A Burst of Inspiration

Lu Yang had long heard of the Cultivation Method compiled by his senior sister, which was so renowned that the Ask Dao Sect had specially set aside an area to house it.

Unfortunately, the Cultivation Method on the first floor of the Scripture Depository were too basic, and he had never had the chance to see them before.

I finally met him today.

"I knew it! No matter how talented your Ask Dao Sect disciples are, they can't just casually create Cultivation Method of this level." The Immortal Fairy suddenly realized that she had thought the geniuses of the Ask Dao Sect were exaggerated to this extent, and that the <Taiyin Dharma Body Technique> was almost as good as the Cultivation Method she had created.

"That's a nice remark. Our Senior Sister is also a disciple of the Ask Dao Sect," Lu Yang emphasized.

While the two most outstanding senior brothers, Dai Bufan and Ji Hongwen, were still trying to catch up with the elders, the eldest senior sister of the same generation had already left the elders behind.

That's the difference.

The bookshelf in front of them was filled with a dazzling array of Cultivation Method, all of which were either modified from existing ones by the senior sister or directly written by Cultivation Method.

"Hehe, what's wrong? Are you scared by the sheer number of Cultivation Method Yun Zhi has compiled?" A deep, weathered laugh rang in Lu Yang's ears.

Lu Yang turned his head and found a hunched old man standing next to him, who looked unremarkable.

"May I ask who you are...?"

"I'm just a rather leisurely old man, passing the time by guarding the Scripture Depository. You can just call me Old Tao."

Lu Yang dared not actually call the other party Old Tao. He secretly guessed that the other party was either an elder or a grandmaster. Considering the special nature of the Scripture Depository, the possibility of a grandmaster was more likely.

"May I ask for your guidance, Mr. Tao?"

"It's not a matter of giving you any guidance. With Yun Zhi teaching you, what can an old man like me tell you? It's just that seeing you here reminded me of Yun Zhi when I was a child."

"Yun Zhi when she was a child?" Lu Yang's interest was piqued, and even his interest in learning Cultivation Method was suppressed.

The Immortal Fairy jumped out of bed in a flash, eagerly awaiting Master Tao's story.

"When Yun Zhi was first brought into the sect by your master, she wasn't very tall, probably around this height." Old Tao gestured to his chest. He was hunched over and already short, and Yun Zhi only reached his chest at that time.

"She was taciturn and aloof; it was hard to tell whether it was her natural personality or the result of her life in the secret realm."

"However, her expression became noticeably more lively after she arrived at the Scripture Depository."

"That girl was too young back then, not old enough to cultivate, so your master let her browse around the Scripture Depository to lay a foundation first."

"That girl was completely absorbed in studying the Cultivation Method in the Scripture Depository, frowning the whole time she was reading."

"I thought the girl was very cute, so I went over and asked her if there was anything she didn't understand. I told her she could ask me if she had any questions and I could answer them."

"Her face was full of displeasure. She pouted and said that the Cultivation Method were poorly written. I asked her what was wrong with them, and she shook her head like a rattle-drum, saying that she couldn't see it, but she just felt that they were poorly written."

"These Cultivation Method certainly have flaws, but they are far from being something a little girl could discern."

"I laughed it off, thinking that the girl just found the Cultivation Method too obscure and difficult to understand, and was just being stubborn by saying it wasn't well written."

"Who could have imagined that in such a short time, that girl has grown to a level that no one can catch up with, and she even has her own insights into Cultivation Method." Old Tao sighed with emotion. He never imagined that the little girl from back then would cultivate to such a height.

"Cultivate diligently, and perhaps one day you will surpass Yun Zhi!" Elder Tao patted Lu Yang on the shoulder, entrusting him with an important task.

"Effort!"

Lu Yang rose up and began to study the Cultivation Method written by his senior sister.

"The <Burning Heaven and Burning Blood Technique> is a Cultivation Method hidden in an ancient grotto-heaven. Cultivators often have lifespans far exceeding those of mortals, and the goal of cultivation is longevity. However, this Cultivation Method goes against the grain, breaking through realms by burning one's lifespan, thus achieving rapid growth in cultivation. In critical moments, one can also temporarily burn lifespan to enhance combat power."

"The Mission Hall stipulates that each disciple must complete two missions each year."

"To complete the mission, the eldest senior sister lied, claiming she had visited an ancient grotto-heaven and discovered the <Burning Heaven and Burning Blood Technique>. In reality, this Cultivation Method was her own creation. Because the eldest senior sister's information was incomplete, she only knew that it was Cultivation Method that burned one's lifespan to gain combat power. In the eldest senior sister's version of the Cultivation Method, burning one's own lifespan was changed to burning the lifespan of others."

"During battle, by forcibly burning the lifespan of others, the opponent gains powerful combat strength and ages rapidly. Before the opponent can unleash their powerful combat strength, they die of old age."

"The <Chaos Transformation Scripture> is the Qingming Sect's most treasured Cultivation Method, never to be passed on to outsiders. Upon reaching its peak, one can exhale chaotic mist that cannot be dispelled and is impervious to sight and Divine Sense. Practitioners of this Cultivation Method can move freely within the mist and ambush opponents hidden within it."

"The eldest sister lied, claiming she went to the Qingming Sect to study and learned the sect's supreme Cultivation Method, the <Chaos Transformation Scripture>. She then submitted her self-compiled <Chaos Transformation Scripture> to the Mission Hall. When this Cultivation Method is cultivated to its full potential, it forms a Chaos Domain, suppressing all paths. All laws become ineffective within the Chaos Domain, and all living beings within it cannot muster the will to resist. There is even a slight chance of cultivating a Chaos Dao Body."

"Currently, the Qingming Sect has replaced its signature Cultivation Method with the version used by the eldest disciple."

The more Lu Yang looked, the more his scalp tingled; it would be a miracle if he could surpass his senior sister.

The good news is that the above Cultivation Method weren't written by the senior sister at the Golden Core stage, so Lu Yang still has a chance.

Lu Yang stopped thinking about the outside world and gradually immersed himself in various Cultivation Method —those of his senior sister, his sect elders, and those circulating in the market...

He tried to understand the psychology of the author of the Cultivation Method and the intention behind writing this step. He was so engrossed in reading it that he forgot everything else.

More than half a month passed in the blink of an eye. Lu Yang woke up from his various Cultivation Method and suddenly remembered that he had come to continue writing the Cultivation Method.

"Start writing!"

Lu Yang scratched the back of his head. He had read so many Cultivation Method and was full of knowledge. He felt that he had great potential in the field of Cultivation Method. But when he picked up his pen to start writing, he found that he didn't know how to write.

"I felt like I had learned all the techniques when I was looking at Cultivation Method!"

Lu Yang forced himself to start writing, while the Immortal Fairy watched silently from the side.

Offering a word of advice at this point would only harm Lu Yang.

After racking his brains for half a day, Lu Yang finally had an idea and began to write down his own Cultivation Method.

That's it!

His thoughts flowed freely, and he wrote with lightning speed, his pen moving like dragons and snakes.

He felt that the two weeks of Cultivation Method had paid off; he had mastered them and was innovating on that basis, with a constant stream of ideas coming to him on paper.

"Yes, it should be written like this!"

He now only regrets that he writes too slowly and can't keep up with the changes in his thoughts.

Two days later, he finished writing the Golden Core chapter of the "Secret of Enlightenment and Seeing One's Nature." He then revised and edited it to make the Cultivation Method more refined and the wording more accurate.

Mission accomplished!

He immediately left the Scripture Depository and went to Heaven Gate Peak to hand over the completed manuscript to his senior sister.

The eldest sister carefully read through it, nodded slightly, and praised:

"Not bad, this time only about 80% of the content needs minor revisions from me."