Heaven Receiving Hall, Dubhe Peak.
Compared to the last time he saw Sect Leader Zhang, he looked even older. Although Shi Xuan did not know how old he was, he guessed that he should be close to a thousand years old. However, it seemed that there was still no hope for his Primordial Spirit.
"Shi Xuan, you've been gone for a total of 133 years. If not for the fact that your name in the sect's jade booklet has not changed, Lao Dao would have thought that you had perished outside." When Zhang Zhengyan saw that Shi Xuan had returned, he showed a gratified expression. "As expected, Lady Yu's matter is not so easy to settle."
After returning to the sect, Shi Xuan felt relaxed. There was no need for him to plan or plan at every step. He smiled lightly and said, "Fortunately, I did not disappoint you. I've already settled this matter. I also have some other gains that I'm preparing to exchange for the sect."
Sect Leader Zhang said with a smile, "The gains that caught your eye, Shi Xuan, should not be too bad. It must be hard for you to still remember the sect." At Shi Xuan's current level, the sect's Karma points were no longer of much use. They might not necessarily have what he needed, and some were basically unnecessary. So on the surface, he was exchanging for the sect, but in reality, he was helping the sect.
Shi Xuan placed all the spiritual weapons in his storage pouch in the air. There were nearly forty of them, including mirrors, banners, swords, sabers, needles, and so on. Most of them came from the ten or so Jindan Grandmaster who came to kill him when he was preaching to Zhushan. The other half came from Yun Congyue's storage pouch.
Even with Sect Leader Zhang's vast experience, he was a little surprised. Then, he touched his white eyebrows and joked, "Shi Xuan, which sect's magic weapon tower did you rob? Or which trading company's main store? Haha, not bad. The sect's East-coming Purple Qi Tower just happens to have about twenty spiritual weapons. Hmm, it's good that you have such a huge gain. "
Sect Leader Zhang was very satisfied with Shi Xuan's gains. He even had a higher opinion of Shi Xuan's strength.
Shi Xuan put away the spiritual weapons and prepared to send them to East-coming Purple Qi Tower later. But then he thought of something else. After some consideration, Shi Xuan said to Sect Leader Zhang, "I have a bigger gain, but I don't know if I should give it to the sect." Shi Xuan was afraid that the outer path Primordial Spirit Method would affect the Daoist Heart of the high-level cultivators in the sect. But if he didn't say it, he would not feel at ease if he watched the elders die.
The outer path Primordial Spirit Method that came from Li Huaiyuan had been temporarily suppressed by Shi Xuan because it was related to the Shenhuang Great World. Now, it was mixed with the Seven Immortals Great World's Primordial Spirit Method and given it to the sect.
Sect Leader Zhang smiled nonchalantly and said, "Shi Xuan, if you want to hand it over, just hand it over. You only need to ask yourself. The sect won't force you. Our Penglai still has this bit of magnanimity." Even if it was a transcendent artifact, Penglai handled it the same way.
Shi Xuan had already made up his mind. He took out eight jade slips and said, "These are the outer path Primordial Spirit Method that I have obtained."
Hearing Shi Xuan's words, Sect Leader Zhang was startled. The hand that was touching his long white eyebrow trembled slightly. He actually pinched off one of his eyebrows. But Sect Leader Zhang also came to his senses. Looking at the long eyebrow in his hand, he laughed self-mockingly and said, "Lao Dao has lost his composure."
Shi Xuan could understand the mentality of a cultivator like Sect Leader Zhang, who had been lingering in the Yin Spirit stage for many years. So his expression did not change. He said, "If I hadn't just entered the Yin Spirit stage, I'm afraid I would have behaved the same way."
"Back then, Immortal said that with Lao Dao's character and temperament, staying in the sect to temper himself was the best way to find the opportunity to enter the Hidden Latch of Life and Death. But in the blink of an eye, seven or eight hundred years have passed. Lao Dao is still mediocre. His behavior just now shows that Lao Dao's temperament is not firm enough." Sect Leader Zhang sighed.
Then he waved his hand and said, "Take it to Tianya Haijiao Tower and hand it over to Grandmaster Lin. I'm afraid that if I say a few more words, Lao Dao's willpower will weaken and he will look at these outer path Primordial Spirit Methods."
Shi Xuan had no choice but to leave respectfully. When he was about to leave the hall, Sect Leader Zhang remembered Immortal's instructions and said, "After you rest for a few days, remember to go to Immortal's place. To achieve the Primordial Spirit, you need to do it in one go."
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On the way to Tianya Haijiao Tower, Shi Xuan met many Inner Sanctum disciples. They all looked unfamiliar. They also felt that Shi Xuan was quite unfamiliar and looked at Shi Xuan frequently. However, none of them could recognize the glorious and famous Shi Xuan of the past. Just like when Yong Xiang left, time flowed like water and covered up his reputation.
As soon as he stepped into Tianya Haijiao Tower, he heard the Inner Sanctum disciple who was on duty here say respectfully to a cultivator who seemed to be in his thirties, "Uncle-Master Chi, here's your jade slip."
The calm middle-aged cultivator was about to take the jade slip when he habitually looked over because someone had come in. Suddenly, his eyes froze and his expression froze. It was only when Shi Xuan nodded and smiled at him that he came back to his senses. He did not care about the jade slip and solemnly bowed to Shi Xuan, "Zhengde greets Uncle-Master Shi Xuan."
Looking at Chi Zhengde, who had matured a lot and looked more manly than before, Shi Xuan sighed and said, "I didn't expect to meet you here, Zhengde. Is Senior Brother Xie doing well?"
"Master is doing well. He went into closed-door cultivation after he advanced to the Yin Master level more than seventy years ago." Because the Inner Sanctum disciple was here, Chi Zhengde answered according to the sect's standard explanation. In any case, Uncle-Master Shi must know what was going on.
Shi Xuan nodded and looked at Chi Zhengde, "You're not bad. You've already perfected your spirit. Strive to achieve a high-grade Jindan one day so that you can live up to your Master's expectations. By the way, where's Caibo? "
"My sister is the same as Zhengde. She's been lingering at the perfected spirit for nearly sixty years. That's why she couldn't sit still. After asking for some advice, she went out to look for opportunities." Chi Zhengde's expression was bitter. It seemed that he was stuck at this step and it was very difficult.
Shi Xuan said gently, "Opportunities are very important in the path of Jindan. Don't stay in the sect. Go out and experience the world. Only then will you have a chance."
"Disciple thanks Uncle-Master Shi Xuan for your advice." Chi Zhengde bowed and thanked Shi Xuan, then said, "This time, disciple is here to ask for advice and exchange some Formation Jade Slips." Asking for advice was naturally referring to Linló Zhenren Lin who was upstairs.
After a few more words of greeting, Shi Xuan went up to the second floor.
The Inner Sanctum disciple saw Shi Xuan leave and asked Chi Zhengde curiously, "Uncle-Master Chi, who is this senior? Why haven't disciple seen him before? "
Chi Zhengde's mood suddenly improved. He laughed and said, "He's an influential figure more than a hundred years ago. It's a pity that your grandfather wasn't even born at that time, so naturally you haven't heard of him. Go to the sect's ancient books and find him yourself."
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On the second floor, there was a young woman with black hair that cascaded down like a waterfall. Her eyes, eyebrows, mouth, nose, ears, and other facial features were all incomparably beautiful when looked at separately, but when put together, they brought about a grand and majestic atmosphere. When people saw her, they would only notice this majestic and grand beauty, and they would rarely be surprised by her exquisite appearance.
Linló, dressed in an emerald green robe, was attentively reading the eight Primordial Spirit cultivation methods that Shi Xuan gave her. The first one she looked at was the one about Earth Pole Zhenren. She frowned slightly, then switched to a few more, and her beautiful eyebrows furrowed deeper and deeper. It was not until she saw the Mystic Sun Real Spirit Controlling Jade Book that she slightly relaxed. After that, the Celestial Phenomenon Natural Spirit Cultivation Method and the cultivation method to achieve Primordial Spirit with the help of magic treasures made her nod, and her frown completely disappeared.
"The first few cultivation methods …" Linló was about to comment on the first few cultivation methods, but when he remembered that the junior disciple opposite him had worked hard to collect these cultivation methods for the sect, he really couldn't dampen his enthusiasm, so he changed his tone, "After mastering them, it's really worse than death. But the last three cultivation methods are very good. If you only seek longevity, you can even surpass the orthodox Taoism, and are much stronger than the first few cultivation methods."
"Like the Golden Body Sutra, it's really superfluous. It's obvious that it uses incense to condense the golden body and then integrates the real spirit into it. This is the orthodox Shinto method, but it just has to start from scratch and create a new Dharma Form. The two are in constant conflict. In my opinion, if the incense continues to grow, it will definitely go crazy in less than ten thousand years …" As soon as Linló spoke, he no longer avoided commenting on the first few cultivation methods. His voice was soft and beautiful, and it had the opposite charm with his majestic appearance.
After commenting on the five cultivation methods, Linló then looked at Shi Xuan and said, "So don't think that they can achieve longevity, it's really not a small problem. You must bear this in mind." It turned out that he was afraid that Shi Xuan wouldn't be able to strengthen his Taoist Heart, so he pointed out the shortcomings of these cultivation methods in front of him.
"Zhenren Lin, please be at ease. I only seek the Great Dao, these cultivation methods will not blind my Taoist Heart. I'm very clear about their shortcomings, but the stones of other mountains can be used to improve jade, and I've also learned a lot from them, which is very helpful to my cultivation, "Shi Xuan said slowly and unhurriedly.
Linló was slightly surprised, and looked at Shi Xuan with slight admiration, "I originally thought that you have today's cultivation because of Lady Yu's cultivation method, but your Taoist Heart is really firm, it's really beyond my expectations. It seems that just listening to others and not seeing it with your own eyes will really be biased, I'm really sorry. " Linló frankly admitted some of the superficial views he had about Shi Xuan before, and he didn't care about his identity and directly apologized.
"Zhenren Lin also loves your disciple, what's wrong with that?" Although Linló had looked down on Shi Xuan before, everything he did was from the bottom of his heart, so Shi Xuan didn't mind at all.
Linló nodded and continued, "Actually, this' Black Sun True Spirit Jade Book 'may also have a lot of side effects. With the dharma as the main, and the true spirit as the auxiliary, I'm afraid there's the worry of losing one's nature, and being infected by the dharma that comes from the will of heaven and earth. So, among these Primordial Spirit cultivation methods, I suggest that we keep the 'Natural Spirit Cultivation Method with Celestial Phenomenon' and the secret method of using magic treasures to achieve Primordial Spirit, and leave some other valuable formations. What do you think? "
"Zhenren handled it appropriately, I have no objections. It's just that I have some friends who want to take the path of Primordial Spirit outside, can I teach them these two Cultivation Methods? "Shi Xuan asked.
Linló smiled gently, like a hundred flowers blooming. "These two Cultivation Methods were brought to the sect by you, so they still belong to you. How you want to deal with them is up to you, and the Karma points won't be missing. Even if you don't want them for the time being, you can use them to exchange for Yang God Immortal's help in the future."
"By the way, does Sect Leader Zhang know about these Primordial Spirit cultivation methods outside?" Linló saw that Shi Xuan was about to leave, so he asked casually.
Shi Xuan said, "It was Sect Leader Zhang who asked me to come here."
"Oh, how did he react?" Linló restrained his expression and asked solemnly.
Shi Xuan described Sect Leader Zhang's reaction. After listening, Linló sighed slightly. "What a pity."
