Modifying the Cultivation Method: Pain Dao-Body Forging!

"My son..."

Ye Long sighed. "His meridians were severed not long ago. His martial path is all but ruined, and he's recuperating at home."

He could roughly guess what Lin Ye had in mind. He reckoned Lin Ye wanted to recruit disciples for the Black-Yellow Sect. Before this, he might have entertained the slightest thought of sending his son there, but now it was certainly out of the question.

"I'd like to meet your son!"

Lin Ye made his request. He had no need to say much to Ye Long. As long as he met Ye Chen, he had a way to get him to join the Black-Yellow Sect and become his first disciple.

"All right!" Ye Long did not refuse. He did not dare offend Lin Ye either, so he led him to Ye Chen's room and sent the servants away.

"Chen'er, this is Sect Master Lin of the Black-Yellow Sect." Ye Long introduced Lin Ye to Ye Chen, but Ye Chen's heart had long since turned to dead ashes. Even with the Black-Yellow Sect's master here, he showed no reaction.

Seeing this, Ye Long apologized. "Sect Master Lin, my son is being rather rude. I hope you'll forgive him."

"Household Head Ye, I understand why your son is like this. May I have a few words with him?"

"All right!"

Ye Long did not think Lin Ye would harm his son, so he left the room to let them talk.

Soon, only Lin Ye and Ye Chen remained in the room.

Lin Ye needed just one sentence to make Ye Chen get up. "Ye Chen, if you join my Black-Yellow Sect, I can let you continue cultivating."

Whoosh!

Ye Chen turned his head, shock appearing on his pale face. "Is that true?"

"What would I gain by lying to you?" Lin Ye was not deceiving Ye Chen. He planned to have him cultivate the Black-grade Hell Devil-Forging Body, a Body Refining Cultivation Method that did not require meridians.

In this world, almost all Body Refining Cultivation Methods required the practitioner to circulate Qi and Blood through their meridians to temper the whole body and strengthen their physique. The Hell Devil-Forging Body did not. It only needed to absorb energy to temper the body, and its tempering was extremely overbearing, which made it unbearably painful.

Lin Ye could not endure the pain of the Hell Devil-Forging Body, but Ye Chen might be able to. Ye Chen had no other path left to take, and he had been hurt so painfully by two women that his heart had turned to dead ashes. A person like that was not afraid of pain, and his desire to grow stronger far surpassed that of others.

"If you can let me continue cultivating, I'm willing to join the Black-Yellow Sect," Ye Chen said through gritted teeth.

"Good, but let me tell you beforehand: the Cultivation Method I want you to practice will be extremely painful, enough to make you wish you were dead. If you can't bear it, you can give it up."

Lin Ye explained everything so that Ye Chen would not later think he had deceived him and become dissatisfied.

"It's only pain. I'm not afraid."

Ye Chen got out of bed. Though he was still very weak, his face was full of excitement.

"Ask your father to come in and tell him. Then I'll take you back to the Black-Yellow Sect."

Soon, Ye Long came in, and Lin Ye told him about the matter.

"Sect Master Lin, can my son really still cultivate?" Ye Long was still somewhat doubtful. Cultivating with severed meridians was something he had never heard of!

"He can!" Lin Ye assured him. "If he couldn't cultivate, why would I take your son as a disciple? This is his only chance. If you're unwilling, I'll leave right now."

"Father, I'm willing to join the Black-Yellow Sect!"

Ye Chen did not want his father to give up his only chance, so he hurriedly spoke up.

Ye Long looked at the determined expression on Ye Chen's face and sighed. "Sect Master Lin, I agree. I hope you'll take good care of my son from now on. Also, I'd like a few more words with him."

"Please, go ahead, Household Head Ye."

Lin Ye went outside and waited a while before Ye Chen slowly came out.

"Sect Master Lin, let me send someone to escort you."

Ye Long made the offer.

"All right." Lin Ye agreed. He knew what Ye Long was thinking: he still did not feel reassured about him and was afraid he was not from the Black-Yellow Sect.

Several guards from the Ye Household then escorted Lin Ye and Ye Chen to the Black-Yellow Sect.

Before long, they reached the Black-Yellow Sect. Lin Ye took Ye Chen inside, and the guards from the Lin Household went back. The Lin Household was still going to move. They did not expect Lin Ye to be able to stand against Xu Yan in the future, so they still had to flee.

"Senior Brother, you're finally back!"

His junior sister Yu Yu came out and hurried over when she saw Lin Ye had returned. She also noticed Ye Chen. "Senior Brother, is this the disciple you took in? Why is he so weak?"

"This is my disciple. He's very talented," Lin Ye boasted.

"Is that so?"

Yu Yu was somewhat doubtful, but she did not pay it much mind.

Ye Chen, on the other hand, flushed with embarrassment. His meridians had been severed, yet his master said he was very talented. It was too embarrassing.

"Ye Chen, this is your master's junior sister, Yu Yu. She's ten years old this year, a little younger than you, and she's already a Body Forging Realm Seventh Layer martial artist."

Lin Ye introduced her.

At those words, Ye Chen's pupils contracted, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face. At fifteen, she was at the Body Forging Realm Seventh Layer—that strength was terrifying.

So this was a true genius!

His young martial aunt was already such a monster, so what about his master? His cultivation had to be above the Body Forging Realm Seventh Layer, perhaps even beyond the Body Forging Realm altogether.

At that moment, he firmly believed that his master could help him cultivate again, and he was full of hope for the future.

Lin Ye then took Ye Chen to the sect's main hall, which was just an ordinary little hall. After paying respects to the founding master and offering incense here, they could hold the formal master-disciple ceremony.

"Master."

Only after Ye Chen formally acknowledged Lin Ye as his master did he become Lin Ye's true first disciple.

At that moment, the system also rewarded him with a chance at a draw, which he used immediately.

"Draw!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the low Black-grade martial art Blood Escape Technique, one bottle of high Yellow-grade Blood Extreme Body Refining Pills, the high Black-grade martial art Blood Demon Finger, and the Earth-grade Blood Gang Earth Sha Formation."

He had received so many rewards from this draw. Though they were not as good as the beginner's gift pack, they were still excellent. An Earth-grade formation like the Blood Gang Earth Sha Formation in particular greatly improved the Black-Yellow Sect's security!

But he had no way to explain to his junior sister where the formation had come from, so he would not use it for now. He would wait until he had a chance later.

After claiming the rewards, he turned to Ye Chen.

"The rooms here are all empty. Pick whichever one you like and settle in. Rest today, and tomorrow I'll teach you a Cultivation Method."

"Yes, Master!"

Ye Chen found a room and went to rest.

Lin Ye had something to do as well. After returning to his room, he took out brush, ink, paper, and inkstone and prepared to write down the Hell Devil-Forging Body from memory.

The name needs changing. One look at Hell Devil-Forging Body and you can tell it's a demonic-path Cultivation Method. If I really brought it out, Ye Chen might not be willing to cultivate it. What should I call it?

Lin Ye thought for a moment and soon came up with a good name.

"Pain Dao-Body Forging!"

The name looked much better. At least it seemed like a righteous-path Cultivation Method. He wrote down the name and began writing out its contents, changing words such as "hell" and "devil" throughout the method. He deleted evil-sounding words where necessary and replaced them with better ones. As long as the core essence of Body Refining remained unchanged, the method could still be cultivated.

Lin Ye worked until midnight, when he finally finished writing the righteous version of the Hell Devil-Forging Body—the Pain Dao-Body Forging. After putting the manual together, he went to sleep.

The next day.

Lin Ye got up early, only to find Ye Chen making breakfast. Because he was so weak, he was exhausted and drenched in sweat.

"Master, you're up. Breakfast is just ready."

Ye Chen was a young master and had never cooked before. His first meal did not look very good, but it should have been barely edible.

Lin Ye woke his junior sister Yu Yu. After the three of them ate breakfast, Yu Yu went back to cultivating, while he called Ye Chen to the mountain behind the sect.

"Ye Chen, this manual is for you."

Lin Ye gave Ye Chen the Body Refining Cultivation Method. Ye Chen opened it and was immediately drawn to its domineering name-

"Pain Dao-Body Forging!"

At a glance, it sounded far more domineering than the mid Yellow-grade Black Tiger Body Refining Technique he had cultivated before.

"Master, what grade is this Cultivation Method?" Ye Chen asked casually.

"High Black-grade!" Lin Ye said.

"What? This is a high Black-grade Body Refining Cultivation Method?!"

Ye Chen was utterly stunned. The Ye Household's best Body Refining Cultivation Method was only mid Yellow-grade. He had heard that the great lineages in the county seat had high Yellow-grade Body Refining Cultivation Methods, and only many major sects possessed Black-grade body refinement methods.

Yet the Black-Yellow Sect was only a one-star sect, and it could actually produce a high Black-grade Body Refining Cultivation Method and give it to a newly joined disciple like him to cultivate.

He was deeply moved!