eyes, and thought, whatever happens, happens; as long as I don't die, it's fine.

With nothing better to do, Li Fan pulled up the System interface in his mind.

[State of mind has improved!]

"Is this the effect brought by the Clarity and Truth-Breaking System?" Li Fan wondered inwardly, feeling his mind become a bit clearer.

Other than that, there were no other particularly obvious changes.

[Strongest Clarity and Truth-Breaking System offline, strongest check-in system online]

[Wandering Cave Heaven, check-in successful, rewards distributed to System space]

Since he couldn't move anyway, Li Fan directly checked the rewards.

[Clearing Heart: Purifying the mind and clarifying the spirit]

[Some hard training points]

[Six-Flavor Mysterious Yellow Pill]

"Another reward related to state of mind?" Based on his past experience with the strongest check-in system rewards, Li Fan deduced that this mysterious Cave Heaven must be related to honing one's state of mind.

Besides that, his hard training points had reached exactly 300. Li Fan turned his gaze to the [Qi Refining Breakthrough] option.

The second Qi Refining Breakthrough required 300 hard training points. His eyes lit up.

"Just right, not a single point left."

It perfectly satisfied his obsessive-compulsive disorder.

And so, Li Fan, lying on the floor, quietly made the Breakthrough to the twelfth level of Qi Refining.

Again, there were no earth-shattering phenomena. Only within Li Fan's consciousness did he once again see that Heavenly Dao hanging high above the Nine Heavens.

Looking from afar, countless figures were still standing on the Dao, moving forward.

Li Fan even noticed that there were more Cultivators ahead of him than when he last came...

"So many people..."

Ordinary Cultivators, upon seeing such a scene, would surely feel a sense of urgency and resolve to cultivate hard to catch up.

But Li Fan only sighed at the number of people, then after receiving a meager amount of Luck, he withdrew his consciousness and stopped looking.

Then, he lifted his eyelids slightly, quietly observing the two women in the room.

"Why are they still here?"

The two women did not seem to have any intention of harming him, but Li Fan's clothes were currently tattered, and being scrutinized like this by them made him inevitably feel a bit awkward.

But he had no other good options.

"How about... I actually take a nap?"

...

"It's time to give me the item."

Nangong Miao reminded her.

The Purple-clad Woman, who was sitting cross-legged beside Li Fan, kept her gaze on him.

Her jade-like fingers rested on Li Fan's chest, quietly feeling his steady and strong heartbeat.

"I truly find this person rare; naturally, I will keep my word."

As she finished speaking, a cluster of pink flames condensed out of thin air.

Seeing this, Nangong Miao reached out and grabbed it. Feeling the familiar aura, she found it incredible.

"You really have this thing? Where did it come from?"

The Purple-clad Woman did not answer, placing her jade-like hand on Li Fan's well-defined abdominal muscles, concentrating fully on feeling something.

Nangong Miao was still standing there, and the Purple-clad Woman spoke up to dismiss her.

"The transaction is complete. Fellow Daoist, please leave. I still have some serious business to attend to."

As she finished speaking, her jade-like hand continued to explore downward.

Seeing that the other party was unwilling to say more, Nangong Miao did not press further. She raised her hand and pressed the pink flame into the center of her eyebrows, and some color returned to her pale face.

Then she tactfully left the pavilion room, closing the door behind her.

Inside the empty pavilion, only Li Fan and the Purple-clad Woman remained.

The Purple-clad Woman leaned down close to him; a faint, warm fragrance drifted into Li Fan's nose, tugging at his heartstrings.

A sly, light smile curled at the corners of her lips as she whispered.

"Now, no one will come to disturb the two of us anymore... Heh heh."