Although an adult's instinct was definitely to want it all, once he calmed down and thought it through, Lu Yang immediately realized this was a multiple-choice question where he could not choose every answer.
The reason was simple.
If Spirit Transformation and transcendence could solve everything, Jun would not have left behind such a mess, nor would the Ancient Era have any Final Calamity.
And since Jun had failed to solve everything before transcending and leaving, that meant transcendence and saving the Ancient Era must conflict in some way. They could not coexist. Otherwise, given Jun's conduct thus far, he could never have left such a hidden danger for those who came after.
Of course, there was another possibility.
Jun might not be a good person at all. Everything he said before could have been nonsense, prepared solely to dig a pit and fool people into jumping in.
At that thought, Lu Yang instinctively began to ponder.
Countless schemes surfaced in his eyes. He was about to combine the information at hand and speculate about Jun's motives from the worst possible angle.
Yet the next moment, he abruptly closed his eyes.
When he opened them again, he had regained his calm. His gaze was clear, and he had evidently abandoned his malicious speculation toward Jun, this Transcender.
"...Forget it."
After thinking it over, Lu Yang gave up on that line of speculation.
After all, the Hundred Lives Book had always been his greatest support. If even the creator of the Hundred Lives Book harbored ill intent, what was there left to play?
Besides, there was too little information.
Though he could shoot the arrow first and draw the target afterward, in this matter alone, he still hoped to reach a conclusion from a fair and objective standpoint.
[Jun definitely harbors