Chapter 283: Chapter 282: The Final Battle before the Four Immortals of the Ancients Attained Enlightenment_1

“Did the prisoner confess?” Lu Yang asked subconsciously.

Fairy Eternity was baffled by Lu Yang’s question: “How would I know if the prisoner confessed? It must be that Immortal Jiuchong was too tired from interrogating the prisoner and needed food to refuel.”

“Let’s see what ingredients we have left.” Fairy Eternity hummed a light tune, wandering around the kitchen, finally stopping before a pool.

“Taiyi Holy Water?” Yun Zhi whispered the origin of the water in the pool. It was not ordinary, but a rare Taiyi Holy Water that had never appeared at auctions.

The Taiyi Holy Water was said to have the ability to purify everything and cleanse the soul. A single drop could pull a Cultivator back from going berserk during practice.

If Yun Zhi’s memory served her right, only a few drops of Taiyi Holy Water were left nowadays, scattered among various major forces as foundation and were not to be casually used.

The Seek Dao Sect once had three drops which were all used on the Elders who had gone berserk during Cultivation. Now, the Seek Dao Sect didn’t have a single drop of Taiyi Holy Water.

Yet, there was a pool of Taiyi Holy Water here.

The calm surface of the water reflected Fairy Eternity’s delicate face.

“Why is there a pool here?” Lu Yang, unfamiliar with Taiyi Holy Water, was merely puzzled as to why a pool would be in a kitchen.

“It’s a vegetable washing pool, don’t you wash your ingredients before cooking?” Fairy Eternity revealed an expression suggesting ‘Lu Yang, you really lack hygiene,’ causing Lu Yang’s eyelid to twitch.

Taiyi Holy Water could purify everything; using it to wash vegetables could somehow… make sense?

Eldest Senior Sister hesitated a bit, thinking that it indeed befits the ingenuity of an ancient immortal to use such unexpected methods.

Then Fairy Eternity extended her index finger and lightly touched the calm surface of the water, causing ripples to spread.

The water surface parted as though responding to a command from something, revealing the space underneath the water.

There were no water drops or vapour in the underwater space. An odd power isolated the pool and the underwater space. If the entire setting of the pool and the underwater space was seen as a jar, then the pool would be the lid.

The items in the underwater space startled Lu Yang: unidentified meat radiating vibrant life energy, Immortal Fruits that had disappeared from history, spherical stones with unbelievable regular structure, flowers emitting five-coloured radiance… all these items spoke of their extraordinary origin.

But none of these were the main point, the real key was—

“How are these things so well preserved even after three hundred thousand years?!” Lu Yang was shocked. Even if a Transcendence Tribulation Stage cultivator lived like a relay race, they would already have died many generations ago after such a long period.

Yun Zhi raised an eyebrow. In her perception, the time in this underwater space was completely static.

First, Fairy Eternity confirmed that her precious items were intact and secretly took a sigh of relief, then proudly declared: “This space was created for me by Time Immortal!”

“He used the power of his Time Dao Fruit to completely freeze the time in this space. Whatever you put inside remains the same when you take it out!”

Lu Yang drew in a sharp breath, freezing local time, the Time Dao Fruit could actually do this?!

“When Time Immortal just became an Immortal and formed his Time Dao Fruit, he couldn’t do this. It was with my help that he developed this trick. To thank me, he constructed this time-stilled space for me.”

“Does Fairy Eternity also master time-related powers?” Lu Yang recalled the divine abilities related to time that Fairy Eternity possessed.

One was Playing Dead Technique, which allowed her to control her own time and speed up the rotting of her body.

Another was weather forecasting, which accurately predicted future weather.

However, it didn’t seem like Fairy Eternity had the ability to guide Time Immortal.

“Time Immortal said that only when facing threats could the power of Dao Fruit be stimulated. Yet there are hardly any ‘threats’ to immortals.”

“So, he asked me to cook for him. He wanted to restrain his own time while eating. After practicing for a few days, he succeeded.”

Lu Yang: “…”

“It might be that he recalled the time when I pinned him down and beat him up during his Transcendence Tribulation Stage while eating, which invoked the sense of ‘threat’. Immortal Jiuchong taught me that this is called a conditioned response.”

“Transcendence Tribulation Stage?” Yun Zhi caught the keyword and remembered a story she had read from an ancient book, “Does Fairy Eternity know about a grand battle the Yingtian Immortal and the other three had experienced before becoming immortals, that is, when they were still in the Transcendence Tribulation stage?”

“The last battle before becoming immortals?” Upon hearing this, Lu Yang was intrigued. This sounded full of storytelling potential, stirring up numerous passionate imaginations.

Yun Zhi lightly nodded and recalled the content from the ancient book: “According to legend, the Four Immortals of the Ancients had a significant decisive battle before achieving immortality.”

“Yingtian Immortal, Qilin Immortal, and Immortal Jiuchong, these three Geniuses arrogantly teamed up against Time Immortal. It was said that during the battle, Yingtian Immortal vehemently asked Time Immortal ‘Who can become an Immortal!’ Faced with Yingtian Immortal’s interrogation, Time Immortal didn’t dare to answer, putting him at a disadvantage.”

“People speculated that among the Four Immortals of the Ancients, Time Immortal was originally a Firmament Tree and had existed for an unknown number of years. It was terrifyingly profound and the most likely to become an Immortal. Yingtian Immortal and the other two teamed up to prevent Time Immortal from becoming the first to achieve Immortality.”

At first, Fairy Eternity furrowed her brows, not recalling anything about a final battle before immortality. But as she listened further, she suddenly realized: “Oh, you are talking about this. Well, you asked the right person, I know about this.”

“Let me tell you, Time Immortal looked down at everyone before he became an Immortal. At that time, we were both in the Transcendence Tribulation Stage. Time Immortal asked me, out of all the heroes in the world, who can become Immortal?”

“I asked if it could be Yingtian Immortal. He said that Yingtian Immortal values his status too much, which is a burden on his path to Immortality.”

“I asked if it could be Qilin Immortal. He said that Qilin Immortal is a crude warrior who relies on his innate luck. His path of Cultivation is too smooth and he would have a hard time passing the test of becoming an Immortal.”

“I asked if it could be Immortal Jiuchong. He said that Immortal Jiuchong is average and would have been defeated by other geniuses if not for his Immortal body. Such a person cannot become an Immortal.”

“I asked if I could do it. He said that I’m too conspicuous and aggressive. Although I’m pursuing the path of invincibility, too much hardness can easily lead to breaking. He also said that my thinking is too intricate, which is against the way of nature. This puts me at a disadvantage and makes it impossible for me to become an Immortal.”

“I asked him who could become an Immortal then. He said that it’s a pity that among all the people in the world, only he could become an Immortal, doomed to eternal solitude.”

“I got angry at the time, pinned him down and beat him up. Then he humbly said that I could also become an Immortal.”

“I was still angry afterwards and felt that one round wasn’t enough to vent my anger. But since I had already beaten him up once, it wouldn’t be seemly to hit him again. So I told Yingtian Immortal, Qilin Immortal, and Immortal Jiuchong about our conversation.”

“Then, the three of them teamed up to give Time Immortal a good lesson.”

“Time Immortal wasn’t afraid of anyone in a one-versus-one fight. But in a three-on-one, Time Immortal could only take a beating.”

“When Yingtian Immortal asked Time Immortal ‘Who can become an Immortal,’ Time Immortal, knowing that he was in the wrong, did not dare to reply.”

Yun Zhi: “…”

So this was the true story behind the legendary final battle before the Ascension of the Four Immortals of the Ancients?

Seeing Eldest Senior Sister’s reaction, Lu Yang sneakily thought, you now know the kind of ancient stories I hear every day, right?