My Longevity Simulation

Chapter 988: Longevity as a Beast of Burden

“Oh?” Li Fan raised his head and looked toward the Daoist Hundred Flowers.

This person always had a way of saying things that startled people without meaning to.

“What do you mean by ‘different’?”

The Daoist Hundred Flowers slowly explained, “Perhaps, Your Excellency, you are the first to once again come into contact with the True Immortal’s stone statue—or maybe you are the first to cause the statue to revive.”

“In any case, I believe, Your Excellency, that you have also noticed—you possess a power unlike anyone else.”

“This may be the sign that the True Immortal views you with special regard.”

The Daoist Hundred Flowers spoke cautiously, searching for reasons to explain it.

Li Fan simply chuckled softly in response.

“All right, the will of the True Immortal is not something people like us can fathom.”

“I am one who knows gratitude and repays kindness. Since the True Immortal has created me, regardless of what the final outcome may be, I shall devote myself to restoring the True Immortal’s Dao lineage.”

Li Fan declared this righteously, putting an end to their discussion about the True Immortal.

“I still don’t know what you are skilled in. Since you have joined my Federation of All Worlds, your talents shouldn’t be left unused.”

“Do not worry. Our Federation is still in the stage of concealment and development. I know your actual combat strength is not great, and I won’t make you go out and fight.” Li Fan asked gently, his tone considerate.

Seeing Li Fan’s smiling face, the Daoist Hundred Flowers suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of unease. Still, she forced herself to answer, “Now that I have transformed into a Glazed Body, there are two things I am most skilled at.”

“First, I can soothe and repair injuries to divine sense and soul. However, this requires consuming my own essence and can only be done occasionally.”

After worshiping before the True Immortal’s stone statue, the Daoist Hundred Flowers knew she had formed a link with it. Through that connection, Li Fan could sense her emotions.

Thus, she dared not hide anything and continued honestly, “The second is to stimulate and nurture spiritual plants and herbs. Not only can I make them more vital, but there is also a chance I can help them give birth to a spiritual essence.”

“However, from what I have observed, the spiritual energy of this realm is all absorbed by the Central Spirit Tree, so spiritual plants are extremely scarce.”

Li Fan nodded. “Indeed, the Spiritwood Realm has become quite barren.”

The Daoist Hundred Flowers let out a breath of relief.

“But that is no problem. Our Federation has another base that can fully meet your needs.”

Li Fan smiled faintly.

The next moment, the Daoist Hundred Flowers’s vision blurred.

When she regained her sight, her body began trembling uncontrollably.

Before her stood an immense, heaven-piercing tree, even grander than the Spirit Tree of the Spiritwood Realm.

This colossal tree had not drained the world of all its nutrients. Instead, around its roots and even across its branches, countless miniature ecosystems had formed. 𝘳𝐀𝐍ồ฿ÊŚ

Endless grasses, spirit plants, and spirit herbs filled the area.

Dense and boundless, they stretched as far as the eye could see.

Even with her powerful divine sense, the Daoist Hundred Flowers could not perceive the end of it all in a single instant.

The pure and immense wood-element spiritual energy nearly suffocated her.

Never before had she witnessed such an astonishing sight. In her daze, she almost believed she had stepped into the legendary Immortal Realm.

“This… where is this place?”

After a long while, the Daoist Hundred Flowers finally managed to recover and asked, looking around in search of Li Fan’s figure.

“This is one of the Federation of All World’s secret bases the Spiritwood Cave-Heaven.”

“I believe the abundance of spiritual plants here should be more than enough for you to tend to.”

Li Fan’s voice echoed through the heavens like rolling thunder.

The Daoist Hundred Flowers opened her mouth, but in the end, said nothing.

The wood-attribute spiritual energy here was so dense that there was no need for her to tend to it at all. Any plant casually dug out would already be a top-grade material.

However, sensing the faint trace of threat in the other party’s tone, Daoist Hundred Flowers could only smile bitterly and say, “Enough, it’s more than enough.”

“Haha, that’s good. Although this Cave Heaven is indeed rather rich in resources, it has been abandoned for too long and is somewhat disorderly. I’ll have to trouble you to put more care into it. After all, this place will serve as the logistics base of the Federation in the future, and it must not be handled carelessly,” Li Fan said earnestly.

Daoist Hundred Flowers looked at the endless expanse of the Cave Heaven and nodded blankly.

“To properly manage this place, even with my current strength, it would take at least ten years,” Daoist Hundred Flowers sighed softly.

“This Excellency truly hides a blade behind his smile,” she thought.

Yet, with her true body bound by the True Immortal Stone Statue and her glazed body still under the other party’s control, she had no choice. As the saying went, a person is the fish, while another holds the knife. Daoist Hundred Flowers could only devote herself to the exhausting work.

Fortunately, she had always loved dealing with spiritual flora. This Cave Heaven had not been disturbed by cultivators for who knows how many years. Every spiritual plant here grew luxuriantly, each one full of vitality and spirit, evoking both admiration and pity.

As Daoist Hundred Flowers processed one area after another, her mood gradually improved.

She did not know how much time had passed before her movements were suddenly interrupted by a thunderous sound from the sky.

Daoist Hundred Flowers raised her head and saw a vast piece of land suddenly appear, floating halfway up the giant tree.

It was like a dark cloud, covering the entire sky.

Li Fan’s voice sounded again, “Oh, right. There are still many spiritual plants in another base. I have moved them all here for you so that you won’t have to travel back and forth.”

“If convenient, you may transplant all of them into this Cave Heaven.”

After saying that, Li Fan’s aura disappeared once more.

Daoist Hundred Flowers froze for a moment, then flew up into the sky. When she saw it clearly, she nearly lost her breath.

That floating continent was covered in mountains upon mountains of spiritual herbs, every inch of it overflowing with life force.

All of them were extremely ancient in age.

“There are formations dividing and categorizing everything. Every batch of plants has been cultivated for at least several thousand years. They’re of the highest grade imaginable…”

“This emissary… could it be that he has emptied out an entire ancient Immortal Sect?”

“These will be even more troublesome to handle.”

“The time needed for this project just increased by another five years,” Daoist Hundred Flowers muttered helplessly.

…

Li Fan, sensing Daoist Hundred Flower’s presence within his Wood-Attribute Cave Heaven, nodded slightly.

Although this Daoist Hundred Flowers appeared to have completely submitted, she was after all a long-lived cultivator who had been asleep for countless years.

Li Fan could not place his full trust in her.

Keeping her suppressed within his own Cave Heaven while also having her manage the disordered spiritual flora there truly served two purposes at once.

Ever since Li Fan had devoured the Five Elements Great Cave Heaven, his strength had improved once again.

The Five Elements Cave Heaven continued to expand slowly, and the Wood-Attribute Cave Heaven in particular had entered a state of wild, uncontrolled growth.

Daoist Hundred Flowers’s arrival was indeed perfectly timed.

As for the floating continent filled with spiritual plants that Li Fan had later transferred here, that was none other than the secret realm of the Medicine King Sect, the Longevity Valley.

Since it was destined to belong to him anyway, he might as well move it into the Wood-Attribute Cave Heaven and process everything together.

“The return of the Medicine King Cauldron is not far off.”

“The shortage of manpower within the Federation of All Worlds will soon be resolved.”

Li Fan’s gaze seemed to pierce through the barriers of the small world, reaching directly into the heavens of the Xuanhuang Realm.

The turmoil caused by Daoist Hundred Flower’s appearance gradually subsided.

A month later, Mo Rubin finally made secret contact with Li Fan.

“Brother Xingwang, that rare treasure capable of deducing formations has been found.”