Chapter 99 You Are Strong, I Am Stronger

"How could this be?" Li Fan was stunned and asked in surprise.

"Didn't they say it was just a cave of Jindan cultivators? How come even a Yuanying cultivator died?"

Yuwen Xing shook his head: "No one knows the specific situation now. It's just that the entrance to the cave has been temporarily blocked, just in case someone who doesn't know the situation breaks in and dies."

After that, Yuwen Xing sighed again: "There are only a dozen Yuanying cultivators in the entire Wanxian Island. Now one of them has suddenly died, the loss is not small."

"Not to mention the four Jindan and thirteen foundation-building cultivators who died in two explorations."

"The island is not peaceful now. With so many cultivators dead, their positions on the island have all become vacant. In order to compete for these lucrative positions, various forces have begun to wrestle secretly."

"The Wanxian League has also restarted the investigation of Zheng Xiaoyun. This time, Elder Gongsun of Tianji Hall has personally stepped in. I don't know if they can find out the reason."

"It's a troubled time..."

Li Fan saw that Yuwen Xing seemed to have other reasons for his worry, but since he didn't say it, Li Fan didn't ask rashly.

So after a few more pleasantries, they returned to Wanxian Island through the teleportation array.

The atmosphere on the island became much more serious, and the faces of the monks who came and went were no longer relaxed as before.

After some inquiries, Li Fan knew the reason why Yu Wenxing looked so sad.

It turned out that Yu Wenxing's backer was the fallen Gou Xuan Zhenjun.

It was with this relationship that he was able to defeat many competitors and become the guardian of Liuli Island.

Now his backer has fallen before he even has a chance to sit on the throne.

No wonder he looked so worried.

"The Yuanying great power has fallen, and the cave is really extremely dangerous."

"It seems that the body of Fellow Daoist He will not be brought back for a while."

Originally, Li Fan thought so.

However, a few days later, things seemed to have taken a turn for the better.

The results of the investigation by the Wanxian League came out.

There was no problem with the Jindan monk named Zheng Xiaoyun.

And the reason why he was only a Jindan cultivator in the first expedition was that he could still escape.

In the second expedition, the Nascent Soul cultivator died.

In fact, it was because the mechanical puppets in Tianyang Zhenren’s cave had a strange characteristic:

Weak when encountering weak enemies, strong when encountering strong enemies.

When Zheng Xiaoyun led the team for the first time, those mechanical puppets only showed the combat power of the Golden Core Stage.

Zheng Xiaoyun’s own strength was still good, and there were five other foundation-building cultivators to attract firepower, which was able to barely save his life.

When Gou Xuan Zhenjun led the team, the combat power of those mechanical puppets actually expanded to the Nascent Soul Stage.

More than a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators exploded in an instant, caught off guard.

The second expedition team was instantly wiped out.

Of course, the so-called mechanical puppets become stronger when encountering strong enemies, and there must be an upper limit.

But now, where is the upper limit of the strength of these mechanical puppets?

It’s really hard to say.

Although Tianyang Zhenren was only a Golden Core cultivator during his lifetime, before he died, he set up his cave inside an underwater volcano.

For thousands of years, those mechanical puppets have been constantly absorbing the energy of the earth fire.

It directly caused the active volcano under the sea to become a dead volcano.

And now that the underground fire is active again, it is very likely that after so many years, the mechanical puppet has grown to its limit.

The ancient mechanical art has been lost for a long time, and it is unknown how strong the mechanical puppet that has grown to its limit is.

But I think that before the catastrophe, when the Yuanying was worse than a dog, the mechanical art could occupy a place.

This puppet must not be too weak.

The lowest is the Yuanying, and it is not impossible to be a spirit.

So...

True Lord Gou Xuan, it is not unjust to die.

After all, no one would have thought that there would be such a terrifying combat force ambushed in this small Jindan cultivator's cave.

As soon as the official announcement of the Wanxian League came out, the haze shrouding the sky above Wanxian Island dissipated immediately.

Everyone is quite convinced by the results of the investigation.

Because Elder Gongsun of the Tianji Hall has always been famous for his ability to explore the secrets of the sky and judge the cause and effect.

The conclusions he made after investigation are basically not much different from the facts.

So, the largest number of Qi-refining cultivators in Congyun Sea were all excited.

A dozen Yuanying stage mechanical puppets are indeed extremely terrifying.

But a dozen Qi Refining stage puppets...

It can be said that they have no deterrent power at all.

If even one puppet can be brought back...

Countless Qi Refining cultivators were immediately imaginative and excited.

So they all shouted to form a team to explore Tianyang Zhenren's cave for the third time.

When he heard the news, even Li Fan couldn't help but be moved.

In the Qi Refining stage, isn't he almost invincible?

Those with a lower realm than him can be caught directly by the Insect Binding Divine Power.

He is also in the late Qi Refining stage, and he has many means such as the Formless Killing Intent, the Cloud and Water Dream, and the Blue Flame Phantom Spirit.

Li Fan doesn't believe that there will be anyone stronger than him in this sea of ​​clouds.

Otherwise, go explore this cave?

Li Fan was moved for a moment, but then he thought about it and felt that it was not right.

If these mechanical puppets are really weak when they meet the weak and strong when they meet the strong.

The official of the Ten Thousand Immortals League could have secretly summoned a group of late-stage Qi Refining cultivators to break through the cave and bring all these puppets back.

How could the Ten Thousand Immortals League give up on such a good thing and foolishly make this information public?

The only explanation is that the puppet in this cave must have other strange things.

The Ten Thousand Immortals League was not sure.

So they chose to let these numerous Qi-refining cultivators risk their lives to explore the way.

Li Fan had also heard of Elder Gongsun.

When he completed the bounty of the strange beast Dragon Whale, Elder Gongsun had investigated it.

He only found out the direct cause of death of the Dragon Whale: it was besieged by several deep-sea monsters and exhausted its life.

But he failed to find out the most fundamental cause of death: the formless killing intention launched by Li Fan.

So Li Fan believed that Elder Gongsun could indeed survey the secrets of heaven.

But he could only get one part, but not the whole, like a blind man touching an elephant.

This truth was not only understood by Li Fan.

After the initial excitement, everyone calmed down in time.

But there were always some cultivators who were lucky enough to think that they were destined by heaven.

They joined together, about thirty people.

The third exploration of Tianyang Cave.

Li Fan simply put up the bounty for He Zhenghao's corpse again, and then waited for the show.

Ten days later, the expedition team returned in disgrace.

Most of the thirty-odd people escaped.

As they cried and complained, the audience also knew what happened in the cave.

There were seventeen puppets in total, which were too strong!

I don't know what material the whole body was made of, but it was extremely strong.

No matter what kind of spell was cast on it, it had no effect at all.

Not even a scratch could be left.