Chapter 364: Immortal Characteristics

"Need my wisdom again?" The Immortal Fairy was delighted to answer Lu Yang's question.

"First, ask the youngsters from the other immortal sects and see how much they remember," the Immortal Fairy said, in no hurry, guiding Lu Yang to find the root of the issue himself.

"Lanting, do you still remember the battle just now?"

Lanting rolled her eyes at Lu Yang, thinking the question was quite foolish. "Of course, I remember. Didn't Senior Sister Yunzhi display her great powers and suppress the Tribulation Transcendence cultivator?"

"What about what happened before that?"

"You mean the Governor's battle with the ancient Integration stage cultivator? Didn't the Governor use..."

Lanting suddenly faltered. She felt the answer was on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't recall it.

What did the Governor use, again?

Lu Yang didn't press further. He had asked Lanting, and the result was similar: she had forgotten about the national destiny and the phantom of the Supreme Sword. He then turned to ask Yan Tianzhi, "Do you still remember Senior Sister?"

"Yunzhi, Senior Sister, I remember."

"What about the fighting technique the Governor used?"

Yan Tianzhi blinked and answered straightforwardly: "Forgot."

"Old Meng, what about you? Is your mind still clear?"

"Nonsense! When was my mind ever unclear? Didn't the Governor use the national destiny to form a phantom of the Supreme Sword, battling the ancient Integration stage cultivator, and then Senior Sister suppressed the ancient Tribulation Transcendence cultivator?"

Lu Yang was thoughtful. Ordinary cultivators had forgotten about the national destiny and Senior Sister, and Lanting and the other two had forgotten about the national destiny. Only he and Meng Jingzhou remembered the entire battle.

"The key is the national destiny? The national destiny erased everyone's memories. Meng Jingzhou comes from the Meng family, which once contended with the imperial family for control of the realm and later intermarried with them multiple times. Old Meng is both a Meng family member and possesses imperial blood, so he could remember the national destiny?"

"What about Senior Sister, then? Senior Sister didn't want to make a big deal, so she erased most people's memories, but not the five of us?" Lu Yang felt he had found the answer and sought confirmation from the Immortal Fairy.

"More or less. The national destiny erased everyone's memories. However, it's not that girl Yun didn't erase your memories; rather, she deliberately preserved them. Do you understand the difference?"

Lu Yang lowered his head in thought, then, startled, exclaimed in horror, "Senior Sister's and the national destiny's actions of erasing others' memories happened automatically!"

"Correct. This is a characteristic of immortals: it automatically makes people forget immortal techniques, unless the immortal deliberately wants people to remember their techniques."

"The national destiny and girl Yun's actions both fall under 'immortal techniques.'"

"The Governor, being responsible for this place, wouldn't forget the national destiny. The one named Xia Qun, having imperial blood, wouldn't forget the national destiny. The youngster surnamed Meng is the same."

Lu Yang suddenly noticed another problem: "Wait, regarding the 'immortal techniques' you mentioned, does a Dao Fruit count as an immortal technique?"

The Immortal Fairy was very pleased with how quickly Lu Yang grasped the concept: "Your mind works quickly. A Dao Fruit, being the most crucial characteristic of an immortal, naturally counts as an immortal technique."

"For instance, the Calamity Response Dao Fruit of Immortal Ying Tian and the Time Dao Fruit of Immortal Su Yue are both typical immortal techniques. Even though Immortal Su Yue has their ability literally in their name, people still can't remember the Time Dao Fruit or that Immortal Su Yue's techniques are related to time."

This is one reason why immortals are mysterious.

"Then how am I able to remember all this?"

The Immortal Fairy proudly declared, "With me protecting you, how could you forget? You, the dignified second-in-command of the Immortal Lineage, if you knew nothing about other immortals, it would be a laughingstock for our Immortal Lineage!"

Only then did Lu Yang realize how valuable the knowledge he possessed was.

"Of course, not all immortals have the characteristic of making people forget their techniques. I am an exception; otherwise, there wouldn't be an Immortal Sect!"

The Immortal Fairy extended two slender, white fingers.

"Based on this characteristic, immortals can be divided into two types: those who automatically make people forget their immortal techniques. And the other type is me, who doesn't have that characteristic!"

"These are actually two paths, two different choices."

Lu Yang was silent for a long time, then slowly raised his hands, clasped them in a salute, and earnestly said, "Fairy, you are truly amazing!"

His serious demeanor, however, flustered the Immortal Fairy. Her cheeks flushed slightly, and she didn't know what to do with her hands and feet.

She crossed her arms, her pretty face tilted slightly upwards, and her small mouth pouted high: "Oh, I told you long ago I was amazing, but you still didn't believe me."

After speaking, she opened her eyes just a slit, secretly observing Lu Yang's reaction.

Seeing Lu Yang still maintain his serious expression, she became even more flustered.

"I'm going to sleep now. Go on, go on! Don't disturb my sleep if there's nothing important!" The Immortal Fairy then forcefully ejected Lu Yang from his spiritual space.

Although the Calamity Venerable seemed to have fled for a long time, the actual process was very brief. Lu Yang and the other four waited for a short while, and then saw Senior Sister return to the Azure Province Grand Ceremony, carrying the Calamity Venerable's soul.

"Senior Sister, you're back so quickly?" Lu Yang was surprised. They were supposed to follow the Calamity Venerable to find his lair; this speed was a bit too excessive.

Yunzhi: "..."

"Plans changed."

Yunzhi was unwilling to explain further. How could she explain it? Should she say that the Calamity Venerable hadn't checked the almanac before leaving, ran into four Integration stage cultivators in one go, and even helped her master and the Minister of Punishments reduce their sentences?

"Yun... Senior Sister Yunzhi." Lanting greeted timidly. She didn't even dare to look Yunzhi directly in the eyes.

Yunzhi's display of immense power high in the sky was truly terrifying; anyone who witnessed it would be frightened.

Yunzhi glanced at Lanting and nodded slightly. "I remember you. Your master brought you to propose marriage to Lu Yang, and after I agreed, your master reneged and pulled you away."

Lanting was silent for a long time, unable to connect Yunzhi's words with that past experience.

"Senior Sister Yunzhi."

"Senior Sister."

Bai Ming and Yan Tianzhi both greeted her nervously. They weren't even as nervous when facing their own sect's patriarchs.

"The Governor told me that this year's Azure Province Grand Ceremony concludes here. You are free to arrange your own schedules," Yunzhi kindly reminded them.

She tugged on the chain in her hand. "I still need to interrogate this person, so I'm returning to the sect first."

Just as Yunzhi was about to leave, she saw Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, remembered something, and turned to ask Lanting.

"Oh, by the way, how did Junior Brother Lu and Junior Brother Meng perform in the Azure Province Grand Ceremony battles? Did they accurately critique the strengths and weaknesses of the participating cultivators?"

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou were simultaneously startled, breaking out in cold sweat.

As expected, Senior Sister sent them here to be judges, not participants.

Lanting thought for a moment, then smiled sweetly. "Senior Brother Lu Yang and Senior Brother Meng Jingzhou are role models for our younger generation, possessing outstanding talent and rich combat experience. Their critiques were spot-on, piercingly insightful, and every word was a pearl of wisdom. The participating cultivators were thoroughly convinced and all said they would cultivate diligently upon returning home."

Senior Sister nodded. "That's good. I was worried they might actually participate in the battles. It's good they didn't."

Hearing Yunzhi's words, the Immortal Fairy was no longer sleepy and shot up from the bed. She was about to expose Lu Yang when he clamped his hand firmly over her mouth.