CHAPTER 576: CHAPTER 285: DAO FRUIT EXPERIMENT, HAORI’S DISCOVERY

Zheng Fa looked at her sitting there with a blank expression, and found it amusing:

He wanted Sister Yuan to attend the class, not to deliberately bother her, but mainly to conduct an experiment:

In the past two days, while discussing issues with Sister Zhang, she suddenly noticed that the feeling she got from Zheng Fa’s speech had changed.

Especially during their discussions on Dao, her mind was inexplicably drawn, and Zheng Fa’s words seemed to inspire even more of her creativity.

At first, Sister Zhang didn’t think much of it, assuming she was just finding Zheng Fa increasingly pleasing to the eye...

But later, even Master Pang muttered something similar.

This caught the attention of everyone.

This matter, Zheng Fa himself hadn’t noticed, but after some probing, they found the change had appeared in the past few days.

In other words, it coincided with a change in Zheng Fa’s Dao Fruit.

Zheng Fa naturally thought of his actions in modern times and couldn’t help but speculate—could it be that his Dao Fruit is adding a buff to his preaching?

But such matters tend toward psychological changes, are extremely subtle, and hard to verify; at least, whether it’s Sister Zhang or Master Pang, they usually find Zheng Fa’s Dao discussions inspiring, and it’s uncertain if it’s due to the Dao Fruit.

If one truly wants to understand it, a long-term comparative experiment might be needed.

But isn’t there an unreceptive Sister Yuan to experiment on?

Today, Zheng Fa planned to conduct an intelligence-enhancing human---no, animal experiment!

Sister Yuan sat dumbly in the classroom, pondering what to eat later to heal her wounded heart and ears, while Zheng Fa began his lecture at the podium.

This lecture was on "Advanced Talismanic Magic," covering their latest research on talismanic magic, including theories like sub-talisman theory, linked talismans, and applications such as talisman formations.

Prerequisites for this course were having excellent topology skills and completion of intermediate talismanic magic.

In other words, the not-so-bright Sister Yuan technically wasn’t qualified to be sitting there!

Half an incense stick later, Sister Yuan watched as Zheng Fa’s mouth moved up and down, and her eyes gradually became dazed.

Zheng Fa felt a bit disheartened too; was he wrong, or was Sister Yuan’s mind just too hard to enlighten?

He didn’t stop, continuing to lecture the other disciples.

Suddenly, he noticed something off with Sister Yuan—she seemed animated, and amidst her expression of brilliance, there was indeed a spark of insight.

It looked like she truly had an epiphany!

He and Sister Zhang exchanged glances, both filled with joy.

Sister Yuan was even more elated; she chattered excitedly around Zheng Fa after class:

"I understood the linked talismans of wood and fire!"

"Not only did I understand, but I feel my Lifebound Spirit Fire also understood!"

"I seem to have become more powerful!"

Upon saying this, Sister Yuan couldn’t help but puff her chest, place her hands on her hips, looking smug with a look of exclusive genius arrogance,

It was probably the first time this little bird experienced the thrill of an epiphany, and the realm of a top student, so a bit of pride was understandable.

Zheng Fa was a bit proud too—this Dao Fruit isn’t even fully formed yet, and it could open up Yuan Xiaoniao’s blockhead... quite remarkable.

After class, while discussing the Dao Fruit concepts with Sister Zhang, he returned to Ten Thousand Immortals Island.

"Helpful for preaching... indeed, it’s extremely useful for a Dao Fruit."

Indeed, the path Zheng Fa was walking seemed inclined towards spreading the teachings, and the Fusang Wood Dao Fruit in this regard was truly delightful.

It’s just that he didn’t know, once this Dao Fruit fully formed, what the effect would be.

This matter, after all, was still far away, but there were some things that were pressing.

When they arrived at Ten Thousand Immortals Island, Mu Qingyan was already waiting for him in Zheng Fa’s courtyard.

Now that he decided to take over the forces left by Tongming Master, some things Zheng Fa previously didn’t care about had become quite important.

"You mentioned before that after the Hundred Immortals Alliance was destroyed, the Five Sects of Xuanwei, no, the Four Sects of Xuanwei all established their powers?"

Mu Qingyan nodded honestly.

"Explain specifically?"

"The Turquoise Pool established the Immortal Court, Haori Mountain was called the Haori Mountain Sacred Land, besides that, there’s also the Supreme Dao Country and Thunder Sound Buddha Land."

"And what about the major Demon Ancestors?"

"The forces of the major Demon Ancestors... extremely mysterious, I don’t know much, only that there are the Four Demon Realms, the Three Forbidden Lands, and the Great Freedom Demon Emperor..."

"Oh, and..." Zheng Fa listened to Mu Qingyan mention a force’s name that slightly shocked him, "the Nine Netherworld."

The Netherworld?

This name, even more than the previous major force names, made Zheng Fa feel terrified.

Sister Zhang and another showed expressions as calm as ancient wells, clearly not feeling anything about this name.

Suppressing his curiosity, he asked another question he was more concerned about:

"Who occupied the territory of the Hundred Immortals Alliance afterwards?"

"Primarily the Great Freedom Demon Emperor, but there were also people from Haori Sacred Land who continuously contended with the Great Freedom Demon Emperor."

Zheng Fa furrowed his brows.

This made the issue significant:

It indicated that Haori Mountain had intentions for this place.

Mu Qingyan remembered that the Great Freedom Demon Emperor in his memory wasn’t what it was now.

The Great Freedom Demon Sect hadn’t perished, and the Demon Emperor Dao Fruit seemed to have no major issues; the Great Freedom Demon Emperor’s strength should be considerable.

Yet Haori Mountain still persisted, they must have their reasons.

Thinking of this, Zheng Fa was hesitant; otherwise, should they just give up on the land of the Hundred Immortals Alliance?

However, due to some doubts about Mu Qingyan’s so-called rebirth, plus those resources still tempted Zheng Fa’s greed.

He hadn’t made up his mind yet and planned to observe the situation first.

But Mingde Master and others have already decided to retreat.

Tongming Mountain had been destroyed, the Five Sects of Xuanwei and the Great Freedom Demon Ancestor no longer had fundamental conflicts, and they’d long had thoughts of leaving.

No matter what the future holds, currently both sides are still cooperating, so Zheng Fa, along with Sister Zhang, bid farewell to Mingde Master and others.