Immortality: Starting with the Fruit of Taiyin

Two blue-feathered eagles flew side by side among the clouds.

With a calm expression, Chen Yao spoke with absolute certainty, as if she were truly a rare and exceptional divination genius.

However, sitting on the back of another demonic beast, Wang Xuan's suspicions deepened.

"Celestial divination and numerology, a dangerous calamity, will it affect my future cultivation path?"

Silently pondering, Chen Yao's words were merely a reference.

In fact, by now, Wang Xuan could basically confirm that his good fellow villager did not know any 'divination' techniques at all.

It's not a guess, but a certainty, because the other party never consulted the oracle about themselves.

Or, to take it a step further, at least in this particular incident, Chen Yao definitely did not use it.

"The power of the Dao Fruit severs the secrets of heaven and suppresses destiny."

"If divination can predict its location, then I will call you the reincarnation of the Dao Lord and the rebirth of the Human Emperor."

Shaking his head inwardly, Wang Xuan didn't look down on Chen Yao, who seemed to possess great potential. On the contrary, it was precisely because he valued her enough that he didn't take her words as a joke.

However, possessing the Dao Fruit, a supreme treasure with the function of "severing the secrets of heaven," Wang Xuan was as if he were carrying a mysterious object of heaven with an unknown upper limit at all times.

Any hexagram that affects him will naturally shift, greatly reducing its accuracy.

Therefore, if the other party has indeed clearly divined his own future, Wang Xuan will definitely sense it.

Unless the divination is not about him alone, but about a general trend, the result of the divination might not take any action, but simply automatically shield him from any influence; or if the divination does not involve the future, but only peeks into past events, it might yield some vague answers.

However, both of these contradict what Chen Yao had said before, so ruling out the possibility of random talk or so-called divination, the only answer is the secret the other party possesses.

Is it predicting the future? Or the rebirth of a powerful being?

Unlike the locals who are born and raised in the area and have limited thinking, Wang Xuan believed that if he could obtain the Dao Fruit, then others could naturally also have the possibility of "cheating".

However, the latter possibility is not very high. After spending several years together, Chen Yao doesn't seem like a cunning or calculating person.

"But then again, regardless of what she's like."

"My previous guess might be correct. The Nanhua Sect, at least its Linzhang branch, might indeed be facing a calamity in the future?"

Judging from Chen Yao's reaction, this shouldn't be some indiscriminate disaster, but we don't know the exact extent. Is it just a matter of being stopped at the lower academy level, involving the sects, or is the entire Chen Kingdom affected...?

Wang Xuan felt a slight unease. Although as someone who had awakened his innate wisdom, it was difficult for him to say how loyal he was to the sect, the Nanhua Sect had never actually mistreated him.

Moreover, his current favorable conditions for cultivation are all based on the premise that the sect is still in existence. Once the sect is destroyed... then the more serious the difficulties he previously lamented about for independent cultivators will be, and the more severe the situation he will face in the future will be.

Do you want to do something now?

No, it's not that bad yet.

The incident hasn't happened yet, so there's no need to panic. Besides, if the sky falls, there are taller people to hold it up; it won't be his turn anyway... Of course, even so, it doesn't stop him from making two preparations.

Despite the change in his thoughts, Wang Xuan's expression remained unchanged.

He merely glanced at Chen Yao beside him, seemingly half-believing and half-doubting her 'divination'.

"Calamities and such... perhaps they exist. But even if there are calamities from the outside world, they are not something that the Qi Refining stage can change."

"All we can do is go with the flow and protect ourselves."

"...It's good that you know."

She shook her head slightly, not surprised by such an answer. After hesitating for a moment, Chen Yao finally said:

"I'm just giving you a heads-up: if anything really happens, remember to take on a routine task that's far away from the Lower House."

"When the city gates catch fire, the fish in the moat suffer. If nothing unexpected happens, I should leave first in a few years, and I'll remind you then."

"How you choose when the time comes... is up to you."

Nodding silently, Wang Xuan thought to himself that he probably really needed to revise his cultivation plan after suddenly learning this news.

As for reporting the news to the sect, or conducting investigations openly or secretly, in an attempt to resolve the crisis in advance?

Regardless of whether he has evidence or not, even if he did, he wouldn't put himself in danger.

"That being said, let's not get into anything else."

"I also plan to gather some information during this trip."

Sitting cross-legged on the back of the Blue Feathered Eagle, Wang Xuan decided to bring forward one of his plans.

"I've been wanting to buy a demonic beast to raise and use up some of my failed pills. After all, as an alchemist, I don't have much time to focus on combat, so I need to enhance my fighting power from another angle... So, do you have any recommendations?"

"A demonic beast?"

Slightly taken aback, Chen Yao didn't ask for specific requirements.

"Six thousand eight hundred miles to the east of here, there is a celestial city built near the Wanze Mountains. A large number of rogue cultivators gather here to maintain their cultivation by hunting demonic beasts and gathering spiritual herbs."

"However, raising demonic beasts is no easy task, especially those bound by blood pacts. After all, the demon race values ​​bloodlines, and their achievements in this life are often determined at the moment of birth."

"And powerful demonic beasts... you probably can't afford them at all."

With a twitch at the corner of his mouth, Chen Yao's words were very direct, but Wang Xuan still had to admit that he really couldn't afford it right now.

Generally speaking, disciples of the lower academy have no official duties, so they naturally have no way to acquire wealth. The few spirit stones and pills they possess have all been exchanged for the essence blood of demon beasts.

Fortunately, Wang Xuan never intended to buy any powerful demonic beasts.

"The sect's calamity... Judging from Chen Yao's reaction, this should not be an impending war of cultivation, but a sudden disaster that is not sustainable."

"But no matter what, I must have the ability to protect myself if the sect encounters problems."

Thinking it over, Wang Xuan had originally planned to stay in the lower academy of Nanhua for more than ten years, prioritizing all his resources on alchemy.

If he could become a top-tier or even second-tier alchemist, he could then use his resource advantages to cultivate secret techniques, raise spirit beasts, and improve his cultivation level.

But now it seems that I have to change my plans.

"Farming is no longer a viable option. From now on, to be on the safe side, I will give myself three to five years to prepare some protective measures and trump cards for future attacks."

With a slight flicker in his eyes, Wang Xuan ran his fingertips across the surface of the storage bag.

"In terms of cultivation, it's impossible to see a rapid increase in a short period of time. But now that I have the essence blood of a demon beast, I can try out the methods I had previously planned."

"And if I succeed, even if I leave the Linzhang Lower Temple in the future, I will have something to rely on..."