Chapter 46: Discussing Matters as They Are (Part 2)

  With a faint smile, Lu Yun said: "Don't think of me as a god, I'm not someone who can guess everything. If I could guess everything, then the Five-Colored Divine Orchid wouldn't be mysterious anymore. Now, I actually want to ask something related to the Five-Colored Divine Orchid. Remember when we were in the underground cave, Li Zhangjiao of the Tianjian Academy said that this Five-Colored Divine Orchid is one of the three most divine flowers in legend, ranking second. Does Master Xuan Yu know what the other two legendary divine flowers are?" Lu Yun's eyes held a hint of expectation as he gazed at Xuan Yu Zhenren with a calm gaze.

  Xuan Yu Zhen Ren thought for a moment, then said in a low voice: "As for this, I'm not very sure either. After all, there are many such legends circulating in the world. According to what I've heard, there are three kinds of incredibly rare and mysterious flowers in the mortal realm. The Five-Colored Immortal Orchid is ranked second among them. As for the one ranked third, it's said to be a kind of flower called the Three-Colored Ghost Lotus. It's said that this flower resembles a lotus, but emits three-colored light, and likes cold and dark places. This flower can make all kinds of demons, ghosts, and monsters, as well as gods and Buddhas, appear in their true forms, or hide them from view. It's an extremely mysterious and magical object. Unfortunately, I've never heard of anyone who has seen it, nor do I know if it's real or not."

  Yun Feng heard this and felt very strange, asking: "If no one has ever seen it, then who knows that it resembles a lotus flower? Isn't that deceiving people?" Everyone listened and looked at him with a weird gaze, as if they were looking at an idiot.

  Lu Yun sighed lightly: "Yun Feng, listen clearly, that is a legend, no one tells you it must be true, so you don't need to go and ask about the truth of that legend. Now, let's just listen to Shibo talk about that number one ranked strange flower. Just treat it as listening to a story, don't take it too seriously. This time the five-colored immortal orchid appeared, maybe next time it will be another two kinds of strange flowers."

  Lin Yunfeng saw the gaze of the crowd, couldn't help but chuckle and looked a bit embarrassed. After glancing at Lu Yun, Yunfeng hastily said: "Lu Yun is right, Master, please continue, don't mind my question, just pretend I'm talking to myself." As soon as these words came out, everyone couldn't help but reveal a hint of a smile.

  Xuan Yu Zhen Ren smiled calmly and continued, "As for the most mysterious first type of strange flower, some people say its name is Jiuyou Jinglan, while others claim it's called Ruyi Xinlan. As for what its real name is, I'm not clear either. Legend has it that this strange flower has seven petals, each presenting a different color and emitting a seven-colored glow, making it extremely beautiful. It's said to be the first of the three intervals and seven realms' most extraordinary flowers, one of the world's most mysterious spiritual anomalies, with no one knowing what kind of effects it has." The crowd let out a collective gasp, their eyes revealing a hint of an unusual gleam, as if they were thinking about that first strange flower.

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  In the silence, Lu Yun looked at Xuan Yu Zhenren and Yu Wu Shuang, suddenly opening his mouth to say: "There is one thing that perhaps everyone may not be clear about. Before you entered the underground cave, I and Cang Yue Shijie heard something from that demon immortal and ghost immortal. This matter concerns the Tianjian Institute, so I don't know if I should speak it out or not. I'm afraid that if I do speak it out, there may be some unpleasantness between the six institutes. Did Master Zhenren mention this to you at the time?"

  Xuan Yu Zhen Ren's expression changed greatly as he looked at Yu Wu Shuang, Zi Yang and Jing Yue, his eyes revealing a hint of shock. He said: "The thing you mentioned, I remember it now. Since we are all here, tell us the whole story from beginning to end, let everyone carefully consider it and see if anyone has any opinions."

  Lu Yun saw that everyone was looking at him, and he sank into thought for a moment before speaking: "I remember that at the time, the mysterious disciple of the Tianjian Academy, who was later referred to by Li as Wu Xin, appeared silently in the cave. As soon as he appeared, he launched an attack on Mo Xian and Hei Lian, causing them to suffer heavy losses due to their carelessness. At the time, Ye Hun in Hei Lian asked Wu Xin in a shocked tone why he knew the 'Dark Shadow Flowing Light' technique that had been lost for 2,000 years. Mo Xian was also very shocked and claimed that the 'Dark Shadow Flowing Light' technique required someone to be born with a pre-heavenly yin body, on a yin year, yin month, yin day, and yin hour. Such people are usually women, and it's rare for them to live past the age of 10."

  As soon as this was said, Yu Wu Shuang's face changed greatly, and she stared at Xuan Yu Zhen Ren in shock. Xuan Yu Zhen Ren's face was also heavy, and his expression was serious. Everyone else saw the two people's appearance, and they were shocked by their shocking expressions.

  Ziyang Zhenren asked with some puzzlement: "Shixiong, judging from your expression, you seem to know the origin of this 'Dark Shadow Flowing Light' technique. Since you know, why not share it with everyone here, so we don't have to stand around anxiously without knowing anything?"

  Xuan Yu Zhen Ren looked at Yu Wu Shuang, and the two quickly exchanged a look. Yu Wu Shuang shifted his gaze to Cang Yue and said in a low voice, "You were there too back then, is this really true? This matter is of great importance, not even a slight mistake can be tolerated, so we must ask clearly. Whatever you know, say it all."

  Cang Yue looked at Lu Yun for a moment, then shifted her gaze to Shifu and said softly: "Everything Lu Yun said is true. At that time, Wu Xin didn't mention this matter, but only told Mo Xian and Hei Lian one sentence. You know quite a bit about it, but nothing else was said." After finishing speaking, she repeated the conversation between Wu Xin, Mo Xian, and Hei Lian at that time.

  Xuan Yu Zhenren stood up and said, "This matter will be explained by Yu Zhang Jiao to you all. I'll go find the other three Zhang Jiaos right away. You all discuss this first." As soon as he finished speaking, a flash of light appeared around him, and he vanished.

  Yu Wu Shuang glanced at everyone and said in a low voice, "Regarding the 'Dark Shadow Flowing Light' technique, it is said to have been lost for over two thousand years. According to legend, there were once two cultivators who successfully cultivated this extremely strange technique. However, these two people ultimately transformed from renowned righteous heroes to evil demons, and both died under the power of this technique. This technique is indeed very unusual, just as that demon said, only a woman with a pure yin body can cultivate it successfully. As for why Wu Xin from the Tianjian Institute was able to cultivate it successfully, I also cannot understand. Among the six institutes of this generation, so far, the highest cultivation level reached is only the ninth realm - the Undestructible Realm's upper layer in the Cultivation Realms, still a distance away from the last realm, the Return to Immortality Realm. But if Wu Xin really cultivates the 'Dark Shadow Flowing Light' technique, his cultivation will definitely surpass the ninth realm and enter the tenth realm, which is extremely astonishing."

  Everyone was silent. For such a thing, shock was inevitable, but after the shock, what else should be thought of? Lu Yun looked at the silent crowd and asked: "Since this is the case, how do we plan to deal with it? I mean, how to handle this unintentional matter, is it just let go, or gather the five institutes together, and ask the Tianjian Institute for an explanation, and let them give a result?" Lu Yun's words awakened everyone, and all eyes turned to Yu Wushuang.

  Yu Wu Shuang sighed lightly: "This matter is really difficult to handle, so Xuan Yu Zhen wants to go find the other three headmasters, thinking that everyone should discuss it privately first before making a decision."

  To be honest, this set of techniques will not pose a threat or harm to cultivators at the beginning. The scary thing is that once an abnormality occurs in the future, it will bring disaster to the entire cultivation world. For now, we need to consider both the future and the present. After all, this is the Tianjian Institute, if we overdo it, where will the face of the first of the six institutes go? Besides, Wu Xin's unintentional cultivation is so high that I'm afraid the Tianjian Institute won't be willing to hand him over either.

  Everyone who heard it also agreed that the master of the Tianjian Institute was not someone to be easily dealt with by an outsider. Moreover, the current situation had not harmed anyone, and whether or not the legendary scenario would occur in the future was uncertain. It was still too early to discuss this matter, and doing so might provoke a negative reaction from the Tianjian Institute. If that happened, the peaceful coexistence of the six institutes could be disrupted.

  Li Hongfei, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up: "Since the 'Dark Shadow Flowing Light' technique is so extraordinary and powerful, I believe that the Tianjian Academy must be aware of the unintentional cultivation of this technique. If they know about it, why didn't they stop it? Now, even if we go ask them, what can we do if they don't admit it or have already had a countermeasure in place long ago?"

  Looking at Li Hongfei, everyone only thought of this question now. If the Tianjian Academy really denied it, the other five academies would indeed be in a difficult situation. Judging from Li Changchun's situation at that time, he must have known about the unintentional cultivation of the "Dark Shadow Flowing Light" technique. But since he knew and didn't stop it, that already explained many things.

  "Never mind, we're here now and can't make sense of it anyway. Let's just drop the subject for now. Why don't we talk about something else? We can discuss that matter again when Master Zhang returns." Quietly, Jingyue Dashi changed the subject.

  Yu Wusong smiled lightly and said in a soft voice, "That's right, after all, it's the Heavenly Sword Institute's business, we're overthinking it. Now, let's talk about this time, the three-headed spirit snake and the five-colored immortal orchid. It's said that the three-headed spirit snake is an extremely rare beast in the world, with a very low survival rate. And according to legend, although the three-headed spirit snake is extraordinary, it can grow at most to one hundred zhang, or maybe even a bit bigger, but that's its limit. So why did this time, this three-headed spirit snake become so enormous, making it unthinkable?"

  Her words stunned everyone. Among them, except for Lu Yun who knew a little, the others were seeing this thing for the first time and no one could explain it clearly. However, although Lu Yun had some guesses, he couldn't speak out. Because once he spoke, he would reveal many of his own secrets, which was not what he wanted.

  After a moment of silence, Lin Yunfeng couldn't help but speak up: "In my opinion, those three-headed spirit snakes probably ate some kind of spiritual flower or herb, which is why their strength increased so much and their bodies grew bigger. Otherwise, how could they have suppressed that five-colored giant roc to the point where it was gasping for air? But what's strange is that later on, that five-colored giant roc actually spat out a divine dragon - it's truly miraculous to the point of being unbelievable."

  Lu Yun smiled calmly and said, "You're so good at guessing, how come you can't even guess something as simple as that? Why were the three-headed spirit snakes so huge? Because we'd never seen them before, so we didn't make any wild guesses. As for the five-colored giant peng, it was previously suppressed by the three-headed spirit snake because the latter's strength was more powerful. But later, when it spat out a divine dragon, that had something to do with Jian Wucheng of the Tianjian Institute. I remember clearly seeing Jian Wucheng assisting the five-colored giant peng with the Tianling Divine Sword on the cloud platform back then. Afterwards, he suffered heavy injuries and the Tianling Divine Sword was swallowed into the giant peng's mouth. If I'm not mistaken, later on, the five-colored giant peng gained a huge increase in strength after obtaining the assistance of the Tianling Divine Sword, and the five-colored divine dragon it spat out was actually an illusion created by that sword. According to legend, the founder of the Tianjian Institute back then obtained a divine sword from the mouth of the five-colored giant peng with its help, which should be the Tianling Divine Sword. This time, the five-colored giant peng borrowed the power of the Tianling Divine Sword and greatly increased its strength, driving away the three-headed spirit snake in one move, which is also a very normal thing."

  Yun Feng nodded in agreement, saying: "You can be considered half a god, analyzing everything with clarity. Hehe, no wonder you're the most outstanding talent in Yi Garden, even more impressive than me, this useless person. From now on, I'll stick with you, hehe." His playful expression suddenly made everyone burst out laughing and smile.