Water veins flourished throughout the Lingze Domain, and Rain Xiang Mountain was renowned for Weak Water. By all rights, that was the path he should have cultivated.
Yet throughout Jiang Yang's cultivation, he had always found himself coming into contact with the path of Wood Virtue, whether intentionally or not. Now he had even taken a great True Person who cultivated Wood Virtue as his master. How much of that could truly be coincidence?
"Govern fortune and prosperity, determine heavenly lifespan, comprehend cause and effect..."
This was the information Jiang Yang had received when he first activated the Peach Branch, and he had kept it firmly in his heart ever since.
The Dao Fruit was not something born out of thin air. Jiang Yang had always been certain of that.
As True Person Xuan Guang imparted the Dao and dispelled his doubts, Jiang Yang finally lifted a thin, gauzy veil from the Dao Fruit...
"Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity, command the Three Qi. Does this count as a hint from the Dao Fruit? Was Wood Virtue actually what I should have been cultivating all along?"
Jiang Yang's thoughts turned. He was not wholly unaware of the changes unfolding among the people and events around him, but being caught in their midst inevitably dulled his perception. He needed a few clues to guide him.
"Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Master. Can people's lifespans still be restored to what they were in ancient times?"
That would be a boon to cultivators throughout the world, but Xuan Guang could not know what the future held either. He shook his head and said:
"I do not know. I imagine the path of heavenly lifespan would have to return to its rightful place before such a glorious age could come."
Increasing people's heavenly lifespans,