"No, I've actually been influenced..."
An unknown amount of time passed.
The Heavenly Emperor's Son came back to himself, suddenly realizing what had happened.
Filled with terror, he glared furiously at the other man. "Damn it, what secret technique is this? What did you do to me?"
"Nothing much. From today onward, I'll expound the Dao to you every day, letting you cultivate your mind and temperament first before guiding you in cultivating the supreme Great Dao!"
Taiyi rose, all smiles.
"Bastard, what exactly are you trying to do?"
The Heavenly Emperor's Son was beside himself with shock and fury.
He was filled with unease.
Because, without his noticing it...
He had inexplicably developed a natural fondness for the human before him.
He vaguely found himself unable to get angry, instead feeling an urge to acknowledge him as his master and serve him.
This horrified him, and this subtly transformative power actually had nothing to do with divine sense.
Yet even with his Dao Palace Realm cultivation and mastery of the Divine Spirit Ancient Scripture, he was powerless to resist.
Had he not cultivated the Divine Spirit Ancient Scripture, he would not even have noticed anything amiss.
The other man actually possessed such an uncanny secret technique and wanted to convert him completely.
Utterly agitated, he glared at Taiyi before him and roared, "Damn it, I'd rather die than let you succeed..."
"Unfortunately, you can't even die!"
Taiyi looked relaxed and paid it no mind.
Ignoring all the Heavenly Emperor's Son's struggles and curses, he left without another glance. "Be good and accept your fate!"
For the next three full months.
Taiyi never left the Green-Gold Ancient Pagoda.
Instead, he stayed within the Ancient Pagoda's space, studying various scriptural teachings and the Sage Manuscript every day as he quietly cultivated