Chapter 1252: Bipedal Golden Crow

As a good brother, Meng Jingzhou felt it was necessary to comfort Lu Yang.

"Old Lu, calm down. Everyone knows about your talent for magic. Even if you often learn things incorrectly, we always praise you as a magic genius outside. We never say you've learned things the wrong way, so don't be so stressed."

Lu Yang replied, "I'm perfectly normal. See, I haven't messed up any spells, like the Sky-Swallowing Earth-Devouring technique or the Playing Dead technique."

"The innate divine ability of the Taotie clan, the Sky-Swallowing Earth-Devouring technique, wasn't initially about devouring everything; it was about consuming spiritual energy and even soil." The Immortal Fairy chimed in, "Yes, I can confirm that. I taught Lu Yang his Sky-Swallowing Earth-Devouring technique."

"And the Playing Dead technique is exactly as the Immortal Fairy taught it."

"You see, all the spells I haven't learned incorrectly are in their original form."

Meng Jingzhou let out a long sigh; what Lu Yang said truly made sense.

This implied that the spells currently in circulation were not in their original forms.

Could it be that Old Lu's Embryonic Origin Dao Fruit, by tracing back to its source, could restore spells to their original appearance?

"Why don't we ask Senior Sister?"

"Okay."

It was also a good opportunity to inform Senior Sister about the successful condensation of the Embryonic Dao Fruit.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou repaired the lake, then went to see Senior Sister.

The Immortal lineage, along with Meng Jingzhou, arrived at Senior Sister's cave dwelling. The cave door was open, revealing Senior Sister drinking tea and reading.

Lu Yang noticed that the tea set Senior Sister was using was the one he had given her.

"What's the matter?"

Senior Sister put down her teacup and motioned for everyone to sit down.

Yun Mengmeng moved a small stool and sat next to Yun Zhi, excitedly gesturing, "Xiao Zhi, let me tell you, the second-in-command is incredible! He's become a half-immortal, absolutely unbeatable among his peers. Even the sect leader praised his Embryonic Dao Fruit for mastering the essence of the Invincible Pill. It's a shame I met the sect leader too late and didn't get a chance to form an Invincible Pill—"

Yun Zhi took a biscuit from the table and used it to silence her friend.

"Junior Brother, speak."

Lu Yang began, "Senior Sister, I've condensed an Embryonic Dao Fruit. I've named it the Origin-Tracing Dao Fruit Embryo. It can trace things back to their source and restore them to their most primitive state. However, since it's just been condensed, its power isn't fully developed yet; it can only regress Old Meng from the mid-stage of Tribulation Transcendence to the early stage."

Meng Jingzhou glared at Lu Yang, wondering why he was being dragged into the explanation of his Dao Fruit.

Yun Zhi's body trembled slightly, understanding her junior brother's intention behind condensing the Origin-Tracing Dao Fruit Embryo.

If her junior brother became an immortal, he could indeed potentially pull her back from her Path Convergence state.

Yun Zhi felt a bit self-reproachful. As the Senior Sister, she should have shielded her Junior Brother from hardships, yet in the end, her Junior Brother was worrying about her.

Her gaze softened slightly.

"However, I encountered a slight issue when using the Dao Fruit," Lu Yang admitted, a little embarrassed.

Even after becoming a half-immortal, he still had to consult Senior Sister.

"What problem?"

Lu Yang explained what had just happened, along with his conjectures.

After he finished speaking, even the usually impassive Yun Zhi showed a slight twitch at the corner of her eye.

While her junior brother's conjecture about the actions of the ancient predecessors seemed outlandish, upon closer thought, it wasn't entirely without reason.

"I'm afraid I cannot explain this problem."

Regarding history, Yun Zhi knew far less than the ancient Immortal Fairy. If the Immortal Fairy herself couldn't confirm the veracity of Lu Yang's hypothesis, then neither could she.

"If only we could confirm one of the conjectures."

The Immortal Fairy's eyes suddenly lit up. "That's right! Immortal Jiuzhong once told me that the Golden Crow race originally had only two legs!"

Hearing this, Lu Yang also recalled that the Immortal Fairy had mentioned this when he first learned the Golden Crow True Flame.

It seemed necessary to pay a visit to Senior Immortal Jiuzhong.

"Where is Senior Immortal Jiuzhong?"

"In the Imperial City," Yun Zhi replied.

"The preliminary preparations to unseal the barrier are complete; all that's left is the assistance of Senior Fairy's Immortal Dao Fruit. The four seniors have gathered in the Imperial City. They specifically asked me to tell you, Junior Brother, to bring Senior Fairy to the Imperial City once you conclude your seclusion."

"They specifically instructed me to tell you, Junior Brother, that you must be present."

Lu Yang was flattered, never expecting his importance among the Four Ancient Immortals to be so significant.

"They said you must report their magnificent feat of unsealing the barrier thoroughly."

Lu Yang was speechless.

He had overestimated himself.

"Let's go, I'll go with you."

Yun Zhi packed away her tea set and stated that missing such a historical moment firsthand would be a regrettable loss.

Yun Zhi, the Immortal Fairy, Yun Mengmeng, Lu Yang, and Meng Jingzhou, the five of them, set off for the Imperial City together.

With Yun Zhi leading them, everyone quickly arrived at the Imperial City.

Upon arriving in the Imperial City, they learned from Emperor Xia that although the Four Ancient Immortals were all in the Imperial City, they were not gathered together.

They were each enjoying their own lives.

For example, Immortal Jiuzhong was teaching at the Grand Academy.

The Grand Academy was a place dedicated to studying history, and all the historians of Great Xia were gathered there.

Stepping into the Grand Academy once more, Lu Yang remarked with some emotion, "Speaking of which, the previous dean of the Grand Academy was Guan Shanhai."

When they found Immortal Jiuzhong, he was in a lecture hall, discussing historical issues with scholars. However, the staff at the Grand Academy were unaware of Immortal Jiuzhong's true identity, merely considering him a teacher with significant connections.

Immortal Jiuzhong was passionately asserting, "Let me tell you, among the Four Ancient Immortals, Immortal Jiuzhong is absolutely the strongest! This is all historically substantiated. Look, these are Immortal Jiuzhong's notes; they can't be fake!"

A scholar responded, "It's indeed Immortal Jiuzhong's handwriting, but why does this book look so new?"

Immortal Jiuzhong inwardly cursed, realizing he had forgotten to ask the Time Immortal to make it look old.

Yun Zhi originally intended to go invite Immortal Jiuzhong out, but Lu Yang stopped her.

Lu Yang explained, "Senior Sister, we shouldn't do that. Senior Immortal Jiuzhong is living incognito here; he certainly doesn't want his identity exposed. If we rashly barge in, wouldn't we reveal who he is?"

Yun Zhi nodded, acknowledging her junior brother's thoughtful consideration. She then sent a telepathic message, inviting Immortal Jiuzhong to come out for a talk.

Immortal Jiuzhong, who was in the middle of a debate, heard Yun Zhi's telepathic message. He left the lecture hall and was stunned to see the group, immediately feeling regret.

"Oh dear, why have you all come?" he exclaimed. "If all of you came, you should have entered the lecture hall and said, 'Senior Immortal Jiuzhong, it's time, please unseal the world's barrier!'"

"That way, wouldn't the entire Grand Academy know my identity!"

"Senior, since you're so eager to expose your identity, why are you living incognito here?" Lu Yang asked.

"Is actively revealing my identity the same as having someone else expose it?!"

"That makes sense."

The Immortal Fairy interrupted Immortal Jiuzhong's rather unusual sharing of experiences. "Jiuzhong," she asked, "didn't you say before that the Golden Crow race originally had two legs?"

Immortal Jiuzhong was puzzled, wondering when the Immortal Fairy became so interested in history.

"Yes," Immortal Jiuzhong confirmed, "the Golden Crow race only had two legs in ancient times. Later, as the ancient predecessors grew stronger, they heard that Golden Crows could enhance virility and began hunting them. To survive, the Golden Crows chose to sever their legs, and then gradually evolved into three legs."

"Geckos learned their tail-shedding survival technique from the Golden Crows."

"As for their appearance, they looked like this."

Immortal Jiuzhong raised his hand and conjured a lifelike, fiery two-legged golden bird.

It was identical to Lu Yang's Golden Crow True Flame.