Chapter 214: Fu Yue's Guidance

Clang—

The sharp sword qi cut a Six Realms star-space aberration in half.

After the star-space aberrations here were all killed, Lu Xun's eyes twitched slightly, and he walked slowly toward a small pool beneath the cliff.

The pool's surface was small; water droplets fell lightly from the rock crevices above, sending faint ripples, especially clear in the silence.

"This is... spiritual liquid?"

Lu Xun bent over and sniffed lightly.

The pool water was clear and cold, yet it concealed a vast flow of spiritual energy, extremely pure.

It was exactly the kind of spiritual liquid needed by Immortal Cultivators.

"This mountain cliff actually separated out the spiritual energy!"

Lu Xun's face showed delight.

Dark Energy contains many components; the components needed by Immortal Cultivators, Martial Cultivators, mages, and other exotic peoples differ.

As for Immortal Cultivators, what they actually need is the spiritual energy within it.

Martial Cultivators need more elemental energy.

Mages need the magical energy within it.

When cultivators train, they need to draw the required components from Dark Energy.

And like this pool's spiritual liquid, it is equivalent to separating the spiritual energy from Dark Energy and forming it into a liquid state here.

Needless to say, the value of these spiritual liquids is very high.

For Immortal Cultivators, they are a great treasure.

Because it contains the purest spiritual energy, it spares Immortal Cultivators the procedure of absorbing and separating it from Dark Energy themselves.

In ordinary times, however, it's not that significant.

Absorbing Dark Energy just takes a bit more effort; using spiritual liquid would be wasteful.

But when breaking through some major realms, having spiritual liquid makes the effort twice as effective.

Lu Xun took out a container and packed away these spiritual liquids.

"Teacher..."

"Let's go."

Fu Xue was as cold as ice, her gaze not shifting even a fraction.

Lu Xun felt a bit of a headache.

Today was already the eighth day since entering the Mist Continent.

Since the first day, Fu Xue has been like this, consistently maintaining a cold, distant feeling toward Lu Xun.

It seems she has already concluded that Lu Xun is a reincarnator.

Over these eight days, Lu Xun hasn't lacked ideas, but they haven't been very effective.

Lu Xun's guess is merely based on changes in affection points; he certainly couldn't just tell Fu Xue directly that he isn't a reincarnator.

Doing so might backfire.

Fortunately,

Apart from being a bit colder, Fu Xue has shown no other changes.

When encountering Six Realms aberrations, Fu Xue still takes action.

Once, the two encountered a Seven Realms aberration; Fu Xue fought it fiercely, allowing both to retreat unharmed.

Lu Xun's efforts eventually had some effect; over these three days he has shown utmost care for Fu Xue, raising her affection for him by another 3 points.

But compared to the previous cliff-like drop, this increase is too small.

"Why does she have such great hostility toward reincarnators?"

Lu Xun doesn't understand.

The existence of reincarnators is not a secret.

On Lan Xing, there certainly have been other reincarnators before; it's just that others don't know about them.

"Could it be that she has seen other reincarnators, and they left her with a bad impression? That still wouldn't make her so averse..."

Lu Xun racked his brains but couldn't figure it out.

Once a reincarnator awakens memories of their past life, their present and past lives gradually merge.

Since a reincarnator's past life is usually extremely powerful, after merging, their personality becomes dominated by the past life, making them seem like a different person altogether.

Just like when Ran Bing's past-life will emerges, it is completely another person.

Even if Ran Bing merges with his past life, the influence of his past life on him won't be too great.

After all, the past life is just too strong, too strong.

But even so,

What connection do reincarnators have with Fu Xue, and why is she so averse to them?

"Could it be that someone around her is a reincarnator, like her relatives or something..."

Lu Xun constantly engages in various speculations and mental fill-ins.

Guessing over and over.

Lu Xun feels that the most likely possibility is that Fu Xue has some relative who is a reincarnator.

Perhaps even a close relative; after their past-life memories awaken, they directly become another person.

Fu Xue cannot accept it, so she is so averse to reincarnators.

It's like the parents who raised you from childhood suddenly turning into another person; even if they still retain some parental traits, ordinary people would find it hard to accept.

"Fu Xue's family is extraordinarily mysterious... she is Six Realms Fu Yue, Seven Realms, yet the Fu family remains obscure in the east... perhaps there really are reincarnators in her household."

Lu Xun thought more and more that this was possible.

After imagining various possibilities, Lu Xun currently has no good solution.

His growth is indeed somewhat heaven-defying; ordinary opportunities can hardly explain it.

In the past, there have been cases where someone returned from an ancient road node and broke through the Six Realms in just a few years.

Such situations are rare, and they also require time to absorb and digest the gains.

These past few days, Lu Xun has unintentionally revealed that he obtained a heaven-defying opportunity.

But it seems useless; Fu Xue has already formed a preconception, deep down still regarding Lu Xun as a reincarnated person.

"There are still three days until the passage appears; will you continue staying in this Spirit Realm, or go elsewhere?"

After another two days, upon dealing with a group of astral alien species, Fu Xue asked.

Lu Xun hesitated.

In the Mist Continent, they have basically scavenged all the easily obtainable things; he wants to check other Spirit Realms.

But what if, after leaving, Fu Xue is unwilling to continue bringing him?

"I said I would bring you for one month, and I will bring you for one month."

Fu Xue seemed to see Lu Xun's worry and spoke lightly.

"Teacher, then let's go check other Spirit Realms."

"Okay."

Fu Xue had no objection.

The three days passed quickly.

"Teacher, this is the harvest from this Spirit Realm..."

Lu Xun divided the harvest into two parts and handed one part to Fu Xue.

This portion is somewhat more than his own share.

"That much?"

After receiving it, Fu Xue realized that the harvest of these ten-plus days was quite abundant, nearly matching what she would gather in one or two months in the Spirit Realm.

"Why did it drop again?"

Then Lu Xun discovered that Fu Xue's favorability toward him had dropped several more points, falling below 20%.

"Well,"

This means she has completely regarded him as a reincarnated person.

Lu Xun felt a headache.

First go back, then think of a solution.

The two returned together to the South Heaven Gate.

"Teacher, if your sister is available, could you have her recommend me to Master Dangyang?"

After returning to the South Heaven Gate, Lu Xun brought up the matter.

Fu Xue had formed a fixed impression of him, and unable to find a breakthrough in the short term, Lu Xun thought of going through Fu Yue to see if he could learn something.

Moreover, he indeed needed Fu Yue's recommendation; only then would there be hope to repair the Golden Toad.

Compared to Fu Xue, Fu Yue, although a Seven Realms expert, is still kind-hearted; at least that's the impression Lu Xun gets.

He just doesn't know whether Fu Yue is present.

"Wait a moment."

Fu Xue took out her phone and made a call.

"She is at the Beidou Hall garrison; go there, and let me know when you head to the Spirit Realm."

Soon, there was a result.

Fu Yue happened to be at the South Heaven Gate.

"Master Fu Yue."

After ten or so minutes, at the Beidou Hall garrison, Lu Xun saw Fu Yue and respectfully greeted her.

Fu Yue was not as cold as Fu Xue; after a slight nod, she handed over a name card and said:

"I have already spoken with Master Dangyang, but he is very busy now; likely only after three months will he have time, so you can take this name card to Xuanji City to find him then."

"Thank you, Master Fu Yue."

Lu Xun received it.

"Three months... Master Dangyang is indeed a very busy person."

"Master Fu Yue, wait."

Seeing Fu Yue about to leave, Lu Xun hurriedly called out.

Fu Yue paused her steps, slightly turned her head: "Anything else?"

"Yes."

Lu Xun stepped forward, set up a soundproof barrier, lowered his voice and said: "Master Fu Yue, do you know about reincarnated persons?"

"Reincarnated persons?"

Lu Xun's words caused Fu Yue's expression to change; her originally gentle gaze instantly became sharp as a blade: "Do you have a reincarnated person beside you?"

"No."

Lu Xun wryly shook his head: "Fu Xue's attitude toward me suddenly turned cold; I feel she regards me as a reincarnated person."

Upon hearing this, Fu Yue examined Lu Xun with a torch-like gaze, as if trying to see through his soul.

"Reincarnated persons are extremely rare, but someone as monstrous as you could possibly be one."

Although Fu Yue's tone remained calm, it was noticeably more distant.

Good partner.

Lu Xun felt that he had guessed correctly.

Their family might actually have a reincarnated person.

"Teacher, I just had a bit of luck; if I were truly the reincarnation of some ancient expert, I would have noticed it already. So may I ask how I can prove it?"

Lu Xun said sincerely.

"Of course there is a way; the Northern Dipper Hall has a Reincarnation Mirror. Using it to shine on oneself can tell whether one is a reincarnated person."

Fu Yue pondered for a moment, then said.

Reincarnation Mirror!

Lu Xun's eyes lit up.

This is a good thing.

"Teacher Fu Yue, how can we use the Reincarnation Mirror?"

Lu Xun hurriedly asked.

"Using the Reincarnation Mirror consumes contribution points from the Northern Dipper Hall. You can have Fu Xue take you there, and then the misunderstanding will be resolved."

Fu Yue suggested.

Have Fu Xue take him there!

This is a good plan.

Lu Xun suddenly understood, and hastily clasped his hands: "Thank you, teacher, for your guidance!"