Seeking the Dao

Early the next morning, Zhang Yang personally led Qin Yushu, with Situ Mingyue accompanying them, toward Azure Cloud Peak.

After all, Zhang Yang had made it sound so serious before. It would have been unreasonable for him not to lead the way himself.

Besides, Azure Cloud Peak was an important place within the Azure Cloud Sect. Outsiders truly could not simply barge in.

Arriving at Azure Cloud Peak and standing before Azure Cloud Master's few houses, Zhang Yang bowed toward them and said softly, "Master, your disciple has brought Senior Qin."

Seeing Zhang Yang's solemn manner, Qin Yushu felt immense pressure in his heart, even though he was merely facing several houses.

Situ Mingyue did not dare speak either and waited respectfully.

This was also only her third time seeing Azure Cloud Master. She felt some awe toward this master of the Dao Integration Realm.

"Come in!" Azure Cloud Master's voice rang out from within the house.

Zhang Yang froze. Hadn't they agreed that Qin Yushu would have to stand outside for at least one shichen?

He had even planned to stand with Qin Yushu for a full shichen himself. Why was this old fool refusing to listen to advice?

However, Azure Cloud Master had already spoken. Zhang Yang could only helplessly say to Qin Yushu, "Senior Qin, please!"

He planned to have a proper argument with the old fellow after this was over.

"Thank you, Senior!" Qin Yushu thanked him first, then followed Zhang Yang into Azure Cloud Master's house.

Feeling rather stifled, Zhang Yang opened the door. The instant he saw the scene inside, he blurted out, "Holy shit!"

How was this Azure Cloud Master anything like his usual self?

He looked like an Immortal sage, every inch of him radiating the bearing of a true master!

Most importantly, all kinds of Power of the Great Dao permeated the entire room. The Power of the Great Dao around Azure Cloud Master was especially terrifying. One glance made it seem as though the stars were turning through the heavens; in the next instant, towering waves surged skyward, and then came the withering and flourishing of grass and trees...

Zhang Yang could hardly believe it. This is my master?

This is that old fellow who usually can't even squeeze out a few Spirit Stones?

Zhang Yang was deeply shaken. For the first time, he had directly experienced the terror of an overwhelmingly powerful cultivator.

Even Zhang Yang, the person most familiar with Azure Cloud Master, was so shocked. One could well imagine what Situ Mingyue and Qin Yushu felt.

"Your disciple greets Master!" Situ Mingyue had already held Azure Cloud Master in great awe. Now, seeing this sight, she simply dropped to her knees and offered a deeply respectful salute.

Qin Yushu also bent down in a grand salute. "Junior Qin Yushu greets Senior School Leader Azure Cloud."

Only now did he realize just how terrifying the Dao Integration Realm was.

As a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator, facing Azure Cloud Master felt far more terrifying than when he had been a mortal facing a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

Naturally, he was also exceedingly excited. If such a terrifying master could guide him, he would surely gain something on the path of the Great Dao ahead.

"Mingyue, rise." Azure Cloud Master raised a hand toward Situ Mingyue. She involuntarily stood up, unable to continue kneeling even if she wished to.

"Thank you, Master!" Situ Mingyue thanked him again.

Azure Cloud Master said mildly, "Your talent is actually quite good. Your Dao Seed is the relatively rare Profound Yin Dao Seed. If you cultivate diligently, you will certainly achieve respectable results. However, there is a problem with the cultivation method you chose. As your master, I advise you to choose another immortal cultivation method.

"The Azure Cloud Sect has the Profound Yin Art, passed down two thousand years ago by the Profound Yin Fairy. The Profound Yin Fairy created the Profound Yin Art herself. After cultivating for three hundred years, her foundation was too shallow when she underwent tribulation. In the end, she failed to transcend the tribulation and passed away in Azure Cloud Sect.

"Therefore, in your future cultivation, you must take care to firmly consolidate your Dao Foundation.

"In this regard, you may ask your eldest senior brother. His Dao Foundation... is very deep.

"If you wish to cultivate the Profound Yin Art, have your eldest senior brother take you to the Scripture Repository later to select it."

Situ Mingyue hurriedly said, "Master, I am willing to cultivate the Profound Yin Art."

Although the Profound Yin Fairy had passed away, hadn't she learned from her predecessor's experience?

As long as she strengthened her foundation now, wouldn't there be no problem?

Azure Cloud Master said mildly, "I have not finished speaking!

"The Profound Yin Dao Seed has certain drawbacks once cultivated to the later stages.

"On the path of the Great Dao, a lone yang cannot give birth, and a lone yin cannot grow. Yet the Profound Yin Dao follows an extreme path. Therefore, when you reach the end of your cultivation, if yin and yang are not brought into harmony, a grave problem will arise.

"That is the first point.

"Second, precisely because the Profound Yin Dao Seed has such a flaw, cultivators of pure yang techniques can easily regard you as a cultivation furnace.

"Therefore, you must be especially wary of those who cultivate pure yang techniques approaching you."

Situ Mingyue suddenly understood and hurriedly said, "Master, Tan Yaoguang of the Langya Sacred Land has set his sights on me. I heard that he seems to cultivate a pure yang technique. So he actually harbors such filthy thoughts."

She had always thought her beauty was what had brought trouble upon her. She had not expected it was her Dao Seed instead.

"There is no need to mind him. The Langya Sacred Land has no authority over the affairs of my Azure Cloud Sect."

"Thank you for your guidance, Master. I will ask Eldest Senior Brother to take me to find the Profound Yin Art now." Situ Mingyue looked toward Zhang Yang. "Eldest Senior Brother, I'll trouble you."

Zhang Yang was stunned and hurriedly said, "Master, I didn't see the Profound Yin Art in the Scripture Repository!"

He had read through all the Golden Core Realm techniques in the Scripture Repository. Where could the Profound Yin Art be?

Azure Cloud Master glanced at Zhang Yang. "You hold the Sect Master Token. Why not enter the Scripture Repository again and try?"

"Oh! Come with me!" Zhang Yang called to Situ Mingyue and turned to leave.

He had not expected the Scripture Repository to have a hidden entrance. He absolutely had to go take a look.

But he immediately came back to his senses. He still had to maintain Azure Cloud Master's lofty image, so he hurriedly bowed to him. "Master, I will take Junior Sister there first."

"Go." Azure Cloud Master waved his hand.

After Zhang Yang and Situ Mingyue had left, Azure Cloud Master finally looked toward Qin Yushu, who had been standing there for quite some time. With a wave of his hand, a meditation cushion floated over. "Sit."

"Thank you, Senior!" Qin Yushu knelt upon the cushion and performed a disciple's salute to show his respect.

In truth, seeking the Dao was such a matter that even between master and disciple, the Great Dao could hardly be truly passed down unless one was a direct disciple.

Much less was he currently a member of the Azure Cloud Sect, let alone Azure Cloud Master's disciple.

He could certainly ask to take Azure Cloud Master as his master, but the crucial question was whether Azure Cloud Master would accept him. If Azure Cloud Master had no intention of taking a disciple, saying it aloud would offend him.

Even so, at this moment, Qin Yushu treated Azure Cloud Master as a master and sought his guidance.

"A wind-attribute Dao Seed, a Great Dao Golden Core, and a fairly stable Dao Foundation." Azure Cloud Master examined Qin Yushu, then continued, "The technique you cultivate should be the Wind Manual. It cannot be considered particularly good. Your talent cannot be considered particularly good either."

Qin Yushu lowered his head. "This junior is ashamed. I have wasted a hundred years in the Nascent Soul Realm."

"The key to breaking through from Nascent Soul to Primordial Spirit lies in the two words 'Void Transformation.'" Azure Cloud Master said slowly. "Then how does one refine void into Spirit Transformation?"

He first asked Qin Yushu a question, but he did not expect him to answer. After all, if Qin Yushu knew how to refine void into Spirit Transformation, would he not already have entered the Primordial Spirit Realm?

"Look at me!" Azure Cloud Master instructed Qin Yushu.

Qin Yushu hurriedly looked toward Azure Cloud Master. In Azure Cloud Master's left hand was a cluster of something. Looking carefully, he saw that it was the Wind of Heaven and Earth compressed into a tangible mass of mist.

Then, as though performing a magic trick, Azure Cloud Master made the mist in his left hand vanish into thin air, only for another mass of mist to appear in his right hand.

The two masses of mist shifted back and forth between Azure Cloud Master's hands.

He did not explain any grand principles to Qin Yushu at all. Instead, he directly used overwhelming spiritual power to display the Void-to-Reality Transformation of the Wind Great Dao before Qin Yushu.

Then it depended on how much Qin Yushu could comprehend about the mysteries of Void Transformation from this conversion between void and reality.

This way of imparting the Dao was far too crude and direct!