The Inner Canon, also known as the Demon God's Inner Canon, was an immortal medical text. Strictly speaking, it was not particularly precious.
But!
It contained one rather distinctive chapter, which discussed... ahem, the Bedchamber Art!
The more women one slept with while cultivating this art, the greater one's own power became.
In all fairness, Gungun's eyes had positively lit up when he first saw that chapter.
Could the saying "bed three thousand women and ascend in broad daylight" have originated from this book?
That was what Gungun had thought at the time. Now that Yinglong had come looking for him, his old suspicion had been confirmed. But... handing over this book was rather awkward.
If he gave it away, wouldn't he be admitting that the great god Gungun kept such filthy material in his collection? That would tarnish his innocence and damage his reputation.
After all, if he had no intention of practicing it, why had he kept it?
There was no explaining that away.
At that thought, Gungun's plump face twitched. Then he closed his eyes. A moment later, he opened them again, put on a bewildered expression, and said to Yinglong, "What Inner Canon? I don't have anything of the sort. Did the Shangqing Saint really say that? Could you have misheard him?"
"What?" Yinglong's mouth fell open, his face blank with bewilderment.
I misheard him? How is that possible? I'm a Great Immortal, after all. There's no way I couldn't even hear a sentence clearly.
"I don't have any Inner Canon. As for harmonizing Yin-Yang and restoring vitality, this is the first I've ever heard of it. Yes, that's how it is," Gungun continued.
"Your Majesty, please grant me this canon for the sake of your friendship with my elder brother. My brother and I will