My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 1000: Li Fan at a Loss for Words

Daoist Hundred Flowers paused, then said thoughtfully: "For cultivators like us, prolonged contact with mortals, even without direct exposure to the Immortal-mortal Miasma, risks a decline in realm due to its pervasive aura."

Li Fan narrowed his eyes, scanning the mortals below, and nodded: "Indeed, that is why cultivators in the Xuanhuang Realm typically live apart from mortals."

"The target is in this city? Though not a grand city, it likely holds over a hundred thousand mortals. Hmm, no cultivator aura detected. Searching one by one would be troublesome. In my view, why not strike directly and force the target out?" Having witnessed Li Fan's methods, Daoist Hundred Flowers now offered her suggestion eagerly.

Her proposed strike, of course, meant an indiscriminate, wide-ranging assault, slaughtering the entire mortal city of Weidu. The sole survivor would then be the Tianxuan Mirror clone.

As for the lives of the over hundred thousand mortals...

They had never held any regard from cultivators.

Especially outside the Xuanhuang Realm, where no Immortal-mortal Miasma existed. To cultivators, mortals were truly like ants, slain without the slightest mental burden.

Thus, even the outwardly righteous Daoist Hundred Flowers could casually utter such a bloody proposal.

Yet Li Fan did not endorse Daoist Hundred Flowers's plan.

He chuckled: "Daoist Hundred Flowers, such fierce killing intent! Heaven favors life's benevolence. It is merely the search for one person; why add needless slaughter?"

At these words, Daoist Hundred Flowers was immediately filled with admiration.

Lin Ling muttered to herself and stole a glance at Li Fan, but ultimately dared not voice any doubt.

In truth, it was not that Li Fan had suddenly changed his nature.

Rather, he considered the sparse population in the small worlds currently under his control.

Through the Vital Essence Technique of All Living Beings Technique, large-scale cultivation of cultivators, followed by exploration of the Book of Genesis Chronicle, still required a sufficient population base.

Relying on natural growth was far too slow. Plundering some from the Xuanhuang Realm was a viable method.

As for locating the Tianxuan Mirror clone among these hundred thousand...

Li Fan's divine sense swept through Weidu City.

In an instant, the appearances and every action of all men, women, elderly, and children in the city synchronized into Li Fan's sea of consciousness.

The Dao Deviation Stone's blue light flickered, dividing them into individual observation targets.

Li Fan hovered silently in the air, monitoring and analyzing.

The Tianxuan Mirror, after all, was not truly human.

It was first an immortal artifact that took form, and surely possessed some cultivation level.

No matter how convincingly it "played" the role, its behavior and conduct would still differ subtly from mortals.

Especially now, after Li Fan's divine sense so brazenly swept the entire city, the Tianxuan Mirror clone must know Li Fan had come for it. Flaws would be even easier to expose.

Before long, Li Fan had locked onto dozens of suspicious targets.

After half a day's deeper observation, he finally pinpointed the objective.

Above Weidu, the four had already set up a sealing formation in advance.

Li Fan gazed at the Tianxuan Mirror clone's face, then flashed before it in an instant.

It turned out to be a young waiter in the city's tavern.

He had just finished serving guests and was resting in a corner.

Li Fan's abrupt arrival froze the previously lively surroundings into stillness.

The waiter seemed unsurprised by Li Fan's appearance, only mildly curious: "How did you find me so quickly?"

Li Fan smiled, choosing not to act immediately, and kindly pointed out: "If you were a true mortal waiter, during a moment of rest, you would be desperate to close your eyes and sleep soundly. How could you, like this, still curiously observe every mortal in the shop?"

The Tianxuan Mirror clone had a moment of realization: "So that is it."

"Unfortunately, observation is my innate nature. Even incarnated as a human, I cannot change it in a short time."

The Tianxuan Mirror clone sighed briefly, then asked: "Have you come to kill me?"

"It can be so. Or it need not be." Li Fan stared at it, his tone enigmatic.

"Oh?" Now the Tianxuan Mirror clone was truly surprised. It studied Li Fan for a while, frowning.

In the end, it shook its head: "I sense a familiar aura on you. Unfortunately, after incarnating as a human, I can no longer recall or discern many things clearly."

"So, you are not from the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance?" Before Li Fan could respond, the Tianxuan Mirror clone asked again.

"No aura of the Five Heavenly Sovereigns either..."

The Tianxuan Mirror clone continued scrutinizing Li Fan, as if discovering a novel toy.

In the instant it saw that gaze, Li Fan felt an inexplicable discomfort stir in his heart.

Such a look was one he alone directed at the Xuanhuang Realm's beings.

It stemmed from a profound indifference and detachment in the soul.

Yet now, this Tianxuan Mirror clone regarded him with it...

"I represent only myself." Li Fan said gravely.

The Tianxuan Mirror clone shook its head again: "Heh, I doubt that."

"Immortal intent taints; calamity is inevitable..."

"Could it be that you and I are both ensnared in the net, so you try to seek a way to escape from me?"

The Tianxuan Mirror clone directly pierced the fact of Li Fan's binding by the True Immortal's net and probed his mind.

A cold glint flashed in Li Fan's eyes: "Even as an immortal artifact clone, with your current frail human body, I could easily suppress you. I wonder if you would still be so sharp-tongued then..."

The Tianxuan Mirror clone, however, showed no fear.

It smiled and brushed the dust from its clothes: "By your nature, if you truly intended that, you would have acted long ago. Why waste words with me here?"

At these words, Li Fan fell abruptly silent.

Worthy of an immortal artifact's spirit; in mere exchanges, it left Li Fan with the long-forgotten sensation of striking at air.

All offenses were effortlessly defused, then turned back upon him.

"In this brief encounter, it discerned my nature and my entanglements."

"Unfortunately..."

"What it sees is destined to be only the surface..."

Li Fan sneered inwardly.

He then shifted to defense as offense, generously admitting: "Indeed, as the Tianxuan Mirror's clone, killing you outright would be a pity."

"If you provide sufficient value in exchange, I might even let you go."

The Tianxuan Mirror clone seemed to hear the most absurd joke: "Do you even believe your own words?"

"Even if you gained something from me, I would still meet the same fate in the end."

“People like you…”

“Can only be treated with distant respect, never trusted for any promise you make.”