Chapter 535: The Legend of the Gui Ling Gen (3/10, Autumn Subscription)

After calmly accepting Fang Yue's master-disciple ceremony, Lord Han told Fang Yue to rise, and after a moment's thought, said: "Based on my speculation, Xiao Ye, you are a descendant of the Night Moon Tribe. Once the opportunity arises, you will have a greater chance than anyone to achieve an immortal position."

As a member of the Night Moon Tribe, naturally the Moon Attribute or Night Attribute techniques I mentioned before would be the most suitable for you.

It's just that without a complete inheritance, even if you cultivate these techniques, you won't reach Rain Grade—they can only serve as a transition. You may, according to your own situation, learn Martial Techniques of these two attributes rather than the Heart Method of any single stage. The specifics depend on your personal needs."

"Yes, I will heed Master's teachings!"

"There's no need to be so formal. Calling me Lord Han as before is perfectly fine."

Even so, hearing Fang Yue call him Master still brought a rare smile to Lord Han's face, and his mood was excellent. After thinking for a moment, he said: "If Xiao Ye still has anything you don't understand, or any questions you want to ask, tell me all about it. I... your master, will do my best to resolve your doubts."

Fang Yue didn't stand on ceremony either, and raised the problems he had encountered in his cultivation one by one.

Compared to his wildly surging strength realm, his knowledge in cultivation was so shallow it was simply outrageous.

Fortunately, Lord Han had a good temper. He wouldn't say anything about Fang Yue just because the questions he asked were so low-level, dragging down the average knowledge standard of the Xiantian Realm. Instead, he patiently taught him step by step, imparting to Fang Yue the foundational knowledge.

Once Fang Yue could understand the foundational knowledge, he would branch out from that point and explain the questions Fang Yue had asked earlier, giving Fang Yue a foundation-laying process so he could smoothly understand the principles behind these questions rather than just knowing the answers.

Through an all-night conversation, Fang Yue's understanding of cultivation and his foundational knowledge finally received a crash course, and he was no longer relying purely on brute force.

One night passed quickly. Just as Fang Yue felt his brain stuffed full of all kinds of knowledge and was starting to get a headache, Lord Han stopped his lecture.

"Let's stop here for today. Go back and consolidate what you've learned first. Once you've thoroughly understood it, I'll explain more in-depth cultivation knowledge to you. In your daily life, you can look more often at the inheritance—those insights and experiences I've recorded inside should be of great help to you."

Anyone who can reach Rain Grade, whether in knowledge or insight, has their own understanding. This is a necessary process. Normally speaking, without sufficient knowledge reserves, one cannot go far on the path of cultivation, nor reach the Xian.

Fang Yue also felt that if he kept studying, he was likely to forget the knowledge points he had just grasped.

If Fang Yue had to learn the knowledge Lord Han taught from books, his head would definitely swell to the size of a bucket, and after a few glances he'd be drowsy.

But Lord Han's explanations, which went from shallow to deep, allowed Fang Yue to actually take it in.

Seeing that the sun had already risen outside and it was already morning, Fang Yue rose to take his leave, but suddenly he thought of something and sat back down.

"What's wrong?" Lord Han was taken aback.

"Um... Master, do you know what 【Gui Ling Gen】 is all about?"

Gui Ling Gen?!

Lord Han's pupils contracted sharply, clearly having a strong reaction to this term.

Frowning, he calmed his emotions for a while before asking in a deep voice: "Where did you hear about 【Gui Ling Gen】? Did someone say you have a 【Gui Ling Gen】?"

"Not exactly, but I feel I might have... a Gui Ling Gen? As for the term itself, I heard it from Qing Chen. Qing Chen said the ultimate goal of those experimental subjects from the Phoenix Organization was to achieve the effect of a Gui Ling Gen."

Hearing this, Lord Han finally relaxed. He shook his head and chuckled lightly: "The Phoenix Organization's research does indeed bear some resemblance to 【Gui Ling Gen】. Perhaps their goal really is that, but there's no way they can succeed."

"Why?"

"Because their prototype, 【Gui Ling Gen】, is nothing but a monstrous lie."

"Ah... what do you mean?"

"Simply put, 【Gui Ling Gen】 is a Spirit Root that simply doesn't exist. Or rather, it's not a Spirit Root at all. As for you, Xiao Ye, I checked from the very beginning—you don't have a Spirit Root, so naturally you're not some Gui Ling Gen either."

"But..." Fang Yue hurriedly told Lord Han about how he had reused 【Fierce Yuan Pill】 and once manifested a 【Gui Eye】 state.

"Is that so? But it's also reasonable. This probably isn't because you have a Gui Ling Gen, but rather because An Shenyi's method is itself very similar to the Phoenix Organization's approach.

It's just that compared to An Shenyi's slow individual research progress, the Phoenix Organization's massive operational capability has made the research in this area more thorough and more in-depth.

You took the pill An Shenyi gave you, and a small problem occurred—that's only to be expected.

Besides, look at Lin Ling. Isn't his current appearance just 【Gui Eye】 permanently? Does that mean he also has a Gui Ling Gen?"

"This..."

Fang Yue felt depressed. Could it be that I'm overthinking this?

Seeing that Fang Yue was still confused, Lord Han didn't brush it off just because Fang Yue had brought up such a useless matter.

Instead, to resolve Fang Yue's doubts, he began to explain carefully and in detail.

"The so-called Gui Ling Gen is a legend from very ancient times."

"The legend says that a person possessing a Gui Ling Gen could simultaneously have bizarre abilities and characteristics, while also possessing human Martial Arts and realms, perfectly merging the two forces into one, becoming the supreme being."

"However, the Gui Ling Gen is a monstrous lie. Countless people, one after another, because of this legend, researched the Gui Ling Gen—a Spirit Root that simply doesn't exist in humans, or rather a Spirit Root that cannot be detected, or rather... an artificial Spirit Root!"

"Under the efforts of countless people rushing in one after another, the first human cultivator to fall into 【Gui Dao】 appeared."

"This was the first person who, in the true sense, 'possessed' a 【Gui Ling Gen】, following the legend of 【Gui Ling Gen】."

"That cultivator, as a pioneer, thought highly of himself and renamed himself 【Gui Dao Ren】."

"Since he began cultivating 【Gui Dao】, his cultivator's strength stagnated. He slowly advanced from Black Grade bizarre to Blood Grade bizarre."

"And during the cultivation process, he discovered that his human cultivation strength was slowly declining. As one rose and the other fell, the two seemed to maintain some kind of balance."

"When he cultivated to Blood Grade bizarre, he discovered... his own human cultivation had already fallen from an immortal-grade realm to Rain Grade."

"At the same time, his mind began to grow insane. He would suddenly attack anyone he saw, and said that every time he cultivated he felt 【Yin Messengers】 hovering at his side, as if ready to take his life at any moment."

"Not long after, he died."

"He died mysteriously. He clearly still had over a thousand years of lifespan left, yet within just one or two short months, he died from exhaustion of his lifespan! As if killed by 【Yin Messengers】!"

"From then on, the saying 'cultivate the Gui Root, and the Yin Messengers appear' spread far and wide."

(End of this chapter)