Chapter 1271: Chapter 1270: Difficult to Explain Predictions of the Future

Indeed, are all the magic skills one learns the original forms of those skills?

The words of Immortal Jiuchong made Lu Yang more convinced of his assumption.

"What was the Samadhi True Fire, Shrinking Ground Into Inches, and Heaven and Earth in an Inch like during ancient times?" Lu Yang asked.

Immortal Jiuchong was puzzled: "What what?"

"That is to say, were these magic skills different in the ancient times compared to now?"

Immortal Jiuchong found Lu Yang’s question somewhat amusing, but seeing everyone’s serious reactions, he didn’t dare to jump to conclusions lightly.

"It’s hard to say. There are too few records of ancient times. The ancient history that we know of today is what I have carefully distinguished from legends passed down from various races, determining which parts are true and which are exaggerated."

"And most legends are difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood. For example, the now-extinct Kua Fu Clan left behind legends. The Kua Fu Clan was said to be giants, for whom ordinary clothes were insufficient to cover their bodies, hence they researched magic skills that could enlarge ordinary clothing, such as Imitation Fist and Law of Heaven and Earth, which are said to share the same origin."

"I see, thank you, Senior, for your information." Lu Yang thanked him with a fist and palm salute.

Immortal Jiuchong waved his hand: "These are just unsubstantiated legends. I used to take them as jokes and tell them to Ying Tian and the others, but they were not interested."

"Now that Little Friend Lu has come out of retreat, and Fairy Eternity has also arrived here, does that mean we can break the seal?"

Immortal Jiuchong was eager to try; for this day, he had made many preparations, ensuring it would be more spectacular than the phenomena accompanying the Crossing the Immortal Tribulation.

Just as Fairy Eternity was about to agree, Lu Yang interjected: "We still have some matters to confirm, and once confirmed, would it be alright for the Fairy to gather with the four seniors at the Imperial Palace?"

"That will be fine."

Seeing this, Immortal Jiuchong stopped arguing with the ignoramuses from Taixue Academy about who was the true leader of the Four Ancient Immortals and went to wait for everyone at the Imperial Palace.

After Immortal Jiuchong left, Fairy Eternity was puzzled: "Do we still have something to take care of?"

"Fairy, the ’predict the future’ skill you taught me, you learned it from Senior Sui Yue, right? I want to ask Senior Sui Yue how this skill came about."

According to Emperor Xia, Senior Sui Yue was currently at the headquarters of Land Money Trade Association.

Everyone left Taixue Academy and headed to the headquarters of Land Money Trade Association.

Apart from Yun Zhi, it was everyone’s first time at the headquarters of the association. True to its reputation as the premier trade association in the world, it was indeed extravagant. Two Pixiu statues carved from spirit stones stood guard at the entrance, the ground was paved with red Warm Jade which kept it warm in winter and cool in summer. The whole place was situated upon a giant Meditation Array Formation, which not only aided in cultivation but more importantly, helped maintain composure. Moreover, each floor was permanently guarded by cultivators in the Body Integration Realm, ensuring the headquarters’ utmost protection.

Those coming in and out were merchants with immense wealth, or cultivators above the Divinity Transformation Stage.

"Old Meng, have you never been here before?" Lu Yang noticed Meng Jingzhou surveying the area back and forth, just like a newcomer.

"I haven’t been here. The people from my family who come to the headquarters are here for business, and they can’t bring me along. After starting my cultivation, I have not returned to Imperial City often, and when I do, it’s to see my family, so there’s no need to come here."

"That makes sense."

Yun Mengmeng had an indifferent reaction: "This is the top trade association in the world? It doesn’t seem better than our Sky Gate Mountain."

She’d heard people say that the headquarters of Land Money Trade Association was full of worldly wealth and luxury, but now it seemed average to her. The items here were not as valuable as those at Sky Gate Mountain, nor were the people’s cultivation levels as high.

"Where is Senior Sui Yue?"

"He should be on the top floor," Yun Zhi said, guessing why Senior Sui Yue was there and leading everyone upstairs.

Ordinarily, the upper levels of the headquarters were off-limits to outsiders, but Yun Zhi’s distant and icy aura was so strong that anyone wishing to stop them was too scared to move.

An attendant mustered the courage to try to stop them but was held back by the supervisor.

"That’s Yun Zhi. There’s no need to stop her."

"Yun Zhi?" The attendant was quite unfamiliar with this name.

"Yun Zhi is the Eldest Senior Sister of the Seek Dao Sect and also an important customer of our association. The Chairman specifically instructed that she may come and go in the headquarters at will and must not be obstructed."

"Can it really be like that?"

"It’s normal for you not to know. She hasn’t visited here for over a hundred years."

Yun Zhi led everyone to the Chairman’s room at the end of the top floor.

Before she could knock, the door automatically opened. The Time Immortal was sitting in the Chairman’s seat, teaching, with two students in front of him.

One of the students was someone Lu Yang recognized – the Thief King.

The other student was an old man with only one leg, who must be the Thief Ancestor.

Apart from Yun Zhi, everyone was quite puzzled as to why the two forebears of the Thief Sect were at the headquarters of the trade association.

The Thief King shuddered involuntarily when he saw Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, recalling the terrifying events in Zhongshan County.

"Senior is teaching?" Yun Zhi asked.

The Time Immortal stood up with a chuckle. "I’ve got some fate with them in the realm of cultivation, so I simply shared some lessons. Alright, I have some matters to attend to, you all should head down first."

The Thief King and the Thief Ancestor bowed respectfully: "Understood."

Both of them had condensed the outline of the Speed Dao Fruit, and they yearned for the Time Dao Fruit, an Upper Dao Fruit. Knowing the appearance of Senior Sui Yue in the Imperial City, they had earnestly requested teachings from the Time Immortal.

Yun Zhi nodded; she had guessed as much. For the Time Immortal to appear in the headquarters of the association, it could only be related to the Thief King and Thief Ancestor.

"Little Friend Lu has come out of retreat? It seems you’ve obtained quite a harvest? Is it to break the World Seal?"

Lu Yang bowed with his fist: "Last time, thank you for the teachings, Senior Sui Yue. I’ve come this time, firstly to break the seal, and secondly, to seek clarification on something unclear."

"Oh? What’s the matter?"

"Did Senior once teach a Divine Ability called ’predict the future’ to the Fairy Eternity? Is it a magic skill you created?"

"It would be more accurate to say it’s a magic skill I was born with rather than one I created."

"Born with?"

Everyone was surprised, including the Immortal Fairy, who thought that this ability was a result of the Time Immortal’s understanding of the Time Dao Fruit.

"It’s somewhat similar to the Divine Abilities inherent to the Demon Race due to their bloodlines."

"You know, my true body is the Firmament Tree. After I gained Spiritual Wisdom, I felt as though I knew a magic skill innately. As my Spiritual Wisdom improved, the skill became clearer. After trying to use it, I discovered it could foresee future events, so I named this ability ’predict the future.’"

The Time Immortal’s reply was beyond Lu Yang’s expectation; he had thought it was a skill the Immortal had learned from somewhere else.

Since it was innate, there should be no confusion about it.

However, if that was the case, why was he able to exhibit ’predict the future,’ which could view time lines?

Suddenly, a thought struck Lu Yang as he remembered something. "By the way, Senior, did you mention that the Firmament Tree had faced a great calamity in the past, was severed in the middle, and was utterly lifeless, and you grew as a new Firmament Tree from the old one?"

"That’s right."

"Do you know what the great calamity was?"

The Time Immortal shook his head: "I do not know. I hadn’t yet gained Spiritual Wisdom at the time; it’s just a conjecture I made after I was born with Spiritual Wisdom based on the condition of my body."

Lu Yang frowned, the innate ’predict the future’ skill, the Firmament Tree being severed at its waist, and his display of a completely different ’predict the future.’

Was there a relationship between these three?

As Lu Yang pondered, a pair of eyes gazed at him in the shadows, but no one noticed.