The Past of Daoist Buyu

Lu Yang silently took two steps back, to prove that he had no intention of removing the talisman, so that he could clear himself of any involvement should his senior sister suddenly appear.

The saying "A wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall" probably describes this situation.

The talisman left by the senior sister had no spiritual energy fluctuations, and there would be no danger in removing it, but Lu Yang still dared not remove it.

He'd be risking his life to remove that talisman.

Master, it's not that I'm unfilial, it's just that I only have one life. There are immortals in my spiritual space. If my eldest sister kills me, it will be a double tragedy, not worth it.

Seeing Lu Yang hesitate, raising and lowering his hand repeatedly, the Silent Daoist knew perfectly well his concerns.

Lu Yang wasn't the first person to react this way, so he wasn't surprised. He chuckled and said, "It's normal that you don't know me. You can go find the other elders and inquire about me. Once you have a more comprehensive understanding of me, you'll know that what I said is true."

"However, don't tell them that Xiaoyun imprisoned me. Xiaoyun has managed the Ask Dao Sect for ten years, and some elders may not be on my side."

Lu Yang felt that his master made sense. He only knew that his master was the Silent Daoist, but he had never studied in detail what kind of person he was. Perhaps this was an opportunity. With that thought, he left the pine forest.

After Lu Yang left, the Silent Daoist scratched his head. He asked several people to remove the talisman, but none of them wanted to.

"Is there something written on the talisman that makes them so afraid?" He craned his neck and looked for a long time but couldn't see the talisman.

Lu Yang returned to the mission hall and was told that the Grand Elder was out on business and not in the sect. Helpless, Lu Yang had no choice but to go to the Word Transmission Peak where the Second Elder was located.

Word Transmission Peak was responsible for teaching some basic knowledge of cultivation. When Lu Yang first entered the Ask Dao Sect, he spent a month cramming at Word Transmission Peak, but Lu Yang never met the Second Elder.

"Senior brother, is the Second Elder here?" Lu Yang asked the disciple guarding the peak of the Word Transmission Peak.

The senior brother looked at Lu Yang with a strange expression. "You're looking for the Second Elder? Then you should go to the herb garden; he's lying at the entrance."

Lu Yang was stunned, never expecting that the old man who had asked him to dig the soil was actually the Second Elder.

He thanked his senior brother and went to the herb garden, where Grandpa Ba was indeed there.

"Hmm? You want to come dig in the dirt again?" Grandpa Ba asked with a chuckle.

"No, I just wanted to ask about my master."

"Old Ninth, of course I know." Grandpa Ba perked up as soon as he mentioned that.

"Ninth Brother?"

"That's right. From the First Elder to the Eighth Elder, and then to your master, the Silent Daoist, we were all taught by the same master. Your master was the youngest, joined the sect the latest, and was the ninth in line."

"Old Jiu is a chatterbox, his little mouth never stops babbling all day long. Have you seen the 'Introduction to Crosstalk' on the first floor of the Scripture Depository? That's what Old Jiu donated to the Scripture Depository."

Lu Yang nodded. He remembered clearly that when he saw "Introduction to Crosstalk" in the Scripture Depository, he was stunned for a long time, thinking he had entered the wrong place.

"Later, Master really didn't want to hear the Ninth Prince talk, so he gave him the title of 'Silent Daoist,' hoping he would talk less."

Lu Yang: "Does it work?"

"It doesn't work. Old Jiu said, 'The Master did not speak of strange phenomena, physical prowess, disorder, or spirits.' As long as he doesn't talk about strange phenomena, physical prowess, disorder, or spirits, it'll be fine." Then his little mouth kept babbling on and on. That lousy mouth of his just needs to be sewn shut.

"However, the ninth brother's cultivation talent is the strongest among the nine of us. Of course, he can't compare to Yun Zhi. I reckon there haven't been many people with Yun Zhi's talent throughout history."

"After Master went into seclusion, the nine of us discussed who should become the Sect Master. The other eight of us unanimously agreed that it should be the ninth one, since he's so eloquent, he'd definitely be a good candidate. But the ninth one absolutely refused. So we said it's the rule of the martial world: whoever is stronger gets to decide. The ninth one agreed."

"Then the eight of us ganged up on him and beat up the ninth brother, forcing him to become the Sect Master."

Lu Yang remembered what his master had said, "Go through a bloody battle."

That's not entirely wrong.

"Our eight judgment was indeed excellent. Ninth Brother has a real talent for management; he's managed the sect very well, sweeping away the previous gloom. Of course, this might be related to his personality."

"Later, for some reason, ten years ago Yun Zhi suddenly came to us and said that she would be in charge of the sect from now on. We felt that it was bound to be the young people's world sooner or later, so it was better to take over sooner. So we decided to manage it."

"As for where Lao Jiu went, we didn't care. Anyway, he's almost two thousand years old, and his mind is more agile than that of young people. Who knows where he's running around now? How could he possibly get lost?"

For cultivators of Ba Daye's caliber, time perception differs from that of ordinary people; ten years is not a long time for them.

After saying goodbye to Grandpa Ba, Lu Yang went to Body Refining Peak to find the Third Elder.

Meng Jingzhou was on Body Refining Peak, and with his help, they quickly found the Third Elder.

The Third Elder is playing chess with the ancestor of the Blue-eyed Water Buffalo tribe in the fields.

The Third Elder was short and stocky. If Lu Yang saw Third Elder in the outside world, he would never associate him with a top-notch body cultivator.

Lu Yang knew that the Third Elder possessed an extremely terrifying power; moving mountains and filling seas was merely a matter of a finger to him.

His "Six Heaven-Shaking Techniques" were highly sought after by all body cultivators, who hoped to be qualified to learn even a little bit of it. Countless people wanted to become disciples of the Third Elder but could not.

Lu Yang also tried to find the ten water buffaloes he had summoned in the fields, but found that they all looked the same and he couldn't tell them apart.

"You're asking about Lao Jiu? Haha, then you've come to the right person. I picked Lao Jiu up on the mountain and raised him with a lot of poop and pee!" The Third Elder said, as if to say, "You're lucky to have met me."

Meng Jingzhou whispered a reminder from the side, "Master, it's 'raised by pulling,' not 'fed.'"

The Third Elder waved his hand impatiently. "It's all the same meaning, stop nitpicking like the Fourth Elder."

"Old Nine is known for his intelligence; he was the first among the nine of us to learn the magic of 'Law Technique Size at Will'."

"Since the Size-Swipe Scepter can make the body bigger or smaller, Lao Jiu thought, could we change it so that the effect of the Size-Swipe Scepter can be to make a local area bigger, not too big, just an inch or two longer would be enough. It would be easy to use and require less Law Power to maintain. This would definitely be very popular between men and women. Men can make their lower body bigger, and women can make their upper body bigger."

"Old Ninth Brother followed this line of thought and, believe it or not, he actually figured it out!" The Third Elder slapped his thigh, praising the Silent Daoist's genius idea.

"Later, he wrote a new Law Technique called <Size and Size As You Wish (Partial Version)>. As soon as the Law Technique was released, it was snapped up by people. Back then, we made a lot of Spirit Stone. When my fellow disciples and I went out to eat, we would order the most expensive food. We didn't even care to pick up Spirit Stone that fell on the ground."

"Unfortunately, this period of prosperity was short-lived. The Great Xia Dynasty quickly intervened and halted the sale of this Law Technique."

"Why?"

"They say this is obscene material."

Lu Yang: "... They don't seem to be wrong."

The second update should be a little later.