Chapter 1269

The senior sister's answer was the one Lu Yang least wanted to hear.

The cave dwelling was utterly silent, even the usually lively Immortal Fairy no longer spoke, remaining silent.

"Senior sister, how much longer do you have until you achieve Dao union?" Lu Yang asked with difficulty, his heart bitter.

"Over a thousand years, perhaps." Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi also did not overestimate the specific time.

"Over a thousand..."

Lu Yang almost choked himself to death—wasn't that still early!

He had now wasted his cultivation; even retraining ten times would take less than a thousand years.

"And Yao Sheng said the more times you act, the shorter the time until Dao union—senior sister, how many more times do you have left to act?"

Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi snapped her fingers, and the mental space became a box world; Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi, the Immortal Fairy, and Lu Yang stood in the center of the box world, surrounded by a sky full of brilliant stars.

"My Jin Dan stars are my Dao markers, representing my existence in this world. Each time I act, one Jin Dan star disappears. When all Jin Dan stars vanish, I will unite my body with Dao, my heart substituting for heaven. Thereafter, there will be no trace of me in the world, and everyone will forget my existence."

After hearing this, Lu Yang felt bitter in his heart and deeply blamed himself. He never expected that the senior sister's actions would have such serious consequences; in the past, whenever he had a problem, he would simply call the senior sister for help.

"Then, when I often asked you for help with my Xiang Xing Quan, wasn't I accelerating your Dao union process?"

Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi waved her hand indifferently: "Just some minor skirmishes; they won't count toward my number of actions."

Lu Yang really wanted to ask: Senior sister, when you say 'minor skirmishes,' do you mean slapping Ying Tian Xian into the spatial wall, or slapping Jiu Chong Xian into switching personalities?

Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi didn't know Lu Yang was complaining in his heart; she merely glanced at the Immortal Fairy, who had remained silent and behaved very honestly, and said: "If the Fairy senior were to return to her peak state and fight me, then it would count as one of my actions."

The Immortal Fairy felt Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi's words had hidden meaning; standing where Lu Yang couldn't see, she puffed her cheeks and made a face at Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi.

"Senior sister, can Dao fruits affect you?" Lu Yang lowered his head in thought for a moment before suddenly asking.

"Yes, Dao fruits represent a kind of rule, and rules are part of the heavens. Even if I embody the heavens, I would still be affected by Dao fruits."

Saying this, Lu Yang already had a resolve in his heart—he wanted to condense a Dao fruit that could prevent the senior sister from achieving Dao union!

"There's one more thing: senior sister, do you think the mastermind behind the scenes is already dead?"

The senior sister was somewhat surprised that Lu Yang could ask such a question; the corner of her mouth curled into a smile of mild interest: "How did you come to think that?"

"I think the mastermind behind the scenes is still alive," Lu Yang said firmly.

"Huh? Why?" The Immortal Fairy scratched her head, not quite understanding why Xiao Yangzi suddenly said that.

"Because of the existence of the embryonic Reincarnation Dao fruit—if the mastermind behind the scenes were truly Yao Sheng, and truly able to speak laws into effect, then he would have no need to seize the embryonic Reincarnation Dao fruit, for what the embryonic Reincarnation Dao fruit can do, the Speak-Law Dao fruit can also do."

"Therefore, I suspect that the one who fought us in Zhong Shan Jun was not Yao Sheng!"

"The true Yao Sheng died in ancient times; the one who fought us was merely a puppet created by the mastermind behind the scenes!"

"Moreover, the mastermind behind the scenes has many ways to seize the embryonic Reincarnation Dao fruit, yet he chose to appear openly and seize it by force—almost as if he deliberately exposed a flaw to let us fight him and kill him."

"The mastermind behind the scenes just wants us to think he is already dead."

The senior sister looked at him with approval—little junior brother has truly grown a lot: "In that case, your choosing to ask this question in the mental space is also based on the reason that the mastermind behind the scenes is still alive?"

"Yes."

Lu Yang invited the senior sister into the mental space for two reasons: one, to give himself courage; two, to worry about being detected by the mastermind behind the scenes.

"When I was undergoing the tribulation to advance to Soul Transformation, the senior Ying Tian Xian's thoughts told me that before the Immortal Fairy was ambushed, Zhou Mi observed the North Star's movements, but even when the Immortal Fairy met with misfortune, he still did not detect the presence of the mastermind behind the scenes."

"And before Yao Sheng actively appeared, neither you, senior sister, nor the Immortal Fairy had noticed that he was nearby."

"This shows that the mastermind behind the scenes has extremely clever concealment methods."

"Therefore, to ensure the mastermind behind the scenes does not overhear our conversation, the only way is for you, senior sister, and the Fairy to be together in the mental space."

In the mental space, there are only pure mental bodies; according to Lu Yang's knowledge, there is still no concealment method so clever as to leave no trace even in the mental space.

If there were, Lu Yang would also admit it.

Anyway, he couldn't think of a safer place.

In a one-one look no wrong version!

"Xiao Yangzi, you mean the mastermind behind the scenes is not only not dead, but possibly still nearby us?"

Lu Yang nodded, explaining the reason: "Fairy, do you still remember when we encountered an event that altered the timeline in the Buddha Kingdom?"

"Remember, what happened?"

"Although we didn't know the specific content of how the mastermind behind the scenes altered the timeline that time, but you discovered—didn't you—that he altered the things we encountered?"

"I think we at that time touched upon a clue about the mastermind behind the scenes, which is why he altered the timeline."

Lu Yang extended two fingers: "In this, there are two possibilities: one, the mastermind behind the scenes pre-set certain taboo words—once spoken, they would alter the timeline, and we happened to utter one of those taboo words."

Saying this, Lu Yang's expression turned grave, and he said in a deep voice: "The other possibility is that he was hiding in the dark at that time, watching us."

"I don't think he just happened to appear near us by chance; it's more likely he has been hiding in the dark, observing us all along!"

So some things Lu Yang cannot say in the outside world; he can only say them in the mental space when both Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi and the Immortal Fairy are present.

The Immortal Fairy was startled by Xiao Yangzi's guess, feeling that Xiao Yangzi was even smarter than herself.

Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi roughly understood Lu Yang's idea, leaving only one final question: "Then why do you still agree to open the world seal?"

Lu Yang gave a bitter smile and spread his hands: "Because I have no reason to disagree with opening the world seal; the only reason to disagree would be if the mastermind behind the scenes hasn't died yet, and I'm waiting for him to think his fake death succeeded and actively expose a flaw."

"If I disagree with opening the world seal, the mastermind behind the scenes will only hide deeper."

"To buy time, I said we shouldn't rashly break the seal—there are many things that need preparation."

"Senior sister, what do you think?" Lu Yang looked at Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi with eyes full of hope; if possible, he hoped she would propose a reason to outwardly oppose opening the box world's seal.

Miss Miss Miss Miss Miss Yun Zhi didn't expect the little junior brother to have thought so thoroughly.

"I also think the mastermind behind the scenes is faking death, but I still think it's better to open the seal."

(Chapter complete)