Chapter 266: Turning Black into White

Lin Bai invested the most energy into the Justice Alliance and the laws, so naturally, it was impossible for any slip-ups to occur. With a succession of questions, not only did he not damage the Justice Alliance, but he instead took the opportunity to boost his reputation and promote it.

Wuwang Chanshi quickly adjusted his strategy; if he couldn't damage Lin Bai's reputation, then he would ruin his cultivation.

It wasn't that he didn't want to use Lin Bai as the subject.

But that initial sentence, "Lin Bai is a human," made Wuwang Chanshi realize that using him as a subject was fundamentally impossible to succeed; this fellow simply had no regard for face.

Since he couldn't use Lin Bai, he could only use himself.

When Lin Bai uttered the words, "You are a woman," a smile flickered across the corner of Wuwang Chanshi's mouth, as if he saw victory beckoning to him.

The facts were right there.

He did not believe Lin Bai could talk him into being a woman, unless he had truly mastered the ability to make his words reality.

"Looking from the outside, the Zen Master has an Adam's apple and a beard; you are indeed a genuine man." Lin Bai did not feel in the slightest that he had been backed into a corner; he looked Wuwang Chanshi up and down and asked, "Does the Zen Master know what the most primitive instinct of humanity is?"

"What is it?" Wuwang Chanshi asked.

"It is reproduction, it is inheritance." Lin Bai looked at Wuwang Chanshi and said affirmatively, "Without reproduction, all things in the world would not exist. Cultivators have long lives, seeking longevity and ascension; if everyone in the world were to cultivate, after several hundred or a thousand years, the human species would no longer exist in the world. This is a great sin. When the Zen Master began to cultivate and joined the Buddha Spirit Sect, your mission as a man was already automatically abandoned by you."

"Reproduction?" Jiang Qingqin muttered, looking at Lin Bai in the sky, as if he had grasped some secret.

"I have abandoned the mission of a man, but that does not make me a woman." Wuwang Chanshi did not care at all about Lin Bai's slander and said indifferently; he had realized that in opposing Lin Bai, as long as he wanted even a shred of face, he would end up losing miserably.

Lin Bai looked at Zhou Zu in the distance with a half-smile and shook his head: "Wuwang Chanshi, heaven and earth, yin and yang, male and female; isolated yin cannot grow, and solitary yang cannot flourish. All things in the world conform to this principle, and the Love Dao, born from the fundamental principles of heaven and earth, is naturally no exception. The Zen Master and Real Person Zhou falling in love violates the basic laws of heaven and earth's operation and disregards human ethics. It should not have happened, yet why did it erupt so naturally into a passion so intense that both sides could not extricate themselves?"

Why?

Isn't it because you used your methods on them?

Before this, the two of them had always been normal people...

Whether they were natives or players, the same inner voice arose, yet Wuwang Chanshi felt nothing. He looked from afar at Zhou Zu, who was trapped by the Heavenly River, and felt a sudden burst of heartache; the love in Zhou Zu's eyes could not be faked—the feelings between them were real.

The noise coming from below grew louder and louder. Lin Bai was afraid it would affect Wuwang's state of mind, so without waiting for him to speak, he continued: "Zen Master, do not feel that you are abnormal. Today, I will clear up your confusion and explain why things are this way between you.

The Eight Ancestors of the Justice Sect studied the Law of Love in depth and had an accurate exposition on phenomena like the Zen Master's. He said that every person has some opposite-sex genes within their body. When you are born, the body your parents gave you determines whether you are a boy or a girl; this you cannot change. But psychologically, you are free; you can choose to be a man or a woman, and no one can interfere with the freedom of your psychological choice."

Can no one interfere?

Wuwang Chanshi's heart pounded, but once he thought of the wager with Lin Bai, he said firmly: "No matter what you say, my body is still that of a man."

"No, your body is not, either." Lin Bai smiled, "The Eight Ancestors were obsessed with the Love Dao; he delved deep into the reasons for the appearance of people like the Zen Master. Psychological reasons are secondary; the key lies in the body's structure. Most psychological illnesses are caused by the body.

To understand the mysteries of the human body, the Eight Ancestors studied it and discovered that, regardless of gender, everyone possesses 23 pairs of chromosomes. Chromosomes are the genetic material, the carriers of genes. 22 pairs of chromosomes are shared by men and women, which he called autosomes. The other pair, which determines gender, is different between men and women.

And the different twenty-third pair of chromosomes is the key to distinguishing men from women; men are XY, and women are XX. The Zen Master's situation belongs to an anomaly among humans. According to my observations, the Zen Master's chromosomes should be a special case discovered by the Eight Ancestors—XXY."

"XXY? How is that explained?" Wuwang Chanshi asked.

"It means that when the Master was born, you were originally meant to be a girl, but due to some special reasons—perhaps an identical twin died in the womb and their genes were absorbed by you, or perhaps your mother ate some special heavenly treasure during pregnancy—your original chromosomes were covered, resulting in the strange characteristic of appearing as a man on the outside while being a woman on the inside." Lin Bai looked at Wuwang Chanshi with pity and sighed.

"So, I am actually a woman?" Wuwang Chanshi frowned slightly.

"Yes." Lin Bai nodded affirmatively, "You are a woman, because the internal genes of you being a woman influence your subconscious. You may not understand the subconscious; it is a state between consciousness and unconsciousness, not under your control, yet it is the body's true instinct. If you are interested, I can explain it to you in detail. In short, under the influence of your subconscious, you chose to escape; you did not wish to marry a woman and enter the Buddha Spirit Sect, which does not allow marriage; you unconsciously fell in love with Zhou Zu, who is also a man; and you even proposed the topic 'You are a man' in our debate. This topic seems like you are making things difficult for me, but in reality, the subconscious hidden deep within your conscious mind wanted to borrow my mouth to resolve the doubts in your heart. Only by resolving such doubts can you uprightly tell the world that your love with Zhou Zu Real Person is not heresy, but is reasonable and justified..."

So this is what I think deep in my heart?

Wuwang Chanshi was stunned.

It had to be said.

Lin Bai's well-reasoned explanation had touched his heart.

He knew that the love between him and Zhou Zu was abnormal, but if he were a woman, everything would make sense, and no one in the world could say anything about it...

Looking at the clearly moved Wuwang Chanshi, Lin Bai smiled confidently: "Zen Master, admit it, you are a genuine woman. Currently, my cultivation of the Love Dao is not yet perfect. In a few days, when my cultivation improves, with a single thought, I will be able to restore your female form, allowing you to live a life with Real Person Zhou where you play the zither and flute in harmony, envying only the mandarin ducks and not the immortals—wouldn't that be wonderful? At that time, you can even bear him a chubby baby, and this life will truly be perfect, leaving no regrets."

Wuwang Chanshi looked from afar at Zhou Zu, who was trapped by the Heavenly River, and a look of sweetness flashed inexplicably across his face. He stood up, pressed his palms together, and bowed to Lin Bai: "In that case, I will leave it to Alliance Leader Lin."

"Holy crap, he really talked a man into being a woman?"

"Is he bullying the old monk for being uneducated?"

"Is that how genetics works? Without any instruments for testing, just empty words, upper lip touching lower lip, and he just defined it like that. This is really unreasonable!"

"It's not that Shopkeeper Lin is unreasonable; it's that Shopkeeper Lin has grasped Wuwang Chanshi's lifeline. For him and Zhou Zu to be accepted by the world, one of them must become a woman. It just so happens that Shopkeeper Lin drew him a pie, so he willingly hypnotized himself and went along with it. He didn't lose to Shopkeeper Lin's eloquence, but to his own love..."

"But his love was also single-handedly facilitated by Shopkeeper Lin. Before Zhou Zu appeared, Wuwang Chanshi definitely didn't like men. Two pitiful Great Vehicle Realm cultivators, being played in the palm of his hand without even knowing it—Shopkeeper Lin is too terrifying."

"This just proves even more that the Love Dao exists and transcends the existing cultivation realms. However, I still want to say that Shopkeeper Lin is awesome; he is truly promoting his Law of Cultivation at every moment..."

"Does no one find it strange that Shopkeeper Lin has brought genetics into the Xianxia World?"

"Used to it already. Shopkeeper Lin is the true transmigrator; we are all country bumpkins..."

Ye Song was dumbfounded, looking at Lin Bai in the sky. He secretly warned himself never to touch the Love Dao in this life and never to oppose Lin Bai before figuring out the details of the Justice Sect.

He did not want to end up like Wuwang Chanshi, having been a man for hundreds of years, only to end up becoming a woman in a daze, without even realizing it himself.

Watching Wuwang Chanshi change from a man into a woman with his own eyes, He Qin felt a wave of relief. He finally understood why Lin Bai wanted to use the enemy to practice this ability to make words reality.

The ability to turn black into white is too terrifying; it must never be used on one's own people.

At this moment, his gaze toward Lin Bai was full of worship; in just a few words, he had turned Wuwang Chanshi into a woman.

Although there was the assistance of the Law of Love, the efficacy of making words reality had already been revealed. Now it was just trickery, but in the future, it would definitely become real.

Alliance Leader Lin had previously warned the world that without aptitude and comprehension, one should not easily practice the laws, but now, He Qin decided to try practicing it anyway.

Even if he didn't comprehend any divine abilities in the end, learning even thirty percent of Shopkeeper Lin's "Tongue Like a Lotus" eloquence would be enough to run rampant across the world.

The Purple-Clothed Old Ancestor arrived while Wuwang and Lin Bai were fighting. Like Wuwang, he was in a hurry and did not understand what had happened before.

When he arrived, he saw the Heavenly River that had appeared out of thin air and observed the wager between Lin Bai and Wuwang.

He was full of doubts about the love between Wuwang Chanshi and Zhou Zu.

From the casual chatter of the people of Zhen City, the Purple-Clothed Old Ancestor pieced together the sequence of events, and in the end, he reached a conclusion: the Law of Cultivation is real.

The Heavenly Sword Sect has the number one offensive power.

The Purple-Clothed Ancestor had infiltrated Zhen City; he was not like Wuwang and Zhou Zu, who were bound by Lin Bai's Love Dao.

Lin Bai's focus was entirely on the debate with Wuwang Chanshi; at such a close distance, if he were to strike, Lin Bai would undoubtedly die.

But the Purple-Clothed Ancestor had no intention of striking at all.

At this moment, he was already deeply attracted to the Fazhe Zhidao.

The Wind Sword Intent he had comprehended was, compared to the Fazhe Zhidao, simply child's play.

He wanted to observe Lin Bai at close range, comprehend the essence of the Fazhe Zhidao from him, and subsequently surpass Lin Bai to become the true God of Law.

……

"Wuwang Chanshi, let us continue!" Having successfully corrected Wuwang Chanshi's perception of himself, Lin Bai gestured with his hand; from Wuwang, he saw the hope of completing his mission.

"I believe the sky is red," Wuwang Chanshi looked at Lin Bai and said calmly.

Lin Bai froze, looking at Wuwang Chanshi in astonishment.

Was this him going easy?

Wuwang Chanshi nodded and returned a smile to him.

Regardless of whether Lin Bai's perfected Love Dao could turn him into a real woman?

Lin Bai's theory of psychology and chromosomes had thoroughly resolved the current predicament he and Zhou Zu faced.

Furthermore.

Wuwang Chanshi had figured out a problem: the world might accept their love, but the Buddha Spirit Sect behind him and the Heavenly Dao Sect behind Zhou Zu would absolutely never allow the two of them to be together.

At their level of cultivation, techniques were already a minor issue; the key was the reputation of their sects.

Whether it was the Heavenly Dao Sect or the Buddha Spirit Sect, neither would allow the two of them to remain alive in the world, and the two of them were certainly no match for their sects.

Rather than ruining Lin Bai's cultivation to curry favor with the sects, only to be discarded by the sects like a dog once the hare is caught, it would be better to help Lin Bai.

Even if they did not join the Justice Alliance, keeping Lin Bai to contend with the Seven Righteous Sects would leave the Seven Righteous Sects with no time to concern themselves with the two of them, and he and Zhou Zu could happily enjoy their own world for two.

Since that was the case.

Why not go easy on him a little and let Lin Bai owe them a favor!

……

"Shameless!"

"Alliance Leader Lin, is this even allowed?"

"If that's the case, then when I cultivate 'Words Manifesting into Reality', can't I just find someone to cooperate with me at will?"

……

As soon as the issue of Wuwang Chanshi's compromise emerged, the entire Zhen City erupted into chaos.

Many citizens who firmly believed in the laws began, at this moment, to doubt the authenticity of the laws; in their view, any cultivation that could exploit loopholes was not true cultivation.

The Purple-Clothed Ancestor frowned even more deeply.

Lin Bai was sharp of hearing and quick of sight, so he naturally heard the clamor below. He scanned the noisy crowd of Zhen City, smiled, and nodded at Wuwang Chanshi: "No, the sky is blue. The color of the sky depends on the light of the sun. The sun's light appears white, but in essence, sunlight is composed of seven colors, which are the colors of the rainbow……"

The art of debate requires reasoning and evidence; Lin Bai would naturally not just refute the statement by saying the sky is blue and then move on, as he was afraid of failing the mission!

After all, the mission had already gotten off to such a good start.

Therefore, Lin Bai did not mind providing some basic popular science to the citizens below to dispel their doubts about cultivation, while simultaneously elevating the stature of the Justice Gate.

Having consumed many Spirit Fruits, the knowledge from his past life seemed to be imprinted in his mind; Lin Bai was not at all worried about any slip-ups……

Wuwang Chanshi was stunned; he had never imagined that Lin Bai could provide such a line of reasoning for the simple color of the sky.

At this moment, he suddenly regained strong confidence in the chromosome theory; with the Justice Gate using a different set of theories to explain the myriad things of heaven and earth, perhaps Lin Bai really did have a way to turn him from a man into a woman……

As Lin Bai explained the wavelength of light, the doubts regarding the laws throughout Zhen City vanished once again.

In this world, no one knew why the sky was blue, and Lin Bai had truly provided the answer, making everyone realize that the cultivation of 'Words Manifesting into Reality' remained fraught with difficulties; without sufficient knowledge, it was likely impossible to complete……

Of course.

Most people still preferred to hear Lin Bai's debates that turned black into white; compared to "why the sky is blue," they were more willing to hear "why the sky is red"—that was much more interesting……

……

When the debate between Lin Bai and Wuwang Chanshi entered a peaceful garbage time.

An article in the *Heavenly Dao Journal* about Lin Bai manipulating the Love Dao, labeling him an extraterrestrial demon who bewitches people's hearts and seeks to exterminate humanity, was released to great fanfare.

However, this article did not even make a splash.

After all.

Lin Bai's theory of positive and negative laws had already become known to the public first. He had already warned the common people that without the aptitude of a genius, one could not cultivate the Fazhe Zhidao, and the Justice Alliance had no intention of exterminating humanity.

It must be said that luck seemed to always stand by Lin Bai's side.

(End of this chapter)