Chapter 29

Seeing Gu Xiu and Daoist Duobao arrive at Jinao Island together, many disciples were envious.

But thinking that Gu Xiu had recently made Perfected Lord Yuding lose face, allowing the Jie Sect disciples to vent their anger, they felt relieved.

"Uncle-Master Duobao, I will walk around on my own; I won't disturb you." Gu Xiu said.

Daoist Duobao nodded and smiled: "I am going to report to your Grand-Master. If you have anything, you can find your Aunt-Masters and Uncle-Masters."

Most of the people on Jinao Island were second-generation disciples, with very few third-generation disciples, but many were disciples whose names Gu Xiu couldn't recall.

He looked toward the Biyou Palace in front.

The Dao rhymes were myriad, innate energy lingered, evolving various visions, gathering the vast fortune of the Jie Sect.

But because there was no magic treasure to suppress the fortune, when the Great Calamity of heaven and earth arrived, the fortune was constantly flowing away.

But it had to be said that the Jie Sect really had many people. On Jinao, one could always see many disciples sitting and discussing the Dao, laughing and talking, but none of them knew that a conspiracy targeting the Jie Sect was approaching.

Gu Xiu shook his head.

"The Jie Sect disciples have no sense of crisis and are still intoxicated by the dream of ten thousand immortals coming to court. I am a third-generation disciple with little influence. If I want to survive the Investiture of the Gods, I must make more people believe in me, which means increasing my prestige in the Jie Sect."

But how to increase his prestige was a problem.

Thinking it over, he could only start from the Investiture of the Gods and the Chan Sect.

"Junior Brother, so you were here."

A pleasant voice came.

Gu Xiu turned to look.

A female immortal with a fairy-like appearance, dressed in fiery red neon clothes and wearing a golden crown, stepped through the void and flew down from above.

The person was Our Lady of Fire Spirit. It seemed that because she practiced fire-attribute techniques, her fair skin had a faint red flush, as if scorched by a raging fire.

"Senior Sister Huo Ling'er, why are you here?"

"Master came back and said you came to Jinao Island, and he was afraid you weren't familiar with Jinao Island, so he asked me to find you and take you to properly tour Jinao Island."

Gu Xiu didn't expect that fat man Duobao to be so thoughtful.

He had a pretty good impression of Our Lady of Fire Spirit. Since he was already a Jie Sect disciple, he had to find a way to change some people's fates.

He could not let Our Lady of Fire Spirit die miserably under Guang Chengzi's Seal of Fantian, nor would he give Guang Chengzi the chance to bring Our Lady of Fire Spirit's Golden Crown to Biyou Palace to provoke them.

Subsequently, the two toured Jinao Island, and Gu Xiu asked about the Investiture of the Gods.

"Senior Sister, do you know about the Investiture of the Gods?"

"Naturally I know, but this calamity was caused by the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect committing too much slaughter, and it has nothing to do with us, so Grand-Master told us to close the mountain gate, quietly recite the Huangting Sutra, and wait for the great calamity to pass."

Gu Xiu sighed in his heart.

Tongtian was truly harmful; he was too naive and too honest.

The two arrived at a pavilion with flying eaves and carved beams.

Our Lady of Fire Spirit introduced it.

"Junior Brother, this is our Jie Sect's library. If you want to learn other techniques or magical arts, you can come here."

Speaking of the library, Gu Xiu became interested and walked in.

What met his eyes were rows of tall bookshelves arranged neatly. The bookshelves were made of dark sandalwood, emitting a faint sandalwood fragrance, and were filled with a dazzling array of technique manuals.

He pulled one out to read; it wasn't as profound as the Nine-Turn Profound Art, and he quickly understood the gist of it.

But even the most ordinary technique here, if it fell into the mortal world, would be an immortal secret for mortal cultivators, enough to cause a bunch of practitioners to fight and kill, triggering a catastrophe.

Our Lady of Fire Spirit continued to introduce: "Ordinary disciples can only preview the first floor. In addition to those collected within the sect, many of the techniques and magical arts on this floor are insights recorded by Uncle-Masters and Aunt-Masters themselves."

"Direct disciples can go to the second floor. The techniques on the third floor are too powerful, and we generally cannot preview them. Only a Da Luo Golden Immortal can slightly see the contents inside. If Junior Brother wants to go to the third floor, we can only ask my master for a handwritten order."

"No need to trouble Uncle-Master Duobao. I have an Eight-Nine Profound Art obtained from the Chan Sect here, and I was just thinking of recording it in the library. I wonder if there are any rewards?"

"What! Junior Brother, you said you have the Eight-Nine Profound Art in your hands?" Our Lady of Fire Spirit thought she had misheard. She naturally knew the Eight-Nine Profound Art; it was a condensed version re-derived by Yuanshi Tianzun based on the remaining fragments of the Nine-Turn Profound Art.

Gu Xiu nodded and smiled: "Senior Sister, you did not mishear. I do indeed have the Chan Sect's Eight-Nine Profound Art."

"I won't ask where you got it, but our Jie Sect has ten thousand immortals coming to court. Many beings come to Jinao Island to seek methods of cultivation. Recording the insights and techniques one has realized is purely to pass on one's own heritage and to repay the grace of the Jie Sect's teaching, so Grand-Master did not set any rewards."

"Is that so." Gu Xiu was dissatisfied with this system.

But thinking about it, he could understand. It was a Saint's great sect; the techniques Tongtian derived casually were better than the techniques created by disciples in their lifetime, and with ten thousand immortals coming to court, there was no shortage of techniques and spells recorded by disciples.

"Forget it, if there isn't one, there isn't one. I will record the Eight-Nine Profound Art, which can also increase some of our Jie Sect's fortune."

Seeing Gu Xiu record the Eight-Nine Profound Art.

Huo Ling'er said: "Junior Brother, can I look at the Eight-Nine Profound Art you recorded later?"

Gu Xiu smiled indifferently: "Why go through such trouble? If Senior Sister wants to see it, I will pass it to you directly."

If Huo Ling'er wanted to learn the Eight-Nine Profound Art, Gu Xiu hoped she could succeed.

It was said that the Dao should not be passed lightly, and the Law should not be taught lightly.

While browsing the library, Gu Xiu found that it consumed a lot of mental energy; otherwise, one couldn't remember it at all. It should be that there were restrictions set in the books.

But he could pass the techniques rewarded by the system to others without any restrictions.

Gu Xiu raised his hand and cast a golden light, which flew into Huo Ling'er's forehead, directly injecting the Eight-Nine Profound Art into her sea of consciousness.

Receiving the contents of the Eight-Nine Profound Art, Huo Ling'er was somewhat surprised.

If it were a low-level ordinary technique, it would be fine for a Golden Immortal to pass it on directly, but she didn't expect Gu Xiu to be able to pass on the Eight-Nine Profound Art directly as well.

Closing her eyes to view the contents of the Eight-Nine Profound Art in her sea of consciousness, it was filled with a profound aura; it was indeed the Chan Sect's Eight-Nine Profound Art. Gu Xiu had not lied to her.

She wanted to go and tell Daoist Duobao this news immediately.

After recording the Eight-Nine Profound Art, Gu Xiu and Our Lady of Fire Spirit walked out of the library.

Gu Xiu said: "Senior Sister, sorry for the disturbance today. I will return to the Three Immortal Islands first and come find you when I have time."

Watching Gu Xiu leave, Our Lady of Fire Spirit went to find Daoist Duobao.

"Disciple, why have you come?" Daoist Duobao asked casually.

Our Lady of Fire Spirit said: "Master, Junior Brother has returned."

Daoist Duobao didn't pay much attention: "Back so soon? Then go cultivate; don't delay your cultivation."

"Master, I came here to tell you something."

Daoist Duobao smiled: "Oh, Little Fire Spirit, what do you want to tell your master?"

Daoist Duobao was kind and approachable, so Our Lady of Fire Spirit didn't have too many reservations.

"Just now I took Junior Brother to the library, and Junior Brother recorded the Chan Sect's Eight-Nine Profound Art inside."

This made Daoist Duobao interested.

"You said Nephew Gu Xiu recorded the Chan Sect's Eight-Nine Profound Art in the library?"

Huo Ling'er nodded: "Master, it is absolutely true. Junior Brother even passed the contents of the Eight-Nine Profound Art to me."

Daoist Duobao smiled: "It seems Nephew has given us another surprise. Could it be that this Eight-Nine Profound Art was obtained from Perfected Lord Yuding?"

"Master, I think so too. Junior Brother couldn't have run to Mount Kunlun and stolen it from the library of the Jade Void Palace, right?"

Daoist Duobao squinted and smiled.

"Master knows some news. Second Uncle-Master derived the Eight-Nine Profound Art and used it as the Chan Sect's protective divine art, wanting to let Perfected Lord Yuding select protective personnel to teach it to. Now that our Jie Sect has recorded this technique, if Second Uncle-Master finds out, he should be furious."