Junior sister, I really need to control you.

The next morning.

Li Yinsheng knocked on Uncle Jiang's door.

So far, he has kept the construction of the Spirit Refining Array a secret from his Uncle-Master Jiang.

In his uncle's eyes, he must have given up on the matter of the spirit refining array a few days ago because building the array was too expensive.

In reality, he secretly went to the most expensive Yutan Temple and placed an order.

This can't be kept from her forever; I'll have to be honest about it eventually.

Besides, she initially forbade Li Yinsheng from building the formation because she didn't want him to incur debts, but now that Huanghe Temple has provided compensation, he has already paid off the entire amount, so there's nothing wrong with violating her instructions... right?

Since I'll be killed whether I stick my neck out or not, I might as well be honest sooner rather than later, since I still need to ask my martial uncle about the techniques for tempering the soul.

After his uncle spoke, Li Yinsheng pushed open the door and went in, going over his prepared opening remarks in his mind once more.

"Was the formation completed yesterday? Is it working well?"

Uncle Jiang leaned back on the bed, looked at Li Yinsheng, and asked with a smile.

"!!!"

Li Yinsheng paused slightly as he stepped forward.

"Come here, Yinsheng," Uncle Jiang patted the empty seat next to him, "Sit next to me."

Li Yinsheng took two steps forward, but only stood in front of the bed.

"Come on, what are you afraid of?" Uncle Jiang continued with a smile, "Uncle doesn't eat children."

With a determined heart, Li Yinsheng sat down next to his Uncle Jiang.

"Uncle-Master, you already know?" he asked.

"I know a little bit," said Uncle Jiang. "These past few days, when you came to chat with me or helped me with my health, you didn't seem to be in a good state, so I guessed something was wrong."

Li Yinsheng was somewhat surprised: "I think I acted quite well, and there shouldn't be any difference from usual."

"You're a very good actor, I couldn't tell at all," Uncle Jiang pinched his ear. "I could tell by feeling."

Li Yinsheng was speechless.

No... you can even tell that? That's a bit unreasonable, isn't it?

"Don't underestimate me, a former True Immortal cultivator," Uncle Jiang lowered his hand, his pale lips curving slightly. "To be honest, I still have a little bit of something left."

I'm a real person too, so why don't I have this kind of intuition?

Li Yinsheng thought to himself, "This is ridiculous."

"It's not just this," Uncle Jiang said. "A few days ago, people from other Taoist temples came by, didn't they?"

"It's from Huanghe Temple," Li Yinsheng nodded.

"Is their presence related to you?" Uncle Jiang asked.

"I guess so," Li Yinsheng nodded again.

"Sigh..." Uncle Jiang raised his hand, held up his index finger, and rhythmically poked Li Yinsheng's forehead with the tip of his finger.

"First, you secretly borrowed money to build a formation behind my back, and then you brought in Huanghe Temple. Yinsheng, weren't you usually the one who made things easy for me?"

"I've taken care of everything this time." Li Yinsheng leaned back, causing Uncle Jiang to miss his target.

"Oh?" Uncle Jiang was somewhat skeptical. "That formation, you don't owe any money? And what are those people from Huanghe Temple doing here?"

Li Yinsheng pondered for a few seconds, organized his thoughts, and then gave a very serious answer.

"In short, the people from Huanghe Temple paid for the magic array for me, and there was even a surplus."

Uncle Jiang sat on the bed, looking at Li Yinsheng, a look of confusion slowly appearing on his pale and beautiful face.

……

Much later.

Li Yinsheng recounted everything that had happened in the past few days.

He also showed off the things he had captured.

The top-grade magic artifacts include the Cold Bright Sword and the Brass Incense Burner, as well as the Silver Silk Robe, Yellow Talisman Paper Crane, and Net Magic Artifact, which are worth at least as much as the top-grade magic artifacts.

With these things as evidence, even though Uncle Jiang repeatedly showed expressions like "Yinsheng, are you still asleep?" "Nephew, you told such a good story!" "Don't make me laugh," he eventually fell silent.

His fingertips brushed over the several ritual implements displayed in front of the couch, and Uncle Jiang remained silent for a long time.

She didn't raise her head until Li Yinsheng called her softly.

"I haven't asked about your cultivation level all these years because I was worried about adding unnecessary burdens to you. After all, you already have enough pressure on you..."

Uncle-Master Jiang's gaze was complicated. He raised his hand and punched Li Yinsheng's shoulder: "Why did you never tell me that you had such cultivation?"

Li Yinsheng thought to himself, "Actually, I only found out recently."

Of course, in his own perception of time, it's not "recent" at all; it would be more accurate to say it feels like a lifetime ago.

"I was worried that constantly mentioning cultivation in front of you, my senior uncle, would reopen old wounds," Li Yinsheng said.

That's the truth. The main reason he never took the initiative to talk to his martial uncle about cultivation was this.

The secondary reason is that he really wasn't very good at it, so there's nothing to brag about.

Uncle Jiang dusted his hands, signaling Li Yinsheng to put away all the evidence.

She then sniffed, her voice muffled, "Yinsheng, go outside for a while, try to go somewhere far away..."

Li Yinsheng nodded, got up, and pushed open the door to leave.

"Don't use your divine sense to probe this area!"

As he closed the door, Uncle Jiang called out from behind.

……

One hour later.

After taking advantage of this time to wake Mu Xiaoyu from her dream and have her cultivate, Li Yinsheng returned to his uncle's room.

Knock on the door.

"Come in, Yinsheng," Uncle Jiang's calm voice rang out.

Li Yinsheng pushed open the door and entered. Uncle Jiang was still sitting on the bed, with red circles around his eyes and the tip of his nose.

Out of consideration for his uncle, he pretended not to see her, kept his eyes straight ahead, and walked straight to sit down next to her.

Uncle Jiang said softly, "I just cried for a while."

"I didn't want you to know, it's a bit embarrassing," Uncle Jiang gently held Li Yinsheng's hand, "but I can't hide it from you now that I'm in this state."

"Uncle-Master, is this... tears of joy?" Li Yinsheng asked.

"I suppose so," Uncle Jiang chuckled. "I thought I would always be a burden to you, but I never expected you to be such a cultivation prodigy."

"With you here, Xuanzhen Temple will certainly not be disbanded."

Li Yinsheng laughed: "Of course. I'll definitely get an A grade in the Zhengyangdao exam at the end of next year."

"Getting carried away!" Uncle Jiang poked his forehead again. "What are you competing for, Grade A? Among the cultivators vying for Grade A, there are quite a few newly promoted True Persons. It's not something you can just easily compete for!"

"You'd be lucky if you could get a second-class grade and inherit the position of abbot within the lineage."

When Li Yinsheng recounted what had happened to his martial uncle, he didn't know when to insert the information that he was now a real person, so he simply didn't say it.

Immediately, Uncle Jiang shook his head again: "However, given your age and talent, you will not only inherit the position of Abbot, but the entire lineage will likely value you highly."

"At that time, abandoning the Xuanzhen Temple and joining the Dharma lineage might be a better choice for you."

Li Yinsheng shook his head and smiled, "Let's talk about the future later. There's still more than a year until the next Dao Examination."

"Mm." Uncle Jiang nodded.

"By the way, Uncle-Master, I happen to have something about the Taoist temple that I wanted to ask you," Li Yinsheng said.

"What is it?" Uncle Jiang asked.

"I previously looked through the notes left by the senior masters of the temple." Li Yinsheng carefully chose his words.

"All the notes mention another type of technique for tempering the soul, but I've never found it in the library. Does our temple really have this technique?"

Uncle Jiang was taken aback, seemingly surprised that Li Yinsheng would ask this question.

"You noticed this?" Uncle Jiang shook his head. "The techniques for tempering the soul are top secrets of each Taoist temple, and only true cultivators can practice them. It's useless for you to have them now."

Li Yinsheng was about to take this opportunity to tell his martial uncle that he had become a true immortal.

But Uncle Jiang immediately added, "What's this talk of 'top secrets'? Anyway, you're now the master of Xuanzhen Temple, so since you asked, there's nothing I can't tell you."

"The so-called techniques for tempering the soul do exist in the temple. To be precise, they used to exist."

Li Yinsheng was taken aback.

"There was such a thing before?" He immediately realized, "Uncle-Master is referring to the lost martial arts technique of the sect, 'The True Interpretation of the Mysterious Treasure Illumination Heart Seal'?"

"That's right." Uncle Jiang nodded. "This temple-suppressing technique is actually divided into two parts."

"One is the 'Precious Illumination Scripture,' which is for cultivating and refining Qi, and can be practiced even by those below the True Person level. The other is the 'Heart Seal Scripture,' which can only be practiced by True Persons and is specifically used to temper the soul."

"Whether or not one practices the Baozhao Sutra depends on one's individual aptitude. Most of the true men who have appeared in the temple have practiced the Baozhao Sutra, but some have practiced other methods."

"For example, what I specialize in is a sword manual. Although its grade is not as high as the Baozhao Scripture, it is more suitable for me."

Li Yinsheng recalled that some of the seniors' notes also mentioned that they practiced other cultivation methods.

"The Heart Seal Sutra..." Li Yinsheng asked.

"The Heart Seal Sutra is the only cultivation method in the temple that can temper the soul and refine the spirit, so every True Person will practice it as well," said Uncle Jiang.

"Including you, Uncle-Master?" Li Yinsheng's eyes lit up.

"That's natural." Uncle Jiang nodded.

Li Yinsheng almost hugged and kissed his Uncle Jiang.

When he heard his uncle say that the only soul-tempering technique was the lost temple-suppressing technique, his heart skipped a beat.

However, he quickly realized that since it was the only soul-tempering technique, and his martial aunt was also a true person, there was no reason why she hadn't practiced it.

Now it seems that this was indeed the case.

"Then... Uncle-Master, do you still remember the Heart Seal Sutra?" Li Yinsheng asked.

"Do you think I have a bad memory?" Uncle Jiang asked rhetorically.

"Then can you teach me?" Li Yinsheng pressed.

"Yin Sheng, only a True Person can cultivate the Soul Tempering Technique. Even if you obtain it, you will not be able to master it properly and will find it difficult to enter the gate."

Uncle-Master Jiang shook his head and said, "Unless one happens to possess a superior aptitude related to the divine soul, perhaps they could attempt cultivation in front of a True Person, but such people are too few..."

Just as Li Yinsheng was about to shout, "I am the real person, I've been holding it in for ages!", Uncle Jiang spoke up again.

"But since you're curious, I'll tell you. Anyway, you can't cultivate the Heart Seal Scripture until you become a True Person, so it won't harm you."

She smiled and said, "Just remember not to waste your energy and time on it. Once you break through to the True Person realm, you'll naturally be able to cultivate."

Li Yinsheng thought to himself, "My uncle-master is as easy to talk to as ever."

Now that he has mastered the cultivation technique, he is already a true immortal. It's not too late to tell his martial aunt later. He wants her to process what has happened these past few days.

Ultimately, a person in their early twenties is still a bit too extraordinary; even the Zhengyang lineage probably hasn't produced such a prodigy.

If he were to tell his martial uncle now, he was afraid that his martial uncle would burst into tears of joy again, just like before, and make him leave, then cry for another hour or two before passing on the "Heart Seal Sutra" to him.

Moreover, her martial aunt is currently weak and medicine is ineffective. After being agitated twice, she will probably have a sleepless night.

So after thinking for a moment, Li Yinsheng nodded directly: "Don't worry, Uncle-Master, I'm just curious."

Of course, because he's so curious, once he learns it, he'll practice it for decades straight, and then he'll definitely stop being curious.

"Come here, come closer." Uncle Jiang beckoned to him with his finger.

"There's no need, Uncle-Master, it's just the two of us here," Li Yinsheng complained.

Uncle Jiang didn't insist and began to explain the Heart Seal Sutra to Li Yinsheng.

Li Yinsheng listened attentively.

Although his sea of ​​consciousness was far more stable than that of a newly promoted True Person, he had never come into contact with any knowledge about the sea of ​​consciousness, and therefore remained confused about many subtle aspects of his own sea of ​​consciousness.

At this moment, after receiving the "Heart Seal Sutra" from my uncle, I suddenly felt enlightened.

Moreover, the "Heart Seal Sutra" that her martial aunt taught also included her own cultivation experience and insights, which were described in great detail, making Li Yinsheng very satisfied.

Uncle Jiang, who was explaining the Heart Seal Sutra to Li Yinsheng, was also very satisfied.

She explained the Heart Seal Sutra to Li Yinsheng for two reasons. Firstly, as she said, the Heart Seal Sutra is impossible for cultivators who have not yet become true immortals to practice, so there is no harm in it and there is no need to worry that Li Yinsheng will be affected if he learns it in advance.

Moreover, given his junior apprentice's talent, becoming a true master is inevitable. It doesn't matter if he learns the skills ahead of time, since he'll need them sooner or later anyway.

But besides that, there is another very important point.

During this time, Li Yinsheng was busy urging Mu Xiaoyu to cultivate.

Although she didn't understand why Li Yinsheng cared so much about this ordinary girl, she knew that her nephew had been spending less time with her lately.

Although she didn't want to interfere with her junior apprentice's important business in the past, and wouldn't let him spend too much time with her every day, now it's definitely a little shorter than before.

This is definitely not her imagination!

Now that she is teaching and explaining the "Heart Seal Sutra" to Yinsheng, he has to stay with her.

Although the technique itself is not long, with her own cultivation experience and insights, it is estimated that she will not be able to finish explaining it until this evening, or even after dark.

In other words, my nephew will have to stay with her all day.