29: Chapter 29 Taoist Companion???

"Heterochromatic eyes, could it be..."

Li Fan ignored the man's wretched state and instead recalled that he seemed to have seen these eyes somewhere before.

Wasn't it the Purple-clad Woman who had kidnapped him earlier?

Without that purple outfit, Li Fan almost didn't recognize her.

"It looks like she hasn't woken up from this illusion yet."

The Human Gate, the Secret Realm of Human Desire, makes people sink into their deepest desires.

Seeing the woman's crazed appearance, Li Fan felt the urge to retreat.

"Forget it, I'd better not get involved."

He had come to watch the fun, but he hadn't expected it to be her; he'd better slip away first.

So, he picked up his glass, drained it in one gulp, and prepared to run.

But when he placed the glass back on the table, he looked at the cup in his hand and froze for a moment.

"Why does something feel off...?"

The glass in his hand had now turned into a ceramic teacup.

He swallowed hard and slowly raised his head. Across the table, which had also changed its material, an extra figure had appeared.

It was none other than Zhang Zixuan.

At the same time, the space Li Fan was in was changing rapidly.

The reinforced concrete walls turned into aged wooden planks, and the glass windows were replaced with carved wooden railings.

Outside the window railings, the drink shop where he had just been in the distance had also transformed into a bustling tea stall.

The entire style shifted from the Xuannü Civilization where Li Fan was, into the secular Dynasty that Zhang Zixuan frequented.

And the terminal the man had previously placed on the table had turned into a marriage contract, with the ink still wet, reading:

"Li Fan takes Zhang Zixuan as his wife..."

The illusion was taking effect. Looking at Zhang Zixuan before him, he felt his mouth go dry, not knowing what to do.

Seeing Zhang Zixuan's crazed state earlier, Li Fan estimated that he likely wouldn't make it out alive.

But then he thought.

"What is there to be afraid of inside an illusion?"

Today, he wanted to see what was up with this Zhang Zixuan.

So, he looked up to examine her carefully.

"Truth be told, she really is quite beautiful."

Li Fan didn't have many flowery adjectives in his mind.

At this moment, Zhang Zixuan bit her fingertip, moistened it with two fingers, and was about to press it onto the marriage contract.

"Here it comes."

Li Fan braced himself.

Sure enough, she lifted her eyes slightly, as if confirming whether the person before her was worth entrusting her life to.

Her heterochromatic gaze fell upon him, and Li Fan did not dodge.

He boldly met her gaze; he didn't believe he could actually die in a Secret Realm.

[State of Mind has improved!]

What he received was a notification from the Clear Heart Breaking Delusion System; as expected, nothing happened.

But immediately after, a System notification appeared.

[The Strongest Clear Heart Breaking Delusion System is offline. The Strongest Survival in Desperate Situations System is online.]

[Item has been distributed.]

"What the hell."

Li Fan hadn't expected such a terrifying System to switch in, so he scrambled to check the item the System had provided.

[Essence of Restoration: A treasure that mends the heavens, rare throughout the ages.]

"Wait, what is this thing?"

The description consisted only of these eight cryptic characters.

At this moment, Li Fan already felt his body somewhat empty, as if he had been drained dozens of times.

He raised his hand and watched his skin gradually turn pale.

A bad thought emerged in his mind; he might actually die in this illusion.

With his physical state worsening, Li Fan hurriedly pulled the 'Essence of Restoration' out from the System space.

Upon seeing the form of this item, he instantly knew how to use it.

"It looks just like ginseng, so what else is there to say?"

He grabbed the 'Essence of Restoration' and shoved it into his mouth.

A moment later, the trend of his body's deterioration was indeed halted.

On the contrary, his skin actually began to turn rosy.

"There's a faint, ethereal connection..."

After consuming the 'Essence of Restoration', Li Fan's Physique underwent some subtle changes.

His state began to improve not because of the medicinal power contained within the 'Essence of Restoration'.

But because there was an additional faint connection within his body, but the source...

Li Fan looked up at Zhang Zixuan.

"Zhang Zixuan and I are absorbing each other's cultivation."

"But because her cultivation is far higher than mine, the cultivation she transfers to me is greater, allowing me to slowly recover."

Li Fan quickly found the reason for this.

The Zhang Zixuan before him seemed to be obscured by the illusion and didn't know what had happened; she finally pressed her handprint down.

In an instant, the marriage contract floated into the air.

The characters on it emitted golden light in sequence, and then the entire marriage contract merged into the heavens and earth.

Correspondingly, Li Fan faintly felt that the connection with Zhang Zixuan had strengthened significantly.

And Zhang Zixuan was also stunned to feel this connection established under the rules of heaven and earth for the first time.

"It succeeded!?!"

She looked at Li Fan, who had recovered and was completely unharmed before her, in disbelief.

Thus, the strange color in her eyes faded, and the astonishment on her face turned into uncontrollable joy.

The words she had just spoken about 'draining everyone in the world dry' had long been forgotten.

She braced her arms on the table, exerted force to vault over it, and threw herself onto Li Fan.

The two of them, along with the chair, fell to the ground.

Tea spilled to the side. She propped herself up, looking at the bewildered man before her—this was her Dao Companion for the rest of her life.

Zhang Zixuan wept with joy, her warm tears falling onto Li Fan's face. She raised her hand to wipe them away, then said softly:

"Husband~"

Feeling Zhang Zixuan's burning, predatory gaze, Li Fan suddenly felt a sense of foreboding and asked a crucial question:

"Fairy Zhang, what is your current cultivation?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zixuan feigned a coquettish pout and pounded Li Fan's chest.

"What 'Fairy Zhang'? Call me Zixuan or..."

At this, Zhang Zixuan's pretty face flushed slightly.

"Or 'Wife' is also fine. We are now Dao Companions recognized by the heavens and earth."

Li Fan changed how he addressed her very quickly.

"Zixuan, what is your cultivation?"

Zhang Zixuan didn't care why Li Fan was asking this; it was normal for Dao Companions to understand each other.

"Dao Entrance Realm, of course..."

Li Fan sighed inwardly; this was bad. The Dao Entrance Realm was a Realm above the Nascent Soul; how was he supposed to run away from this?

After thinking it over and finding no good solution, he habitually spread his hands.

"No choice, so be it."

It was just an illusion anyway; in the stable and peaceful life he had envisioned, having a Dao Companion was necessary.

Thus, in the Imperial City, on the bustling Chenghuang Street, a newly arrived couple moved into a quiet courtyard tucked away in the midst of the noise.