Compared to Cong Lüyi, who called himself the Peerless Daoist, the old man who claimed to be a long-lived Daoist from Maocheng seemed even less credible. Moreover, upon closer reflection, it seemed that he hadn't actually obtained any useful information from that long-lived Daoist.
So Lin Yu went to see the Peerless Daoist again.
Meeting Wushuang Daoist Lin Yu again was effortless. Upon seeing Lin Yu, the latter showed no particular surprise, as if he had expected it.
"Did you know I was coming all along, senior?" Lin Yu asked. Although he couldn't be sure of Wushuang Daoist's stance, Lin Yu still addressed him as "senior."
The Peerless Daoist Master tacitly acknowledged this. What they were seeing at this moment was actually the intersection of two Yin and Yang, the two Twelve True Palaces.
Seeing that the Twelve True Palaces remained unchanged, the Peerless Daoist knew that Lin Yu had failed, and that Lin Yu had not activated or restarted the formation as he had wished.
The Peerless Daoist didn't know what had happened to Lin Yu, but he believed that Lin Yu would come looking for him sooner or later.
Sure enough, within just two or three days, Lin Yu visited the Twelve True Palaces again.
"Senior, to be honest, I was about to activate the formation of the Twelve True Palaces with the key you gave me when I was suddenly stopped by an old man who called himself the 'Longevity Daoist'."
Lin Yu didn't keep anyone in suspense and went straight to the point with Wushuang Daoist about the matter.
Instead of letting Lin Yu overthink things, it's better to just ask the person involved directly.
Whether the Peerless Daoist and the Longevity Daoist wanted to deceive or exploit him, he could gain more than he could through wild speculation.
After briefly summarizing the situation he had encountered, he did not continue. He did not elaborate on what the Longevity Daoist had said or desired, but instead intended to listen to the Peerless Daoist's response.
However, when Wushuang Daoist heard what Lin Yu said, he did not show too much shame. Instead, a sense of relief appeared on his somewhat weathered face.
"I see." Although the Peerless Daoist didn't speak, Lin Yu sensed those four words from his expression.
The Peerless Daoist's reaction really puzzled Lin Yu, and what he said to Lin Yu afterward made Lin Yu even more confused.
"That person must have told you that I am an evil beast, a prisoner imprisoned in these Twelve True Palaces, right?"
"That person also said that if you activate the restart formation of the Twelve True Palaces, it will release a demonic beast capable of harming all living beings. The lives of the twelve powerful beings who sacrificed themselves to trap me will have been wasted, right?"
"That person also said that you are the chosen one, that that place is not something ordinary people can reach, yet you have been able to enter it again and again, right?"
The Peerless Daoist spoke slowly, asking Lin Yu a question, but his tone was very certain, as if it were not a question but a statement of affirmation.
Her expression remained unchanged; there was no anger or embarrassment at being exposed, only a strange sense of unease.
"Buzz... buzz... buzz..."
A gentle breeze swept in from the depths of the peach blossom forest, and Lin Yu saw the white butterflies in the well begin to emerge from the water again, fluttering around the Peerless Daoist like elves.
Lin Yu's shock at this moment was beyond words.
Before arriving here, Lin Yu had imagined various possible reactions from the Peerless Daoist, but he never expected the reaction he would receive now.
Although Wushuang Daoren was not in the cave at the time, he seemed to have personally participated in the conversation between Lin Yu and Changshou Daoren, and could clearly recite the contents of their conversation, almost without missing a single word.
Even in terms of deductive reasoning, this deductive reasoning is far too outrageous.
In the entire fantasy world, the Hongmeng System has the most powerful deductive ability. However, even the Hongmeng System will be subject to limitations after arriving in the land of the Twelve True Palaces.
If the Peerless Daoist really did use his deductive abilities to deduce everything Lin Yu and the Longevity Daoist said, that would be truly remarkable, and he wouldn't be trapped here in the first place.
"Senior, how do you know these words?" Lin Yu asked with some curiosity. "That Daoist of Longevity did indeed say that, it's true."
For a moment, Lin Yu almost thought that the Longevity Daoist was a cultivator sent by the Peerless Daoist to test him.
But after only a moment of stunned silence, Lin Yu quickly realized that the Peerless Daoist had no reason to do such a thing!
According to Wushuang Daoren himself, the life or death of the other half of the Twelve True Palaces was of no concern to him. If he were to arrange for a cultivator like Changshou Daoren to guard them, the best outcome would simply be that Lin Yu would not open the gate.
But if you really don't want Lin Yu Lin Yu unlock the method, wouldn't it be a one-time solution if you just didn't give him the key in the first place?
After all, without the key, even a celestial being would be helpless against that formation.
"I have quite a few entanglements with that guy. His thoughts and ideas are actually transmitted to me through this well water." The Peerless Daoist muttered to himself, but the information contained in his words was quite substantial.
Lin Yu stared at the Peerless Daoist in shock, unable to believe that the white butterflies that healed cultivators' wounds actually possessed the ability to transmit information.
"Do you want to know how much of what that Longevity Daoist said is true and how much is false? Do you want to know the most important secret of the Twelve True Palaces?" Peerless Daoist asked Lin Yu in a mysterious tone.
What's really strange is that this matter concerns the Twelve True Palaces, which should be a very big deal, but Lin Yu looked at the Peerless Daoist with such a relaxed expression, as if he were watching a naughty child announcing that he was going to play a prank.
"Of course, I would be delighted to receive your guidance." Although he felt a little awkward, Lin Yu humbly asked for advice.
Lin Yu's visit to the residence of the Peerless Daoist was actually to uncover the truth behind this matter.
The truth about the Twelve True Palaces can naturally be found within the Twelve True Palaces themselves.
If he hadn't thought that way, Lin Yu would never have returned to the land of the Twelve True Palaces in the first place.
Upon hearing Lin Yu's frank answer, the Peerless Daoist smiled slightly.
"The correct answer is actually quite simple. What the Longevity Daoist said is not entirely untrue. This place is indeed a cage built using the combined power of twelve powerful beings, its purpose being to imprison some evil people."
"But that person wasn't me."