181: Da Luo Cave

At the dinner table, Lin Yuan looked at Zhang Chulan and chuckled, "Zhang Chulan... tell me everything you know about Feng Baobao now."

Everyone present looked at Zhang Chulan with serious expressions, knowing that what he was about to say was extremely important.

Zhang Chulan took out a cigarette and lit it. He told Lin Yuan everything he knew about Feng Baobao, which he had learned from Xu Xiang.

Wang Ye, Zhang Lingyu, and Ma Xianhong never expected Feng Baobao's background to be so mysterious.

From 1944 until now, over seventy years, Feng Baobao's appearance hasn't changed at all; she remains eternally youthful! And her bodily functions haven't declined either!

Isn't this the legendary immortality?

Even Xia He was very curious, observing Feng Baobao.

No girl doesn't wish for eternal youth.

She tried to find traces of time on Feng Baobao's face, but no matter how she looked, she couldn't find a single mark.

"Eh? Martial Uncle Lin Yuan, aren't you surprised?"

Zhang Chulan looked at Lin Yuan, who was still calmly drinking tea.

It was as if Lin Yuan had already known all these things.

But that was impossible! Besides the deceased Xu Xiang, only Xu San and Xu Si knew about Feng Baobao's background.

"What's there to be surprised about? The inexplicable change in Rootless Life is related to Feng Baobao, so it's very possible they lived in the same era. Is that strange?"

Lin Yuan looked at Zhang Chulan indifferently.

"Alright, tell me what Xu Xin told you when you secretly went to see him."

Zhang Chulan flicked his cigarette ash.

"Nothing much, just about Rootless Life and his family, but I always feel like he's hiding something from me."

"Heh heh, you don't need to feel it, Xu Xin is indeed hiding something from you."

"Ultimately, it's understandable that he's hiding these things. He's Rootless Life's sworn brother, and anyone among the Thirty-Six Thieves who agreed to become sworn brothers was more or less captivated by Rootless Life's charm."

"Otherwise, he wouldn't have left his home because of a letter and sworn brotherhood with Rootless Life."

"They definitely want to help Rootless Life."

Zhang Chulan was a bit displeased.

"That old guy, he really tricked me! Why don't we go back and ask him clearly!"

Lin Yuan shook his head.

"There's no need."

"Xu Xin probably only knows Rootless Life's name and origin. As for who his family members are, he probably doesn't know either. Isn't your goal to find out if Feng Baobao is his daughter?"

Wang Ye scratched his head at this point. He felt like his hair loss symptoms seemed to be alleviated; his scalp was itchy, as if new hair was about to grow.

"Immortal Master Lin Yuan, you seem to know a lot!"

"The amount of information I've received these past few days is a bit too overwhelming. How do you know Rootless Life's origin and name?"

"How are you so sure that Xu Xin has never met Rootless Life's family?"

"Do you know Rootless Life's name?"

Zhang Lingyu looked at Lin Yuan at this moment and felt he was somewhat unfamiliar. After descending the mountain, his relationship with Lin Yuan had also grown more distant.

In fact, many things were only solved by them based on clues provided by Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan knew far more than they did.

Zhang Lingyu racked his brain but couldn't understand. Could he really know so much just by descending the mountain a little earlier than himself?

They had never even considered that Rootless Life had a real name before this.

"Rootless Life's real name is Feng Yao!"

Zhang Chulan was struck by this name as if by lightning.

"Feng Yao!? The same surname as Feng Baobao!? Could Feng Baobao really be Rootless Life's daughter!?"

Zhang Chulan frowned. His speculation might indeed be correct.

Rootless Life was probably Feng Baobao's father.

Wang Ye looked at Lin Yuan with some confusion.

"That's a bit strange then. If she's Rootless Life's daughter and hasn't died from 1944 until now, that's not right."

Lin Yuan put down his teacup and slowly said, "Alright, Old Wang, stop guessing. To confirm this speculation, we just need to find Rootless Life! All questions will naturally be answered."

"And also, we need to figure out who the eight people were who comprehended the Eight Wonders inside the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Tongtian Valley."

"What was his purpose in doing so? And why did he block the path to Ascension? What was his motive? Was it for his family, or for some other reason?"

Lin Yuan privately speculated that Rootless Life's drastic change in temperament might be due to multiple factors.

Perhaps his family encountered misfortune, or he realized during Cultivation that he couldn't achieve Ascension.

Thus, the collapse of his faith, coupled with a broken family, a comprehensive blow caused his temperament to change completely.

Perhaps Rootless Life discovered the path to Ascension in the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Tongtian Valley, but ultimately, for unknown reasons, he couldn't Ascend.

When one Cultivates to the very end, who doesn't hope to find their Dao and then Ascend?

Rootless Life couldn't find it, but now he could find people who had comprehended the Eight Wonders.

Lin Yuan looked at everyone and slowly said,

"Alright, let's now list the creators of the Eight Wonders."

"Lu Jin's Heaven-Reaching Talisman, Zheng Zibu."

"Divine Mechanism of a Hundred Refinements, Ma Xianhong's great-grandfather, Ma Ben Zai."

"Source of Qi, Zhang Huaiyi."

"Soul Summoning, Feng Tianyang."

... Lin Yuan kept counting on his fingers.

"Currently, there are probably four still alive: Wudang's Zhou Sheng and All-encompassing Hands Duan Muying. These two cannot be found for a while."

"Now, only Gu Jiting and Ruan Feng remain."

"Lu Jin told me that before Gu Jiting died, this person created Daluo Insight, and was once besieged by people from the Technique Character Sect, but he mysteriously disappeared."

"From then on, the Sect Leader of the Technique Character Sect also vanished into thin air."

"And then this Gu Jiting never appeared again."

Zhang Chulan scratched his head.

"I wonder, how does everyone understand this Daluo Insight?"

Lin Yuan then stated his own understanding.

"The essence of Daluo Insight is actually the ultimate manipulation of the observer effect. Gu Jiting achieves almost miraculous spatio-temporal intervention by manipulating the act of 'being observed' itself."

"'When you know Daluo Insight exists, observation is established — what you see is precisely the trap it wants you to see.'"

Zhang Chulan said with a wry smile, "This thing sounds a bit too complicated, doesn't it?"

Lin Yuan nodded.

"It is indeed very complex, but if there really is someone who can see through all things in the world, they might be close to Immortal Ascension, right?"

"Currently, all of the Eight Wonders have their own flaws."