Chapter 1265: Chapter 1264: The Meaning of Reincarnation

Outside, the world was abuzz with activity, all in motion for the soon-to-be-released World Seal.

Inside Lu Yang’s abode, all was quiet. Lu Yang sat on a grass mat, pondering what kind of Dao Fruit could help Eldest Senior Sister break free from her state of Harmonization.

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Fairy, do you have any ideas?" Lu Yang noticed that Immortal Fairy wasn’t as anxious as he was, still sporting her usual cheerful demeanor, seemingly already with a plan in mind.

"Of course, there is a way."

Lu Yang’s eyes brightened, the Fairy was indeed reliable at crucial moments. "What way?"

"Wait until I ascend to the realm of ’Omniscience,’ then I won’t be ignorant of any answers, and solving Miss Yun’s problem will be a piece of cake."

Lu Yang: "..."

Upon reflection, he realized the Fairy’s moments of reliability were rare; it was still better to rely on himself.

Should Lu Yang wish, he could at any time solidify the Initial Form of the Immortal Dao Fruit and become the most powerful Semi-Immortal.

But clearly, the Initial Form of the Immortal Dao Fruit was not his path.

As for other existing Dao Fruit Outlines, such as the Yin-Yang Dao Fruit Prototype, the Spatial Dao Fruit Prototype... if he put in effort, he could also solidify them, but they wouldn’t solve Eldest Senior Sister’s issue either.

"Observing different Dao Fruit Prototypes might provide new insights," Lu Yang mused, believing that more thought and observation would lead to new ideas.

He was very familiar with the Initial Form of the Immortal Dao Fruit, no need for observation there. Should he next visit Senior Ao Ling?

Suddenly, Lu Yang paused, realizing there was another kind of Dao Fruit Prototype close at hand.

He took out the Green Peak Sword, pulled out the small sapling and the Reincarnation Dao Fruit Prototype from the Small World.

After Qilin Immortal acquired the Reincarnation Dao Fruit Prototype, Immortal Fairy found it interesting and took it for herself. She hadn’t yet returned it to the Qilin Immortal when Yao Saint took action.

Naturally, the Reincarnation Dao Fruit Prototype fell into Lu Yang’s hands, and with so much happening since, even Lu Yang forgot he still possessed it.

Was this what resided within Junior Brother Li’s body?

At the thought, Lu Yang slowly closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing rhythm, cleared his Lingtai, and reached a state of self-forgetfulness.

It was as if the world turned blank, with only the Reincarnation Dao Fruit Prototype on the tree remaining.

Lu Yang’s mind flickered with countless memories, endlessly receding—experiences from his Transcendance Tribulation Stage to those of the Void Refinement Stage, further back to Spirit Transformation Stage, Nascent Soul Stage, Golden Core Stage, Foundation Establishment Stage, Qi Cultivation Stage, before joining the Seek Dao Sect... and even before his transmigration.

Gradually, the blank world began sprouting lines, messy at first, unrecognizable. But as Lu Yang reminisced about his life before transmigration, the chaotic lines took shape, forming Lu Yang’s likeness.

The blank world shattered, and Lu Yang abruptly opened his eyes, gasping for air, as if he had held his breath through a long and exhausting run; now, at its end, fatigue was bursting forth in full.

"Little Yang, are you alright?" Immortal Fairy kept a close eye on Lu Yang, and she asked with concern.

Lu Yang waved a hand, signaling to Immortal Fairy not to worry; he was still too exhausted to speak.

It took a good while for Lu Yang to recover, after which he shared his findings: "Not only am I fine, but I also feel connected to this Reincarnation Dao Fruit Prototype. With just a thought, this Dao Fruit Prototype could become mine."

"That means you can master the Reincarnation Dao Fruit Prototype now." Immortal Fairy was surprised, Little Yang mastered it quickly.

Lu Yang analyzed, realizing that such quick mastery couldn’t be solely attributed to intuition: "Perhaps it’s related to my experiences outside the Box World. Having died once outside it, I had essentially undergone a reincarnation, which, by coincidence, matched the intent of the Reincarnation Dao Fruit Prototype."

"Do you want to become a Semi-Immortal of the Reincarnation Dao Fruit Prototype?"

Lu Yang shook his head. Possessing the Reincarnation Dao Fruit Prototype merely meant reincarnation after death, not the effect he desired.

Yet he had a hunch, feeling that the Reincarnation Dao Fruit Prototype was somehow linked to his becoming a Semi-Immortal.

In the blink of an eye, more than ten days passed. The doors to Lu Yang’s abode swung open; between two large trees at the entrance hung a hammock, where Yun Mengmeng was lost in slumber.

As soon as there was a stir at the door of the abode, Yun Mengmeng swayed the hammock, spinning in mid-air before landing in front of Lu Yang.

"Second-in-command, have you finished your seclusion?"

Lu Yang shook his head, "No, I came out for a break because I got tired along the way."

"Ah? You can take breaks in the middle of seclusion?" Yun Mengmeng never had her own closed-door cultivation, so she didn’t understand these things.

"Sister Mengmeng, would you accompany me for a walk around the sect?"

"Of course."

The two descended the mountain and Lu Yang found, to his puzzlement, that the sect was unusually deserted compared to normal days.

"Where are the people from the sect?"

Yun Mengmeng pointed towards the entrance of the Seek Dao Sect, "Today is the day we recruit new disciples. Everyone has gone there to maintain order."

"So it’s already the second day of the second month again," Lu Yang said, somewhat in a daze. He thought back to when he was very naive, riding on Old Meng’s carriage, even discussing how to cheat in front of Eldest Senior Sister. So many years had passed since then.

When they arrived at the entrance of the sect, the first test of root bone was still the same, with Elder Brother Dai still sitting at the front conducting the tests.

The only difference from the time Lu Yang participated was an astonishing surge in the number of young men and women applying to the Seek Dao Sect—more than double the previous amount.

"Look, is that Lu Yang?"

A young boy in line excitedly pointed at Lu Yang.

The reason so many people came to the Seek Dao Sect was precisely because of the reputations of Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

These two geniuses shone brightly, young in age but with experiences far richer than those of many older cultivators who had passed their Tribulation.

"Where? Where?"

"Right there at the bamboo forest entrance, look."

"It really is him!"

"Who’s that standing next to Lu Yang, so beautiful. How come we never heard of her?"

"I don’t know."

The previously well-ordered line of young men and women became slightly restless; Lu Yang suddenly the center of attention, forcing Elder Brother Dai to step in to maintain order and not forgetting to glare back at Lu Yang in the process.

Although Lu Yang hadn’t done anything wrong, he still retreated guiltily back into the bamboo forest out of sight from the young men and women after being glared at by Dai Bufan.

"Senior Brother."

"Senior Brother Lu."

"Junior Sister Tao, Junior Brother Li, you are here to help organize the initiation test?" Lu Yang said with a smile, his hands clasped in greeting.

"Yes, Elder Brother Dai said there was a shortage of reliable help, so he called us over," Li Haoran said with a smile.

"Senior Brother Lu, we haven’t seen each other for a long time," Tao Yaoye said with a hint of complaint in her voice, especially seeing Yun Mengmeng so close to Lu Yang.

"I’ve been quite busy recently, really didn’t have time," Lu Yang said, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

While chatting idly, Lu Yang’s gaze occasionally drifted over to the young men and women to see how their testing was progressing.

Tao Yaoye noticed Lu Yang’s gaze and remarked, "It’s easy to be reminded of when we took the test ourselves, isn’t it?"

"Yes," Li Haoran agreed with the same nostalgia.

They had all been obscure figures once upon a time. In the blink of an eye, so many years had passed, and now they had become figures spoken of by everyone.

At these words, Lu Yang was stunned; he had an epiphany, realizing his understanding of reincarnation had been too narrow. With Li Haoran as an example, he thought that only the transmigration of souls counted as reincarnation.

What’s to say that the recurrence of similar events isn’t a kind of reincarnation?