The Immortal's Traits
"You need to consult this immortal again, don't you?" The Immortal Fairy was more than happy to answer Lu Yang's question.
"Ask the other youngsters from the other immortal sects first, and see how much they still remember." The Immortal Fairy was in no hurry, guiding Lu Yang to find the root cause himself.
"Lanting, do you remember the battle just now?"
Lan Ting rolled her eyes at Lu Yang, thinking the question was silly, "Of course I remember, wasn't it Senior Sister Yun Zhi who Divine Ability and suppressed the Tribulation Transcendence stage cultivator?"
What about what happened before?
"You mean the battle between the governor and the ancient Body Integration Realm, which involved the governor using..."
Lanting suddenly stopped, feeling that the answer was right on the tip of her tongue, but she just couldn't remember it.
What did the governor use again?
Lu Yang didn't press further. He asked Lan Ting, but the answer was similar; he'd forgotten about the national fortune and the illusory Supreme Sword. He then turned to Yan Tianzhi and asked, "Do you still remember Senior Sister?"
"Yun Zhi, Senior Sister, do you remember?"
"What combat tactics did the governor use?"
Yan Tianzhi blinked and answered decisively, "I forgot."
"Old Meng, are you still thinking clearly?"
"Nonsense! When have I ever lost my mind? It was just that the governor used the national destiny to create the Supreme Sword phantom to fight against an ancient Nascent Body Integration Realm, and then the senior sister suppressed an ancient Tribulation Transcendence cultivator?"
Lu Yang seemed to be deep in thought. Ordinary cultivators had forgotten the fate of the nation and their senior sister, and the three from Lanting had also forgotten the fate of the nation. Only he and Meng Jingzhou remembered the entire process of the battle.
"The key is the fate of the nation? The fate of the nation has erased everyone's memories. Meng Jingzhou comes from the Meng family, which once competed with the royal family for the throne and later intermarried with them many times. Old Meng is both a member of the Meng family and has royal blood, so how can he remember the fate of the nation?"
"Then what about Senior Sister? She didn't want to make a fuss and erased most people's memories, but not ours?" Lu Yang felt he had found the answer and sought confirmation from the Immortal Fairy.
"That's pretty much it. The nation's fate erased everyone's memories, but it's not that Yun didn't erase your memories; rather, she deliberately preserved them. Do you understand the difference?"
Lu Yang lowered his head in thought, then was shocked and exclaimed in horror, "The Senior Sister and the National Fortune's act of erasing other people's memories happens automatically!"
"Yes, this is a characteristic of immortals; they automatically make people forget the methods of immortals, unless the immortals intentionally make the world remember their methods."
"The intervention of Guo Yun and Yun Ya Tou is both 'divine intervention'."
"The governor is in charge of this area and will not forget the fate of the nation. That Xia Qun has royal blood and will not forget the fate of the nation either. The same goes for the little fellow surnamed Meng."
Lu Yang suddenly realized another problem. "Wait, when you talk about immortal techniques, does the Dao Fruit count as an immortal technique?"
The Immortal Fairy was very satisfied with Lu Yang's quick thinking, "You're quite clever. Dao Fruit is the most important characteristic of immortals, so it naturally counts as an immortal's method."
"Those like Ying Tianxian's Tribulation-Responding Dao Fruit and Suiyuexian's Time-Returning Dao Fruit are typical immortal techniques. Even though Suiyuexian has written his abilities into his name, people still don't remember the Time-Returning Dao Fruit and don't know that Suiyuexian's techniques are related to time."
Immortals are mysterious, and this is one of the reasons.
"How can I possibly remember all of this?"
The Immortal Fairy proudly said, "How could you forget that with me protecting you?"
"You, the second-in-command of the Immortal lineage, know nothing about other immortals. If word gets out, people will laugh at our Immortal lineage!"
Lu Yang then realized how valuable the knowledge he possessed was.
"Of course, not all immortals possess the ability to make people forget their immortal techniques. I am an exception, otherwise there wouldn't be an Immortal Cult!"
The immortal fairy extended two slender, white fingers.
"Based on this characteristic, immortals can be divided into two categories: one is immortals who possess the ability to automatically make people forget their immortal status."
"The other type is the immortal who has no special characteristics!"
"These are actually two paths, two different choices."
Lu Yang remained silent for a long time, then slowly raised his hand, clasped his hands in a fist salute, and said earnestly, "The fairy is truly amazing!"
His earnest attitude left the Immortal Fairy flustered, her cheeks flushed slightly, and she didn't know what to do with her hands and feet.
She crossed her arms, her pretty face slightly upturned, her little mouth pouting. "Oh dear, I told you long ago that I was very powerful, but you still didn't believe me."
After she finished speaking, she opened her eyes a crack and secretly observed Lu Yang's reaction.
Seeing Lu Yang's still serious expression, she became even more at a loss.
"I'm going to sleep, go away, don't disturb my sleep!" The Immortal Fairy blasted Lu Yang out of Lu Yang's mental space.
The Celestial Calamity Venerable seemed to have been away for a long time, but the process was actually very short. Lu Yang and the other five waited in place for a short while before seeing their eldest sister carrying the Celestial Calamity Venerable's soul back to the Qingzhou Grand Ceremony.
"Senior Sister, you're back so soon?" Lu Yang was surprised. Wasn't it agreed that they were going to follow Venerable Tianzai to find his lair? This speed was a bit too fast.
Yun Zhi: "..."
"The plan has changed."
Yun Zhi didn't want to explain further. How could she explain it? That the Heavenly Calamity Venerable didn't check the almanac before leaving home, bumping into four Body Integration Realm in one go, and incidentally helping her master and the Minister of Justice reduce their sentences?
"Senior Sister Yun Zhi," Lanting greeted timidly, not daring to look Yun Zhi in the eye.
Yun Zhi's display of divine power high in the sky was truly frightening; anyone who saw it would be afraid.
Yun Zhi glanced at Lanting and nodded slightly. "I remember you. Your master took you to propose to Lu Yang, and after I agreed, your master went back on his word and ran away with you."
Lanting remained silent for a long time, unable to connect Yun Zhi's words with that experience.
"Senior Sister Yun Zhi"
"Senior sister."
Bai Ming and Yan Tianzhi greeted each other nervously, noticing that even their own sect's patriarch wasn't as nervous as he was now.
"The governor told me that this year's Qingzhou Grand Ceremony is over, and you are free to arrange your own schedules," Yun Zhi kindly reminded me.
She tugged at the chains on her hands. "I still need to interrogate this person. I'll return to the sect first."
Just as Yun Zhi was about to leave, she saw Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, and then, remembering something, turned to ask Lanting.
"By the way, how did Junior Brother and Junior Brother Meng perform in the Qingzhou Grand Ceremony? Did they accurately comment on the strengths and weaknesses of the participating cultivators?"
Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou were both startled, and cold sweat broke out on their brows.
As expected, the senior sister sent them over to be judges, not to participate in the competition.
After a moment's thought, Lan Ting smiled and said, "Senior Brother Lu Yang and Senior Brother Meng Jingzhou are role models for our younger generation. They are exceptionally talented, have rich combat experience, and their comments are incisive, to the point, and full of wisdom. The participating cultivators are all convinced and have expressed that they will cultivate diligently after returning home."
The eldest sister nodded. "That's good. I was worried that the two of them would participate in the competition. It's good that they didn't."
Upon hearing Yun Zhi's words, the Immortal Fairy was no longer sleepy. She jumped out of bed, intending to report Lu Yang, but Lu Yang covered her mouth tightly.