Chapter 182 - 111: Give Up, He Is at the Golden Core Stage, We Are No Match for Him

Chapter 182: Chapter 111: Give Up, He Is at the Golden Core Stage, We Are No Match for Him

"So, Lu Tongxue, the reason you awakened Outer Path Divine Techniques is that you accidentally ate a Black Lotus Sect fruit ten years ago?"

Lu Chen nodded.

After hearing this, Broken Sword Taoist immediately fell into deep thought. It wasn’t that he doubted Lu Chen’s words, but rather he was wondering if the fruit Lu Chen ate was the very item he had in mind. Actually, even if Lu Chen hadn’t said anything, Broken Sword Taoist had his own ways of investigating the matter. After all, the Black Lotus Chaos that occurred in Luocheng ten years ago wasn’t exactly recent, but it wasn’t too long ago either. There were still quite a few people currently in Luocheng who had survived that incident.

The reason they hadn’t been able to uncover the truth previously was twofold. First, they simply didn’t know what kind of gift the Black Lotus Sect had received from the Great Compassion and Great Mercy Black Lotus Buddha Mother in exchange for sacrificing half of Luocheng. Second, they never expected that someone could eat that fruit and not show any abnormalities for a full ten years. Now that Lu Chen had provided a clear direction, they only needed to investigate along those lines, and they would soon have results.

As for whether Lu Chen was lying, Broken Sword Taoist didn’t think so. Judging from Lu Chen’s past experiences, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that he and the Black Lotus Sect were absolutely irreconcilable. Furthermore, if he really was colluding with the Black Lotus Sect, it would be impossible for Yu Tianqi—who had been protecting Mu Xiaoye by her side for ten years—not to have noticed.

Nangong Broken Sword’s trust in Lu Chen largely stemmed from Yu Tianqi. Anyone else might collude with the Black Lotus Sect, but never Yu Tianqi! Nangong Broken Sword had absolute faith in him. Therefore, naturally, he harbored no suspicions toward Lu Chen, someone Yu Tianqi would vouch for with his life. Not to mention, Lu Chen had proven through his actions that he was cut from a completely different cloth than the Evil Demon and Heretic Dao of the Black Lotus Sect.

While Nangong Broken Sword closed his eyes in thought, Lu Chen was also reflecting on his own words to see if anything sounded amiss. After reviewing it several times in his head, Lu Chen felt he had already safely disclosed all that could be shared. He had actually anticipated this situation long before coming here. Since so many people at First High School had witnessed the Outer Path Incarnation, he definitely couldn’t keep it a secret. However, that wasn’t what he wanted to hide anyway. From start to finish, there was only one thing he truly needed to conceal—his True Cultivation mini-game.

After all, everything Lu Chen had achieved today was entirely thanks to this mini-game. Through his half-truthful description just now, Nangong Broken Sword had clearly mistaken Outer Path One Sword as an innate ability of the Outer Path Incarnation. He assumed that the Outer Path Incarnation Lu Chen summoned was a phenomenon similar to an Ancient Immortal’s Outer Body. After all, incidents of Ancient Immortals descending to the mortal realm had occurred quite a few times throughout the Immortal Alliance’s history. Thus, Lu Chen’s explanation was not only highly credible but also backed by historical precedents.

Furthermore, since Nangong Broken Sword was unaware that Lu Chen could enter special Dungeons to train via True Cultivation, he automatically rationalized that Lu Chen’s dramatic transformation was the result of perfectly absorbing the Ancient Immortal Dao Seed from ten years ago. Indeed, at Nangong Broken Sword’s level, he was already qualified to know many hidden secrets.

In the conference room, after thinking through the cause and effect, Nangong Broken Sword finally spoke. "Lu Tongxue, if I’m not mistaken, what you ate was an Ancient Immortal Dao Seed."

"An Ancient Immortal Dao Seed?"

As a seasoned actor, Lu Chen timely displayed a look of unfamiliarity toward these words, acting as if it were his first time hearing about this so-called Ancient Immortal Dao Seed. Seeing his reaction, Nangong Broken Sword immediately waved his hand. The next second, an invisible energy barrier instantly enveloped the conference room, preventing anyone nearby from eavesdropping on what they were about to discuss.

"Lu Tongxue, you can think of the so-called Ancient Immortal Dao Seed as a materialized form of the ’Dao’.

"Unlike us Cultivators who practice by comprehending heaven and earth, Ancient Immortals gain their power by devouring the Celestial Dao.

"During this process, a portion of the ’Dao’ flows out in the form of Dao Seeds. Anyone who consumes one effectively masters a ’Dao’ out of thin air.

"However, much like the vast difference between copying an answer and arriving at the answer yourself, their Dao and our Dao are fundamentally different.

"If they wish to improve their Dao, they can only do so by continuing to devour, whereas we can elevate ours through our own Cultivation."

Lu Chen expressed his understanding because his Talent Divine Power·Outer Path Incarnation could indeed only be upgraded through Soul Crystal Fragments. In a sense, it wasn’t much different from Ancient Immortals devouring others to improve themselves.

"According to the information currently grasped by the Immortal Alliance, it seems the True Immortals of Ancient Times fought a protracted war against the Ancient Immortals," Nangong Broken Sword continued.

"We do not yet know the specific details of this great war, but the Immortal Alliance’s deduced conclusion is... we didn’t win, but we didn’t lose either.

"Based on the intelligence we’ve gathered, the True Immortals seem to have discovered something unprecedented on the Ancient Immortals during that war.

"Using this discovery, they forged a special supreme treasure, thereby halting the Ancient Immortals from further encroaching upon our world."

Speaking up to this point, Nangong Broken Sword paused and asked, "I wonder, Lu Tongxue, have you ever heard of the concept of reincarnation?"

Hearing this, Lu Chen immediately said in a deep voice, "Lord Nangong, are you talking about Immortals reincarnating and cultivating anew?"