Shielding

The atmosphere in the fairyland immediately became tense upon realizing that someone was spying on them from across time.

"Could it be that the Time Immortal wants to see how long we can play chess before using the Time Dao Fruit?" Qilin Immortal's expression was strange, although he also felt that playing Go for several months without making a single move was a bit excessive.

The three immortals remained silent for a moment, then all felt that this was indeed a possibility.

"Fairy, they saw us?" Lu Yang was genuinely startled. He was separated from the three immortals by 300,000 years, and what he saw was a historical reflection. For them to still sense his presence under these circumstances was simply terrifying.

The Immortal Fairy glanced at Lu Yang: "Don't flatter yourself. They were the ones who sensed my presence."

If Lu Yang's cultivation level was enough for the Three Immortals to notice, then the Three Immortals should have noticed it from the very beginning of the historical reflection.

Not to mention that even though Tian Kui's cultivation level was far higher than Lu Yang's, the three immortals didn't seem to react at all.

"If we're talking about 'seeing,' only the Time Immortal can see us in the future from the past. The three of them, including the Heavenly Immortal, only vaguely sensed it; they couldn't even sense who was watching them."

Even so, Lu Yang still found immortals terrifying enough.

So it turns out that not all immortals are like eternal fairies.

The Immortal Fairy suspected that Lu Yang harbored disrespectful thoughts towards her, but she had no evidence.

After pondering for a moment, the Nine-Headed Immortal realized another possibility.

"It's not necessarily the Time Immortal. It's possible that it's an immortal from a later era who saw us across countless years. After all, judging by the speed at which you two play chess, the three of us would have to stay here for a hundred years, which is enough to create a historical reflection."

"You mean some immortals saw a reflection of our history?"

"Indeed, that's a possibility. Right now, there are only four of us immortals, and a whole bunch of half-immortals, but none of them are up to par and none of them can become immortals. It's perfectly normal for a few immortals to appear in the long years to come."

The three laughed heartily, saying that if a few more immortals appeared in future generations, they might be able to share the pain brought on by the Immortal Fairy.

"Hey, Jiuchong, Yingtian, Qilin, can you hear me?" the Immortal Fairy called out, releasing her aura in an attempt to transmit it to them.

When she first looked at the historical reflection, Ying Tianxian didn't notice her presence. It was only when she unconsciously released her aura when she said she would punish the mastermind that Ying Tianxian became aware of her existence.

"This aura..."

Ying Tianxian and the other two instantly became alert. This aura was faint and elusive, like incense that was about to burn out, almost nonexistent, but they could still sense the other party's presence based on this faint aura.

"This aura is ███!"

The three of them realized at the same time.

The Immortal Fairy beat them up from childhood to adulthood, and after they became immortals, they were bombed every day. The reason they are hiding here is because of the Immortal Fairy.

They were all too familiar with that aura!

Soybeans, definitely soybeans!

Immediately, a cold sweat broke out on their backs. Had they not said anything bad about Huang Doudou?

Phew, probably not.

"Can the three of you hear me?"

The Immortal Fairy tried several times, but seeing that the three immortals, including the Nine Heavens Immortal, still did not react, she shook her head and gave up regretfully.

It seems they can't hear themselves.

Lu Yang frowned. After the Nine Immortals noticed the future Immortal Fairy, they should have said the Immortal Fairy's name, but he only saw the Nine Immortals open their mouths, but no sound came out, and their lip movements did not match the Immortal Fairy's.

"The censorship is really ruthless."

Replacing the Immortal Fairy with the Fairy of Time in this context is a huge flaw; even a fool could see the problem. It would be easier to simply and directly block it out.

"Don't you guys find it strange that ███ keeps releasing its aura? Is there something it wants to convey to us?"

Ying Tianxian frowned, toying with the chess piece in his hand. He thought that the Immortal Fairy had inadvertently seen their historical reflection and wanted to play a trick on them, which was why she released her aura.

If that's the case, releasing it only once is enough; why release it so many times in a row?

Are they addicted to the game, or is it that they need to send a message but the time interval is too long to transmit it?

If it's the latter, why send the Immortal Fairy to deliver the message? Wouldn't it be more effective to send the Time Fairy instead?

Wait, could it be that something unexpected happened in later generations, rendering the Time Immortal unable to transmit information?

"Ninefolds, go and call Suiyue over. Let him see what's going on. I suspect ███ has something to discuss with us!"

"Also, don't let ███ know about this," Qilin Immortal added. No one knew what would happen if the two immortal immortals from ancient and modern times met—whether it would create a time tunnel, or cause them to annihilate each other in a massive explosion.

"Good."

Without Ying Tianxian and Qilin Xian saying anything more, Jiuchong Xian could figure out these things.

The Nine-Headed Immortal transformed into a streak of light, tearing through space. Each step covered tens of thousands of light-years. He traversed countless galaxies and arrived at the North Star, which was under the jurisdiction of the Immortal Fairy.

Above the North Star, celestial energy swirls, and even a single breath can prolong life and cure all ailments for mortals.

He saw countless cultivators kneeling by the river, bowing three times and nine times before respectfully scooping out a bowl of river water from the immortal statue standing there.

This is a specialty of Polaris: the Mother River and the Twin Rivers.

When he arrived at the Immortal Fairy's abode, he saw the Immortal Fairy exchanging culinary skills with the two wives of the Qilin Immortal in the kitchen. The Time Immortal was restless, probably looking for an excuse to escape.

"Hey, Jiuchong's back! Did you finish chopping down the paulownia wood?" The Immortal Fairy peeked out from the kitchen, her face covered in flour, grinning.

The Nine Heavens Immortal was so frightened that he froze on the spot.

He tried his best to conceal his presence, but the Immortal Fairy still managed to detect him.

"It took a lot of effort to cut it down." He had seen his share of storms and quickly reacted, putting down the paulownia wood he was carrying on his shoulder.

"Brother Jiuzhong, you've worked hard." The Phoenix Clan prodigy chuckled as he carried the paulownia wood to the kitchen. Soon after, continuous dragon roars and phoenix cries echoed from the kitchen, indicating that someone was preparing a meal.

Nine Immortals shouted, "Yingtian and Qilin, those two lousy chess players, I don't know who cheated during their game, insisting they didn't make a certain move. Suiyue, go over there and judge for yourself."

Time Immortal looked at Nine Heavens Immortal with gratitude, "Good brother, it wasn't in vain that I gave you the honor of being the first to become an immortal."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Immortal Time then noticed something was amiss. He saw that Immortal Nine Heavens looked grave, not like he was helping him escape, but rather that he needed his help with something else.

Is there something you need my help with that you specifically bypassed the Immortal Fairy?

The Fairy of Time vaguely sensed that something had happened.

The first two immortals to achieve immortality traversed countless star systems and returned via the same route, traveling faster than a single immortal from the Nine Heavens could travel alone.

On the way, after listening to Jiuchongxian's description, Suiyuexian's expression turned solemn, and he remained silent.