Whispers

Huachenzi then seized upon that unfamiliar aura and meticulously traced its origins.

"Joyce, are you familiar with the aura of this regulation?" Huachenzi's gaze darkened slightly as he turned his head to ask.

He discovered that this message was tainted with many causes and effects, but these were gradually dissipating.

This suggests that this aura may be related to some powerful being, someone of that level who has already restrained themselves and is able to resolve their own karmic connections.

Joyce received the aura, closed her eyes to ponder, and after a long while opened them, her expression changed:

"The aura of Wizard."

"Wizard?"

Huachenzi was puzzled upon hearing this, as he had never encountered this concept before.

The more advanced the language, the more fundamental the definition of concepts tends to be; however, Joyce was not using [Adrian's ] language just now.

It was merely a fluctuation of consciousness, but communication at the mental level is far more efficient than most languages. From this brief exchange Huachenzi extracted several key concepts:

Truth, cognition, alchemy...

Upon learning this information, Huachenzi suddenly felt a surge of curiosity about [Truth].

He stood there stunned for a moment, and even took the initiative to ask about this concept.

"Yes, [Wizard], haven't you heard of it? The research group I supervised unearthed a hidden Path from ancient texts two hundred years ago, [Truth-Wizard Path], which is currently on display. You can go and take a look," Joyce said enthusiastically.

As soon as he finished speaking, Huachenzi snapped back to reality, his gaze suddenly sharpening:

"Wait, the remnants of the battlefield reveal ancient Paths that have vanished long ago, and they happen to be subtly connected to you?"

Joyce was not at all Huachenzi's reaction.

"I have no record of any cross-domain Super-Transmission, which can be verified by the academy's access logs, unless you think I can hide it from the academy."

"Go ahead and look it up. [Truth-Wizard Path] was discovered by the research team two hundred years ago, before I was even born."

"If we have to pinpoint a connection, I think it's highly likely that one of my former classmates has researched related forces. You can try retrieving the Laboratory data later."

Huachenzi remained silent for a moment, then slightly raised his white eyebrows.

I almost forgot that Joyce was a super genius who became a [Demigod] before he was even two hundred years old.

In less than two hundred years, he has managed to gain infinite Lifespan and such immense power, something that even ordinary Demigods would find hard to imagine.

Compared to Huachenzi's age, he was as young as a fertilized egg.

Whether one achieves Demigod at two hundred years old or twenty thousand years old, the original difference in innate talent will be narrowed. The paths of the great Dao may differ, Demigod ultimately, both lead to Immortality.

"That is indeed possible."

Huachenzi lightly waved his whisk, sorting out the chaos in the small plane and extracting the remnants after the collapse of the Ghost Domain Game.

A bamboo tube flew out from the completely silent [Ghost Domain Game] and landed in Huachenzi's hand.

"A high-intensity war broke out here, even shaking the foundations of the mortal world, but things have now returned to normal..."

Huachenzi didn't touch the bamboo tube; instead, he turned his gaze to the newly growing [Ghost Domain Game].

"This minor dimension actually belongs to that [Scholar], and it generates its own Qi. What does He want to do?"

Joyce, however, offered, "It's probably just out of love for his son, wanting to leave behind a means to take revenge on [Ghost Domain], after all, that [Ghost Domain] is indeed troublesome."

"Too..."

After a moment's thought, and considering the background of the Scholars ' admission to the school, Huachenzi accepted this argument without hesitation.

His gaze returned to the old bamboo tube floating in Void.

The bamboo tube's outer skin is mottled and old, engraved with fine, fragmented inscriptions. The edges are worn, and the surface is covered with a layer of dark yellow, aged color, making it look as if it had been fished out of a latrine...

The Text above can be read using Divine Power -- [Immortal Dao Alchemy—Structure Chapter]

Huachenzi subconsciously calculated the cause and effect and discovered that this object was connected to him.

Joyce also stared at the bamboo tube, lost in thought.

What is this?

Huachenzi felt an almost imperceptible urge to open the bamboo tube.

"I don't know, it was probably left behind by the students, maybe their research notes?"

Huachenzi's gaze fell on the bamboo tube, knowing that what Joyce said was completely impossible; a student's personal belongings could not possibly survive in a battlefield at the level of a [Demigod].

But he still reached out, grasped the bamboo tube, and slowly opened it.

The next moment--

Huachenzi seemed to see the Starry Sky twinkling before his eyes.

Knowledge!

Endless knowledge poured out of the bamboo tube, the amount of information even exceeding the amount that could be achieved by converting the entire bamboo tube into information.

Huachenzi saw countless unfamiliar pieces of knowledge, as well as countless pieces of knowledge related to himself!

[External Refinement Profound Construction], [Profound Mansion Form Casting], [Things and Elements Turning Urn], [Substitute Body Artifacts], [Xuanheng Yihua], [Foreign Mansion Inheriting Tribulation], [Implement Dao Bell Ringing]...

Countless entirely new cultivation logics and ultimate techniques that fill the gaps in the Immortal Dao of immortality are laid bare before our eyes.

A flood of knowledge began to wash over Huachenzi, and countless ready-made technologies tempted him.

A whisper, seemingly from an unknown space, entered his thoughts.

That is the Truth whispering.

"Joyce, could you tell me about your understanding of [Truth-Wizard Path]?"

Huachenzi abruptly closed the bamboo tube, his expression drastically different.

He found it hard to accept.

Because from the limited knowledge he had just gained, he saw numerous errors in his own practice, and even in his understanding of the world, errors that were difficult to correct!

"My knowledge is limited, and my understanding is shallow; I may not be able to speak with impartiality."

Joyce smiled gently and began to speak:

"Wizard is one who seeks the Truth."

"In my view, Truth is a sequence of principles etched together by reality and insight; it has no absolute constancy, no ultimate peak, it is forever iterating, forever approaching, and never ends..."

"For Wizards, the pursuit of Truth is not only the source of their power, but also represents the right to interpret the world. Things they dislike can be erased or changed directly..."

"Based on our research, Wizards were likely an extremely aggressive group, enjoying a golden age in ancient times that are difficult to trace, but for some reason they fell into obscurity..."

"You see, the Wizard's pursuit of Truth is the same pursuit of each of us. It's actually just an idea. The purpose of [Adrian Academy] is also to pursue Truth. We all arrive at the same goal through different paths..."

Huachenzi listened Jingjing, his mind unsettled, and slowly nodded.

After a long while, he regained his composure and became indifferent again.

"With all fifteen students perishing in this incident, you, as the lecturer in charge, bear undeniable responsibility."

"Follow-up investigations by the relevant departments and inquiries from your family will bring endless trouble. You'd better watch yourself."

The fifteen students represent the fifteen [Demigods ] behind them, and also represent the chosen ones with a very high probability of becoming [Demigods ], not to mention the Work-Study Students who are guaranteed to become [Demigods ].

Even lecturers would suffer serious consequences in this situation, and it's uncertain whether Joyce will be able to stay at the academy in the future.

As soon as he finished speaking, Huachenzi flicked his whisk, breaking the time freeze on the planet beneath his feet.

The wind stirred the heavens and earth, its sound returned to all things, gunshots rang out, and the frozen vitality of the mortal world was completely revived.

Without another word, the two simultaneously activated their interdimensional Super-Transmission, their forms instantly dissolving as they returned home.