Chapter 1040: The Immortal Who Can Bend and Stretch

Yun Mengmeng recalled the Second Senior Brother's actions over the years. It seemed trouble followed him wherever he went.

When the Second Senior Brother returned to Dao Sect, Dao Sect remained safe and sound.

"Wait, I heard our Dao Sect also had incidents. The second Imperial Advisor of Great Yu and Dao Lord Wanfa both infiltrated our sect. Isn't our Dao Sect's destiny strong enough?" Yun Mengmeng had heard Yunzhi mention these two events.

"Just two ignorant half-immortals, can that even be considered a problem?" Immortal Fairy scoffed at the two half-immortals. The former couldn't defeat the Fourth Senior Brother, and the latter couldn't defeat Patriarch Hanhai, so they couldn't stir up any trouble.

"It seems you're right," Yun Mengmeng said. Loyal to a fault, she believed whatever the Eldest Senior Brother said.

"Second Senior Brother, what are you thinking?" Yun Mengmeng noticed Lu Yang was lost in thought and hadn't interjected at all.

Lu Yang snapped back to reality. "I was thinking, for something as significant as me, the dignified Tofu Celestial Venerable, thwarting the Great Qian conspiracy and saving Xitian Temple, isn't it too inefficient to rely solely on street gossip and storytelling?"

"Furthermore, the cultivation world is constantly changing, with major events frequently occurring. Ordinary people lack an official channel to learn about these matters, which hinders the expansion of public knowledge."

Yun Mengmeng blinked, waiting for the Second Senior Brother to reveal his answer. She wanted to say that before his appearance, the cultivation world didn't seem to have so many changes, but saying so now might be quite a mood killer.

"Have you ever heard of 'newspapers'?"

"Hmm, it's a type of paper with recent events from the cultivation world written on it." Lu Yang tried to explain the concept of a newspaper to Yun Mengmeng as simply as possible.

"But many people are illiterate, aren't they?"

"Illiteracy isn't a problem. We can add recitation arrays to the newspapers."

"But the cultivation world is so vast. It would take a lot of time to distribute newspapers everywhere, wouldn't it?"

"We can ask Patriarch Hanhai for help. We could ask him to set up a few spatial channels."

The more Lu Yang spoke, the more feasible the idea seemed. He immediately set off, pulling Yun Mengmeng along to find Patriarch Hanhai.

Unfortunately, Patriarch Hanhai wasn't in the sect. According to Patriarch Xiantian's guess, he had gone to the East Sea to spend time with his old sweetheart, Ao Ya.

Actually, Lu Yang didn't need Patriarch Xiantian to guess; he also suspected Patriarch Hanhai had gone to the East Sea to find his old lover.

With Yun Mengmeng leading Lu Yang, the two traveled unimpeded, soaring over the East Sea. No ignorant sea creatures emerged to block them, claiming it was their territory and forbidding flight.

It was Yun Mengmeng's first time at the East Sea Dragon Palace. She drooled at the sight of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals. The soldiers and generals had no idea what Yun Mengmeng was thinking, only feeling a deep sense of dread.

Ao Ling was not in the East Sea. The old Dragon King, knowing Lu Yang was Ao Ling's honored guest, warmly received him.

With the old Dragon King's help, Lu Yang waited for two full days until the light-footed Patriarch Hanhai finally emerged from Ao Ya's bedroom, leaning on the wall.

When Patriarch Hanhai saw Lu Yang, he tried to straighten his back and compose his expression.

Lu Yang pretended not to know what the Patriarch had been doing and explained his purpose. Patriarch Hanhai realized this was a benevolent act for the people and readily agreed.

"Establishing spatial channels is easy, and paper isn't a problem either," he said. Great Xia had no shortage of paper; the imperial court had specialized papermaking institutions, and mortals could complete the work without needing cultivators.

"The issue is how you plan to mass-produce these newspapers. Will you use printing? And how will you replicate the sound?"

"I can do that!" Yun Mengmeng exclaimed, excitedly raising her hand and pulling out a row of brushes with identical spacing from her storage ring.

"When I was a child, my grandma used this to punish me by making me copy books. It makes the process ten times faster!" This was a cherished item that had accompanied her through a happy childhood.

Lu Yang already had a solution. "Imperial Advisor Guan Shanhai of Great Yu possesses the 'Imprint Dao Fruit.' With his ability, copying mere newspapers shouldn't be a problem."

"Allowing him to fully wield the Imprint Dao Fruit again would be somewhat dangerous. However, since he was able to comprehend it, it indicates he's proficient in such spells. We can give him a tiny bit of spiritual power and have him use spells to copy."

"Guan Shanhai has nothing to do all day on Prisoner Peak. Our Dao Sect was worried he'd be lonely, so we even specifically brought in a group of prisoners to keep him company. It's time he contributed to our sect."

Patriarch Hanhai looked at Lu Yang with a strange expression. "Is our sect really that good to Guan Shanhai? I heard he still hasn't confessed to some things, and Yunzhi whips him periodically?"

"Well then, Patriarch, please continue with your matters. Oh, by the way, if you're lacking in Yang energy, I suggest you practice with Old Meng more. His blood contains abundant Yang energy. The only problem is his cultivation is too low; once his cultivation increases, your issue will be resolved." As a close friend, Lu Yang didn't forget to speak well of Meng Jingzhou in front of the Patriarch.

"That's right!" Patriarch Hanhai's eyes lit up. He had been urging Pill Cauldron Peak to refine elixirs daily; how could he have forgotten the Meng family boy?

Patriarch Hanhai immediately opened a spatial channel and brought Lu Yang and Yun Mengmeng back to Dao Sect.

Upon returning to Dao Sect, he immediately went to find Meng Jingzhou to see how the Meng family boy's cultivation was progressing.

Lu Yang and Yun Mengmeng, meanwhile, headed to Prisoner Peak.

As soon as they entered Prisoner Peak, they heard a group of prisoners engaged in a heated discussion.

"Hey, hey, hey, can this part of the cultivation method really be written like this? At best, it only allows cultivation to the early Tribulation Transcendence stage."

"The cultivation method should be written according to my way; it guarantees cultivation to the mid-Tribulation Transcendence stage."

"Does your cultivation method even suit Mo Xiaochou's physique for us to listen to you?"

"That's simple. Once he gets out, he just needs to take medicine according to my method, and his physique is guaranteed to improve by a level."

Mo Xiaochou had never imagined in his life that he would be surrounded by a group of Tribulation Transcendence cultivators, discussing how to improve his cultivation. No, not just Tribulation Transcendence cultivators; there were even half-immortals among them.

At the very end of Prisoner Peak was the legendary Immortal. The Immortal rarely spoke, but once he did, his words had a decisive effect.

Suddenly, all the prisoners on Prisoner Peak fell silent. Although Lu Yang hadn't yet entered, they simultaneously had a premonition that he was coming.

Sure enough, Lu Yang had indeed returned to Prisoner Peak.

"You brat, you're here again?" The child-like Martial Uncle was startled. He had just visited a few days ago. Had the speed of arrests now increased to a daily basis?

"I'm here to find Guan Shanhai."

"Oh, just go straight to the end; that's him." The child-like Martial Uncle trusted Lu Yang implicitly and didn't even ask what he intended to do.

Lu Yang and Yun Mengmeng walked to the end and saw Guan Shanhai, who had become a prisoner.

"Lu, what do you want with me?"

Lu Yang didn't hide anything and explained his idea to Guan Shanhai.

Guan Shanhai snorted coldly, his eyes sharp. He stood up and stared intently into Lu Yang's eyes.

"Do you know that when my Imprint Dao Fruit is cultivated to its peak, it can be used to create worlds? Those created under its influence wouldn't even know how they came into existence!"

"Yet now you want me to use the Imprint Dao Fruit for such trivial tasks? Where does that leave the dignity of an immortal?"

Lu Yang seriously replied, "Then how about I have Senior Sister tell you instead?"

"Besides," he added, "helping others and benefiting the common people won't diminish an immortal's dignity."