Chapter 1327: Meng the Half-Immortal

After a period of noisy commotion, the matter finally came to an end when the Immortal Fairy sternly warned Yun Mengmeng not to call her that.

"Why..." Yun Mengmeng was puzzled, feeling she hadn't called her wrongly.

"And don't ask why!" the Immortal Fairy retorted fiercely.

The Immortal Fairy felt that everything had gone wrong since leaving the Peach Blossom Secret Realm. First, Xia He and Bai Shuang flirted and competed for Little Yangzi, and then Yun Mengmeng started calling her "Big Mama." It must be that mischievous Yun girl secretly casting spells, making her so unlucky.

"Come on, let's go settle accounts with that Yun girl!" the Immortal Fairy declared angrily, pulling Lu Yang along to find Yun Zhi.

Yun Zhi had heard the commotion as soon as Lu Yang returned; it would have been strange not to, given how loud it was.

"Yun girl, aren't you going to welcome us back?" The Immortal Fairy strode into Yun Zhi's cave dwelling with what she considered a menacing, but was actually a rather unfeeling, gait.

Yun Zhi's eyelid twitched slightly. She thought her junior brother could extend his family visit; staying for ten or eight years wouldn't be an issue. The main reason was that the Immortal Fairy had teased her mercilessly in the Peach Blossom Secret Realm, and even now, seeing the Immortal Fairy caused her emotional turmoil.

"Big Ma..."

"You're not allowed to call me that either!" The Immortal Fairy stamped her foot. This wasn't the Peach Blossom Secret Realm where she could mess with Yun Zhi; now, if anyone called her that, she'd get angry.

"Senior Sister, please come to the mental space," Lu Yang said.

Yun Zhi's primordial spirit exited her body and entered Lu Yang's glabella.

"What is it?" Yun Zhi knew that entering the mental space meant there was something to discuss that couldn't be revealed to the mastermind.

"Actually, we've found the Fairy's hometown, Polaris, which is also my hometown..." Lu Yang recounted finding the Immortal Fairy's cave dwelling on Blue Star, the Fairy recovering some memories, and their conjectures about the mastermind's cultivation realm.

"He's a Transcendent?" The Immortal Fairy was very surprised. This was quite troublesome.

"Transcendent, indeed. This explains most things." Yun Zhi nodded, her expression becoming serious. This was a significant discovery; they had previously underestimated the mastermind's realm.

"Omniscient, Transcendent, and Dao-Embodied — the three great realms beyond Immortals. As for their effects, Transcendent and Dao-Embodied don't interfere with each other. Instead, it's Omniscience that can cause Transcendent cultivators to fall and allow Dao-Embodied cultivators to retain their humanity." Yun Zhi pondered. She hadn't compared these three realms before, but her junior brother's reminder made her realize that Omniscience was a very unique realm.

"However, it doesn't change the big picture. We can continue with our previous plan," Yun Zhi said. The Transcendent realm was indeed powerful, but she firmly believed that among the three realms, there were still distinctions in power, and the Dao-Embodied realm was stronger than Transcendent.

From the perspective of methods, the same held true. To achieve transcendence, one must cut off history, hide oneself, and create endless slaughter. Her path to Dao-Embodiment, however, relied on no external objects and transcended all things, allowing her to reach the Dao-Embodied realm through her own abilities. If it were a pure seeker of the Dao, someone who viewed cultivation realms as everything, they would have long ago achieved Dao-Embodiment. Although Yun Zhi was a seeker of the Dao, devoted to cultivation, it was merely a hobby for her. She had her junior brother, the Fairy Senior, and the Dao Seeking Sect... these were all things she couldn't bear to lose or forget. Blindly pursuing cultivation realms would be abandoning the fundamental for the trivial, confusing priorities.

"Fairy Senior, can you not recall how to break through to the Omniscient realm?"

The Immortal Fairy shook her head without hesitation: "I can't recall."

"Since only by being tainted with a karmic Dao Fruit can one achieve Omniscience, it's clear this realm is related to karma. Junior brother, you might as well go see Junior Brother Meng."

"Find Old Meng? Where is he now?"

"Setting up a fortune-telling stall in Imperial City."

"Come take a look, come take a look! Imperial City's 'Iron Mouth'! If I don't get it right, double your money back!"

On the streets of Imperial City, a fortune teller occasionally shouted, behind him stood a conspicuous white flag with the large characters "Meng the Half-Immortal."

A chubby boy walked down the street, carrying a basket of freshly steamed, greasy buns. His attire seemed ordinary but was actually composed entirely of top-grade defensive magic artifacts. The chubby boy noticed the fortune teller, became interested, and found a small stool to sit on. His tone was quite casual: "Hey, fortune teller, are your predictions accurate?"

The fortune teller pointed his thumb over his shoulder at the golden plaque: "See that? 'Imperial City's Iron Mouth.' Could it be fake?"

"How much?"

The fortune teller looked the chubby boy up and down: "Seeing as you haven't started cultivating yet, one low-grade spirit stone will do."

The chubby boy opened his cloth pouch, which contained only a pitiful few low-grade spirit stones. He reluctantly took out one. As the grandson of the Minister of Punishment, he had a very strict upbringing and meager pocket money.

"Here, you really must get it right!"

The fortune teller took the spirit stone: "Alright, what do you want to know?"

"Can you tell me the exam questions for the sacrificial wine teacher's final?" The chubby boy's eyes lit up. If he could get good grades on the final exam, his pocket money might increase.

The fortune teller silently handed the chubby boy two spirit stones. This question was beyond his capabilities. "Before you leave, I must warn you, sir: you might face a calamity involving bloodshed soon."

The chubby boy didn't believe any of it; it sounded like a scam for money.

After the chubby boy left, the fortune teller called over a butler who had been hiding nearby: "Go tell Minister Xu of the Ministry of Punishment that his grandson came to a street fortune teller to ask about his final exam questions."

"Yes, sir."

Soon another client sat down, who was the fortune teller's friend: "Meng the Half-Immortal, if you can't predict anything, why are you still doing fortune-telling?"

Meng the Half-Immortal snorted coldly: "What does that little brat know? My specialty is divining matters of marriage."

"Back from your hometown?" Meng Jingzhou saw Lu Yang across from him looking refreshed and energetic. It seemed he had a good time, probably showing off every day back home.

"Why did you suddenly start setting up a stall and become a charlatan?"

Meng Jingzhou glared: "What do you mean 'charlatan'? Can't you speak properly? This is a legitimate business!"

"Isn't fortune-telling something the Heavenly Policy Sect does? Did they owe your Meng family so much money that they taught you their signature skill to settle the debt?"

"You don't understand, do you?" Meng Jingzhou pointed to the white flag behind him. "See those four characters? I am now a Half-Immortal!"

"You've really become a Half-Immortal? What kind of embryonic Dao Fruit have you condensed?"

Meng Jingzhou smiled triumphantly: "An embryonic karmic Dao Fruit. Did you think I was just simply setting up a stall? I'm cultivating my embryonic Dao Fruit through fortune-telling!"

The embryonic karmic Dao Fruit was once possessed by the Great Yu's second State Preceptor, Guan Shanhai, who knew the key points for its condensation. Of course, Meng Jingzhou also had talent in this area. He mastered karmic divine abilities even before Lu Yang, with the Bachelor's Curse Fist being an example.

"Currently, my main cultivation direction is matters of marriage," Meng Jingzhou said. "But I've run into a bit of a problem."

"What problem?"

"I can only see other people's destinies in love, but I can't see my own." This greatly distressed Meng Jingzhou.

"...Is it possible you have no destiny in love this lifetime?"

"Joking aside, what kind of status do I have? How could I have no destiny in love? Old Lu, you're just jealous that I have an embryonic karmic Dao Fruit. If you don't believe me, I'll show you."

"How will you show me?"

"By looking at your karma."

"Oh? Let's try it then." Lu Yang became interested, understanding why Senior Sister had suggested he find Old Meng.

Meng Jingzhou struck a pose, activating his embryonic karmic Dao Fruit. Spiritual power gathered in his eyes, and the karma of the world could not escape his sight.

"Karma, reveal yourself!"

He abruptly opened his eyes, glimpsed the dazzling and dense karma on Lu Yang, and let out a scream.

"Ah, my eyes!"