Chapter 353

That night, Han Gao had no heart for cultivation. He paced under the moon for a long time before finding Liu Xiaolou, looking worried, and said: "Sect Master, you saw everything that happened during the day. What do you say?"

Liu Xiaolou also didn't know what to say—Lin Shuangyu had indeed acted too obviously, and he couldn't smooth things over for her.

Han Gao said: "She just doesn't want to give me a chance, fearing that I will take the lead and get the opportunity to go to the ancient cave dwelling. When it comes to me, this is not allowed and that is not permitted, but when people from her Nanhai lineage come, they are all special cases!"

Liu Xiaolou could only carefully comfort him: "When reporting to the Zhanglong Sect, I was there too. It was indeed said at the time that our Three Mystical Sect would have four people going, three guest elders and me, the Sect Master... and you did indeed arrive late."

Han Gao said: "Although I arrived late, I can still contribute. Why can't Lin Shuangyu tolerate me? I don't mean anything else; I am at least a guest elder of the Three Mystical Sect—a provisional guest elder is still a guest elder, right?"

Liu Xiaolou nodded continuously: "Yes, yes, yes..."

Han Gao added: "She just has sectarian bias! She just can't stand to see my Great Feng Mountain doing well, fearing that I will get the opportunity. She only thinks of her Nanhai Sword Sect; she's so petty!"

Liu Xiaolou comforted him from the opposite perspective: "After all, it's a great battle; not participating is actually quite good. You must know that the opposite side is the Jin Jin Jin Tingpai, the Jin Jin Jin Tingpai! It's huge. I once went there when I was a junior; it really is a great sect, incredibly huge! When the fighting starts, it's very likely that people will die! Being a substitute is being a substitute; without the opportunity to go to the ancient cave dwelling, there is also no risk of losing your life. Don't you think so, Han Xiong?"

What else could Han Gao do? It had to be this way.

He angrily said a few times that he "wouldn't do it anymore" or "would leave," but he never moved from Ganzhu Ridge. In the end, under Liu Xiaolou's comfort, he returned to his room to continue practicing the Yin-Yang Technique.

But at this moment, his mood was very unpleasant; how could he calm down to meditate? So he went to walk in the bamboo forest, circling around the bamboo stalks, walking faster and faster, his figure becoming more and more ethereal. After circling like this for who knows how long, Han Gao suddenly let out a long whistle, and his figure turned into a blur.

In the bamboo forest, it was like a wind blowing, and bamboo leaves danced in the forest like rain.

At this moment, Liu Xiaolou, who had been disturbed, leaned against a cluster of green bamboo, greedily watching Han Gao's increasingly ethereal movement technique.

Soon, the blur reappeared, turning back into Han Gao's figure, clearly visible, but when he moved, it was erratic, like a falling leaf.

Suddenly, he heard Han Gao say: "Sect Master, please enlighten me!"

Liu Xiaolou flew out the Three Mystical Sword and slashed down toward Han Gao's head.

Just as the Three Mystical Sword was about to slash to the top of Han Gao's head, his figure sank downward with the sword's momentum, and then drifted to the side, as if suppressed and blown away by the sword wind brought up by the Three Mystical Sword.

Liu Xiaolou was greatly interested and manipulated the flying sword to slash back and forth. Han Gao never had the intention of actively dodging, but like a falling leaf, he was blown away by the sword wind every time, and the Three Mystical Sword could never slash him.

Before long, Liu Xiaolou withdrew the flying sword and called out: "Congratulations to Han Xiong for your great advancement in cultivation!"

Han Gao laughed, stopped his steps, and had a look of self-satisfaction on his face: "Many thanks to the Sect Master for your help. This Wulong Mountain of yours is a treasure land. I've only been up the mountain for a few days, and my Spirit-Sealing Step has reached the third level. I was sealed on the second level for ten years!"

Liu Xiaolou said: "This is the third level of the Spirit-Sealing Step? It is indeed quite different from what I saw yesterday."

Han Gao asked with a smile: "What does the Sect Master think?"

Liu Xiaolou pondered: "Yesterday, there were no traces to be found; today, there are traces that are hard to find."

Yesterday, he used the array plate to cover Han Gao, and the feeling at that time was that he couldn't see Han Gao's figure clearly at all, so he said "no traces to be found."

Trying again tonight, Han Gao's figure was very clear, and his dodging movements were also very slow, which could be called "clearly visible," but he was always "blown" away by the momentum of the Three Mystical Sword, and he could never be touched, so it was called "traces that are hard to find."

But how could the momentum of the Three Mystical Sword "blow" someone away?

Regarding this, Han Gao explained: "It's not the sword's momentum, it's the spiritual power attached to the sword. When my family's Spirit-Sealing Step reaches this level, it can be called 'avoiding upon seeing spirit.' If I can cultivate to the fourth level in the future, it will be the true 'sealing upon seeing spirit,' which can be called the Spirit-Sealing Step."

Liu Xiaolou asked curiously: "Yesterday's performance was so powerful, and that was only the second level? What was it called?"

Han Gao said: "Yesterday's second level was the 'snatch' formula. When encountering attacking true qi and spiritual power, one should never speak of dodging lightly, but actively attack, snatching in, entering the weak point of the spiritual power before it arrives, and snatching that sliver of a gap."

Liu Xiaolou carefully recalled what he saw yesterday; Han Gao's movement technique in dodging the array plate really did have a bit of "snatching" in it, so he nodded heavily: "And what about that first level?"

Han Gao knew everything and said everything: "The first level is the 'sense' formula. Once you sense the spiritual power, you know how to dodge. This level is slightly worse, but it is still much stronger than the movement techniques in other sects' cultivation methods. The fame of my Han family's Spirit-Sealing Step is actually mostly enjoyed because of this level of movement technique, and most of my Han family disciples know this level. Only after reaching Foundation Establishment can one cultivate the second level. As for the third level, it is usually for the late Foundation Establishment stage, and the fourth level requires the Golden Core Realm."

Liu Xiaolou nodded continuously: "It is indeed reasonable that the Han family enjoys such fame and has stood in Lingnan for hundreds of years without falling."

Han Gao smiled: "Actually, this Spirit-Sealing Step sounds magical, but the cultivation method is not complicated. It mainly depends on two words."

Liu Xiaolou immediately became focused, held his breath, and listened quietly to Han Gao's introduction.

"These two words are 'eat' and 'seal'."

"'Eat'? 'Seal'? 'Eat' means to eat, right?"

"Correct. You often eat a kind of flower seed; the Sect Master must have guessed it, haha."

"This..." Liu Xiaolou was truly shocked: "July Fragrant Orchid? Just eat it like that? Han Xiong, are you serious?"

Han Gao said: "There is naturally no falsehood. No other sect knows the mystery of this July Fragrant Orchid, so please keep it a secret for me, Sect Master."

Liu Xiaolou was greatly shocked, then swore an oath: "This is truly... rest assured, it will not be spread out, it will absolutely not be spread out from me. Otherwise, may I be struck by lightning!"

Han Gao nodded and smiled: "This July Fragrant Orchid is a specialty of my Great Feng Mountain; it doesn't exist elsewhere. In the future, if the Sect Master needs it, just send a letter, and I will send it to you at any time."

Liu Xiaolou looked guiltily into the depths of the bamboo forest, where the Three Mystical Sect's flower garden was. He made up his mind never to let Guest Elder Han go in there, so he turned around and said: "I really didn't expect this, then many thanks..."

While speaking, he led Han Gao out of the bamboo forest and returned to the front of the house.

"Han Xiong, let us drink by the moonlight!"

"Good!"

"This is the spirit wine Bamboo Ye Qing from Mount Tiannu. Han Xiong, taste the fine wine of my Jingxiang!"

"I must taste it and see how it compares to the fine brew of my Lingnan!"

He took out the Bamboo Ye Qing and poured it. The two drank a bowl and continued the previous topic.

"The other word is 'seal.' Actually, there is nothing mysterious about it; it is just seal paste, which is the Bai Bai Zijin Lotus Fragrant Paste, a specialty of my Great Feng Mountain." As he spoke, he took out a box and opened it to see half a box of seal paste, glowing with a purplish-red fluorescent light.

"Eat the July Fragrant Orchid seeds internally, apply the Bai Bai Zijin Lotus Fragrant Paste externally, and then cultivate a movement technique formula; that is the secret method of my Great Feng Mountain Han family's Spirit-Sealing Step!"

Liu Xiaolou nodded and pondered for a while: "So what is Han Xiong's plan?"

Han Gao waved his hand with a smile: "Sect Master, you are joking. What plan could there be? Since I have joined the Three Mystical Sect as a guest elder, I should naturally do my best to serve. This secret formula is a gift from me, Han Gao, to the Sect Master!"