Cultivation: I Have Studied Abroad in the Modern World-Chapter 1235 - 547: Unraveling the Threads, Severing One’s Own Path

Chapter 1235: Chapter 547: Unraveling the Threads, Severing One’s Own Path

When Zheng Fa posed his question, everyone was taken aback, even the Water Mother.

Lord Nichang, as if not quite comprehending, asked blankly, "It’s not Lady Water Mother? Then who is she?"

Even the Taiyin Fairy began to speak in defense of the Water Mother’s apparition: "We all have a sense of the Water Mother, she absolutely is the Water Mother..."

"Qingnv’s God Summoning Skill can’t possibly summon the wrong person either."

These two points are very important, and upon hearing them, Zheng Fa could understand why Qingnv and the others trusted the Water Mother so implicitly, without any suspicion, to the point that the Taiyin Fairy would hand over the Taiyin Osmanthus.

Who would have thought the Water Mother would betray them?

Listening to their words, the smile on the Water Mother’s face seemed to carry a bit of mockery: "Yaochi Cultivators say this, yet Master Zheng, having never met me, how dare you claim that I am not the Water Mother?"

Everyone looked at Zheng Fa with suspicion.

Zheng Fa held the Star Banner, looking towards the thirty-six stars, seeming oblivious to the doubt in their eyes, and merely asked an irrelevant question: "I have been wondering how the Water Mother entered."

The crowd looked even more bewildered, and Lord Nichang couldn’t help but ask, "What do you mean, how did she enter?"

"It’s about how the Water Mother got trapped by this Great Array," Zheng Fa explained, "Was it an ambush? Or was the Array triggered accidentally?"

As Zheng Fa spoke, he tapped the Star Banner with his finger joints: "The likelihood of an ambush is actually quite low."

Lord Nichang was even more puzzled: "Isn’t this Lu Yao’s scheme?"

"You all know that the Water Mother is very powerful," Zheng Fa explained, "An ordinary Golden Immortal is no match for her."

"Couldn’t the All Heaven Star Array be used?"

Zheng Fa smiled, looked at the Rangsui Goddess, and asked, "If Lu Yao knew how to enter the All Heaven Stars Formation, how to control the Star Banner, then why wouldn’t this person know? Why would they have to follow us here?"

Lord Nichang was momentarily stunned and easily convinced: "That’s right, if they couldn’t enter this formation, there’s no question of an ambush."

The Rangsui Goddess looked very aggrieved but couldn’t muster any words of rebuttal.

To put it bluntly, the threshold to enter this All Heaven Stars Formation is extraordinarily high, akin to an IQ filter, and apart from someone like Zheng Fa exploiting loopholes, it is extremely difficult for others to get in.

"Of course, I’m not saying the Water Mother couldn’t possibly have been ambushed, just that it’s improbable. Conversely, I find it hard to believe that if Lu Yao had trapped the Water Mother, he would just leave her be? Ignoring the Water Mother could be understandable, but what about the Supreme Treasure like the All Heaven Stars Formation?"

As they listened to his analysis, even the Rangsui Goddess was drawn in.

"Then there’s a second scenario." Zheng Fa continued, "The Water Mother is trapped by the formation of her own accord, unable to free herself."

"Herein lies the distinction between intentional or unintentional."

"Intentional? Unintentional?"

The Taiyin Fairy murmured, as if something dawned on her.

Lord Nichang’s expression, however, remained puzzled and confused.

"Unintentional, meaning that when the Water Mother was comprehending the All Heaven Stars Formation, she entered it and got trapped," Zheng Fa continued, "but... I think this possibility is also unlikely."

"Why?"

"It’s an unowned formation," Zheng Fa waved the Star Banner, explaining, "From my perception, it’s not being controlled, its power wouldn’t be so great. At least someone like the Water Mother wouldn’t be helpless."

This is, after all, just a residual formation. If it were controlled by someone, that would make sense; without a controller, its power naturally declines significantly.

If the Star Banner had this power, why would Zheng Fa waste time yammering here?

"For example, the Rangsui Goddess, previously thrown into Chaos, was already within the array and came out unscathed, right?"

Zheng Fa cited an old example.

The looks of respect from the Taiyin Fairy and others grew stronger.

When Zheng Fa reached this point, even Lord Nichang understood: "You mean to say, the Water Mother deliberately entered the All Heaven Stars Formation and got herself trapped inside?"

Zheng Fa nodded.

The Water Mother’s apparition suddenly laughed, questioning: "According to your theory, if I’m imprisoned in this formation, then I am indeed the Water Mother."

The others also found this reasoning correct, looking at Zheng Fa.

Zheng Fa laughed, "Even if you are the Water Mother, why would you imprison yourself?"

The Water Mother’s visage slightly darkened, and she fell silent.

Everyone’s faces were filled with even more confusion.

"What comes next is a conjecture."

In fact, this was the scenario Zhang and her peers deduced to be the most plausible.

"Back then, the fake Immortal Lingxi gave the Token and the Array Map of the All Heaven Stars Formation to the Water Mother, which was Lu Yao’s scheme."

The Taiyin Fairy and others all nodded.

"Lu Yao planned to use the All Heaven Stars Formation to obstruct the Water Mother from achieving Dao," Zheng Fa continued, "At first I thought he set traps in the All Heaven Stars Formation, ambushing the Water Mother."

The Taiyin Fairy said, "We thought the same."

"However, after the previous analysis, that’s quite improbable," Zheng Fa chuckled and continued, "Thus, there’s another possibility, one with extremely low probability but nevertheless the most reasonable."

Lord Nichang eagerly asked, "What is it?"

"Lu Yao believed that the Water Mother would waste time on this All Heaven Stars Formation, using it to hinder her from achieving Dao."

"But what Lu Yao didn’t expect... was that the Water Mother truly comprehended the method to break the All Heaven Stars Formation."

"..."

"It’s even possible that by leveraging the All Heaven Stars Formation, the Water Mother was prepared to transcend the Golden Immortal, achieving Taiyi or even Daluo."

"One might even say, in this instance, Lu Yao’s scheme backfired disastrously."

On the face of Lord Nichang, a hint of longing emerged, as if she daydreamed for a moment, before coming to her senses and asking, "Then why is the situation as it is now?"