Chapter Thirty-Eight: Giving and Receiving, Time Flows Like Water
After examining the pills, Gao Yang readily completed the transaction and then took his leave.
To him, Lin Yi was just a passerby he met by chance, and his own cultivation was far more important.
After seeing Gao Yang off, Yue Fan returned to the main hall and looked at the composed Lin Yi, saying, "You have traveled a long way to my Jade Pear Demon Kingdom. May I ask what brings you here?"
Lin Yi smiled slightly and said, "I have heard that your country's ruler has cultivated an immortal body and possesses the true teachings to achieve immortality. I am filled with longing for this, so I have made a special trip north to seek your guidance."
Yue Fan shook his head and said, "Our Divine Sect and Demonic Clan value freedom. In other countries, as long as someone takes a liking to you, they can accept you into their ranks and immediately teach you supreme techniques. But in my Jade Pear Demonic Kingdom, that won't work. You have to go to His Majesty's palace first."
Lin Yi inwardly complained that whether he could come out of the Jade Pear Demon Palace unscathed was an unknown.
However, all the rules in this world can be broken if a sufficient price is paid.
“I’ve heard that Master Yue has been searching for a suitable magical artifact, and I happen to have one here.” As Lin Yi spoke, a blood-red thread flew out from his sleeve, circled around his body, and then landed in his right hand.
Yue Fan stared intently and saw a steel needle covered in blood-red patterns lying quietly in the other person's hand.
"Master Yue, you might as well give it a try," Lin Yi's voice came.
Yue Fan stepped forward, took the Blood-Patterned Steel Needle from Lin Yi, and then tentatively poured his true energy into it, finding the experience perfect. He tried to activate it, and the Blood-Patterned Steel Needle, being so intelligent and adaptable, naturally didn't fail him.
Yue Fan was tempted, but he frowned slightly and said, "This magic weapon can only be effectively controlled for a short distance. It can be controlled with just true qi, making it very easy for someone to take it away."
Lin Yi nodded, a half-smile on his face, and said, "That's true. This magic artifact does have significant drawbacks. If Master Yue doesn't like it, let's call off this transaction."
With that, Lin Yi stood up, making a move to leave.
"Wait a minute," Yue Fan said hurriedly.
"Master Yue, you'd better show some sincerity," Lin Yi said calmly.
"You wish to receive the true teachings of the martial arts, but I cannot agree to that," Yue Fan said righteously. He then returned the Blood-Patterned Steel Needle to Lin Yi and left.
Lin Yi watched Yue Fan's retreating figure, a smile appearing on his face.
Yue Fan held up three fingers with his left hand behind his back.
As for the address, Lin Yi heard the words "back mountain" when he returned the blood-patterned steel needles.
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Darkness enveloped the earth, and Lin Yi, stepping on starlight, arrived at the back mountain of the Yue family mansion.
A light came on, showing him the way forward.
Lin Yi placed his hand on the hilt of the Dragon Abyss Sword and slowly approached his destination.
The pavilion, the stone table, the lanterns, the jade slip on the table, and the people sitting beside the table together create the scenery in the dark night.
"The seven true teachings of the Southern Sect of the Demonic Path are all here, but I must make this clear beforehand: some of these teachings are complete, some are only half-finished, and some are even less. You may choose freely, and the outcome is up to fate," the person sitting at the table said in a deep voice.
Lin Yi walked over, activated his true energy on the jade slip, and words immediately appeared on it.
Each jade slip is protected by a restriction, and only a small portion of the incantation can be seen.
Lin Yi wasn't in a hurry. He read through all seven jade slips. In the end, he chose to cultivate the "Nine Transformations of the Heavenly Silkworm" using the Qianyan True Fire.
The transaction was completed, the lanterns were extinguished, and the two disappeared into the darkness.
As the sun rose in the east, Lin Yi stood atop a small hill, silently watching the rising sun.
The jade slip he received yesterday had long since been crushed into powder and scattered by the wind.
The mantras of the seven true disciples of the Southern School of the Demonic Sect flowed through my heart like a stream.
These incantations are few in number, none exceeding the first level. But for Lin Yi, they are sufficient.
The first level of the Demonic Sect's true teachings involves condensing unique true energy, such as the seven innate true fires of the Southern Sect; the second level requires awakening the dormant divine and demonic bloodline within the body, which is impossible for Lin Yi.
He is not from the Seven Phoenix Realm, and does not possess those bloodlines.
In ancient times, gods and demons were indistinguishable in the Seven Phoenix Realms. All beings were incredibly powerful, some as tall as hills, some with three heads and six arms, able to summon wind and lightning, and some with eyes like the sun and moon, holding the four seas in their hands.
Later, Nuwa collected the bloodlines of the ancient people and created living beings, so that the bloodlines of the ancient gods and demons were mixed in with the bloodlines of later generations.
The Divine Sect and the Demonic Sect use profound methods to find that trace of ancient true spirit within one's bloodline, nourish and strengthen it, and ultimately restore it to its original state, transforming it into a divine or demonic body. Its power is naturally formidable, and it is a direct path to immortality.
Within Lin Yi's sea of consciousness, the supreme Daoist scripture, the Star River True Scripture, was constantly evolving, with starlight flowing and containing the principles of the Great Dao and infinite mysteries.
As the saying goes, even a clever cook can't cook without rice.
The derivation of the "Star River True Scripture" also follows this principle.
The first thing to be completed was the incantation for condensing the true fire of stars, followed by the Samadhi True Fire and the Qianyan True Fire.
The former refers to the changes in the Star River True Qi itself, while the latter two have complete cultivation methods, making them naturally easier to deduce.
As time went by, from the sun at its zenith to its setting, the method for condensing the true fire of the sun was finally perfected.
Of course, this is largely due to Lin Yi's persistent practice of breathing in the purple aura of the rising sun for more than ten years, engraving the divine intent of the rising sun in his heart.
Four of the seven innate true fires have already been incorporated into the changes of the Star River True Qi.
Lin Yi felt a surge of joy. Instead of rushing to begin his cultivation, he chose to wait.
The moon has its phases of waxing and waning.