Chapter 350: "Secrets of the Ancient Era"

Chapter 350: "Secrets of the Ancient Era"

Translator: yikaii Editor: yikaii

(TL Note: Extra chapter 4/5)

Everlasting Fairy sighed, feeling that this was a tragic sign of the times. "How could your era be so full of rumors, even daring to slander immortals?"

As a member of this era, Lu Yang listened to the fairy's teachings and promised to reflect deeply on his behavior.

"Ying Tian Immortal was such a good person. Even though he was repeatedly challenged by me beyond his level before becoming an immortal—unlucky as he was—he was still a once-in-ten-thousand-years genius, with great fame. Who would have thought that after achieving immortality, he would be plagued by rumors?"

Lu Yang seized the chance to ask, "Did Ying Tian Immortal have a wife or children?"

"He probably didn't, but he was very popular with women."

"How so?"

"By normal standards, Ying Tian Immortal was exceptionally handsome. I never really saw it that way, of course—maybe because I always beat him up until his face was swollen."

"Before becoming immortal, there were often powerful female cultivators who fancied him and forcibly took him away. This happened not just once or twice—I personally saw it happen more than five times, and I heard about many more instances."

"...I'm so envious—I mean, that's so unfortunate."

Lu Yang continued to flip through "Secrets of the Ancient Era" and found references to The Four Ancient Immortals. However, only Ying Tian Immortal was specifically named; the other three immortals were referred to with titles like Demon Immortal or simply "a certain immortal."

"It seems Ying Tian Immortal is the most famous among The Four Ancient Immortals. Or perhaps it's just that you won't get the full story from a book that costs three thousand Spirit Stones."

Considering that Ying Tian Immortal had created the lightning tribulation, Lu Yang suspected that his name was either widely known or widely despised among high-level cultivators.

"Look at this! It even mentions the ancient battle between the Dragon and Phoenix ancestors, where the Phoenix ancestor used the rebirth by fire technique!" Meng Jingzhou pointed to a page, excited to see a familiar story.

He had heard a more detailed version from the pureblood Phoenix clan in Luofeng County, but the general events matched what was written in the book.

Lu Yang rubbed his temples in frustration, feeling that archaeologists had a difficult job. The things they painstakingly researched often differed greatly from what actually happened.

"There's also a secret about the Chaos Clan, one of the Four Ancient Fiends. The Chaos Clan is born faceless and genderless, capable of adjusting their gender and appearance at will upon reaching adulthood. In ancient times, the Chaos Clan established a rule that in the cultivation world, strength was revered. The strong would submit to the weak, the strong were considered male, and the weak were female."

"Is that true?" Lu Yang asked Everlasting Fairy for confirmation.

Everlasting Fairy nodded. "Yes, that's true."

"The Chaos Clan, as you've heard, is born in a state of chaos with nothing defined—it's one of the rare species where the environment shapes the innate nature, almost like proof of cause and effect reversed."

"The rule was simple: the strong would decide the gender of the weak."

"There was nothing wrong with the rule itself, but it just so happened that the Chaos Clan produced an extraordinary genius at the time. He wasn't on par with the prodigies of the Dragon and Phoenix clans, but he was among the top three strongest in Chaos Clan history."

"This man had a penchant for maintaining a harem and seeking thrills, so he defeated every member of the Chaos Clan and turned them all into females."

"Since the Chaos Clan could freely determine their appearances, they all turned into beauties."

"As a result, the once vast Chaos Clan had only him as the sole male; the rest were all females, nearly leading to their extinction."

"It was only when Qilin Immortal intervened, advising him to restrain his desires and persuading the Chaos Clan to change their rules."

"Afterward, the Chaos Clan modified the rule to allow individuals to determine their own gender. Who knows if it's changed again since then."

Lu Yang: "..."

Better not let Meng Jingzhou hear about this; he'd be way too envious.

"There's also a legend here about a woodcutter who went up a mountain to chop wood and accidentally stumbled into a cave where two immortals were playing chess. Their game was infused with the principles of the Dao and the universe. When the game ended, the woodcutter realized that the landscape outside the cave had completely changed, and a hundred years had passed."

"That must be where the story of the first Sect Leader of the Undying Sect originated, based on this ancient legend," Lu Yang said confidently. "If I'm not mistaken, one of the two ancient immortals in this story must have been Immemorial Immortal. Only he could make a woodcutter watch a game of chess for a hundred years!"

Everlasting Fairy chuckled, "Wrong guess. The ones playing chess were Ying Tian Immortal and Qilin Immortal—two hopeless chess enthusiasts."

"At that time, I invited all four of them over to my house for a meal. They all agreed, but Ying Tian Immortal and Qilin Immortal said they were in the middle of a chess match and would come after they settled the game. I said fine."

"I waited and waited, but they didn't show up. So, I asked Nonuple Immortal to chop some wood. He volunteered to check on them, but once he went, he never came back."

"During this time, Immemorial Immortal also went over. When he returned, he told me they were comprehending the Dao through their game and couldn't be disturbed. I suggested we just eat, but Immemorial Immortal insisted that since they were all immortals, they should share both fortune and hardship. If they were going to eat, they'd eat together; otherwise, no one would eat. It wouldn't be right for two to eat while three starved!"

"I thought he made a good point, so I waited some more. That wait ended up being a hundred years."

"After a hundred years, the food had long gone cold, and we never got to eat."

Everlasting Fairy seemed a bit regretful, thinking Ying Tian Immortal and Qilin Immortal were truly terrible at chess—playing for a hundred years without a conclusion.

Lu Yang: "..."

Immortals, with their infinite lifespans, really did let a hundred years pass just like that.

Ying Tian Immortal and his companions were especially relentless—willing to play chess for a hundred years just to avoid a meal.

Even though this book, "Secrets of the Ancient Era," differed slightly from the real ancient events, it was still based on scholarly research and wasn't entirely made up. There was a kernel of truth in the stories.

As for why there were rumors of Ying Tian Immortal's supposed love for beauty, Lu Yang had no idea. Maybe there was an error in the research methods, or perhaps the information sources were wrong.

As Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou passed by a roadside stall, Lu Yang glanced over, noticing a golden small pagoda, a jade purification bottle, sealed pills that were slowly losing potency, a broken flying sword, and more.

"Lu Yang, wait! Did you see that flying sword? That's a great find—it's a flying sword once used by Qilin Immortal!" Everlasting Fairy exclaimed, stopping Lu Yang excitedly.

The flying sword was in a broken state and looked very different from its original form. Everlasting Fairy wouldn't have recognized it as Qilin Immortal's sword if she hadn't seen it a few times before.

"What?" Lu Yang's heart skipped a beat. He hadn't expected to find a sword used by Qilin Immortal in a place like this—it was an immortal sword!

Finally, the golden finger, Everlasting Fairy was paying off.

"Wait, this wouldn't happen to be a sword Qilin Immortal used when he was at the Foundation Building Stage, right?" Lu Yang asked warily, eyeing Everlasting Fairy.

Everlasting Fairy was displeased, feeling Lu Yang didn't trust her enough. "How could you say that? Of course not! This is the immortal sword Qilin Immortal wielded after achieving immortality. Qilin Immortal specifically asked Ying Tian Immortal to temper it with thunder power!"

Lu Yang was overjoyed. Refined by Ying Tian Immortal and used by Qilin Immortal, the value of this flying sword had just skyrocketed.

What a huge find!

(End of the chapter)