Reward for Teaching a Disciple: The Taiqing Wuji Art!

[Ding! You rewarded your disciple "Lin Qingzhi" with a Mystic Stage Upper-Grade Cultivation Method and received an 80,000-fold reward for teaching your disciple: the Upper-Grade Heaven Stage cultivation method "Taiqing Wuji Art."]

[Ding! Remaining rewards you can bestow today: -1.]

A cultivation method scroll appeared inside Lu Changsheng's Daoist robe. It was actually an Upper-Grade Heaven Stage cultivation method!

Cultivation methods were divided into four major ranks: heaven, earth, mystic, and yellow. Each major rank was further divided into three grades: upper, middle, and lower.

The Taiqing Wuji Art was an Upper-Grade Heaven Stage cultivation method, six grades higher than the Mystic Stage Upper-Grade Cultivation Method Lu Changsheng had previously cultivated, the Grand Profound Art!

"Master, I am grateful for your great kindness, but a cultivation method of this caliber is worth a fortune. I wouldn't dare..."

Lin Qingzhi held the Grand Profound Art scroll in both hands, still somewhat hesitant.

"Take it and cultivate according to the method. If there's anything you don't understand, come back and ask me for guidance."

Lu Changsheng was eager to cultivate the Taiqing Wuji Art, and he had already used up the number of rewards he could bestow and the number of times he could use Transmission Empowerment today. So he waved his hand, signaling Lin Qingzhi to return and cultivate.

Now that Lu Changsheng had the Taiqing Wuji Art, he really didn't care about the Grand Profound Art anymore.

What kind of trash was that?

Seeing Lu Changsheng toss him the Grand Profound Art with disdain, Lin Qingzhi thought, Shushan's foundations really are unfathomably deep. An ordinary elder doesn't even consider a Mystic Stage Upper-Grade Cultivation Method worth mentioning. It seems my horizons have been too narrow. How embarrassing...

"I will never forget your great kindness, Master. I will cultivate diligently and strive to enter the Qi Condensation Realm as soon as possible."

Lin Qingzhi respectfully put away the Grand Profound Art and kowtowed again. Only then did he leave Lu Changsheng's cave abode and head to the disciples' quarters halfway down the mountain to cultivate.

After Lin Qingzhi left, Lu Changsheng turned his palm over, and the Taiqing Wuji Art scroll appeared.

"Know the white, yet keep to the black, and be a model for all under heaven. Being a model for all under heaven, constant virtue will not fail, and one will return to Wuji..."

Lu Changsheng silently recited the mnemonic and circulated Spiritual Qi through his meridians in heavenly cycles, following the diagrams in the Taiqing Wuji Art.

Lu Changsheng's Nascent Soul entered a wondrous state.

Heaven and earth were a vast expanse of chaos, boundless and without edges. There was no up or down, left or right, nor any distinction between east, south, west, and north.

Lu Changsheng's Nascent Soul flew on his sword through the chaos, but could never leave it.

Lu Changsheng reached out and faintly touched the principles of heaven and earth, deepening his understanding of the Dao.

"There was something formed in chaos, born before heaven and earth. Silent and empty, it stands alone and does not change; it moves in cycles and never falters... I do not know its name, so I call it the 'Dao'!"

A tremendous boom rang out, like enlightenment pouring over him, like bells and drums sounding together!

Buzz!

Lu Changsheng's Nascent Soul returned to his sea of consciousness, and he abruptly opened his eyes. His Daoist robe was soaked with sweat.

"Was the 'Dao' born before heaven and earth?"

Lu Changsheng had entered the Taiqing Wuji Art's profound, mystical realm and was deeply shaken. He had merely touched the edge of the Dao, yet even at the Ninth Layer of the Nascent Soul Realm, he could scarcely bear it.

According to the Taiqing Wuji Art, the Dao had existed before heaven and earth were born.

"Phew..."

Lu Changsheng breathed out a mouthful of turbid Qi, then took another deep breath. The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi around Azure Cloud Peak rushed madly toward him!

"The Taiqing Wuji Art is actually this astonishing!"

Lu Changsheng's breathing and absorption were ten times stronger than before, which meant his cultivation speed was also ten times faster!

That was what made an Upper-Grade Heaven Stage cultivation method so precious.

Even Shushan, with its mighty foundations, had only a handful of heaven-rank cultivation methods. Only Shushan Sect Master, or elders and disciples who had rendered great service to Shushan, had a chance to come across one.

Much less the Taiqing Wuji Art, which was upper-grade even among heaven-rank cultivation methods.

"At this rate, I'll soon be able to break through the Nascent Soul Realm and enter the Dao Palace Realm. Then I can join Shushan's core ranks... No, that's not right. As a cultivator, I have to keep a low profile, a low profile..."

Lu Changsheng was a cautious man and kept as low a profile as possible.

This continent was not as peaceful as one might imagine. Everyone in Shushan, from the sect leader down to the disciples, followed the rules and defended the righteous path, and could still be trusted.

But Xiazhou also had five other righteous sects and the Four Great Demonic Sects.

The five righteous sects resented Shushan's position as number one. Shushan's fame was so great that many exceptionally talented cultivators in Xiazhou chose to join it, leaving naturally fewer cultivators to join the other five righteous sects.

Thus, the five righteous sects were showing signs of competing with Shushan for the position of the foremost righteous sect.

The Four Great Demonic Sects were even more irreconcilable enemies of the Six Great Orthodox Sects. Every year, disciples of both the righteous and Demon Sects fell, and even Shushan elders had died miserable deaths at the hands of the Four Great Demonic Sects.

The Demon Sects elders who had died under the sword of Eldest Senior Brother Li Changye were even more numerous than could be counted.

The Four Great Demonic Sects were deeply wary of Shushan and even sent disciples to infiltrate it and test the cultivation of its elders.

Pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger was the superior way to survive.

With the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator, he could quietly raise his cultivation and lie low until he became a sage.

Lu Changsheng gathered his thoughts, then continued circulating the Taiqing Wuji Art.

The Taiqing Wuji Art had nine layers. According to the preface by the nameless True Person who had created it, even cultivating it to the ninth layer would only grant a first glimpse of the Great Dao.

"This True Person really was modest. He is truly a model for our generation."

After circulating it for twelve heavenly cycles, Lu Changsheng finally understood the first layer of the Taiqing Wuji Art.

But starting with the second layer, it became even more obscure and difficult to understand.

If the first layer of the Taiqing Wuji Art was addition and subtraction, then the second layer was calculus.

"Good thing I have the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator. As long as I use Transmission Empowerment, I'll receive cultivation in return. I reckon I'll soon be able to fully comprehend the realm of the Taiqing Wuji Art's second layer."

"What? Three days have already passed?"

Lu Changsheng had merely guided his True Qi through twelve heavenly cycles in his body according to the Taiqing Wuji Art. But when he counted on his fingers, three days had passed just like that.

No wonder the ancients said, "Only seven days pass in the mountains, while a thousand years pass in the world."

"In that case, I can use Transmission Empowerment on my disciple and bestow rewards on him again."

Lu Changsheng smiled faintly. The prospect of fleecing the system was truly something to look forward to.

"Wait, there's also a function for simulating a disciple's life that I haven't used."

Lu Changsheng realized he had overlooked one of the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator's functions.

The Apprentice-Teaching Simulator could simulate a disciple's future, allowing the master to better guide the disciple and change his life.

It was called a simulation because it was not a predetermined future.

Of course, if Lu Changsheng did not intervene, the simulation could also become reality.

"I wonder what realm this disciple of mine will reach in the future?"

Lu Changsheng cared quite a bit about the first disciple he had taken in, so he used that function of the simulator.

[Ding! You have begun simulating the life of your disciple "Lin Qingzhi."]

[Ding! Remaining simulations today: -1.]

[Simulation begins:]

[Age 15: Lin Qingzhi took you as his master. Under your perfunctory instruction, he broke through to the Qi Condensation Realm in one month.]

The first line of text soon appeared.

"I used Transmission Empowerment on him and helped my disciple break through to the Qi Condensation Realm in just one month. How can that be called perfunctory?"

Lu Changsheng couldn't help muttering, then looked farther down.

[Age 16: Under your perfunctory instruction, Lin Qingzhi broke through to the Golden Core Realm in one year.]