Chapter 665 - 73: Qing Xuan and Lu Xuan, the Monkey Returns to the Mountain, Super Heaven Great Saint Ben Bo’Erba

Chapter 665: Chapter 73: Qing Xuan and Lu Xuan, the Monkey Returns to the Mountain, Super Heaven Great Saint Ben Bo’Erba

Lu Xuan was stunned.

He felt a bit dizzy, unable to make sense of it all.

’So...’

’The one who once gave me my soul was actually Qing Xuan Daoist?’

’If that’s the case, what did Qing Xuan Daoist mean when he said he "gifted his name to an infant"??’

A thousand thoughts raced through his mind as Lu Xuan looked up, gazing at the Daoist before him, who was shrouded in a chaotic mist.

After a long moment of contemplation, he asked calmly:

"So, you’re saying that you... are Lu Xuan?"

Guangcheng Zi, waiting at the side, stared with wide eyes. Qing Xuan Daoist, however, looked slightly surprised. He chuckled, then shook his head.

"I see, I see... I see now."

After a pause, he said softly:

"Great Celestial Venerable, you have misunderstood. I merely gifted him my name. I am not the Lord of the Dao Dynasty."

Lu Xuan raised his eyes.

"Qing Xuan, you have the ability to perceive the traces of Fu Xi, and you even know you were replaced. Is that right?"

"Correct."

"Then who are you, exactly?"

"As you have perceived, I might have once been called... Lu Xuan."

Qing Xuan Daoist said with a smile:

"But it’s just the same name. As I said, I am not the Lord of the Dao Dynasty."

Lu Xuan’s brow furrowed. He felt a sense of chaos. ’Qing Xuan, Fu Xi, Lu Xuan...’

He roughly understood what Qing Xuan Daoist was getting at.

Qing Xuan Daoist had once been called ’Lu Xuan,’ but later gifted that name to him. Then, that part of history was replaced by Fu Xi...

’So, the question is, who was that ’Lu Xuan’ from the past?’

Lu Xuan raised his eyes slightly. Relying on the [Cause of All Fruits] and possessing the traits of an Ancient One ahead of time, he looked down upon countless eons of Ancient History, investigating everything.

In the end, he couldn’t find another Daluo Creature named ’Lu Xuan.’ Instead, he saw the era when Qing Xuan Daoist first appeared.

It was...

’The Spring and Autumn Period.’

Qing Xuan Daoist’s earliest appearance was during the Spring and Autumn Years of the current Ancient History. Then, during the Qin Dynasty, he took over the position of Master of Guangcheng Palace.

He then survived until the End of Dharma Era, caused by the conflict between the Lady and the Demon Ancestor. Further beyond that, Lu Xuan’s vision became unclear, extremely blurry.

His thoughts raced as he recalled the two things his second master had told him.

"If you encounter a situation of certain death before you attain the Dao Fruit, a predicament where not even an Upper Grade Immortal can save your life, a situation where not even Supreme and Spirit Treasure can rescue you, only then may you seek out Qing Xuan."

"You may find out who Qing Xuan is in the future, but I would rather... you never know."

A thick fog of mystery shrouded Lu Xuan’s vision, and he subconsciously rubbed his eyes.

After a long silence,

Lu Xuan looked up and asked one last time:

"Qing Xuan, who are you, really?"

Qing Xuan thought for a moment, then performed a salute very seriously.

"In response to the Great Celestial Venerable, I... am Qing Xuan."

With that, he rose gracefully and sighed softly.

"Thank you, Great Celestial Venerable, for awakening me today. Although I knew that a period of my past had been replaced by Fu Xi, I never realized it was *that* period. After a dream of countless years, I have finally achieved great enlightenment today, great enlightenment!"

As he spoke,

Qing Xuan Daoist gave a solemn salute to the frowning Lu Xuan.

"Great Celestial Venerable, you are curious about who I am, but I cannot explain. One day in the future, you may find out who I truly am, but..."

He raised his head, his gaze piercing through the thick Chaos mist to meet Lu Xuan’s.

"But I hope... you will never know who I am."

’Almost the exact same words as my second master.’

Lu Xuan met Qing Xuan’s gaze through the Chaos mist. In a trance, he seemed to briefly see through the Chaos Qi and glimpse Qing Xuan Daoist’s eyes.

’A blind man.’

’A blind man with no pupils in either eye. His left eye held a sun, his right eye a moon, and they were...’

’The fundamental Innate Great Sun and the fundamental Innate Taiyin.’

In the end, Lu Xuan stood up and left without any further questions. Before he departed, he turned back to ask:

"Qing Xuan, your power... can it right the toppling heavens?"

Qing Xuan thought seriously for a moment before replying calmly:

"I cannot leave Guangcheng Palace. If I do leave, I can strike once with all my strength."

"Why only once?"

"After that one time, I will vanish like smoke."

"And with all your strength, what can you achieve?"

"Perhaps... omnipotence?"

Lu Xuan gave him a deep look, then led a bewildered and confused Guangcheng Zi out of the Daoist Palace, departing on the Nine Dragon Agarwood Chariot.

Sitting on the grand chariot, he repeated the name ’Qing Xuan’ in his mind. A thousand thoughts raced through his head as he pierced through the Years of history, trying to find the slightest clue.

Qing Xuan first appeared during the Spring and Autumn Years, materializing out of thin air. He emerged from Guangcheng Palace, wandered the world for many years, and finally returned to become the Palace Master.

After that,

Qing Xuan Daoist survived until the End of Dharma Era, living into the age when the Years of history were compressed. He disappeared around the year 2024 of the old calendar.

He reappeared in the year 6823 of the New Calendar, which was when Lu Xuan himself first visited Guangcheng Palace.

Qing Xuan’s origins were too mysterious, and he had said the exact same thing as his second master.

’Why? Why do they both hope that I never find out who Qing Xuan is?’

’Qing Xuan took ’Lu Xuan’ as his name, then gifted it to me, and finally, Fu Xi replaced that part of history...’

’Today, I awakened him, so why did he repeat ’I see’ three times?’

’And why would he say, "After a dream of countless years, I have finally achieved great enlightenment today"??’

Lu Xuan felt a headache coming on. His thoughts were a tangled mess, and no matter how he looked at it, he couldn’t come to a clear conclusion.

"Forget it, forget it..."