Wan Lei put away the divine book. Although he didn't entirely agree with the views of the two, he vaguely felt they were quite right.
As everyone chatted and laughed, Wan Lei suddenly asked,
“Old Ancestor, I’ve always had a question I wanted to ask, but it doesn’t seem quite appropriate to ask a Celestial Venerable.
These Wan Qianxin and the others, they are only fourteen or fifteen years old, right? I don’t think I’m mistaken. But all the Celestial Venerables are over fifty thousand years old. Why are their children so young? Do they have children late in life?”
Upon hearing Wan Lei’s words, Wan Qingyi and Wan Jianyi exchanged a glance before bursting into hearty laughter.
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu were utterly bewildered by their laughter.
Then, four wooden swords suddenly appeared around Wan Jianyi. These four wooden swords zipped through the air around them, forming a barrier with sword qi that remained suspended around them.
Wan Lei noticed that each of the four wooden swords had a small, ancient character carved onto its hilt.
Shi, Jue, Lu, Zhu.
The legendary Four Immortal Slaying Swords?
“Alright, I’ve sealed this place with the aura of the Four Immortal Slaying Swords. All energy and spatial laws have been repelled. Now, there’s no need to worry about them eavesdropping.”
Wan Jianyi declared confidently.
Brother, it’s just gossiping about Celestial Venerables, do you really need to deploy an Innate Spiritual Treasure that surpasses divine artifacts?
Wan Qingyi cleared his throat and said with a smile,
“This matter concerns their physiques. First, Wan Lei, do you know what a Celestial Venerable is?”
“They are true deities, supreme authorities.”
“No, the essence of a Celestial Venerable is energy. They have no physical bodies. All the energy in the world can become their physical body. Even the forms you see today are merely condensed energy infused with the will of a Celestial Venerable.
Their physical bodies, souls, and true spirits were all annihilated in the attacks of the three unique gods back then.”
Wan Lei was greatly alarmed upon hearing this. Old Ancestor, what do you mean? Are the Celestial Venerables we see actually dead people?
“Although their physical bodies, souls, and true spirits are gone, their consciousness did not perish. Instead, it merged into all the energy.
It wasn’t until they reawakened that they discovered they had become energy, and then they obtained the divine position of Energy Uniqueness.
Celestial Venerables, despite holding supreme authority and being able to create all things, cannot accomplish one thing: creating a child with their own bloodline.
This is because they themselves no longer have bloodlines, nor souls.
Even if they could trace back time and extract the genes of their physical bodies from the river of time to create a child, that child would not be born after ten months of gestation in a mother’s womb.”
Wan Lei’s expression turned peculiar upon hearing this.
“As long as it’s their own child, isn’t that enough? Why must they create life through the most primitive method?”
“Because it’s enjoyable.”
Wan Jianyi said very seriously.
Hearing this, Wan Lei was filled with respect, Fang Xiaoyu blushed profusely, and Susan shot him a fierce glare.
There are still juniors present, what are you talking about.
“So they want to reshape their physical bodies just to enjoy the process of making babies?”
“After all, beings with consciousness have desires.”
No wonder the Sword Saint wanted to seal the space. If the Celestial Venerables heard this, knowing they were discussing them like this, they would probably smite them to death with a single palm.
“It was only about a decade ago that they finally found a method to have children through physical bodies, rather than reshaping their bodies with energy and then creating life. We don’t know the specific method; matters at the Celestial Venerable level are beyond our comprehension.”
Wan Jianyi paused after speaking.
“Wan Lei, if you plan to have children, you should do it sooner rather than later. The higher the life form’s level, the harder it is to have children. Look at the ancient powerful bloodlines of the demon races; they all have few descendants.
Especially the Deep Abyss Dragon race; that old Dragon King still has no bloodline left, and other Golden Immortal realm dragons only have one or two children.
If you become Celestial Venerables in the future, it will be even harder to have children.”
Wan Lei blushed deeply and retorted,
“Then why haven’t you had children, Sword Saint?”
“Me? I’m not a Celestial Venerable, what’s the rush? We haven’t had enough of our world of two yet.”
The Sword Saint shamelessly planted a kiss on Susan’s pretty face.
“Those who flaunt their affection are all scoundrels!”
Wan Qingyi snorted.
“Wan San, you’re just jealous. You want to make babies, but no one wants to make them with you.”
The Sword Saint remained shamelessly defiant.
“Hmph, my bloodline has spread far and wide in the Lei Feng Realm. I don’t even know how many generations have passed down my lineage.”
Wan Qingyi pointed at Wan Lei.
“There, this is my direct bloodline. Unlike you, you don’t even have a single child.”
Come on, let’s hurt each other.
After having a meal at the Sword Saint’s home and receiving the inheritance and ultimate skills of the Wan family, and witnessing the verbal sparring between his Old Ancestor and the Sword Saint, Wan Lei felt he had gained a great deal. Finally, as dusk approached, he left the Sword Saint’s residence.
Wan Lei felt a pang of regret for not meeting Jian Fanchen. Otherwise, he would have definitely asked Jian Fanchen if he was as impressive today as he was this morning.
It was a considerable regret not being able to show off.
Upon returning to Lei Feng, many disciples of the Wan Lei Hall specifically came to the main hall to pay their respects to Wan Qingyi, especially direct disciples like Lei Xin and Lei Ting, who stood at the forefront.
However, Wan Lei only met these two direct disciples. Perhaps the other disciples, like his Ninth Senior Sister, were already serving on the battlefield or in other capacities.
After all, the Five Elements Hall didn’t cultivate disciples for nothing. If talented individuals were not utilized or did not create value, why cultivate them?
Wan Qingyi briefly announced that Wan Lei would henceforth be his tenth direct disciple. Everyone applauded and offered their blessings.
All the disciples of the Five Elements Hall had witnessed the battle that morning. Especially the disciples of the Lei Hall, they felt even prouder of their strongest Hall Son. If it were anyone else, who else could break through the encirclement of tens of thousands of troops?
Wan Qingyi gave Wan Lei some instructions, telling him to bring Xiaoyu to his cave dwelling the next morning, after which he would escort them to apprentice under Xiaoyu’s master.
Then, he dismissed them.
Wan Lei and Fang Xiaoyu bid farewell to the disciples of the Lei Hall and flew towards the mountainside, where Wan Lei’s cave dwelling was located.
Upon arriving at the platform on the mountainside, Fang Xiaoyu looked at the cave entrance in silence.
Inside the cave, there was only a meditation cushion and a chair, with cigarette butts scattered all over the floor.
Even a thief would weep at the sight.
“My guess was indeed correct; you are living in a cave.”
“Oh, it’s just me. Where I live doesn’t matter. I don’t need to sleep, I just meditate and cultivate most of the time.”
“Hmph, I’m not staying in a cave with you.”
Fang Xiaoyu snorted coldly, then took out their small courtyard and placed it on the platform.
“From now on, this will be our home in the Immortal Realm.”
Looking at the familiar small courtyard, Wan Lei’s heart was filled with happiness.