Inheritance Jade Slip

The small courtyard study.

Gu Jinlai took out a box.

Inside it lay a Blood-Patterned Jade Pendant.

This was also the reason Lin Xiao targeted him on multiple occasions.

This object was suspected to be a jade slip, belonging to a Primordial Spirit True Lord.

Primordial Spirit True Lords were the top-tier existences within the territory of Great Qian.

Lu Zhanxian, the number one person in the Purgatory Demon Sect and one of the top ten experts of the demonic path, was precisely a Primordial Spirit True Lord.

Gu Jinlai had previously fallen from Spirit Refining and was unable to peruse the profound mysteries within it. Having now switched to cultivating as a heavenly master and condensing spiritual awareness, his spiritual awareness—though not as nimble and versatile as divine intent—was still capable of reading the information within the jade slip.

Right now, he held the jade slip, pressed it against his glabella, and stimulated it with his spiritual awareness. Immediately, he sensed a vast influx of information within.

"Hum!"

As the Blood-Patterned Jade Pendant flashed with light, Gu Jinlai's consciousness seemed to find itself at the peak of a towering mountain. Looking around, the heavenly wind blew fiercely, the great sun rose eastward, golden light surged boundlessly, and the sea of clouds rose and fell.

Atop the peak, an old man wore a desolate expression.

"The entire territory of Tianyuan Dao has fallen, and hundreds of millions of subjects have been reduced to food for demonic beasts. I, True Lord Xu Mo, have fled thirty thousand li carrying the sect's hearth-fire, yet ultimately I cannot escape the exhaustion of my oil and lamp. Therefore, I leave behind this inheritance, hoping that those who come after will carry on my unfulfilled ambition and recover Tianyuan."

"Tianyuan Dao."

Gu Jinlai's heart stirred.

This was an overseas force that, sixty years ago, took advantage of the chaos in the realm to try and enter Great Qian, only to be viewed as invaders by the Great Qian state preceptor, who suppressed and killed them with a single flip of his hand.

Next, this old man began to demonstrate techniques.

Tianyuan Creation Art.

Innate Primordial Art.

Tianyuan Imperial Sword Art.

Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Sword.

Mayfly Concealed-Edge Sword.

Immeasurable Divine Fist.

Great Sigh Dragon-Transforming Technique.

Crimson Blood Demonic God Body-Refining Method.

Gu Jinlai took a deep breath.

A complete set of inheritance.

This turned out to be a complete set of inheritance.

Placing such a complete set of inheritance in any location would serve as the founding foundation of a top-tier major sect.

Especially the core techniques, the Tianyuan Creation Art and the Innate Primordial Art...

Their profundity was probably a notch more profound even than the Purgatory Sect's town-sealing technique.

He finally understood why Lin Xiao stared at him relentlessly without letting go.

Upon learning that he possessed such a complete set of inheritance on him...

No!

Lin Xiao should have merely guessed that there was an inheritance left behind by Tianyuan Dao within the Blood-Patterned Jade Pendant, not knowing that this inheritance was so complete.

Otherwise, instead of petty troubles like the present, he would have definitely used every means possible to kill him and make this inheritance his own.

The Tianyuan Imperial Sword Art and the Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Sword are both top-tier imperial sword arts, while the Mayfly Concealed-Edge Sword is an exquisitely peerless sword-nurturing art and sword-drawing technique. Nurturing the sword with true qi, drawing the sword from its sheath, the sword shatters the firmament! The Great Sigh Dragon-Transforming Technique is even an explosive secret technique that stimulates oneself, transforming true qi into dragons and causing the might of the true qi to surge several times over. It is stronger than the Incinerating Yuan Technique, yet does not injure oneself...

Gu Jinlai watched the old man demonstrate, his heart yearning and mind flying.

Without exception, these techniques could be called the foundation for passing down through the ages.

However...

When the old man recounted the Crimson Blood Demonic God Body-Refining Method, he paused slightly.

"My Tianyuan Dao battled against demonic beasts for a hundred years, long since failing to connect the old with the new. We no longer had sufficient time to cultivate disciple after disciple in Qi Refining and true condensation. The elders in our sect pooled their wisdom and, after twenty-two years, created the Crimson Blood Demonic God Body-Refining Method. It is a demonic beast body-refining technique, supplemented by the blood of demonic beasts. Practicing it for one month achieves Body Tempering, three months achieve Organ Refining, one year achieves Blood Changing, and three years achieve Qi Refining..."

Demonic beast body-refining technique.

Seeing this, Gu Jinlai's heart also grew stern.

Cultivating with demonic beast blood lineages was referred to as being a demonic beast martial artist.

This kind of martial artist advanced extremely quickly, yet possessed a grave drawback: they would be influenced by demonic beast instincts and become just like demonic beasts, eating humans and devouring spirits.

The Four Fiends of Qingzhou were typical demonic beast martial artists.

Sixty years ago, Great Qian had enacted laws forbidding practitioners from walking the path of demonic beast body-refining.

Yet this path acquired power far too easily, and despite repeated prohibitions, it was never stamped out. Coupled with the Great Qian dynasty's control over the various prefectures being far inferior to before, the ban existed in name only to this day.

"Demonic beast martial artists."

Gu Jinlai looked at the Crimson Blood Demonic God Body-Refining Method.

This sort of body-refining method only required sufficient demonic beast blood for one's progress to be a thousand li a day, truly making people extremely envious.

"If I can cultivate this technique, the drawbacks of qi and blood damage from Refining Qi to Transform Spirit will definitely be remedied, but..."

Gu Jinlai thought of the sequelae of demonic beast martial artists.

Dispositions changing drastically.

Eating humans and devouring spirits.

Until, through the accumulation of days and months, they completely lost control and transformed into beasts controlled by the instinct of devouring spirits.

Or rather, demonic beasts.

"If one had a choice, no one would choose to embark on the path of demonic beast martial artists."

Gu Jinlai looked at Xu Mo demonstrating the techniques. He seemed to have already witnessed the scenes where a depleted Tianyuan Dao was forced to turn themselves into demonic beast martial artists one by one, fighting a great battle against the demonic beasts.

The Crimson Blood Divine-Demon Body-Refining Method was very brilliant.

It had already been deduced by Tianyuan Dao to an extremely complete level. In the end, one could transform into a ten-zhang demonic god, rampaging through slaughter, invincible.

In the later stages, Tianyuan Dao relied entirely on disciples who cultivated the Crimson Blood Demonic God Body-Refining Method to barely hold on.

Yet ultimately...

They were still annihilated.

Gu Jinlai felt somewhat emotional.

The demonstration ended.

He closed his eyes, quietly digesting what he had gained from the jade slip.

"Unlike the Tianyuan Creation Art, which requires cultivation from childhood, the Innate Primordial Art uses the spirit of gathering all rivers to refine all true qi into primordial qi. If one wishes to switch to cultivating this technique from the Great Sun Demon Radiance Art, it is not difficult. Moreover, compared to the Great Sun Demon Radiance Art which can only cultivate up to Core Forming, the Innate Primordial Art contains the Primordial Spirit-Refining Art, achieving a seamless transition."

Gu Jinlai compared the two techniques, and he could clearly sense the gap between them.

"The Gu Clan's technique was something I seized when I killed an adversary back then, named the Heavenly Wind Divine Technique. If techniques were divided into grades, the Heavenly Wind Divine Technique could only be considered superior, and only above that were top-tier techniques like the Great Sun Demon Radiance Art and those on the level of the Purgatory Demon Sect's town-sealing technique."

As long as Gu Jinlai passed down the Innate Primordial Art, in three to five years the Gu Clan could produce ten or eight Core-Forming experts, and within ten years, it would not be strange for someone to break through to Spirit Refining.

"Master."

As Gu Jinlai was organizing the inheritance within the jade slip, Gu Chaoyang's voice came from outside.

Gu Jinlai's heart stirred. Gathering his focus, he got up and opened the door. "Have the people from the Golden Seal Team arrived?"

"Yes, we paid special attention to the unfamiliar faces outside the warehouse; they already intend to slip into the warehouse and hide."

"Have my battle armor and battle sword been prepared?"

"They are fully prepared."

Gu Chaoyang said, his tone pausing. "Can Old Ancestor really wear those suits of armor and wield those battle swords?"

Wielding weapons weighing over a thousand catties.

Was this the strength possessed only by High-ranking Demonic Beasts?

Gu Jinlai did not explain. He looked outside. "The hour is almost upon us; we also go out at this time every day. Call Su Nanxing over, and I will head along with him. You lead the men to follow shortly after, and at that time hem them in to prevent them from escaping."

"Understood."

Gu Chaoyang nodded heavily.

Right then, Gu Jinlai tidied himself up and, bringing Su Nanxing along, stepped out of the courtyard.

Outside the courtyard stood a large carriage, dragged by two black rhinoceros beasts.

This was a beast of burden with exceptional endurance and immense strength, and it was not uncommon within Starlight City.

"Let's go."

Gu Jinlai spoke.

Su Nanxing drove the carriage, while Gu Jinlai walked alongside it.

After leaving the courtyard and walking a distance, he got onto the horse-drawn carriage.

Inside the carriage were a suit of heavy armor and a heavy weapon.

The armor looked rather bloated; if Gu Jinlai put it on with his height, he would probably reach one meter nine.

As for that heavy weapon, it was even more exaggerated.

It was a full two meters long.

Wide and thick, it was simply not something an ordinary person could use.

Gu Jinlai spent quite a bit of time putting on the armor.

Because he had not yet resonated with spirits, even though he was at Core Forming, with a leakless true physical body and powerful physical strength, he was pressed down until his whole body felt uncomfortable.

Fortunately, as he finished putting on the armor, the warehouse was already close at hand.