Chapter 230: The Eldest Senior Sister's Age

"I still say the same thing: don't imitate me." Yunzhi warned repeatedly, worried that Lu Yang might get the wrong idea and try to compete with her.

"Absolutely, absolutely not!" Lu Yang guaranteed.

"Alright, I'm going to cultivate now. You can continue choosing a Golden Core formation method.""Yes."

After learning the Master Sister's specific Golden Core formation process, Lu Yang immediately abandoned any thought of imitating her, not a single bit remained.

This Golden Core formation method was too outrageous. He was just an ordinary sword spirit root, unremarkable, without the Master Sister's kind of talent.

The old nursery rhyme was 'Twinkle, twinkle, sparkling, little stars fill the sky.' So, shouldn't it now be changed to 'Twinkle, twinkle, sparkling, little Golden Cores fill the sky'?

Logical, and it rolls off the tongue.

One problem was solved, but another question surfaced in his mind—just how old was the Master Sister?

How many hundreds of years old was she, precisely?

Lu Yang was eager to explore the truth of the matter.

Lu Yang remembered that the first stage of the sect selection was conducted by Senior Brother Dai Bufan. With just a touch, Senior Brother Dai could tell someone's root bone and age. He asked, "Fairy, do you have any spell that can see through someone's age?"

"Yes, I do."

Lu Yang had just asked casually, not expecting there to actually be one?

As expected of a fairy.

"Hehe, my spell is quite extraordinary. It can ignore the opponent's cultivation level and see their age."

"That powerful?!"

"Of course, who do you think I am!"

This was a minor spell, or rather, a small technique, simple and easy to learn. After reciting the ancient language and practicing it twice, Lu Yang mastered it.

Lu Yang activated the ancient spell, feeling a sudden clarity before his eyes, as if he had grasped something profound.

"I'll try it on myself first."

Lu Yang spread his hands and saw a number appear before him—sixteen years old. Correct, he was indeed only sixteen.

"Now, let's try it on the Fairy." Lu Yang activated the ancient spell to look at the carefree Immortal Fairy, and a number also appeared before his eyes—sixteen years old.

"Huh?"

Although the Immortal Fairy always boasted that she was a genius beauty who died young, and was only sixteen this year.

Even if Lu Yang thought with his backside, he'd know this was nonsense. Becoming an immortal at sixteen? Was one epoch equivalent to one year?

With a puzzled mind, Lu Yang looked at a passing Senior Brother, and his age also showed sixteen!

"...Fairy, is there something wrong with your spell? Why does everyone appear to be sixteen?" Considering his own past missteps, Lu Yang first suspected he had practiced incorrectly.

The Immortal Fairy retorted confidently, "Don't worry about whether the age you see is correct. Just tell me if it can ignore cultivation levels and see age!"

The Immortal Fairy continued, "In ancient times, everyone liked to determine seniority by age. This isn't good. Is what older people say always right, and what younger people say always wrong?"

"To change this situation, I specifically created this spell that makes everyone appear sixteen. Unfortunately, my philosophy was too advanced for its time, and people couldn't accept it."

"Your philosophy is still very advanced, even now."

How should he calculate the Master Sister's age?

The first method Lu Yang thought of was to check which batch of disciples she belonged to.

Dao Seeking Sect, or rather, the Five Great Immortal Sects, recruited disciples regularly, every three years, without interruption.

He quickly dismissed this method.

Dao Seeking Sect even dared to recruit Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou; while seemingly having a low threshold, its true threshold was incredibly high. Lu Yang's batch had a relatively large number of recruits.

Sometimes, people who came to the selection met the root bone requirements but not the mental fortitude requirements, and thus couldn't enter the Dao Seeking Sect. This occasionally resulted in the Dao Seeking Sect simply failing to recruit anyone.

As a result, Lu Yang couldn't calculate the Master Sister's age by figuring out which batch of disciples she was from.

"Then I'll go ask Senior Brother Dai Bufan? Senior Brother Dai is from the same batch as the Master Sister, so he must know her age!"

Lu Yang was a man of action, but because of the third stage of the sect entrance trial, he always felt a bit guilty facing Senior Brother Dai Bufan alone.

He needed a helper.

"Go ask Senior Brother Dai about the Master Sister's age?" Hearing Lu Yang's plan, Meng Jingzhou showed an eager expression.

"We won't get caught by the Master Sister, right?"

"No, the Master Sister was cultivating when I left, so she won't have time to notice us."

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go, let's go." Meng Jingzhou urged Lu Yang to hurry.

"You want to ask about the Master Sister's age?" Dai Bufan looked at Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou with a strange expression.

"You two are quite bold, daring to ask about such a secret! Be careful not to invite trouble!" Senior Brother Dai Bufan kindly warned them. This matter was a top secret of the Dao Seeking Sect, even more confidential than information about Dao Fruits, and must not be revealed to others.

"Do you know what happened to the last disciple who asked this question!"

"We're just asking casually," Meng Jingzhou put on a professional smile that looked very fake.

"That's right, that's right. We're just concerned about the Master Sister. We feel she works tirelessly day and night for the sect and it's very hard on her. Knowing her age would make it easier for us to send gifts," Lu Yang's face bore a smile identical to Meng Jingzhou's.

Dai Bufan rolled his eyes. He'd be a ghost if he believed these two. This was a forbidden topic, absolutely not to be spoken of.

"Aren't you afraid the Master Sister will find out?"

Meng Jingzhou chuckled, "The Master Sister is cultivating and won't have time to pay attention here. As long as Senior Brother Dai, you don't say anything, there's no way the Master Sister will know about this!"

Dai Bufan gently shook his head. "The Master Sister possesses abilities that reach heaven and earth. How could she not know about this? I advise you, don't ask any more. This question is very dangerous."

"There won't be any danger," Meng Jingzhou thought it was no big deal.

Hearing this, Dai Bufan said with a half-smile, "Is that so? In that case, why don't you just turn around and ask the person directly?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Both of them had an ominous premonition, feeling the surrounding temperature rapidly drop, as if it would freeze people into ice sculptures.

With stiff movements, they turned their heads and saw the Master Sister standing behind them, gracefully poised and expressionless, looking at Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou without revealing any emotion.

Dai Bufan sighed, "See? I told you earlier not to ask that question. It would bring trouble."

From the moment the two found him, the Master Sister had been quietly standing behind them. Dai Bufan had subtly hinted, but these two were determined to court death and couldn't be stopped.

Perhaps they were destined for this calamity.

The Master Sister spoke softly, "Junior Brother."

Lu Yang jumped in fright and quickly responded, "Present!"

"Junior Brother Meng."

"Present!"

"Do you two find cultivation boring, and thus have time to concern yourselves with such trivial matters?"

The Master Sister's voice had a rare hint of softness, as if she were concerned about Lu Yang's and Meng Jingzhou's cultivation progress.

Cold sweat poured from Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, drenching their clothes. They shivered, unsure of what to say.