Chapter 1251: The Spells I Learned Are the Correct Spells

"Is it the result of 'tracing the origin' itself?"

Meng Jingzhou caught the underlying implication of Lu Yang's words, and his expression turned strange. "You mean 'Three Blazes True Fire' was originally called 'Three Flavors True Fire,' and 'Golden Crow True Flame' was originally called 'Golden Bird True Flame'?"

Lu Yang, calm and composed like a wise sage who had seen through everything, replied, "That's pretty much it."

"Don't disbelieve me, I'm serious." Lu Yang felt his guess was highly logical.

"Immortal Fairy, who created 'Three Blazes True Fire' and 'Golden Crow True Flame'?"

The Immortal Fairy recalled her lifelong learning and managed to provide an answer. "Both of these true fires originated in the extremely distant past, much earlier than our era. They likely date back to the period when cultivation systems were being established."

"It's hard to say who exactly created the 'Three Flavors True Fire,' but the 'Golden Crow True Flame' was likely created by the Golden Crow race."

Lu Yang clapped his hands. "That lines up perfectly!"

"Although ancient people lived in harsh environments, struggling against nature, they still developed true fire spells. This indicates they possessed basic self-preservation abilities, and hunting wild beasts wouldn't have been difficult."

"Once the problem of basic sustenance was solved, the next logical step would be to figure out how to eat well."

"Spices like chili, cumin, and sugar must have been hard to find in ancient times. So, the ancient people created 'Three Flavors True Fire,' a flame that adds taste. 'Three Flavors True Fire' could not only cook meat but also make it delicious, killing two birds with one stone!"

"There's another point. In ancient times, even written language had just appeared. Could the early humans have given the true fire an obscure name like 'Three Blazes'? Absolutely not."

"They literally interpreted it: the true fire has three flavors, so they named it 'Three Flavors True Fire.'"

"Then, for some unknown reason, 'Three Flavors True Fire' was lost, or only its name was passed down. Later generations misinterpreted it, changing it to 'Three Blazes True Fire.'"

"See? Doesn't that make perfect sense?"

Applause came simultaneously from both sides: the Immortal Fairy and Yun Mengmeng were clapping, voicing their support for Lu Yang.

"Little Yang's idea is exactly what I, the Immortal, wanted to say."

"Second Boss makes so much sense!"

Meng Jingzhou thought, *Don't think you're right just because there are more of you from the Immortal lineage.*

"Then how do you explain 'Golden Bird True Flame'?"

Before Lu Yang could explain, Yun Mengmeng raised her hand and eagerly replied, "I know this one! It must be because the Golden Crow race originally had two legs in ancient times, and later mutated to have three."

The biggest difference between 'Golden Bird True Flame' and 'Golden Crow True Flame' is the missing leg.

Lu Yang chimed in, "There, that's the answer."

With the three members of the Immortal lineage in agreement, Meng Jingzhou began to feel a little unsure. "Why don't you try some other spells?" he suggested.

Old Lu had more than just two types of true fires that he'd supposedly learned incorrectly.

"Alright, I'll try 'Shrinking Earth' and 'Expanding to an Inch.'"

Lu Yang was decisive. He stood up and performed 'Shrinking Earth' as usual.

He instantly vanished into the ground. Meng Jingzhou tried to use his divine sense to observe Old Lu's movements underground, but Lu Yang's speed through the soil was astonishingly fast, quickly exceeding his divine sense range.

When Lu Yang emerged from the ground, he held a handful of black soil.

Meng Jingzhou's pupils contracted. "Is this the black soil from the very bottom, where it touches the world seal?!"

"Precisely."

This meant Lu Yang had just drilled from the surface all the way to the deepest part of the earth in one go!

"After I cast 'Shrinking Earth,' the prototype of the Tracing Origin Dao Fruit still activated uncontrollably, just like before. But this time, my drilling speed was incredibly fast; even the Silver Ring Heavenly King Earthworm, king of the earthworms, couldn't catch up to me!"

Lu Yang was quite proud, implying that in the art of burrowing, no one could surpass him!

"Expanding to an Inch."

Lu Yang cast 'Expanding to an Inch,' turning into an inch-tall miniature person.

It was Yun Mengmeng's first time seeing such a tiny Lu Yang, and she found it amusing, poking him playfully.

Lu Yang felt this form undermined the dignity of a Second Boss. One inch, three inches, one zhang, three zhang—Lu Yang gradually grew larger, eventually transforming into a thousand-zhang-tall giant!

However, his growth process resembled bamboo, increasing in sections, growing only an inch at a time.

"Haha, I can finally cast true 'Heaven and Earth Manifestation'!" Lu Yang laughed heartily, his booming voice shattering the clouds on the horizon.

Then Lu Yang reverted to his original size.

"How do you explain 'Shrinking Earth to an Inch'?" Meng Jingzhou was starting to half-believe the wild theories Lu Yang had offered earlier.

Mainly because he couldn't think of any other explanation at the moment.

Neither the Immortal Fairy nor Yun Mengmeng replied. At this crucial moment, Lu Yang, reliable as ever, provided an explanation.

"It's easy to explain. When I grew larger just now, I did so in 'inch' increments. This suggests that 'Expanding to an Inch' might have been used in ancient times to standardize measurements. As for 'Shrinking Earth,' it's literal: shrinking into the ground."

Meng Jingzhou still didn't understand. "Then how did these two completely unrelated terms get linked together?"

"Have you heard the phrase, 'Even if you have to dig three feet deep, you must find him'?"

Meng Jingzhou nodded; everyone had heard that phrase.

"Immortal Fairy, did you hear that phrase in ancient times?"

"Yes, I did."

Lu Yang stroked his chin, speculating, "According to my guess, this phrase existed in ancient times."

"For example, if a tribe's belongings were stolen, the chieftain might command the entire tribe to dig three feet deep to find the culprit."

"But how much is 'three feet'? It was hard to determine. So, the ancient people would transform to be thirty inches tall, which is three feet, and then shrink into the ground. That way, they'd know exactly how much 'digging three feet' entailed!"

Meng Jingzhou: "..."

*Old Lu, I wanted to believe you, but can your explanation be a little more plausible?*

The more Lu Yang thought about it, the more he felt his guess was correct. "Think about it, from a literal perspective, does 'Shrinking Earth to an Inch' sound like a spatial spell? Certainly not."

"Ancient people had only just developed written characters. The spells they cast would surely have been understood literally. It's later generations who misunderstood this technique."

"If you don't believe me, ask Junior Brother Monk Bone. When he first heard the term 'Shrinking Earth to an Inch,' would he have thought it was a spatial spell?"

Following that, Lu Yang cast 'Mile Away in a Footstep' and vanished from the spot.

When Lu Yang returned, he held sand from the Buddha Kingdom, ice and snow from the extreme north, and seawater from the East Sea—proof of how many places he had visited in such a short time.

Previously, when Lu Yang cast 'Mile Away in a Footstep,' he would be teleported randomly to a cliff. But after activating the Tracing Origin Dao Fruit prototype, the results were vastly different: he could finally choose which cliff edge to appear on.

"So, what does this show? It shows that the spells I've learned are the correct ones; all of you have learned them incorrectly." Lu Yang crossed his arms, his expression as smug as could be. After being misunderstood by the world for so long, he had finally received his vindication.

*I always said my talent for spells was so good; how could I have learned them wrong?*

After all that rambling, Meng Jingzhou suspected the last sentence was what Old Lu really wanted to say.