Chapter 519: The Stingy Yuhua Sect, Refusing to Give Me the Great Yin-Yang Art!

In Anchan City, within a mansion in the Beishan Black Tiger Estate.

Only Fang Yu remained here; the Beishan Baiwei he had just met had already left.

This was Fang Yu's first day in the Manghuangji Realm; he was now examining the books before him, which recorded the Eight Great Powers of Anchan City and other matters.

Among the Eight Great Powers, the Black-White Academy ranked first; its fame was known even to the king of the Great Xia Dynasty.

The Black-White Academy admitted only elite disciples, accepting at most three or five each year, sometimes none at all; only world-class geniuses could enter; during its annual recruitment, it attracted world-class geniuses from beyond Anchan Commandery seeking to join.

Within the Black-White Academy hung a Black-White Diagram, a carving of a black-and-white grinding stone; the black-and-white grinding stone was profoundly mysterious, appearing ordinary yet containing countless principles—fine black and white lines intertwined in intricate patterns, embodying boundless profundities and concealing the deepest truths of the Dao.

Powerful figures from other great sects often sought to enter and contemplate it.

Only Black-White Academy disciples could contemplate it without restriction; other sects' powerful figures, even if granted the chance, faced strict time limits.

It was through the Black-White Diagram that the academy flourished, and its name was changed to the Black-White Academy.

"Black and white—could this be the Way of Yin and Yang?"

Fang Yu, reading the book's description of the Black-White Diagram, found its praise extraordinary: "The Dao is profoundly mysterious; to comprehend it is exceedingly difficult. Yet the Black-White Grinding Stone Diagram elucidates countless Daoic mysteries in meticulous detail—black lines and white lines, differing in heart and gaze, yield different insights. Such a wonder must have naturally gestated and formed."

Fang Yu felt some curiosity about the Black-White Diagram, wondering if it had any connection to Yuhua Sect's Void Yin-Yang Dao or the Great Yin-Yang Art.

Speaking of Yuhua Sect, it was miserly indeed; though its foundation lay in the Great Yin-Yang Art, ranked among the top ten of the Three Thousand Daos, each with its own profundities, almost no disciples in Yuhua Sect cultivated the Great Yin-Yang Art.

Even Fang Yu, the "First True Disciple Senior Brother," had no right to practice the Great Yin-Yang Art.

Hua Tiandu did not either.

In Yuhua Sect, to cultivate the Great Yin-Yang Art, one must be the designated next Zhang Sect; only then could one gain the right to practice it.

But Taiyi Sect was different; its Great Calamity Art was divided into Three Calamities and Nine Trials, twelve supreme divine abilities; nearly every Taiyi Sect true disciple and Jin Dan minor titan cultivated several of them.

Zhao Xuanyi cultivated the Black Sun Wind Calamity of the Great Calamity Art; Song Weiyi cultivated the Great Sun Fire Calamity; Zhou Chuyi not only cultivated the Black Sun Wind Calamity and Great Sun Fire Calamity but also the End Day Calamity, and had advanced the Nine Trials to a considerable realm.

Nearly every Jin Dan disciple of Taiyi Sect cultivated the Great Calamity Art, a stark contrast to Yuhua Sect, where even the "First True Disciple Senior Brother" could not practice the Great Yin-Yang Art.

Perhaps Yuhua Sect was too weak, fearing that if the Great Yin-Yang Art were taught to disciples, Taiyi Sect disciples might kill them and seize it.

In short, the transmission of the sect's foundational divine art differed vastly between Taiyi Sect and Yuhua Sect; comparing them made Yuhua Sect seem miserly.

Fang Yu decided that once he became the next Zhang Sect of Yuhua Sect, he would bestow not only the Great Yin-Yang Art but also the Great Five Elements Art and the Great Primordial Art upon Yuhua Sect's true disciples to enhance their strength.

But that step was still far off.

Everything must wait until he reached the Longevity Secret Realm.

After one night passed, early the next morning, Beishan Baiwei came to pay respects to Fang Yu, requesting to accompany him to the Black-White Academy.

The two strolled along the vast street, moving slowly yet swiftly; soon, they arrived before a building.

"Brother Fang, ahead lies the Black-White Academy."

Beishan Baiwei pointed ahead.

Fang Yu looked forward and saw a colossal structure: its main gate stood a hundred zhang tall and nearly two hundred zhang wide; above the gate were carved four large characters: "Black-White Academy," and at its center, a black-and-white intertwined grinding stone diagram.

It resembled a great Yin-Yang grinding stone.

Fang Yu's gaze fixed on the black-and-white grinding stone diagram; at his realm, he instantly sensed traces of countless Daoic principles.

This black-and-white grinding stone diagram indeed contained profound mysteries; if carved and taken to the Eternal Life Realm, it would greatly aid a 3rd Stage of Divine Abilities Gang Qi Realm cultivator in breaking through to the 4th Stage of Divine Abilities Yin-Yang Realm.

This diagram was not the true Black-White Diagram, yet merely seeing it, Fang Yu felt the Black-White Academy would greatly aid his cultivation.

"These four large characters, 'Black-White Academy,' and the grinding stone diagram, were left by the celestial immortal of the Black-White Academy's history."

Beishan Baiwei said, his gaze turning to either side of the academy, where stood a massive ink-green stone lion and a stone dragon of the same hue; besides them, numerous soldiers patrolled the area.

"Those soldiers are from my Anchan Marquis's household, deployed here to maintain order. The true gatekeepers of the Black-White Academy are the lion and the dragon—excellent puppets crafted by the Mulan Clan, purchased by the Black-White Academy at great cost; their strength far surpasses ordinary cultivators, nearing that of immortals, and they possess wisdom uncommon in puppets, having guarded this place for countless eons."

Beishan Baiwei added.

Fang Yu nodded.

Regarding the Mulan Clan, Fang Yu already knew it was the oldest of Anchan Commandery's three great clans, established since the God-Monster Era, skilled in puppet crafting; most puppets in Anchan Commandery came from the Mulan Clan. Over countless eons, no one knew how many puppets the Mulan Clan secretly held; no power in Anchan Commandery dared provoke them, for no one wished to face an endless army of puppets surging forth and annihilating them.

The Life Great World also had puppets; among the Three Thousand Daos was one called the Great Puppet Art; when cultivated to the highest realm, one could turn time and space themselves into puppets—terribly fearsome.

But Fang Yu had not yet encountered the opportunity to obtain the Great Puppet Art.

That Dao resided in the treasure vault of Wu Xianzun.