The Third Question
Not long after He Yi arrived at the Lingxian Academy, Lin Xiao received the message and came over.
Seeing that He Yi was in good spirits and hadn't panicked because of the sudden change in his body, he breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little guilty.
After checking He Yi's physical condition three days ago, Lin Xiao knew that the man's coma was probably related to him.
The small bead inside He Yi's Golden Core should be in the process of converting between Spiritual Power and Origin Power.
The Spiritual Power in this person's Golden Core is all water-based, clearly indicating that he is a pure water cultivator.
Lin Xiao also checked He Yi's bone age and found that he was only thirty years old.
A thirty-year-old Golden Core cultivator, coupled with abundant Spiritual Power within his body, must be a top-tier Single Spirit Root genius in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
While transforming Spiritual Qi energy into primordial essence is a good thing in the long run, it may not be so wonderful for He Yi at present.
Because he could no longer cultivate normally.
Clearly, the cultivation method He Yi practiced was Spirit Root- type cultivation method, which is unable to handle the transformation of Spiritual Qi energy into essence.
This keeps the small bead in a state of flux, preventing it from truly completing its transformation.
Lin Xiao humbly asked the system He Yi had suddenly undergone this change.
The system's response was:
[The host's cultivation has now reached the Nascent Soul, and the cultivation method is in harmony with the host's Dao heart. Your insights and State of Mind are far superior to most cultivators. Therefore, when the host is focused on outputting their ideas, it is easy to influence cultivators whose minds are not heavily guarded.]
[Therefore, host, there is no need to be confused; this person's change was entirely your doing.]
Lin Xiao:...
Isn't that awkward...?
However, he was quite happy to learn that he actually had this ability.
Whom will I fancy in the future... ahem.
Feeling a little guilty, Lin Xiao looked innocently at He Yi, who was sitting in the guest seat, and even gave him a big smile.
He Yi his expression, He Yi knew he must know something about her situation, so she stopped probing and asked directly:
"Sect Master Lin, you must know a little about the circumstances surrounding my sudden collapse three days ago. Do you have any solutions? I would be extremely grateful for your guidance."
"To be honest... if the envoy wants to solve this problem, he might have to join my Lingxian Sect." Lin Xiao looked at He Yi and winked sincerely.
He was telling the truth!
After all, he didn't know if there were any other cultivation methods for transforming Spiritual Qi energy into essence elsewhere.
Based on what he knew, He Yi joining their sect was the best solution.
He Yi:...
He stared at Lin Xiao for a while and realized that the other person didn't seem to be joking with him.
What do you mean?
"It involves many secrets of our sect. I will tell you once you join our Lingxian Sect," Lin Xiao replied sincerely.
He wasn't lying!
After all, the concept of Spiritual Qi transforming into primordial energy was something that Senior Liao had never seen or even heard of in the Immortal Cultivation Realm. He could only sense that this Origin Qi was a purer form of power than Spiritual Qi energy.
Therefore, it is very likely that for many cultivators, their Lingxian Sect, or even just Lin Xiao, is unique.
Because Lin Xiao went into seclusion not long after learning the Spiritual Qi Transformation Technique, and was busy with various things after emerging from seclusion, he completely forgot to teach it to the other members of the sect.
Unexpectedly, He Yi, an outsider, gained the upper hand in this situation because of a few words from me...
Lin Xiao's thoughts drifted away, but He Yi's voice forcefully pulled him back.
"Since Sect Master Lin is unwilling to elaborate, I will not force him. Let us finish what we were saying three days ago."
This was a polite way of declining Lin Xiao's invitation to join the sect.
Lin Xiao was not discouraged.
They are, after all, the most outstanding disciples of the number one sect in the South Spirit Domain and North Spirit Domain, and they might even have powerful backers there. They certainly wouldn't be willing to suddenly switch to a small sect in the Mortal Realm.
However, he wasn't in a hurry, so he followed He Yi's words and asked:
"The messenger raised two questions three days ago, but is there a third?"
He Yi nodded:
"Exactly."
"Sect Master Lin also knows, the reason I came to the Mortal Realm from the Immortal Cultivation Realm is to investigate the matter of the Execution Stone three years ago."
"I've heard that Sect Master Lin was also involved in the campaign against the Execution Stone Party Faction in Huanyou Nation three years ago."
Upon hearing him bring up the matter, Lin Xiao nodded in acknowledgment:
"Yes, normally such a major event as attacking the alliance wouldn't be something a small, unknown sect like my Lingxian Sect would handle. But when I heard that a suspected epidemic had suddenly appeared there, in order to allow the Alliance Army to focus on eradicating the Execution Stone Party Faction, I rushed over to do my part."
Lin Xiao had already met with the two leaders of the Alliance Army by then, so he had nothing to deny.
As for his sudden appearance in the Execution Stone Mine, where he moved freely, he was questioned by the Alliance Army. However, because the Azure Lotus Sect had a treasure that could withstand the Execution Qi, he only vaguely mentioned that his sect also had some inherited treasures. It was just that the incident happened suddenly, and their sect's treasures could only protect one person from the Execution Qi, so no one asked any further questions.
After all, he said it was a treasure passed down through the sect, so they couldn't just ask him to give it up.
If he were to contribute, wouldn't the Azure Lotus Sect also have to contribute? And what about the other sects? Everyone knows that's impossible.
Therefore, the matter was eventually dropped.
Upon hearing this, He Yi lowered his eyes. He wore a bracelet made of jade beads on his left wrist, and at this moment, he was fiddling with the beads one by one with his right hand.
"However, there are rumors that Sect Master Lin was empty-handed at the time, and his body was not surrounded by any protective shield. Therefore, some people say that what Sect Master Lin used at that time was not a treasure passed down by the sect, but a cultivation Cultivation Method passed down by the sect."
"A technique that can resist the Execution Qi and prevent it from absorbing its Cultivation Method."
As the last word fell, He Yi looked up and stared straight at Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao, without changing his expression, returned a warm smile and shrugged, saying:
"I never imagined that my brief visit to Huanyou Nation three years ago would become a rumor, and even reach the ears of the envoy three years later. It's quite a novel experience."
Seeing that he didn't admit it and only treated it as a joke, He Yi paused her fingers as she turned the beads, then let out a soft breath and said to him:
"Our Talisman Sect has a library that houses a vast collection of secret texts from all over the world. From ancient times to the present, the number of books is immense, encompassing everything. Among them, there is a fragmented ancient text that contains a single sentence."
"'Spirit benevolence prevails in the world, punishment is the opposite, and the origin is the key to victory.' In this saying, 'spirit' naturally refers to Spiritual Qi, and 'punishment' corresponds to the Execution Qi. Therefore, we can infer that 'origin' refers to Origin Qi."
"In other words, there is a very likely existence in this world of a power beyond Spiritual Qi energy, the Power of Origin."
He Yi looked at Lin Xiao, his voice still flowing.
"I have come here not to cause trouble for Sect Master Lin, but because I possess a formation recorded in an ancient, incomplete manual, named the Execution-Binding Treasure Formation."