173: hello blind

After finishing his supply run, Mo Fan flew directly toward Yuxu Academy.

As he approached the Mountain Protecting Great Array, Mo Fan took out his Identity Token that was resting in the system space.

Ever since the last Demon Race attack and the subsequent repair of the Magic Array's vulnerabilities,

the Identity Tokens of Yuxu Academy had been infused with a wisp of life soul.

The life soul within the token corresponded one-to-one with the holder, serving as identification.

Furthermore, profound Magic Arrays were inscribed within the tokens.

If someone attempted to forcibly alter the life soul inside, the token would immediately self-destruct.

The so-called life soul was a very mysterious substance.

It existed between the mental and the Soul, mysterious and profound.

In fact, the Advanced form of a life soul was the Primordial Spirit condensed in the Guiyuan Realm.

Just like the Primordial Spirit Light,

if the main life soul dissipated, the separated wisp of life soul would also dissipate.

Therefore, through the Identity Token, one could also determine the life status of the academy's Disciples.

Because of this, the Identity Tokens were now also referred to as Life Tokens.

While thinking, Mo Fan passed through the Mountain Protecting Great Array.

Initially, Mo Fan felt a slight resistance, and his Divine Soul trembled slightly, as if being gazed upon by some mysterious entity.

But soon, after the Identity Token flashed, the resistance from the Mountain Protecting Great Array vanished without a trace.

The process was very brief; with only a slight pause, Mo Fan successfully passed through the Mountain Protecting Great Array and entered the territory of Yuxu Academy.

He did not linger, flying toward Hidden Sword Peak before it got dark.

Mo Fan naturally wouldn't forget the promised eight boxes of matcha small cakes.

Arriving at Hidden Sword Peak, after giving Chu Qian pointers as usual, Mo Fan ran to the backyard to feed Xu Jing.

After chatting with Xu Jing for a while, he carried the matcha small cakes and flew to the back mountain to see Liu Xiyan... By the time he left Hidden Sword Peak, it was completely dark.

Mo Fan was in no hurry to return to Chixia Peak, instead flying quickly toward the Trial Tower.

Spending a day purchasing supplies

had resulted in him not having entered the tower yet today.

"Time is a bit tight; I'll just go through the tower once today. After I get back and Cultivate the Golden Body Art for a bit, it'll be about time for bed—"

Under normal circumstances, a Destiny Martial Artist could go without sleep for even a month.

However, challenging the Trial Tower consumed Mental Energy at a terrifying rate, which could only be recovered through sleep.

So, Mo Fan had to sleep for several hours every day.

Of course, this was also because Mo Fan had a special Physique and his Mental Energy recovered quickly.

If it were anyone else consuming Mental Energy like he did, they wouldn't be able to recover without sleeping for eight or ten days... In the following days, Mo Fan continued his two-point routine.

Starting from the morning, he would enter the tower three consecutive times for a total of twelve hours, exiting by evening.

After finishing his tower runs and returning to Chixia Peak, Mo Fan would usually cook himself a delicious meal to enjoy life.

During these times, he would occasionally invite several Senior Sisters over for a meal and a chat to strengthen their bond.

Fortunately, the Senior Sisters of Chixia Peak were all foodies.

Mo Fan's cooking skills were also ridiculously good.

After a few interactions, they became well-acquainted, and Chixia Peak gradually gained some Life Qi, no longer being cold and deserted... Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, another half month passed.

On this day, the evening glow filled the sky, spreading across the entire firmament like a wildfire.

Golden light shone brilliantly, piercing through the clouds like the opening of heavenly gates.

Amidst the golden light, Mo Fan stepped out from the red clouds covering the top of the Trial Tower.

"Whew—"

Taking a deep breath, a smile appeared on Mo Fan's face.

"I've finally comprehended all the Formation Source Runes—"

After reaching the Destiny Realm and half a month of effort, Mo Fan had finally finished comprehending all the remaining Formation Source Runes.

At this point, all three thousand Formation Source Runes of the Trial Tower were fully mastered by Mo Fan.

Now, he was equivalent to having mastered a peerless divine art; what he needed to do next was to strengthen his Internal Energy and improve through practice, rapidly elevating his Magic Array attainments.

While thinking, Mo Fan focused his mind to communicate with the virtual panel and check his attribute information.

With a swish, the blue virtual panel floated before his eyes, and his attribute information appeared instantly.

[Name: Mo Fan (+)]

[Cultivation: Destiny Third Level (+)]

[Cultivation Technique: Innate Art · Foundation Establishment Chapter, Breath Concealment Art, Sword Nurturing Art (Third Layer), Guiyuan Sword Canon (Third Layer), Purple Jade Turns to Smoke (Third Layer)]

[Martial Skill: Vajra Fist · Foundation Establishment Chapter, Wind Riding, Golden Body Art (Third Layer)]

[Special Abilities: Alchemy (Minor Achievement), Magic Array (Great Grandmaster), Field (Great Grandmaster)]

[Storage Space: Infinite]

[Available attribute points: 1.043 Million]

Mo Fan locked his gaze on the special abilities column, looking toward Magic Array and Field.

"Still Great Grandmaster—"

Mo Fan frowned.

He could clearly perceive it.

His current Magic Array attainments were several times stronger than they were three months ago.

Yet even back then, his Magic Array attainments were already at the Great Grandmaster Realm.

"Is there no Realm above Great Grandmaster?"

Ultimately, Mo Fan shook his head and stopped focusing on it.

Whether there was a higher Realm or not, as long as his ability could continue to improve, it was a good thing.

He was currently using less than one-thousandth of these three thousand Formation Source Runes.

Once he reached a level of complete mastery, where a single array rune he casually inscribed could contain hundreds or thousands of Formation Source Runes—

Mo Fan felt that the day he could use arrays to trap and kill Supreme beings would not be far off.

Of course, Supremes were too powerful; trying to kill them solely with Magic Arrays was somewhat unrealistic.

It would have to be combined with a Field arrangement of the same level to mobilize the world's momentum to make it possible.

Thinking of this, Mo Fan focused: "Fields are also very important, perhaps even more so than Magic Arrays.

"Previously, to speed up the cracking of the blood-colored array, I focused on comprehending Formation Source Runes for a while, causing the progress of comprehending Field Origin Essence to fall behind—

"But now that I've fully comprehended the Formation Source Runes, I can focus on the Field Origin Essence. I believe it won't take long to fully digest it.

"Elder Liu Xiyan also sent word that the Secret Realm is almost settled, and the teleportation array can be opened again in a little while."

Thinking of this, Mo Fan steadied his mind.

"I need to speed up and strive to finish comprehending all the Field Origin Essence before entering the Secret Realm.

"Since I no longer need to comprehend Formation Source Runes, a tower run only takes two hours. How about six times a day?"

However, as soon as this thought arose, Mo Fan shook his head.

He thought of Second Master Sun.

"My studies in Alchemy also need to be put on the agenda.

"I need to build a good foundation first; otherwise, even if I find a corresponding Alchemy Legacy site in the Secret Realm, it'll be for nothing."

Mo Fan shook his head, glanced at his attribute info, and locked onto the Alchemy entry.

It was still at Minor Achievement.

Since leaving the Outer Sect, Mo Fan's Alchemy had not improved again.

Speaking of which, he owed his current level of Alchemy to Li Xinghe.

Thinking of this, Mo Fan frowned slightly.

Since the Demon Race attacked the academy half a year ago, Li Xinghe had disappeared and still hadn't been found.

Shaking his head, Mo Fan stopped overthinking and scanned his attribute info again.

His cultivation had now broken through to the Destiny Third Level.

A few days ago, Mo Fan had defeated the Red-Clothed Female Ghost in the dream space, and after waking up, he decisively chose to use points to level up.

And his available attribute points were down to a pitiful 1.04 million.

Focusing his mind, Mo Fan locked onto the plus sign next to the cultivation column.

The attribute info flashed, and a prompt box popped up.

[Cultivation: Destiny Third Level (+) (1.043 Million / 1 Million)]

It was about what Mo Fan expected.

Breaking through from Destiny Third Level to Destiny Fourth Level also required one million attribute points.

Looking at the information displayed on the prompt, Mo Fan felt a dull ache.

"After one more upgrade, my attribute points will be completely exhausted—" Mo Fan held his forehead, his expression pained.

He had finally earned over three million attribute points and thought he'd achieved attribute point freedom, able to upgrade all the way to Supreme, only to find he could only upgrade three times.

This kind of pain could only be understood by those who had experienced it.

With this thought, Mo Fan intended to close the virtual panel.

However, at that moment, he noticed the Innate Art in the Cultivation Technique column and the Vajra Fist in the Martial Skill column, frowning slightly.

Initially, both the Innate Art and Vajra Fist were quite effective.

After all, they were first-class Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills.

But as Mo Fan's strength continued to increase,

the Innate Art and Vajra Fist were becoming somewhat insufficient.

Yuxu Academy did have many super first-class Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills.

But for Mo Fan, who had learned multiple Peerless Secret Chapters, learning super first-class Martial Skills would offer limited improvement.

In that case, he might as well just make do with them for now.

And so he had been making do until now.

The upper limit for the chapters of Innate Art and Vajra Fist was only the Transcendent level, which was no longer enough for Mo Fan.

"Poor thing, I've been using Vajra Fist since Body Tempering until now.

"I need to find a way to get some higher-level Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills—"

Mo Fan thought of his Golden Body Art.

He had obtained that thing in a muddled way.

Practicing it was also somewhat mysterious.

Other Peerless Secret Chapters only have five layers and can lead one to the Supreme Realm.

But the Golden Body Art has a total of twelve layers.

The cultivation essentials mention that as long as the Golden Body Art is practiced to the fifth layer, one can possess Supreme combat power.

Reaching Perfection allows the golden body to be indestructible, grasping the sun, moon, and stars, and destroying planets with a flick of a finger.

The more Mo Fan thought about it, the more mysterious it felt.

Why would a Cultivation Technique of this Rank appear on Planet Blue?

Who exactly was that Old Beggar who sold martial arts Secret Manuals?

In fact, Mo Fan had returned to the market more than once.

But he never saw the Old Beggar again.

“This thing is too mysterious. Will learning it involve me in Karma and bring big trouble?”

Thinking of a certain possibility, Mo Fan's heart skipped a beat.

But soon, he shook his head:

“Forget it, let nature take its course. I've already practiced it, so the Karma is already attached. I just need to manage the present; those ethereal matters of the future can wait until the future.”

While thinking, Mo Fan returned to Chixia Peak.

Returning to his Immortal Cave, Mo Fan prepared to cook a delicious meal to reward himself.

However, at this moment, the Magic Array covering the Immortal Cave lit up.

Mo Fan stopped his movements and carefully observed the Magic Array.

“Three dim and one bright, it's a message prompt. Who is looking for me? Why not use a cell phone to contact me?”

Mo Fan was puzzled and immediately released his Mental Energy to resonate with the Magic Array.

With a swish, a mental transmission flooded into Mo Fan's brow.

The general meaning was: someone is looking for you, waiting outside the Inner Sect Mountain Protecting Great Array.

Looking at the darkening sky, Mo Fan was extremely confused.

“Who would be looking for me at this hour?”

Thinking this, Mo Fan walked out of the Immortal Cave.

In order not to appear too prominent, he summoned his Flying Sword and flew toward the Inner Sect Mountain Protecting Great Array.

A moment later, Mo Fan descended from the sky and saw a familiar figure.

A vibrant red dress, hair like a waterfall, a tall body, delicate facial features, and a shapely silhouette—

If some blood were smeared on that exquisite face, she would be the spitting image of the Red-Clothed Female Ghost in the dream space.

Of course, the one before him was not the Red-Clothed Female Ghost, but Lin Yiyi, a member of the Shadow Division of the Demon Suppression Division.

She was also Mo Fan's former female colleague in the Menial Service Yard.

“Why are you here?” Mo Fan asked in surprise, walking toward Lin Yiyi.

“It's been so long since we met, I missed you a bit, so I came.” Lin Yiyi looked at Mo Fan with a teasing face and joked.

Mo Fan's face darkened, and he said crossly, “Don't tease me, I'm a man with a daughter now.”

“Uh, when did you have a daughter?” Lin Yiyi was dumbfounded and froze on the spot.

It had only been half a year since they last met.

How could he have a daughter already?

Besides, isn't this guy not even nineteen years old yet?

In this day and age, who has a daughter so early?

In the prime of his life, instead of practicing martial arts properly, he actually went off to fall in love and have children?

Isn't this just nonsense?

Lin Yiyi was in a state of confusion.

Mo Fan grinned and said, “My daughter's cultivation is already at the Destiny Realm; she could slap ten of you to death. Don't tease me in the future.”

“Uh—” Hearing this, Lin Yiyi finally reacted.

So this guy was fooling her!

She thought, how could someone so young possibly have a daughter!

“With all these years of friendship, aren't you going to invite me to sit at your place?” Lin Yiyi said with a wink.

“Sure, you're in luck. I, with my superb culinary skills, was just about to cook dinner.” Mo Fan smiled and summoned his Flying Sword.

“Haha, what a coincidence!” Lin Yiyi laughed.

“Get on, hold tight,” Mo Fan said.

“Coming!” Lin Yiyi jumped onto Mo Fan's Flying Sword and reached out her fair hand to tightly grasp the corner of his clothes.

“I haven't seen you for half a year, I didn't expect you to already be an Inner Sect Disciple. Your promotion is too fast, isn't it?

“Also, your cell phone is out of the service area.

“It was also extremely troublesome to contact your academy's people. It took forever to send the message, and they even said you might not see it, making me wait for ages.”

While controlling the Flying Sword, Mo Fan scratched his head and said:

“Haha, I was cultivating in a relatively secluded place before; there really was no signal there.”

The Trial Tower, like Hidden Sword Mountain, had special energy that interfered with signals; once inside, one was out of the service area.

The energy interfering with signals on Hidden Sword Mountain was Sword Qi.

As for the energy interfering with signals in the Trial Tower, Mo Fan didn't know either.

That place was too mysterious.

There were a lot of ancient facilities.

It was hard to figure out what exactly was affecting the signal.

“I see, it seems you're doing quite well—” Lin Yiyi marveled.

She carefully sensed Mo Fan's cultivation aura and was suddenly extremely shocked.

Although the other party didn't actively release his cultivation aura, making it impossible to sense the specific Realm,

Based on the degree of the aura's robustness, Lin Yiyi felt that Mo Fan's cultivation was no longer below her own.

Thinking of this, Lin Yiyi couldn't help but ask, “Has your cultivation entered the Transcendent?”

“I managed to enter by chance. My luck was quite good, and I had some decent encounters, so my cultivation increased just a tiny bit fast,” Mo Fan replied.

“You call this 'just a tiny bit fast'?” Lin Yiyi wanted to hit someone.

She remembered the first time she saw Mo Fan.

This guy's cultivation was only at Body Tempering Second Level.

How long has it been since then?

It's still a month short of a year!

His cultivation is already at the Transcendent!

Is this cultivation speed even human?

“Your cultivation hasn't improved slowly either; you're already at the Transcendence Fourth Level.” Mo Fan attempted to change the subject.

“That's because I awakened a Fire Attribute Spirit Physique; otherwise, I'd still be struggling in Foundation Establishment. My situation is different from yours!

“Also, you can actually see through my cultivation Realm at a glance.

“Clearly, your cultivation has already surpassed mine. You're too inhuman!” Lin Yiyi said huffily.

Last September, when the two first met, Mo Fan was only at Body Tempering Second Level.

And she was already at Foundation Establishment Third Layer at that time, a full two major Realms apart.

Now, it's the other way around.

In less than a year, she was overtaken... Is this what they call a Genius?

No, this is a Peerless Genius!

Lin Yiyi's mood was a bit complex.

She could be considered a Genius as well, especially after Awakening the Fire Spirit Physique, making her an outstanding existence among Geniuses.

But compared to Mo Fan, she was almost like trash.

“It's about the same, about the same,” Mo Fan said perfunctorily.

You rely on Awakening a special Physique, and I rely on my cheat.

We're six of one and half a dozen of the other, about the same!

“Uh—” Lin Yiyi was stunned, suddenly realizing she was talking a bit too much, and quickly shut her mouth, not asking any more questions.

But soon, she noticed something was wrong and asked in confusion, “Where are you taking me?”

“To where I live,” Mo Fan said.

“But this is already past the Inner Sect area.” Lin Yiyi was a bit dazed.

“Nonsense, can't you see those mountain peaks?” Mo Fan said.

Hearing this, Lin Yiyi was startled and seemed to have thought of something, saying in disbelief:

“You—you couldn't already be a Core Disciple of Yuxu Academy and have been taken in as a Disciple by some Peak Master, right?”

“I'm so excellent, is it strange for me to become a Core Disciple and be taken in as a Disciple by a Peak Master?” Mo Fan asked back.

“Makes sense.” Lin Yiyi realized.

Breaking through from Body Tempering Second Level to the Transcendent within a year.

With this cultivation speed, it would be strange if he weren't noticed by the upper echelons of Yuxu Academy.

With a whoosh,

Mo Fan accelerated, the Flying Sword turning into a stream of light, and in a moment, they landed on Chixia Peak.

“Hiss—” Looking at the beautiful scenery and the mountain peaks covered in frost-red leaves, Lin Yiyi gasped again.

“You—you, you, you, you are also a Disciple of Chixia Peak?”

Doesn't Chixia Peak only have female Disciples?

How did this guy get in?!

Mo Fan gave her a sidelong glance: “Stop 'you, you, you'-ing. It's getting dark, hurry up and come inside for some tea.”

After saying that, Mo Fan opened the Immortal Cave's Magic Array and led Lin Yiyi inside.

The Immortal Cave seemed ordinary from the outside.

But once inside, one could find it was a world of its own, like a Small World.

The Immortal Cave space was spacious and bright, with all kinds of facilities complete. Not counting the medicine fields and spiritual springs outside, the area exceeded two thousand square meters.

Feeling the luxurious Immortal Cave space, Lin Yiyi was dumbfounded again and couldn't help but say:

“As expected of Yuxu Academy, wealthy and ostentatious—”

Mo Fan: “...”

After pouring a cup of top-grade spiritual tea for Lin Yiyi, Mo Fan turned and walked toward the kitchen, preparing to cook.

Seeing this, Lin Yiyi quickly followed.

“What are you following me for?” Mo Fan asked in confusion.

“Eat this!”

Lin Yiyi smiled mysteriously and took out a foot-long rabbit with long ears, a round body, and snow-white fur like satin from her storage space.

“What a fat white rabbit, you want to eat spicy rabbit head?” Mo Fan was puzzled.

“Hmph, you have no eye for things. This is a Xuan Shuang Rabbit!” Lin Yiyi said with a proud face.