Chapter 398: Chapter 31: The Supreme Reveals the Secret Treasury of Scriptures
Not long after, guided by Jian Qin’s art calculation, the others also returned from the Lianshan treasury.
This time, the Master of Xuan Du did not inquire about their gains.
Or rather, no matter what they had acquired, it paled in comparison to Luo Yan’s Postnatal Five Elements Great Extermination Divine Light.
After returning to Yuqing View, the Master of Xuan Du and Elder Shi Ding called Luo Yan to the inner hall to ask for details.
Luo Yan recounted his experience in the East Sea Pavilion, saying that as soon as he pulled out the Jade Slip in the secret chamber and his divine sense barely touched it, the Jade Slip transformed into five-colored specks of light that entered his Sea of Consciousness.
What followed was the cultivation method for the Five Elements Extinguishing Divine Light.
“Those five-colored specks should be the true veins of the Postnatal Five Elements,” the Master of Xuan Du said with a sigh, “Without these Five Elements True Veins, even if one had the method of cultivation, they would not be able to practice the Five Elements Divine Light.”
“Indeed,” Elder Shi Ding also said with relief, “The Postnatal Five Elements Ultimate Extermination Divine Light is undoubtedly a secret Immortal Sect technique, and it is only in a secret place like the Lianshan treasury that one has an extremely slim chance of obtaining it. Luo Yan, you have truly stumbled upon a great opportunity.”
“Thanks to my master’s blessings, I too was very surprised,” Luo Yan said sincerely.
In reality, the Five Elements Divine Light was something he had obtained by chance due to a mistake within the East Sea Pavilion… This was, after all, akin to exploiting a BUG—a matter he couldn’t explain to Elder Shi Ding (How could a Pavilion give away Immortal Laws? How did you exploit this BUG?), thus he had to keep it concealed until now.
Now, with the opportunity provided by the Lianshan treasury, he could finally ‘launder’ this secret technique, and from now on, he could use it openly and legitimately!
As for the real Jade Slip he acquired from the Lianshan treasury, Luo Yan had not yet had time to study it closely, preferring to deal with his master and sect leader for the time being.
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Elder Shi Ding and the Master of Xuan Du continued to ask many detailed questions.
When Luo Yan described the cultivation of this Daoist magic as requiring one to refine Qi into Gang before infusing the Postnatal Five Elements True Veins into the Yuan Magnetic Gang Qi, the Master of Xuan Du immediately wrote a note for Luo Yan to go to the Divine Elixir Pavilion to get an elixir called “Yuan Magnetic True Ultimate Pill.”
As the name implies, it helps cultivators refine the Yuan Magnetic Gang Qi and remove old metal injuries from their bodies.
Luo Yan took the note, feeling somewhat helpless inside: I’ve been cultivating the Postnatal Five Elements Ultimate Extermination Divine Light for so many years, what use do I have for this “Yuan Magnetic True Ultimate Pill”?
Oh well, why not take it if it’s offered for free.
After bidding his master and sect leader farewell, Luo Yan went out, only to see Shi Liuli waiting outside.
“Little Junior Brother!” She rushed over and hugged Luo Yan, curiously asking, “Is the Postnatal Five Elements Ultimate Extermination Divine Light really that powerful? I read in ancient texts that once one cultivates this Immortal Law, anything that doesn’t fall within the Five Elements, as long as it is swept by the Five Elements Divine Light, will immediately lose its spirituality!”
“That’s the Innate Five Elements Great Chaos Divine Light,” Luo Yan quickly clarified. “The Postnatal Five Elements Divine Light isn’t that powerful, at most it only restrains any flying swords, Magical Treasures, and Daoist Magic not derived from the Five Elements.”
“Really?” Shi Liuli asked, her interest piqued, “Can I learn it too?”
“This…” Luo Yan could only repeat that cultivating the Five Elements Divine Light required the Five Elements True Veins, “The Five Elements True Veins were automatically bestowed into my body when I encountered the Jade Slip, I’m afraid I can’t lend it to you, Senior Sister.”
“No matter,” Shi Liuli waved her hand generously, “I’ll look for the Five Elements True Veins myself next time.”
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You don’t know how hard it is to find the Five Elements True Veins of Acquired Nature… Luo Yan thought, but he didn’t burst An Zhisu’s bubble; instead, he asked:
“What Immortal Law has Sister acquired this time? It must be something rare and powerful again, right? Your brother here is green with envy.”
“You guessed right,” Shi Liuli said with a giggle, “The Daoist Magic I’ve obtained is called the ‘Southern Dipper Galaxy Secret Technique.’ At its advanced levels, it is said to have the power to ‘tear open the skies and seal the earth, call forth the sun and summon the moon.’ If you want to learn it, I can teach you.”
“Thank you, Sister,” Luo Yan replied, genuinely moved.
Although Miss Shi was usually lazy, capricious, lacked perseverance, and was fickle in her endeavors, every time it came to such matters, she always showed the generosity and straightforwardness of a wealthy lady.
However, he had enough secret techniques of his own, whether it was the Five Thunder True Law or the Five Elements Extinguishing Divine Light, each required a great deal of time to study. There was no need to learn another such as the Southern Dipper Galaxy Secret Technique—it was clearly meant to complement Shi Liuli’s Qi Refining Technique, the ‘Five Latitudes Heavenly Secret Record,’ both relating to Stellar Longitude Force and mutually reinforcing one another. Learning them separately wouldn’t form a system and would be meaningless.
So, in the following days, Luo Yan pretended to refine the Primordial Magnetic Gang Qi, and then refined the Five Elements True Veins, and eventually managed to “initially” wield the Five Elements Ultimate Extermination Divine Light.
Upon seeing the Five Elements Divine Light, Elder Shi Ding was extremely satisfied and had several secret discussions with Luo Yan, subtly implying to him, “The value of this Immortal Law is so great that it could be passed down as a lineage.”
Luo Yan, of course, understood the deeper meaning of his master’s words and very tactfully responded that once he took over Heavenly Craft Workshop, the Five Elements Extinguishing Divine Light would become an “integral part” of the Heavenly Craft Workshop’s lineage and would be passed on to his chosen successor of the Workshop.
Elder Shi Ding was greatly comforted.
Although he suspected that by the time his disciple Luo Yan chose the next successor, he himself would either have ascended or perished, the thought that such an Immortal Law would enhance the power of successive masters of Heavenly Craft Workshop filled him with immense joy and satisfaction.
After all, Heavenly Craft Workshop was best known for the Path of Artifact Refining, with other techniques being so triflingly useless. The most typical example was the Qi Refining Technique ‘Three Flowers Gathering Spirit,’ which was so mediocre in efficiency that it couldn’t even measure up to many Loose Cultivators’ Qi Refining Techniques.
With the Five Elements Ultimate Extermination Divine Light in hand, who would dare to say that Heavenly Craft Workshop comprises only craftsmen?!
After parting with Elder Shi Ding, Luo Yan returned to his quarters to study the Jade Slip he had brought back from the Lianshan Treasure Vault.
This Jade Slip was titled ‘Supreme Secret Treasury Scripture,’ describing some kind of “profound secret technique.” Every word was like a pearl, and every sentence held a secret. Even for Luo Yan, with his ability to grasp thousands of details from a single piece of information, reading it was a struggle.
After reading the entire text several times, Luo Yan finally had an epiphany; this Secret Scripture contained a miraculous technique that seemed to be the legendary method for creating an External Incarnation!
As the story goes, Ling Yunpo, at the Eastern Emperor Boundary Gate, managed to persuade the last Sun Sword Master, Ouyang Zhao, with his eloquent words to set the terms for returning the Sun True Obscure Sword, in exchange for a treasure promised by the ancestor of the Guan Family—a treasure called the Azure Spirit Divine Bead, which could be used to cultivate an External Incarnation.
But with the rare material at hand and no method of refinement, it would be useless.
Ling Yunpo and An Zhisu inquired extensively and learned that, compared to the Azure Spirit Divine Bead, the method for refining an External Incarnation was even rarer.
The reason was simple: if the specific method for refining your External Incarnation were known to others, they could deduce the weaknesses of your Incarnation. With this information, they could employ corresponding secret techniques to suppress your Incarnation in battle or even turn the tables and seize it for themselves.
Hence, throughout history, the number of Cultivators with External Incarnations documented in the annals did not exceed the number of fingers on a hand, and not a single one had ever passed down the method of their Incarnation’s refinement…
Whether or not the ancestor of the Guan Family possessed the method of refinement remained unknown. However, knowing this, even if the ancestor of the Guan Family were willing to provide it, Ling Yunpo would not dare to accept it—that would be tantamount to directly handing over the lifeline of his External Incarnation to the Guan Family ancestor.
Having obtained the ‘Supreme Secret Treasury Scripture’ this time, Luo Yan felt like he had found a priceless treasure. During the day, he practiced combat with Miss Shi, and at night he shut himself away to study the Scripture, determined to refine his External Incarnation before the Great Contest at White Jade Capital!
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