Chapter 858

Franca looked at Lu Mian and asked with considerable anticipation:

"How so?"

Lu Mian no longer had any discomfort, his gaze sweeping over Anthony and Jenna's faces before returning to the recliner where Franca was:

"We all know that there are great existences in this world who occupy adjacent pathways, such as Mr. 'Fool' at the top of the 'Apprentice', 'Seer', and 'Marauder' pathways, as well as that Celestial Master, and such as the 'Great Mother' of the 'Moon', 'Mother', and 'Criminal' pathways.

"So, if the 'to approach the Heavenly Dao' mentioned just now is indeed adjusting one's own state to approach the bestower and actively praying for gifts, then in this data, in the corresponding sentences, what does 'Heavenly Dao' represent? Which pathways' tops is it?"

Franca answered thoughtfully:

"Based on our current understanding of the twenty-two divine pathways, the one representing 'yang' must be the 'Hunter' pathway, and the one representing 'yin' might be the 'Witch' pathway, or it could be the 'Mother' pathway or the 'Moon' pathway, mm... combined with the symbol of 'yang', the 'yin' here should refer to the 'Witch' pathway."

Franca currently only knew that the 'Hunter' pathway could turn women into men, while she wasn't sure if the 'Mother' and 'Moon' pathways could turn men into women; she only categorized them as 'yin' from the perspective of gestation, reproduction, and growth.

"So, the 'Heavenly Dao' in these sentences refers to the tops of the 'Hunter' and 'Witch' pathways?" Jenna asked, following Lu Mian and Franca's train of thought.

"It should be." Franca nodded heavily, "The knowledge in this data from Mr. 'Star' might be about how to correctly recognize the contradictions, opposition, transformation, and unification of 'yin' and 'yang', and then through one's own actions and necessary external help, harmonize yin and yang, approaching the great existence representing the top power of the 'Witch' and 'Hunter' pathways to the greatest extent, obtaining gifts."

Lu Mian laughed:

"After analyzing to this extent, what do you associate it with?"

Jenna was stunned for a moment and blurted out:

"The combination of the 'Blood Emperor' and the 'Primordial Witch'?"

"You've barely kept up with my train of thought." Lu Mian said, half-praising and half-sneering, "Haven't we been wondering why the 'Blood Emperor' and the 'Primordial Witch' would cooperate, and why they could cooperate? As true gods of adjacent pathways, shouldn't they view each other as their greatest enemies? Lady 'Magician' told me before that when you choose a pathway, your enemies and friends are determined."

You two aren't adjacent pathways either, and I don't see you becoming enemies; didn't you also roll in the sheets together? Franca looked at Lu Mian and Jenna, feeling a bit sour as she complained in her heart.

At times like this, she could always feel the 'Pain' potion digesting a little bit.

Of course, she actually knew very well that such hostility mainly referred to the top level.

Lu Mian continued:

"Perhaps the seal on the convergence effect coming from Mr. 'Door' is just a detailed, technical problem of how this matter is realized, not the cause or purpose."

"Was the purpose of the 'Blood Emperor' and the 'Primordial Witch' to unite with the Dao?" Franca's train of thought diverged from "to approach the Heavenly Dao", using a concept from before she traveled here that she felt was more fitting for this matter.

Lu Mian, Jenna, and Anthony looked at Franca, all more or less feeling bewildered.

What is uniting with the Dao?

Franca noticed her companions' questions, scratched her ponytail, and explained very difficultly:

"It means, it means becoming one with the so-called Heavenly Dao, uh... a less rigorous way of saying it is similar to pulling a certain true god down from the divine throne and replacing them, but here, what needs to be replaced isn't a true god, but the Heavenly Dao representing a great existence."

"Then why didn't the 'Primordial Witch' and the 'Blood Emperor' just kill each other, devour the other's Beyonder characteristics, and make yin and yang return to one, completing unification?" Anthony raised a question.

There was no need to unite yin and yang and give birth to two children!

Franca pondered for a few seconds:

"Perhaps they had to harmonize before unifying? At least that's how it is from those few sentences...

"In other words, the 'Blood Emperor' and the 'Primordial Witch' had to combine first, completing the adjustment of their own states, and only after truly approaching the so-called Heavenly Dao could they enter the stage of unification. Therefore, they had to temporarily cooperate during that period, while also preparing back-ups, and as soon as their goals were achieved, they would directly turn against each other...

"What is this called? This is called the first sword after landing, kill the person beside you first!"

Lu Mian and the others were very used to Franca suddenly talking nonsense, saying things everyone didn't quite understand, and waited quite patiently for her to speak the content that followed.

Franca suddenly laughed:

"It could also be that the 'Blood Emperor' and the 'Primordial Witch' accidentally obtained knowledge similar to this data, but because neither had received training or edification in corresponding aspects, they took it for granted and one-sidedly understood the union of yin and yang as 'Hunter' and 'Witch' must sleep together, must have yin containing yang and yang containing yin, and give birth to a few children.

"What is this called? This is called suffering from a lack of cultural communication! Uh, actually this isn't wrong, just relatively one-sided and narrow, ignoring other ways of realization."

Jenna felt strange because of Franca's words, somewhat connecting them to herself, and Lu Mian suddenly mocked:

"I said it long ago; red-haired and coarse-haired people must read books and study hard."

As soon as Lu Mian finished speaking, Franca and Jenna glared at him.

"I think it shouldn't be a problem of misunderstanding; even if the 'Blood Emperor' was half-crazy and didn't figure out the complete meaning of the union of yin and yang, there was the top-level 'Mystery Scholar' beside Him." Anthony expressed a different thought.

This referred to the Duke of the Tudor Empire, Amon, who was an Angel of the 'Marauder' pathway at the time.

Lu Mian said thoughtfully:

"Did you forget that one of His titles is 'God of Mischief'?"

"Perhaps He just wanted to see such a development."

"You understand Amon's mindset this way because of the resonance of a prankster..." Franca muttered in a low voice.

Jenna nodded:

"So, that special Mirror World is a byproduct of the 'Blood Emperor' and the 'Primordial Witch' uniting yin and yang to approach the Heavenly Dao?

"Or, a necessity created to occupy the Heavenly Dao, similar to the ritual requirements in high-sequence promotion?"

"Can't draw a conclusion yet, but the train of thought and direction should be correct." Franca took out a dark red fountain pen from her 'Traveler's Bag', wrote on her thigh, and wrote the content translated by the armor shadow under different sentences.

She also thoughtfully gave her own interpretation of the meaning of individual characters based on the structure of the sentences, the shape of the characters, and reasonable guesses. Finally, she organized what the group had just discussed into a report and attached it to the back; this didn't represent a conclusion, just a hope to give the Great Tarot Club members a train of thought.

Phew... After completing this matter, Franca breathed a sigh of relief:

"The harvest from summoning the armor shadow this time is bigger than I imagined; now it can be confirmed that Resurrection Island is Bovar Penglai Shenshan, and Harrison is that corpse that drifted from Bovar Penglai to the river!"

What Franca was a bit disappointed about was that there was no confirmed evidence proving that the world where 'Daoist Ming' and Harrison were was the one she and the others traveled from—only similar language, similar culture, and similar appearance; as a prerequisite for reasoning, it wasn't sufficient.

She planned to ask the armor shadow if it had heard of "Fu Sheng Xuan Huang Xuanhuang Xuanhuang Tianzun" next time it was summoned.

This was the culprit who caused them to travel here!

Anthony didn't know much about the armor shadow, Bovar Penglai Shenshan, and the so-called river, and felt a bit bewildered, but he was clear about the importance of Resurrection Island and Harrison; this was something the Great Tarot Club members were also paying attention to.

"Harrison died and was resurrected? Worthy of being from Resurrection Island... Why did Resurrection Island disappear from Daoist Ming's world before?

"From what Harrison said to the 'Devil Wizard', people from Resurrection Island have had a long history of appearing in our world...

"Did Resurrection Island disappear from the original world because it traveled to our world? Now, can it communicate with the original world again?" Jenna finally understood where Franca's shock and astonishment came from after seeing the corresponding illusion after asking the second question.

As soon as she finished speaking, she suddenly froze; she felt she shouldn't analyze in this direction.

Franca's eyes brightened:

"It's possible!"

She then left the recliner, paced back and forth, and said hatefully:

"Damn, why didn't we fish Harrison out this time!"

Although she had already realized that this visitor from Resurrection Island might be much more dangerous than anticipated, their 'Samaritan Woman's Spring' trip this time had Lady 'Magician' watching.

"Next, our main task is to find Harrison or that 'Mirror Person' Palia." Lu Mian stood up as well, speaking with the posture of a team leader.

'Mirror Person' Palia was the mineral scholar Jasmine.

Without waiting for Franca and the others to respond, he added:

"I also need to start collecting auxiliary materials for 'Iron-Blooded Knight'."

"Can also collect for 'Despair Witch'; anyway, there are no clear clues to track targets for the time being, and there's plenty of spare time." Franca gave an "mm".

Anthony said:

"I will try my best to do this mission, but I have another mission."

"The one joining the 'Psychological Alchemists'?" Franca asked curiously.

"That's a long-term mission." Anthony explained simply, "'Hermit's' Minor Arcana 'Knight of Swords' has arrived in Trier and needs the help of a 'Spectator' pathway Beyonder; Lady 'Justice' recommended me."

"What kind of help is needed?" Lu Mian asked.

Anthony shook his head:

"We haven't met yet."

Lu Mian nodded:

"If there's any place you need help, just find me."

…………

Southern Continent, inside a house built of logs.

'Star', wearing red gloves, leaned back against the chair, looking at the paper and pen on the table with a blank gaze.

Suddenly, starlight lit up in front of him, and they quickly formed a brilliant gate.

The gate opened, and Lady 'Magician' walked out holding a letter from Franca.

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(End of chapter)