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

Chapter 1345 Discussion
"Grand Master Ape, thank you!" Grand Tutor Yu was taken aback, then bowed deeply to the white ape.

She had prepared for both scenarios.

If they could not reach an agreement, he would entice the Ape King to discuss the Heavenly Immortal Techniques with him, hoping to glean the secrets of the other fourteen Heavenly Dipper Arts from his "Heavenly Immortal Techniques".

If the ape is as clever as a monkey and doesn't fall for her tricks, she will provoke him with words.

Taking advantage of his fondness for sword duels, they wagered on him a sword duel, with the stake being the Heavenly Dipper Technique.

As for using telepathy to eavesdrop on his thoughts, telepathy is not omnipotent (PS). Ape Master's level is not low, so he can detect telepathy.

The result was better than she expected; the ape master was actually willing to teach her the Dharma.

—It's probably true that he made a grand vow to seek a glimmer of hope for the wandering cultivators.

Only someone with such a wish can truly pity a talented but unconnected cultivator like her.

"Grand Master Yu, I only hope that you will not go astray. Even if you cannot use the Great Law to uphold justice, please do not do evil." Ape Master said solemnly.

"Don't worry, Master Yuan, whether I learn the Great Law or not, I will not do evil," Xiao Yu said.

The ape nodded slightly. "I hope you will always hold fast to your beliefs."

He has lived for tens of thousands of years and has seen countless people seeking immortality; he is certainly not a naive or innocent person.

The reason why I took the initiative to demonstrate the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Arts to Grand Tutor Yu was because Grand Tutor Yu's character was now known to all under heaven.

"Grand Tutor Yu, come with me. Baiyun Cave is my usual residence, not suitable for performing magic. Let's go to the mountaintop, it's spacious enough there."

With a shout, the ape leaped like a monkey, jumping hundreds of feet in a single bound. After several leaps, he left the White Cloud Cave and arrived at the top of White Cloud Mountain.

Standing in the center of the mountaintop platform, the ape first pinched his left nostril as if blowing his nose, "Pfft—Boom!"

A ten-foot-long fire dragon spewed out from its right nostril.

He then pressed his right nostril shut, "Pfft—crack!"

A ten-foot-long ice dragon spewed out from its left nostril.

"These are my flying swords, Azure Frost and Crimson Flame."

He scratched his monkey face with a smug look, then stretched out his left hand and gestured towards the ice dragon and fire dragon respectively.

The ice and fire immediately converged into one, transforming into an ice ball and a fireball.

The ice hockey and fireball are about the size of ping-pong balls, representing yin and yang respectively, and possessing the characteristics of ice and fire. The sword energy is contained within the body so much that it is almost imperceptible to the outside world.

"Impressive! He actually entered the Dao with just two sword pellets," Xiaoyu exclaimed in admiration.

These two sword pellets are no longer simply swords; they are almost like the golden elixir of the ape king.

He used the sword pellet as an inner elixir for cultivation.

Before the ape expelled them, they were mostly yin and yang, lingering in the ape's dantian, achieving the effect of a golden elixir.

Therefore, releasing the sword pellet at this moment allows the ape to directly manifest its own Great Dao.

"The sword pellet itself is nothing special; it's just two clumps of Geng metal energy."

They were given to me by my master when I first started learning.

I enjoy practicing swordsmanship, which is why I've poured all my skills into it.

At this point, the smile on the ape's face faded, replaced by a sigh and regret. "Alas, when I first became an immortal, I cultivated the Ancient Sword Immortal Technique."

Because it's not an internal alchemy method, even if one cultivates to become an immortal, they still haven't formed a primordial core.

Once one becomes an immortal, the path to immortality is fixed, and even if one obtains the Thirty-Six Extraordinary Techniques of the Heavenly Gang, it is impossible to form a new core.

He then cleverly refined the sword pellet into his dantian and used the Heavenly Gang Technique to refine it.

After tens of thousands of years, they finally transformed into twin dragons of ice and fire.

As the ape spoke, he stretched out his finger and drew an "S" between the ice ball and the fireball. The ice ball and the fireball immediately became yin and yang fish, spinning rapidly and transforming into a tai chi diagram.

"You're right. In the Pangu world, many of the Heavenly Divine Arts cannot unleash their true power."

I'm using the sword pellet to create a temporary little world; let's go there and have some fun.

As soon as the ape finished speaking, the Yin-Yang Taiji diagram suddenly expanded, becoming infinitely large and turning into a "small world of ice and fire".

Ape Master and Little Feather stood still, but they had already landed in the temporary small world.

The Ape King had already refined the sword pellet into an "ice and fire golden elixir." At this moment, the two entered a small world evolved from the sword pellet, or it could be said that they were in the Ape King's "inner world of the golden elixir."

Xiao Yu sensed it briefly and discovered that although this world had heaven, earth, mountains, and water, its rules of the Great Dao were very incomplete compared to the Pangu World.

The Yin-Yang Dao is false; it is replaced by the two "natural laws" of ice and fire. Furthermore, the Four Symbols and Five Elements are derived from this false Yin-Yang Dao.

Although it was broken, Xiaoyu was very moved.

This is the inner world of the Ape King's Golden Core!
Without a doubt, practicing the Thirty-Six Extraordinary Techniques of the Heavenly Gang within the "Golden Core" would help her comprehend the Dao to the greatest extent.

"Grand Master Yu, performing magic alone is quite boring. Since you have also comprehended twenty-two Heavenly Gang Arts, why don't we have a sword duel?"

The old ape rolled his eyes and said, "Since we're going to have a sword fight, there has to be a prize."

Xiaoyu asked, "What's the prize?"

The old monkey took a lacquered gourd from his waist, smacked his red monkey mouth, and said, "Here is a gourd of eight-hundred-year-old monkey wine. Whoever wins gets to drink a cup; whoever loses gets to drool over it. How about it?"

Xiaoyu saw that the monkey was already swallowing saliva.

"very good."

She touched her hair bun, pulled out the hairpin, and it transformed into the crystal-clear, radiant Qiaoshi Sword.

“Coincidentally, my Qiaoshi Sword is also a pair of ‘male and female’ swords.”

She gripped the sword hilts with both hands, and with a gentle pull, there were already two swords.

"What a fine sword, with such powerful spiritual energy."

The ape master praised, then leaped into the air, reaching a height of a thousand feet, and laughed, "But this world is formed from my twin swords, so you can't defeat me no matter what. Behold my first move, Reversing Yin and Yang!"

As he pointed his fingers together to form a sword and wielded the "sword," countless sword lights were unleashed.

The sword light stretched for thousands of feet, each beam representing the Great Dao Law of the "Inner World of Sword and Golden Core".

The countless sword energies and laws of the Great Dao directly demonstrated to Xiao Yu below what "inverting Yin and Yang" meant.

A moment later, the ape's performance ended, the sword light in the sky subsided, and he landed on the ground. Looking at Xiao Yu with a provocative gaze, he asked, "Grand Tutor Yu, how was my swordsmanship? Do you admit defeat?"

Xiaoyu felt a little disappointed and embarrassed for him.

Yuan Gong was far superior to Liu Ji, yet he still failed to fully grasp the true essence of the Heavenly Gang Technique.

After a moment's hesitation, she decided to be honest.

The greatest respect is honesty.

“Master Ape, your ‘Reversal of Yin and Yang’ is still a bit lacking! It’s not me who should admit defeat, it’s you.”

The ape was both surprised and angry, and shouted, "You try! I don't believe that your enlightenment in just a few hours can compare to my tens of thousands of years of hard work."

—You've been trying to comprehend things for tens of thousands of years, yet you still haven't been able to deduce the Celestial Immortal Technique, have you? You're both monkeys, but your talent is far inferior to Wukong's.

These were Xiaoyu's true feelings, but there was no need to say them aloud.

"Just you wait and see!"

Holding two swords, she leaped into the air, her sword energy crisscrossing, and the "laws of heaven and earth" appeared, twisted, and reversed under the sword light.

The sword intent pierced through the network of "Laws of Heaven and Earth," leaving tiny sword marks within the Ape Lord's "Golden Core World." The Ape Lord was initially surprised and uncertain, then his doubts dissipated, turning into pure shock, and finally he stood there dumbfounded for a long while, unable to react.

Xiaoyu sheathed her sword and stood beside him, quietly waiting for him to come to his senses.

Two full days passed in the inner world of the Golden Core before the Ape King finally breathed a sigh of relief, feeling both frustrated and happy. "I, the old ape, have lost this round. Thank you for your guidance, Grand Master."

After saying that, he threw the wine gourd at him.

Xiaoyu took the gourd of wine, but instead of drinking a cup in one gulp, she placed it aside and said, "This is only the first move. There are still thirty-five moves to go! We'll drink after we finish the first one. Then we can all share a few cups of wine, and it will be more enjoyable to drink together."

The ape nodded, then leaped into the air again to practice the second Heavenly Divine Technique.

Everyone who climbs Baiyun Mountain to seek their fortune knows a rule: when three incense sticks are lit on the mountain, the Ape Lord will leave Baiyun Cave to report to the Heavenly Court. At this time, the mountain-guarding immortal array will open a crack, revealing a mountain path. When the three incense sticks are about to go out, the Ape Lord will return from the Heavenly Court. They must leave before the incense completely burns out, otherwise they will be left on the mountain forever, their fate unknown.

Even if you didn't know the rules before, after waiting for two days at the foot of Baiyun Peak and talking to the people around you, you will understand.

Today, this rule has not been broken, at least in the eyes of those who come down the mountain.

Not long after they left the mountain path, they saw a white ape flying down from the sky.

It was none other than the Lord of White Cloud Cave, the Ape King.

After the ape landed on the mountainside, the three incense sticks went out completely, and the three columns of smoke in the sky disappeared.

The mountain path was once again shrouded in mist. After another quarter of an hour, Baiyun Peak swayed slightly and then suddenly disappeared.

Only a thicker white mist remained above the original waters, which would take several days to completely dissipate.

In the Middle Realm, beyond the reach of mortals, lies a solitary peak spanning tens of miles and towering ten thousand feet high, shrouded in layers of celestial clouds. Even the immortals of the Middle Realm cannot find it without an invitation.

The old ape, his eyes still blurry with drunkenness, had just stabilized Baiyun Peak and was about to return to Baiyun Cave to fall into a deep sleep when suddenly a beam of divine light descended from the sky.

He opened his eyes and looked around, feeling both happy and worried. He quickly took a few steps, bowed down, and said, "Master, your esteemed presence has arrived. Your disciple has failed to greet you properly. Please forgive me."

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden snorted coldly, "You secretly taught the Phoenix Feather Immortal the Dharma, and merely uttering 'forgive me' is hardly enough to escape death?"

Master Yuan hurriedly said, "Master, you are wise. I dare not pass on the Daoist teachings in private. I only sparred with Yu Fengxian in swordsmanship, and we each gained something from it."

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden said, "Don't you know who she is? Now that the great calamity at the end of the Qin Dynasty has reached a critical moment, she has obtained the complete set of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Arts, and she will surely be able to glimpse some of the mysteries of the Great Luo Path."

Even a Golden Immortal who is about to attain the Great Luo realm will be powerless against her. Should we force a Great Luo Golden Immortal, or even the Dao Ancestor, to descend to the mortal realm to resolve this?
"At that time, gods suffered calamities, living beings were devastated, and much bloodshed occurred. Can you take responsibility for that?"

The old ape's rosy, drunken face immediately turned ashen, and he hurriedly cried out, "Master, this disciple cannot bear such a sin! This disciple is merely an old ape guarding the White Cloud Cave."

Since the beginning of this great calamity, I have not left Baiyun Mountain except to go to the Heavenly Court for my shift.

All the causes and conditions, the fates, on Baiyun Mountain are ordained by 'Heaven'.

What happened on the mountain was all fate; this disciple should not be reprimanded.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden roared, "You dare to play tricks in front of me! Do you really want to go to the Execution Platform?"

The ape dared not argue any further, and could only kowtow and beg for mercy, "Master, have mercy! My cultivation has been difficult, please spare me this time!"

Xuan Nu's expression softened slightly, and she said calmly, "Tell me honestly, what have you been doing?"

If Grand Tutor Yu were here, he would definitely retort: ​​"Damn it, you're not even sure what I did, yet you've already sentenced me to death. What kind of logic is that?"
The ape only makes mistakes intermittently; most of the time, he's a normal, honest person.

Upon hearing this, he immediately said, "This disciple used Azure Frost and Crimson Flame to simulate a small world, where I fought and discussed the Dao with Yu Fengxian."

Hmm, let's discuss the Way of the Heavenly Gang.

She won twenty-two matches, and her disciple won fourteen.

She drank twenty-two large cups of a gourd of monkey wine, and her disciple drank fourteen large cups, then she left.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden frowned slightly and said, "Did you use the pretense of a sword fight to teach her the Thirty-Six Heavenly Divine Arts?"

As long as the Nine Heavens Seal remains on Yu Fengxian's body, even if this nominal disciple truly imparts the Heavenly Gang Mystic Arts to her, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother can accept it.

However, Yu Fengxian's name kept flickering on the Ruyi Treasure Book.

After she left Baiyun Peak, the three characters "Yu Fengxian" completely disappeared from the treasure book.

The woman was completely numb.

She works for the Queen Mother and also faces performance pressure!

The ape master shook his head repeatedly and said, "I was just demonstrating my sword moves, and she was also demonstrating hers."

The disciple felt that he had gained even more than she had.

The sword marks she left in her disciple's 'Ice and Fire Sword Pellet' each contained the profound mysteries of the Heavenly Gang Arts, ten times more advanced than her disciple's, and helped correct many of her mistakes.

The Mystic Maiden said, "Open your Ice and Fire Sword Pill; I want to see it for myself."

The Ape King released two more sword pellets, which transformed into a small world of ice and fire, swallowing him and the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden inside.

As soon as she entered the "Sword and Fake Core Small World", Xuan Nu exclaimed in surprise.

"There are actually plants and spirits here?!"

When Xiaoyu came in before, there were mountains and water, sky and earth, nothing more.

At this time, there were dense forests on the mountain, and a group of creatures that looked like deer and cows were by the water.

Some of the four-legged creatures were munching on grass, while others were drinking water. They all seemed quite content and appeared very intelligent.

White cranes and golden eagles soar through the white clouds in the sky.

The joy and pride on the ape's face were impossible to suppress.

"Teacher, you are not real plants or spirits. You are all naturally evolved from the disciples' distracting thoughts."

Despite their apparent spirituality, they are still essentially just wisps of sword energy tainted with impure thoughts.

"Aren't all the spirits in the world just the impurities and chaotic energy of the creator god? All living beings in heaven and earth are transformed from the primordial energy and spirit of the great god Pangu. To be able to do this, your cultivation has advanced by a great step!" the Mysterious Woman exclaimed.

Master Yuan scratched the back of his head and said, "My cultivation level has indeed improved considerably."

But the disciple is ultimately not a celestial being; he merely imitates the celestial being's golden elixir and can never recreate the earth, water, wind, and fire to create a true world.

All of this is merely a disciple's dream, an illusion.

Sensing the resentment in his tone, Xuan Nu said calmly, "You stole the complete Nine Heavens Secret Manual and saw the Thirty-Six Heavenly Divine Arts, but did you deduce the Heavenly Immortal Technique?"
In this life, your aptitude and fortune are insufficient to attain the celestial realm.

The ape could not refute and was speechless.

The Mystic Maiden raised her head, her eyes flashing with spiritual light, and directly saw through the appearance of the world, seeing the sword marks remaining on the "wall of the world".

The sword mark left by Yu Fengxian still carries a faint sword intent.

The sword intent was not hostile and was very docile, yet it could be directly used by the old ape for enlightenment.

"As for Yu Fengxian, her fortune is not enough, and her innate talent is strange. She clearly does not have immortal bones, but judging from the Taoist techniques she has comprehended, she has already surpassed the level of a celestial immortal."

Give her a celestial cultivation technique, and she could easily cultivate to the Golden Immortal realm.

　(PS: About telepathy)

　　Only a Buddha whose soul transcends the world can break through the illusions and delusions of the senses and touch one's own true heart. To perfectly eavesdrop on someone else's true heart, one must also break through their illusions and delusions.

　　In other words, only when there are two Buddhas can there be true "heart-to-heart transmission." There is no loss of information and no error.

　　Even Buddha, when trying to see into the true hearts of mortals, still has a slight margin of error.

　　Xiaoyu is not a Buddha; she can only deduce the true feelings of others by observing the various aspects of human existence.

　　However, the appearances of sentient beings can be faked, or rather, the appearances of sentient beings are themselves illusory.

　　Xiao Yu, a martial artist from the Western Shu period, was able to use techniques to perceive and break through telepathy. Immortals are almost all able to guard their minds; if you directly use telepathy to probe their thoughts, they can detect it.
　　
　
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