Chapter 673: Crafting A Perfect Body

"How addictive is this Immortal Ascension Heart's-Desire Pill?" Li Fan asked, weighing the jade bottle in his hand with keen interest.

"The closer one is to the legendary True Immortal realm, the greater the craving after taking it." Liu San's expression was grim.

"Perhaps someone with extraordinary willpower could resist the temptation of another dose, but..." Liu San shook his head. "At least in our era, I rarely heard of such a person."

Li Fan's gaze flickered, and he tucked the jade bottle away.

"Old Liu, if you refine this pill again in the future, keep them. They might prove useful in critical moments," Li Fan instructed.

Liu San nodded.

"By the way, Mister Fang, I need you to forge a few protective artifacts for me," Li Fan said, turning to Fang Zaiji.

"Oh? What kind do you want, Sect Leader?" Fang Zaiji's interest perked up at the mention of his specialty.

"At the very least, they should withstand attacks from an ordinary Spirit Transformation cultivator. Can you manage that, Mister Fang?" Li Fan knew Fang Zaiji's temperament well by now, and he deliberately lowered his expectations, a smile playing on his lips.

As expected, Fang Zaiji's pride flared: "Young Master, you underestimate me far too much! Never mind Spirit Transformation cultivators, I can forge artifacts that withstand Dao Unity cultivators! However...

"It might require a few more materials," Fang Zaiji murmured.

Liu San knew this was his young master's request and a matter of life and death, so he spoke up. "No matter. There are still materials stored within the Medicine King Cauldron. More than enough for you to work with."

Fang Zaiji froze. "Inside the Medicine King Cauldron? Impossible. I've studied it for so long, how did I never find that?"

Liu San laughed coldly. "It seems you still have quite a ways to go."

He flew into the true Medicine King Cauldron and returned moments later, tossing a storage ring to Fang Zaiji.

Fang Zaiji caught the ring, glanced at its contents, and cried out: "Darktwist Ancient Bamboo, Ink Demon Gold, Purple Essence Sand...

"So many rare treasures?"

Liu San sneered, his tone dripping with disdain. "Our Medicine King Sect was a wealthy sect, after all. Since we truly decided to evacuate, we naturally made thorough preparations."

Something seemed to occur to him, and his expression darkened.

"Don't worry about that. Just focus on forging protective artifacts for the young master. If the materials aren't enough, ask me for more."

This time Fang Zaiji didn't argue. Instead, he studied the treasures in the ring with delight, already thinking about what kind of artifacts he should forge.

"Craft a set of white robes and a folding fan for me, Mister," Li Fan said suddenly.

"White robes and a folding fan?" Fang Zaiji stared at him, stunned.

But Li Fan's gaze brooked no question, so Fang Zaiji only muttered his agreement.

Li Fan took his leave and entered his secluded meditation chamber.

He took out Xu Ke's essence blood and the remaining materials once more. Following the appearance of the adult Xu Ke from Little Hei's memories, and adjusting the features to be even more handsome, he began crafting the avatar.

This avatar was tied to obtaining the subsequent sections of the Mountain-Sitting Art, so Li Fan worked with more focus and care than ever before.

Seven full days and nights later, a male figure, nearly perfect in form, stood before him.

He was extraordinarily handsome, his skin white as porcelain. Flecks of starlight seemed to dance within his eyes, and a faint smile played on his lips, like an immortal descended from the heavens above.

Captivated by its peerless beauty, Li Fan stared at the avatar, losing himself for a single breath.

Only then did he realize what he'd done. In his desperate pursuit of the best appearance for the avatar, he had unconsciously referenced the most beautiful face he had ever seen: that of Mister Bai.

This had left the avatar bearing a passing resemblance to Mister Bai. It was only a subtle similarity, though. The underlying mold still came from Xu Ke's appearance.

This shouldn't cause any problems, right?

The avatar's features were so flawless that Li Fan had no intention of refining it anew, even with this minor, unforeseen alteration.

Besides, all of Xu Ke's essence blood is gone. Even if I tried to forge another one, its quality would fall far short of this.

Li Fan studied the avatar for a long moment, then finally poked it with a finger to awaken it.

The sensation of two simultaneous perspectives flooded back into him.

Though it's at the Nascent Soul realm, it's still just an empty shell.

But no matter.

The avatar donned its robes, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began cultivating the Heavenly Providence Scripture at once.

Li Fan's true self retrieved the Xuan Bird Feather and handed it to the avatar.

Cultivating a Foundation Establishment technique while at the Nascent Soul realm was like pouring water off a high roof. The feather also held a terrifying store of the world's heavenly providence. In almost an instant, the avatar absorbed the Xuan Bird Feather into its body and completed its Dao Foundation.

The Foundation Establishment realm was clearly insufficient for the avatar to complete its tasks, so its realm needed to rise further.

Li Fan crushed a handful of top-grade spirit stones into dust. The pure spiritual qi whirled through the sealed chamber and surged wildly into the avatar's body.

The avatar drank in the spiritual qi like a whale swallowing water, absorbing and converting all of it.

In less than half a day, a Golden Core formed in the avatar's dantian.

Every so often, a faint purple hue flickered across the Golden Core's surface, lending it a remarkably noble aura.

Though it's a Single-Law Golden Core, this Heavenly Providence Art was practically tailor-made for the avatar. And Xu Ke's essence blood has a special connection to the Xuan Bird Feather...

I suspect its power is no less than an ordinary four-law Golden Core. Li Fan nodded with satisfaction.

After Golden Core came Nascent Soul.

Under normal circumstances, a perfect disguise would require finding a grotto-heaven for the avatar to consume. The Beastkin World spared him that trouble.

With a thought, Li Fan's true self brought the avatar into the Beastkin World.

The avatar sensed and manipulated the heavenly providence of this world with even greater ease and fluidity than Li Fan's true self could.

Truly, comparison is the thief of joy.

Feeling the gap between them, Li Fan couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

The avatar closed its eyes and stood suspended in the air.

Spiritual qi converged on it from every direction.

More frighteningly, mountain peaks and rivers throughout the Beastkin World rose into the sky, racing to gather beneath the avatar's feet.

Mountains and rivers compressed together, forming a miniature grotto-heaven at a speed millions of times faster than any natural evolution.

The earth-shaking spectacle startled the disciples of the Medicine King Sect.

But seeing that Sect Leader Li Fan stood there watching, none of them dared act recklessly.

Their gazes turned to the remarkably handsome man beside Li Fan. Words could not adequately describe his beauty, and they couldn't tear their eyes away.

Privately, they speculated about his true identity.

Nearly one-thirtieth of the Beastkin World tore away, forming a Beastkin Grotto-Heaven.

In full view of the crowd, the avatar swallowed the grotto-heaven into its body.

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