The two black finger bones before the door drew all their eyes at that moment, leaving everyone dazed and feeling... incredulous!
This meant that the two Yasha Devil Generals at the Supreme level had unleashed power on the Immortal level, yet they had not even managed to enter the door before being killed at the entrance by that senior?
That was simply unbelievable!
How powerful did he have to be?
They had assumed that an Immortal-level battle would inevitably break out, and that senior might even be injured or meet with some mishap.
But they had never expected such an ending...
A Supreme had died right beside the door...
"The senior's strength is truly too formidable... He has surpassed the Supremes, and even Immortals would find it difficult to contend with him!"
Hong Xuan Supreme spoke in shock.
"With such an existence, no wonder he dared to set a trap and wait for the Evil God!"
Luoming also drew a deep breath.
They understood that before this, they had all underestimated this senior.
After all, they were Supremes from holy lands, and Immortals were not unreachable existences to them.
Thus, although they respected Li Fan, they had never feared him.
But now, it seemed that this person could kill Immortals!
They had no choice but to fear him.
Just then, a clear voice rang out. "Huh? Qian Ning, you're here?"
Hearing this, Mu Qianning and the others all turned around, only to see Li Fan walking over from the path on the other side with two young girls.
At once, Mu Qianning, Huo Ling'er, and the others hurried forward and said, "Greetings, Senior!"
At this moment, Luoming Supreme and Hong Xuan Supreme were both shaken.
Was this young man before them the existence who could kill Immortals and casually annihilate a Demon Venerable with a single painting?
At a glance, he looked just like an ordinary mortal... Even though they were Supremes, they could not see through him in the slightest!
He was unfathomable!
"Something's wrong... This senior seems to have returned from outside... And there isn't even the slightest trace of battle on him..."
Luoming was slightly startled inwardly.
"Could it be that those two Yasha Devil Generals never encountered this senior? Then... how did they die right in front of the courtyard gate?"
Hong Xuan was also bewildered.
The two exchanged a glance.
Hong Xuan drew a deep breath and immediately said, "Hong Xuan of the Taiyan Holy Land pays respects to Senior!"
Even as Supremes, they did not dare put on airs!
"Luoming of the Ziyang Holy Land pays respects to Senior!"
Luoming was equally respectful!
Hearing these two men, Nan Feng and Ziling of the Three Absolutes Holy Land, who had followed Li Fan there, were once again so shocked that they could not speak.
They stared at the scene with wide eyes, feeling that it was simply... unbelievable!
"Hong Xuan and Luoming... The two legendary Supremes have actually appeared... And even they have to be so respectful toward this senior!"
Nan Feng's eyes churned like rivers and seas.
The Taiyan Holy Land and the Ziyang Holy Land were both no weaker than the Three Absolutes Holy Land, while the illustrious names of Hong Xuan and Luoming were known throughout the world!
Just what kind of existence was this senior? What could make these two so respectful?
Only an Immortal!
Had they... truly encountered an Immortal?!
Seeing this, Li Fan was puzzled. These two seemed to be cultivators as well. What had they come here for?
"What business do the two of you have here?"
he asked.
Luoming respectfully said, "Senior's Great Sun Dao Diagram shook the Southern Domain. No one is unaware of it. We have long yearned for it, so we came especially to pay our respects!"
The "Great Sun Dao Diagram" he mentioned was precisely the painting Li Fan had previously given Huo Ling'er.
Hearing this, Li Fan immediately smiled.
It seemed that after he had given the painting to Huo Ling'er, she must have taken it out. Perhaps she had even sent it to some auction house or another place like that? That would have instantly made it famous.
That was why Luoming and the others had come.
Perhaps they had come to buy a painting!
That was a good thing, too. Li Fan possessed all this artistic talent, and it would be wonderful if he could sell some of it to the outside world.
At this thought, Li Fan's smile deepened, and he already regarded the two men as customers who had come to buy paintings.
"So that's how it is. In that case, why don't you two come into the Small Courtyard and have a chat with me?"
"Please."
Li Fan extended a hand.
Luoming and the others respectfully said, "Senior Li, please go first. With you here, how could we dare to precede you?"
They were truly respectful!
These people are really particular about etiquette... Li Fan did not say anything else. He walked over at once and, seeing that the door was open, smiled and said, "It seems the wind is rather strong today."
He then pushed the door open and entered.
Luoming and Hong Xuan, however, instantly fell into deep thought.
The wind is rather strong!
Was this senior hinting at something?
As they followed Li Fan into the Small Courtyard, Hong Xuan and Luoming suddenly sensed an inexplicable pressure!
It almost left them unable to breathe!
"What a powerful field... Terrifying. Fortunately, we followed Senior Li. If we had barged in on our own, we truly would have died without a burial place."
Luoming was overcome with lingering fear!
Hong Xuan nodded as well. The field here gave him a feeling even more terrifying than the Immortal-level protective formation of the Taiyan Holy Land!
"Why do I feel... that those two Yasha Devil Generals... might have been killed by the field here in the first place?"
His suspicions grew stronger.
The two Supremes subconsciously surveyed Li Fan's Small Courtyard.
"What is that... Is that an Immortal Peach?!"
Suddenly, Hong Xuan sent a shocked voice transmission as he looked toward a peach tree beside them!
Upon that peach tree were clearly more than a dozen crystal-clear Immortal Peaches. Their fragrance was sharp and rich, and merely entering the Small Courtyard made them feel as though they were being baptized by a sacred medicine!
"It really is... an Immortal Peach. Isn't that a sacred object that grows in the Immortal Domain?!"
Luoming was shaken.
This senior actually had one growing here?
Could this senior have descended from the Immortal Domain?!
As if sensing the two men's gazes, a stream of aura emanated from the Immortal Peach Tree.
"Boom!"
At once, Luoming and Hong Xuan's minds trembled violently. They seemed to witness an incomparably terrifying sight, and their faces turned pale as they nearly vomited blood!
It was a warning!
"No... Don't look around carelessly. Everything here... everything here is beyond our ability to provoke. We must not pry!"
Luoming hurriedly sent a voice transmission to warn him!
Hong Xuan's heart was filled with shock, and he lowered his head, not daring to look again.
They were Supremes, yet merely looking at it once had nearly shaken their Dao foundations...
It seemed that this Immortal Peach was truly a divine object from the Immortal Domain, and the Immortal Peach Tree had very likely already developed a spirit.
Even the tree spirit alone was not something a Supreme could afford to provoke!
The awe in their hearts rose in a straight line!
At this moment, Li Fan also spoke. "Everyone, please sit."
He brought tea out from the room and said, "I only have coarse tea to offer my guests."
Yu Qishui and Mu Qianning's eyes immediately lit up!
They had tasted Senior Li's tea before.
This was another great opportunity!
They promptly sat down and obediently waited.
Li Fan gave each of them a cup of tea. Luoming and Hong Xuan hurriedly rose respectfully and accepted them with both hands.
Such an existence was actually handing them tea!
It seemed that what Huo Ling'er and the others had said was indeed true: this was an invincible Immortal who lived in seclusion here and did not like revealing his terrifying strength.
He merely wished to live the life of an ordinary person.
This... must be what a big shot is like, right?
At this moment, Yu Qishui and the others drank their tea, then closed their eyes. An intoxicated look appeared on their faces, and they actually entered the Dao state!
Luoming and Hong Xuan's hearts instantly brightened. This tea was definitely extraordinary!
They grew exceedingly solemn, raised their cups, and took a small sip.
The tea entered their mouths.
At once, the fragrance of Dao Rhyme filled the air!
It was as though what they had drunk was not a cup of tea at all, but a cup of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth!
As the tea slid down their throats, the spiritual power throughout their bodies surged!
Among their meridians and flesh, tiny illusory fragments of laws were directly awakened at that moment, radiating layer upon layer of extraordinary light!
The fragments of laws were strengthening and coalescing!
Their Supreme realms were gradually becoming more complete!
At this moment, both men were utterly shaken!
Likewise, Nan Feng and Ziling had closed their eyes, carefully comprehending the tea. They had also benefited immensely, comprehending their respective Daos!
After a long, long while, everyone slowly opened their eyes.
Nearly all of them had improved tremendously!
Luoming and Hong Xuan rose directly and performed a grand bow!
"Thank you for Senior's great kindness!"
The two spoke with incomparable solemnity!
This cup of tea was simply too important to them!
In truth, both of them had nearly reached the end of their paths. They had been trapped in the Supreme realm for over a hundred years and could no longer advance even a step.
Yet just now, the fragments of laws within them had become clearer and more complete, and even more of them had condensed.
This meant that the path they had long since severed had been reconnected.
For a Supreme, this was no different from the grace of rebirth!
Such great kindness could not be repaid even by death!
At the same time, their understanding of Li Fan rose once again. A single cup of tea could aid Supremes in comprehending the Dao—he was definitely an existence surpassing the entire Profound Heaven Realm.
Nan Feng and Ziling also performed a grand bow. Their pretty faces were filled with excitement, because just now, Ziling had directly broken through to the Nascent Soul Realm!
Nan Feng, meanwhile, had already been at the Spirit Severing First Heaven and had advanced to the third heaven of the Spirit Severing realm!
—Enlightenment Tea could directly help people comprehend the Dao and break through in cultivation. The improvement in cultivation was merely an incidental benefit.
With this cup of tea, they could advance rapidly for a very long time, without the slightest obstruction!
Li Fan smiled and said, "There's no need for this. Meeting one another is fate. Besides, we are all fellow cultivators."
With that, he unfolded a painting for Luoming and the others to see and said, "This is what I painted today. Since you have come from afar, take a look."
As the saying went, scholars made friends through literature, while chess players made friends through chess... Since these people had come to visit Li Fan for his paintings, naturally, they should make friends through painting.
Besides, since they had come to buy a painting, he had to let them see it before he could name a price.
But when Luoming and Hong Xuan saw it, shock instantly shot from their eyes as they stared fixedly at the painting!
Huo Ling'er, Mu Qianning, and the others were likewise stunned!
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