Chapter 119: Let You Witness the Vision of an Immortal

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The Immortal Fairy had woven a splendid dream. Lu Yang, nurtured under the personal tutelage of the eldest senior sister, possessed an inherent talent that would have marked him as a peerless genius even in the primordial eras. Crossing realms to do battle should have been child's play for him, and she had intended to seize this grand opportunity to bask in the limelight atop the arena.

She discovered that Lu Yang could indeed fight above his realm by the standards of the ancient times, yet that did not mean he could do the same within the Daoist Sect.

What the Immortal Fairy failed to realize was that as one of the five great immortal sects, the Daoist Sect was renowned not for its exquisite and sublime techniques, but for its unparalleled, wildly imaginative eccentricities.

The Daoist Sect had stood resolute and unyielding for a staggering one hundred and twenty thousand years, relying not merely on fortune, but overwhelmingly on sheer power.

By the generation of the Nine Disciples of the Daoist Sect, each possessed their own extraordinary methods, forcefully elevating the sect's might by another margin.

Take the Seventh Elder, who governed the Peak of the Alchemical Cauldron; his youth spent experiencing the Foundation Establishment stage a hundred times over laid a bedrock foundation for subsequent disciples, a legacy from which Lu Yang had also benefited.

When the Seventh Elder reached the pinnacle of the Foundation Establishment stage, he proposed a theory, questioning why the world decreed a cultivator could possess only a single golden core—what was to stop one from having two, or even three?

He began to deduce the nature of dual and triple golden cores; dual cores were manageable, as two cores revolving and exerting mutual traction still followed traceable laws, but upon reaching three cores, the Seventh Elder faltered, for their rotational trajectories resembled a chaotic mist, utterly devoid of regularity.

With a spirit of unyielding perseverance, the Seventh Elder laid out an eighteen-order Heavenly Element Form, borrowing his master's divine sense to calculate the results and resolve the dilemma.

Yet the computational power required for the rotation of three cores was too vast for the Golden Core stage to sustain, and so the theory of triple cores died a natural death.

Though it bore no fruit, the new algorithms created during the problem-solving process proved immensely beneficial to the Seventh Elder.

Through generations of research by the Daoist Sect, their understanding of core formation had reached an incredibly profound depth; so long as the early foundation was well-laid and the procedures followed, forming a high-grade golden core was by no means difficult.

Any disciple pulled at random from the Daoist Sect would be a peerless genius in the outside world—perhaps not invincible among peers, but defeating ninety-nine percent of them was an effortless certainty.

Within the spiritual realm, Lu Yang silently observed the Immortal Fairy.

I understand the logic, but why is it the Immortal Fairy who is useless, while I am the one losing face?

The Immortal Fairy had fallen before the campaign could even begin.

"Give my body back to me!" Lu Yang felt a twinge of regret for allowing the Immortal Fairy to control his form.

The Immortal Fairy lectured her junior: "Young man, cultivation is not merely about fighting and killing. Does strength alone represent everything? Of course not. Cultivation means experience, testing one's discernment. There are plenty of good treasures in this market of your Daoist Sect. Watch me demonstrate the discernment of an ancient immortal!"

Lu Yang chose to trust her just one more time.

"Take a look, everyone! A glazed blue-and-white porcelain vase retrieved from a ruin's grotto-heaven, a rare magical treasure!"

"The Crouching Dragon Jade Pillow, a pillow that allows you to cultivate within your dreams! A specialty of the south, an absolute treasure!"

"Minor Return Pills, ten contribution points a piece, buy three get one free! The more you buy, the more you get—buy a hundred pills and receive the pill recipe directly!"

"Renting myself out! Renting myself out! A Golden Core cultivator, available to accompany you on outside missions. Can endure hardships, willing to work, one hundred and twenty contribution points a day!"

The Daoist Sect market encompassed everything, from the sale of grotto-heaven treasures to the sale of oneself—there was nothing one could not find.

Controlling Lu Yang's body, the Immortal Fairy squatted down, habitually gathering her garments behind her hips as she lowered herself, only then realizing that Lu Yang was not wearing a skirt.

Lu Yang grumbled inwardly: How novel. Why on earth would a man like me wear a skirt?

"How much for this glazed blue-and-white porcelain vase?"

The Immortal Fairy had taken a fancy to a vase, inside of which sat a withered flower, its species unidentifiable, having died an unknown age ago.

"Eight hundred and eighty-eight contribution points."

"So expensive?!"

"Junior brother, do not think it dear. This glazed blue-and-white porcelain vase was a fine treasure I unearthed from the grotto-heaven of a Soul Transformation cultivator. Look at this exquisite craftsmanship, look at this sturdy material—it is worth far more than its price." The senior disciple picked up the vase and slammed it against the ground; indeed, not a single chip appeared upon it.

"Aside from its sturdiness, does it possess any other virtues? Is the only merit of a magical treasure its durability?"

The senior disciple felt a touch embarrassed; this vase had sat in his possession for a long time without a true purpose ever being found, leaving its durability as the sole selling point.

"One hundred contribution points, and I shall buy it to serve as an ornament."

"Junior brother, you slash the price too ruthlessly! Seven hundred, no lower."

The Immortal Fairy turned to leave without hesitation.

"Do not be in such a hurry! Four hundred, that is the absolute lowest!"

"Two hundred."

The senior disciple gritted his teeth; this vase had been displayed for ages without a buyer, and today someone finally wished to purchase it, an opportunity he could not afford to miss.

"Deal!"

The Immortal Fairy boasted to Lu Yang: "Do you see? This is my discernment!"

Lu Yang asked curiously: "Does this vase conceal some secret?"

The Immortal Fairy shook her head mysteriously: "The vase itself truly possesses only the trait of hardness, but the secret lies not in the vase, but in this withered flower!"

"A cultivation method is hidden within this flower. I shall decipher it for you!"

Moving to a corner of the market, the Immortal Fairy began to chant beneath her breath, murmuring what sounded like an ancient scripture. As the clear cadence of the scripture rippled forth, the withered flower actually returned to life, shifting into a budding state. When the blossom fully unfurled, strings of characters drifted out from the flower.

Wearing an expression that showed everything was exactly as anticipated, the Immortal Fairy translated diligently, quickly arriving at a result.

"This is a cultivation method capable of reaching the Void Refinement stage, named the *Glazed Bone Transformation Art*. The method is divided into three phases: the Undecaying Bone, the Vajra Bone, and the fully mastered Glazed Bone. This is a remnant piece, containing only the phase of the Undecaying Bone—that is, the portion from the Qi Condensation stage to the Golden Core stage."

"If there is a chance to enter the ruins, perhaps the latter half of the method can still be found!"

The Immortal Fairy was brimming with pride; a remnant cultivation method of the Void Refinement stage would have routinely triggered the annihilation of small and medium-sized tribes in the ancient era, causing countless people to break their heads in their desperation to practice it.

Lu Yang fell silent for a moment, then quietly recited a passage of text. The Immortal Fairy was greatly astonished, for it was precisely the conclusion of the remnant *Glazed Bone Transformation Art*.

"I have not even translated it for you yet. How did you know it? Can you read the meaning of these characters?"

Lu Yang sighed, explaining: "The Daoist Sect retrieved the complete text of this cultivation method from the ruins long ago. I read through it as a reference when I was studying cultivation methods."

"The eldest senior sister even corrected several flaws in the art and extended it, deducing that beyond the Glazed Bone lies the Imperishable Bone. The current *Glazed Bone Transformation Art* can be practiced all the way to the peak of the Body Integration stage."

"If you are interested, I can take you to see it. It is on the first floor of the Library Pavilion, free of charge, open to anyone to read as they please."

The Immortal Fairy: "..."

Why on earth would your Daoist Sect place such a precious method on the very first floor of the Library Pavilion?