Chapter 1213: Chapter 1212: Are You the Immortal or Am I the Immortal?

"Just kidding, Meng Junzi isn’t stupid. The opponent was obviously ridiculously strong; how could he be headstrong enough to fight them?"

"Who cares if they’re an Immortal? Immortals are still human, and humans would recognize when they’re outmatched. It’s only natural."

"As for Jingzhou, this child, I, the old ancestor, am powerless. I apologize, you might as well become Qilin’er."

Lu Yang, with a playful grin, dug Meng Jingzhou out of a pit, and seeing that Old Meng kept giving him resentful looks, Lu Yang felt a bit embarrassed.

"Come on, if you can’t win, just admit it. Do you know what I was doing before you found me?"

"What could you possibly have been doing?" Meng Jingzhou asked irritably.

Actually, just a moment ago, Meng Junzi could have lent the Borrowing Dao Fruit Embryo to Meng Jingzhou, but the problem was that Meng Jingzhou wouldn’t know how to use it.

"I was about to add a special edition of the Cultivation Monthly, mainly to report on you reaching the Transcendance Tribulation Stage."

Excited by the news, Meng Jingzhou gripped Lu Yang’s wrist like a tiger’s claw, not even feeling the pain from the earlier blast anymore: "Good brother!"

Lu Yang grimaced in pain, having already released his Imitation Fist, the sudden grip from Old Meng was terribly painful.

"It’s perfect timing. I noticed that the citizens quite like the newspaper, and I was considering whether to change the Cultivation Monthly to the Cultivation Weekly."

Previously, the Cultivation Monthly reported major events in the Cultivation World, but Lu Yang noticed that people also enjoyed the smaller bits of information, such as the establishment of a new Third Grade small sect, alliances or feuds between two sects, and results of major cultivation contests held by different states.

Such fresh news happened every day, enough to fill a weekly.

Moreover, frequently small sects would contact Lu Yang, hoping to advertise their recruitment of disciples in the newspaper, but due to space issues, it was often impossible to fulfill their requests.

Guan Shanhai and The Controller, both full of fighting spirit, secretly competed with each other, but there was no lack of effort on their part.

"This idea is pretty good. During my recent mortal world experience, I also noticed this issue; a monthly newspaper isn’t quite sufficient for the people."

To achieve his recent breakthrough, Meng Jingzhou underwent another Red Dust Mortality, which eventually allowed him to successfully enter the Void Refinement Stage.

Interrupting their conversation, Meng Junzi said seriously, "Jingzhou, now that you’ve successfully stepped into the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, it’s time for me, your old ancestor, to tell you about the knowledge of condensing the Dao Fruit Outline."

"Condensing the Dao Fruit Outline and becoming a Semi-Immortal should not be difficult with your talent, even an Immortal has a great probability."

Meng Jingzhou cautiously raised his hand, "Old ancestor, about the knowledge of condensing the Dao Fruit Outline, may I listen to Immortal Fairy Eternity explain it?"

"Immortal Fairy Eternity?" Meng Junzi raised his eyebrows; apparently, the Immortal within Lu Yang was called Immortal Fairy Eternity.

"Although I am unaware of her identity, given that she hasn’t been seen for three hundred thousand years, she must be an Immortal from the Ancient Times."

"But don’t assume that the older the Immortal, the stronger they are."

"Whatever her identity, when it comes to the Dao Fruit, she won’t know as much as I do."

Meng Junzi knew that his combat power wasn’t the strongest among the Immortals, with Daoist Yun Zhi and Ashy Bean definitely ranking ahead of him.

𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

But he dared to say his understanding of the Dao Fruit was unprecedented.

Meng Jingzhou felt it would still be better to listen to Immortal Fairy Eternity teach, quietly advocating his point: "But she was the one who created the concept of the Dao Fruit."

Meng Junzi: "..."

The identity of the opponent was a bit scary.

But no matter, why shouldn’t the modern be as competent as the ancient?

"Your old ancestor has an extraordinary understanding of the Dao Fruit; others’ Dao Fruits possess the Forgetfulness Attribute, but your old ancestor took a different path, condensing a Dao Fruit that does not have the Forgetfulness Attribute, as far as I know, no one else has ever condensed such a Dao Fruit."

"But her Dao Fruit doesn’t have the Forgetfulness Attribute," Meng Jingzhou continued in a low voice.

Meng Junzi silently turned around to face Fairy Eternity.

"Would you trouble Daoist to explain to this junior how to condense Dao Fruit?"

At this point, Meng Junzi paused and added, "And if possible, could I listen in as well?"

Such a painstaking task of surpassing the ancients should be left to Daoist Yun Zhi; he wouldn’t bother.

"Fairy, could you explain it to Old Meng?" Lu Yang also asked.

"Of course." Fairy Eternity had never hidden the method of condensing Dao Fruits; otherwise, there wouldn’t have been so many Semi-Immortals in Ancient Times.

Seeing this, Yun Zhi thoughtfully brought out the Emperor’s Chair, one for each, to listen to Fairy Eternity’s lecture.

Fairy Eternity was discussing content that Lu Yang had heard more than once, now merely accompanying Old Meng to listen again.

Meng Jingzhou didn’t find the theory of Dao Fruits surprising since Old Lu occasionally shared his knowledge of Dao Fruits, pretending to be learned.

However, Meng Junzi was different; it was his first time hearing that Dao Fruits were deduced this way, the first time learning that Dao Fruits could be categorized into "Causality-Tainting" and "Causality-Severing" types, and that beyond Dao Fruits lay Omniscience and Transcendence...

Meng Junzi couldn’t help but feel amazed; this trip to the Seek Dao Sect hadn’t been in vain. Jingzhou was worth taking a twice political hit for, as this was an immense opportunity, clearly pointing out his future path.

He glanced out of the corner of his eye, noticing Meng Jingzhou’s lack of focus and felt a bit annoyed, transmitting a message: "Aren’t you going to pay attention? This knowledge is greatly beneficial to you!"

"Ah? Don’t you already know this knowledge, ancestor?"

Meng Junzi: "..."

Seriously, are you the Immortal or am I the Immortal?

Although it was a brief lesson, for Meng Junzi, it held profound significance, making him wonder if this was the vision of the founder of Dao Fruits, truly extraordinary; he struggled for a hundred thousand years and couldn’t grasp what was directly pointed out today.

"Daoist Immortal, how exactly does one walk the path of Transcendence?" Meng Junzi couldn’t help asking and regretted it immediately.

Such a question touched upon the fundamental essence of Dao Fruits; he had just met Fairy Eternity, how could he ask such a foundational question.

"Of course, it’s, uh, how does it go again?"

Though he did not receive an answer, Meng Junzi wasn’t disappointed; today’s gains far exceeded his expectations, and he dared not wish for more.

"Daoist Immortal, Daoist Yun Zhi, I’ll take my leave now." Meng Junzi saluted with his hands and once he left the Seek Dao Sect, he couldn’t hold back his speed and immediately flew back to Imperial City. He would go into seclusion to cultivate, possibly deepening his understanding of Dao Fruits.

In the following days, Meng Jingzhou peacefully went into closed-door cultivation, and Lu Yang began to report about Old Meng, printing a newspaper and setting up a Cultivation Weekly Plan.

As for the specific implementation staff for the Cultivation Weekly Plan, Lu Yang posted it as a task in the Task Hall, and naturally, Junior Brothers and Sisters would take it on.

"It’s good to have a high realm; think of how I used to struggle to complete tasks, never having posted tasks before."

Lu Yang felt something was off about his words after saying them.

It seemed like he had only completed tasks twice, the first time capturing a parrot, the second time fighting a Tiger Demon.

Ten days later, Lu Yang received a letter.

"A letter sent by Man Gu?"

Lu Yang casually opened the letter; since Man Gu had become the Top Scorer and the County Magistrate, the two had corresponded frequently.

Probably discussing some minor affairs of the town, Lu Yang thought.

"Ghosts in the city?"