If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

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Dou Gengyan became increasingly resentful.

However, she could also see the sincerity on her friend's face and hear the worry in her tone.

She felt resentful, but also warmed by the warmth in her heart.

“You have no idea about the foundation and methods of my South Sea Sword Sect. Even if you were lucky enough to kill Huang An, even if you are better than me in the art of divination today, you have no right to look down on my master and me.”

Xiao Yu pouted and said, "What's there not to understand? The foundation of your South Sea Sword Sect is just a broken wall."
In the past, Cihang Daoren was reincarnated in the Western Regions' Xinglin Kingdom after undergoing a tribulation, and became a princess named Miaoshan.

When Princess Miaoshan practiced swordsmanship, she left sword marks on the courtyard wall that contained the essence of her own Dao.

The palace maids who served her moved that broken wall to the South China Sea, where they established the South China Sea Sword Sect.

She even deliberately tried to piggyback on the fame of Guanyin Bodhisattva by adding "Luojia Mountain" before "Sword Sect."

Dou Gengyan was startled again, "After you came to Shenzhou, you inquired about me and my master everywhere?"

Xiao Yu curled her lips again, a faint disdain on her face, "The Xuanmen Daoist sects of Shenzhou are divided into two categories: the upper and lower sects. There are thirty-six upper sect immortal sects and seventy-two lower sect Daoist sects. Your South Sea Sword Sect is not even in the same league."

I roam freely across the land, facing only high-level immortal sects like the Shenxiao Sect and the Shangqing Sect. Where would I find out about your South Sea Sword Sect?
However, the Great Qin Treasury was indeed all-encompassing.

Even small overseas sects like the South China Sea Sword Sect have detailed records.

Inside the library, there is a special book storage area called "The Gate of the Three Realms".

The immortal sects of the Three Realms are further divided into several major categories, such as the Taiyi Mystic Sect, the Ancient Loose Immortals, the Side Sects, the Left Path, the Evil Path, the Demonic Path, and the Lingshan Buddhist Sect.
The South Sea Sword Sect belongs to the category of "Overseas Immortal Island - South Sea Side Sect".

Although it is classified as a "side path", its overall evaluation is not bad.

Because the South China Sea Sword Sect does indeed have some connection with Mount Luojia.

Dou Gengyan's face turned pale. He stood up, pointed at her, and shouted, "Let's go outside and have a swordsmanship contest!"
"Today I'm going to show you whether my South Sea Sword Sect is truly inferior!"

—Your master has been subjected to dozens of methods, various poses, and all sorts of humiliation by me, and you still want to fight me with swords? I don't want to ruin our friendship.

Xiao Yu muttered to herself, then waved her hand and said, "Look at you, you really are a hastily made Earth Immortal. You lose your composure so easily. Have you never even practiced the method of refining the mind?"

Dou Gengyan took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart, and slowly returned to his chair, coldly saying, "My sword heart is clear and pure, free from any impurity, and I have reached the realm of an Arhat."

"Indeed, it was achieved quickly. Your Arhat state of mind is rather superficial! Ten years ago, less than half a year after we parted, I already had a 'half-Buddha's mind,' a mind as clear as a mirror, which I constantly wiped clean to prevent it from being stained by dust."

"Now, I'm almost a Buddha~~ Hehehe~~" Xiaoyu smiled smugly and happily, and deliberately teased her with her eyes.

Dou Gengyan was so angry that he almost couldn't suppress his rage.

"If you don't have the good fortune to steal the Queen Mother of the West's peaches of immortality, you won't even be an immortal."

Xiao Yu laughed and said, "The Ten Fiends of the West, can you defeat them?"

Dou Gengyan said in a deep voice, "It's not impossible. Besides, you used tricks to ambush the Black Dragon Demon King that day."

"Look at you, you don't have an objective and clear understanding of the enemy or yourself, yet you still try to learn from others and come to Shenzhou Fulongting."

"Go back to the South China Sea. Don't come down the mountain unless you have ten thousand years of cultivation," Xiao Yu said.

"I came to Shenzhou not just to support the Dragon Court, but to avenge my father and the people of Xilu!" Dou Gengyan said.

Xiaoyu said, "Your father only hopes that you will become an immortal. What does Xilu have to do with you? Your father is just a prime minister, not the king."

“You keep criticizing me, but what about yourself? Do you know that I came to see you tonight to advise you to understand the ways of the world and the principles of life, so that you don’t get stuck in this quagmire of Xianyang?”

Dou Gengyan stared into her eyes and said, "No matter how you try to persuade me, you can't change the fact that I am following the will of Heaven, while you are going against it."

I am not fighting alone.

There were countless anti-Qin uprisings across the land.

Even though I may have shortcomings in some areas, we are a whole, we can complement each other's weaknesses, and together we are invincible.

And you? How many Celestial Masters are left in the Imperial Observatory? How many immortals are left in the tyrannical Qin Dynasty?

If you really became some ancient Grand Tutor, you would be even more miserable than Grand Tutor Wen back then.

Grand Tutor Wen has many helpers, but you are all alone, surrounded and attacked by all the virtuous immortals in the world. How tragic!

Xiao Yu shook her head and said, "You don't understand me, nor do you understand the wonders of the Grand Tutor of Qin."

Dou Gengyan said calmly, "Don't be arrogant. I understand you, and others understand you too."

You wouldn't do anything without a reason; you must have gained some great benefit from the position of Grand Tutor to be persuaded by Meng Zhenjun.

For example, Qin Shi Huang, that treacherous villain, searched the entire world and collected treasures and manuals.

But you don't realize that compared to the dangers you're about to face, those benefits are nothing but a pittance.

That's bait on the fishing hook.

It would be truly foolish to take the bait.

Xiaoyu looked relaxed and said, "Tell me, what dangers are there?"

Dou Gengyan remained silent for a long while before asking, "Do you know the purpose of my trip to Xianyang?"

"Come and catch up with me?" Xiaoyu asked with a smile.

Dou Gengyan rolled his eyes and said, "After I became an immortal, I did have the thought of returning to the Xisha Region to find you."

On this trip to China, I look forward to meeting you in Xianyang.

But I'm not alone; meeting you was just something I happened to be doing.

We have another purpose in coming to Xianyang.

One of the main objectives was to unite all parties and discuss again whether or not to help you ascend to the position of Grand Tutor of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty.

Note that it is to discuss 'again'.

They had previously reached a consensus, agreeing that if they wanted to harm you, they would make you the Grand Tutor of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty.

Just a few days ago, Meng Zhenjun resigned and passed away, and you made a name for yourself in the True Form Diagram incident.

The gods were shocked, and the Qi cultivators of the Nine Provinces were even more astonished.

Some panicked, some hesitated, and some even hoped you wouldn't become Grand Tutor and would take back the True Form Diagram sooner.

Xiao Yu said, "Aren't you all being too presumptuous? Do you think the important matters of the Qin Dynasty can be swayed by your own desires?"

"If you're so capable, why don't you just conquer Xianyang and behead Empress Dowager Zhao?"

Dou Gengyan smiled contemptuously and asked, "At today's court assembly, were there many people standing on the side of the Grand Commandant, openly challenging Li Si?"
The other half of the civil and military officials stood on the sidelines without saying a word.

Do you know how many of them were bribed by the immortals and sects who hate you?

Xiaoyu shook her head and said, "You are too naive, you underestimate politics, and you underestimate me too much."

Instead of wasting time and energy on such useless things, it's better to go home, cultivate your inner energy and spirit, and increase your spiritual power. That way, you can increase your chances of survival in the impending calamity.

"How could they be useless? They were very useful! They did indeed bribe and persuade many powerful and influential figures of the Qin Dynasty."

Today in the court, the faction supporting you is so powerful, entirely because your enemies are helping you.

"But it's clear they'll never genuinely want what's best for you," Dou Gengyan said.

Xiao Yu said calmly, "The only thing that can stop me from becoming the Grand Tutor of Qin is my own will."

The only reason I could become the Grand Tutor of Qin was because of interests that could sway me. You should really learn how the title of 'Prime Minister of Western Shu' came about.”

"Prime Minister of Western Shu"

Dou Gengyan was taken aback, and said with a strange expression, "You were so arrogant and domineering in Western Shu, and you can still act recklessly and bully others with force in Xianyang? I really can't believe that you would have such a foolish idea."

Xiaoyu glanced at her, stood up and said, "You look like a country bumpkin who just arrived in the city. I'll show you the world."

"Me, a country bumpkin? Don't forget where you come from, and don't forget who taught you basic cultivation knowledge!"

Dou Gengyan also stood up, intending to show her the world, but he was still unconvinced.

"You once said I couldn't become a human immortal!" Xiaoyu laughed.

“I mean—if there were no extraordinary encounters, you even ate the giant peach and became an immortal directly. What an incredible stroke of luck! I have nothing to say.”

"Hehe, have you ever eaten a peach? Do you know what a peach tastes like?" Xiaoyu said proudly.

Dou Gengyan didn't want her to be smug, but she was indeed very curious about the giant peach.

That is the number one spiritual root and the number one celestial treasure in the Three Realms!
"It's just like a regular peach, maybe sweeter and more ethereal," she said.

Xiaoyu gave her a disdainful look. "You're so ignorant! You don't even know that peaches are sour and salty?"

"What? The peaches are salty? How can there be salty peaches!" Dou Gengyan asked with a look of suspicion.

Xiao Yu pulled her hand and they disappeared underground. While doing so, they made up a bunch of lies, saying, "Human saliva is salty. Peaches are tasteless, but they make your mouth water. The meridians in your tongue and throat seem to be dancing, and it's as if a fountain has been dug in your mouth, with saliva flowing out in a rush."

Noticing Dou Gengyan unconsciously swallowing, she became more and more enthusiastic as she spoke, “As the saying goes, ‘Clear water in the Jade Pool nourishes the spiritual root; if one can cultivate it, it can endure.’”

The Golden Elixir can be used to make the Elixir of Immortality, also known as the "Jade Elixir of Immortality Technique".

The principle behind the claim that eating large, flat peaches can nourish and restore one's elixir is this.

"His mouth is like a fountain, drooling all over you, it sounds disgusting," Dou Gengyan said.

"I'm just using a metaphor to help you understand what it feels like to eat a peach. It's normal for the juice to flow everywhere, and you need to keep sucking the juice, but it's not like you're actually holding a fountain in your mouth."

Xiaoyu's earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of escape technique) speed is very fast, and her Grand Tutor's Mansion is not far from Zhangtai Palace.

In the time it takes to say a few words, she has already led Dou Gengyan into a dense aura of dragon energy.

"How does it feel?"

Dou Gengyan said, "The dragon energy is too strong, which is very uncomfortable. I cannot use my Taoist techniques, and it is also difficult to circulate my magic power."

"As expected of the Divine Land of China! The dragon vein of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty is dead, yet its dragon energy still possesses such power. I am an immortal!"

Xiao Yu didn't even need to perform hand seals or chant incantations; with just a thought, the dragon energy in front of him automatically opened a passage.

"The true form of the gods of the four rivers and five mountains, which they have been longing for, is right here."

Upon entering the treasure map room, Dou Gengyan saw another Yu Fengxian.

She looked at her with a smile, emanating an ethereal and vast aura that seemed inhuman.

Dou Gengyan felt both close and oppressed. "The one who went to Zhangtai Palace to attend the court assembly was indeed not the real you."

"Oh, you can distinguish my spirit body? You shouldn't have that ability."

When Xiaoyu spoke her first words, her body floated back two zhang (approximately 6.6 meters) and transformed into a tall mountain.

Then the mountain dissipated into a cloud of air, which condensed into a mighty river, from which the sound drifted.

After saying that, she transformed back into Yu Fengxian.

Dou Gengyan suddenly realized something.

She understood what the inhuman, boundless aura emanating from her was.

She is not human; she is heaven and earth.

Facing her is like facing the universe itself.

"What kind of magic is this? I'm not talking about an external body." Dou Gengyan pointed at Xiaoyu's real body, which was constantly changing the shape of the mountains and rivers. "You must be cultivating some kind of strange immortal technique."

"This is my self-created Dao of 'Refining the Spirit and Transforming Through Wind and Water', isn't it amazing?" Xiao Yu said proudly.

Dou Gengyan couldn't stand her showing off and wanted to mock her on the spot.

Faced with the ever-changing famous mountains and rivers, the "Heaven and Earth Phoenix Fairy" could not utter a word against her conscience.

"Impressive! Is this the self-created Celestial Immortal Technique you mentioned? I feel it's much stronger than the Earth Immortal Technique, but the Celestial Immortal Technique shouldn't be something you could create."

Xiao Yu said, "It should not be among the five immortals of 'Heaven, Earth, Man, Ghost, and God,' but belongs to the ancient immortal arts."

It cultivates both Qi and spirit, but unlike the 'modern methods,' it doesn't follow the path of internal alchemy that unites body and mind.

Dou Gengyan frowned and said, "Ancient immortal techniques only seek longevity, and after achieving longevity, there is almost no path to follow. How one proceeds is entirely up to fate."

Your path may be powerful, but do you even know where it leads?

Before becoming an immortal, achieving longevity and immortality is the greatest dream of a Qi cultivator.

But once you become an immortal, the most important thing is not your cultivation or supernatural powers, but the path, that is, the direction.

Immortals fear losing their way the most.

Xiao Yu hesitated for a moment, but still said frankly, "To cultivate my immortal technique, you need to use the True Form Diagram."

First, he 'aligned himself with' the Five Sacred Mountains and Four Great Rivers, stealing their spirit and essence.

Then, taking the Five Sacred Mountains as Yang and the Four Great Rivers as Yin, the unity of Yin and Yang governs all the mountains and rivers under heaven.

Right now, I'm still practicing the Five Sacred Mountains and the Four Rivers.

Besides these, the Treasure Map Room also contains hundreds of true-to-life landscape paintings.

I have to refine them one by one, picture by picture.

We draw inspiration from their spirit and absorb the essence of heaven and earth from famous mountains and rivers.

I estimate that when I can evolve a complete divine land using my own original energy, the cultivation technique will be considered to have achieved minor success.

If it can evolve into the human world, it is considered a moderate achievement; if it can evolve into the Pangu world, it is considered a great achievement.

I don't know what immortal realms the Lesser Completion, Middle Completion, and Greater Completion levels correspond to.

I don't know if it has any special effects.

Anyway, my cultivation level is skyrocketing every day.

At this moment, relying solely on my cultivation level and disregarding supernatural powers, I could defeat three versions of myself when I first entered Xianyang.

"Your magic power has increased threefold? You ate the giant peach before!" Dou Gengyan exclaimed in shock.

What does it mean to triple the quality of the large flat peach?
Xiaoyu shook her head and said, "The enhancement of magic power and soul is only secondary."

The key lies in enhancing one's original Qi, bringing one closer to the primordial Qi.

The impact of an increase in the level of primordial energy on one's cultivation far exceeds that of an increase in the amount of magical power.

(End of this chapter)