36: Chapter 35 The Celestial Palace, Part Four

Outside the Immortal Palace, inside the pavilion.

Li Fan was drinking warm tea out of boredom, casually picking up the bamboo jar containing goji berries and shaking it.

"Why can't I seem to finish these goji berries?"

Just as Li Fan intended to pour all the goji berries out, the System's voice suddenly rang in his mind.

[The Strongest AFK Slacker System has gone offline. The Strongest Survival in Desperate Situations System has come online.]

"What the hell, what's going on?"

Li Fan hurriedly walked to the pavilion door in a few strides and looked toward the Immortal Palace.

At this moment, the area outside the gate was empty; everyone had entered the Immortal Palace.

Meanwhile, the black patterns on the Immortal Palace became increasingly deep and distinct.

These black patterns were like cracks, extending along the walls of the Immortal Palace.

As time passed bit by bit, the cracks actually detached from the Immortal Palace and spread into the surrounding space, forming a massive web of black-patterned fissures.

Even with Li Fan's lack of experience, he knew the situation was dire.

He hurriedly checked what the Survival in Desperate Situations System had given him this time.

[Survival in Desperate Situations Item: Human Illusion]

"Why is it you again?"

It seemed this item really had some tricks to it. Since a brief introduction was provided when the System issued it, Li Fan checked it immediately.

[A small Human Desire Secret Realm. Not only can it be used to pass through the Zhongyu Gate, but by merging one's Divine Sense into it, one can re-enter the Human Desire Secret Realm.]

"What's the use? Are you expecting me to enter the Immortal Palace?"

Li Fan didn't want to get involved in this muddy water. While he hesitated, the black patterns on the Immortal Palace deepened to the extreme.

Darkness continuously overflowed from the cracks, and finally, the palm-sized Immortal Palace was burst open, with countless fragments exploding outward.

The dense darkness wrapped by the Immortal Palace instantly lost its restraint and rapidly spread to the surroundings, and before long, it covered Li Fan like a canopy.

Inside the pavilion, strange things began to materialize continuously. Seeing this, Li Fan spread his hands.

"Alright, I've walked right into the trap."

He pushed aside the objects that had materialized in front of him, retreated behind the door, and carefully observed the environment.

In the darkness spreading outwards in disorder, dragons and snakes danced wildly, a chaotic mess.

Countless bizarre objects floated in the darkness, and among them, Vicious Beasts Li Fan had never seen before shuttled back and forth, while Cultivators' techniques collided.

"This... it seems everyone wants quite strange things."

Discovering such chaos outside, Li Fan decided to honestly huddle inside the pavilion, which blocked Divine Sense detection, and continue checking the System introduction for the Human Illusion in his hand.

[Immersing Divine Sense into the Human Illusion can increase the desires in one's heart, making the objects one desires more likely to appear in the surroundings.]

"As expected, it has other functions."

The System was still reliable, but Li Fan had no way to project his Divine Sense right now, so he could only slap the Human Illusion into his brain.

The next moment, a familiar courtyard replaced the pavilion and materialized around him.

Inside the courtyard, the things Li Fan desired also appeared one by one.

A figure quietly materialized on a stool in the courtyard. Li Fan turned his eyes to look and was slightly stunned.

It was actually Luo Shuying wearing a performance costume, but it had form without spirit.

"A life-sized figure?"

Li Fan was truly tempted, wondering if he could carry it back, which would fulfill his nightly wishes.

Just as he was about to touch it, a low roar that resonated in his mind came from above.

Looking up, a giant snake, dark red all over, slowly probed out from the center of the swirling darkness in the distance.

Its tightly closed eyes opened slightly.

The darkness turned white for a brief moment, and all the materialized objects around it ignited with purple fire.

Even in the courtyard, which was far away, Li Fan felt the temperature rising sharply.

Looking at this deadly thing, he cursed angrily.

"Who would think of this thing for no reason? Can it even be taken out?"

Being suddenly interrupted, Li Fan had no heart to ponder over Luo Shuying's 'life-sized doll' anymore. He'd better focus all his efforts on how to escape, lest he end up dying here.

He hovered and looked left and right, muttering to himself.

"Logically speaking, it should be nearby."

Now, what Li Fan wanted most was to escape this damn place. With the support of the Human Illusion, the surroundings should easily materialize corresponding items.

He landed on the roof tiles of the courtyard and continued to look around...

In the center of the chaos, Zhang Zixuan cast a spell to barely suppress the purple fire that had ignited on her body; the surroundings were already a sea of flames.

"Damn it, this fire is extraordinary."

She continuously cast spells, pushing away the objects burning with purple fire in front of her, and flew away from the giant snake at full speed.

Shifting and moving, she finally got away from where the giant snake appeared.

She looked back; as the giant snake's eyes continued to open wider, the purple fire burned more and more fiercely.

Many Cultivators who dominated their regions outside were greedy for treasures and did not escape immediately; at this moment, they were screaming repeatedly as they were burned by the purple fire.

Seeing this, she took out a spell talisman with complex patterns from her bosom, already having the intention to withdraw.

"It's a pity I didn't find the item I wanted."

As her words fell, she sensed something and turned to look into the purple fire in the distance.

Her vision zoomed in, and she discovered Nangong Miao still shuttling through the purple fire, continuously chasing a white ball of light.

The object she was pursuing was also burning with purple fire and constantly fleeing—it was an Innate spirit.

"Hurry up and stop for me!"

Nangong Miao shouted inwardly. As the surrounding temperature kept rising, with her current Foundation Establishment cultivation, she couldn't last long.

If it weren't for the fact that this materialized Innate spirit could just happen to refine a wisp of Innate Qi to make up for the deficiency of the flame between her brows, she would have already escaped.

Now, her condition was poor, and she still had to suppress the purple fire; at this moment, she was long unable to catch it.

And that Innate spirit was being continuously scorched by the purple fire; it was estimated that it wouldn't last long before dissipating.

She was anxious in her heart, not knowing what to do, when a stream of light flew from afar, just in time to block the Innate spirit's escape route and detain it.

Nangong Miao cast her Divided Soul to look; this stream of light came from Zhang Zixuan in the distance.

She put away the Magic Treasure in her hand, nodded to Nangong Miao from afar, and then flew away into the distance.

It seemed she had only acted out of camaraderie within the Human Desire environment. Nangong Miao didn't dwell on it and flew forward.

She grabbed the Innate spirit in the stream of light, but frowned slightly.

The Origin of this Innate spirit had already been greatly damaged by the purple fire, and the refined Innate Qi was far from enough to repair the flame between her brows.

She had no choice but to put it into her pocket for now and make other plans later.

At this moment, several rays of light flew rapidly over her head.

Nangong Miao took a look and saw it was her imperial brothers and sisters. Among them, Nangong Mingli even sent her a message.

"Hurry up and leave, Third Sister, this is Candle Fire."

"When that giant snake fully opens its eyes, there will be big trouble."

Then, a sharp female voice came.

"Don't die in the Immortal Dao Assembly and lose the face of our Zhonghuang Imperial Clan."

Nangong Miao also understood the seriousness of the situation, so she immediately pulled the hairpin from her head and spat out a spell.

The hairpin then glowed with brilliance, like an arrow off a bowstring, carrying Nangong Miao away into the distance.

Not long after, the familiar courtyard appeared before her eyes.

Nangong Miao landed on the wall and happened to see Li Fan putting a blurry object into his bosom.

"What is this object?"

Li Fan, on the other hand, had a look of joy; he couldn't believe this place could actually materialize this thing.

The System prompt rang in his mind.

[9999 hard training points have been obtained.]