Tuo Yu Immortal Scripture

"It smells like sweet olive and orchid, with a hint of sweet milk!" Xu Ying sniffed his hand again.

Yuan Qi said, "Disgusting!"

Xu Ying apologized to Yuan Weiyang, "Brother Yuan, I haven't even thanked you for your help on the road, and I've already implicated you again. I feel very uneasy."

Yuan Weiyang shook his head. "I came to find you, so of course I would help. As for being left behind by the Zhou family's ancestor, it has nothing to do with you. I saw the Shuikou Temple undergo another drastic change and couldn't suppress my curiosity, so I came here. You already warned me; it's just my bad luck."

Xu Ying chuckled, "I'm also very happy that you came to find me to slack off."

Yuan Weiyang shook his head. "I'm looking for you to discuss the mysteries of spiritual consciousness cultivation, not to slack off."

Xu Ying said to himself, "We can also catch mudfish together. Have you ever caught shrimp? When you catch them, you have to be careful, move slowly, and strike quickly, otherwise, they'll jump backward out of your hand and onto your face."

The old servant in green, Uncle Xiao, looked worried. He saw Yuan Weiyang's eyes sparkling, clearly tempted by someone's words.

"You little brat!"

He wanted to lash out, but Zhou Qiyun was right there. In front of this most powerful being of the current era, he couldn't act out.

The Yuan family was dwindling, and by Yuan Weiyang's generation, there were few children who lived to adulthood. This ancient family was close to disappearing from the world, so Uncle Xiao also worried about Yuan Weiyang's safety and didn't want him too close to dangerous individuals.

After a moment, auspicious clouds drifted in the sky. Dragons could be seen emerging from the clouds. As they approached, four divine dragons were pulling a treasure carriage.

These dragons were Dragon Gods, carrying a heavy aura of Incense Qi. They must have been wooden or stone carvings that had been worshipped for a long time, thus possessing the ability to ride the clouds and mist.

Zhou Qiyun boarded the carriage. Xu Ying and Yuan Weiyang also got in. The carriage didn't look large from the outside, but its interior was vast. Yuan Qi, lowering his head, swam in and found that even lying down, he had plenty of room.

Is it a magic treasure? he thought.

The four divine dragons pulled the carriage and soared into the clouds, heading into the distance.

Xu Ying lifted the curtain and looked out. He saw white clouds drifting, the carriage moving through the mist. The air was very humid, and soon the inside of the carriage became damp.

The four divine dragons pulling the carriage were also dripping water. Occasionally, lightning struck the divine dragons in the clouds, emitting bursts of fire. Each time this happened, the scent of Incense Qi could be detected.

Xu Ying closed the window and looked out through the glass panes to prevent the carriage from becoming too damp.

As the carriage emerged from the clouds, a magnificent mountain range suddenly appeared before them. The peaks were tens of thousands of feet high, sheer and steep, rising from the ground. Some terrifying creature within the mountains let out roars, forming visible sound waves that rippled outward!

The Incense Qi on the four divine dragons was even scattered by the roars, and their bodies became unstable. The clouds beneath their feet also became disordered, and the carriage jolted violently.

Zhou Qiyun let out a hum, not loud, but suddenly the magnificent mountain was filled with thunder and lightning. It was as if an invisible giant had punched the source of the roar, shaking the valley violently.

The roaring stopped abruptly.

Yuan Qi praised, "Ancestor Bai Mei is incredibly domineering. My grandfather's defeat at his hands was not unjust!"

Xu Ying looked out the window. The four dragons pulled the carriage around a massive mountain peak, passing through a canyon between two peaks. Below was a bright, vast river. Looking down from above, it resembled a silver ribbon, reflecting the sunlight and shimmering.

Faintly, he seemed to see fish-dragons leaping out of the great river.

The landscape was picturesque, magnificent as a song.

The four dragons pulled the carriage for an unknown distance, and they still hadn't seen any human cities. Xu Ying suddenly thought of a terrifying possibility: "How big is this new land?"

Why had they flown for so long without seeing Lingling City?

He hadn't even seen the Xiang River or the Xiao River. Yongzhou City was nearby, so why couldn't he see it either?

He looked around, seeing only towering mountains piercing the clouds. A sense of dread filled him. This was a place he was completely unfamiliar with!

"When I entered the new land, it had already grown to about eight hundred li along the banks of the River of Oblivion," Zhou Qiyun said, looking out the window. "I don't know how much it has grown since then."

A towering tree came into view ahead. Its canopy surpassed the surrounding mountains, with clouds and mist floating below its crown.

Xu Ying saw the River of Oblivion again. This towering tree grew at a bend in the river, which was diverted because of it.

"It's a Huai tree!" Yuan Qi's large head squeezed through the window, his eyes peering at the window frame. He recognized the species.

Xu Ying stared, having never seen or heard of such a massive Huai tree!

"Trees are born immortals. As long as the trunk doesn't wither or break, and the roots are not infested or rotten, they can live forever. This tree is no different," Zhou Qiyun said with emotion. "The Great Huai has grown for an unknown amount of time, truly an immortal in the mortal world. Although it grows in the Underworld, a place unsuitable for life, it has survived for so long because no one has cut it down, becoming an immortal tree. The Great Huai is also called the Yang Huai, the most yang and most rigid thing in the Underworld. Here, it is impervious to ghosts! You can feel the spirit of the Great Huai."

Hearing this, Xu Ying released his divine sense and indeed detected an ancient spiritual consciousness slowly operating within the towering Huai tree. It was heavy, deep, ancient, and profound.

He didn't know what the Great Huai was saying. It might have been meaningless chanting, or perhaps it was expounding its understanding of life and the Great Dao. For such an ancient life form, language seemed to have lost its meaning.

The tree was covered with countless Huai flowers. It was spring, the season for Huai flowers to bloom. The entire tree was covered in golden, about-to-bloom flowers, and their fragrance had already spread.

Xu Ying inhaled the fragrance and felt his internal vital energy inexplicably increase!

"This is definitely a treasure trove for cultivation. When the Huai tree flowers bloom, the spiritual energy here will likely be even more potent!"

The dragon carriage was heading towards this Huai tree. Upon reaching the tree, Xu Ying discovered an ancient palace complex, with Zhou family disciples coming and going. As they approached the palace, Xu Ying looked up at the inscription written in Bird Seal Insect Script.

"Huaihua Palace Blessed Land," Xu Ying murmured to himself, remaining silent.

This was an ancient script that even the Great Bell didn't recognize. He felt it would be best not to show off in front of Zhou Qiyun.

The Huaihua Palace Blessed Land was likely established by predecessors who realized that cultivating beneath the Huai tree was twice as effective with half the effort, treating it as a Cave Heaven Blessed Land, and thus built this palace.

However, for some reason, the predecessors had abandoned the Huaihua Palace. Now, with the emergence of the new land, the experts of the Zhou family had found this place and made it their base for exploring the new land.

"So, why did the predecessors abandon this place?"

Xu Ying was puzzled. "The spiritual energy here is so dense, it's a blessed land. It should be a place fiercely contested. If it's in the Underworld, it should be occupied by an Underworld god or a powerful Underworld figure, not left vacant."

The imperial carriage slowly descended. Someone had already opened the palace gates. Four divine dragons led the way as they entered Huaihua Palace.

Zhou Qiyun alighted and instructed the old servant who had come to greet them, "Buyi, take Young Master Xu and Young Master Yuan to consult the Tuo Yu Immortal Scripture."

Xu Ying and Yuan Weiyang stepped down from the carriage. The old servant named Buyi bowed and said, "Young Masters, please follow me."

The green-robed old servant, Uncle Xiao, glanced at Xu Ying a few more times. He knew this old servant's cultivation was unfathomable. He was the chief steward of the Zhou family's inner mansion and had been granted the surname Zhou, his name being Zhou Buyi.

Xu Ying immediately activated the Taiyi Guiding Technique. Strange floral fragrances rolled in from the sky, containing abundant spiritual energy. In the air, it transformed into a field about an acre wide, with Dao seeds constantly flying into Xu Ying's body.

Seeing this, Yuan Qi also activated the Great Sun Guiding Technique. He felt his cultivation continuously improving and secretly praised, "When cultivating elsewhere, I can only practice for a short time in the morning. But under this great locust tree, I can cultivate day and night. It's a pity the locust flowers only bloom for a little over half a month."

Even so, half a month was equivalent to a year of cultivation outside. Moreover, the peak blooming period had not yet arrived!

Furthermore, the spiritual energy contained within the locust flowers was almost pure Yang spiritual energy, saving countless steps in refining it.

The old servant Zhou Buyi chuckled coldly upon seeing one person and one snake acting so ostentatiously: "A demon cultivator!"

Yuan Weiyang looked at the field above Xu Ying's head in surprise. He quickly discerned its marvel and said, "King Xu, your cultivation method is very peculiar. Watching you cultivate, you're already different from other demon cultivators. It seems to be another extremely extraordinary path."

Xu Ying replied, "This is the method of planting Dao, which I comprehended by chance. If you wish to learn it, I can teach you."

Yuan Weiyang thought for a moment and said, "I need to ask Mother before I can give you an answer."

Xu Ying was greatly confused, not understanding why learning the method of planting Dao required asking his parents.

Uncle Xiao, however, felt a tremor in his heart: "Is Weiyang planning to exchange cultivation methods with him? Only for a major matter like exchanging cultivation methods would he need to ask the matriarch! But how could the Yuan family's cultivation methods be easily revealed to others? What kind of Dao planting method could compare to the Yuan family's ancestral techniques?"

His gaze towards Xu Ying was filled with vigilance: "Little trickster! If I weren't here, the Yuan family's cultivation methods would likely be tricked away by him!"

Xu Ying followed Zhou Buyi into a grand hall. Inside, he saw men and women, old and young, some standing, some sitting, some lying down, in all sorts of postures.

Some grew three heads and six arms, their necks stretching incredibly long, holding three books and three pens in front of and behind them, staring at the books and writing.

Others grew eyes on their foreheads and hands, seemingly trying to examine the scriptures floating in the air from strange angles.

Still others slept soundly, snoring like thunder, but their divine consciousness overflowed from their minds, floating in the air like bubbles. Their souls sat within these bubbles, staring at the floating scriptures and attempting various cultivation methods again and again.

And some were surrounded by books and papers piled up like mountains, encircling them in the center. They had as many as eighteen arms, constantly flipping through various ancient texts and verifying the scriptures.

Some had white hair from worry, some muttered to themselves, appearing deranged, and others pulled out their hair in handfuls, already bald.

Suddenly, someone burst into laughter and shouted, "I've got it! I've got it!"

Then they spat out large mouthfuls of blood. Someone slapped them and yelled, "Beast, what have you got?" Only then did they sober up.

The scriptures floating in the air were golden pages with handwritten text. Judging by the handwriting, it seemed to be a woman's script, very delicate.

These golden pages emitted a light that projected the text into the air, allowing everyone in the hall to examine it.

Yuan Qi was incredibly excited and said to Xu Ying, "There are books to read here! In the past hundred years, I've read all the books at home! I've read a lot, so if you don't understand anything, you can ask me!"

The old servant Buyi said, "Young Master Xu, Young Master Yuan, this text is the content of the Tuo Yu Immortal Scripture."

Xu Ying looked up. The content of the Tuo Yu Immortal Scripture began with basic guiding techniques: Qi Gathering, Knocking on the Gate, Mutual Refinement, Second Knock on the Gate, Chong Lou, Jade Pool, Divine Bridge, Third Knock on the Gate, and then Ascension.

This was a complete set of "Demon Race cultivation methods"!

Besides this, there was other content, likely spells, divine abilities, and alchemical formulas.

"What is there to decipher?" Xu Ying was greatly perplexed.

In his opinion, the Tuo Yu Immortal Scripture clearly and plainly laid out the cultivation steps. How to cultivate each step was incredibly clear. As long as one cultivated step by step, there shouldn't be any major problems.

Yet, in this hall, the talented individuals of the Zhou family were poring over the texts day and night, desperately trying to comprehend them, even consulting various ancient texts, as if it were incredibly difficult to decipher.

"The Tuo Yu Immortal Scripture is a Qi refining technique for female cultivators. If a male cultivates it, they will likely lose their Yang essence first."

Xu Ying skimmed through it and immediately saw the problem. Cultivating the Tuo Yu Immortal Scripture would cause one to lose their Yang essence and transform into Yin essence, becoming a male with a female body in a short time.

If a woman cultivated it, there would be no problem; instead, she would advance rapidly. However, some parts of this technique seemed vague, as if it were incomplete.

He also briefly looked at the spells and divine abilities in the immortal scripture. Most of them were spells and divine abilities that could only be cast in conjunction with the cultivation method. Without learning the method, their power likely couldn't be unleashed.

However, Yuan Weiyang was very interested in the Tuo Yu Immortal Scripture and began reading from the beginning, examining it very carefully.

Xu Ying came to his side and whispered, "Brother Yuan, this is a cultivation method for women. Men cannot cultivate it."

Yuan Weiyang whispered back, "I think this cultivation method seems very suitable for me. It seems to complement my Yuan family's Nuo Method."

Uncle Xiao's expression turned grim. He appeared behind them and separated the two, saying, "Young Masters, your heads are almost touching. Maintain proper distance."

At this moment, Xu Ying noticed over a dozen elders with white hair and beards sitting in the center of the hall. They were not looking at the floating scriptures but were staring at a green bamboo floating on an altar in the center of the hall.

It was a jade slip.

The slip was about a foot long, emerald green and translucent, as if carved from fine jade, or like a bamboo shoot just emerging from the earth. A faint bamboo fragrance seemed to emanate from it.

This jade bamboo was inscribed with a line of text in Bird Seal Insect Script!

Xu Ying's heart skipped a beat: "This is the true Tuo Yu Immortal Scripture! No, it's not the Tuo Yu Immortal Scripture. The text on this jade bamboo is writing the Great Yin Origin Nourishing Technique!"