Chapter 256: The Mother-Child River and the Twin Lotus River

“When I was still a dominant force, an entire planet was under my domain. I could manipulate it at will and bring benefits to the world.”

“This Twin Stem Lotus is also a new species that I cultivated.”

“Is that so?”

The Everlasting Fairy had been chattering incessantly in Lu Yang’s mental space. Initially, Lu Yang treated her words like background noise, in one ear and out the other, not really listening. But now, Lu Yang was intrigued.

Lu Yang had always had a feeling that heavenly materials and earthly treasures had existed since ancient times, unchanged. For instance, common precious herbs like ginseng and lingzhi, and even roadside weeds like foxtail and wild chrysanthemums, have been recorded in human history for ages.

Since they’re called heavenly materials and earthly treasures, they must be naturally occurring.

Lu Yang had never heard of any heavenly material or earthly treasure being cultivated by a great power in later generations.

Now he had.

“Tell me more, what’s the story?” Lu Yang asked eagerly.

The Everlasting Fairy smiled proudly, very pleased with Lu Yang’s attitude. This was how one should treat an immortal.

“Speaking of this matter, I must mention my skills.”

“This happened after I became an immortal. You know, I was extremely renowned in ancient times, and many people willingly worshipped me.”

“At that time, a devout female believer came to me with a request. She wanted twins, but such a thing was beyond human capability, so she came to me.”

“I considered it and decided that fulfilling this wish wouldn’t be problematic, so I got to work,” the Everlasting Fairy said, being a discerning immortal who wouldn’t fulfill just any wish.

“I could have originally crafted a pill to help this believer bear twins, but then I remembered something Nonuple Immortal once said.”

“Nonuple Immortal said that when one believer makes a wish, there will be ten more wanting the same.”

“Childbearing is an eternal desire, and it was unlikely that only one believer wanted twins.”

“Even if I crafted a pill now, what would I do if more people came to me with the same request? Continuously making pills would be too troublesome.”

“I thought of a once-and-for-all solution: using my supreme divine power, borrowing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, extracting Daoist rhymes, altering some rules, and using various means you can’t understand yet, I transformed a river into an immortal artifact.”

“Anyone who drank the river water would conceive twins.”

“I named the river ‘Twin Lotus River.’”

“Since the Twin Lotus is meant for core formation, why don’t the four of us observe it together? Whoever gains insights for core formation can keep it. How about that?” Meng Jingzhou suggested.

The other three agreed.

Meng Jingzhou found a vase and placed the Twin Lotus in it. The four of them sat around, staring intently at the lotus.

The scene was quite strange, resembling some kind of forbidden ritual from a demonic sect.

Fortunately, they were all disciples of the Dao Seeking Sect, a legitimate righteous sect, so no one would suspect anything.

Lu Yang stared intently at the Twin Stem Lotus, hoping to form an extremely powerful yin-yang core like his Second Senior Brother.

Meng Jingzhou imprinted the image of the Twin Lotus in his mind. Over time, the Twin Lotus had developed the ability to reverse attributes. Meng Jingzhou hoped to use this opportunity to reverse yin and yang, changing his single spirit root into a harem spirit root.

Peach Blossom Leaf aimed to enhance the yin-yang changes in her illusions, making them even more mysterious. If she could integrate the insights from the Twin Lotus into her illusions, it would be perfect.

Barbarian Bone, meanwhile, thought about poetic descriptions of lotuses, such as “untainted by the mud, purified by the clear water,” and “boundless green lotus leaves, unique red lotus flowers reflected in the sun.”

Soon, Barbarian Bone pondered another key question: “Can the lotus be eaten? Can it be roasted?”

The four of them sat like this for two whole days.

Lu Yang’s eyes grew dry from staring at the lotus. He took out the eye drops given by Eldest Senior Sister and felt much better after using them.

“Have you gained any insights?” he asked.

The other three shook their heads, indicating they had gained nothing.

After two days of observation, it was clear that their opportunity for core formation wasn’t tied to the Twin Lotus. Forcing it wouldn’t work.

“It wouldn’t be right to just discard it. We worked hard to obtain it. How about we sell it to the guild and split the spirit stones?” Peach Blossom Leaf suggested, seeing no point in continuing and advocating for cutting their losses.

“That works,” Meng Jingzhou and Barbarian Bone agreed.

Lu Yang raised his hand with a different request: “I want the lotus seeds. I don’t need any spirit stones from the auction, is that okay?”

The Everlasting Fairy had been causing a ruckus in the mental space, insisting on having the lotus seeds.

To appease the immortal’s demands, Lu Yang decided to take the seeds.

(End of the chapter)