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Chapter 313 - 213: The Secret of the Immortal Technique

This misunderstanding isn’t that difficult to unravel.

In fact, most of Xu Xuanling’s feelings were more of resentment rather than hatred. So when Liu Shuyue personally explained the matter, her discontentment and grievance quickly vanished into thin air.

"It’s my fault as a disciple; I didn’t consider the different flow of time in the Immortal Realm..." Xu Xuanling admitted her mistake frankly, "Thirty years over there were merely a fleeting moment for you two."

"I’m also surprised, I didn’t expect you to remain the same after thirty years." Liu Shuyue said with a smile, devoid of any blame, "This is good... otherwise, it’d be hard for me to see my disciple age before me."

"But speaking of this, does it mean the Cultivation Technique Jiu is studying truly surpasses Immortal Techniques?"

Confronted with her disciple’s curiosity, Liu Shuyue hesitated and glanced at Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan shook his head slightly.

Matters concerning the future and the past should best be kept secret from Xu Xuanling and others for now. After all, they also lack concrete evidence, and proposing such shocking conjectures would only add confusion for the disciples.

Liu Shuyue understood, "The ’Immortal’ in Immortal Technique doesn’t lie in its strength, but in the fact that it encompasses all principles with strong adaptability. Not to mention Ji Yun, anyone can progress on the foundation of these spells and find their own ’Tao’. Of course, Ji Yun is the most talented cultivator I’ve ever seen."

"I see." Xu Xuanling immediately accepted this explanation, "No wonder Jiu always tells me that there are many secrets in the Celestial Mist Skill, and he’s benefited greatly even by unraveling just a bit."

"Unravel?" Chen Xuan raised an eyebrow.

"Yes." Xu Xuanling nodded, "For instance, it’s like the breath cycle has blocked several branches, significantly reducing the body’s tolerance to Spiritual Qi, and from a general perspective it almost limits a person’s lifespan to under a century, it’s as if it was deliberately arranged that way."

...

After handing the room card to Xu Xuanling, Chen Xuan and Liu Shuyue tacitly moved to Room 201. Once the door was closed, Chen Xuan finally spoke, "What do you think, does the Celestial Mist Skill really have such limitations? I remember you said Lotus Cloud Sect disciples can generally live past one hundred and twenty..."

Liu Shuyue, however, stared at the floor, remaining silent.

"Liu Shuyue?" Chen Xuan called again.

Only then did she react, with a rare hint of unease in her expression, "This matter was told to me by my master, he himself is over one hundred and sixty years old, and you can see many elderly figure in the sect, but..."

"But what?"

"Among these seniors... none have ever been chosen as Mountain Disciples." Liu Shuyue murmured, "I once asked my master if he had also participated in the Mountain selections but wasn’t chosen and thus stayed in the Sect, but his answer was... he never participated in the selection."

Chen Xuan was startled.

"I didn’t take it to heart at the time, but thinking about it now, not all young disciples in Lotus Cloud Sect participate in the Mountain selection... or rather, only a few participate." Liu Shuyue gazed at her palm in a daze, as if reading her childhood memories, "Those of us who participated would receive corresponding training, learn the knowledge of the Mountain, while the other disciples didn’t need to... back then we would secretly laugh at them, saying they were fools..."

"So this one hundred and twenty years refers to the disciples staying in the Sect?" Chen Xuan frowned, "Could it be that the spells you cultivate are different from others?"

"I don’t know..." she smiled bitterly, "I have never even seen those people cultivate. After all, only the most outstanding disciples of Lotus Cloud Sect are eligible to participate in the Mountain selection, who would care about what those eliminated are practicing. All I know now is that Ji Yun’s approach was correct, after I improved the spells according to his cultivation insights, I’ve seen improvements in both effect and progress speed, and this was just the beginning."

"If the Celestial Mist Skill really has such limitations... then Lotus Cloud Sect is specifically targeting Mountain Disciples." Chen Xuan pondered, "Switching disciples every hundred years like this, even if someone truly excels as an Immortal Master, there’s no way to ensure the next Immortal Master continues their policies."

"I wonder... have the other fellow disciples realized this secret?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Because the only solution is to annex all the Kingdoms." Liu Shuyue responded, "This way, in the next century, the Sect would only dispatch one Mountain Disciple, thus avoiding any dispute among Immortal Masters..."

Chen Xuan laughed at the absurdity, "Why are you still thinking about the position of Immortal Master? As long as enough time passes, this Kingdom is bound to split into seven or eight pieces one day. Ultimately, this cycle system is a huge trap, following the original rules will surely end in failure!"

Liu Shuyue blinked, "Do you have an idea?"

"In my view, the only solution is to flip the table! Because from every angle, Lotus Cloud Sect doesn’t seem to exist to save the world." Chen Xuan replied confidently.

Unexpectedly, Liu Shuyue agreed with delight, "Actually, I think so too, Lotus Cloud Sect should be held responsible for the various tragedies happening now."

Chen Xuan was slightly surprised, as he didn’t expect her to accept this opinion so quickly.

It seems Liu Shuyue had been doing a lot of thinking recently as well.

"Regardless of whether this token is useful, I’m afraid I’ll have to visit Kunlun Peak." She took out a jade tablet and looked at it, "But before that, I have to resolve the threat from fellow disciples first."

The journey back to the Sect was a long one.

She also didn’t know what to expect at the Lotus Cloud Sect’s gate. To prevent Senior Sister Lan Qin from making a surprise attack, she found it necessary to abandon her usual low-profile development style and take the initiative.

That night, Lin Qing also returned to the shop.

The Ability Store instantly gathered three shop assistants plus a swordsman guard, making the dining table very lively.

Xu Xuanling’s adaptability was also quite impressive; after a few drinks, she was already calling Liuli her sister... of course, Liuli was the older sister and she was the younger.

Chen Xuan couldn’t help but ask curiously, "Liuli, do you know how old you are?"

"Of course... I have a great memory." Liuli snorted softly, "Using human calendars, it’s precisely 25,921 years."

"Twenty thousand years?" Xu Xuanling was greatly shocked, "Is that true? What Immortal Technique do you cultivate?"

"I don’t need that sort of thing." She said proudly, "For me, time is eternal, as long as I’m not killed, I won’t die."

"Then being this younger sister isn’t a loss, after all, you’re only fifty—"

Chen Xuan was hushed halfway by the other party.

"No talking about age, Master! Xu Xuanling stopped aging at twenty-two, so a disciple is forever twenty!" Xu Xuanling emphasized.

Ignoring the forward calculation was fine, but how could she deduct two years?

Liu Shuyue then curiously asked, "Miss Liuli, do you remember the history that has occurred in these twenty thousand years?"

"Well... I do remember, but history doesn’t mean much to me." Liuli took the opportunity to drink another cup, "I haven’t always been in an activated state, and even if I had a sense of the outside world, most of the time I was buried underground. Once activated, I could wander, but that’s only been within the last two centuries, and mostly what I see are the walls of warehouses or treasures piled up with me."

"Underground?" Chen Xuan had never heard her talk about the past before, "Were you dug out from the ground?"

"Yes, what’s strange about that? There are also strange things that grow on trees." Liuli shrugged, "Moreover, the time I was found should have been quite early because back then I even saw primitive people."

"Primitive people?" Lin Qing took an interest, "Truly?"

"They wore animal skins and wielded wooden sticks, what else could they be but primitives." Liuli suddenly paused, "But there was something peculiar, they could understand a few of my words... like come here, go there."

"English?"

"Not just that, various languages I think."

Speaking primitive people? Chen Xuan found it quite fantastical.

"Then what?"

Liuli thought for a moment, "Later, I think they all died."

"Why do you say think?"

"Because I lost control once, and when my stability increased again, the entire village was deserted, not a human shadow in sight." She responded.

Liu Shuyue and Xu Xuanling listened in a daze, while Chen Xuan and Lin Qing found themselves covered in goosebumps.

It can’t really be blamed on the strange relics... loss of control is a fundamental trait of them, not something they can control. So the Angel Alliance’s initial choice was to gather and store the relics to prevent any sudden loss of stability leading to a great catastrophe.

"Let’s eat, let’s eat..." Chen Xuan invited the other two.

If they continued, it’d start sounding like a ghost story.

It was then Lin Qing suddenly received a phone call.

Her eyes blinked with a momentary blue light before turning to Chen Xuan, "It’s from Honglian, there’s been movement on the mechanism side."