Chapter 1269: Chapter 1268: The Magic Skill I’ve Learned is the Correct One!

"The result of ’Trace Origin’ itself?"

Meng Jingzhou heard the implications in Lu Yang’s words, and his gaze became somewhat strange, "Do you mean that the ’Samadhi True Fire’ was originally called ’Three Flavored True Fire,’ and ’Gold Crow True Flame’ was actually ’Golden Bird True Flame’?"

Lu Yang remained calm and composed, as if on the brink of enlightenment, "That is pretty much what I mean."

"Don’t disbelieve me; I’m serious," Lu Yang felt his speculation made perfect sense.

"Fairy, who created the Samadhi True Fire and the Gold Crow True Flame?"

Fairy Eternity recalled all she had learned in her life and managed to give an answer, "Both of these True Fires were born in an extremely distant past. They are far older than our times and probably originated during the era when the Cultivation System was being created."

"It’s hard to say exactly who created the Samadhi True Fire, but the Gold Crow True Flame was most likely created by the Gold Crow lineage."

Lu Yang clapped his hands, "That fits perfectly."

"Even though the ancient ancestors lived in harsh conditions, battling against heaven and earth, since they had created True Fire magic skills, it meant they had the very basic ability to defend themselves, so hunting wild beasts wasn’t difficult."

"Once they had taken care of food and warmth, the next natural step was to figure out how to eat better."

"Seasonings like chili, cumin, and sugar must have been hard to find during Ancient Times, so the ancient ancestors created ’Three Flavored True Fire,’ a fire that could enhance flavors—capable of both cooking the meat and making it tastier, killing two birds with one stone!"

"And there’s another thing, the existence of writing had just begun in Ancient Times. Could our ancestors have come up with a sophisticated name like ’Samadhi’ for True Fire? Definitely not."

"They interpreted the words literally; the True Fire had three flavors, so they named it ’Three Flavored True Fire.’"

"Then for some reason, Three Flavored True Fire was lost, or only the name survived, and later generations changed it wildly, turning it into Samadhi True Fire."

"Look, does that sound logical?"

Clapping came from both sides simultaneously, Fairy Eternity and Yun Mengmeng applauding and vocalizing support for Lu Yang.

"Little Yang’s ideas are just what this Immortal wanted to express."

"The Second-in-command makes such reasonable points."

Meng Jingzhou, "..."

Don’t think that just because your Immortal Lineage has many people you are correct.

"Then how do you explain the Golden Bird True Flame?"

Before Lu Yang could answer, Yun Mengmeng raised her hand and answered first, "I know this one, definitely the ancient Gold Crow lineage had two legs, and later they mutated to have three."

The biggest difference between Golden Bird True Flame and Gold Crow True Flame is the loss of one leg.

Lu Yang echoed, "See, that’s the answer."

The three from the Immortal Lineage agreed, leaving Meng Jingzhou with some doubts, "... Maybe you should test another magic skill?"

Old Lu didn’t just learn the two True Fire skills crookedly.

"Let me try Earth Shrinking and Shrink Inch."

Lu Yang stood up without hesitation and, as usual, employed Earth Shrinking.

With a whoosh, he burrowed underground. Meng Jingzhou wanted to observe Old Lu’s underground movements using his Spiritual Sense, but Lu Yang moved through the soil so quickly it was surprising, and he soon exceeded the range of Meng Jingzhou’s Spiritual Sense.

When Lu Yang emerged from the ground, he was holding a handful of black soil.

Meng Jingzhou’s pupils dilated, "Is this the black soil in contact with the World Seal at the very bottom?!"

"Indeed."

This meant Lu Yang had just dived from the surface straight to the deepest part of the ground in one breath!

"After I performed Earth Shrinking, I still uncontrollably activated the Trace Origin Dao Fruit Prototype. Compared to usual, my burrowing speed this time was very fast, so fast that not even the king of earthworms, the Silver Ring King Worm, could catch up with me!"

Lu Yang was quite proud; it meant he was unmatched in the art of burrowing!

"Shrink Inch."

Lu Yang used Shrink Inch and turned into a tiny figure an inch tall.

Yun Mengmeng, seeing such a tiny Lu Yang for the first time, found it very amusing and poked him.

Lu Yang felt that this image compromised the dignity of the Second-in-command, so he gradually expanded from one inch to three inches, then to one zhang and three zhangs... eventually becoming a giant a thousand zhang tall!

However, his growing process was like that of bamboo, growing section by section, increasing only inch by inch.

"Ha ha, now I can perform the true Law of Heaven and Earth!" Lu Yang laughed loudly, his voice resonant and loud enough to shatter the clouds in the sky.

Soon after, Lu Yang returned to his original size.

"How do you explain ’Shrinking Ground Into Inches?’" Meng Jingzhou was a bit convinced by Lu Yang’s previous nonsensical explanations,

mainly because he couldn’t think of any other explanation.

Neither Fairy Eternity nor Yun Mengmeng answered; at a critical moment, Lu Yang reliably provided an explanation.

"It’s easy to explain. Just now I grew in increments of ’inches,’ which suggests that ’Shrink Inch’ might have been used for standardized measurements during Ancient Times. ’Earth Shrinking’? Literally, it means shrinking into the earth."

Meng Jingzhou still didn’t understand, "How did two unrelated words end up being put together?"

"’Even if I have to dig three feet into the ground, I will find him.’ Does that sound familiar?"

Meng Jingzhou nodded; who hasn’t heard this saying?

"Fairy, have you heard this saying during Ancient Times?"

"I have."

Lu Yang stroked his chin, speculating, "According to my guess, this saying existed in Ancient Times."

"For example, if something was stolen from the tribe, the Clan Leader would order the entire clan to find it, even if it meant digging three feet into the ground."

"But how much is three feet? It’s hard to say, so our ancestors would become thirty inches tall, which is three feet tall, then shrink into the ground. Now, wouldn’t that show exactly how much three feet deep is?"

Meng Jingzhou, "..."

Old Lu, I wanted to believe you, but could your explanation be a bit more plausible?

Lu Yang thought more and more that his guess was correct, "Think about it, from a literal standpoint, does ’Shrinking Ground Into Inches’ sound like a Space Spell? Definitely not."

"The ancient ancestors had only recently created writing, so the magic skills they employed surely had to be understood from their literal meaning. It was later generations that misunderstood this skill."

"Don’t believe me? Ask Junior Brother Man Gu. When he first saw the term ’Shrinking Ground Into Inches,’ did he think it was a Space Spell?"

Then, Lu Yang performed ’Heaven and Earth in an Inch,’ disappearing from his spot.

When Lu Yang returned, he held sand from Buddha Country, snow from the Extreme Northern Lands, seawater from East Sea... proving how many places he had visited in just a short time.

Before, when Lu Yang used ’Heaven and Earth in an Inch,’ he would be randomly transported to a cliffside, but after activating the Trace Origin Dao Fruit Prototype, the result was quite different—he could finally choose which cliffside to appear on.

"So what does this prove? This proves the magic skills I learned are the correct ones, and all of you have been learning them wrong," Lu Yang crossed his arms, looking as smug as could be, having waited so long for this day of vindication after being slandered for so long.

I knew my magic talent was so good; how could I possibly learn incorrectly?

After such a lengthy spiel, Meng Jingzhou suspected that the last sentence was really what Old Lu wanted to say.