Chapter 316 - 155: The End of the Daoist Technique, Pointing to a Divine Technique! The Mansion Courtyard’s 5 Jia: ’Bow, Horse, Weaponry, Martial, Divine

Chapter 316: Chapter 155: The End of the Daoist Technique, Pointing to a Divine Technique! The Mansion Courtyard’s 5 Jia: ’Bow, Horse, Weaponry, Martial, Divine

In the East Suburbs of Jiangyin Prefecture stood the Flying Immortal Temple.

Inside the temple, due to a sudden attack by assassins from the Black Market, Fan Nansong had ordered the disciples to bolt the gates and stay put.

Under the night sky, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Aside from Ji Xiu and his small group, there was no one else in sight.

But then he saw a small wisp of ’Divine Talisman Fire’ spring from Ji Xiu’s fingertip.

At that moment, Fan Nansong’s breath caught in his throat.

With his cultivator’s insight, he could clearly perceive the immense power contained within that ball of True Flame.

When it came to Immortal Techniques,

Both Dao Skills and Daoist Skills were as vast as a misty ocean, as numerous as the stars, their numbers unknowable.

Some countryside Daoists, who had picked things up by osmosis over many years of studying the Dao, could even create a Dao Skill of their own once they condensed a ’Divine Thought’ of the third step. However, these creations were typically crude and couldn’t compare to the True Inheritance of the great sects.

By the same token, so-called ’Daoist Skills’ were mostly just advanced versions of Dao Skills. Very few had any connection to the more profound Immortal Skills.

A typical Daoist who had successfully condensed a ’Divine Thought’ and could cast spells would, more or less, manage to acquire two or three Dao Skills to have at their disposal.

Those with connections might even be able to obtain a ’Daoist Skill’ from a Side Sect to serve as a trump card.

But...

Daoist Techniques were another matter entirely!

Without exception, all so-called Daoist Techniques were derived and simplified from ’Divine Techniques’.

They were simplified by True Masters from grand, orthodox, thousand-year-old Daoist Lineages to pave the way for their disciples to one day comprehend the sect’s true ’Divine Techniques’.

Every one of them had a proper pedigree and heritage; they were not something a rogue cultivator from the countryside could simply stumble upon.

For example, the Ten Thousand Laws Sect’s famed ’Nine Nine Eighty-one Techniques’ were all derived from the core Divine Techniques of the ’Six True Mansions’.

If a disciple of a later generation could cultivate a ’Great Dao Seed’ from one of these techniques, it meant they were qualified to inherit a ’Divine Technique’!

And forget about the Great Dao Seed—just mastering a single ’Daoist Technique’ required numerous prerequisites.

One had to first perform meritorious deeds to accumulate Great and Small Daoist Merits, then rent the specific ’Cultivation Room’ required for the Daoist Technique, spend six months to a year in that special environment just to reach the entry level, and then study it for several more years to achieve Great Success.

And as for forming a Daoist Seed after reaching Great Success?

It came down to one word.

Fate!

If, after reaching this stage, one still couldn’t grasp its essential Truth and condense a ’Daoist Seed’... then the rest of that path was destined to be a dead end.

And that was for cultivators with both talent and backing.

If one were in some remote, bitterly cold land, or a place utterly devoid of spiritual energy...

Well, you’d really be in for a treat then.

Aside from the painstaking process of trying to comprehend it bit by bit on one’s own, there was no other way.

Take him, for example.

As a reward for finding the Little Ancestral Master, he had received True Venerable Qin’s favor and was granted entry into the ’Ten Thousand Laws Sect’.

Although he wasn’t considered a disciple of the Daoist Lineage’s ’Six True Mansions’, he had been fortunate enough to receive a Daoist Talisman for a Daoist Technique to add to his personal heritage.

Even so, despite spending the last few months studying it day and night, he still hadn’t figured out the first thing about it!

’And now you’re telling me that after not seeing you for over half a month, you’ve managed to find a Daoist Technique in some forgotten corner of the world and have already reached the entry-level proficiency?’

Staring at the tiny flame on Ji Xiu’s finger, Fan Nansong’s heart filled with a bitter jealousy.

Only Ji Wei was different.

Dressed in the Daoist Robe of the Flying Immortal Temple, styled like a young female adept, her eyes were bright and her lips were curved into a smile. She was genuinely happy for Ji Xiu:

"Fan Guan, I told you my brother’s ’Daoist Talent’ is much stronger than mine!"

"That senior brother, the True Master who came to Great Xuan to establish a branch for the sixth True Mansion... once his Chief disciple, the one with the True Inheritance, arrives, do you think I could ask him to make an exception and accept my brother into the sect?"

Ever since her first ’Divine Traveling in the Great Thousand Realms,’ Ji Wei had been spiritually drained for a long time.

It was only recently, as her Divine Soul Cultivation grew deeper, that she had recovered enough to faintly sense that it wouldn’t be long before she could use her Innate Talent again. She would be able to use her anchor point to step into another Celestial Universe and see that Master of hers she’d acquired by chance, True Venerable Qin.

But before that, according to Fan Nansong, the True Mansion Master of the Ten Thousand Laws Sect’s only ’Separate Mansion’ in Great Xuan already knew of her existence. He had ordered his personal disciple—one of the famed ’Ten Great Chiefs’ of the current generation—to come to Jiangyin.

If they went by seniority, that prodigy, one of the ’Ten Great Chiefs,’ was technically her martial nephew!

Ji Wei had clearly perceived the dangers her brother had just described.

And after several months of cultivation, she was no longer the naive girl from the county who couldn’t see the forest for the trees; she had now gained some of a cultivator’s insight.

At the very least, she was no longer completely ignorant about the Ten Thousand Laws Sect she had joined, or about the power of the Daoist Lineage that Fan Nansong had described.

Therefore, Ji Wei seized the opportunity to ask.

Her line of thinking was simple.

’My brother’s life in Jiangyin has been too difficult. If I can use my connection to that Master I got by chance, we could join the same sect. From then on, we could walk the Great Dao together, our progress swift and unimpeded...’

’What’s not to love about that?’

At this, Fan Nansong recovered from his shock. He pondered for a moment, his tone laced with uncertainty.

"Er..."

"Previously, relying on your connection as the Little Ancestral Master, the True Master of the Ten Thousand Laws Sect here in Great Xuan might have accepted Boss Ji into the sect out of respect for you."

"But now, it’s hard to say."

His expression was complex as he looked at Ji Xiu.

"This ’Daoist Technique’ of yours... if I’m not mistaken, it’s a profound art that uses the body as a seed to cultivate a wisp of True Flame. I can’t even begin to fathom its Profound Mystery."

"It must be a Daoist Technique with an extraordinary lineage, one that could potentially lead directly to a ’Divine Technique’ in the future!"

"If you can comprehend it to its very peak and use it as your foundation—as the anchor for your breakthrough past the Three Daoist Art Realms to reach the level of ’Daoist High Merit’ and refine your own Magical Power...!"