Chapter 257: Chapter 256: Mother-child River and Twin River_1

“Back when I was a ruler over a realm, an entire planet was my territory, mine to command, to benefit the world.”

“This Twin Lotus is a new species cultivated by me.”

“Really?”

Fairy Eternity kept yammering on within Lu Yang’s Spiritual Space. Initially, Lu Yang treated it as background noise, entering one ear and exiting the other, without paying any attention to what she was saying.

But now, Lu Yang was interested.

Lu Yang had always thought that natural treasures existed since ancient times and had remained unchanged.

For example, valuable medicinal materials, like ginseng and glossy ganoderma, or even commonplace plants like dog tails and dandelions that have been known since the beginning of human history.

Being called natural treasures, they were naturally born and nurtured by the earth.

Lu Yang had never heard of any natural treasures being cultivated by individuals of great power in later generations.

But now, he had heard of such a thing.

“Tell me, what happened?” Lu Yang asked eagerly.

Fairy Eternity smiled triumphantly, very pleased with Lu Yang’s attitude. This was how immortals should be treated.

“To talk about this, I have to mention my own capabilities.”

“That happened after I obtained immortality. As you know, I was quite renowned during ancient times, many people willingly worshipped me.”

“At that time, I was approached by a devout female follower who desired a set of twins. Despite the fact that such a thing was not within human control, she applied for my intervention.”

“Upon reflection, I realized fulfilling such a wish wouldn’t pose any problem, so I set to work.” Fairy Eternity was a balanced immortal, she didn’t grant every wish.

“Originally, I could have concocted an elixir to help the follower give birth to twins, but then I remembered something Immortal Jiuchong once said.”

“Immortal Jiuchong said, ‘When one follower makes a wish, ten will want to ask for the same thing.’”

“Childbirth is an eternal desire. It’s impossible that only one follower would want twins.”

“Even if I created an elixir now, if others request the same from me in the future, what am I supposed to do? Continue to concoct more elixirs? That’s too troublesome.”

“So I thought of a ‘once and for all’ solution. Using my highest divine ability, I drew on the spiritual energy of the heavens and the earth, extracted the rhymes of the Dao, altered some rules, used whatever methods you can’t understand right now and transformed a river into an immortal artifact.”

“Anyone who drinks from this river can nurture two fetuses in their womb.”

“I named the river Twin River.”

After a moment of silence, Lu Yang asked, “… You wouldn’t have whimsically created another river later, called Mother-child River, would you? To make it so that, after drinking the water, a woman could get pregnant and only have girls?”

“No, I didn’t…”

Lu Yang breathed a sigh of relief.

“Before I created the Twin River, I had already created the Mother-child River.”

Fairy Eternity looked curious, “How did you know about Mother-child River, is it recorded in ancient books?”

“Let’s just say I dreamt about it.”

Without thinking more about it, Fairy Eternity continued, “Living beings that grow in the river are influenced by the river water, undergoing a deviation, or change from the source of their souls.”

“Among these changes, the most obvious was a lotus plant. Originally, it would only bloom a single lotus, but after growing from the Twin River, it would bloom two.”

“I found this interesting, so I named this lotus…”

“Twin Lotus?” Anticipating Fairy Eternity’s train of thought, Lu Yang blurted out.

“Sister Lotus.”

Lu Yang: “…”

“When Yingtian Immortal heard of this, he advised me, saying that calling it Sister Lotus wasn’t good, it didn’t reflect the sense of an immortal creating a plant. He suggested I change the name to Twin Lotus.”

“I liked this name, so I agreed.”

“The taste of the seeds of the Sister Lotus was not bad. I often made porridge with them and served it to Yingtian and the others.”

Fairy Eternity had previously stated that lotus-seed soup could bless someone with many children and prosperity. She wasn’t just talking; this was really a possibility.

“With the end of ancient times, I am not sure where Mother-child River and Twin River have gone. Whether someone transformed them into other Immortal Artifacts or hid them somewhere, I do not know.”

The Twin Lotus, a valuable natural treasure that can assist people in forming the First-Grade Golden Core, was usually thought to be naturally born and nurtured by the earth. No one had considered that it was created by an Immortal, and at first, its purpose wasn’t even to form the Golden Core, but to make porridge.

“Relying on the Twin Lotus to form a Golden Core is not a real skill. Stick with me, and I will teach you how to form the Invincible Golden Core.” Fairy Eternity scoffed at the idea of using the Twin Lotus to form a Golden Core. She thought that the Golden Cores formed this way were far inferior to her own.

Even among First-Grade Golden Cores, there are superior and inferior ones.

Lu Yang rolled his eyes and ignored Fairy Eternity, then returned to discussing how to divide the lotus.

“Since the utility of the Twin Lotus is to form a Golden Core, why don’t we all observe the lotuses together, see who gains the insight to golden core formation, and then that person can have the lotuses. What do you think?”

Meng Jingzhou’s proposal garnered agreement from the other three.

Meng Jingzhou fetched a flower vase and placed the Twin Lotus into it. The four individuals huddled together, their eyes transfixed on the Twin Lotus.

This scene was a bit eerie, similar to some kind of forbidden ritual conducted by a demonic sect.

Luckily, all four of them were Seek Dao Sect disciples, following the Righteous Path, so there wouldn’t be any suspicion.

Lu Yang stared hard at the Twin Lotus, hoping, like his Second Senior Brother, to be able to form a strong Yin-Yang Golden Core.

Meng Jingzhou etched the image of the Twin Lotus in his mind.

After a long period of evolution, the Twin Lotus had the ability to reverse the attributes. Meng Jingzhou tried to use this opportunity to gain insight into the Twin Lotus in hopes of reversing the Yin and Yang, changing his Single Body Spiritual Root into a Harem Spiritual Root.

Tao Yaoye, on the other hand, was thinking about incorporating changes in Yin and Yang within her illusion realm to make it more mysterious. If she could integrate the changes within the illusion realm with the insight of the Golden Core, that would be ideal.

Man Gu focused on the Twin Lotus, thinking about all the descriptions of the lotus, such as “Arising from the filth yet remaining pure, taking a clear ripple but not being carnal,” “Infinite green lotus leaves connect to the sky, different red lotus blooms reflect the sun.”

Soon, Man Gu thought of another key question: “Can the lotus be eaten? Can it be roasted?”

So, they sat in silence for two full days.

Lu Yang’s eyes were dry from staring at the lotus, so he took out the eye drops that Eldest Senior Sister had given him, put in a few drops, and a felt a lot better.

“Did any of you gain any insight?” He asked.

The three of them shook their heads together, they didn’t gain anything.

After two days of contemplating and gaining no insights, this suggested that their fate was not tied to the Twin Lotus. Forcing them to form a Golden Core wouldn’t work.

“It’s not right to just discard it, we went through a lot of trouble to get it. How about we sell it off at the firm and split the Spirit Stones? It’s better to cut losses now than keep trying without any results,” suggested Tao Yaoye.

“Sounds good.” Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu didn’t have any objections.

Lu Yang raised his hand and voiced a different request: “I want the lotus seeds. As for the Spirit Stones that will be acquired from the auction, I don’t need that. Is that okay?”

In Lu Yang’s Spiritual Space, Fairy Eternity was causing a ruckus, insisting on having the lotus seeds.

To quell this calamity, Lu Yang could only ask for the lotus seeds.