Dao Ancestor

Chu Huai Xu stared at the booklet, utterly baffled.

He refused to believe it and flipped to the next page.

As it turned out, this page also had just two words:

--"Listen to Advice!"

Judging by the handwriting, the first and second pages weren't from the same person.

This left Chu Huai Xu completely dumbfounded.

"What the hell, two people playing off each other."

Chu Huai Xu continued flipping back and found nothing else.

"That's it?" He grew even more confused.

"Could this be the latest Aperture Opening Stage technique, with hardly anyone practicing it?" That was the only possibility he could think of.

The vast Dao Sect had numerous Outer Sect Disciples.

Keep in mind, even though the Dao Sect was strict, only accepting one-in-ten-thousand geniuses, the population base of the entire East Continent Mirror Kingdom was considerable.

With so many Registered Disciples, it couldn't be that barely anyone chose it, right?

"Maybe because its name isn't as flashy as those other techniques?" Chu Huai Xu mused.

"That shouldn't be the case either."

After all, that sword was right there in the Dao Sect!

The Dao Sect had a thriving culture of sword practice.

Any technique with the word "sword" in its name shouldn't be this unpopular.

Chu Huai Xu was genuinely afraid he might be the third guinea pig.

"But regardless, this technique has the highest Match Rate with me, at 93%."

"If the system judges it as fine, then it's definitely fine."

For him, so-called cultivation techniques were just a matter of stuffing Experience Points into them.

With that thought, Chu Huai Xu tossed the booklet aside and picked up the Jade slip.

As a seasoned player, he had some understanding of the Xuanhuang Realm's cultivation system.

In the past, the Aperture Opening Stage didn't actually exist.

The human body has nine Acupoints, which absorb the world's spiritual energy.

Some people are born with all nine Acupoints open, like that long-legged girl next door.

Some are born with none open, like Chu Huai Xu at this stage.

For a heaven-blessed prodigy like Han Shuangjiang, her Aperture Opening Stage was just a formality.

You could think of it as her nine Acupoints merely being clogged with some impurities in the body. She just needed to use a technique to cleanse them.

Before long, she'd reach the Great Perfection of the Aperture Opening Stage and start breaking through to the First Realm!

Many years ago, only those born with all nine Acupoints open could cultivate, and everyone started directly from the First Realm.

Thus, in that era, the threshold for cultivation was extremely high, and the number of cultivators was very small.

Until the Dao Ancestor burst onto the scene!

The invincible Dao Ancestor discovered the secrets of the nine Acupoints and refined the Aperture Opening Pill.

Taking the Aperture Opening Pill could unblock the originally obstructed Acupoints.

The so-called Aperture Opening Stage techniques were actually meant to assist in absorbing the pill's medicinal power.

By circulating the technique, the medicinal effect would be better, and absorption would be faster.

The world revered him as the Dao Ancestor precisely because he refined the Aperture Opening Pill and pioneered the Aperture Opening Stage.

Without him, many people would never have had the chance to become cultivators.

In Chu Huai Xu's current Storage Token, there was one Aperture Opening Pill, freely distributed by the Dao Sect to Registered Disciples.

"Gotta say, the benefits at a big sect are really good," he thought.

"In some small sects, disciples even have to buy their own Aperture Opening Pills."

After taking out the Aperture Opening Pill, Chu Huai Xu swallowed it in one gulp, then spread the Jade slip open in front of him.

"Ding! Would you like to learn the technique--'Sword Refining Art'?" He heard the System prompt sound.

Was there even a question?

Learn!

"Then, let's start cultivating!"

Inquiry Peak was the main peak of Mountain Beyond Mountain.

The Dao Sect's main hall sat atop the summit of Inquiry Peak.

At this moment, there were six people inside the main hall.

Sixth Elder Li Chunsong was among them.

The person seated at the head on the sect leader's throne was none other than the current leader of the Dao Sect—Xiang Yan.

This man had not a shred of immortal grace; he was hideously ugly, fierce-looking, and clearly not someone to be trifled with, plus he was bald.

In terms of appearance, he was vastly different from what everyone imagined a Dao Sect leader to be.

On either side of the hall sat four others: First Elder Lu Pan, Fifth Elder Zhao Shuqi, Ninth Elder Nangong Yue, and Tenth Elder Chu Yinyin.

Sixth Elder Li Chunsong stood in the center of the hall, incessantly rubbing his hands together, his face flushed and his mood exhilarated, caught in the throes of a gambling itch, thinking about how to pave the way and then wager a round with his fellow senior and junior brothers.

"The people Junior Uncle told me to pick up, I've already brought them all back," Li Chunsong said, clearing his throat.

Tenth Elder Chu Yinyin immediately asked, "What people?"

Strangely enough, all the high-ranking members of the Dao Sect looked middle-aged, except for this Tenth Elder Chu Yinyin, who appeared to be a maiden in her early teens, only thirteen or fourteen years old, her body seemingly not yet fully developed.

But in reality, she was already thirty-two years old.

This had to do with her cultivation technique and her spirit embryo.

Li Chunsong turned his head and glanced at her, then said directly, "Matters above the Seventh Realm, you at the Sixth Realm shouldn't ask."

At these words, everyone else laughed along.

Chu Yinyin furrowed her brow and angrily slapped the small table beside her chair.

"What do you mean by that, you gambler? Looking down on me?"

Li Chunsong quickly put on a placating smile: "How would I dare, Junior Sister? But this matter has been classified as the sect's highest secret by Junior Uncle. You know the sect rules—only those above the Seventh Realm are qualified to know."

"You're using the sect rules to pressure me?" Chu Yinyin refused to let it go.

This forced Li Chunsong to seek help, turning his gaze to First Elder Lu Pan: "Big Senior Brother, you're the Enforcement Elder. Say something, will you?"

Lu Pan, with his stern and imposing demeanor, looked up. His forehead wrinkles were especially deep, as if carved by a knife.

"According to the sect rules, that is indeed the case," he replied seriously.

"Fine! You're all ganging up on me!" Chu Yinyin stood up directly.

Dao Sect leader Xiang Yan raised his hand and pressed it down slightly, signaling her to calm down.

This bald man wasn't just ugly; his voice was also grating, sounding like a screeching chicken:

"Junior Sister, you've been far too lazy in the past. Clearly, your talent is the most outstanding among us. Master and Junior Uncle both said your cultivation path's end will go farther than any of ours, but you just won't cultivate properly."

Hearing this, Chu Yinyin looked down at her own body and grew even more displeased: "Cultivate what? Look what I've turned into from cultivating!"

She swept her gaze across everyone and said in exasperation, "If you won't say it, then don't! I don't want to hear it anyway! I'm leaving!"

She quickly walked to the hall's entrance, then stopped and turned her head:

"You're really not going to say it?"

All the senior brothers and sisters remained silent, just staring at her with smiles.

Only then did Chu Yinyin storm out of the hall, truly leaving this time.

Ninth Elder Nangong Yue was a woman with a gentle temperament, not particularly beautiful but with a heavy bosom.

She shook her head with a smile: "Junior Sister really is something. She's this old, but sometimes her temper is just like her appearance—never growing up."

"She's always been like this, never changed," Fifth Elder Zhao Shuqi said with a shrug.

"Her cultivation technique is one factor, but it's mainly her nature," First Elder Lu Pan remarked.

No sooner had he spoken than he let out a soft exclamation: "Oh? Still eavesdropping outside?"

As the Enforcement Elder, he was in charge of the sect rules.

With a wave of his hand, he released a Sound-Sealing Array, completely isolating the sounds inside the hall from the outside.

"Now she's really gone," Lu Pan said, probing with his divine sense and smiling slightly.

Sect leader Xiang Yan cleared his throat and said in his unbearably harsh voice, "Alright, let's get down to business."

Sixth Elder Li Chunsong knew it was his turn to speak.

"As per Junior Uncle's instructions, I brought back two people from Biyou Meadow on Wumeng Mountain."

"The man is called Chu Huai Xu, and the woman is Han Shuangjiang."

"This Han Shuangjiang is something else. Guess what her spirit embryo is." He was still being coy.

Everyone said nothing, just silently staring at him.

"You guys are no fun!" Li Chunsong complained.

"Her spirit embryo is as famous as the Dao Ancestor's Pure Yang Physique! She has a Profound Yin Physique!"

Everyone was shocked: "What!"

Profound Yin Physique, it was actually the Profound Yin Physique!

Ninth Elder Nangong Yue crossed her arms, her ample flesh piling up against them: "Do you think, with a Profound Yin Physique, there's a chance of gaining its recognition?"

The crowd was momentarily stunned: "It?"

But they quickly reacted, understanding what Nangong Yue meant by "it."

It was a sword.

A sword left behind by the Dao Ancestor.

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