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

Chapter 1351: Teacher Yu's Speculations and Suggestions
Wu Yazi held his disciple's wrist, sensing the subtle changes in his immortal bones and spiritual energy.

Xi Juan then used his other hand to grip the sword and killed them one by one.

When she had killed two hundred people, Xi Juan couldn't help but bend over and vomit.

His legs went weak and he couldn't stand steadily, so he had to kneel on the ground and vomit, vomiting profusely with tears, snot, and saliva flowing all at once.

As expected, Master Wuyazi kept his promise and sighed, "Go back now, take your cousin with you, and set off again."

According to your original plan, you should detour via Shanfu and return to Tengxian. This trip is risk-free.

Xi Juan knelt on the ground, her face turned downwards, using dry heaving to cover her sobs, and didn't respond to the teacher for a long time.

Teacher Wu Yazi once again kept his promise and saw off the remaining thousand-plus people one by one, decisively and efficiently.

She could take down everyone in one move, so she deliberately slowed down her movements and killed them one by one.

At some point, Xi Juan had stopped gagging, wiped the snot and tears from her face, her cheeks were pale and her eyes were red, and she stared blankly as her teacher performed the art of murder.

It really looks like art.

The sword-wielding movements were graceful, the power perfectly measured, just enough to kill the person, destroy the spirit, and leave behind a naked, lifeless soul. The soul was not even free.

Before he even noticed, a group of Black and White Impermanence had already lined up, bowing and scraping behind their teacher.

She kills one, and they take one away bound with chains.

"That was exhilarating!" After killing the last person, Master Wuyazi had a look of complete peace and satisfaction on his face.

"Teacher, you are truly as firm as iron!" Xi Juan murmured.

Wu Yazi laughed and said, "If I were simply hard-hearted, would I have let you go?"

I will force you to follow my path and become another 'me'.

I simply understand what I can do with my own strength, and I have the ability and awareness to bear the corresponding costs.

She made a hand seal and chanted an incantation again, and a ball of Samadhi True Fire shot out from her palm, flew into the air, and was controlled by the Fire God, transforming into a fire dragon that "licked" the corpses on the ground one by one, "Boom boom boom, boom boom boom!"

The body exploded directly upon contact with the flames; the intense burning produced a loud bang.

Soon after, the fire went out, and the body turned to ashes.

Some fragments remained, such as the burnt-out debris of magical artifacts and fragments of spirit jade.

Wu Yazi waved his sleeve again, and a gust of wind rose from the ground, sweeping up debris and ashes that fell into the pit.

After doing all this, she gently stomped her foot, and a yellowish-brown stone ball rose from the ground.

“Break the stone, your cousin is inside. Go home.”

Xi Juan asked, "I killed two hundred people. Can you figure out why I can transfer spiritual energy?"

Wu Yazi looked up at the sky.

In that instant, from the perspective of the Queen Mother and the Jade Emperor in the Lingxu Palace, they seemed to be looking at Yu Fengxian through the "Heavenly Mirror Technique".

Wu Yazi glanced at the sky, then turned to Xi Juan and said, "I've summarized a few patterns. First, the prerequisite for spiritual transfer is probably the cultivation of the 'Nine Heavens Secret Technique'."

Or it could be the Vajra Zen heretical practice derived from the 'Nine Heavens Secret Method'.

If the cultivator has not cultivated the Nine Heavens Secret Technique, killing them is useless, and no spiritual energy can be obtained.

If a cultivator has mastered the Nine Heavens Secret Technique, even if he is not a demonic sorcerer, but a Taoist priest or a righteous hero of the martial world, you can probably obtain his spiritual essence by killing him.

Xi Juan's expression changed. "Could it be that not all the people I killed were evil cultivators?"

Wu Yazi said, "Didn't you observe their auras? They are all extremely wicked, either evil cultivators or notorious bandits who have killed countless people."

I had just killed them when the messengers of the underworld arrived. If they weren't villains, why would the underworld be disturbed?

It is clear that good and evil have nothing to do with Taoist principles or your 'superpowers'.

"Why is it the 'Nine Heavens Secret Technique'? I haven't even obtained the Nine Heavens Secret Technique," Xi Juan said.

Wu Yazi said, "I don't know. It might be your talent, or it might be related to the Heavenly Court in your previous life or the life before that?"
If you continue to develop this 'superpower,' you might awaken your innate wisdom and gain some insight.

By then, your skills in extracting other people's inspirations will be even more refined and efficient.

Xi Juan shook her head repeatedly, "I don't want this superpower, I won't develop it."

"You decide for yourself; I'll only share the results of my analysis."

Wu Yazi continued, "Secondly, what you obtained from them should be far more than just immortal bones and spiritual energy."

A flash of inspiration is something I can detect.

I cannot perceive or analyze things that are outside my comprehension.

I can only be certain that even a cultivator practicing the Vajra Zen evil method, without any innate supernatural abilities, can still transfer a large amount of spiritual energy to you.

Alas, my understanding of Lingji is indeed too one-sided.

In any case, you will reap huge benefits, that's for sure.

Third, it's uncertain whether causality needs to be strengthened; even if I kill someone next to you, you still won't gain spiritual power.

You have to kill him yourself, at least kill his soul too, otherwise you won't be able to squeeze out his spiritual energy.

Upon hearing this, Xi Juan breathed a sigh of relief. "That's a good thing! From now on, I will practice my swordsmanship diligently, control my strength, and try my best to kill without destroying the soul."

Wu Yazi said, "This is your decision, and I will not force you to change it. But as your teacher, I must say a few words of advice, even if they are not to be heard."

Only by persisting in cultivating one's mind can one avoid getting lost; only through strength can one control one's destiny.

Running away is the most useless thing to do.

Even if you don't actively seek change, what's meant to come will come, and what's meant to happen will happen as scheduled.

Teacher Yu is truly qualified to say these words.

When she realized that her Kunpeng supernatural power might be related to the demon master Kunpeng, even though she was just a nobody at the time, she immediately devised a plan to retaliate against Kunpeng: first, target the Kunpeng number party, collect Kunpeng's great supernatural powers, crack them one by one, and finally take down the demon master.

Her actions over the past two years have also been aimed at this goal—striving to improve her spiritual cultivation.

She initially refused to become the Grand Tutor of Qin, and now she is working tirelessly for the mandate of heaven for Qin, not out of any sentimentality or loyalty. Her fundamental purpose is singular: to prolong Qin's existence for a few more years, giving herself enough time to digest the Emperor's legacy.

She taught Liu Ji and Lü Zhi the "Yin-Yang Human Emperor Technique" in order to study the "strongest power in the human world," which was essentially to improve her own cultivation.

Moreover, in the pursuit of power, she did not lose her true self, and never lost her faith or her perseverance for the sake of power.

Teacher Yu herself does it this way, and she teaches her apprentices the same way now.

But as the old saying goes, the great path is arduous, and one must walk it alone.

Others can only offer advice; you have to walk your own path.

Teacher Wuyazi has left first.

After she left, Xi Juan stood there for a moment in a daze before smashing the stone ball with her palm, releasing the essence inside.

"How long have I been underground? What about those evil cultivators?" Di Hua asked.

He hadn't completely lost consciousness, but he was unable to break free.

“I’ve already killed those people, let’s go back,” Xi Juan said softly. “They’re all dead?” Di Hua clicked his tongue in surprise, then said excitedly, “You’re right, the Taoist priest really did foresee everything and resolved my calamity in advance.”

“Yes, the teacher foresaw everything,” Xi Juan murmured.

It was only then that Di Hua realized that his cousin's condition was not right; his energy and spirit were different from before.

"Brother Juan, are you alright? Are you injured? Oh dear, your clothes are torn and your armor is ruined," he called out worriedly.

"It's alright, let's go!"

Xi Juan grabbed her cousin's arm, circulated the power of her Yuan Dan, the wind whistling in her ears, and moved so fast that she could not see her shadow.

Once he was far away from the desolate mountain where more than a thousand evil cultivators were buried, he slowed down again.

Seeing that he always had a sullen face and a furrowed brow, Di Hua knew that he must have something on his mind.

But since Xi Juan wouldn't say, he couldn't press her for details.

The two then silently continued their journey toward Shanfu.

High above, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother remained silent for a moment.

"How much do you think Yu Fengxian knows?" It was the Queen Mother who broke the silence first.

The Jade Emperor said, "At least she made a wrong judgment on the first point. Good and evil can really affect supernatural powers and magic."

If one upholds justice and doesn't use the Nine Heavens Secret Technique for evil, even if Xi Juan kills him, she won't gain any spiritual power.

The Queen Mother said, "That's not the point, and it's not important to us either."

The Jade Emperor was silent for a moment, then said, "She told Xi Juan directly that his past life might be related to the Heavenly Court."

Clearly, she was suspicious and already had suspicions about certain things.

The Queen Mother said in a deep voice, "I feel that she is testing us with those words, trying to alert us. Once we react, she will be able to determine whether her guess is right or wrong."

The Jade Emperor shook his head and said, "I don't think she will dwell too much on the issue of Xi Juan's background."

She can't even take care of her own affairs, so how can she have the energy or time to worry about her apprentice's every move?
He had already fulfilled his duty as a teacher by offering Xi Juan a word of advice, even if it was unpleasant to hear.

As she herself said, one has to walk one's own path.

The Queen Mother said, "I don't care that Xi Juan's identity has been exposed. I'm worried that she already knows our secret."

The Jade Emperor said, "If she survives this great calamity, given her cultivation speed, she will eventually understand why we spread the Dharma through White Cloud Peak and what we can gain from it."

If she doesn't survive this great calamity and dies, well, others can be reincarnated and start anew, but she did such terrible things while she was alive that once she dies, she'll be doomed forever. So naturally, we don't need to care.

The Queen Mother looked into the "Heavenly Mirror," but could no longer find any trace of Yu Fengxian.

The Heavenly Mirror was still pointing at the White Clouds and Water Marsh. The Queen Mother felt that Yu Fengxian had not yet left Mangdang Mountain, but she could not find her at this moment.

It's unclear whether she hid or disguised herself as someone else.

At least until she makes her next big move, the Heavenly Mirror cannot detect her energy.

"Alas, this feeling of being passively humiliated is truly unpleasant," sighed the Queen Mother.

The Jade Emperor calmly replied, "I am already at ease, and the Queen Mother should be at ease too!"

—You are the King of Ninjas, the one who has achieved enlightenment through a hundred acts of forbearance. How can I compare to you?
The Queen Mother muttered to herself.

Before, "Baiyun Water Marsh" was just an ordinary marshland without a name or spectacular scenery, consisting of mountain streams, secluded pools, swamps, lakes, and creeks.

In the future, it may be transformed into vast fertile fields, with pear trees planted on the hillside, named "Dangshan Pear," and then Baiyun Water Marsh will become "Baiyun Town."

At that time, many fertile fields in the Central Plains were undeveloped. The people only lacked manpower and labor, not wasteland, and no one went into the deep mountains and forests to reclaim wasteland.

However, in the past few days, Baiyun Shuize has been as lively as a market town.

The number of people who came to seek their fortune, including the servants and guards brought by the young master, totaled four or five thousand.

Only a little over two hundred people actually entered Baiyun Cave.

Does not entering the White Cloud Cave mean one cannot cultivate the Nine Heavens Secret Technique?
Is it possible to trade?
The day after Baiyun Peak disappeared, the number of people visiting Baiyun Water Marsh increased rather than decreased.

Many people come here specifically to sell supernatural powers and secret techniques, and incidentally buy and sell magical treasures and elixirs.

As a result, a chaotic market even formed on the hillside by Baiyun Lake.

Liu Ji was a lively person. He had been cooped up in the wilderness for the past few months, so he was extremely excited to see the bustling "Cultivator Street".

After wandering around happily for most of the day, he gradually realized that something was wrong.

"Lu Wan, have you noticed that the strange and unusual people on the mountain are all whispering to each other, and they even look apprehensive?"

Xiahou Ying asked, "Brother Ji, shall I look around and scout it out?"

Liu Ji hesitated for a moment, then said, "Let's not separate now."

Xiahou Ying asked in surprise, "We're in the marketplace right now, in front of everyone, what are we worried about?"
Even if evil cultivators were to commit murder and plunder, they wouldn't choose such a setting.

Liu Ji looked around and found Xiao He, who was discussing metaphysics with several Taoist priests in the distance, and said, "I feel something is not right. We should be more cautious."

"Fan Kuai, I'll wait for you here. Go and call Lord Xiao and Wang Ling back."

"Brother Liu, Brother Liu Ji, come here quickly!"

As Liu Ji looked around, Peng Yue, who was not far away, also saw him and waved to him.

When Liu Ji saw Peng Yue, he immediately smiled happily, but when he glanced at the spirited and cheerful purple-haired demon lord next to Peng Yue, he felt a little scared.

He genuinely did not want to have any contact with evil cultivators or demons.

"Brother Peng, Purple-haired Daoist, and all the other brothers, I pay my respects." Liu Ji walked over and stopped two zhang away. "Daoist, weren't you hit by the Seven Arrows of Nailhead? Are you alright now?"

The purple-haired demon lord sighed, "After a good sleep, I've regained some energy and am currently searching everywhere for that Daoist Hong. Chief Liu, have you seen that fellow?"

"I met him once, but we didn't talk much. I don't know where he is now," Liu Ji said, his eyes gleaming.

He still took out ten extraordinary techniques from the Heavenly Gang and exchanged them with Hong Daoren for a fragmented copy of the "Taigong Baolu".

When Hong Daoren approached him again, he intended to refuse.

He can't even master all the extraordinary arts in the world, so why waste his good fortune and luck on the "Taigong Treasure Record"?
But a single sentence from Master Hong forced him to exchange the "Taigong Baolu".

—I have exchanged Taoist techniques with many heroes. They have all mastered the profound arts in the Taigong Treasure Record. They will surely be able to show their skills on the Central Plains battlefield and awe the land in the future.

To Liu Ji, this meant: "I heard you want to compete for the dragon throne? All the other heroes have cultivated the 'Taigong Treasure Record,' but you haven't. What makes you think you can compete with them? When you encounter them, you'll be defeated in one move by the strange techniques in the treasure record, dying a gruesome death without even knowing why you died."

Having no other choice, Liu Ji prepared to exchange the Earthly Fiend Divine Power for Hong Daoren's power.

As a result, Master Hong looked down on the Earthly Fiend Divine Powers. Even the Heavenly Gang Mysterious Techniques that Liu Ji had exchanged with others, Master Hong only selected the four that Grand Tutor Yu had exchanged for. The remaining six were all things that Liu Ji had comprehended on his own while meditating in seclusion.

Master Hong also frankly said: "Actually, I have already collected all thirty-six Heavenly Gang Wonders, but everyone's understanding is different in direction and depth."

Simply gathering the thirty-six extraordinary techniques is not enough to deduce the Celestial Immortal Technique.

If we acquire several complete sets of Heavenly Dipper Mystic Techniques, we can uncover the more fundamental Heavenly Dipper Dao.

(End of this chapter)