Chapter 2706 — An Analysis of the Problem
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"It does... but the method is not written here. It is only touched upon briefly; the specifics are all kept in the sect's library," White Leader said with some regret.
"The Five Luminaries Sect's library?" Wei Zhao gave a faint sigh and asked.
"Indeed, but in my present position I have no way to return and consult it..." White Leader said apologetically.
"I understand," Wei Zhao nodded. If White Leader went back, whether he could return alive was another matter entirely, so Wei Zhao could never let him take such a risk. "What does the book say about the methods it does contain?"
"Accept an inheritance!" White Leader said. "Under special circumstances, illusory attributes can receive an inheritance. Whichever attribute in a cultivator's body is illusory, he goes to the place where that attribute originated, and stimulates the attribute. If he can stimulate that attribute's source attribute, he can obtain the inheritance and directly raise the illusory attribute in his body to a true attribute!"
"Oh? So I too must accept an inheritance, like Bingtang?" Wei Zhao asked, somewhat surprised.
"Indeed, but their case was different. They already possessed true attributes or false attributes, so they had no need to raise their attributes; they simply accepted the inheritance and gained the source power directly. You are different. You must use a special method, something akin to a formation, to stimulate the source attribute at the attribute's place of origin, and thereby alter and raise your constitutional attribute!" White Leader explained. "But the way of setting that formation and stimulating it is in the Five Luminaries Sect's library. I do not have it, and this Record of Strange Tales and Curious Matters by our founding patriarch does not mention the specifics either."
"Hah..." Wei Zhao let out a long sigh. He had come to the ancient tomb full of joy, and the upshot was that he had clarified the question of his constitution, yet in the end it was all for naught—a basket dipped in water for nothing. The way to change his constitution lay within the Five Luminaries Sect, and there was no way Wei Zhao could obtain it now.
"Do not be too disappointed. At the rate your strength is growing, the day we return to the Five Luminaries Sect may not be far off," White Leader said, patting Wei Zhao on the shoulder to comfort him.
"Mm... I understand," Wei Zhao nodded. Without White Leader's information, he could neither practice alchemy nor change his constitution; but to glimpse hope and then have it shattered was truly somewhat hard to accept.
"According to what you say, Teacher Bai, so long as I find this method, I will certainly be able to change my constitution successfully?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Not necessarily. Changing one's constitution is a stroke of fortune that comes once in a thousand years. Even if two people with illusory attributes stood together to receive the inheritance, one of them might fail, or both might fail..." White Leader said.
"Could both of them succeed?" Wei Zhao asked.
"That is impossible. The inheritance at an attribute's place of origin that changes one's constitution can only be released once every thousand years. If one person succeeds in the inheritance, the other has no chance left. Even if that other person could succeed on his own, he could not receive the inheritance at the same time."