Though Ye Zhen longed beyond measure for the first half of the Mystic Gate Dao Method, he had no chance of obtaining it anytime soon.
Still, Ye Zhen could understand Master Lu Li's circumstances at the time.
Of the Mirage Dragon Pearl's nine layers of seals, Ye Zhen had now broken through five. He would eventually break the remaining four as well; it was only a matter of time.
As for which sealed space contained the inheritance jade slip of the Mystic Spirit Scripture, that would depend on Ye Zhen's luck.
The second half of the Mystic Gate Dao Method, the Heavenly Machine Art, had been fully recorded in Master Lu Li's final words. It contained over nine thousand characters. After merely skimming through it, Ye Zhen knew that every word of the Heavenly Machine Art was a pearl of wisdom.
As the second half of the Mystic Gate Dao Method, the Heavenly Machine Art was in fact the foundation and supplement of the Mystic Spirit Scripture.
Compared to the Mystic Spirit Scripture's killing, defense, offense, and protection, the Heavenly Machine Art leaned more toward support.
The first section of the Heavenly Machine Art was a cultivation method for stabilizing and strengthening the primordial spirit. This was the foundation of both the Heavenly Machine Art and the Mystic Spirit Scripture.
The stronger the primordial spirit, the greater the power of the various Secret Arts within the Heavenly Machine Art and Mystic Spirit Scripture. This was fundamental.
This delighted Ye Zhen immensely.
Secret arts for cultivating a powerful soul were already quite rare in this world. Whether superior or inferior, virtually every soul-cultivation secret art was a closely guarded secret, let alone methods for cultivating and strengthening the primordial spirit.
The Soul Secret Technique Ye Zhen cultivated had come from the