Chapter 358: Golden Immortal Dao Schools and the Enlightenment Seal Script

With over 100,000 Experience Points remaining, Zhou You decided to analyze that Talisman Book.

Although the Talisman Book carried personally by Kunpengzi's disciple would not be too profound, he could analyze the style and methods unique to Kunpengzi through indirect observation.

It would be a huge gain if he could catch a glimpse of Kunpengzi's background.

"Deeply analyze this Talisman Book."

Zhou You had previously tested the waters by separating the Seal Script from the Totems; this deep analysis was to further sort out the content of the Seal Script.

A progress bar appeared on the panel, advancing at a slow but steady speed.

Accompanying this, the number of Experience Points jumped wildly, rapidly shrinking and decreasing.

A sense of foreboding rose in Zhou You's heart, and he heard a prompt from the panel in his ear: "Experience Points have been cleared to zero."

"Deep analysis progress has been reset; unfinished parts have stopped, and completed parts will be sent."

Boom—a massive amount of information poured into his mind like a flood, so intense it nearly gave Zhou You a nosebleed.

If the previous analysis was like pouring the contents of a book into his mind, this was now the text content of a USB drive, comparable to the volume of a massive library.

The panel was truly ruthless when deducting Experience Points, showing no mercy, but the benefit was that it delivered on what it was paid for, never shortchanging him.

It turned out that the Golden Immortal Dao was not a monolith; there were numerous schools and disagreements within it.

Regarding the interpretation of the Nine Tripod Characters, various different schools had been derived.

For example, there was the Celestial Phenomenon School, which believed that the Celestials came from the heavens, so the clues to interpreting the characters must be hidden in the heavens; only by observing celestial phenomena, such as cloud patterns and star charts, could one grasp the true mysteries.

There was also the Object Standard School, which believed that the characters left behind by the Celestials when they descended to the world were likely written based on the world's environment and must have synthesized the trajectories of all things in the world, hiding the mysteries within them; therefore, the key to interpreting the characters lay in comprehending all things in the world.

There was even the Microscopic School, which believed that there was a universe within a single speck of dust, and the mysteries of the Nine Tripod Characters were hidden in the most microscopic world; if the world were divided to the limit where it could no longer be divided, the truth would be revealed.

Furthermore, depending on the method of using the Seal Script, it was divided into Cloud Bird Seal Script, Talisman Books, and so on.

Kunpengzi belonged to the Yuan Tripod School; this school believed that the Nine Tripods and the characters were inseparable, and the secret of the characters did not lie in themselves but within the Nine Tripods, so one must collect the Nine Tripods of the Celestials to study them.

The Seal Script he inherited came from the body of one of the Nine Tripods, but the method of analysis and research was the Cloud Bird Seal Script.

The fact that the name Kunpengzi contained the character for "bird" came from the Cloud Bird Seal Script.

The Seal Script character "Delude" was the one with the highest degree of completeness among them and was also Kunpengzi's signature; it had been thoroughly researched generation after generation, and various Seal Script Secret Techniques had been developed based on it.

Zhou You couldn't help but smile; no matter what school they belonged to, none could compare to the panel's super-computing analysis, which pointed directly to the fundamentals of the Dao.

As long as there were enough Experience Points, the panel could research the Seal Script to the bottom, and perhaps even drag the so-called Celestials out of their lair.

It was just a pity that the speed of acquiring Experience Points was not enough to keep up with such terrifying consumption.

After countless information flowed in, it promoted a rapid improvement in Zhou You's Seal Script level.

"Seal Script lv17 → lv25, Experience Points +16400."

The changes brought about after the Seal Script level increased were immediate.

A character was quickly measured, and relying on the massive accumulation of knowledge and analytical methods, he quickly completed his comprehension and mastery.

After "Guile" and "Hidden Opportunity," a third fully mastered Seal Script character appeared.

Instruction, meaning Enlightenment!

This character was one of the 14 characters Zhou You had obtained from the tree burl, and it was also the most complete one.

The Seal Script "Enlightenment" functioned to guide and instruct, possessing the characteristic of teaching without discrimination.

Considering that Zhou You had just been promoted to Martial Master and was qualified to open a martial arts school, mastering the "Enlightenment" Seal Script was a match made in heaven.

This "Enlightenment" Seal Script could designate a target to increase their comprehension and talent, and ensure 100% completion of the taught content; when used in teaching fist martial arts, the efficiency was high enough to be considered cheating.

One must know that in learning fist arts and practicing martial arts, there has always been the saying that "the master leads you through the door, but practice depends on the individual." The quality of a disciple's aptitude directly affects their progress and improvement.

An excellent disciple can turn decay into magic, taking a third-rate fist style and practicing it to the point of innovation, surpassing their predecessors.

Conversely, if the disciple is not up to the task, even if a Martial Saint teaches them hand-in-hand, the final achievements will be limited.

In terms of preaching the Dao and teaching fist arts, it really has nothing to do with the Martial Dao realm; even peerless experts have a few good-for-nothing descendants.

Zhou You mastering the "Enlightenment" Seal Script meant that he would no longer be limited by aptitude when taking on disciples in the future.

No matter whether the disciple's aptitude was good or bad, they would be able to understand everything with a single point, easily completing their education.

Enlightenment, Enlightenment—it lived up to its name; teaching fist arts was like bestowing good fortune.

Zhou You couldn't wait to verify it, so he immediately called over his only disciple, Qi Qingdi.

"Qingdi, your master has a secret technique to pass on to you."

"Hmm?"

Qi Qingdi's expression became serious; secret techniques were core secrets of fist styles and were generally not easily taught.

Unless the disciple had passed through layers of tests and gained the master's approval, or had performed a great service that could not be rewarded otherwise.

Or unless the relationship was as close as father and son.

He was somewhat flattered; his master treated him so well, how could he repay him? "This secret technique is called the Heaven-Participating Yuan-Nurturing Art."

That's right, what Zhou You was teaching was the secret art of the Heaven-Participating Gate, while incidentally testing whether his disciple had the aptitude for it.

Hearing the name, Qi Qingdi's eyes lit up, "Master, how do you know the secret art of the Heaven-Participating Gate? Can I learn it too?"

It turned out that many fist art secret techniques of the former Heaven-Participating Gate were circulated within the Qi Family, and the Heaven-Participating Yuan-Nurturing Art was one of them.

This Yuan-Nurturing Art had always been practiced by the Clan Head himself, and even the several young masters had not been able to obtain it.

"Ahem, it was just a coincidence; don't leak it out, lest you invite trouble."

Qi Qingdi didn't hesitate, pounding his chest, "This is a sect secret; this disciple would not dare to reveal a single word. If I violate this, please kill me, Master, to uphold the sect's discipline."

Zhou You began to teach the Heaven-Participating Yuan-Nurturing Art.

Ever since the panel opened the brand-new sub-section, every time he taught fist arts to his disciples, the Experience Points from their practice were fed back directly to him.

It had the same effect as the Blood Qi Gu, and what's more, he didn't need to control the target.

The Heaven-Participating Yuan-Nurturing Art was difficult and obscure; apart from Zhou You himself, Li Chonghe and Bao Tiefeng had only mastered it under the control of the Blood Qi Gu.

He was now using the "Enlightenment" Seal Script specifically to verify his inner hypothesis.

"Reach out your hand!"

Zhou You traced a few strokes on Qi Qingdi's palm; the Seal Script Enlightenment stirred the Qi and blood in her hands to form a trajectory, and the power of the Seal Script subtly influenced Qi Qingdi's state.

The Seal Script was working!

Listening to Zhou You's Instruction on the Heaven-Soaring Yuan-Nurturing Art, Qi Qingdi felt her state was exceptionally good today; she understood as soon as she heard it, and could perform it as soon as she understood it, making the lesson flow incomparably smoothly without needing to stop and ask about details as she usually did.

A lesson that usually required several days and nights was completed in just over half a day.

"Is there anything else you don't understand?"

Qi Qingdi shook her head with difficulty, "Master's explanation was simple and easy to understand; this Disciple understands everything."

She truly understood! Qi Qingdi practiced the introductory techniques of the Heaven-Soaring Yuan-Nurturing Art on the spot, as standard as a textbook, without a single flaw to be found.

(End of chapter)