My Simulated Road to Immortality

The Tianxuan Mirror Avatar heard the words and pondered for a while, then stretched his right hand into his own body.

He took out a light orb that flickered uncertainly, as if breathing, and handed it over.

"Keep this item on you, and you will be able to represent me," the Tianxuan Mirror Avatar said solemnly.

"What is this?" Li Fan reached to take the light orb, but grasped at nothing.

"This is the Origin of the Mirror, born alongside my true form. It neither increases nor decreases, neither born nor destroyed. It can’t be touched or absorbed by outsiders, only I can summon and control it."

As the Tianxuan Mirror Avatar spoke, he pointed in the air, sending the Origin of the Mirror into Li Fan’s body.

"Brother, you’re not using this Origin of the Mirror to surveil me, are you?" Li Fan raised an eyebrow and asked immediately.

A flicker of anger from feeling mistrusted flashed across the Tianxuan Mirror Avatar’s face: "This is nothing more than a mark of origin that came into existence with my true form, with no additional power involved. How could I possibly monitor you without it?"

"Besides, if you truly do not trust it, you can seal away this orb of origin within your body. As long as it is inside you, it can represent me..."

The Tianxuan Mirror Avatar had not yet finished speaking when he sensed that Li Fan had indeed sealed the origin away in an instant.

Only a faint connection, barely perceptible, indicated the presence of the origin.

The Tianxuan Mirror Avatar’s face immediately stiffened.

However, looking at Li Fan, who appeared as calm as ever, he took a deep breath and calmed his mind.

After a moment, he warned again, "With this orb of origin, you can fully trust the Mirror Handler Cang."

"Hmph, it’s not that he’s utterly loyal. Rather, during the long years he was surveilling me, he developed other intentions. He wanted to use a secret technique to gain control over me, thereby putting himself above all other Mirror Handlers..."

"Sadly for him, how could his little scheme escape my notice? I pretended to step into the trap step by step, but in the end I turned on him and made him my Mirror Slave..."

"Otherwise, acquiring this human body wouldn’t have been so easy," the Tianxuan Mirror Avatar said with self-satisfaction.

"Oh? So there was such a thing? That’s better than I could have hoped for! The success rate of my plan just went up by fifty percent!" Li Fan said with a face full of admiration.

"No time to delay. I’ll depart immediately." Li Fan bowed and eventually disappeared from the Tianxuan Mirror Avatar’s sight.

The previously still Mortal City burst back into noise and excitement in a moment.

"I hope he succeeds," the Tianxuan Mirror Avatar muttered to himself.

In truth, he did not have much trust in Li Fan, but it was worth a try.

Just as Li Fan had said, they would strengthen their cooperation as they went deeper.

If the other party could indeed make some waves, he would not mind lending more support.

If the plan fell through halfway...

He wouldn’t have lost anything, anyway.

The Origin of the Mirror could not be taken by anyone. And all the other things like the Ten Thousand Spirits Return Great Array, and the Mirror Handler Cang...

To him, they were simply not worth mentioning.

With that in mind, the Tianxuan Mirror Avatar hummed a little tune and began playing the busy innkeeper again.

...

Above Weidu.

The three from Tianyang watched Li Fan return, somewhat puzzled.

They saw Li Fan speak face-to-face with someone who appeared to be the target of the mission, but they weren’t sure what was said.

Afterward, he chose not to strike a deadly blow, but simply left.

"Envoy, what was that...?" Daoist Baihua asked carefully.

"The situation has changed; there’s no longer any need for action. You all return to the Spirit Tree Realm directly; I still have things to do," Li Fan explained without going into detail.

Even though the matter seemed to end rather abruptly, Tianyang and the others did not dare to ask too much.

After parting ways, Li Fan first went to the Hidden Cave Heaven in Tianchen State and established contact with Morubin.

He recounted his experience of finding the Tianxuan Mirror Avatar but being unable to kill it, and then seeking cooperation instead.

He even fully disclosed how he had obtained the Ten Thousand Spirits Return Great Array and the Origin of the Mirror.

In the Hidden Cave Heaven, Morubin’s face was floating in the air, falling into silence.

After a while, he spoke up to praise, "Brother Xingwang is quick-witted and has handled the situation almost perfectly. No wonder, back in the day, the King of Mystic Sky would always seek your advice before making major decisions..."

Li Fan tilted his head and directly interrupted, saying, "Oh? Perhaps. I don’t remember."

Morubin chuckled and did not dwell on the matter. Instead, he quickly changed the subject and analyzed, "According to your strategy, brother, cooperating with the Tianxuan Mirror is indeed the best plan for now."

"From your description, it seems that the Mystic Sky Treasure Mirror has also undergone great changes compared to the past."

"However, it should still be trustworthy," Morubin judged.

"Nearly ten thousand years have passed; unless one has been in a deep slumber the whole time, who can guarantee that their personality hasn’t drastically changed?" Li Fan said with a strange laugh, implying something.

"As for the Mystic Sky Treasure Mirror, it’s not a matter of whether we trust it or not. To find the King of Mystic Sky, we currently have no choice but to rely on it."

Morubin was left speechless by Li Fan’s words.

"By the way, the Birthless Array Crown might not be enough to deduce and decrypt the Array Prohibition left by the Celestial Dharma Bearer. You mentioned before that you had some kind of one-into-nine deducing treasure for formation arrays, right? Bring it to me as soon as possible; I’ll see if there’s a way to speed up its integration," Li Fan said offhandedly.

This was just a trivial matter, and Morubin readily agreed.

The two then exchanged more details about the implementation of the plan before Li Fan left.

He headed straight for Xuan Suchang’s Bamboo Sea Cave Mansion.

Silently teleporting into it, he arrived outside the Bamboo Tower where the two women resided.

Through the surrounding Forbidden Formation, Li Fan faintly heard moaning sounds coming from inside.

Unfazed, Li Fan flashed into the interior of the Bamboo Tower.

Xuan Suchang was holding a Golden Whip high, punishing Lu Qixian severely.

Lu Qixian’s face was flushed with redness, her eyes hazy.

Her face showed both pain and pleasure.

When the two women were enjoying themselves, Li Fan suddenly let out a cold cough.

The bodies of Xuan Suchang and Lu Qixian instantly stiffened.

They turned abruptly to look at Li Fan who appeared suddenly.

Their faces, once flushed, instantly turned deathly pale.

They hurriedly got up and kowtowed in greeting.

Xuan Suchang stammered, hastily explaining, "Lu Qixian, she was slack again, and according to your orders, I was just enjoying punishing her..."

Lu Qixian had her head lowered to the lowest, not daring to say a word.

Li Fan snorted coldly but did not scold them.

He then said to Xuan Suchang, "Arrange a meeting with your father here as soon as possible."

Xuan Suchang was stunned for a moment, then a trace of fear flashed in her eyes, "This..."

But soon, she seemed to realize something and said, "Could it be that you..."

Li Fan explained indifferently, "The situation is somewhat complicated. In any case, the crisis has been resolved. There is now only one Tianxuan Mirror Avatar in the world."

"Have Cang come here to see me; he will understand," Li Fan said.