Chapter 1063: Chapter 47 Beware of Some Fairies Playing the Emotion Card_2

“Your statement is simply like a fantasy tale. Are you joking with me?”

“I also wish I were joking.” Shi Liuli showed a somewhat sorrowful smile, “But what I say, every word, every sentence, is without any exaggeration or embellishment.”

Wan Xiang Immortal fell silent again and after a moment said:

“Could there be a mistake in the calculation?”

“No.” Shi Liuli was resolute and decisive.

“No matter how you look at it, Changgeng, Qing Heng, Jingyun… are all the same person, which is truly beyond comprehension…” Wan Xiang Immortal paused momentarily and then continued, “Moreover, art calculation is not one hundred percent accurate.”

“That’s right.” Shi Liuli immediately replied, “But the accuracy depends on the diviner’s own expertise in hexagrams. The Immortal wants to confirm my assurance, correct?”

“Hmm.” Wan Xiang Immortal contemplated for a moment and said, “Then tell me, what elixir did I consume this morning?”

Shi Liuli quickly divined, glanced at it, and said:

“Simple and unadorned, spicy and flavorful, it doesn’t seem like a proper elixir, could it be Hundred Herbs Pill?”

The so-called Hundred Herbs Elixir is made by blending licorice with numerous spicy herbs, having no efficacy in cultivation, just rich in taste, and is a snack sold to children in mortal apothecaries.

Wan Xiang Immortal’s old face instantly turned red, waving his hand:

“You managed to divine even this? Truly amazing, cough, cough!”

This morning, with no elixir to refine, he was suddenly struck with a whim and made a bit of Hundred Herbs Elixir to try, an affair absolutely unknown to anyone, only capable of being divined.

Truth be told, Wan Xiang Immortal originally greatly admired Shi Liuli’s skill in art calculation, believing she not only had deep expertise in this aspect but also possessed enough wisdom and experience to combine numerous scattered clues in reality to increase the accuracy of interpreting hexagrams. But this time, the divination truly astounded him.

This morning he made a furnace of Hundred Herbs Elixir as a snack; this thing absolutely cannot be deduced and analyzed, only art calculation can yield results “out of nothing” without any evidence or clue.

If so, then what she said, calculating that Changgeng, Qing Heng, Jingyun, are actually the same person, is this claim also true?

Wan Xiang Immortal truly was at a loss for words this time, not because the news was too shocking, but because he slightly pondered and felt as if his mind was a tangled mess, unable to start unraveling.

How could these three be the same person?

How could the same person appear simultaneously in three sects? How could this be accomplished time-wise?

Kunlun Changgeng has Daoist Heart Clarity, Shushan Qing Heng has Innate Sword Bone, Penglai Jingyun has immediate comprehension; how could these three cultivation talents possibly concentrate in one individual?

Their personalities, temperaments, demeanors, speech, and conduct habits are all different, otherwise, they would have been detected long ago. If it truly is one person playing three roles…how is this accomplished?

Changgeng excels in Thunder Method, Qing Heng’s swordsmanship is unparalleled, and Jingyun possesses profound expertise in the Path of Artifact Refining. These skills require painstaking effort to immerse oneself in; where does he find so much time to manage?

Is this person perhaps living a day with thirty-six hours?

Wan Xiang Immortal was utterly puzzled, but Shi Liuli quickly reminded him:

“Immortal, if this is indeed the case, then we and Kunlun, Shushan must have a contest!”

This statement was like an Earthshaking Strike, abruptly awakening Wan Xiang Immortal from his chaotic thoughts.

Indeed!

He originally thought that, no matter how that organization mended the heavens, there must be a share of merit in the end for Jingyun.

Though it wouldn’t suffice for immediate ascension, it would be enough to make him a sage… By then welcoming Jingyun courteously back, as a mascot within the sect, Penglai can leverage his protective virtue to enhance its fortune, ensuring at least several millennia of enduring prosperity.

Kunlun and Shushan likely think the same, with each of the three parties managing their affairs separately, without interference.

But if what Shi Liuli proposed is true, and from beginning to end, there’s only one person opposing, as long as he doesn’t ascend immediately but chooses to remain in this realm, Kunlun, Shushan, and Penglai would almost inevitably have to fight each other!

Thinking about simultaneously confronting Kunlun and Shushan, Wan Xiang Immortal instinctively felt a bit cowardly, saying:

“Such immense merit, estimated to be directly escorted to the Immortal Realm like Nuwa, right?”

“In that case, would the Immortal be content?” Shi Liuli asked gravely.

“Ahem, does it matter if one is content or not?” Wan Xiang Immortal replied reflexively, but quickly realized his mistake.

No matter what the other’s identity might be, the elder from Dong You before him was indeed once his Daoist Companion.

Penglai might be willing to withdraw from the competition, but this person would definitely not relinquish his Daoist Companion.

So, he patiently continued to persuade:

“Dong You… forget it, I’ll just call you Liuli.”

“Liuli, my child, I’ve watched you grow up. In your youth, when your father brought you to Penglai to be raised, I even held you once!”

“If it were any other matter, as long as you asked, it would be easy to discuss. But this matter, it’s not that the sect is unwilling to assist you, it’s truly beyond our capacity. Jingyun… let’s just call him Jingyun; he aimed far ahead and fooled us all from the start to the end.”

“Before scheming for the Heaven-Mending Stone, did he show any flaw at all? No, he didn’t.”

“Where is he hiding now? Unknown. Does the sect have any way of finding him? No, right?”

“If you ask me, he surely already planned out how to mend the heavens and ascend, leaving us no chance to intervene. It’s not just his meticulous planning, but also the fact that he calculated this while we lacked any foresight, and now the situation is beyond our control.”

“Immortal,” Shi Liuli said earnestly, “the scheme to acquire the Heaven-Mending Stone for merit cannot be interfered with.”

“But after mending the heavens, he might not ascend immediately. If we play the card of emotions well, we might convince him to stay!”

“You child…” Wan Xiang Immortal wanted to say you are so naive, why would someone go through so much to steal all those fragments of the Heaven-Mending Stone for the sole purpose of mending the heavens and ascending like the Nuwa?

However, upon thinking carefully, he felt something was off.

Because “stealing the Heaven-Mending Stone” and “becoming Daoist Companion with Liuli” have no inherent connection between them.

Shi Liuli is the daughter of Elder Shi Ding, not the daughter of Wan Xiang Immortal. Marrying her was of no significant help for stealing the Heaven-Mending Stone, so claiming “that person married Shi Liuli with ulterior motives” lacked sufficient basis for judgment.

Could it not have been out of affection? The two indeed are not mutually exclusive!

Seeing the demeanor of Wan Xiang Immortal waver, Shi Liuli immediately seized the moment to press on and asked:

“Immortal, when you ascended to immortality, you could have used the Ascension Force to enter the Immortal Realm, yet why did you choose to remain in the mortal world?”

“It was certainly because Penglai at that time was truly in turmoil…” When questioned by Shi Liuli like this, Wan Xiang Immortal temporarily put his thoughts aside and started to explain to her in detail.

At that time, all the great powers of the Clarify Cult left this world, lacking a unifying leader who commanded the respect of all factions, thus making division inevitable.

Many sects with relatively esoteric Daoist teachings were neither accepted by the Shushan Sword Cultivators nor did they meet the favor of the self-proclaimed orthodoxy of Kunlun, so they could only settle individually in the East Sea.

After their development formalized, the East Sea Penglai branch conceived the idea to integrate the numerous descendants of the Clarify Cult in the East Sea to stand on equal footing with Kunlun and Shushan.

But due to the systemic shock from the previous Clarify Cult’s division, the nurturing of disciples was severely fractured, leading the Penglai Yuqing View at that time to mostly have newly promoted Nascent Soul Elders, with none achieving the Great Perfection, not to mention any Immortals.

Wan Xiang remained during that time, entering with his senior brothers and sisters at the end of the Clarify Cult’s era, witnessing the last brilliance of this vast array, thus never letting go of the revival of Penglai.

Later, as his senior brothers and sisters successively ascended, he remained as the only one in the mortal world. If he also ascended, Penglai Yuqing View would truly be left without an Immortal, rendering the unification of the East Sea a distant dream.

With his affection for Penglai Yuqing View and nostalgia for the glorious past of the Clarify Cult, Wan Xiang Immortal finally made the difficult decision:

After Feather Transformation to Immortal, not ascending, but staying behind.

Without Wan Xiang Immortal’s decision, Penglai Yuqing View today would have no possibility of unifying the East Sea and becoming a part of the Three Pure Orthodox Sect. But for him personally, it resulted in losing the support of Ascension Force, making self-ascension to the Immortal Realm nearly impossible.

At this point, Wan Xiang Immortal let out a long sigh. Though his tone held much regret, there was not a hint of remorse.

“I see.” Shi Liuli said in admiration, then suddenly added, “Since the Immortal can stay for Penglai, why not believe that my husband might stay for me?”

Wan Xiang Immortal was momentarily speechless, remaining silent for a long time.