"Haha, not bad! This is my Art of Flower Shifting!" Su Shidao said with a laugh. "Back when I fought against Meng Sang, he couldn't handle this sourcebox array and almost died. If not for some hidden reasons, there would not be a Seraph Meng Sang, but rather a Seraph Su!
"Unfortunately, everything is beyond people’s control. Even with my strength, I can still suffer from injustice. But it doesn't matter anymore. I no longer care about the title of Seraph. As for you, given your position, would you actually want to fight for the title of Seraph?"
Lu Yin slowly smiled."Why wouldn’t I compete? As long as the High Seraph doesn't make me a public enemy of the entire Spirit Nidus, then I’ll certainly have a chance."
Su Shidao sighed. "You really are brash enough, but don't forget that you’re nothing but a fish."
"Old man, I'm not a fish."
"No one can control their fate."
"That's a good point."
"Oh? I thought that you were going to say, 'I control my own fate, no one else.'"
Lu Yin rolled his eyes. "The karmic cycle has destined the outcome long ago. What people refer to as ‘going against the heavens’ is just another aspect of karma. At least, for now, we can’t escape karma."
"Karma? Is that the force behind the unseen attack that you used?" Su Shidao stared intently at Lu Yin, who nodded.
"That’s also why the High Seraph wants to get rid of me."
Su Shidao was impressed. "The path of karma... How many wish to comprehend that? The Old Man Under the Stars wanted to walk that path, but unfortunately, he was killed by the current High Seraph. Anyone who walks that path has to die. The High Seraph is a complete tyrant. You really are just a fish."
Lu Yin was speechless.
He looked up at the big tree. Su Shidao had not attacked yet. Since Lu Yin wanted to witness his Art of Flower Shifting, Su Shidao allowed the younger man to observe it in full. If he used the full power of his Art of Flower Shifting against Lu Yin, the outcome would still be questionable, but there was one guaranteed outcome: the Spirit Treasure Society would cease to exist. They were not enemies, so such a battle was meaningless.
Lu Yin stood beneath the tree and just stared at it.
He continued to observe it for ten days.
For those ten days, he did not move. He examined the tree, studying every branch and flower. Finally, he sat down, cross-legged, and closed his eyes.
Su Shidao watched Lu Yin with open admiration, but also with great regret.
From the perspective of the three megaverses, Lu Yin should be his enemy, but the Tianyuan Megaverse was destined to be reset. So, as long as Lu Yin survived, he would be forced to join the Spirit Nidus in order to live. Ultimately, there was no need for the two men to be enemies.
Su Shidao simply regretted that the young man would not be able to escape death at the hands of the High Seraph. What a pity.
Slowly, the big tree vanished.
Grandmaster Yu Ran was confused by this development. Ten days had passed, and yet no one had attacked. What was going on within the Black and White Domain?
Everyone else was waiting back at the Spirit Treasure Society.
Another half a month passed before Lu Yin finally opened his eyes. "999 flowers."
Su Shidao's eyes bulged. "What did you just say?"
Lu Yin looked at the old man and smiled. "999 flowers."
Su Shidao stared at Lu Yin, visibly shaken. "You took less than a month to figure that out?"
Lu Yin smiled. "It’s quite the complex sourcebox array. If I’m not mistaken, you cheated again."
"Hahaha! There’s no such thing as cheating in the world of adults! If you get caught, it’s called cheating, but if you don’t, it’s not. You’re impressing me more and more. No one else has ever figured that out. Impressive, very impressive. It’s no wonder how you’re the top Spirit Treasure Grandmaster of your megaverse." Su Shidao did not feel any hint of frustration from his spirit treasure formation being seen through, only admiration.
Lu Yin stood up. "The limit is 999 flowers, so how many are you able to open at the same time?"
"Just now, I opened 270 flowers."
"Are you unable to open more?"
"It would be quite difficult. Do you think it’s easy? Back when I fought against Meng Sang, I only opened 190 flowers."
"Are you telling me that Meng Sang was struck by your Epoch Blade 190 times? It’s a miracle that he didn’t die."
"That’s why I said that there were hidden reasons behind his victory. He only managed to win by cheating."
"And yet you cheated from the very beginning of the battle." Lu Yin glanced over Su Shidao. "I understand. Since you also cheated in that fight, you don’t care about what was hidden back then, do you? You’re a fish, a salted fish."
Su Shidao rolled his eyes. "Brat, you don’t need to be so harsh when talking. If the High Seraph couldn't spot what I did, then it’s not cheating."
Lu Yin smiled.
The reason why Floral Transposition sourcebox array had appeared so quickly was because Su Shidao had been arranging it for years. Its manifestation was simply the final step.
If the old man had tried to set up the sourcebox array from scratch, it would have been impossible to complete in time. Meng Sang would have never given the Grandmaster that much time.
During that ancient battle, 190 flowers had opened. No one could say how long Su Shidao had spent arranging those flowers. That was how he had cheated.
However, as he said, if no one noticed, it could not be considered cheating.
Lu Yin had gained some insight into Floral Transposition after half a month of studying, and he had come to understand that the tree could bloom up to 999 flowers. That was the limit.
However, even if that was very impressive, it was not enough. This limit was imposed by the tree itself. That was the limiting factor. The half a month of study had actually been for Lu Yin to consider how to break past that limit.
There were two great obstacles that needed to be overcome to improve Floral Transposition. The first was storing a sourcebox array in Floral Transposition, and the second was surpassing the numerical limit.
Lu Yin had no solution to the first problem. Even if he could see through the sourcebox array, he could not duplicate it. Because of that, he had connected these two obstacles together. Eventually, he decided to abandon Floral Transposition entirely. He would simply use this inspiration with Verdant Eternity in place of the impressive sourcebox array.
Next, he needed to test things out.
However, before proceeding, there were other questions he wanted to ask. "How did you manage to merge the Epoch Blade into Floral Transposition sourcebox array? If it’s inconvenient, you don’t have to tell me."
Su Shidao chuckled. "I just used Transposition."
"Transposition?" Lu Yin was confused. He immediately ran countless mental simulations, but nothing worked out.