Chapter 174: Chapter 174: Mid-Rank Immortal-Level Movement Technique “Drunken Fairy Gazing Moon Step
“Fourth junior brother is about to reach the Dao Palace realm,”
Senior brother Lin Qingzhi personally served as the protector for his junior brother Shen Xiaoyao, to prevent him from straying into demonic cultivation.
Lin Qingzhi’s worries were unnecessary, as Shen Xiaoyao was enveloped by the power of the sun, with his Pure Yang Body impervious to all evil, it was impossible for him to stray into demonic cultivation.
“Now our disciples from Qingyun Peak can beat most of the Mount Shu elders!”
Lu Qinglian took Shen Xiaoyao to challenge the other peaks’ elders and disciples.
With Shen Xiaoyao also in the Dao Palace realm, and joining hands with Lu Qinglian, it’s estimated that more Mount Shu elders will have headaches.
One with a Martial King Divine Physique, and the other with a Pure Yang Body, both now in the Dao Palace realm, the Mount Shu elders of the same realm are simply no match for them.
Mo Huazhi, dressed in a fairy dress and holding a scroll, was sitting in a pavilion reading books, accumulating talent.
Whereas Ji Xuan was practicing Demon Race Skills, expansive with Demonic Qi.
But when Ji Xuan’s Demonic Qi encountered the range of Shen Xiaoyao’s Pure Yang Body, it melted away like snow meeting sunlight.
“Can a Pure Yang Body suppress a Demon God Physique?”
Lu Changsheng, having successfully reconstructed the Tiangang Sword Formation, rode his Flying Sword back to Qingyun Peak, discovering that his fourth disciple was challenging the Dao Palace realm and that the Pure Yang Body’s masculine energy could neutralize the Demonic Qi of the Demon God Physique.
Lu Changsheng had worried that he wouldn’t be able to control the Demon God Physique once it achieved Great Accomplishment, but it seemed that Shen Xiaoyao, with his Pure Yang Body, could suppress Ji Xuan with the Demon God Physique.
Everything in creation relates to each other in growth and restraint.
“Shen Xiaoyao has stepped into the Dao Palace realm,”
Lu Changsheng felt that Shen Xiaoyao’s aura was completely renewed.
[Ding, your fourth disciple Shen Xiaoyao has advanced in cultivation from Nascent Soul Realm to Dao Palace realm. You have received a disciple realm advancement reward: Heaven Rank mid-grade Cultivation Technique “Cloud Ascension Ladder.”]
As Shen Xiaoyao broke through to the Dao Palace realm, the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator returned a mid-grade Heaven Rank Cultivation Technique.
This is a technique for enhancing agility, for dodging attacks and escaping.
Lu Changsheng skimmed through this technique, and with his current cultivation, plus the Innate Taoist Body, practicing the “Cloud Ascension Ladder” wouldn’t be difficult.
“I can totally take a month or two to practice the ‘Cloud Ascension Ladder’ and improve my agility. Or, in the future, I could reward it to Shen Xiaoyao, maybe even upgrade to a top-grade Heaven Rank agility art, or even an Immortal Rank agility art.”
“Even if I acquire an Immortal Rank agility art in the future, having this technique as a foundation would allow for rapid mastery.”
If an agility-type Cultivation Technique is cultivated to Great Accomplishment, one can move unimpeded through a sea of flowers without a single leaf sticking to the body, completely untouchable by the enemy.
Lu Changsheng added the “Cloud Ascension Ladder” to his repertoire of techniques to cultivate.
“Master.”
The disciples greeted Lu Changsheng with a salute upon his return to Qingyun Peak.
“Master, I have finally entered the Dao Palace realm. From now on, I can follow Master to vanquish demons and defeat the Great Demon Sects!”
Shen Xiaoyao opened his eyes, and after stepping into the Dao Palace realm, his Pure Yang Body was like the sun, not scorching but instead bringing a warm feeling to all present.
Shen Xiaoyao withdrew his aura, and only then did junior sister Ji Xuan feel more comfortable.
Ji Xuan’s Demon God Physique was still fearful of the Pure Yang Body.
Special physiques have their growths and constraints among one another.
“Your advancement is a cause for celebration, but the Great Demon Sects are far beyond your current strength to deal with. You must continue to practice diligently in the future,”
Lu Changsheng, after carefully observing the sword cliff on Ten Thousand Swords Peak, had broadened his horizons. Elders in the Dao Palace realm were not the main force in the conflicts between the six major sects and the Great Demon Sects.
“Disciple will keep this in mind,”
Shen Xiaoyao nodded earnestly.
He had followed Lu Changsheng to Huang State and had seen the strength of Demon Generals; he knew that entering the Dao Palace Realm was just the beginning.
“As my disciple, follow me to the back mountain; I will impart to you a new cultivation technique.”
Lu Changsheng intended to impart the “Cloud Ascension Ladder” to Shen Xiaoyao.
Shen Xiaoyao had a Wind Spirit Root, which made him extremely suitable for practicing agility-focused cultivation techniques.
“For now, there’s no need to impart a new technique to replace the Earth Rank high-grade ‘True Manual of Storms’ and Heaven Rank high-grade swordsmanship ‘Ten Thousand Swords Art’ that my disciple has not yet perfected. Let him learn the ‘Cloud Ascension Ladder’ first.”
Lu Changsheng took out a cultivation manual with the characters for “Cloud Ascension Ladder” inscribed on it in ancient seal script, dancing like dragons and phoenixes.
While teaching the disciple Cloud Ascension Ladder, it was a good opportunity for Lu Changsheng to practice it himself.
Lu Changsheng possessed an Innate Taoist Body, which allowed him to comprehend things far more quickly than those with a Pure Yang Body.
The special thing about the Pure Yang Body was its impenetrability to all evil and its ability to utilize the power of the sun for combat. Its vigor was robust, carrying an overwhelming sense of integrity and restraining various heretical techniques.
However, an Innate Taoist Body is a body meant for Path Comprehension, which allowed one to learn any skill faster than a peerless genius.
Thus, Lu Changsheng improvised, learning while teaching.
Just as his disciple Shen Xiaoyao barely began to grasp it, Lu Changsheng had already mastered the second level of Cloud Ascension Ladder.
[Ding, you have imparted the Heaven Rank medium-grade technique “Cloud Ascension Ladder” to your disciple Shen Xiaoyao and received a Disciple Apprenticeship reward returned a hundred thousandfold: a Heaven Rank medium-grade technique “Drunken Fairy Gazing Moon Step”.]
It wasn’t a Heaven Rank high-grade technique but a Heaven Rank agility technique—and a Heaven Rank medium-grade one at that!
Lu Changsheng was taken aback.
This teaching experience went exceptionally well, returning a Heaven Rank cultivation technique directly.
This was the first Heaven Rank medium-grade cultivation technique Lu Changsheng had received.
The probability of receiving a reward as a Heaven Rank medium-grade cultivation technique was extremely low…
If the “Drunken Fairy Gazing Moon Step” was brought to Great Perfection, even without fighting back, how many could injure him in the Void Refinement Realm?
“Directly cultivating the ‘Drunken Fairy Gazing Moon Step’ might prove too difficult for me. It would be better to bring ‘Cloud Ascension Ladder’ to Great Perfection first and then start working on ‘Drunken Fairy Gazing Moon Step’.”
Lu Changsheng put away “Drunken Fairy Gazing Moon Step,” saving it for future cultivation.
Lu Changsheng and Shen Xiaoyao practiced the “Cloud Ascension Ladder” together, with Lu continually bestowing various elixir pills and Flying Swords.
In less than two months, Lu Changsheng’s “Cloud Ascension Ladder” reached Great Perfection.
With the foundation of Cloud Ascension Ladder in place, Lu Changsheng began to practice “Drunken Fairy Gazing Moon Step.”
“Drunken Fairy Gazing Moon Step” was hundreds of times more difficult than “Cloud Ascension Ladder,” but because Lu Changsheng was born with an Innate Taoist Body, he managed to comprehend it after just one month.
“Master’s agility technique is like a ghost’s; I can’t land a hit despite attacking with all my might,” Shen Xiaoyao remarked as he saw his master Lu Changsheng perform an unseen set of movements, his form elusive and his presence difficult to track.
“Drunken Fairy Gazing Moon Step” had no fixed steps; it emphasized unconstrained motion, unpredictable to foes and carried out as the heart desired.
“The highest realm of this technique contains the Space Law, allowing short-range spatial shifts and teleportation to torment an opponent,” said Lu Changsheng, who had only just begun but was already looking forward to reaching Great Perfection.
If cultivated to a very high level, “Drunken Fairy Gazing Moon Step” would enable repetitive shifting within a confined space.
After having passed on the Cloud Ascension Ladder, Lu Changsheng left Shen Xiaoyao to his own cultivation and went to comprehend swordsmanship. “Once you have mastered the ‘True Manual of Storms,’ come to find me, and I will impart to you the Heaven Rank high-grade technique ‘Immortal Wind Cloud Body Art.’”
“I will master the True Manual of Storms as soon as possible,” said the disciple.