My Longevity Simulation - Chapter 1014: Source Power Elevates All Things
Chapter 1014: Source Power Elevates All Things
After paying respects to the Faceless True Immortal statue, the relationship between the two sides seemed to grow much closer.
“Fellow Daoist Qiaogong, what exactly is the purpose of all the hard work you put into founding the Lingyuan Sect to collect source power? To be honest, I only took over the Lingyuan Sect’s great undertaking because I valued the convenience of the Vital Essence Technique of All the Living Beings allowing multiple people to cultivate the same method. As for how to extract and utilize source power, I know nothing about it now!”
While leading Master Qiaogong on a tour of the Spiritwood Realm, showing him the flesh and blood puppets used for automatically cultivating the Lingyuan Technique, Li Fan asked with a warm and amiable expression.
“Having a separate small world as a base is indeed much more convenient. Back when I was in the Lingyuan Sect, I wouldn’t dare to place these flesh and blood cultivator puppets so openly on the plaza. I always had to conceal them somewhat; otherwise, the people below would become restless and all sorts of troubles would arise.” During the tour, Master Qiaogong said with unmistakable envy.
Only afterward did he explain to Li Fan: “Besides using it to create heavenly mechanism puppets, the vast majority of the source power should be stored away for use in times of need.”
“In theory, purified power of vow can be used by every cultivator to rapidly increase their cultivation. Fellow Daoist, have you heard the legends of immortal sects bestowing rewards, where inner sect disciples achieve enlightenment overnight and break through several major realms in succession? That is the effect of source power.”
“But in this Xuanhuang Realm…” Master Qiaogong smacked his lips and shook his head slightly.
“This damned place is truly unsuitable for cultivators to live in. Not to mention the resources needed to break through each major realm, just that bottleneck of the heavenly calamity alone is far more stringent than in other cultivation realms.” Li Fan echoed in agreement.
“Unfortunately, we no longer have any choice.” Master Qiaogong sighed.
“However, these restrictions only apply among cultivators. Pure creations like heavenly mechanism puppets are not subject to the limitations. By extension, magical treasures and the like also face no restrictions on use. Perhaps that is why the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance always takes a hefty cut of source power from me each time.” Master Qiaogong then said pointedly.
“You mean… the Tianxuan Mirror?” Li Fan reacted instantly.
“Not just that. Without a doubt, the Tianxuan Mirror is an existence at the Immortal Artifact level. Source power is merely better than nothing for it. But within the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, any magical treasure that has not advanced to Immortal Artifact level can enhance itself by absorbing source power.” Master Qiaogong smiled.
“So it has such a wondrous use.” Li Fan looked at the Final Dissociation Disc in his sea of consciousness and pondered thoughtfully.
Next, with the enthusiastic help of Master Qiaogong, a heavenly mechanism fortress was built beside the flesh and blood puppet plaza in the Spiritwood Realm.
It was shaped like a sphere, with two continuously rotating metal rings encircling the sphere.
Once Master Qiaogong finished engraving the inscriptions on these two metal rings, Li Fan faintly sensed that the overflowing source power originally surging toward his clone Li Qing’s body.
Now turned instead toward the heavenly mechanism fortress, gathering there.
Like trickling streams turning into a vast river, it formed drop after drop of golden entities, falling and storing inside the sphere.
Upon careful observation, Li Fan discovered that this golden source power was clearly a level lower than the source power essence formed through the Faceless True Immortal statue, which was the Flower of the Dao.
However, for cultivators, it still held a fatal allure.
Though not enough to cause one to lose reason like seeing the Spirit of Heaven and Earth, it still stirred waves of greed from the depths of the heart.
“Finally done. It seems because the heavenly restrictions in this small world are relatively weak, guiding the source power here is much easier than in the Xuanhuang Realm.” Master Qiaogong wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with some delight.
“This thing is called the Heavenly Mechanism Fortress. I suppose besides channeling source power, it should also have a defensive function?” Li Fan said, hitting the nail on the head.
Master Qiaogong did not conceal it: “Correct. Because resources are limited in our Heavenly Mechanism Realm, when developing creations, we often pursue the ultimate integration of functions.”
The Artisan Master Qiaogong pointed gently at the orb not far away, and a burst of light flashed.
This building, newly constructed, suddenly vanished before Li Fan’s eyes.
“Hmm? Interesting…” Not only could it not be seen with the naked eye, but even divine sense could not detect it.
Only by flying forward and touching it with his hand could one discover its existence.
“This is the hidden form, which requires a certain amount of source force to activate. It can achieve nearly the same level of concealment as [Ancestor]; even a Longevity Immortal Realm powerhouse might not notice any clues.” The Artisan Master Qiaogong said with a proud expression.
Next, Master Qiaogong demonstrated the offensive and transfer forms of the Heavenly Mechanism Fortress for Li Fan.
It truly lived up to the name “Heavenly Mechanism.”
Li Fan was very satisfied.
“The only pity is that source force is hard to come by. It must be painstakingly extracted from every cultivator practicing the Vital Essence Technique of All Living Beings.”
“It cannot achieve the self-sustaining cycle of [Ancestor], endless and perpetual.”
“Back when I was fleeing for my life, I couldn’t bring out [Ancestor]’s energy core components. Perhaps I will never have the chance to unravel this mystery in the future.” Master Qiaogong looked at the Heavenly Mechanism Fortress before him, as if recalling his homeland. His eyes were full of regret.
“Heh, there will be a chance.” Li Fan said with a smile.
The Master Qiaogong did not take Li Fan’s words seriously.
After the explanation was complete, the Master Qiaogong very proactively handed over the highest authority of the Heavenly Mechanism Fortress to Li Fan as well.
With a stir in his heart, information about how much source force was stored in the fortress, how long various functions could be used, the specific situation around the Heavenly Mechanism Fortress in projection form…
And so on, all appeared in Li Fan’s mind in an instant.
This gave Li Fan a peculiar sense of illusion.
He increased the output power of the fortress’s source force, covering its protective range over the entire Spiritwood Realm, and then activated the permanent hidden state.
In this way, the source force that could be stored was extremely limited. It was almost a case of spending more than one earned.
However, Li Fan was not worried. Instead, he instructed his clone Li Qing to intensify the practice of the Lingyuan Technique in various small worlds.
It was foreseeable that with the further promotion of the Vital Essence Technique of All Living Beings, not only would the harvest of source force increase.
The amount of source power essence produced from gratitude toward the True Immortal of Salvation and Mortal Compassion would also see a qualitative leap.
With this matter gradually on track, adhering to the principle of making full use of everything, Li Fan did not let the Master Qiaogong idle.
He summoned Tianyang to his side and had the Master Qiaogong examine him carefully.
“My junior brother here was limited by his physical aptitude back then and could not break through to higher realms. So he took a different path, transforming his body into an object and housing his soul in a puppet. Later, he absorbed a thousand years of earthly fire power and finally reached Soul Transformation.”
“Although I later helped him devour the Spirit of Heaven and Earth to step into the Dao Integration threshold. But this might be his limit.”
“Junior Brother Tianyang has been by my side for many years, loyal and devoted. I cannot bear to see him stop here…”
“Fellow Daoist Qiaogong, please see if there is any way to help Tianyang advance further?” Li Fan asked somewhat seriously.
