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"Master Yao, he called me to his place. He not only took me back as his personal disciple, but also gave me a brand new cultivation technique, saying it would replace the one I was originally practicing..."

Xiao Huo hesitated for a moment, then took out the new cultivation technique that Lu Yuan had just passed on to him.

It was that book of immortal skills.

Yao Xuan nodded as he looked at the new cultivation technique that Xiao Huo had taken out.

"The Immortal Heaven and Earth Technique—just from the name, you know it's a good thing. Since it was given to you by your teacher, you can cultivate it with peace of mind. Is there any problem? Judging from your expression, it seems you still have some concerns?"

Yao Xuan expressed his incomprehension. After years of hard work, he had regained his teacher's trust, and his teacher had accepted him as a personal disciple and even given him a new, more powerful technique. Why was he still looking so worried?

Has he become addicted to being a disciple under a pseudonym?

Xiao Huo said, "Things are not that simple. Teacher Yao, you know that I have been practicing the Evergreen Boy Skill that my teacher gave me for many years. It was not easy to reach this point today."

"You're saying the teacher is giving me a new exercise and asking me to switch to this one? Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Yao Xuan said, "Since it was given to you by your teacher, it must have been carefully considered beforehand. Don't overthink it. Just practice this as your teacher instructs you. Isn't it normal to switch cultivation methods?"

Once your cultivation level reaches a certain point, switching cultivation methods no longer requires abandoning all your cultivation. It simply requires spending a few decades converting all the spiritual energy from your previous cultivation methods into new ones.

The higher the level of the cultivation technique, the less damage it will cause to one's own cultivation level.

The cultivation technique the teacher presents must be of an extremely high level, so Yao Xuan didn't know what Xiao Huo was worried about. Was he afraid that the teacher would harm him?

Xiao Huo listened to Yao Xuan's words with a complicated expression, as if he had other thoughts, but he did not say them.

He always felt that things were not that simple.

Yao Xuan said, "In short, don't overthink it. Sometimes overthinking isn't good. Just focus on your cultivation and don't disappoint your teacher."

Yao Xuan patted his arm and spoke earnestly.

Previously, Yao Xuan was also Xiao Huo's teacher. If it weren't for Lu Yuan, Yao Xuan would be the one guiding Xiao Huo's cultivation now. Yao Xuan is quite concerned about his former disciple.

At this moment, Yao Xuan only wanted to tell Xiao Huo that following his teacher's steps would not be wrong, and that sometimes thinking too much would backfire.

Xiao Huo nodded, left Yao Xuan's residence, returned to his own place, and began to ponder.

Soon, Chen Nanxuan heard the news that Xiao Huo had been accepted as a personal disciple by his teacher again, and Chen Nanxuan went to see Xiao Huo.

He found Xiao Huo deep in thought at Xiao Huo's residence.

Xiao Huo then recounted how his teacher had bestowed upon him a new cultivation technique.

Chen Nanxuan laughed as soon as he heard that.

"Junior Brother Xiao, don't you understand?"

"What?" Xiao Huo looked at Chen Nanxuan and saw that he understood immediately after hearing his concerns. He humbly asked for his explanation.

Chen Nanxuan said, "On the surface, your teacher has bestowed this powerful skill upon you, but in reality, it is a test for you!"

"test?"

"Good, a test. I ask you, how many years have we been practicing the Evergreen Boy Technique?"

Xiao Huo thought for a moment and then said a number.

It has been thousands of years.

Chen Nanxuan nodded: "That's right. We've been cultivating for thousands of years, and we've survived all these years. You've even reached the Integration Tribulation stage with this technique. Why is your teacher asking you to change your cultivation method at this time?"

"In my opinion, this is a test for you. Let me explain. The cultivation technique we practice is called the Everlasting Spring Boy Technique."

What is Changchun? The universe revolves, things develop continuously, life is full of vitality, and it is always in the spring of prosperity. Just like a person who has cultivated for more than ten thousand years, his life is always maintained in the most brilliant spring. This is what Changchun means.

What is a child? One who is old but not frail, immortal and eternal, living for billions of years yet remaining like a child, without changing one's Daoist heart, is a child.

"The Everlasting Spring Child, in another way, could it be described as immortal as heaven and earth?"

Chen Nanxuan began to analyze it more deeply, and the more he analyzed it, the more it made sense.

He became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke, as if he were dissecting the truth and seeing through everything.

"Let's be a little bolder and speculate: is it possible that the Everlasting Youth Skill that you and I have been practicing was originally called the Heaven and Earth Immortal Scripture?"
The new cultivation method, the Heaven and Earth Immortal Scripture, that your teacher gave you is actually to test your Dao heart. Your teacher wants to see if you have the perseverance to continue cultivating.
If you change your cultivation method now and switch to the Heaven and Earth Immortal Scripture, it proves that you lack perseverance and are a person who gives up halfway. How can a person who gives up halfway achieve immortality?
If you can regard advanced techniques as worthless and persist in practicing the techniques you've been cultivating all these years, perhaps you'll be able to attain true understanding and comprehend the true method of immortality from within the Everlasting Spring Boy Technique.

"So, the teacher giving you the cultivation method is a test for you. It is a test of whether your heart is firm in the Dao."

After Chen Nanxuan's profound interpretation, he directly interpreted the Changchun Tongzi Gong as the Heaven and Earth Immortal Scripture.

Xiao Huo became more and more excited as he listened to his interpretation, finding it increasingly reasonable.

He also thought it was very likely that way.

"Senior Brother Chen, so you also think I shouldn't switch cultivation methods?" Xiao Huo asked.

Chen Nanxuan nodded: "If you really switch to cultivating new techniques, then you will be making a big mistake. You will be going against your true nature and you won't go far in the future."

Chen Nanxuan shook his head, clearly disapproving of Xiao Huo's switch to a different cultivation method.

Xiao Huo: "I see. Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother. I will not switch cultivation methods and will focus on cultivating the Everlasting Spring Technique from now on."

Xiao Huo's Dao heart was more resolute than ever before. To prove his unwavering Dao heart, he buried the new copy of the Heaven and Earth Immortal Scripture that his teacher had given him under a willow tree in the courtyard of his residence and erected a stone tablet there.

[Where Xiao Huo's resolve to attain enlightenment was firmly established, and where the scriptures were buried]

Upon seeing Xiao Huo's actions, Chen Nanxuan clapped from behind, saying, "That's right, that's right! Junior Brother Xiao's Dao heart is indeed firm."

"Now that your Dao heart is righteous, you will cultivate with me from now on. Come with me, and I will take you to the Scripture Pavilion to learn advanced martial arts. You and I, as fellow disciples, will surely surpass everyone in advanced martial arts in the future and make them look at us with new eyes!"

Xiao Huo nodded and left with Chen Nanxuan.

But after they left.

At the spot where Xiao Huo had just buried his cultivation technique, the roots of an old willow tree planted in the courtyard grew underground and touched the scripture.

In an instant, the green light of the cultural essence was absorbed by the old willow tree, transforming into endless vitality that surged into its body. This mortal willow tree, which was originally on the verge of death, was restored to its vibrant life force in no time, and suddenly comprehended the immortal Dao of heaven and earth.

The Heaven and Earth Immortal Scripture began to circulate within the willow tree, and the tree began to learn to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, slowly beginning its cultivation.

...In the Sutra Repository, Xiao Huo and Chen Nanxuan began to delve into the advanced martial arts of the Northern Continent Alliance.

Xiao Huo was stunned when he saw the mountain of high-level martial arts techniques that Chen Nanxuan had collected.

"Senior Brother Chen, so many martial arts techniques? Is it really necessary to learn so many?"

Xiao Huo recalled what his teacher had said when he taught them: in martial arts, quality is more important than quantity. The weak may learn the strengths of many schools, but they will not master any of them.

A true master will practice a single move thousands of times, and with that one skill, they can conquer the world.

Now that Chen Nanxuan has brought over so many advanced martial arts techniques, is it really necessary to learn so many?

Chen Nanxuan said, "You don't understand. That's how it is for high-level cultivators. As their cultivation level increases, who doesn't have a couple of unique skills? As far as I know, the higher the cultivation level, the more important martial arts become."

Especially in the Immortal Realm, you'll understand once you ascend there. The great immortals there fight based on their magical treasures and martial arts. Our magical treasures may be inferior, but does that mean we should learn less martial arts than others?"

Xiao Huo: "That makes sense, but is it really necessary to learn so much?"

"The more you learn, the more dazzling your skills will be; the more varied your techniques, the less people can tell how deep you are. Just imagine, when we fight someone, hundreds or even thousands of martial arts techniques will come flying at us in one move. Who wouldn't be scared? The highest level is to scare the enemy away with just one move."

Chen Nanxuan has his own unique understanding of cultivation.

He cultivated in the same way in his previous life, and he thought it was very powerful.

Xiao Huo nodded: "If that's really the case, then it seems that martial arts are very important. Shall we begin learning?"

They are disciples of the alliance leader, so they can learn all the high-level martial arts within the Northern Continent Alliance. Who would dare to stop them?

Chen Nanxuan and Xiao Huo then began to devour two piles of martial arts manuals, which were as high as mountains.

……

On the other side, the Sea of ​​Laws
A golden celestial ship once again broke through space and drifted into the Sea of ​​Laws.

After passing on the Immortal Scripture of Heaven and Earth to Xiao Huo, Lu Yuan was relieved of a worry. As long as Xiao Huo cultivates according to the Immortal Scripture of Heaven and Earth that he gave him, Xiao Huo's future achievements will not be low.

After resolving Xiao Huo's issue, Lu Yuan, along with Xiao Huang, Golden Horn King, and Wu Song, purchased tickets for the Law Sea and entered it.

Xiao Huang, Jinjiao Wang, and Wu Song are all Lu Yuan's personal disciples, and all three of them have very high cultivation levels, surpassing ordinary Mahayana cultivators, and can ascend at any time.

Especially the Golden Horn King and Wu Song, whose cultivation had already reached the ninth level of the Mahayana stage. When Lu Yuan was in Qingzhou Realm, he told them to come to him after he had finished the things he had arranged for them. He told them not to rush to ascend to the upper realm, as Lu Yuan would arrange another opportunity for them.

King Jinjiao and Wu Song were very obedient. After completing the tasks assigned by Lu Yuan and developing most of the ancient inheritance secret realms of the Azure Sky World, they returned to find Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan spent his points to buy several high-level Law Sea tickets and took them into the Law Sea.

As the eldest disciple, and almost at the ninth level of the Mahayana stage, Lu Yuan took Xiao Huang in for a look.

On the small golden boat, the vessel entered the space of the Sea of ​​Laws.

Here, countless laws flow beneath the ship; every drop of water, every fish, and every bird is a manifestation of these laws.

Even the Golden Horn King and Wu Song, with their vast experience, couldn't help but gasp in astonishment upon arriving at this place, deeply shocked.

They don't yet understand what the rules are.

"Teacher, where is this place?" they asked.

Lu Yuan said, "The place where laws converge and the Great Dao manifests is the place of enlightenment that countless celestial immortals and true gods of the upper realms dream of."

"There are three thousand Great Daos, and the laws of evolution are as follows. After ascending to the Upper Realm, the higher your realm, the less important the martial arts you cultivate become. The higher your realm, the more you compete in your understanding of the laws of heaven and earth."

Do you remember the Lotus Prince's senior brother, the Immortal Lu Huo of the Chan Sect? He was a master of the laws within the Chan Sect, which is why he had absolute power over you back then.

"It can be said that a top immortal who has comprehended the laws of the Great Dao has an absolute crushing ability over ordinary immortals and cultivators in the lower realms."

Moreover, even in the Upper Realm, very few Golden Immortals can comprehend the laws, and the basic requirement for advancing to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm is even comprehending a single Great Dao law.

Lu Yuan slowly began to explain to the three of them the class divisions and cultivation paths of the upper realm.

The cultivation in the upper realms is about cultivating the laws.

The Golden Horn King and the others were greatly shocked. They really didn't know much about these things. After all, even the Golden Horn King's ancestor in the Upper Realm and the ancestor of the Martial God Sect in the Upper Realm didn't have very high status in the Upper Realm.

Their cultivation level isn't particularly high either, because they lack a background, so they probably haven't even come into contact with the cultivation of laws, and it's even unknown whether they know about laws at all.

Even disciples of the Chan, Ren, and Jie sects only come into contact with the concept of laws when they reach the level of Xuanxian or Taiyi Xuanxian.

So it's perfectly normal that they don't know.

Now, as their teacher explains the secrets of the upper realm, they listen attentively.

The Golden Horned King asked, "Teacher, are the laws difficult to comprehend?"

Lu Yuan nodded: "That's natural. Normally speaking, the laws of the Great Dao are illusory and hard to find. Although they exist in all things, it is as difficult as ascending to heaven for cultivators to seek, capture, comprehend, and control them."

Even among the three religions of the Upper Realm, those who truly master the laws are extremely rare. Even someone as powerful as Lu Huo back then only had a superficial understanding of the Laws of Arrows.

Xiao Huang reminisces about the deer fire of yesteryear.

The first time they saw Lu Huo descend from the upper realm, it was like a divine warrior descending from the heavens, so powerful that it was breathtaking. If their teacher hadn't returned in time, they would have been completely wiped out by Lu Huo alone.

Even the powerful Chan Sect Immortal Lu Huo only had a superficial understanding of the laws, according to his teacher? The difficulty of cultivating these laws must be far too high.

Lu Yuan said, "However, you don't need to worry too much. You are my disciples, and the fact that I brought you here today is the greatest opportunity."

This place is called the Sea of ​​Laws. Every drop of water in this ocean is formed from a single law. If you cultivate here, the difficulty of comprehending the laws will be reduced by ten thousand times.

The laws that are normally unattainable and intangible are manifested here. Cultivating here can save you billions of years of arduous study and practice—benefits that even practitioners outside the sect, and even those directly transmitted by the three schools of Buddhism, cannot imagine.

Lu Yuan first explained to them what the Great Dao Laws are, and then explained the Sea of ​​Laws.

Sure enough, upon hearing Lu Yuan's words, the three Golden Horn Kings gasped for breath and looked around at the ocean.

Where is this ocean anymore? It is clearly a supreme treasure land.

The law manifests!

No wonder the teacher said this was a place of enlightenment that even the Great Luo Golden Immortals of the Upper Realm dreamed of; if that's the case, then there's absolutely no exaggeration in his words. (End of Chapter)