Senior Disciple Sister is Right

Nine-tenths of the cultivators in the world of cultivation are at the Qi Refining Realm, so cultivators are accustomed to dividing the Qi Refining Realm very meticulously, into nine levels, and only the realms after that are divided into three small levels: early, middle, and late.

The Dao Seeking Sect is different. The Qi Refining Realm is just the threshold for Dao Seeking Sect disciples. Why bother dividing the threshold into levels?

The Dao Seeking Sect only has the Qi Refining Realm, with no small level divisions.

"Is everyone else's Qi Induction like this?"

Lu Yang was curious. If everyone cultivated like this, how could his progress be the slowest?

Yun Zhi shook her head: "This is the earliest cultivation method of the Ancient Ancestors. The Ancient Ancestors sensed nature, achieved Unity of Heaven and Man, and introduced spiritual energy into themselves, instantly becoming cultivators."

Naturally, the earliest cultivation didn't require guidance from predecessors, nor were there any Cultivation Method manuals. There was only constant comprehension and trial and error with the body.

"As for meridians, they were completely opened when you soaked in the medicinal bath, allowing spiritual energy to flow unimpeded. In your state of Unity of Heaven and Man, spiritual energy flows through your body according to your feelings. This route is the most suitable for you, surpassing any level of Cultivation Method."

The world of cultivation likes to divide Cultivation Methods into five levels: Yellow, Profound, Earth, Heaven, and Immortal, but in Yun Zhi's eyes, there are only two types of Cultivation Methods—those that suit you and those that don't.

"No Cultivation Method is specifically designed for you to cultivate from the beginning. There are many Cultivation Methods suitable for Sword Spirit Root, and I have a box full of them, but none of them are suitable for you."

"From today onwards, I will assign you a long-term task: create your own Cultivation Method."

When Yun Zhi says "create your own Cultivation Method," she naturally doesn't mean letting Lu Yang explore alone. She will also guide him from the side, but even so, the difficulty involved is considerable.

Creating Cultivation Methods is something that only the elders of the cultivation world can do.

Lu Yang's mouth twitched: "The predecessors who created Cultivation Methods, how high their positions are! They have a comprehensive and thorough understanding of each realm, which is why they are qualified to create Cultivation Methods. I am just a junior who has just achieved Qi Induction, yet I am asked to create a Cultivation Method. Isn't that a bit too..."

Yun Zhi interrupted Lu Yang's complaint: "Creating Cultivation Methods is not as difficult as you think."

"Do you know that the Dao Seeking Sect has a rule that after Foundation Establishment, every disciple needs to complete the tasks issued by the Task Hall to fulfill their righteous duties?"

Lu Yang nodded; he had heard of it.

Other sects also have similar mechanisms, requiring their disciples to complete tasks. After all, sects don't support idlers. Only by contributing to the sect can you demonstrate your value.

But the Five Great Immortal Sects are different. They require their disciples to issue tasks, not to contribute to the sect, but to contribute to the righteous path.

The Five Great Immortal Sects lead the righteous path; it's not just empty talk.

"Ordinary tasks require going down the mountain, slaying demons and monsters, exorcising ghosts, and so on. I don't like the atmosphere of the mortal world, so I chose another way to complete the task."

"What is it?"

"The Task Hall has a fixed task: to back up a Cultivation Method of the Dao Seeking Sect that has not been recorded, which is also considered completing the task."

"Then Senior Disciple Sister, you..." Lu Yang had a bold idea that he found absurd.

"So, in order to cope... to complete the task, I created many Cultivation Methods myself and then lied to them, saying that I found them in the Grotto-Heaven ruins."

"Unfortunately, I was later exposed."

"How were you exposed?" Lu Yang asked.

"Because according to my reports, I had explored every corner of the Grotto-Heaven ruins. I don't know which Grotto-Heaven ruins I should make up next time."

"So you see, creating Cultivation Methods is not difficult."

Yun Zhi shared her experience, logically and convincingly.

Lu Yang opened his mouth, wanting to say, "Senior Disciple Sister, I thought you were an honest person, but I didn't expect you to lie too," "Senior Disciple Sister, you are so talented and intelligent that ordinary people like us can't compare," and "What you do is called creating Cultivation Methods, what I do is called making up Cultivation Methods."

Lu Yang met Yun Zhi's indifferent gaze, and all his words turned into one sentence.

"Senior Disciple Sister is right."

"Although you have become a cultivator, you are still far from being a qualified Sword Cultivator. Here, this book is for you."

Senior Disciple Sister handed over an ancient book, made of the hide of some kind of demon beast, large, thick, and heavy.

"Yao Domain Anecdotes?" Lu Yang opened the ancient book, and a baleful aura rushed towards him. Various demon beast images leaped onto the paper, and he could vaguely hear the demon beasts roaring in his ears.

This ancient book is definitely priceless!

Lu Yang was thoughtful. Sword Cultivators need sword intent, but he had just started Qi Cultivation. How could he cultivate sword intent?

He heard that Ancient Sword Cultivators comprehended their first sword intent in life-and-death battles with demon beasts, in the face of their ferocious intent.

Then the answer was obvious: he needed to observe the images of demon beasts, comprehend their ferocious intent, take the essence and discard the dross, condense ten thousand kinds of demon beasts into one point, and comprehend his own sword intent.

Although this method was difficult, it was suitable for his Sword Spirit Root.

It also showed Senior Disciple Sister's earnest expectations for him.

"I understand everything." Lu Yang nodded, understanding Senior Disciple Sister's meaning.

Yun Zhi glanced at Lu Yang, not knowing what he understood. Yun Zhi beckoned, and the puppet pulled another cart of tofu.

"It's good that you understand."

"To become a Sword Cultivator, you need a 'precision.' Take this Qing Feng Sword. The next thing you need to do is use the tip of the sword to carve tofu into the shapes of demon beasts. The appearances of the demon beasts are all in the book."

Yun Zhi took out a sharp sword emitting a cold light from her storage space, with the words "Qing Feng" engraved on the hilt.

Lu Yang: "..."

More tofu?

Could it be that what he experienced that night was not a nightmare, but a prophetic dream, hinting that his future Daoist title would be Tofu Celestial Venerable?

Damn it, I can't be having thoughts like this.

Lu Yang quickly banished this terrifying thought from his mind.

He took the Qing Feng Sword, and his first impression was that it was such a light sword.

In fact, it wasn't that the Qing Feng Sword was too light; on the contrary, the Qing Feng Sword was not suitable for cultivators in the first three levels of the Qi Refining Realm to use at all. The sword was too heavy, and the cultivators simply couldn't lift it.

Lu Yang was different. He had undergone jar-lifting training, and his strength was so great that even he himself had no concept of it. To put it bluntly, he didn't need any skills now. With an ordinary punch, he could beat a cultivator in the first three levels of the Qi Refining Realm into a state of complete coolness.

Perhaps it was because he had entered the Qi Refining Realm, and his Sword Cultivator talent had gradually emerged, coupled with the control of Lifting Light as Heavy, Lu Yang used the Qing Feng Sword with ease.

In just over ten days, Lu Yang was able to carve demon beast shapes out of tofu, as well as carvings of him and Senior Disciple Sister, and even the nine lotus-shaped mountain peaks of the Dao Seeking Sect could be carved out.

Following folk acrobats, Lu Yang learned a new skill, and he could also show his talents in the back kitchen and make a difference.

He had to speed up, he really couldn't eat any more tofu.

After Lu Yang completed this stage, Senior Disciple Sister appeared, encouraged him, and took out a white sesame seed.

"Sword Cultivators also need to train their eyesight. Now I will throw this sesame seed into the tofu dregs, and you must find it in the shortest possible time."

Lu Yang knelt on the ground with a thud: "Senior Disciple Sister, let's change the method!"

Senior Disciple Sister quietly looked at Lu Yang begging for mercy, her eyes calm.

"Oh."