Chapter 703

To tell the truth, the first time Miss Yun Zhi saw the primordial spirit, she was startled. This primordial spirit looked 80% like Little Junior Brother and 20% like the Immortal Fairy. Her first reaction was that Little Junior Brother and the Immortal Fairy had some sort of affair, like a spiritual connection or something.

Later, she realized that this was because the Immortal Fairy was helping Little Junior Brother cultivate.

But even so, looking at this primordial spirit gave her a strange feeling.

She felt that if the Immortal Fairy continued to help Little Junior Brother cultivate and the primordial spirit's appearance changed again, that strange feeling would become even more intense.

It didn't matter much in the Nascent Soul stage; after all, the Invincible Infant was still small, and apart from the person involved, Lu Yang, no one else could tell who the Invincible Infant looked like.

But the Spirit Transformation stage primordial spirit was different.

Considering this point, Miss Yun Zhi spoke up to stop the Immortal Fairy from helping Little Junior Brother cultivate.

Of course, continuing to help him cultivate did indeed carry the risk of a gender change.

Compelled by his Senior Sister's earnest teachings, Lu Yang had to give up the method of vengefully utilizing his primordial spirit and treat it better, letting it assist him in learning techniques.

Lu Yang and the primordial spirit learned techniques simultaneously, doubling their efficiency.

The level of fatigue was also doubled.

However, with Spirit-Returning Pills, a mere doubling of fatigue was a minor issue.

These were Spirit-Returning Pills specifically for refreshing the mind, complete with pill patterns and pill clouds; they were the best of the best among Spirit-Returning Pills.

Lu Yang's contributions to the Wen Dao Sect were immense; he had an endless amount of contribution points, and he bought the top-grade Spirit-Returning Pills by the pound—he was incredibly extravagant.

Considering that the Spirit-Returning Pills had a monotonous taste and long-term consumption could easily lead to a sense of disgust, Lu Yang also had many small plates placed in front of him, containing bean paste, fermented bean curd, chili sauce, chive flower sauce... he could have whatever flavor he wanted.

If he encountered a dipping sauce he wanted to eat that wasn't stored in his identity jade pendant, he would just let the primordial spirit go to the commercial street to buy it—it was very convenient.

When the primordial spirit returned, it was stopped at the door and not allowed to enter, the reason being that it was carrying food.

Lu Yang went downstairs to take a look and discovered that his primordial spirit was also carrying a handful of grilled skewers, which were not part of the order.

Needless to say, it must have been the people from the Decayed Sect trying to curry favor with him and forcing them onto the primordial spirit.

Lu Yang stayed in the Scripture Library the whole time, with only three rest periods during that time.

Top-grade Spirit-Returning Pills were not omnipotent; long-term consumption would weaken their efficacy, so Lu Yang had to slow down his learning progress and sleep on the chair.

The primordial spirit was also fortunate enough to rest along with its master.

The Immortal Fairy also rarely refrained from making noise in the spiritual space, creating a quiet rest space for Lu Yang.

In the blink of an eye, a month and a half passed. The brilliant principles of Spirit Transformation techniques were all gathered in Lu Yang's mind; from ancient techniques to the present, he was practically a mobile treasure trove of techniques.

Lu Yang spent another half-month breaking down the principles of the techniques, attempting to integrate them with the Nascent Soul chapter of the "Mind-Clearing and Nature-Seeing Art."

"I can write the technique now!"

In these two months, Lu Yang felt as if he had been conversing with Spirit Transformation stage cultivators from the past 300,000 years, discussing the meanings of techniques and exploring the significance of cultivation, which had allowed Lu Yang to gain a great deal. He was reborn from the inside out, and his speech and demeanor were different from before.

Lu Yang revealed a confident smile; indeed, the wisdom of the sages could not be underestimated, as it had given him much inspiration.

The primordial spirit laid out the brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, grinding the ink and handing over the brush. Lu Yang held the wolf-hair brush, and his writing was as if aided by a god—it was done in one go, incredibly smooth. The insights from these two months were integrated and fused into the technique.

"Success!"

"Your technique needs to be completely rewritten," Miss Yun Zhi said cruelly and coldly.

"Ah?"

Seeing Lu Yang's shocked expression, Miss Yun Zhi sighed and explained: "Little Junior Brother, it is a good thing to study others' techniques and absorb their strengths, but you have forgotten the special nature of your Spirit Transformation stage."

"Special nature, my primordial spirit?"

"Yes, the most important point of Spirit Transformation stage techniques is how to let you communicate with heaven and earth."

"Your technique includes things like mortal world tempering, sensing the various states of life, playing the zither by a stream, etc. These methods are useful, but you can have better ones."

"What are they?"

"Do you know that at the moment of near-death, a cultivator's sensory ability is infinitely amplified? Even mortals can sense ghosts and such that they couldn't sense before they die, let alone cultivators."

Lu Yang's body shuddered: "Are you asking me to maintain a near-death state?"

Miss Yun Zhi shook her head: "That's too dangerous. According to my observations, when your primordial spirit returns to your body, the sensations are also synchronized to you."

Lu Yang's eyes lit up, understanding his Senior Sister's meaning: "Senior Sister, do you mean to let my primordial spirit die for me?"

"Not die, but let your primordial spirit maintain a near-death state," Miss Yun Zhi corrected; there is a difference between the two.

Lu Yang nodded repeatedly; it meant roughly the same thing.

"Then shall we try?" Lu Yang said excitedly, calling out his primordial spirit and ordering it not to run away no matter what danger it encountered later.

Miss Yun Zhi nodded gently, signaling Lu Yang to stand further away, and then struck the primordial spirit left in place with a palm.

If not for Lu Yang's order, the primordial spirit would have run far away long ago.

Before the jade hand even touched the primordial spirit, it saw the primordial spirit instantly become dim, as if it were bearing some kind of immense pressure, becoming extremely weak.

Seeing this, Miss Yun Zhi interrupted the attack and signaled that Lu Yang could recall his primordial spirit.

If she had used even a fraction more force, Little Junior Brother's primordial spirit would have collapsed.

The moment the primordial spirit returned, Lu Yang knelt on the ground, gasping for breath, receiving the sensations of the primordial spirit.

That palm was too terrifying; even though he had cultivated to the Spirit Transformation stage, in front of that palm, he was still like a mayfly looking at a mountain—the gap was so large it could no longer be measured by scale.

Lu Yang's consciousness was blurred; he only felt the world spinning, his eyes rolled back, and he collapsed to the ground, his eyes vacant.

At this moment, his sensory ability was infinitely amplified; he could hear the sound of spiritual power traveling through his body, could feel the movement of spiritual energy shuttling through the leaves, could feel the solemnity of Tianmen Peak...

Even when listening to his Third Senior Sister play the zither before, he had never felt anything so clearly.

Lu Yang gradually regained consciousness, realizing that this was communicating with heaven and earth; if he did this a few more times, he would definitely be able to sense the changes in heaven and earth even more clearly.

Miss Yun Zhi took a drop of water from her identity jade pendant, carried it on a leaf, and fed it to Lu Yang.

This water was of unknown origin, but after Lu Yang consumed it, he felt his consciousness become much clearer.

"How does it feel?"

"It works!" Lu Yang laughed.

A near-death state without danger—how many Spirit Transformation stage cultivators would envy this if they heard about it.

The only drawback was that it couldn't be performed continuously; his primordial spirit was severely injured and needed a long period of quiet recuperation.

The strong will stop at nothing to become stronger; Lu Yang didn't feel sorry for his primordial spirit at all.

"As long as it works," Miss Yun Zhi nodded as expected. "You need to write this method into your technique, and in this way..."

"My technique will pass?"

"In this way, your technique will only have 60% left that needs modification."

Lu Yang: "..."

Isn't that still a failing grade?