This wondrous technique seemed to have been born to become the technique of a child of destiny.
He should not have comprehended it so quickly. After all, without reaching the Reincarnation Stage, one was not even qualified to perceive the Supreme.
But Xiang Yun was different. He had the [Innate Tyrant Body Dao Embryo].
He had been born close to the Dao.
So while he was discussing it with Ling Qingzhu, the Supreme Induction Art had already appeared in his mind, and he had even sensed that something about the technique was slightly off.
This martial art had been left behind by the Symbol Ancestor, but the Symbol Ancestor was not from the Tianxuan Continent.
He had used his own strength to forcibly deduce it, hoping to obtain the Plane Embryo through the Supreme Induction Art.
But in the end, a thick membrane still stood between them.
A simp never came to a good end. Even though the Symbol Ancestor had done so much for the Tianxuan Continent, he still could not gain the Plane Embryo's recognition.
In truth, Xiang Yun was the same kind of person as the Symbol Ancestor, but he had an innate Dao embryo!
It was practically a master key.
With the special circumstances this time, the Supreme Induction Art Xiang Yun now possessed was the version best suited to the Tianxuan Continent.
Once he reached the Reincarnation Stage, taking control of the Plane Embryo would be as easy as eating and drinking. He had secured his ticket to the Ancestor Realm in advance.
"Go back and study it carefully. Your Supreme Induction Art isn't up to scratch."
Xiang Yun extended a finger, his spiritual power spreading as he pressed the Supreme Induction Art he had comprehended directly into the center of Ling Qingzhu's brow.
When Ling Qingzhu saw Xiang Yun's finger reaching toward her, she instinctively wanted to step back, but stopped herself.
She let Xiang Yun press his finger against her brow.
As Xiang Yun imparted it, he explained, "The revised version certainly won't be as effective for you as it is when I cultivate it."
"But compared to the Supreme Induction Art you've mastered, it's a dimensionality reduction strike."
"It'll also give you something to report when you go back."
"Something to report?"
Ling Qingzhu was still immersed in the many insights, familiar yet somewhat strange, when she suddenly heard Xiang Yun's words. A puzzled look crossed her face.
"Who doesn't know how much your master cares for you, or how obsessed she is with the Supreme Induction Art? Do you think you can hide this from her when you go back?"
"If you can't, tell her about this. Besides, your cultivation hasn't fallen behind."
Xiang Yun spoke as though it were only natural. "Once I reach the Death Profound Realm, I'll go to the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace to ask for your hand!"
"Ask for my hand?!"
Ling Qingzhu's red lips parted slightly. How could this man speak so casually about something so important?
Xiang Yun frowned at the surprise in Ling Qingzhu's voice. "Don't tell me you want to marry someone else?"
"O-of course not... but... why wait until the Death Profound Realm?"
Ling Qingzhu hurriedly protested, but then she realized that by protesting, wasn't she saying she wanted to marry Xiang Yun?
Yet when she thought about it, it seemed neither right to admit it nor right to deny it.
But hearing Xiang Yun say he would wait until the Death Profound Realm to propose, she grew a little curious.
Of course, she was only curious.
It was not that she was eager to marry Xiang Yun.
"A marriage between the young Hall Master of the Primordial Hall and the young palace master of the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace would probably make the Yuan Sect uneasy."
"Things would get complicated then." Xiang Yun spoke calmly, but his words described the situation among the many factions in the Eastern Xuan Region.
The Yuan Sect was far too overbearing, bent on bringing the entire Eastern Xuan Region under its control. Though it still maintained the outward appearance of an upright and respectable sect,
That was only because no one had touched its bottom line.
If the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace and the Primordial Hall grew closer because of the connection between the two of them,
The Yuan Sect would surely make a move.
Ling Qingzhu was surprised.
"I didn't expect you to have a head for this. I thought you people from the Primordial Hall..."
Before she finished, Ling Qingzhu swallowed the word "barbarians." If Xiang Yun was still a barbarian,
Didn't that mean she had been thoroughly invaded by a barbarian?
"I am a barbarian, yet weren't you, a fairy, sullied by this barbarian all the same? Heh heh..."
Xiang Yun glanced at Ling Qingzhu. She was putting on airs of purity.
But she came from the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace, so he was used to it.
That was what happened when someone had been repressed for too long.
Interesting. The Primordial Hall was in the south of the Eastern Xuan Region, and he was a barbarian too. So did his invasion of Ling Qingzhu
Count as an invasion by the southern barbarians?
"Once I reach the Death Profound Realm, I shouldn't have any trouble fighting someone at the Samsara Stage. Then they won't dare bark like dogs."
Xiang Yun's eyes flickered. "Don't worry. It won't take long."
His goal now was to reach the Life Profound Realm in two years.
Once he reached it, with his trump cards, even killing someone in the Death Profound Realm would be no problem.
Hearing Xiang Yun's confident words, Ling Qingzhu's eyes flashed with color. Compared with the overbearing manner she had seen in Yuan Cang before,
Xiang Yun was overbearing too, but his confidence came as naturally as breathing.
"All right, I'll wait for you."
Ripples stirred in Ling Qingzhu's heart, and her voice softened considerably.
Ling Qingzhu and Xiang Yun left the Ancient Tomb Mansion directly through the passage at the back. As for the things inside, whoever wanted them could have them.
To Xiang Yun, they were all trash.
Sunlight appeared before them once more, spilling over Ling Qingzhu's face and bringing a touch of warmth.
It reminded her again of what had happened in the Ancient Tomb Mansion.
Her cheeks flushed slightly.
She remembered that later on, she and Xiang Yun had already finished refining the Nirvana Heart, and it was entirely because she had still been clinging to him.
No wonder the senior sisters who had married and returned to the sect sometimes wore radiant smiles, and sometimes looked thoroughly dissatisfied.
But without exception, whenever they looked at her, their eyes were full of pity, as though she had missed out on the happiest thing in the world.
She had not understood before, but now she did.
As a cultivator of the Supreme Induction Art, she had to keep her heart pure and her desires in check, never drawing close to the opposite sex. How could she have understood that pleasure?
Now she understood.
And she had lost nothing. Even the Supreme Induction Art, in which she had made little progress for so long, had advanced in a special way because of Xiang Yun.
But for some reason, she thought of how she might not be able to see Xiang Yun for some time afterward.
After all, once she returned, her master would certainly question her, even if she had the explanation Xiang Yun had given her.
She would still be confined to the sect and made to focus on her cultivation.
A trace of gloom rose in Ling Qingzhu's heart. Xiang Yun's appearance seemed to have filled a part of her that had been somewhat lacking all these years.
Now they suddenly had to part for so long, and it made her feel a little miserable. She was only a girl, after all, but the sect's teachings over the years
Had left her able to maintain only a state of purity and few desires.
For only the young palace master was in this situation; many senior sisters in the Nine Heavens Taiqing Palace had married.
"All right, I'm off."
Xiang Yun waved. He did not ask Ling Qingzhu to go with him to the Primordial Hall.
He knew very clearly that he and Ling Qingzhu simply could not be together right now.
The Yuan Sect was, after all, a great mountain barring the way across the Eastern Xuan Region. It would never allow any two super sects to join forces.
Back then, Zhou Tong, the genius on whom the Dao Sect-the only sect that might have surpassed the Yuan Sect-had relied, had ultimately fought his way into the Yuan Sect.
Though killing three Death Profound Realm elders while at the Life Profound Realm was damned impressive, hadn't he still ended up imprisoned, and even being forcibly refined into a puppet to use against the Dao Sect?
Of course, the Yuan Sect had told the outside world that it had killed him.
Even so, Ying Xuanzi of the Dao Sect still dared not make any major moves against the Yuan Sect. One could say Ying Xuanzi was rather cautious.
But it also showed that Ying Xuanzi had no real way to deal with the Yuan Sect.
Would the Yuan Sect merely targeting the Dao Sect have provoked such a strong reaction from Zhou Tong? The two sects had plenty of friction to begin with.
There must have been quite a few other filthy, despicable things between them that drove Zhou Tong to throw caution to the wind and fight his way into the Yuan Sect.
He now possessed the [Innate Tyrant Body Dao Embryo], along with the Great Devouring Technique, the Heavenly Horned Ant Precious Technique, the World Tree Dao Seed, and other inheritances and fortuitous encounters.
Time was on his side.
Reaching the Death Profound Realm would not take long.
He had yet to grow strong; when he did, things would change!!