Chapter 142: Successfully Leaving Buyi Town

"The Law of Immortals' Fall?" The Immortal Fairy narrowed her eyes. She had never heard of a secret law adorned with such an arrogant title.

The immortal realm was the very peak of the cultivation path, a summit beyond the reach of leapfrog challenges; if an immortal could be overthrown from below, what meaning remained in achieving such a state?

"Y-Yes," the True Master of Immortals' Fall stammered obsequiously as he offered up the secret text. His Daoist title had been derived from this very scroll.

"In my youth, I stumbled into a hidden realm created by an ancient almighty being. It held boundless treasures of the heaven and earth, and it was solely by relying on these resources that I managed to cultivate to the Body Integration Stage."

The True Master of Immortals' Fall continued, "The most precious object within that realm was this text. According to its descriptions, immortals are the kings of all spirits, possessing matchless power. To defeat them, one must find an alternative path. Thus, the book suggests gathering the strengths of all spirits into a single body. If a person possesses the transformations of the Kunpeng, the dragon race's mastery over water, the phoenix race's control over fire, and the wisdom of humanity... possessing every single virtue, one can overthrow an immortal with mortal strength!"

The Immortal Fairy scanned the secret law briefly before tossing it to Lu Yang. "And here I wondered what kind of grand thing it was to be boasted of so highly. Turns out it is just the Method of Beastification Cultivation."

The Immortal Fairy had only just introduced the Method of Beastification Cultivation, noting how its mottled bloodlines precluded any hope of achieving immortality, leading to its abandonment by the people of the ancient era.

As for the immortal-felling prowess mentioned in the secret law, the Immortal Fairy scoffed at it even more derisively.

If it truly possessed the might they boasted of, how could it ever have been cast aside by them?

"You mean to say everything written inside this is fake?" Lu Yang flipped through the contents, finding them far too complex to comprehend in a short amount of time.

The Immortal Fairy scratched her chin. "My guess is that whoever created the Method of Beastification Cultivation was unwilling to see their technique abandoned. But back in the ancient times, everyone knew exactly what kind of trick this method was. It was completely unreliable, and no one would fall for it."

"So they simply changed the cover of the beastification method, scribbled a few lines of preface, gave it a new name, and threw it into a grotto-heaven. They waited for time to pass until fewer people remembered what the method actually was, so that some fool might eventually find it, believe the words inside, and allow the technique to be passed down."

The Immortal Fairy spoke with disdain, "Bragging is easy, who can't do it? I could just as well claim that I can beat that girl Yun Zhi."

Lu Yang harbored a suspicion that the Immortal Fairy was merely slacking off.

She continued to lecture Lu Yang, "Do not think that just because you find some ancient text, everything written in it must be the truth. In our time, counterfeiting was all the rage; there were far more fake things than real ones."

"Back then, we even fabricated an entire Heavenly Court system, claiming that upon achieving immortality, one ascends to the Immortal Realm, and that the Immortal Realm contains Human Immortals, Earth Immortals, Celestial Immortals, and the like, along with the Celestial Emperors of the Five Directions. We made it quite complete. If you ever come across that system, do not believe a word of it; it was all made up for fun."

Lu Yang: "..."

Verifying the events of the ancient era was already no easy feat, yet you lot went out of your way to forge them?

Lu Yang felt a twinge of pity for those old cultivators who delighted in researching antiquity. They spent immense effort studying what had transpired in the ancient era, reading the fabrications and thinking how grand the ancient times must have been, believing there were tiers above immortality and that cultivation knew no bounds, only to feel that the present was vastly inferior to the past—all to discover in the end that it was just a game concocted by these figures.

Could the hearts of those old cultivators take such a blow?

Fortunately, up until now, Lu Yang had never heard of the Heavenly Court system. It had likely vanished into the long river of time, luckily failing to poison the minds of later generations.

The True Master of Immortals' Fall knelt shivering on the ground, listening to the Immortal Fairy converse so casually, feeling as though he had learned secrets of terrifying proportions.

She spoke of ancient matters as if they were common knowledge, and combined with her self-proclaimed title of "This Immortal," things had developed to a point where he no longer needed to doubt his own luck.

Furthermore, this lad at the Qi Condensation Stage possessed a low realm, yet he could converse on equal terms with an ancient immortal. Could he perhaps be an ancient immortal as well?

Was it a reincarnation or a possession?

The True Master of Immortals' Fall wished nothing more than to slap himself twice. Of all the names to choose, why did he have to be called "Immortals' Fall," and why did he blindly charge into this mental space?

Had he grown tired of living?

The True Master of Immortals' Fall carefully backed away. He sensed that the pressure had eased slightly, indicating that the Immortal Fairy's attention was not focused on him. He hoped to use the opportunity of their idle chatter to slip out of the mental space and flee for his life.

Then he discovered that the mental space was as solid as a coffin; there was absolutely no escape.

The Immortal Fairy sneered. Lu Yang's mental space was equivalent to her home, and how could the home of an immortal be entered and left at a whim?

"Wanting to leave? Then leave your life behind."

The Immortal Fairy detested the True Master's method of cultivation. When the rules first descended, who knew how many commoners had perished under them? Looking at the mayor's physical body, it was clearly the result of slaughtering hundreds or thousands of people.

As an immortal of the human race, the Immortal Fairy dared not boast of how great she was or how many humans she had protected, but she dared to say she had never harmed a soul.

He deserved to die.

The Immortal Fairy extended a single finger. The True Master of Immortals' Fall desperately shifted his body, attempting to evade the finger, but no matter how he moved, escape was impossible.

This was a strike that could not miss!

The finger pressed against the center of his brow, and the soul of the True Master shattered into pieces.

"This man is truly difficult to deal with!" Outside Buyi Town, the four cultivators of the Body Integration Stage faced the Daoist of No Words, finding the situation exceptionally thorny.

With great difficulty, they had managed to find the single sword merged with the Daoist of No Words among the ten thousand blades, wishing to engage him in a proper duel, only for the Daoist to execute the techniques of One Sword Transforming into Ten Thousand and the Unity of Man and Sword once more.

Could such techniques really be unleashed in continuous succession?!

"If you do not come out soon, we shall enter Buyi Town and slaughter those two younglings!" one of the Body Integration cultivators roared in anger. This was no empty threat; they were entirely capable of such deeds.

Suddenly, the ten thousand swords formed a massive sphere, their tips pointing inward, enclosing the four individuals.

The ten thousand swords launched simultaneously, slashing toward the four. The group had not anticipated the Daoist's sudden burst of power and suffered a grievous blow.

The Daoist of No Words revealed his true form, gripping his natal sword, staring fixedly at the four. "I dare anyone to harm them!"

Meeting the Daoist's gaze, the four found it piercingly cold, and a chill rose in their hearts. If a supreme master of the sword path fought with his life on the line, at least two of them would fall.

One of them sneered, "A mere bluff. The mayor of Buyi Town is our companion. Do you truly believe those two juniors can remain safe and sound merely by obediently following the rules?"

"Once our companion takes those two juniors as hostages, I would like to see what you can do. Will you risk the lives of your juniors to kill us, or will you lower your sword and willingly let us kill you?"

The Daoist of No Words gritted his teeth, his grip tightening on the hilt of his sword. If matters truly unfolded as the opponent claimed, then before that could happen, he would risk his lifespan and his cultivation realm to slay these four men!

During their standoff, a teleportation array appeared outside Buyi Town. The four Body Integration cultivators were just about to mock the Daoist further, claiming his two juniors had already been captured, when their expressions shifted drastically and they violently spat out a mouthful of blood.

"How is this possible? Someone utilized the rules to leave Buyi Town?!"

When someone departed Buyi Town, they would suffer a backlash.

The teleportation array vanished, and Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou successfully emerged from Buyi Town. Lu Yang held the mayor's head aloft, smiling as he greeted the figures in the sky, his intent to provoke entirely unconcealed.

"Pfft—" The four Body Integration cultivators spat blood once more.