Cut from the Same Cloth

As for Immortal Suiyue, Lu Yang knew only his honorific title and nothing else, yet he could still deduce a few things. Just as the Immortal Fairy bore the prefix "Immortal" and her defining trait was immortality, it could be deduced that Immortal Suiyue's nature was linked to "suiyue"—which was to say, time. A spell that Immortal Suiyue had taught to the Immortal Fairy, which was now being passed down to him by her, was equivalent to receiving the favor of two celestials. That alone proved how formidable this spell was! Moreover, time-attribute spells were the rarest of all magic, far surpassing even spatial and karmic spells in scarcity. "Why did Immortal Suiyue teach you this spell?" Lu Yang wondered internally if she had poisoned Immortal Suiyue until his mind was addled and swindled it out of him. The more Lu Yang thought about it, the more plausible it seemed. The Immortal Fairy feigned indignation. "What kind of talk is that? With this fairy's charismatic charm, isn't it only natural that Immortal Suiyue begged me to learn his magic!" *He really was poisoned stupid by you.* "And in reality?" "Once, I complained to Immortal Suiyue that after I went to all the trouble of cooking so much nutritious food and inviting you all over, none of you showed up, letting the food go to waste. I asked if he could teach me a spell that would let me know in advance whether you were coming or not, so I'd know what to expect when preparing food." "Immortal Suiyue looked rather reluctant. I could easily guess why—he probably felt that if I learned this spell, he'd be out of a job. Perfectly understandable." "Seeing him in a bind, I didn't press him to teach me." "And then?" "Well, you know what a gentle, considerate, generous, and dignified fairy I am," the Immortal Fairy said, using adjectives that had nothing whatsoever to do with her. "Back then, I was very considerate and said, 'You oversee so many planets and are so busy that it's understandable you don't have time to dine at my place.'" "'Since that's the case, I'll go out of my way to provide door-to-door delivery. Once the food is ready, I'll personally bring it to your dining tables one by one. That way, my cooking won't go to waste, and you will save time.'" "Immortal Suiyue probably thought this fairy's time was also precious and shouldn't be wasted on such trivial matters, so on the spot, he offered to teach me 'foreseeing the future' so I could predict who would come and who wouldn't." "I told him the spell sounded quite difficult, that I shouldn't bother learning it, and that delivering food door-to-door would be better. But Immortal Suiyue was very enthusiastic, insisting the spell was simple and that I'd pick it up in no time." "Seeing how enthusiastic he was, I reluctantly agreed to learn it." "And you learned it?" The Immortal Fairy nodded with a proud expression. "Who do you think I am? I am the magnificent Immortal Fairy! How could I possibly fail to learn it? I can predict what will happen three days from now without the slightest error!" Lu Yang was struck with awe. To know what would happen three days in advance—she truly lived up to her title as one of the Five Ancient Celestials. "Let me demonstrate it for you!" As she spoke, her soul floated out of Lu Yang's body. A breeze from parts unknown fluttered the hem of her pale green dress, making her appear as though she had stepped straight out of a painting. Raising her right hand, the Immortal Fairy chanted obscure and cryptic words in the ancient tongue. As the ancient tongue resonated, countless golden runes manifested, drifting in all directions before vanishing into the void. When the chanting reached a crescendo, the golden runes returned, gathering in her eyes. Her eyes shone with a brilliant, vibrant gold. "I see it..." "What does Fairy see?" "I see moderate rain turning clear from tonight through tomorrow daytime, temperatures fifteen to nineteen degrees, with a southeast wind..." Lu Yang: "???" The Immortal Fairy continued, "I can also see that the day after tomorrow will be sunny turning cloudy, seventeen to twenty-four degrees..." Seeing that she was about to keep broadcasting the weather forecast for the day after tomorrow, Lu Yang hurriedly cut her off. "Wait, hold on a second, Fairy. *This* is the 'foreseeing the future' you learned?" *Immortal Suiyue actually let you graduate after seeing you turn out like this? Wasn't he afraid you'd ruin his reputation?* The Immortal Fairy said to Lu Yang in an earnest, heartfelt tone, "Your vision is far too narrow. Does predicting what you did or what I did constitute the only form of foreseeing the future?" "I once had the same doubts as you, and Immortal Suiyue told me with deep earnestness: how could a weather forecast not be part of foreseeing the future?" "'In fact, a weather forecast is even more difficult than predicting human actions.'" "'What does the weather represent? It represents the shifts of heaven and earth. Heaven, Earth, and Man: Man comes last, while Heaven and Earth come first. Predicting the shifts of heaven and earth is certainly far more difficult than predicting human behavior.'" "'The fact that I predict the weather proves beyond doubt that I have cultivated this spell to great mastery! Even if ordinary people wanted to do what I do, they couldn't!'" The Immortal Fairy recited to Lu Yang everything Immortal Suiyue had told her. She was thoroughly pleased with herself—scolding a student... ah, no, being a teacher felt simply wonderful. Lu Yang suspected that the Immortal Fairy had been duped by Immortal Suiyue, but since he was no match for Immortal Suiyue, he didn't dare question it aloud. "Can you predict anything else?" "Only the weather." Lu Yang was now certain she had been duped by Immortal Suiyue, but he still couldn't beat Immortal Suiyue. The Ancient Era was truly cruel. Celestials didn't even have the most basic human decency, cheating even fools. Despicable! "Is this weather forecast of yours even reliable? The Dao Seeking Sect has spring-like weather all year round and rarely sees rain." Lu Yang eyed the Immortal Fairy suspiciously, doubting the spell's success rate. "This fairy's weather forecasts have never been wrong!" "So you're going to teach me weather forecasting?" The corner of Lu Yang's eye twitched as he took back his initial impression. This golden finger truly was useless. "What this fairy mastered was the highest realm of foreseeing the future: predicting the weather. Your magical talent may be decent, but it still falls short of mine, not to mention you're only at the Foundation Establishment stage. How could you possibly master it to my level?" Lu Yang couldn't quite fathom what she was so proud of. "So what you're actually teaching me is normal future-sight, and it was just you who ended up learning weather forecasting?" "Correct." Lu Yang felt this was probably what they meant by "cut from the same cloth." Seeing as the Immortal Fairy was his Nascent Soul, it was only natural for them to share some similarities. "Are you going to learn it or not?" "I'll learn!" "Since you want to learn, you must start from the most fundamental ancient tongue. The ancient tongue differs vastly from today's language, and you won't be able to learn it all anytime soon. To see results quickly, you just need to learn the words in the ancient tongue used when casting 'foreseeing the future.'" Pausing for a moment, the Immortal Fairy recited the phrase in the ancient tongue she had just used. "What does this sentence mean?" Lu Yang asked, curious. The Immortal Fairy translated, "What I said just now was: 'Spirits of Heaven, Spirits of Earth, Immortal Suiyue, you turtle grandson, manifest yourself quick!'" Lu Yang subconsciously took two steps back, terrified that Immortal Suiyue would descend and crush him with a single finger. Lu Yang felt that learning spells under the Immortal Fairy offered zero basic guarantees of survival. Eldest Senior Sister Yun Zhi was far more dependable. "Chant it after me." "Um, just in case, let me ask first—is 'turtle grandson' something that has to be chanted aloud?" "No need. That's just an auxiliary particle for tone; you can chant it or not."