Lu Yang was quite popular in the Laurel Fairy Palace. As Lan Ting escorted Lu Yang around for a tour, the disciples of the Fairy Palace also took their turns observing Lu Yang. It was common for a crowd of disciples to surround him every time they arrived at a new location, bombarding him with questions and treating him as if he were some kind of rare species.

Indeed, in the Laurel Fairy Palace, male cultivators were a rarity.

"Enough, enough, don’t forget it’s time for cultivation. Don’t be distracted," a steady voice rang out, silencing the chattering disciples of the Fairy Palace, who promptly returned to their places and resumed their earnest practice.

A female cultivator with an indifferent expression walked over, wearing a black ring on her middle finger.

"Senior Sister Jinghong," Lan Ting greeted with a bow, and Lu Yang followed suit, bowing in a proper manner as well.

"Greetings, Senior Sister Jinghong," Lu Yang said.

After returning the greeting, Senior Sister Jinghong spoke, "I presume this must be the rumored Junior Brother Lu Yang."

"Junior Sister Lan Ting, if you are showing Junior Brother Lu Yang around the palace, please keep it low-key. The junior sisters’ cultivation hearts are not firm enough, and seeing the talented Junior Brother Lu Yang, they could become overly excited, resulting in wasted efforts in today’s practice."

"Understood," Lan Ting replied.

There were also disciples like Senior Sister Jinghong, who had no interest in Lu Yang.

Once they were out of Senior Sister Jinghong’s sight, Lu Yang quietly asked, "Senior Sister Jinghong doesn’t seem very welcoming of me, does she?"

With a giggling smile, Lan Ting said, "Senior Brother, you mustn’t think Senior Sister Jinghong is heartless; she’s like this with everyone."

"She is a disciple of the Third Elder, skilled in the Artifact Refining Technique, and entered the sect before I did. With a mid-stage of Transforming Spirit cultivation level, her cultivation talent may not be the best, but she is thorough in her work, composed in her demeanor, and deeply favored by the elders."

Lu Yang nodded, relieved that he hadn’t done anything wrong to make the senior sister dislike him.

Meanwhile, Senior Sister Jinghong made sure no one was around before she secretly rubbed her ring, and sent a sliver of her consciousness into the space within the ring.

"Master, is this okay?" she asked.

The aged yet majestic voice echoed in the ring’s space, "This will suffice."

"I feel that this Lu Yang is quite extraordinary, bearing great secrets. You should keep your distance from him and remember not to become overly entangled, to avoid creating causality. I worry that if you become too involved with him, he might detect my existence, prompting my premature entrance to the world, triggering a cataclysm for ages to come."

"Understood," she replied.

…

"This is the Scripture Pavilion. Would Senior Brother like to take a look inside?" Lan Ting asked, leading Lu Yang to a wooden building almost buried by heavy snow, seemingly at risk of collapsing under the weight at any moment.

Of course, the Scripture Pavilion that had stood for a hundred thousand years would not be toppled by mere snow.

"Let’s take a look inside." As long as it didn’t involve him creating a cultivation technique, Lu Yang enjoyed visiting places like the Scripture Pavilion.

The structure of the Fairy Palace’s Scripture Pavilion was much the same as that of the Seek Dao Sect’s, with the difference lying in the collected books.

Most of the techniques stored in the Fairy Palace’s Scripture Pavilion were for female cultivators; there weren’t many for male cultivators, and those few were mostly related to the collection of the Power of Taiyin.

"What’s this? ’Immortal Maiden Tribulation’?" Lu Yang randomly pulled an ancient text off a shelf and flipped through a few pages, his expression becoming odd.

The content of this book didn’t seem very appropriate, yet here it was, openly placed in the Scripture Pavilion?

In the Seek Dao Sect, the ’Dragon Phoenix Transformation’ was still hidden away with utmost secrecy.

Furthermore, it seemed like this book had been perused quite frequently, judging by its appearance.

Fairy Eternity, using her Immortal Sense, took a quick scan and her face immediately turned red with embarrassment, stammering without being able to articulate her words, and could only spit out two in frustration.

"Obscene!"

With her cheeks slightly pink, Lan Ting coughed twice to ease the awkwardness: "This is an ancient text that Ancestor Zhui Yue brought back a hundred thousand years ago. The stories within are quite insightful, and it is placed in the Scripture Pavilion in the hope that future generations will heed the warnings from the tales, to prevent such occurrences from happening to themselves."

Apart from "Immortal Maiden Tribulation," Lu Yang noticed many other odd and curious names that seemed to be very similar to "Immortal Maiden Tribulation." He guessed they were all brought back by the Yingtian Ancestral Master.

There were also numerous places where books should have been that were empty, likely borrowed by the disciples of the Fairy Palace.

Anyway, the various actions of the Yingtian Ancestral Master indeed made the disciples of the Fairy Palace more vigilant and kept themselves pure. Lu Yang hadn’t heard of any disciple from the Fairy Palace who went down the mountain and got involved with a rogue man.

"There are so many ancient texts here," Lu Yang said with a smile. He was most familiar with ancient texts, even more than with swordsmanship.

"Previously, the Fairy Palace didn’t have so many ancient texts. They were bought from the Taixue Academy recently due to a demand," she explained.

"A demand?"

"Mm, Senior Brother, you should know that in ancient times, the Yingtian Immortal created the Mother-child River, right?"

Lu Yang showed a peculiar expression, wondering whether to say he knew or to say he didn’t.

"Some disciples of the Fairy Palace aren’t fond of love and romance, but do wish to have a child. Previously there was no way, but now that they have learned of the existence of the Mother-child River, they started trying all means to find the Mother-child River, including searching for clues in ancient texts," she said.

"Any results?" Lu Yang asked on behalf of Fairy Eternity.

Lan Ting shook her head regretfully, "Nothing at all."

"Since you’re well-versed in ancient knowledge, do you know where the Mother-child River might be?" she asked.

"I don’t know."

Suddenly, Lu Yang remembered that although he didn’t know where the Mother-child River was, he did know the location of the Twin River, right above Sky Gate Mountain.

"Eh, so they need the Twin River? Then we might as well move it over to them," Fairy Eternity offered generously. Since no one was drinking it on Sky Gate Mountain, it would be better to give it to a place like the Fairy Palace that needed it.

Lu Yang thought it over seriously. It seemed indeed possible to give the Twin River to the Fairy Palace without revealing anything.

"Actually, although I don’t know where the Mother-child River is, I do know the location of the Twin River."

"Twin River?" Lan Ting had not heard about the Twin River.

Lu Yang pondered, finding it hard to explain the origin of the Twin River: "The Twin River, like the Mother-child River, was created by Yingtian Immortal. The difference is that women who consume the water from the Mother-child River can only have one child, while drinking water from the Twin River can result in twins."

"The extremely rare Twin Lotus is a product of the Twin River."

Lan Ting didn’t expect that there was such an Immortal Object as the Twin River, and found the abilities of the immortals to be truly mysterious and unpredictable.

But why did Ying Tian Immortal create the Twin River?

"Where is this Twin River then?"

"Recently found in an Ancient Secret Realm, it’s now in our Seek Dao Sect. If the Fairy Palace needs it, I can apply to the sect for some of the river water," Lu Yang proposed.

Lan Ting’s face lit up with joy at the news, not expecting such a serendipitous discovery. If the Fairy Palace had the water of the Twin River, who knew how many Senior Sisters and Elders could have children.

"Then I must thank Senior Brother in advance. May I report this matter to my master?" she asked.

The matter of the Twin River was significant, and Lan Ting couldn’t handle such a big issue alone.

"Of course, you can."

When Luo Hongxia learned that there existed such a wondrous Immortal Object as the Twin River, she too was overjoyed. The Fairy Palace needed such a thing the most. Consequently, the way she looked at Lu Yang changed, finding him more and more agreeable.

"Lu Yang, if the disciples of our Fairy Palace can conceive, then you will be a great benefactor!" she exclaimed.

Lu Yang: "..."

Somehow, this statement sounded rather strange.