"What is a rudimentary Everlasting Dao fruit? Does it belong to our Immortal Lineage?" Lu Yang asked.
"Let this immortal think how to explain it to you." Immortal Fairy lowered her head and tapped her brow, pondering seriously before explaining, "To explain the rudimentary Everlasting Dao fruit, we must first start with the Everlasting Immortal Physique."
"Do you know about the Everlasting Immortal Physique?"
"I've heard a little. Supposedly, someone who possesses the Everlasting Immortal Physique has a lifespan several times longer than those of the same realm."
"Explaining it that way works, but it isn't quite comprehensive."
Daoist Lord Wanfa possessing the Everlasting Immortal Physique meant it was very likely he had lived all the way from the early Great Yu era to the present without going into deep sleep—a genuine ancient relic.
Everlasting Immortal Physiques were exceedingly rare, and books said very little about them.
Coincidentally, however, there had been someone with an Everlasting Immortal Physique back in ancient times.
"The Everlasting Immortal Physique serves two functions. One is just as you said: living longer. The other is accelerating one's own time."
"What does accelerating one's own time mean?"
"Take that Daoist Lord Wanfa as an example. If learning a spell takes him an entire day, he can make his own speed twelve times faster."
"To the outside world, it looks like he mastered the spell in just one shichen instead of a whole day."
"By the same token, the Everlasting Immortal Physique works when he cultivates as well. When he cultivates for one shichen, it is equivalent to someone else cultivating for an entire day."
"Didn't they say this fellow called Daoist Lord Wanfa was a cultivation prodigy whose speed in both cultivating and learning spells was remarkably fast? That's the reason."
Lu Yang came to a sudden realization. So that was how it worked.
It turned out Daoist Lord Wanfa's talent was not as terrifying as the world believed; it was entirely built up by piling on time.
"With an Everlasting Immortal Physique, the easiest thing for him to form is a rudimentary Everlasting Dao fruit. That's how lazy people are."
"The rudimentary Everlasting Dao fruit inherits the abilities of the Everlasting Immortal Physique, evolving from 'longevity' to 'undying,' in addition to accelerating one's own time."
"Didn't you see it just now? Daoist Lord Wanfa manipulated time to dodge Daoist Lord Hanhai's Eye of the Firmament."
Lu Yang nodded. With his capability, he naturally couldn't see the process of Daoist Lord Wanfa manipulating time, so ever since the battle began, he had been using Immortal Fairy's immortal sense to observe.
He had seen it with absolute clarity.
"The higher-tier versions of this sort of rudimentary Dao fruit are my Immortal Dao fruit and the Suiyue Dao fruit. He can be considered half a member of our Immortal Lineage."
"I'll demonstrate it for you."
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"There were no spell fluctuations just now; that was the power of a rudimentary Dao fruit. You are a half-immortal?" Daoist Lord Hanhai narrowed his eyes at Daoist Lord Wanfa.
Logically speaking, with Daoist Lord Wanfa's capabilities, dodging the Eye of the Firmament should have been impossible, yet he had dodged it.
A half-immortal was the only explanation.
"Heh, I didn't expect that while your strength is lacking, your eyesight is fairly decent." The corner of Daoist Lord Wanfa's mouth curved into a mocking smile, victory within his grasp.
The gap between the Tribulation Transcendence stage and a half-immortal could not be bridged by any means.
"Strength is lacking?" Daoist Lord Hanhai's gaze turned chillingly cold, his killing intent surging. This was the first time he had ever met a cultivator who dared evaluate him like that!
Just as Daoist Lord Wanfa was about to say something more, he suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself across the face, leaving both Daoist Lord Wanfa and Daoist Lord Hanhai completely stunned.
Daoist Lord Wanfa stared at Daoist Lord Hanhai in disbelief and uncertainty. Was this the opponent's technique?
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Chapter 756