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The Seek Tao Sect's scripture vault housed more techniques than even the Great Xia Dynasty's imperial palace.
All sorts of techniques from ancient times to the present, as well as those penned by generations of sect elders, were stored within the scripture vault.
Here, Lu Yang also found the "Pure Yang Technique" that Meng Jingzhou practiced.
Compared to Lu Yang, Meng Jingzhou's technique was much simpler. The predecessors with single dog spiritual roots had already paved a grand path for him; as long as he followed this road, the brilliant Tribulation Crossing stage would be his endpoint.
However, Lu Yang didn't know whether Meng Jingzhou, who had broken the predecessors' lower limit by creating a dual single dog spiritual root, could still tread the path laid out for him.
"Why is this so thin?" Lu Yang wondered, holding the "Pure Yang Technique" that detailed the cultivation methods for the Golden Elixir and Elemental Infant stages. Even if the language was concise and profound, it shouldn't be this thin, right?
He flipped open the technique, and the book contained only one sentence:
Keep it up, don't break your virginity, the cultivation has just begun!
Lu Yang: "……"
Indeed, it wasn't rare for those with single dog spiritual roots to cultivate up to the Body Fusion or even the Tribulation Crossing stage. Compared to the predecessors at these two major stages, the Golden Elixir stage was just the beginning.
"So, the lineage of single dog spiritual roots just needs to maintain virginity to keep cultivating, right?"
Lu Yang had heard of a predecessor with a single dog spiritual root who, after painstakingly cultivating to the Tribulation Crossing stage and celebrating extravagantly, booked all the brothels in the imperial city for a whole month, indulging himself and single-handedly raising the consumption threshold of the capital's pleasure houses.
This so-called retaliatory consumption was exactly that.
The single dog spiritual roots were different from the Buddhist path.
Buddhism emphasizes the elimination of desire, where beauties are seen as skeletal remains, fleeting like clouds, unworthy of attachment.
For those with single dog spiritual roots, however, it's impossible to eliminate such desires, which even grow with their cultivation level. Faced with this, they can only restrain and endure to the limit, to the point where it wouldn't be impossible to see skeletal remains as beauties.
Lu Yang also found a rather special technique, the "Sacrificial Body Technique," which, as the name suggests, is a method of sacrificing oneself. The technique stems from the idea that all things originate from nature and ultimately return to it.
Since they all come from nature, why not return oneself to nature?
To cultivate this technique, one must sacrifice a part of their body in exchange for powerful cultivation talents and advancement in realms.
Therefore, those who cultivate this technique often end up blind, mute, and with their bodies maimed, with some even nearly reduced to empty husks.
The technique is somewhat extreme, but not to the extent of demonic paths.
Lu Yang had a senior brother who practiced this technique.
During the Qi Refining stage, he sacrificed his appendix; in the Foundation Establishment stage, his body fat; during the Golden Elixir stage, his hair; and in the Elemental Infant stage, his eyesight, now wearing glasses as a myopic.
"Everything originates from nature and ultimately returns to it, such a familiar concept. The Immortal of Ages once said something similar to me, mentioning that things have their times of prosperity and decline, which are but fleeting moments to nature."
"Only by emulating nature and returning to simplicity can one maintain eternal strength."
"The words of the Immortal of Ages solved a problem that had troubled me for a long time. Inspired, I wrote the 'Immortal Technique' and achieved immortality."
"Fairy, with your wisdom, is there anything that can trouble you?"
Upon hearing Lu Yang's praise, the Immortal Fairy beamed with joy, but then she thought she should maintain her composure in front of Lu Yang, not getting too happy over a few compliments, and thus she smiled demurely:
"Even though this fairy's talents are unmatched through the ages, surpassing even the Heavenly Immortals, I still encountered difficulties in becoming immortal."
Lu Yang nodded in understanding; becoming an immortal is the focus of cultivators, and it was reasonable for the Immortal Fairy to face difficulties in this regard: "Is it about how to form the Dao Fruit?"
"It is about which Dao Fruit to form."
Lu Yang: "……"
"At that time, I had many options. I could have formed the 'Tribulation Dao Fruit' like the Heavenly Immortal, or the 'Void Dao Fruit' that understands the mysteries of space, or a 'Time Dao Fruit' similar to the Immortal of Ages. But I wasn't quite satisfied with these Dao Fruits; they didn't seem to showcase my level."
"Based on my progress, I should have been the first to become immortal, with the Ninefold Immortal and the Immortal of Ages falling behind. However, I encountered difficulties in choosing the Dao Fruit and couldn't decide which one to form."
"It was just a slight delay, really, just a moment." The Immortal Fairy gestured with her thumb and index finger, emphasizing the brevity of the time.
Lu Yang didn't know how long her "moment" was, whether it was days, months, or years.
Considering the Immortal Fairy's claim of being only sixteen years old, Lu Yang was skeptical about her sense of time.
"Then the Ninefold Immortal, the Immortal of Ages, the Heavenly Immortal, and the Kylin Immortal successively became immortals, leaving me behind." The Immortal Fairy frowned and was quite dissatisfied with the behavior of the Ninefold Immortal and the others.
"By the time the last Kylin Immortal became immortal, the Immortal of Ages said those words to me, and I was greatly enlightened, ultimately forming the enviable 'Immortal Dao Fruit'!"
The Immortal Fairy spoke proudly of her Dao Fruit, which she took great pride in.
To thank the Immortal of Ages for his inspiration, she specially prepared a feast for him, moving him to tears, lamenting his past regrets.
Lu Yang pondered thoughtfully; the words of the Immortal of Ages contained hidden mysteries, but with his current low realm, he couldn't fathom their profundity.
If these hidden mysteries were bluntly revealed by others, the effect would be greatly diminished.
He noted down the words of the Immortal of Ages and continued to delve into the techniques.
In addition to the common techniques found in the market, the scripture vault also housed some that were slightly different, originating from Lu Yang's senior brothers and sisters.
Although they couldn't compose techniques themselves, innovating on existing ones was no problem.
For example, the "Great Sun Body Technique" Lu Yang was studying, which involved contemplating the sun and feeling its contained power, could condense the "Great Sun Body" that incinerates all. During the day, the power of the Great Sun Body peaked, but as the sun set and night fell, its power would wane.
A senior sister slightly modified the technique and wrote the "Great Yin Body Technique," contemplating the moon to condense a gentle, water-like "Great Yin Body" with strong restorative powers.
More importantly, these two techniques were compatible, allowing one to switch between the Great Sun Body and the Great Yin Body, using the former during the day and the latter at night.
This was only the first layer, accessible during the Golden Elixir and Elemental Infant stages.
Upon reaching the second layer, one could simultaneously summon both the Great Sun Body and the Great Yin Body, known as "Sun and Moon Shine Together," doubling their power.
At the third layer, the Great Sun Body and the Great Yin Body merged into one, forming a new body called "Taiji Transformation," combining the advantages of both bodies, balanced in offense and defense.
Lu Yang was captivated by this technique, finding it terrifyingly powerful.
When he was on the first floor of the scripture vault, he came across the "Sun Observation Technique," which stated that upon reaching the Golden Elixir stage, one could go to the second floor to learn the subsequent techniques "Great Sun Body Technique" and "Great Yin Body Technique."
At that time, he hadn't expected the follow-up techniques to be so fierce.
"Which senior sister created this technique? She's amazing."
Lu Yang looked at the author's name, Yun Zhi.
He looked up and realized that he had unknowingly arrived at the legendary "Yun Zhi Section."