The Mother-Child River and the Twin River

"Back when I was a powerful overlord, an entire planet was my territory. I could do as I pleased and bring blessings to the world."

"These twin lotus blossoms are also a new species cultivated by this immortal."

"Is that so?"

The Immortal Fairy kept chattering in Lu Yang's mental space, but Lu Yang initially ignored her completely, letting it go in one ear and out the other.

Now Lu Yang became interested.

Lu Yang has always had the feeling that rare and precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures have existed since ancient times and this has never changed.

For example, ginseng, lingzhi and other common precious medicinal materials, as well as roadside foxtail grass and wild chrysanthemums, have all existed since the beginning of human history.

Since they're called heavenly materials and earthly treasures, they must be treasures born and nurtured by nature.

Lu Yang had never heard of any heavenly materials and earthly treasures being cultivated by a powerful figure from later generations.

I've heard about it now.

"Tell me, what happened?" Lu Yang asked solicitously.

The Immortal Fairy smiled smugly, very satisfied with Lu Yang's attitude; this was the proper way to treat an immortal.

"Speaking of this matter, I must mention my own abilities."

"That happened after I became an immortal. As you know, I was extremely famous in High Antiquity times, and many people voluntarily worshipped me."

"At that time, a devout female believer came to me for help. She wanted a pair of twins, but such a thing was beyond human power, so she came to me for help."

"After careful consideration, I concluded that fulfilling this wish wouldn't cause any problems, so I set about dealing with it." The Immortal Fairy was a sensible immortal who wouldn't grant every wish.

"Originally, I could have refined a pill to help this believer give birth to twins, but then I remembered what the Nine Heavens Immortal had said."

"The Nine Immortals once said that when one believer makes a wish, ten believers will want to make the same wish."

"Childbirth is an eternal desire; it's impossible for only one believer to want twins."

"Even if I refine one pill now, what will I do if others come to me for blessings? Should I continue refining pills? That's too troublesome."

"I have devised a way to solve this once and for all. With my supreme divine Divine Ability, I will borrow the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, extract the essence of the Dao, alter some of the rules, and use various methods that you cannot currently comprehend to refine a river into a celestial artifact."

"Anyone who drinks the river water will conceive two children."

I named the river the Twin River.

Lu Yang was silent for a moment, then asked, "... You didn't suddenly have a crazy idea and create another river called the Mother-Child River, where women can get pregnant after drinking the water, and all the babies will be girls, right?"

No, not at all...

Lu Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

"I created the Mother-Child River before I created the Twin Rivers."

The Immortal Fairy asked curiously, "How do you know about the Mother-Child River? Is it recorded in ancient books?"

"Just pretend I dreamt about it."

Without giving it much thought, the Immortal Fairy continued, "The creatures that live in the river are affected by the river water, causing a shift, or rather a change, in the origin of their souls."

"The most obvious change is in a lotus plant. Originally, it only had one lotus flower when it bloomed, but after it grew out of the Twin River, it started to bloom with two flowers."

"I found it fascinating, so I named this lotus flower..."

"Twin lotus blossoms?" Lu Yang blurted out, following the Immortal Fairy's train of thought.

"Twin beauties."

Lu Yang: "..."

"After Ying Tianxian learned about this, she advised me that calling myself 'Sister Flowers' was not good, as it didn't reflect the grandeur of a creation made by immortals, and suggested that I change my name to 'Twin Lotus Blossoms'."

"I thought the name was good, so I agreed."

"The lotus seeds from the twin sisters taste good; I often cook porridge for Ying Tianxian and the others."

The Immortal Fairy once said that lotus seed soup can bless people with many children and good fortune; this isn't just talk, it's a real possibility.

"With the end of the High Antiquity era, I don't know where the Mother River and the Twin River went. Whether they were refined into other immortal artifacts or hidden away, I have no idea."

Twin lotus blossoms, a precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures that can help people form a first-grade elixir, are regarded by people as a natural treasure and have never thought that they are a creation of immortals. Moreover, its original function was not to form an elixir, but to be used to make porridge.

"What kind of skill is it to form a core using twin lotus flowers? Follow me, and I'll teach you how to form an invincible core." The Immortal Fairy scoffed at the idea that twin lotus flowers could form a core, believing that Golden Core formed in this way was far Golden Core to her own.

Even among the same grade one Golden Core, there are differences in quality.

Lu Yang rolled his eyes, ignored the Immortal Fairy, and came back to his senses to continue discussing how to divide the lotus flowers.

"Since the twin lotus is used to help one form the Golden Core, why don't the four of us observe the lotus together and see who can gain insight into forming the Golden Core? That lotus will be given to them, how about that?"

Meng Jingzhou's suggestion was agreed upon by all three.

Meng Jingzhou found a vase, placed the twin lotus flowers in it, and the four of them huddled together, staring intently at the lotus flowers.

This scene was truly bizarre, resembling some kind of forbidden ritual performed by a demonic cult.

Fortunately, all four were disciples of the Ask Dao Sect, legitimate practitioners of the righteous path, and would not arouse suspicion.

Lu Yang stared intently at the twin lotus blossoms, hoping to see if he could, like his second senior brother, produce a highly aggressive Yin-Yang Golden Core.

Meng Jingzhou imprinted the image of twin lotus blossoms in his mind.

After a long period of evolution, the twin lotus has acquired the ability to reverse attributes. Meng Jingzhou attempted to take advantage of the opportunity to comprehend the twin lotus to reverse yin and yang, changing his single Spirit Root into a harem Spirit Root.

Tao Yaoye wanted to add yin and yang changes to the illusion to make it more mysterious and unpredictable. If she could integrate the changes in the illusion with her core formation insights, that would be wonderful.

Man Gu stared at the twin lotus blossoms, his mind filled with descriptions of lotus flowers, such as "rising from the mud yet remaining unstained, washed by clear ripples yet not becoming seductive," and "lotus leaves stretching to the sky, an endless expanse of green, lotus blossoms reflecting the sun, a uniquely vibrant red."

Soon, Man Gu thought of another crucial question, "Can lotus flowers be eaten? Can they be roasted?"

And so, the four of them sat there for two whole days.

Lu Yang's eyes got dry from looking at the lotus flowers, so he took out the eye drops his senior sister had given him, put in two drops, and felt much better.

"Have you gained any insights?" he asked.

The three of them shook their heads in unison, having found nothing.

After two days of contemplation without any progress, it's clear their fortuitous opportunity doesn't lie with the Twin Lotus; forcing the formation of their core won't work.

"It's not a good idea to just throw it away. We went through so much trouble to get it. How about we take it to the merchant guild and sell it, and we can split the Spirit Stone equally?" Tao Yaoye suggested. She felt that there was no point in continuing to study it, so it was better to give up now and cut our losses.

"Alright." Neither Meng Jingzhou nor Man Gu had any objections.

Lu Yang raised his hand, making a different request. "I want the lotus seeds, but I don't need the Spirit Stone from the auction, is that alright?"

The Immortal Fairy caused a ruckus in the spiritual space for ages, insisting on getting lotus seeds.

In order to quell the calamity caused by the immortals, Lu Yang had no choice but to take the lotus seeds with him.

I'll try to finish the second update before 11 PM.