Chapter 350: Ancient Secrets

Chapter Three Hundred and Fifty: Secrets of the Antiquity

The Immortal Fairy sighed and lamented, feeling it was the tragedy of the era: "How is it that everyone in your era is a rumor-monger, daring to spread rumors even about Immortals."

As a member of this era, Lu Yang listened to the Fairy's teachings and expressed that he would conduct a profound self-reflection.

"What a fine person Immortal Ying Tian was. Though before he became an Immortal, he was challenged by me across realms every single time, which was unfortunate enough, he was still an ancient genius rare across the ages, possessing boundless glory. Who could have thought that after he became an Immortal and achieved fame and success, he would instead be harmed by the rumors of later generations."

Lu Yang took the opportunity to ask: "Did Immortal Ying Tian have a wife and children?"

"Probably not, but he was incredibly popular with women."

"How so?"

"By the standards of ordinary people, Immortal Ying Tian was exceptionally handsome. I didn't really think so, though of course, it might be because I would beat him black and blue every single time."

"Before he became an Immortal, there were often powerful female cultivators who admired him, abducted him, and forced intimacy upon him. It wasn't just once or twice. I encountered it more than five times myself, and I heard of it even more often from others."

"......How enviable, ah no, I mean, how unfortunate."

Lu Yang continued to flip through Secrets of the Antiquity, discovering that the book mentioned the Four Immortals of Antiquity, but the only one with a clear title was Immortal Ying Tian. The other three Immortals were all referred to by pseudonyms, such as the Demon Immortal or a certain Immortal.

"It must be that among the Four Immortals of Antiquity, Immortal Ying Tian was the most famous. Or perhaps a book that can be bought for three thousand spirit stones simply won't tell you everything."

Considering that Immortal Ying Tian created the Heavenly Tribulation, Lu Yang had reason to suspect that Immortal Ying Tian's name was widely circulated among high-level cultivators, or rather, widely reviled.

"Look at this! It also mentions the great battle between the Primordial Dragon and Phoenix Ancestors here, and how the Ancestor of the Phoenix Clan manifested the Rebirth through Bathing in Flames!" Meng Jingzhou pointed to one of the pages and said, appearing somewhat excited upon seeing a story he knew well.

He had heard this from a pure-blooded Phoenix in Fallen Phoenix County, and that person's account was slightly more detailed than the one in the book, though the general process was more or less the same.

Lu Yang rubbed his brow in agony, feeling that archaeologists truly had it too hard. The things they spent half their lives verifying turned out to be completely poles apart from the actual situation.

"This is a secret anecdote regarding the Chaos Clan, one of the Four Perisciosities of Antiquity. The Chaos Clan is born faceless with an indeterminate gender. Upon reaching adulthood, they can adjust their gender and appearance at will according to their own desires. During antiquity, the Chaos Clan established a rule: the cultivation world respects the strong; the strong submit to the weak, the strong become male, and the weak become female."

"Is there such a thing?" Lu Yang sought confirmation from the Immortal Fairy.

The Immortal Fairy gave an affirmative nod: "This part is actually true."

"The Chaos Clan is just as you have heard. When they are born, their bodies are a patch of chaos, and everything is indefinite. They are a rare species where the acquired determines the innate. Some even say this is proof of reversing cause and effect."

"The Chaos Clan did have that kind of regulation, where the strong decided the gender of the weak."

"The regulation itself had no real issues, but it just so happened that a remarkable genius emerged from the Chaos Clan at that time. While he couldn't compare to the prodigies of the Dragon and Phoenix Clans, he was still a figure whose combat power could rank in the top three of the Chaos Clan's history."

"As a person, he liked to build a harem and also liked to pursue excitement, so he defeated all the Chaos and turned all of them into female versions of them."

"Since the appearance of the Chaos Clan can also be freely determined, they were all beautiful women."

"The result was that in the vast Chaos Clan, he was the only male, and the rest were all females. It almost drove them to extinction."

"It was Immortal Qilin who finally stepped in to mediate, advising him to restrain his desires, and by the way, told the Chaos Clan to change their regulations."

"Later, the Chaos Clan changed the regulation to self-determined gender. I don't know if the regulation has changed now."

Lu Yang: "......"

Lu Yang: "......"

This sort of thing should definitely not be told to Meng Jingzhou, lest he listen to it and feel envious.

"There is also a legend recorded here. In antiquity, a woodcutter went up the mountain to chop wood and accidentally stumbled into a grotto-heaven, where he encountered two Immortals playing chess. The Immortals' chess skills were superb, containing the Grand Dao of Heaven and Earth. Once the game ended, the woodcutter realized that the environment outside the cave had changed drastically, and a hundred years had already passed."

"Presumably, the story of the Immortal Sect's first-generation Sect Master was adapted from this ancient rumor."

Lu Yang said with certainty: "If my guess is correct, among these two ancient Immortals, one must definitely be the Immortal of Time. Only he could make a hundred years pass in the time it took the woodcutter to watch a game!"

The Immortal Fairy chuckled: "You guessed wrong. The ones playing chess were Immortal Ying Tian and Immortal Qilin, those two terrible chess players."

"Back then, I invited the four of them to my house for dinner. The four of them readily agreed, but Immortal Ying Tian and Immortal Qilin said they were playing chess and would come over once a winner was decided. I said fine."

"I waited and waited, but after half a day, I still didn't see them come over. I asked Immortal Jiu Chong to chop wood, so Immortal Jiu Chong volunteered to go over and check the situation. Once he went, he didn't return."

"During this period, the Immortal of Time also went over. The Immortal of Time came back and told me that they were comprehending the Grand Dao amidst their chess game and could not be disturbed. I said then the two of us should eat. The Immortal of Time said that as fellow Immortals, they share blessings and endure hardships together; if there is food to eat, they eat together, and if not, nobody eats. How could two people eat while three people starve!"

"I thought what he said made quite a bit of sense, so I waited a bit longer. This wait lasted for a hundred years."

"A hundred years passed, and the food had gone cold. How could we eat it? So we didn't end up eating."

The Immortal Fairy felt a bit regretful, thinking that the level of Immortal Ying Tian and Immortal Qilin was truly low, playing a game of chess for a hundred years without a result.

Lu Yang: "......"

They truly deserved to be Immortals with infinite lifespans; a hundred years passed just like that.

Immortal Ying Tian and these three older brothers were even more ruthless characters. In order to avoid eating, they would rather play chess for a hundred years.

Although this book Secrets of the Antiquity differed slightly from the actual antiquity, it was still the result of the scholars' verification after all. The original shape of the stories still existed; they were not conjured out of thin air.

As for why it was rumored that Immortal Ying Tian was fond of beautiful women, Lu Yang was not clear. Perhaps an error had occurred in the method of verification, or perhaps there was a mistake in the source of information.

The two of Lu Yang passed by a roadside stall. Lu Yang happened to cast an extra glance. Laid out on the stall were small golden pagodas, jade pure bottles, elixirs that were sealed but whose efficacy was still slowly draining away, broken flying swords......

"Lu Yang, wait a moment. Do you see that flying sword? Good stuff. That is a flying sword used by Immortal Qilin!" The Immortal Fairy called out to Lu Yang in excitement.

The flying sword was broken and looked vastly different from its original appearance. Had the Immortal Fairy not seen it a few times before, she wouldn't dare to be certain that this was Immortal Qilin's sword.

"What?" Lu Yang's heart stirred. He never expected to encounter a flying sword used by Immortal Qilin in such a place. This was an Immortal Sword!

The golden finger, Immortal Fairy, was finally coming in handy.

"Wait, could it be a sword that Immortal Qilin used when he was only in the Foundation Establishment Stage?" Lu Yang looked at the Immortal Fairy warily.

The Immortal Fairy was displeased, feeling that Lu Yang lacked trust in her too much: "Look at what you're saying. Of course not. This is an Immortal Sword held by Immortal Qilin after he became an Immortal. Immortal Qilin specially requested Immortal Ying Tian to temper it using the power of lightning!"

Lu Yang was overjoyed. Refined by Immortal Ying Tian and used by Immortal Qilin, the price of this flying sword was soaring in a straight line.

A massive bargain picked up!

The second update is at ten-thirty.

(End of this chapter)