Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Diverse techniques from ancient to recent times, along with those penned by the predecessors of various masters, are housed within the Scripture Pavilion.

Here, Lu Yang even came across the “Pure Yang Method” practiced by Meng Jingzhou.

In comparison to Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou’s technique was much simpler. The path ahead had already been paved for him by the Single Body Spiritual Root predecessors. As long as he advanced along this path, the Transcendance Tribulation Stage would ultimately be his destination.

However, Lu Yang was unsure whether Meng Jingzhou could break the lower limit set by the predecessors, and create a double Single Body Spiritual Root. Could the path they laid out for him still be traversed?

“Why is it so thin?” Lu Yang was puzzled. The copy of the “Pure Yang Method” he held outlined the cultivation process for the two major realms of Golden Core and Nascent Soul Stage. Even if the language was refined and meanings implicit, it shouldn’t be this thin, should it?

When he opened the technique, there was only one sentence inside:

Keep going, don’t break your celibacy, this is just the beginning!

Lu Yang: “…”

Indeed, it wasn’t unheard of for a cultivator of the Single Body Spiritual Root to progress to Unification or even Transcendence Tribulation Stage. Compared to these predecessors, a Golden Core Stage was a mere beginning.

“So, as per your Single Body Spiritual Root lineage, you mean to say that as long as one maintains their celibacy, they can continue cultivating, right?”

Lu Yang had heard of a Single Body Spiritual Root predecessor who, having painstakingly cultivated to the Transcendence Tribulation Stage, had celebrated extravagantly. He booked every brothel in Imperial City for an entire month, single-handedly raising the consumption threshold of the city’s brothels.

This was truly an act of revengeful spending.

The philosophy of Single Body Spiritual Root differed from Buddhism.

Buddhism emphasized ridding oneself of desires, seeing all beauties as ephemeral as passing clouds. Whereas, a Single Body Spiritual Root cultivator couldn’t eradicate such desires; these desires would even grow with one’s realm. Faced with this, they had no choice but to restrain and endure. To such an extent that they might even see a skeleton as a beauty.

Lu Yang also found a rather unique technique, the “Sacrifice Body Method”. As the name suggested, it involved sacrificing oneself. The method was based on the philosophy that everything originated from nature and ultimately returns to it.

Since they all came from nature, why not return oneself to it?

Practicing this method required sacrificing a part of one’s body in exchange for powerful cultivation talent and improvement in realm.

As a result, those practicing this method often turned out to be blind and mute, rendering their bodies deeply marred. Some even ended up with their bodies nearly an empty shell for the sake of sacrifice.

This method was somewhat extreme, yet it hadn’t crossed over into the Demon Path.

Lu Yang had a senior brother who practiced this method.

He sacrificed his appendix during Qi Refinement, his fat during Foundation Establishment, his hair during Golden Core Stage, and his eyesight during the Nascent Soul Stage. Currently, he is a nearsighted individual wearing glasses.

“Everything comes from nature and eventually returns to it. Such a familiar argument. Time Immortal said something similar to me. He told me that everything has its time of growth and time of decline, both of which are momentary in the face of nature.”

“Only by effectively imitating nature and returning to the original state can one maintain eternal strength.”

“The words of Time Immortal resolved a long-standing dilemma of mine, inspiring me to write the ‘Immortal Technique’ and achieve immortality.”

“Fairy, you are so clever, is there a problem that could even stump you?”

Upon hearing Lu Yang’s praise, Fairy Eternity was overjoyed. However, she quickly reminded herself to play it cool. Even though she was pleased, she couldn’t let a few compliments get to her. So, she restrained her smile and said,

“Even though I am unique and matchless throughout the ages, and even Yingtian Immortal is no match for me, I still encountered difficulties on the path to becoming an immortal.”

Lu Yang nodded. Becoming immortal is the focus of cultivators. It was understandable if Fairy Eternity encountered difficulties in that regard. “So, you had difficulty in forming the Dao Fruit?”

“The difficulty was in forming which kind of Dao Fruit.”

Lu Yang: “…”

“At that time, I had many choices. I could form the ‘Tribulation Dao Fruit’ which Yingtian Immortal formed. Or I could understand the intricacy of space and form ‘Void Dao Fruit’, or the ‘Time Dao Fruit’ similar to what Time Immortal has, but I wasn’t satisfied with these Dao Fruits. I felt that these didn’t truly reflect my level.”

“Originally, I should have been the first to achieve immortality according to my progress, with Immortal Jiuchong and Time Immortal coming after me. However, when I encountered difficulties in choosing a Dao Fruit, I hesitated about which one to form.”

“That delay, was just for a moment, really, just a moment.” Fairy Eternity measured it with her thumb and forefinger, emphasizing that it was only a brief period of time.

Lu Yang didn’t know how long her “moment” was. Was it a few days or months, or was it a few years?

Given Fairy Eternity’s audacity to claim she was only sixteen years old, he had doubts about her perception of time.

“Then Immortal Jiuchong, Time Immortal, Yingtian Immortal, Qilin Immortal, they all became immortals one after another, leaving me behind.” As she spoke, Fairy Eternity’s nose wrinkled, showing her dissatisfaction with how Immortal Jiuchong and the others acted.

“When the last, Qilin Immortal, became immortal and Time Immortal spoke those words to me, I was greatly enlightened and finally formed the Eternity Dao Fruit that they all envied!”

Fairy Eternity said triumphantly, placing great pride in her Dao Fruit.

To show her gratitude for Time Immortal’s enlightenment, she prepared a table of delicious dishes for him. Time Immortal was so moved that he wept bitterly, regretting his past decisions.

Lu Yang pondered. The words Time Immortal spoke contained hidden meanings. However, he was currently too weak to comprehend these secrets.

If the secrets were plainly spoken through someone else’s mouth, the intended effect would greatly diminish.

He made a note of Time Immortal’s words, and continued to study his skills.

Aside from the common skills available on the market, the Scripture Pavilion also offered some unique variations created by his senior brothers and sisters.

Although his senior brothers and sisters couldn’t create new skills, they were still able to innovate based on existing foundations.

For example, the “Great Sun Cultivation Skill” Lu Yang was studying allowed its users to understand the sun and its inherent power. The user could form a “Great Sun Body” that could burn everything. During the day, the power of the Great Sun Body reached its peak, but it would decline when the sun set, and night fell.

A senior sister slightly modified the skill and developed the “Tai Yin Cultivation Skill”. It allowed for understanding the moon and forming a “Tai Yin Body”, which was as gentle as water and had strong recovery ability.

More importantly, these two skills were compatible. Users could alternate between the Great Sun Body and Tai Yin Body depending on the time of day, utilizing the Great Sun Body during the day and the Tai Yin Body at night.

This was only the first level, which can be practiced during the Golden Core Stage and the Nascent Soul Stage.

Upon reaching the second level, practitioners could simultaneously summon the Great Sun Body and Tai Yin Body, hence known as “Sun and Moon Radiance”, doubling the power.

Upon reaching the third level, the Great Sun Body and Tai Yin Body merged into one, forming a new entity “Taiji Dao Transformation”, which encompassed the advantages of both and balanced offense and defense.

Lu Yang was attracted to this skill. He found the skill to be terrifyingly potent.

When he was on the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion, he saw a skill called “Sun Viewing Skill”. According to its summary, upon reaching the Golden Core Stage, one could learn the follow-up integration skills “Great Sun Cultivation Skill” and “Tai Yin Cultivation Skill” on the second floor.

He didn’t expect back then that the follow-up integration skills would be so powerful.

“The senior sister who created this skill is very impressive, who is it?”

Lu Yang looked at the author’s name: Yun Zhi.

He looked up, realizing that he had unknowingly arrived in the legendary “Yun Zhi Zone”.