Xu Lingyin paused for a moment. Thinking this opportunity was too rare to waste, she asked:
"My lord, I have struggled for a long time to enter the Ancient Immortal Dao. Please offer me some guidance."
She hadn't even entered it yet?
Zhang Yuan raised an eyebrow. His Celestial Person gaze swept over Xu Lingyin, revealing that although she claimed to be cultivating the Ancient Immortal Dao, she had yet to achieve even the first turn of Qi Refining. Her progress wasn't merely slow-it had ground to a complete halt.
That shouldn't be.
Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha were certainly rare, but Xu Lingyin was the Mysterious Court Dao Maiden. Given the Mysterious Court's resources, once the Chaos Calamity arrived, they should have been able to find at least one or two strands of Heavenly Gang and Earthly Sha to get her started.
Something was wrong.
Most likely, the problem lay in the method Xu Lingyin was cultivating.
After a brief silence, Zhang Yuan said in a low voice, "Let me see the method you're cultivating."
Xu Lingyin nodded slightly and took an ancient book from her Spatial Treasure. She walked up to Zhang Yuan and respectfully placed it in his hands, showing no intention of concealing anything.
The Wuji Su Ming Art.
This was an Ancient Immortal Dao method passed down within the Mysterious Court. According to its two Great Immortal Lords, the Wuji Su Ming Art was of exceptionally high quality, ranking among the finest Ancient Immortal Dao methods even in the Primordial Era. It was one of the Mysterious Court's most closely guarded secrets and absolutely could not be shared with outsiders.
Yet Xu Lingyin had brought out the Wuji Su Ming Art anyway.
The reason was simple. Though she was indeed the Mysterious Court Dao Maiden,