Chapter 1314: The Shortcut to Enlightenment
Facing Li Fan's request, the members of the Immortal Ark saw nothing inappropriate.
However, they also put forward their own request: "True Immortal Seal Characters are top secret of the Immortal Ark. Although this place is located in a secluded part of the Star Sea, we must also prevent eavesdropping and spying."
"Therefore, we must also set up an array here!"
Li Fan smiled, "As you think best. If arranging the array proves difficult, I am also willing to help."
The elders of the Immortal Ark snorted coldly, ignoring Li Fan's jest.
Together with Li Fan in the "Illusion Array" that was set up, they established another layer of Array Technique. Finally feeling completely secure, they began the formal exchange.
"Elder Jian Dusheng greets you, please enlighten me!" Without any unnecessary pleasantries, the chief of the Immortal Pivot Court of the Ark solemnly wrote a True Immortal Seal Character.
Perhaps to suppress Li Fan's momentum, and seize the initiative. The choice of True Immortal Seal Character this time was indeed not simple. In his previous life in the Immortal Ark, Li Fan had never had the chance to come into contact with it. Even later, when he became a disciple of Ai Tianjue and almost a central member of the Ark, it remained so.
Dark lines slowly moved through the Void. When the character completely formed, it shone like a great sun, illuminating the dark sea of stars where Li Fan and the members of the Ark were situated.
This True Immortal Seal Character brought not only a change in light and darkness. Under its illumination, it even brought a slight vitality to the dead Abyss Star Ocean!
"A True Immortal Seal Character with a positive effect?" Li Fan's heart stirred, his expression becoming serious.
Ignoring Jian Dusheng's somewhat complacent demeanor. He focused intently, his spirit concentrating solely on that True Immortal Seal Character.
With Li Fan's current knowledge, especially after glimpsing the Creation and the mysterious characters that formed the bloodline of Great Supreme Lord Xuan Huang, his ability to decipher True Immortal Seal Characters was almost second to none in the Abyss Star Ocean.
Carefully perceiving the character that moved intermittently yet always hung high like the sun. Within the time it took to drink a cup of tea, the fundamental meaning of the Seal Character represented by this character surfaced in Li Fan's Spirit Consciousness.
[㬃].
Like the rising sun, energy reverberating, bringing all things back to life...
Various phenomena, combined together, formed this unique True Immortal Seal Character.
"So, it's like this."
Upon completing the decryption of the [㬃] character, Li Fan also resolved a long-standing question in his heart.
Mystic Immortal Boat, what exactly allowed it to survive from the Star Sea destruction till now?
Initially, Li Fan thought it was due to the Seed of Life forming the Immortal Boat Divine Tree. But after several years on the Ark, he gradually discovered this was incorrect.
The Immortal Boat Divine Tree needed to constantly absorb energies from Pursuit of Dao giants and Emperor Bunnies among other extraordinaries, in order to provide sufficient energy for the Ark. This indicated that the Divine Tree itself wasn't enough to offset the normal operational consumption of the Ark.
Over nearly ten thousand years, the Divine Tree wasn't always absorbing external energy. During these gap periods, what exactly ensured the robust growth of the Divine Tree?
Moreover, the environment inside the Ark, almost as vibrant and warm as a normal Immortal Cultivation World, apparently wasn't something just any Exotic Divine Tree could provide. Not to mention, neither the body of the Immortal Boat Divine Tree nor the Exotic Divine Tree of the Shenmu Sect in Xuanhuang World had such miraculous capabilities back then.
Today, with the revelation of this [㬃] character, the mystery was finally solved.
It was this Seal Character representing the imagery of sunrise that had long provided a symbolic living environment for the Ark.
"This is fundamentally vital for the survival of the Mystic Immortal Boat, truly precious. The Ark's people actually put it forth first..."
"Looks like they don't plan on letting me leave?" Li Fan knew these elders very well from his past life mingling in the Ark. They regarded the True Immortal Seal Characters and the Ark's future as more important than their own lives. Now, they entrusted such closely guarded secrets relating to the future of the Ark...
Even an "exchange of one character for another" seemed extremely peculiar.
"Too bad, your plan is doomed to fail. It's fine to stir the pot, but thinking you can detain me... hmph!"
The Array Technique set up by the elders of the Ark appeared to Li Fan like child's play, riddled with flaws. And now, with the Peerless Escape Technique in his hands, even if a True Immortal descended, he was confident he could escape easily. Naturally, he did not fear the encirclement of the Ark's elders.
Pretending to be unaware of the opponents' schemes, Li Fan continued focusing on deciphering the [㬃] character.
As he delved deeper into his research, he noticed something slightly amiss.
The 㬃 character indeed represented the phenomena of the nascent sun. The morning sun was gentle, but that was for the Immortal World.
For beings of the Lower Realm, the warm sunrays from the Immortal World were not something they could endure. The descent of the 㬃 character might not only fail to bring vitality. Instead, it may instantly turn the world into a Purgatory!
"So, this is not a True Immortal Seal Character with beneficial effects. It still represents destruction and chaos. However, the Ark's members have weakened the completeness of the True Immortal Seal Character, reducing its power, turning its harm into benefit."
"Brilliant, truly worthy of a force that survived the Great Calamity[. They surely have their ways," Li Fan praised inwardly. However, his expression abruptly changed, casting a cold eye over the elders of the Ark: "Something's not right?"
"This 㬃 character, its completeness is certainly not ninety percent! Are you cheating because you think I cannot see?"
Li Fan, unable to restrain his anger, then expressed profound disappointment: "Enough, I never thought you were such an untrustworthy lot. The exchange is cancelled!"