Flaming Six Wings didn't speak, but it had to be said that his composure was far superior to that of Ye Ji and Ri An whom Xiang Beifei had met last time.
At the same time, Xiang Beifei spoke up, "Actually, everyone is right, the coming darkness will occur within a few hours, to be exact, it should be in twenty-six breaths, and then there will likely be a two-breath-long night, followed by more frequent changes, three breaths of daytime, one breath of night, two breaths of daytime..."
A breath is the time it takes to inhale and exhale!
The pattern of day and night had also been extremely swift and fleeting last time.
The Daoists from Light Valley were highly skeptical—could Xiang Beifei really calculate the pattern to this extent?
Everyone held their breath and counted the time silently.
The sky darkened once again!
But after two breaths, it turned to daytime, then after three breaths, night began again...
When the day lit up once more, all cultivators were utterly admiring of Xiang Beifei.
The day and night changed continuously, exactly as Xiang Beifei had said, down to the smallest detail!
Now, everyone fully believed that Xiang Beifei from Congji Abyss truly had mastered the pattern of day and night in the Land of Inheritance derived by their predecessors!
That meant, Xiang Beifei was the hope for all the Daoists there to leave the Land of Inheritance, not Flaming Six Wings!
"Did we support the wrong leader?" Some people began to whisper.
"Indeed, Xiang Beifei clearly understands the pattern of day and night in the Land of Inheritance better than Flaming Six Wings. If someone has the hope to lead us out of the Land of Inheritance, it must be Xiang Beifei!"
"Doesn't that mean we've been misled by Flaming Six Wings from Light Valley?"
The cultivators from Light Valley's faith in Flaming Six Wings had started to waver. They had originally chosen Light Valley for a common benefit, but now Xiang Beifei from Zha Jiang Stronghold clearly had a superior ability to deduce, so what was the point of following Light Valley?
"What would happen if I left Light Valley now? Would that anger Flaming Six Wings?"
"No, Flaming Six Wings had already said that Light Valley is charitable and tolerant; they are so magnanimous, how could they be angry? Have you ever seen Flaming Six Wings scolding anyone?"
"That's true, Flaming Six Wings has always been a Daoist of good temper, he probably won't get angry. Then I'll see if I can leave Light Valley later."
These words reached Flaming Six Wings' ears, and he was completely upset!
"You bunch of opportunistic traitors!"
He cursed viciously deep in his heart.
Just as the aforementioned cultivator had said, he was of good temper, charitable and tolerant... logically, he shouldn't lose his temper.
Flaming Six Wings was so angry he almost vomited blood!
Xiaohei, far away, hugged the Candle Dragon eye and laughed uproariously. Xiang Beifei had given Xiaohei the Candle Dragon eye so Xiaohei could control it on his own, avoiding any suspicion from everyone else.
Xiaohei completed the task very perfectly, the timing of darkness and light followed exactly as guided by Xiang Beifei, the duo worked flawlessly together, completely deceiving all the present cultivators.
Since Flaming Six Wings had fabricated a non-existent fact to manipulate the cultivators into working for him, Xiang Beifei naturally took this opportunity to go with the flow and use this chance.
When it came to deception, he indeed hadn't lost to anyone else. Previously, when Ghost Mustache of Remnant Visage transformed into Unrestrained, he had deceived them all into total annihilation, and now he naturally wanted to treat Flaming Six Wings, with his sanctimonious facade trying to target him, in kind.
"Lord Chi, what should we do now? What we fabricated has actually come true!" Kana asked urgently.
Flaming Six Wings also didn't know what to do. Originally, he had only intended to use the non-existent explanation of day and night changes to win people's hearts. Who would have thought that now things had completely spiraled out of control?
Flaming Six Wings now was unable to confront Xiang Beifei physically. If he made a move, the sacred image he had worked so hard to cultivate over the days would be shattered in an instant. Let alone the fact that the Demon Tentacle Race and Demon Race were watching eagerly from afar, ready to kick him while he was down if things went poorly.
Moreover, it wasn't just about the Land of Inheritance. In the wilderness, their Moon God Race was also seen as sanctimonious righteous messengers, trusted by many other races. Depending on their sacred facade, they could gain tremendous benefits from these races. If their image were tarnished and the Land of Inheritance were to be unsealed, the impact would be enormous if word spread.
He took a deep breath and then smiled gently again, "It seems that Daoist Xiang indeed has a greater grasp on the laws of day and night in the Land of Inheritance than I do, a point I concede. However, since Daoist Xiang knows the secrets of day and night in the Land of Inheritance, could he secret with all the Daoists here? More strength, more hope, right?"
"How come? You just said that the rules of day and night alternation can only be mastered by your Moon God Race, and can only be deduced through the collars on your heads. Now you think everyone can master it? Your contradictory statements, are they not an unfinished draft of lies?" Xiang Beifei asked, puzzled.
Flaming Six Wings was choked up again, his expression growing uglier. Today, under the barrage of Xiang Beifei's words, he was somewhat flustered, his speech filled with loopholes.
Now, more and more cultivators of Light Valley began to look at Flaming Six Wings strangely. It was only after Xiang Beifei's reminder that everyone realized something was amiss.
It turned out that Flaming Six Wings' previously mentioned methods, which he said could only be transmitted within the Moon God Race, was not because only they could master it, but because—his level was just the same as everyone else's!
In other words, he was deceiving all the cultivators!
Having been exposed by Xiang Beifei on the spot, many cultivators grew increasingly angry towards Flaming Six Wings.
"Lord Chi, you previously said that the method to deduce the rules of day and night can only be mastered by your Moon God Race. What does that mean exactly? Are you deceiving us?"
"You have disappointed us greatly; we initially trusted you so much!"
Numerous cultivators voiced their inquiries.
Kana spoke up again to defend Flaming Six Wings, exclaiming, "Lord Chi is fair and impartial; he would never deceive fellow Daoists. It's obvious that our race's deductive abilities can only be mastered by us. Just like Xiang Beifei, his deductive abilities can also only be mastered by his race. Otherwise, ask him if he can reveal his abilities to deduce day and night?"
"I can," Xiang Beifei said with a faint smile.
Kana's face paused, turning purple!
She had assumed that Xiang Beifei wouldn't reveal such deductive abilities, considering it a secret, but she didn't expect Xiang Beifei to respond this way!
However, other cultivators, hearing Xiang Beifei's words, showed delight on their faces!
"Daoist Xiang, can you really share how you deduce the changes in day and night?" a cultivator asked eagerly.
Xiang Beifei nodded slightly and said, "I can tell you how to deduce the rules of day and night at the Land of Inheritance. I will point out the method to you. As for the extent to which you can grasp it, that depends on your own fate."
He was actually willing to teach the ability to deduce the changes in day and night!
The cultivators of Light Valley were stirred with excitement!
Why had they joined Light Valley? It was because they initially trusted that Flaming Six Wings could lead them to decipher the rules of day and night and unravel the divine inheritance from those rules, then follow Flaming Six Wings to leave this place!
But Flaming Six Wings had always refused to tell them the method to deduce the rules of day and night; thus, they could only follow others. But now, Xiang Beifei was actually willing to share his secret!
Xiang Beifei cleared his throat and became very serious.
"The day and night alternation of the Land of Inheritance naturally has its patterns, which stem from the structure of the Land of Inheritance itself. We differentiate the Land of Inheritance from the outside wild lands. From the chains in the sky, we can deduce that the Land of Inheritance resembles a self-rotating sphere, free from the day and night restrictions of the wild lands. That is to say, the Land of Inheritance floats in the midst of the wild lands, but its rotation speed is different from the outer world, resulting in this hemisphere being influenced by the daylight of the wild lands.
Next, we need to first learn a few concepts: what is the twilight line, what is the ecliptic plane, what is the equatorial plane, what is the Tropical of Cancer, what is rotation speed, what are the tangential velocity and gravity ratio of the Land of Inheritance, you might want to take some notes."
Xiang Beifei, with a serious face, educated everyone on these conceptual pieces of knowledge, even using Spiritual Power to draw diagrams in the air to aid their understanding.
Soon the air was filled with bizarre circles, a variety of strange shapes, and all sorts of magical symbols, all annotated.
The Yi Trib cultivators looked bewildered!
What is this? Why had they never heard of these before?
"Although I don't understand it... it looks very impressive!"
"Impressively incomprehensible!"
"It definitely looks professional!"
"Exactly, exactly! Cultivators from the Congji Abyss have always been mysterious; this must be knowledge only they understand. We need to learn well; we can't miss such a great opportunity!"
Even though everyone could not comprehend it, they all tried hard to keep up with the speed at which Xiang Beifei was drawing, jotting down those notes, so that even if they didn't understand now, they could contemplate them later.
Flaming Six Wings was also increasingly astonished as he listened!
He, a genius of the Moon God Race with first-rate ability to comprehend Heavenly Dao and historically the fastest Meat-Winged Monster to reach the advanced stages of the Heavenly Connection, was unable to completely follow Xiang Beifei's explanations!
"Is he spouting nonsense? No, no, the concept of the twilight line explained this way makes sense. If we consider the Land of Inheritance as a sphere, the twilight line indeed determines the issues of day and night. Even the explanation of the Tropical of Cancer makes sense. It's not nonsense... If the operation of the Land of Inheritance is really as Xiang Beifei stated, then this indeed is the principle behind the alternation of day and night!"
Flaming Six Wings was overwhelmed with shock!
His current state was such that he could not understand most of Xiang Beifei's content, yet he could comprehend the trivial details, thus flitting between understanding and confusion, feeling as if all but one of his sensory pathways were open.