Chapter 1522 Falling into the Mortal World
After losing consciousness, the concept of time does not matter.
Even if billions of years have passed, or even longer. For the person concerned, it is just the difference between before and after waking up.
Li Fan was awakened by the light symbol that kept jumping in front of him.
As if it had been urged for a long time, the light symbol kept flashing. Although the frequency of each flash was consistent, Li Fan instinctively saw the meaning of "urgency".
Even this emotion infected Li Fan, so that even if his mind was still in a blank state, he was forced to make a choice.
Li Fan stared at the light symbol for a long time before he understood the meaning expressed in it.
[End of this simulation]
[You can choose one of the following options to keep:
1. An item you hold in this simulation.
2. Your own practice realm in this simulation.
3. The simulated memory of a person who is closely related to you in this simulation. This memory can be inherited by this person.
4. Give up the above options and speed up the charging progress. 】
…
“Simulation…”
“Retain…”
The familiar yet unfamiliar words seemed to awaken some of Li Fan’s past memories. But just when he was about to recall something, Li Fan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head.
Countless images, as if they had found an outlet, rushed forward and drowned Li Fan in an instant.
His real memories disappeared in the vast ocean, and Li Fan screamed and fainted again.
"Don't worry, it's just the evil wind entering the brain. Drinking this bowl of magic water will definitely save him from danger. But if you want to completely cure the symptoms, you need to take it continuously. Shujuan, you have to know how many people in the village are waiting for this magic water to save their lives. Although we had a good relationship when we were young. But providing you with one or two bowls for free is already a great kindness. Next, if you still want this magic water..."
"It depends on your sincerity."
"Xiaoyue... Lord Li Wu, don't worry, even if I sell everything I have, I will save Fan'er."
...
In a coma, two nagging female voices sounded in Li Fan's ears from time to time.
Then Li Fan felt that he was forced to drink some kind of turbid liquid with a unique smell.
It was like brewing in a stinky ditch for more than ten years. When the liquid entered his stomach, the nausea and vomiting went straight to the top of his head.
"Ugh."
Li Fan suddenly turned over and vomited.
"Shujuan, look, I told you this magic water is effective! You have to drink a few more bowls in time to recover..."
"Fan'er." A woman rushed over to check on Li Fan's condition, ignoring the dirty stuff he vomited.
Li Fan, who had just woken up, was in a mess and couldn't sort out anything. He just grasped the key point, that mysterious and sharp voice asked him to drink a few more bowls of the turbid liquid. As if he felt the pungent smell again, Li Fan was furious for no reason.
"Playing tricks!"
The voice was hoarse, cold and cruel.
The two women in the room were immediately startled.
There was silence in the hut, and Li Fan subconsciously stretched out his hand to the witch and waved it in the air.
But as soon as he raised his hand, he felt weak.
His stomach was churning, and he couldn't help vomiting again.
"Shujuan, I think... your nephew's delusion is a bit serious. He needs to drink a few more bowls."
"Yes, yes, yes."
"How dare you!" Li Fan was furious again when he heard this.
But this body was really weak to the extreme.
Even though he struggled hard, he was easily suppressed by the two peasant women. He had to drink bowl after bowl of talisman water in humiliation.
...
One month later.
At the dinner table, Li Fan ate slowly. The food was not very rich, just vegetables, tofu, and a bowl of fish soup.
"Although most of the family's land has been sold, your body is getting better slowly, isn't it?"
"I asked Qian Xiucai in the village. You were invaded by the evil wind when you were sick, which caused all kinds of hallucinations. As long as you read more books of sages, righteousness will arise in your heart. The hallucinations will slowly disappear next..."
Li Fan listened to the woman's nagging beside him and nodded from time to time.
At the same time, he was sorting out all kinds of phantoms in his mind.
After dinner, Li Fan went out for a walk and exercise as usual. He ignored all the people who greeted him. After walking for a while, he finally came to a quiet and deserted place.
Li Fan then looked carefully at the light symbol that was jumping rapidly in front of him.
"Simulation, inheritance."
"What does this mean?"
During this period of time, every time he looked at the text that kept jumping in front of him, Li Fan seemed to be able to feel the urgency in it. Even on several quiet nights, he lay in bed and couldn't fall asleep.
He wanted to just choose one at random.
However, his naturally cautious character still made him not make a decision easily in the end.
Li Fan had a hunch in his heart.
No matter which option he chose, I'm afraid it would not be a good result.
Li Fan felt a slight headache and simply put it behind his mind for the time being and didn't think about it.
Instead, he continued to sort out the many messy memories in his mind.
"Are these phantoms true or false?"
A month later, Li Fan still couldn't figure out this problem.
The images in my memory come from different people, different times, and even different worlds.
They are bizarre and varied.
There are first-person experiences and third-person observations. There is even a macro view from above the sky.
It is really hard to distinguish between the real and the fake.
"Maybe... these are all true."
"These are all things I have experienced in the so-called [Simulation]."
Li Fan closed his eyes and forced down the endless phantoms and distracting thoughts. He couldn't help thinking so.
"If these are all my memories, then no matter what, I can't be as weak as I am today."
"So, something must have happened during the simulation."
"Cultivation..."
Li Fan couldn't help but stare at the second option given in the character reminder again.
These days, Li Fan has also inquired about it openly and secretly. Combined with the countless phantoms in his mind, Li Fan is sure that only true practitioners can be associated with the word [cultivation].
"No matter what I experienced in the simulation, what realm I have reached in cultivation. It must be better than now. From this point of view, it seems that there is nothing wrong with choosing this inheritance."
"Flying into the sky and hiding in the ground, immortality."
Thinking of this, Li Fan's heart instinctively throbbed. It represents both an instinctive yearning and an inexplicable fear.
But Li Fan would not change his mind in a moment after not making a decision for so long.
Compare the option of inheriting cultivation with the other options one by one.
"If it is just an item, it seems to be of no help in changing the current predicament. Moreover, with my extremely weak body now, I can't even hold chopsticks. Even if I get the immortal treasure, I should not be able to use it." Li Fan shook his head secretly.
"Choose someone close to you and inherit the memory."
Li Fan pondered for a long time.
"The closest person... If the other party inherits the memory in the simulation, seeing that I am in such a predicament now, he should come forward to help."
When focusing on this option, dozens of different figures emerged in Li Fan's mind.
Li Fan scanned them one by one.
When he stopped at a white-haired old man, the feeling that instinctively surged in his heart was the most comfortable. As for the others...
"They don't look like good people."
"Could it be that I would be with these people in the simulation?" Li Fan felt a little unbelievable.
He stared at the image of the old man for a long time.
Li Fan turned to look at the last option prompt: "Speed up the charging speed."
Based on the speculation during this period, Li Fan roughly guessed that charging should be a necessary condition for launching the simulation.
"In other words, I can simulate again."
...
Li Fan slowly opened his eyes in reality.
He had been in this quiet place outside the village for a long time. As the sky gradually darkened, Li Fan hurried back.
For a period of time, he pretended that everything was the same as before.
After his body recovered, he read day and night.
In fact, he was patiently waiting for the so-called charging to be completed.
Finally, on this day, he had an inexplicable feeling in his heart. The so-called simulation can be launched again.
With silent thoughts in his heart, Li Fan fell into darkness again.
When he woke up again, he looked around and was stunned.
It was still the familiar room.
It seemed that nothing had changed.
"Could it be that it's all my imagination?" Li Fan was shocked and disappointed.
But soon, he noticed that the house he was in was slightly different from the one he knew in the past.
"I have clearly used up most of this ink."
"And..."
Li Fan's mind moved, and he quickly flipped through his books and papers on the table.
"That's right. I seem to have returned to more than a month ago?"
In order to verify his guess, Li Fan ran out to find his aunt. Sure enough, she looked much younger. Most of the gray hair on her head was gone.
"So this is what is called simulation!"
After being extremely excited, Li Fan quickly calmed down. Obviously, this body has become accustomed to this.
"Going back to the past, you have the ability to foresee and perceive."
"Although the world is big, I can go there."
"But, be careful. The things in the simulation that seriously injured me."
An indescribable breath surged from the young Li Fan.
Although he had the face of a young scholar, he had an unfathomable power.
Twenty years later.
"Congratulations to the Grand Master!"
In the Grand Master's Mansion, Li Fan looked at the ministers of Daxuan and raised his glass with a smile.
Facing the compliments of the important officials in the court, his mind drifted to other places.
"What is the so-called practice like?"
In twenty years, he rose from a humble scholar. He suddenly became a powerful Grand Master.
But he never forgot that he was just in a simulation.
He also didn't forget his purpose.
To find the truth about his memory loss.
"Over the years, I have been sorting out day and night, and finally figured out some ways. However, without the spirit of immortals, even if I have all the plans, I can't use them at all." Li Fan sighed in his heart.
After three rounds of wine and the guests dispersed.
Li Fan returned to his bedroom and looked at himself in the mirror quietly.
He touched his dense beard and then took off his disguise.
"Compared to twenty years ago, there is no change at all."
"Heh."
"Even this body."
Li Fan stretched his body.
Twenty years have passed, and he has not felt any aging. He even feels that as time passes and time accumulates, this body becomes younger and more energetic.
You know, he has not officially embarked on the path of cultivation.
"I am indeed not an ordinary person."
In order to conceal the secret of his immortality, Li Fan has wives and concubines, but he rarely sleeps with them. He just uses the heavy state affairs as an excuse. Even every few years, the person next to him will die of illness.
Originally, people in the court and the public used this as an argument to spread many rumors.
However, after he killed the previous emperor with his own hands and supported the young prince to succeed to the throne, there was no more discussion in the world.
Li Fan became the Grand Master not because he was greedy for power.
But to find a way out of this world.
Although his body has the ability to live forever, in other aspects, it is no different from ordinary people. It is a bit difficult to travel the world and find the path of cultivation by his own strength.
However, after becoming the Grand Master, he specially set up a secret organization to search for immortals.
It will be much easier to do things in the future.
Another ten years later.
The young emperor gradually grew up. He was unwilling to be a puppet and controlled by Li Fan.
He secretly raised death warriors and made plans for the ministers.
He wanted to kill Li Fan and take back power.
The plan went smoothly, and Li Fan stepped into the trap set by the emperor alone without knowing it.
The little emperor looked at Li Fan who was surrounded by dozens of death warriors, and couldn't help but laugh proudly.
"Grand Master, Grand Master, you whipped me in the name of teaching me to read. How could you know that today would come?"
However, in this desperate situation, Li Fan's expression did not change at all from beginning to end.
"Today. What about today?" Instead, he smiled and asked back.
"You are still stubborn when you are about to die." The little emperor sneered and waved his hand. Then the death warriors rushed forward with sharp weapons.
However, what happened next was far beyond his expectations.
The swords and weapons only made the sound of metal hitting each other. They could not penetrate the slightest bit.
The seemingly weak Taishi could beat the extremely strong man selected by himself with every punch, and his flesh and blood flew everywhere and burst directly.
The trap that was originally intended to kill him turned into a bloody Shura field.
When Li Fan, covered in blood, walked to the little emperor.
The little emperor was already scared.
Li Fan looked at the clothes covered with blood and frowned slightly: "Without magical powers, I can only rely on my mortal body, which is inconvenient."
"However, with such a strong blood, I didn't feel much discomfort."
"It seems that what I experienced in the previous simulation..."
"Taishi, Taishi, spare my life!" The little emperor cried loudly, and Li Fan just snorted coldly and stepped on him to death.
...
One emperor died, and there is another emperor.
Under the sky, only Taishi, eternal and unchanging.
Time flies, and the Great Xuan Dynasty has changed several times. The world has become accustomed to this frequent change of dynasties.
On this day, the Grand Master celebrated his 70th birthday.
Officials from all over the country came to Beijing to congratulate him.
All the wise men gathered at the Grand Master's Mansion.
"Dao Xuanzi, don't go too far!"
A loud shout suddenly resounded above Xuanjing.