Chapter 322: Origin of the Qilin Undying Medicine

"Since when did the human race need precious earth to cultivate?" the Ginseng Baby asked in astonishment. In its memory, even among cultivators who specialized in earth-attribute spells, none had ever asked them for soil.

The herb garden lacked many things, but soil was the one thing it had in abundance, especially for them, the Little Medicine Kings, who used rare, priceless soils that a thousand pieces of gold could not buy.

"Wait for me here," the Ginseng Baby left these words behind and jogged into the wooden cabin. After a flurry of clattering and clanging search sounds, it emerged carrying four iron shovels.

"The four of us will go dig up some rare soils and see which one Lu Yang uses." It kept one shovel for itself and distributed the remaining three to the other three Little Medicine Kings.

The four Little Medicine Kings set off in different directions, and in the blink of an eye, they had vanished to who knows where, leaving only the Enlightenment Tree, Lu Yang, and the Immortal Fairy on the spot.

The Ginseng Baby was the first to return, its roots cradling a pile of dark, pitch-black soil: "Here, this is Black Soil, do you want it?"

Lu Yang had often heard of this kind of soil; it was a type of earth that could make any spiritual plant grow robustly, and the land cultivated by the Blue-Eyed Water Buffalo clan was precisely this Black Soil.

"This isn't the Black Soil you see on the outside. This is the Source of Black Soil, which can be used for farming and can also improve the quality of the surrounding earth, turning it into Black Soil as well."

"The Black Soil you see on the outside is just soil that has been assimilated by the Source of Black Soil, or rather, what you see are all derivatives of Black Soil. Derivatives of Black Soil have a limit on the number of uses and a time limit; after being used a few times, they degrade back to the original land. What's in my hands is the true Black Soil, which will never change." The Ginseng Baby was rather proud; this was a type of soil that they, the Little Medicine Kings, loved the most.

"So miraculous?" Lu Yang scooped up a handful, closed his eyes, and shoved it fiercely into his mouth, opening his jaws to swallow the Black Soil down.

The Ginseng Baby and the Enlightenment Tree watched in dumbfounded silence. They were still wondering how Lu Yang was going to use soil to cultivate, and it turned out he just ate it directly?

"How is it, how is it, what does it feel like?" the Immortal Fairy asked impatiently.

Lu Yang smacked his lips, savoring the sensation from just now: "No change at all. My realm hasn't improved, the speed of spiritual energy circulation within my body hasn't changed, my strength hasn't increased, my agility hasn't risen, and the intensity of my divine sense hasn't altered."

"Could it be that the amount isn't quite enough, eat some more?" the Immortal Fairy suggested.

Lu Yang felt there was some sense to this, so in one breath, he ate all the Black Soil brought by the Ginseng Baby completely clean, and even circulated his cultivation technique for a full grand cycle: "Still no change."

The Immortal Fairy thought seriously for a moment and analyzed: "It's possible that the effect of the Black Soil is to improve your talent. For instance, three spiritual roots can turn into dual spiritual roots, and dual spiritual roots can turn into a single spiritual root. You are already a single spiritual root, which is already the best talent, so there is no room for improvement."

Lu Yang looked at the Immortal Fairy suspiciously: "Fairy, have you never eaten it?"

"Look at what you're saying. As the head of the Ten Beauties of Antiquity, would it look right for this Celestial to eat dirt?"

"Moreover, when this Celestial learned this divine ability, I had already become an immortal, my cultivation having reached its peak. Why would I eat dirt?"

Lu Yang interrupted the Immortal Fairy's boasting: "Hold on a moment, where did the Ten Beauties of Antiquity come from? How come I have never heard of such a ranking?"

"This Celestial is the number one beauty of antiquity, correct?"

Lu Yang looked at the Immortal Fairy's exquisite face, which was too flawless to pick a single fault with, and nodded.

"Where there is a first, there must be a tenth, correct?"

Lu Yang nodded again.

"Although this Celestial also doesn't know who the Ten Beauties of Antiquity are, since there is a tenth place, then naturally there are the Ten Beauties of Antiquity."

"So you just made it up?"

"How can you call it making it up? I am merely stating something that definitely exists! Furthermore, three people among the Ten Beauties of Antiquity are absolutely certain: the two wives of the Qilin Immortal, and this Celestial's most devout believer, Qing He."

"Qilin Immortal?" At this moment, the Qilin Undying Herb came over cradling another type of soil, and happened to hear the Immortal Fairy discussing the Qilin Immortal.

"Lord Fairy, the Qilin Immortal you speak of... does He have any connection to me?"

Seeing the Qilin Undying Herb so tense, Lu Yang finally remembered a rumor the Ginseng Baby had told him, saying that there were no actual Qilins in the world, and the Qilins people saw were all actually the Qilin Undying Herb.

Even the Little Medicine Kings did not know whether a true Qilin actually existed in the world.

Lu Yang had also thought so before, and it was only later when he learned of the Qilin Immortal's existence from the Immortal Fairy that this lie was shattered.

Lu Yang only now realized that knowledge which seemed ordinary to him, such as the titles of the Four Immortals of Antiquity, was something few people even in the Integration Stage knew about, and even those with long lifespans like the Little Medicine Kings were unaware of it.

Could the Immortal Fairy really be my golden finger?

"The Qilin Immortal was the only Qilin in the world, and also the only immortal of the beast race. As for you Qilin Undying Herbs..."

The Qilin Undying Herb asked eagerly: "How did we come about?"

"The blood of the Qilin Immortal dripped onto a spiritual plant, and that spiritual plant was affected by the immortal blood, transforming into the shape of a Qilin."

The Qilin Undying Herb instantly felt its status rising like a surging tide, its medicinal stalk straightening up.

Lu Yang was shocked: "The Qilin Immortal was injured even after becoming an immortal? Who was the enemy?"

Could it be that there existed a terrifying entity in antiquity that threatened even ancient immortals, and the Immortal Fairy had always worried his cultivation was too low to tell him, intending to wait until his cultivation improved before informing him?

The Fairy had taken such painstaking trouble, yet unfortunately, clues had still been discovered by him!

Should he pretend not to know, or continue to press for answers?

The Immortal Fairy was also extraordinarily perplexed: "I wasn't present at the time, so I'm not clear on the specific process. It was during the Qilin Immortal's wedding, when Immortal Ying Tian and the other two took action, gave the Qilin Immortal a beating, and spilled quite a lot of blood."

"Why resort to violence on a day of great joy? I can't understand them. Could it be that this is the legendary 'disturbing the bridal chamber'?"

Lu Yang: "..."

Wasn't it you, Fairy, who caused trouble at the wedding using immortal fruits, leading two dragon and phoenix geniuses whose culinary skills were apprenticed under you to compete in cooking, letting Immortal Ying Tian and the other three act as judges to taste it, after which Immortal Ying Tian and the other three thought the source of the trouble lay with the Qilin Immortal and taught him a lesson?

So it turns out the Qilin Undying Herb appeared at that time.

This particular Qilin Undying Herb in the herb garden was a descendant of that original one.

"An immortal war?" The Enlightenment Tree and the Ginseng Baby sucked in a breath of cold air upon hearing this, never imagining that in the ancient period, even if one became an immortal, one could still encounter misfortune.

Based on the Immortal Fairy's words, they automatically conjured up a scene in their minds:

In the ancient period, the Qilin Immortal was wedded, and ten thousand beasts came to pay court. Three immortals hostile to the Qilin Immortal deliberately chose the day of great joy to provoke him. For the sake of his beautiful bride and his dignity, the Qilin Immortal's hair stood on end with rage. Facing the three immortals with utter fearlessness, he struck out boldly, using supreme immortal power to set off tempestuous waves that shocked eternity!

This battle defended his supreme status as the sole immortal of the beast race!

To make an immortal bleed showed how tragic that battle must have been at the time!

A true immortal war in every sense of the word!

This Immortal Fairy really didn't treat them as outsiders, casually revealing a corner of ancient secrets with a single sentence.

They looked toward Lu Yang.

Following by the Fairy's side, how many ancient secrets must Lu Yang know, and how many cruel ancient struggles had he heard of!

(End of Chapter)