Useful Ancient Knowledge

"The Five Elements are mutually generating and restraining, mutually nourishing or promoting each other. For example, wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, and water generates wood. They are the fundamental elements that constitute the world. The appearance of the five tones, five flavors, five colors, five transformations, five internal organs, and five senses is not a coincidence, but a result of corresponding to the Five Elements..."

In the lecture hall, the elder was lecturing on the Five Elements General Principles, swaying his head and spitting as he spoke. When he got excited, he would even gesture wildly.

The Immortal Fairy yawned in her mental space, wanting to sleep, with tears in the corners of her eyes. The Transmission Elder's teaching was far inferior to that of the Silent Daoist; it was neither vivid nor interesting.

"How boring, even the Nine Heavens Immortal has talked about these things."

"Isn't the Ninefold Immortal Realm a Yin-Yang Dao Fruit? It's also related to the Five Elements?"

"Have you forgotten the Nine Heavens Immortal's Cultivation Method?"

Lu Yang pondered for a while. He remembered that the Immortal Fairy had mentioned it once when he was in the Immortal Sect, but he couldn't remember the specific name. He could only remember that there were many numbers.

"Digital Immortal Arts?"

"Calling it the Number Immortal Technique isn't wrong. To be precise, it's called the <Chaos One Qi Two Elements Three Powers Four Symbols Five Elements Six Harmonies Seven Luminaries Eight Desolations Nine Earths Ten Heavens Supreme Immortal Technique>."

As expected of the number one immortal, even the name of his Cultivation Method is longer than others.

"Nine Immortals were very knowledgeable about things like chaos, yin and yang, and the five elements. He spent a long time choosing between the Chaos Dao Fruit, the Yin-Yang Dao Fruit, and the Five Elements Dao Fruit, using an entire Tribulation Transcendence period to decide, and finally chose the Yin-Yang Dao Fruit."

Why didn't you choose the other two?

"To paraphrase the words of the Nine Heavens Immortal, it's probably fate; it's all predetermined by the Unseen."

"Fate?" Lu Yang sensed the emotion in Jiuchong Xian's voice when he said this; it was a fatalistic view, filled with a sense of powerlessness.

The Immortal Fairy once said that among immortals, some believe in fate and some do not. The Immortal Fairy belongs to the group that does not believe in fate, while the Nine Heavens Immortals seem to believe in fate.

"Well, even a Nine-Tiered Immortal has a difficult choice. Each of the three Dao Fruits has its advantages and disadvantages, and in the end, the decision is made by drawing lots."

"It took a long time to draw lots. First, they exhausted all sorts of secret treasures to construct a grand array in the universe to shield Divine Sense. The nodes of the array were all based on stars. Then they had a few of us come over to act as protectors. Finally, we closed our eyes and shut down our five senses and seven consciousnesses to ensure that we would not be disturbed by the outside world before we could draw lots in peace."

"The result of drawing lots is the Yin-Yang Dao Fruit."

"The Nine-Headed Immortal wasn't satisfied after capturing it once, so he scrambled the order and captured it twice more, both times yielding Yin-Yang Dao Fruits."

"If once could be considered an accident, then three times with the same result must be destiny."

Lu Yang thought to himself, "Isn't it a one-in-nine probability that the result is the same three times?"

Considering this might be the difference between myself and an immortal, I'd better not ask.

"Although he chose the Yin-Yang Dao Fruit, the Nine Heavens Immortal has a deep understanding of chaos and the Five Elements,"

"Don't think that the Dao Fruit is everything for immortals. As immortals, we often gather to exchange cultivation experiences and research insights, sharing what we have and what we lack. It can be said that the knowledge reserves of the five of us in cultivation are unmatched!" The Immortal Fairy smiled proudly, her smile full of knowledge and wisdom.

Lu Yang nodded. That was indeed the truth. He had heard that the higher one's cultivation level, the more one needed to exchange ideas and verify with others of the same level. One exchange with someone of the same level could be equivalent to a hundred years of cultivation. Judging from the frequency with High Antiquity gathered, their knowledge accumulation had probably grown to an extremely terrifying level, equivalent to a million years of cultivation.

"Lu Yang, stand up and answer this question." The Transmission Elder stared at Lu Yang an unfriendly expression. Although he had indeed been talking about something boring, this was the first time he had ever seen someone so blatantly daydreaming.

Lu Yang hurriedly got up. He had been so focused on listening to the High Antiquity secrets that he hadn't heard what the elder who was passing on his skills had said. He quickly sent a telepathic message to Meng Jingzhou.

Fortunately, the Immortal Fairy provided cover, so the elders didn't discover the secret communication.

"What did the elder just say?"

Don't ask me, I didn't hear it either.

Meng Jingzhou broke out in a cold sweat, fearing that the elder who was passing on his skills would be the next to ask him a question.

He had been lost in thought when he heard the elder mention "earth," and he wondered why, since executioners were buried after death, they might as well just bury them alive.

"Man Gu, do you know?"

"Have no idea."

He was wondering if, as the last of the Ancient Barbarian Tribe, he might be reproductively isolated from the current barbarians.

Lu Yang asked around, but none of them were reliable.

"Lu Yang, answer the question. You weren't paying attention in class, were you?" The Transmission Elder continued to stare at Lu Yang.

Lu Yang took a deep breath. There was no other way now that things had come to this.

"The Dao Fruit of the Nine Heavens Immortal is the Yin-Yang Dao Fruit, which grants mastery of ultimate power. The Dao Fruit of the Responding Heaven Immortal is the Tribulation-Responding Dao Fruit, which is the basis for most Tribulation Transcendence. The Dao Fruit of the Time Immortal is the Time Dao Fruit, which grants mastery of the power of time. The Dao Fruit of the Qilin Immortal is the Survival of the Fittest Dao Fruit, which renders all attacks ineffective against him!"

The lecture hall was completely silent.

"Elder, was my answer correct?"

The elder who was transmitting the power was momentarily dazed.

He remembered that Lu Yang had just said a lot, but he couldn't recall a single word of it.

What did he say?

"Elder, Elder?" Lu Yang called out twice before the Transmission Elder came to his senses.

"Ah, ah?"

"Elder, you weren't daydreaming just now, were you?"

The elder who was transmitting the skills coughed twice, as if he hadn't heard Lu Yang's last sentence. "Ahem, what Lu Yang just said was pretty much correct. I'll repeat it here: five is the most stable number in nature."

"For example, the Central Dynasty and the four regions of East, West, South, and North, the Five Great Immortal Sects, the Four Great Demonic Sects, and the Heavenly Court Sect whose situation is unclear."

"According to the Five Elements theory, the Heavenly Court Sect is very likely to become the fifth major demonic sect, forming the 'Five'."

"And the five of you, you are the five most outstanding young people in the Ask Dao Sect, which also coincides with the Five Elements theory."

Meng Jingzhou secretly transmitted his voice to Lu Yang: "Wow, that's amazing! How did you do that? I heard you say a lot, but I didn't remember a single word."

Lu Yang said seriously, "This is High Antiquity Secret Method; only I can perform it."

He breathed a sigh of relief; the Immortal's Forgetfulness trait had been a great help.

The elder quickly got to today's main point. "Next, we will discuss the knowledge of the Five Elements Law Technique. Who among you is most familiar with the Five Elements Law Technique?"

"He."

The four of them pointed at Lu Yang in unison, and Lu Yang almost didn't react in time.

The elder who was passing on his skills was slightly surprised, but also very pleased. "Oh, I heard you have Sword Spirit Root, but I didn't expect you to be proficient in the Five Elements Law Technique. How did you cultivate your Five Elements Law Technique? Tell me about it."

Lu Yang scratched his head awkwardly. How could he explain this? He cultivated Law Technique with ease and had never encountered any bottlenecks.

"It's all about feeling; you can master it just by practicing casually."

Although the effects of the Law Technique are uncertain, Law Technique can indeed be mastered with minimal practice.

The second update will be at 11 PM.