The Talisman-Suppressing Hu Family Returns to the Capital

"So the Night Watcher Cultivation Method, when cultivated to its utmost, is called the Immovable Heaven and Earth Seal?"

"That's right. It's the great cultivation method of our Yang Ming Zhou Family, and the greatest ability in the Talisman Suppression Sect today."

"My father told me that this is the greatest ability in the Talisman Suppression Sect today. Unfortunately, most of it was passed down by our ancestors, and only men can cultivate it."

"He's always wanted to change it into a technique that both men and women could pass on, but even after all these years, he still hasn't managed it..."

"Why does it have to be changed?"

"Because I'm his only daughter. He feels it'd be a terrible loss to teach it to anyone else!"

"...That makes a lot of sense!"

"..."

As they drew closer to the Imperial Capital, Hu Ma learned more about the orthodox Night Watcher tradition through his conversations with Fourth Miss Zhou.

"The Yang Ming Zhou Family's name includes the words 'nurturing life' for a reason."

"Night Watchers aren't reckless brutes. They seek a way to survive through the simplest methods. Everyone has only one life. We borrow strength from Heaven and Earth to grow stronger, but Heaven and Earth also corrode and consume us."

"Human feelings cut like knives, and calamities claim lives. No one can escape them. But the Zhou Family has a method for nurturing life. Without changing one's lifespan, it can bring one's lifespan to its utmost limit."

"With a healthy body, one can naturally avoid all illness. Once you comprehend the method of yin and yang intermingling, you can attain the Impervious Golden Body and Indestructible True Life."

"And when this method is cultivated to its utmost, it becomes Myriad Laws Do Not Adhere."

"My father once shut