Chapter 849 - 844: Void Illusionary Genealogy
While Lü Yang listened earnestly to the lecture, letting his Talent Skill play out freely, Mingfeng in the Current World fell into a state of deep confusion.
"Why?"
Staring at the review results of the examination, Mingfeng’s face twisted slightly. "His Dharma Body is actually completely unrelated to the Dao of Arcane Body submerged in the Sea of Suffering?"
"How is that possible!"
For the longest time, Mingfeng had firmly believed that Lü Yang’s Dharma Body was undeniably the result of occupying the Dao of Arcane Body. It could not possibly be due to some Dharma Body Dao Fragment.
However, the examination results left her in silence. "If it were the result of occupying the Dao of Arcane Body, invoking his Power of Dharma Body right now to resonate with the Sea of Suffering should trigger a reaction from the Dao of Arcane Body. Even if I couldn’t pinpoint the location of the Dao of Arcane Body, there should be at least some clues."
Yet the outcome greatly disappointed her.
The Dao of Arcane Body showed absolutely no reaction. There was only one explanation for this situation: the other party’s Dharma Body truly was not refined by relying on the Dao of Arcane Body.
But how could that be possible?
She thought in disbelief, "Are you kidding me? A powerful Dharma Body at the Middle Stage of Golden Core, or even vaguely approaching that of a Late-stage Great True Monarch, should be impossible to cultivate without occupying the Dao of Arcane Body."
As a researcher, Mingfeng’s common sense and worldview rejected the test results. However, facts spoke louder than words. The data was right in front of her eyes, and her professional integrity wouldn’t allow her to deceive herself. After pondering it over and over, she could only hold her nose and admit it.
She admitted to herself, "It seems there really is a Dharma Body Dao Fragment."
When all other impossibilities were eliminated, whatever remained had to be the only truth. Otherwise, she had no way to explain the secret behind Lü Yang’s powerful Dharma Body.
Of course, this was also within Lü Yang’s expectations.
Strictly speaking, his Dharma Body was cultivated after occupying the Dao of Arcane Body in his Previous Life. Bringing it into the Current World, calling it a fragment was not technically wrong.
Soon, however, a look of excitement surfaced on Mingfeng’s face.
"This is an epoch-making discovery!" she exclaimed. "The Dao of Arcane Body actually has fragments! In that case, there is definitely more than one. There must be multiple fragments scattered across the Void Sea of Light!
"This is worth setting up a project for!
"I need to report this immediately and dispatch a search team to find them as soon as possible!
"What a pity that the only known fragment has already been absorbed by this Outer Dao. Otherwise, I might have been able to use it to locate the main body of the Dao of Arcane Body in the Sea of Suffering!"
At this thought, Mingfeng beat her chest and stomped her feet in frustration. Then, she cast another glance at Lü Yang. Unable to resist, she licked her red lips and swallowed hard, as if she were looking at a peerless treasure. In her heart, she even began to calculate whether she could extract the Dharma Body Dao Fragment again if she dissected him.
"Should I just slice a piece off?" she wondered. "Although those old fogeys in the Star Palace say this is merely his clone, as long as the Profound Mysterious of the Dao of Arcane Body is present, slicing up a clone will be just as useful."
Just then, Lü Yang opened his eyes, concluding his study of array artifacts, and woke up directly from the Artifact Refining Secret Realm. For some reason, his eyes shimmered with a faint light.
Mingfeng was slightly startled by the sight. "Did he finish learning so quickly?" she thought.
She reasoned, "That shouldn’t be the case. The tutorial I gave him is the spiced-up version by Star Soul Elder. While it is profound, the more one listens, the easier it is to be trapped by a Heart Demon."
As the saying goes, she didn’t run a Kai Shan Hall.
Therefore, from the very beginning, she never intended to genuinely teach Lü Yang the Array Treasure Dao. Instead, she was merely using the pretext of studying to thoroughly research his secrets.
For this purpose, the tutorial she provided was quite special. It originated from an old-school researcher with the Daoist name Star Soul, who didn’t belong to her system. Because the tutorial contained forbidden content, it had been banned across the entire realm, and Star Soul Elder himself was suppressed due to his overly dangerous ideas.
"Most of the concepts in the tutorial are wild and unrestrained," she analyzed inwardly. "The more one listens and ponders, the easier it is to fall into a demonic obsession, seeking but never attaining. There is simply no one in the world with such extraordinary talent who can make them a reality."
In Mingfeng’s vision, Lü Yang was supposed to grow increasingly bewildered the more he watched, eventually becoming entirely engrossed in it. This would cause him to ignore the changes in the Current World, allowing her to examine his body inside and out.
However, she never expected him to wake up so quickly, causing her slicing plan to be stillborn.
But more than that, she was curious about another point. "Seeing the clear expression on his face, there are no signs of demonic deviation at all," she thought. "Could it be that he didn’t listen to the tutorial at all?"
As a matter of conclusion, Mingfeng guessed wrong.
It wasn’t that Lü Yang didn’t listen; he mainly couldn’t understand it. Yet, Mingfeng couldn’t be blamed for this, as she harbored a very subtle misjudgment of his Talent Skill.
Of course, the tutorial couldn’t be said to be completely useless either.
"Progenitor, how was it?" Lü Yang asked in his heart.
Soon, Progenitor Tingyou provided an answer from within the Righteous Banner. "It’s a highly profound theory with a grand conception. Ordinary people would easily fall into demonic deviation if they tried to learn it."
Lü Yang wasn’t surprised by this.
In fact, ever since Mingfeng introduced herself and claimed to be a Holy Sect Disciple, he had secretly been on guard. After all, the Stain Sect’s reputation was clear for all to see.
Therefore, he immediately said, "Then what do you think, Progenitor? If you feel there’s a problem, I’ll use the Righteous Banner to help you erase this memory."
"There’s no need," Progenitor Tingyou said indifferently. "Although it’s very profound, it hasn’t reached the point of being incomprehensible. It just requires me to think for a bit. I already have some ideas."
Hearing this, Lü Yang immediately gasped in amazement.
He thought in astonishment, "Wow, even the Progenitor needs to think about it! It seems this really is something incredibly outrageous!"
One must know that after multiple restarts of the Centome and absorbing the enhancements from his original body, Progenitor Tingyou’s Enlightenment was no longer what it used to be.
What kind of matters could make him need to think?
Recently, it was the Void Test Dao and reaching the sky in a single bound with the Fruit of Sorrowless Heaven.
Further back, it was Mu Changsheng’s First-Grade True Skill!
The most outrageous was the latter, because facts had proven that Mu Changsheng’s so-called method of using the Gold Attribute for Qi Refining to obtain the Void Certificate of the First-Grade True Skill was completely just talk.
Even Mu Changsheng himself felt that the concept was somewhat unreliable and only used it as bait to trick others into liberating No Heaven.
But what was the result?
At that time, Progenitor Tingyou had actually managed to research something out of it! If he hadn’t discovered the truth later and given up the research, heaven knows what he could have come up with!
"This is in the bag," Lü Yang thought with satisfaction.
Lü Yang had always trusted his peerless Talent Skill, and facts proved that the more Progenitor Tingyou needed to think about something, the higher its value!
The only difference lay in how long Progenitor Tingyou needed to think.
For example, forging the Fruit of Sorrowless Heaven took Progenitor Tingyou several decades from start to finish. It wasn’t until they entered the Nourishing Life Master that it progressed at a rapid pace.
This showed that reference materials were also crucial.
Even for Progenitor Tingyou, working behind closed doors yielded half the result with twice the effort. Only with more reference materials available could his peerless Talent Skill be fully exerted.
With this in mind, Lü Yang immediately looked at Mingfeng.
"Daoist, I would like to review some more tutorials related to array artifacts. It would be best if they were from the senior in the previous tutorial. I am very interested in his concepts."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Mingfeng immediately narrowed her eyes and formed a judgment in her mind. "It seems that although he is very awake, he has still fallen into a bit of a demonic obsession deep down," she thought. "But this is normal. Back then, that guy Star Soul’s concepts attracted countless followers in the Star Palace. It even alarmed Hao Yuan Shangzhen, which ultimately led to his suppression."
At this thought, she nodded immediately. "Of course you can."
"Oh, right."
Mingfeng suddenly changed the subject. "I just requested instructions from Hao Yuan Shangzhen regarding your application to learn the Star Map Refining technology. Hao Yuan Shangzhen has agreed."
"Thank you, Daoist," Lü Yang nodded as expected, exchanging a polite pleasantry.
Immediately after, Mingfeng swiped her hand again, and an Array light screen suddenly appeared, stacked with densely packed Dao Talismans.
"What is this?"
"This is the foundation of the Star Map," Mingfeng explained. "We call it the Void Illusionary Genealogy. It is our summary of the Profound Mysterious imagery..."
Lü Yang didn’t respond, merely staring at the light screen with bright eyes.
Surprisingly, he could understand this.
The reason was simple. The Void Illusionary Genealogy was what they called it here in the Star Palace, but on his side, it should be called the Fruit Position Weaving Technique!