Chapter 14: Senior Sister is Right

The cultivation world's 99% of cultivators are in the Qi Refining stage, so cultivators are accustomed to dividing the Qi Refining stage very finely, divided into one to nine layers, and the subsequent realms are the three small levels of early, middle, and late.

The Profound Heaven Sect is different. The Qi Refining stage is just the threshold for entry for Profound Heaven Sect disciples. Why divide the threshold into levels?

The Profound Heaven Sect only has the Qi Refining stage, and there is no distinction between small levels.

"Are others also introducing Qi into the body like this?"

Lu Yang was curious. If everyone practiced like this, why was his progress the slowest?

Miss Yun Zhi shook her head: "This is the initial cultivation method of the ancient ancestors. The ancient ancestors sensed nature, heaven and man as one, introduced spiritual energy into themselves, and became practitioners in one leap."

The initial cultivation naturally didn't need the guidance of seniors, and there was no such thing as cultivation techniques. What they had was constant perception and trial and error with the body.

"As for the meridians, when soaking in the medicinal bath, your meridians have been completely opened, and the spiritual energy is unimpeded. In your state of heaven and man as one, the spiritual energy runs in your body according to your feeling. At this time, the running route is the most suitable for you, surpassing any level of cultivation techniques."

The cultivation world likes to divide cultivation techniques into five levels: Yellow, Xuan, Earth, Heaven, and Immortal, but in Miss Yun Zhi's place, there are only two kinds of cultivation techniques—those that suit you and those that don't.

"Any cultivation technique was not specifically designed for you to practice when it was created. There are many cultivation techniques suitable for Sword Spiritual Root, and I have a box of them, but none of them are suitable for you."

"From today on, I will give you a long-term task: create your own cultivation technique."

The cultivation technique that Miss Yun Zhi said to create by herself is naturally not letting Lu Yang explore alone. She will also guide from the side, but even so, the difficulty can be imagined.

Creating a cultivation technique is something that the elders of the cultivation world can do.

Lu Yang's mouth twitched: "The seniors who created the cultivation techniques, their standing is so high, they have a high-level view of each realm, and they have the qualifications to create cultivation techniques. I am a junior who has just introduced Qi into the body and created a cultivation technique, which is too..."

Miss Yun Zhi interrupted Lu Yang's complaint: "Creating a cultivation technique is not as difficult as you think."

"Do you know that the Profound Heaven Sect has a rule that after the Foundation Establishment stage, every disciple needs to complete the tasks issued by the Task Hall to fulfill the righteous path's responsibilities?"

Lu Yang nodded. He had heard of it.

Other sects also have similar mechanisms, requiring disciples under the sect to complete tasks. After all, the sect does not raise idlers, and making contributions to the sect can reflect your value.

But the five great immortal sects are different. They require disciples to issue tasks, not to make contributions to the sect, but to make contributions to the righteous path.

The five great immortal sects leading the righteous path is not an empty talk.

"General tasks need to go down the mountain, slay demons and eliminate demons, drive away ghosts and transcend, etc. I don't like the atmosphere of the red dust, so I chose another way to complete the task."

"What is it?"

"The Task Hall has a fixed task: back up a cultivation technique that has not been recorded in the Profound Heaven Sect, which is also considered completing the task."

"Then Senior Sister you..." Lu Yang had a bold and absurd idea.

"So in order to deal with... complete the task, I created many cultivation techniques myself, and then lied to them that I found them in the ruins and caves."

"Unfortunately, it was discovered later."

"How was it discovered?" Lu Yang pursued.

"Because according to the task I reported, the ruins and caves were walked through by me. I didn't know which ruins and caves to make up next time."

"So you see, creating a cultivation technique is not difficult."

Miss Yun Zhi appeared to speak, with reason and evidence, making people convinced.

Lu Yang opened his mouth, wanting to say "Senior Sister, I thought you were an honest person, I didn't expect you to lie too," "Senior Sister, you are talented and intelligent, not something we ordinary people can compare to," "Putting it in your place is called creating a cultivation technique, putting

Lu Yang met Miss Yun Zhi's cold gaze, and a thousand words were reduced to one sentence.

"The Eldest Senior Sister is right."

"Although you have become a cultivator, you are still far from being a qualified sword cultivator. Take this book."

The Eldest Senior Sister handed over an ancient book, made from the skin of an unknown demonic beast; it was large, thick, and heavy.

"Observations of the Demon Domain?" Lu Yang opened the ancient book, and a baleful aura rushed toward his face. The images of various demonic beasts seemed to leap off the page, and he could faintly hear the beasts roaring in his ears.

This ancient book is absolutely priceless!

Lu Yang was lost in thought; a sword cultivator needs sword intent, but he had just started Qi Refining, so how could he cultivate sword intent?

He had heard that ancient sword cultivators realized their first strand of sword intent while fighting for their lives against demonic beasts, between life and death, and while facing the fierce intent of the beasts directly.

Then the answer was obvious: he needed to visualize the images of demonic beasts, comprehend their fierce intent, take the essence and discard the dross, condense ten thousand types of demonic beasts into one point, and realize his own sword intent.

Although this method is difficult, it is just right for him, a sword spirit root user.

It also showed the Eldest Senior Sister's earnest expectations for him.

"I understand everything." Lu Yang nodded, understanding the Eldest Senior Sister's meaning.

Miss Yun Zhi glanced at Lu Yang, not knowing what he had understood. Miss Yun Zhi waved her hand, and the puppet pulled over another cart of tofu.

"It is good that you understand."

"To become a sword cultivator, one needs 'precision.' Keep this Qingfeng Sword well. The next thing you must do is use the sword tip to carve the tofu into the shapes of demonic beasts; the appearances of the demonic beasts are all in the book."

Miss Yun Zhi took a sharp sword emitting a cold light from her storage space; the two characters "Qingfeng" were engraved on the hilt.

Lu Yang: "..."

Tofu again?

Could it be that what he dreamt that night wasn't a nightmare, but a precognitive dream, hinting that his future Daoist name would be Tofu Heavenly Venerable?

Damn it, I can't have such thoughts.

Lu Yang hurriedly drove this terrifying thought out of his brain.

He took the Qingfeng Sword, and his first feeling was that it was a very light sword.

In fact, it wasn't that the Qingfeng Sword was too light; on the contrary, the Qingfeng Sword was not at all suitable for cultivators in the first three layers of Qi Refining to use. The sharp sword was too heavy, and cultivators couldn't even lift it.

Lu Yang was different; he had undergone vat-lifting training, and his strength was so great that even he had no concept of it. To put it bluntly, he didn't need any technique now; a simple punch could strike a cultivator in the first three layers of Qi Refining until their heart went cold.

Perhaps because he had entered the Qi Refining stage, his sword Dao talent was gradually manifesting, and coupled with the control he had achieved in lifting the light as if it were heavy, Lu Yang used the Qingfeng Sword with ease.

In just over ten days, Lu Yang was able to carve demonic beast shapes out of tofu, as well as carvings of himself and the Eldest Senior Sister; he could even carve the nine lotus-shaped mountain peaks of the Congwendao Sect.

Following his time as a folk performer, Lu Yang had learned a new skill, and he could also show off his talents in the back kitchen.

He had to speed up; he really couldn't eat any more tofu.

After Lu Yang completed this stage, the Eldest Senior Sister appeared, and after offering some encouragement, she took out a single white sesame seed.

"A sword cultivator also needs to train their eyesight. Now I will throw this sesame seed into the tofu dregs, and you must find this sesame seed in the shortest possible time."

Lu Yang fell to his knees with a thud: "Eldest Senior Sister, let's change the method!"

The Eldest Senior Sister looked quietly at the pleading Lu Yang, her eyes calm and unruffled.

"Oh."