Anime Crossover: In Little Garden, Becoming a God Through Once Proven, Forever Proven

Qin Qi asked.

"Right, it's normal to learn a few other sects' techniques. After all, our Three-One Sect focuses on Threefold Reversal. We really don't pay much attention to other cultivation methods."

"But Threefold Reversal alone gives us a rather limited range of techniques, so it's quite common for members of the Three-One Sect to practice other arts as well."

"What do you want to learn? As long as I know about it, I'll tell you."

Lu Jin thumped his chest. He was a prominent figure in the world of ability users, and people would give him face when he spoke.

"Just say who you want to learn from. I guarantee I'll make all the arrangements for you."

"I want to find the Old Celestial Master."

"Cough, cough, cough, well..."

Lu Jin immediately coughed twice. This was a little difficult. It wasn't that he had no relationship with the Old Celestial Master, but the divide between their sects made it a little awkward to ask.

"Senior Brother, don't rush. Let me finish."

"I heard the Old Celestial Master's junior brother, Tian Jinzhong, had his limbs and meridians crippled years ago, leaving him an invalid."

"I have a few techniques. Though I can't restore his meridians, I'm somewhat confident about his limbs. I'd like you to introduce me to him, Senior Brother."

"When the time comes, I'll discuss the details with the Old Celestial Master myself. That's all right, isn't it?"

With Qin Qi's current Magnetic Field Rotation, regrowing his own severed limbs was possible with the aid of Threefold Reversal, but he still wasn't strong enough to do it for someone else.

But while he couldn't regrow severed limbs, reattaching them was possible. At the very least, he had to give it a try.

"Hmm... all right. Come with me to Mount Longhu, and I'll introduce you to the Old Celestial Master."

Lu Jin looked at Qin Qi and thought about what they had discussed before. He decided to put his old face on the line and ask for an opportunity for Qin Qi.

What if it worked out? After all, Qin Qi was a very capable negotiator.

[You went to Mount Longhu with Lu Jin. At this time, everyone on the mountain was preparing for the Luotian Grand Ceremony a month away.]

[You and Lu Jin arrived at a pavilion on the back mountain. You noticed that it was newly built. Yes, Lu Jin had paid for it.]

[Lu Jin and the Old Celestial Master first exchanged pleasantries. Then Lu Jin introduced you to the Old Celestial Master, only stating his purpose after the introduction.]

[After hearing Lu Jin out, the Old Celestial Master looked you over appraisingly, and you began to size up the old man before you as well.]

"A new disciple of the Three-One Sect, Old Lu's junior brother, is it? Your spiritual radiance is restrained, and your gaze is unadorned and untroubled. It seems you've done a good job refining your nature."

Looking at Qin Qi's smile and eyes, the Old Celestial Master suddenly felt as though he were looking not at a youth, but at a hundred-year-old man like himself and the others.

Though he had come to ask something of him, there was no particular fixation or desire in his eyes. Instead, he seemed completely at ease.

"Qin Qi, was it? You say you can help treat my junior brother's limbs... but after all these years, I've gotten used to things."

"If you suddenly gave him arms and legs, I'd be a little unaccustomed to it."

The Old Celestial Master spoke with a smile.

"Senior Brother, if I can recover, the first thing I'll do is give you a resounding slap. What do you mean, you're unaccustomed to it? Is this about what you're used to?"

Tian Jinzhong, who was sitting nearby, couldn't help speaking up.

His senior brother had always been like this. If Tian Jinzhong could beat him, he really would have liked to slap him.

"It's fine. You can get used to it slowly."

Qin Qi looked at the Old Celestial Master. The Old Celestial Master felt like an utterly ordinary old man to him, tall and thin, as though a single push could knock him over.

His eyes were cloudy, with no glimmer in them at all. He truly looked like a hundred-year-old man on the verge of death, with nothing remarkable about him.

But when Qin Qi turned to look at Tian Jinzhong beside him, although the man was crippled, his eyes were clear, with a spiritual light within them.

Comparing the two, the Old Celestial Master's ordinariness seemed very strange indeed.

"You seem certain that I'll agree?"

The Old Celestial Master looked at Qin Qi. The feeling had suddenly occurred to him, so he asked.

"I'm not certain. If you agree, Old Celestial Master, we'll make a deal. If you don't, we'll have a cup of tea and go home."

"If you agree, we benefit. If you don't, we lose nothing, so I don't particularly mind either way."

Qin Qi had come prepared for the talks to fail. After all, nothing in the world was guaranteed to succeed.

Doing his best was enough.

"You said you wanted to learn from me. What do you want to learn? The Five Thunder Orthodox Method?"

The Old Celestial Master noticed that as Qin Qi said this, neither his expression, his gaze, nor even his aura changed in the slightest.

That meant the boy was telling the truth. He really could accept it if the Old Celestial Master refused in the end.

"No, learning the most basic methods of cultivating nature and life will be enough. I won't learn anything else."

Qin Qi spoke.

"Reattaching my junior brother's limbs won't be easy, will it? After going to all that trouble, that's all you want to learn?"

The Old Celestial Master found the youth before him rather interesting.

"That's right, that's all I want to learn. But I'll only learn it from you."

Qin Qi's goal was clear. The Golden Light Mantra and the Five Thunder Orthodox Method were nothing special to him. If he was going to learn, he would learn the most fundamental things.

It was like mathematics: every difficult problem was ultimately based on one plus one. That was the most basic thing.

It was also the foundation of everything. The Old Celestial Master had great comprehension and profound cultivation. The path he had distilled was the most valuable of all.

"All right, I agree. Stay on the mountain for three days. During that time, I'll pass on all my experience in cultivating nature and life to you."

"How much you learn depends on your own comprehension. After three days, heal my junior brother and then leave the mountain. You can't tell anyone outside that I taught you, either."

"Well, do you agree?"

The Old Celestial Master spoke, looking at Lu Jin and then at Qin Qi. One reason he agreed this time was Lu Jin's guarantee.

He trusted Lu Jin's character. At the same time, he was also very curious about Qin Qi and wanted to see just what this confident boy had to back himself up.

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Chapter 50: Old Celestial Master: Let Me Test You!

"All right, three days it is."

"And there's no need to wait three days to restore Old Master Tian's limbs. I can do it now. If I can't, I'll leave right away."

"If I can, I'll stay on the mountain for three days."

Qin Qi nodded. Three days seemed short, but with his current intelligence and memory, whatever he could comprehend, he would comprehend.

For anything he couldn't comprehend, more than three days would be no use either. Those three days were enough for him.

"Good lad. All right, you've got a bit of what the Three-One Sect had back in the day."

The Old Celestial Master burst out laughing. "Junior Brother, what do you say? Do you dare let this boy try it on you?"

"Let him try. I'm an invalid anyway. Even if something goes wrong, things can't get any worse than they are now, can they?"

Tian Jinzhong laughed too, with the carefree air of someone who had put life and death out of mind.

[With the influence of the Lu family and Mount Longhu, it didn't take you long to find suitable limbs for transplantation.]

[Tian Jinzhong's limbs had been severed for decades, and the wounds had completely healed.]

[His cells had also begun to show signs of aging, making recovery extremely difficult. This was no small challenge for you either.]

"Phew, Old Master Tian, this might hurt a little. Please bear with it."

Qin Qi tore open the wounds on Tian Jinzhong's limbs again, then used Hamon to stimulate and activate the cells in the wounds.

Through the power of Spin, he temporarily rejuvenated the aging flesh and aged the limbs slightly to bring them into balance.

Immediately afterward, golden Hamon comprising countless cells poured into Tian Jinzhong's body and limbs at the same time, like countless microscopic scalpels and suturing needles.

Under Qin Qi's control, they sutured them together at the cellular level.

"What precise control!"

"He's splitting his attention between multiple tasks while controlling the energy to perform different operations. This boy... his cultivation of nature and life is profound."

The Old Celestial Master narrowed his eyes. It was unknown what method he used, but as he watched, he could clearly see the paths of the Hamon.

He looked again at Qin Qi's still-calm eyes and expression. Even under such immense pressure, he showed no sign of wavering or nervousness.

Someone with this level of cultivation of nature and life and this state of mind can't be a nobody. How have I never heard of this boy before?

The Old Celestial Master narrowed his eyes as a question arose in his mind, but he soon put it aside.

Forget it. He was able to join the Three-One Sect and earn Old Lu's approval, so there's most likely nothing wrong with his character.

Maybe he's a boy who wants to hide his talents and bide his time before astonishing everyone with a single feat.

The Old Celestial Master did not delve further into it. What someone had been like in the past was none of his business, and idle curiosity would only invite trouble.

[It took you a full day to reattach all the limbs. By the time you stood up, your entire body was soaked in sweat.]

[You also felt mentally fatigued. This incredibly perilous operation was a great test of the operator's mental strength, control, and state of mind.]

[Though it was very difficult, your Once Proven, Forever Proven talent allowed you to improve once you accomplished it.]

[Your mental strength, control, and state of mind all improved. If there were a next time, you would certainly be able to finish much more easily.]

"It's done. I'll stay and study for the next three days, and I'll also keep an eye on his recovery."

"Old Master Tian, Old Celestial Master, sorry for the trouble, but please look after me for the next three days."

Qin Qi looked at the squinting Old Celestial Master and at Tian Jinzhong, who was slowly moving his little finger, his face full of disbelief. Then he spoke with a smile.

"It's just one more person and one more set of bowls and chopsticks. It's no trouble."

The Old Celestial Master smiled too. "All right, let's not waste time. Starting now, I'll teach you the foundations of cultivation. How much you learn is up to you."

[And so you settled down on Mount Longhu for the time being. After exchanging a few words with you, Lu Jin went back.]

[Your first day of cultivation on Mount Longhu began. At seven in the morning, someone came to call you to morning lessons.]

"Layman Qin Qi, Master sent me to call you to class."

Zhang Lingyu knocked on the door from outside, then spoke.

"Coming."

Qin Qi opened the door and saw Zhang Lingyu outside. Well, though this boy's state of mind wasn't all that good, he was certainly handsome.

The two went together to the courtyard on the back mountain where Tian Jinzhong lived and found the Old Celestial Master. He was drinking tea with Tian Jinzhong.

Seeing them enter, the Old Celestial Master said, "You're here. Sit."

Qin Qi found a seat and sat down at once, while Zhang Lingyu bowed very politely and only sat down after declining several times.

"Please have some tea."

Gong Qing, who had concealed his identity on Mount Longhu under the alias Xiao Yuzi, walked over to Qin Qi carrying tea and set it on the table.

"Mm."

Qin Qi looked at Gong Qing and smiled. The boy's disguise really was good. Even this close, he couldn't detect the flow of qi in Gong Qing's body.

His walk, his eyes, and his expression were all just like those of an ordinary youth. One could say his disguise was flawless.

"Today is the first day, so I don't have anything too complicated to tell you. I'll teach you what nature and life are, the way I teach Lingyu."

"Oh, right. You don't mind studying with Lingyu, do you? Teaching one is teaching, and teaching two is teaching, so I might as well teach you both together."