Unexpected Windfall from an Inheritance Jade Slip

It's rare, even uncommon, for Spirit Artifact to have restrictions on them.

According to some Ancient Books books that Xiao Chen had read.

In the past, some cultivators were indeed keen to add one or even several layers of restrictions to their Spirit Artifact.

Users must first refine the outer layer of restrictions before they can refine the Spirit Artifact itself.

However, people gradually realized that doing so had almost no practical significance.

Instead of adding a symbolic restriction to the Spirit Artifact, it would be better to draw more practical Artifact Inscription.

Nowadays, unless specially commissioned, it's impossible to find Spirit Artifact with such restrictions.

It's hard to say whether this represents the demise of traditional culture or an advancement in weapon-making techniques.

"Hey, this looks a little complicated."

Xiao Chen tentatively used his true essence to impact the hairpin, and discovered that the restriction on the hairpin was not just a superficial thing.

Even if he wanted to crack it, it would probably take him several hours.

"Never mind, let's talk about it later."

Xiao Chen shook his head, put the gold hairpin into his pocket for the time being, and prepared to check the third and last item in the room first.

It was a jade slip that was only an inch long and half an inch wide, Emerald Green Jade Slip.

In a sense, jade can also be considered a type of stone.

Therefore, despite the passage of hundreds of thousands of years, it remains remarkably well-preserved, with almost no Spiritual Power dissipating from it.

"Skill Transfer Jade Slip?"

Xiao Chen originally thought it would be a Inheritance Jade Slip, but the shape didn't quite look like it.

However, he was too lazy to think about it too much and simply stuck the Jade Slip slip to his forehead.

What's inside? We'll find out once we take a look.

The first sensation upon touch is a cool, refreshing feeling.

Immediately afterwards, a guiding force erupted from it, carrying Xiao Chen's Divine Sense as if back hundreds of thousands of years ago.

It turns out that this Jade Slip was left behind by the cultivator who died in bed and was responsible for guarding the Devil Creature.

By then, his hair was already white, and his eyes were noticeably cloudy.

His face was ashen and pale, and he sat cross-legged on the bed, holding Jade Slip slip in one hand, his body trembling slightly.

"Pfft!"

Suddenly, the old man spat out a mouthful of blood, and his already weak Essence, Qi, and Spirit diminished by another third.

Xiao Chen even vaguely saw a hint of weariness in him.

"Ha~, ha~, ha~!"

However, the old man chuckled intermittently a few times, then muttered to himself, "Eternal Life? Hahaha!"

"Seeking Immortality and the Dao? Hahaha!"

His eyes widened suddenly. "I'm not reconciled!"

As soon as these words were uttered, a powerful pressure belonging to the Nascent Soul Great Perfection realm immediately filled the small, dark room.

Although Xiao Chen only saw the records from the Jade Slip.

However, one could still sense the opponent's aura and the exceptionally powerful force flowing within them.

It was almost as powerful as the Venerable One he had encountered before at Universal Salvation Temple.

Clearly, this is a top-tier fourth-tier expert who has almost reached the threshold of the Spirit Transformation stage.

However, in hindsight, he probably never managed to take that step.

Sure enough, the other person's tone suddenly took a 180-degree turn, becoming a slightly choked sob. "I, an old man, am not reconciled!"

After that, the other party seemed to have gone mad.

Sometimes he muttered to himself, sometimes he shouted angrily, sometimes he wept bitterly, and sometimes he laughed loudly.

A dignified Nascent Soul Great Perfection stage appeared to have transformed into a mad old man at first glance.

Xiao Chen listened to his intermittent, fragmented, and even incoherent narration.

It took a while before I roughly figured out what was going on.

In summary, the situation isn't particularly complicated.

With his lifespan nearing its end, the opponent could no longer delay and was forced to make a desperate attempt to break through.

However, as expected, the breakthrough ultimately failed, completely extinguishing any hope of continuing to live.

Perhaps out of resentment, or perhaps out of the deep hatred in his heart, he clutched the Jade Slip and left some final words for posterity.

Well, I guess you could call it a reflection or insight.

For some reason, the Jade Slip was not taken by later generations and eventually ended up in Xiao Chen's hands.

He called it some insights and reflections, but it sounded more like the ramblings of a madman.

As far as the old man knew, the Devil Creature outside, which claimed to be born holy, had lived for tens of thousands of years.

However, it shows no signs of aging.

Time seemed to stand still for the other person; hundreds of years passed in a flash, yet even their Qi Mechanism remained unchanged, without any alteration.

However, as the caretaker, he had reached the point of exhaustion.

On what grounds?

Why is it that the wicked Devil Creature, which should have died long ago, has been able to survive for so long?

He painstakingly cultivated to the Nascent Soul, even going so far as to guard this prison in exchange for Longevity Spirit Pill, yet he could only live for less than 1,400 years?

If it were just him who couldn't achieve immortality, then it could be said that he didn't try hard enough.

Looking around, how many geniuses throughout history have there been, and how many others like him, sitting idly for thousands of years, wasting their time, yet ultimately failing to comprehend the Great Dao?

Heavens, how unjust!

Immortality is also a scam!

Who can seek immortality? Who can truly remain forever young?

In the end, it was nothing more than a colossal lie that deceived the world.

All this talk of cultivation is fake!

Enlightenment, all that talk, it's all fake!

It was all just a grand dream; in the end, we all turned to dust.

It's regrettable that he didn't realize this when he broke through to the Nascent Soul in his early years.

Still clinging to unrealistic hopes, they marched step by step toward that lofty, elusive Spirit Transmutation Seat.

Looking back on the first half of my life, I hardly dared to indulge in any fun or pleasure. In the end, only the word "bitter" can describe it.

If there is an afterlife, he would rather be an ordinary wealthy man.

In his final words, he advised all future generations not to believe in Seeking Immortality and the Dao or the pursuit of Eternal Life.

Even if one day attains that supreme position, will one achieve immortality?

He only regretted that he hadn't realized the deception sooner, and that he had given up cultivation like his fellow disciples, returned to manage his Lineage, enjoy his grandchildren, and live a life of worldly wealth and luxury.

"Well, it's not entirely wrong."

Xiao Chen certainly didn't agree with his statement.

However, objectively speaking, a harsh reality is that most True Lord of the Compassion Sea are probably unable to break through to the next Major Realm.

For example, a cultivator like the Hundred Apertures True Monarch who only broke through to the Nascent Soul at several hundred years old.

The sheer amount of true essence alone would be enough to keep him from even reaching the Spirit Transformation.

The other cultivators who broke through earlier also had to be extra diligent, devoting most of their time and energy to secluded cultivation.

On the rare occasions when they are not in seclusion, they still have to busy themselves competing for or accumulating cultivation resources in order to gain the qualification to attempt a breakthrough.

However, judging from the facts, saying that cultivation is purely a scam is a bit of an exaggeration.

In any case, there are indeed more than one cultivators who have successfully broken through to the Spirit Transformation.

In the New Cultivation World, a new Spirit Transformation Venerable is born every Immortal Selection Festival.

It's hardly a scam; it's more likely that the other person's time is running out, leading to a somewhat extreme viewpoint.

"Alas, unless one can Ascend to Immortality, one is still ultimately human."

Xiao Chen could understand the other party's thoughts to some extent, because all people, and indeed all living beings, possess an instinctive fear of death.

But that's precisely why.

That's why people go to great lengths to seek the Method of Longevity, why they work tirelessly to collect cultivation resources, and why they brave countless difficulties to fight against fate.

However, fortunately, the old man did not see that the Devil Creature survive for hundreds of thousands of years afterward.

Otherwise, he might have been so angry that he would have come back to life, only to faint again.

In the latter part of the Jade Slip, the old man finally realized, amidst grief and regret, that he could no longer waste his last moments.

So he hastily left behind long passages of Cultivation Method, secrets, and many regretful self-narrations.

It can be said that it simultaneously left behind a legacy, a piece of intelligence, and a memoir.

And at the end, he instructed his descendants who came to collect the Jade Slip to be sure to include his final insights and memories in their family Scripture Pavilion by writing a book.

Furthermore, lower-ranking disciples should be allowed to watch, giving them the opportunity to gain enlightenment ahead of time.

It is worth mentioning that this Jade Slip can be viewed a total of five times, and this was the first time Xiao Chen viewed it.

In other words, his faction must have encountered some unexpected situation, which prevented them from sending anyone to receive the inheritance in time.

The Scripture Pavilion he mentioned is long gone, so his last idea naturally cannot be realized.

"Ah, there's even Fourth-Order Yellow-grade Technique?"

Xiao Chen had only intended to broaden his horizons, and he browsed through the final part of the Cultivation Method.

However, it was discovered that this Inheritance Jade Slip was exceptionally special.

The order of the various Cultivation Method is chaotic, and there are not only Heaven-level secret techniques, but also Profound-level and Yellow-grade Technique.

"Oh dear, what a pity, why didn't I meet you sooner?"

Xiao Chen looked at the Yellow-grade Spell with some regret. "They made me waste a lot of time back then."

"Wait a minute, why is there a separate True Essence Secret Art?"

Halfway through reading it, he was surprised to discover that there was a very special True Essence Secret Art mixed in.

Its name is quite unusual -- <Jade Peak Essays>.

Judging from the content, it comes from a Nascent Soul True Lord calls himself the Master of Jade Peak Hall Master. It is a collection of his insights and reflections that he recorded while teaching his disciples.

That's right, it's not an insight, but a reflection.

He mentioned many times in his essays that there is actually a large group of idiots in the world who can't even learn a Earth-grade Technique.

Generally speaking, Xuan-level and Yellow-grade Technique are simplified as much as possible, with almost all unnecessary content removed for the sake of cultivation.

Therefore, only Earth-level and Heaven-Grade Technique contain True Essence Secret Art that can improve the quality of a cultivator's true essence.

Moreover, throughout history, there have been almost no instances of standalone True Essence Secret Art.

Because most cultivators think that they shouldn't make things difficult for disciples who can't even learn Earth-grade Technique.

Under such circumstances, if a cultivator cannot learn Earth-grade Technique, or if forcing themselves to learn it is too strenuous, the overall efficiency may not even be as high as that of Mysterious-grade techniques.

Therefore, they would be unable to access and cultivate the True Essence Secret Art.

However, the Jade Peak Hall Master believed that they should think of more ways to improve the disciples' strength, thereby raising the overall strength of the sect.

To this end, he specifically collected and recorded the mistakes these people were prone to make, as well as the problems they most frequently encountered.

Then, after several years, he compiled this Secret Method, which was as simple and easy to understand as possible, hoping to use it to quickly improve the quality of his disciples' true essence.

This simple and easy-to-understand True Essence Secret Method is only at the Yellow Rank!

Moreover, after the initial creation of the third-tier Secret Method was successful...

Jade Peak Hall Master then spent more than ten years, during which he contacted many fellow cultivators of the fourth rank through letters, to compile subsequent fourth-rank versions.

The hope is that while strengthening the disciples, it can also help some lucky rogue Guest Elder who have broken through to the Nascent Soul or joined midway through the process.

To this end, he contacted the Nascent Soul elder who guarded the Devil Creature five times, hoping he could offer some suggestions and insights.

After finally completing this Yellow-level True Essence Secret Art that leads directly to the fourth tier, he even wrote another letter asking for his corrections.

Therefore, in the Inheritance Jade Slip, he also recorded the complete contents of this Secret Method and left it to future generations.

"Huh? This works?"

Xiao Chen originally thought that he had nothing to do with such True Essence Secret Method.

But to my utter surprise, I unexpectedly found a separate True Essence Secret Method here.

Normally, disciples who can't even learn a low -Earth-grade Technique are usually considered to be in the lower to middle ranks of the sect.

There's really no need to develop such a secret technique to enhance their strength.

This also shows that the sect to which the other party belongs must have encountered considerable external pressure, otherwise there would be no reason for them to have such an idea.

"So this is how true energy is compressed to increase the Spell Power?"

Xiao Chen carefully considered this Secret Method: "It looks interesting, but I wonder how effective it will be for me."

It should be noted that he originally possessed the Yang Five Elements Seal, which helped compress the quality of true essence within his body day and night.

Therefore, even if he had not cultivated the True Essence Secret Art before, the quality of his True Essence was already very strong.

In this situation, if we extrapolate from the case of ordinary cultivators...

Even if one were to cultivate this Secret Method, its effectiveness would inevitably be greatly reduced, and it's even possible that it would have no effect whatsoever.

For example, if Xiao Chen were to consume the flesh of Fourth-Order Demonic Beast now, he would only be able to taste it, and the improvement to his own qi and blood would be negligible.

However, since <Jade Peak Essays> is a Yellow-grade Secret Law, it's a different story.

Theoretically, it should be able to benefit from the amplification effect of Hextech Enhancement.

If Xiao Chen were to cultivate this Secret Method as well, he might actually achieve miraculous effects that even the Cultivation Method's founder couldn't have predicted.

With this in mind, he immediately decided that as soon as this exploration was over, he would practice this Secret Method to test its specific effects.

"You're Jade Peak Hall Master, right? You're such a kind person!"

Xiao Chen sincerely praised him and silently made a mental note of the name.

Although so many years have passed, and the other party has long since disappeared from the world.

But that's alright. He will rewrite this Secret Method when he has the chance, and he will make a point of noting the name of the founder, ' Jade Peak Hall Master '.

To let more people know about the existence of this Cultivation Method, and to let this name live on in the hearts of more people.

There's no need to wait; once we're outside, we can share this Inheritance Jade Slip with the True Lord.

However, besides this Secret Method...

What follows are some impractical, conventional inheritances, and a whole lot of regret and remorse.

After receiving the message from the Jade Slip, Xiao Chen deliberately closed his eyes and reviewed it to make sure he hadn't missed anything because he had read it too quickly.

However, there wasn't any particularly valuable information after that.

In particular, the so-called secrets left behind by the other party are of comparable quality to those of the Spirit Communication Pavilion.

For example, someone claimed to have discovered a large island hundreds of miles long, wide, and high in the Far Sea, only to find upon closer inspection that it was actually a sleeping giant tortoise.

For example, some monks insist that they have seen a tribe of Merfolk with human faces and fish tails.

However, they either couldn't pinpoint the exact location, or after taking people there, they discovered it was just a Desolate Island with no living creatures and no trace of anything left behind.

Xiao Chen had actually read quite a few stories like this when he borrowed Ancient Books from the Scripture Pavilion of various sects.

Generally speaking, such rumors are more common in more distant periods, much less so in the last few hundred thousand years, and almost non-existent in the last tens of thousands of years.

There is only one thing that remains the same regardless of the distance in time.

That is, they all sound like stories deliberately fabricated for people to boast about, and have absolutely no credibility.

Legend has it that Merfolk ' tears turn into pearls, but I wonder when I'll be fortunate enough to see them.

Xiao Chen was very curious whether those pearls were ordinary objects or spiritual Spirit Pearl imbued with Spiritual Qi.

If it's the latter, wouldn't that be equivalent to a living Spirit Vein?

Unfortunately, he can't even confirm whether Merfolk truly exist in the Cultivation World.

This might actually be the real scam, since some people have indeed seen Spirit Transformation, but no one has ever seen Merfolk.

After confirming that I hadn't missed any crucial information.

Xiao Chen re-examined the dark room, ruling out the possibility of a hidden small Secret Chamber within it.

Then they returned to the outer hall.

"Hey~, you're awake."

Xiao Chen saw that Surging Wave True Monarch had already stood up, one hand supporting himself against the wall and the other massaging his temples. "Not bad physique, the first one to wake up."

Before he finished speaking, Purple Sun True Monarch also sat up, supporting himself with one hand on the ground, and skillfully cast Defensive Spell.

His eyes, though wary, held a hint of bewilderment as he surveyed his surroundings.

He clearly remembered observing the situation in the hall, so how did he suddenly collapse to the ground?

She only relaxed a little after she could see Xiao Chen clearly in the distance.

Then, puzzled, he asked, "Daoist Xiao, what exactly happened?"

"What about that Devil Creature? Have you killed it yet?"

Xiao Chen nodded. "Okay, don't rush, sit on the ground and calm down."

"I'll explain the current situation to you all after you've all woken up."

They have just been under the influence of an illusion and desperately need to rest and recuperate.

At this point, the differences between the six people become apparent.

Although both were Newly Promoted True Monarch, Surging Wave True Monarch and Purple Sun True Monarch, who had broken through earlier, were the first to regain consciousness.

Then came Rift Void True Monarch and Thunderbolt True Monarch, who woke up almost one after the other.

Then came Ming Xiao True Monarch, who had just broken through half a year ago, half an hour later than them.

Although the oldest, Hundred Apertures True Monarch, broke through to the Dao earlier than Ming Xiao True Monarch, he was the last to wake up.

To be honest, Zhang Shouquan ran away just in time, so no one got to see what happened to him.

Otherwise, Xiao Chen really wanted to know if he could resist the Devil Creature's illusion, or if he could be the first to wake up.

Although he broke through to the Nascent Soul stage relatively late, the specific circumstances are actually hard to say.

Unfortunately, he ran away beforehand, and the matter became an unsolved mystery.

After everyone had rested enough, Xiao Chen briefly explained what had happened.

Of course, he omitted the less important parts, such as the siege.

He simply said, "You were all just under the illusion of that Devil Creature and were controlled by it."

"And as you know, I happen to be quite good at resisting illusions, so I didn't fall for its illusion."

"So I killed that Devil Creature and also checked out the situation here."

"By the way, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"

The six people looked at each other, and it was the Hundred Apertures True Monarch asked first, "What is the good news?"

Xiao Chen pointed to the location of the secret room. "The good news is that I discovered this place isn't empty; there's a hidden Secret Chamber inside."

After he finished speaking, he deliberately paused for a few breaths.

Then he laughed and said, "But unfortunately, we didn't find anything good in the dark room either."

"The only three things I found inside were a Demon Suppressing Token of unknown use, a strange Ancient Style Golden Hairpin, and a Inheritance Jade Slip."

As he spoke, Xiao Chen took out all three items and laid them out in a row. "I've already looked through the Inheritance Jade Slip, so I don't need it."

"It has four chances left. You can discuss how to allocate these four chances."

"This gold hairpin looks quite pretty, but I have other uses for it, so I'll keep it for myself."

"As for this last token, you can take a look at it if you're interested."

"But I estimate it's only good enough to take back as a souvenir. If any of you want it, just take it."

"If everyone doesn't mind, then let's distribute it this way?"

No one had any objections.

The Hundred Apertures True Monarch even stated directly, "Fellow Daoists, not only did I not help this time, I almost caused more trouble."

"I don't want anything, you can divide it among yourselves."

There are only four chances left to Inheritance Jade Slip, but there are six of them.

That means at least two people must be unable to view the inheritance.

Therefore, the Hundred Apertures True Monarch simply withdrew from the competition.

"Me too."

Ming Xiao True Monarch followed suit, saying, "I recently broke through to the next level. I came out here just to join in the fun and broaden my horizons, following in the footsteps of you fellow Daoists."

"So I don't need anything."

Since he has voluntarily withdrawn, the remaining four no longer need to decline and can browse the Inheritance Jade Slip in turn.