Lord Shenxiu
Chapter 110: Difficulties (Congratulations to Alliance Hierarch Tian Zelü!)

Chapter 110: Chapter 110: Difficulties (Congratulations to Alliance Hierarch Tian Zelü!)

"Are these few limited transformations all confined within the techniques collected by the Ten Thousand Techniques Sect?"

Zhong Shenxiu was no fool, and he quickly came to a conclusion.

"Exactly!"

Master Yixin nodded gently, "To be limited is one thing, but the ancestor discovered that these transformations, no matter what, could not escape the shackles of the techniques collected by the Ten Thousand Techniques Sect. He immediately realized that if one could not integrate the most sublime scriptures from both the righteous and demonic paths, how could one talk about simulating the techniques of the world?"

"It’s just that the transmission of Daoist Skills is precious, being able to collect techniques from all laws was already the full effort of the Ten Thousand Techniques Sect, yet there are too many inferior ones. To think about integrating the fundamental scriptures from both righteous and demonic schools, including other schools and Buddhism, is like a fool’s dream, impossible for anyone in the world. Our ancestors once said that if it could be accomplished, the Thousand Transformations Divine Power could rise above the top rank, truly simulating any divine power in the world, yet there was nothing they could do but to end in frustration."

"Despite this, Nine Changes of Mysterious Evil and Eight Variations of Heavenly Gang are still quite excellent Daoist Skills, so why haven’t they been widely adopted in the world?" Zhong Shenxiu was somewhat puzzled.

Even if restricted within the framework of the Ten Thousand Techniques Sect, how much convenience could a spell that tops nine others bring to a Gang Sha Realm cultivator?

It greatly increased the possibility of forming Divine Powers.

How many cultivators in the Gang Sha Realm, previously stuck with no way forward, could see hope through this?

To abandon previous achievements and start over was, after all, a last resort; how could the integrated Evil Qi be completely removed without damaging the Dao Foundation?

If such convenient methods truly existed, why hadn’t they changed the entrenched views of the Cultivation World?

Was it due to the monopolization by major sects, or for some other reason?

"Your point is very true, these two sets of techniques can not only form the Thousand Transformations Divine Power but can also combine with other Daoist Skills to form Divine Powers, offering six or seven varieties. Although most are of low grade, they could allow cultivators, who previously had no hope of reaching the Divine Power Realm, to make a breakthrough... However, there is a major drawback to the Nine Changes of Mysterious Evil and the Eight Variations of Heavenly Gang."

Master Yixin gave a bitter smile, "If it hadn’t been for this drawback, the Ten Thousand Techniques Sect would not have declined generation after generation."

"Is it because the cultivation is difficult, and specific Gang Sha Qi is hard to find?" Zhong Shenxiu thought of the Nine Pure Immortal Light Protection Divine Power and suddenly felt a jolt.

"Exactly!"

Master Yixin’s bitterness deepened, "To cultivate the Nine Changes of Mysterious Evil and the Eight Variations of Heavenly Gang, you need Thousand-Transforming Evil Qi and All-Encompassing Gang Qi. These names were set by our founder, but we, the later generations, have been incapable... we haven’t found either, ever."

"Not found even one?" Zhong Shenxiu was truly shocked.

Even with something like the Taiching Demon Refining Immortal Light, where Gang Sha Qi is hard to find, the Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect had at least some instances of finding it.

This Thousand-Transforming Evil Qi and All-Encompassing Gang Qi, then, truly spelled despair.

"But our founder was certain that these two types of Gang Sha Qi exist between heaven and earth, just not yet materialized... The clear proof is that we can absorb the elemental Qi of heaven and earth to cultivate spells; all people in the Ten Thousand Techniques Sect before us did just that," Master Yixin continued.

"Then you’ve really had a hard time."

Zhong Shenxiu felt somewhat sympathetic.

The elemental Qi of heaven and earth can be transformed into myriad Qi!

Thus, this train of thought wasn’t wrong. Even if one couldn’t find Gang Sha Qi, they could meditate intensively, drawing the faint, specific Gang Sha Qi from the elemental energy of heaven and earth to cultivate.

But what about the speed?

Master Yixin indeed mentioned this issue, his voice turning incredibly bitter,

"If we compare the elemental energy of heaven and earth to an ocean, the common evil Qi needed for our cultivation is like the salt content in seawater. Ordinary cultivators need to painstakingly refine salt from the seawater, condense it into salt powder, and slowly accumulate it. Therefore, it takes years or even decades to accumulate a sufficient quantity of Gang Sha Qi."

"But if one finds natural Gang Sha Qi condensed between heaven and earth, it’s like finding a salt mine. You can mine directly without the need for laborious purification, which is so much more convenient."

"Ordinary evil Qi is just like that. For slightly special evil Qi, it’s like refining gold from seawater; the exhaustion is even greater, and it takes decades of hard cultivation before there’s hope. Hence, cultivators aspiring to forge special Daoist Skills set out to find gold mines, and definitely will not refine it foolishly by themselves."

"And for the Thousand-Transforming Evil Qi and Gang Sha Qi which exist only in theoretical texts, damn it, they’ve never even appeared between heaven and earth... The proportion of their components in seawater is also extremely rare! The record holder in the Ten Thousand Techniques Sect took fifty years just to barely master the Nine Changes of Mysterious Evil and another sixty years to cultivate the Eight Changes of Heavenly Gang..."

Zhong Shenxiu could not help but nod, "I understand!"

Gang Sha Cultivators have at most a lifespan of one hundred fifty years. With such a process, one hundred ten years pass by, how much time is left for further cultivation?

A slight mishap, and you are likely to exhaust your lifespan without achieving Divine Power!

It’s understandable why the heritage of Ten Thousand Techniques Sect is so difficult.

This is also why Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect doesn’t insist on their disciples mastering the Nine Pure Immortal Light Divine Power.

Otherwise, if failing to find the required evil Qi for one spell takes fifty years of arduous cultivation, and three spells take up one hundred fifty years, the cultivator would turn into bones directly!

Considering how problematic the Nine Changes of Mysterious Evil and the Eight Changes of Heavenly Gang are, it’s no wonder that, despite some conveniences, few undertake their cultivation, leading them to gradually be shelved and remaining unheard of by most people in the cultivation world.

"Actually, even if the grandmaster marvelously acquired the core scriptures of the major righteous and demonic sects and refined the Daoist Skills, we would not dare to cultivate them," said Yixin Daoist in summary. "The Nine Changes of Mysterious Evil are already so formidable, and if it were to be further refined to manifest myriad techniques, how rare and unique must the required evil Qi be? It might take two or three hundred years of seated cultivation to achieve even one mastery! If someone could live for a thousand years or tens of thousands of years, then such cultivation could be feasible, but our lifespan is but fleeting; we really cannot afford to wait. Therefore, our ancestor of Yixin Temple broke away and established the lineage of Yixin Temple, not cultivating the Thousand Transformations Divine Power but focusing solely on mastering the Daoist Sword Technique."

"Looking at it now, the ancestor of Yixin Temple was deeply strategic in his planning," Zhong Shenxiu praised.

Having heard so much, he was certain; the Daoist Skills of the Ten Thousand Techniques Sect really were a pit! A big pit! A huge pit!

But why did he feel even more intrigued?

’Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect might not necessarily allow me to join, and if I can’t obtain subsequent scriptures, my path in Dao will face setbacks, thus needing some leeway... If the fundamental Dao techniques could easily vary, then there might be no absolute need to join only Supreme Dragon and Tiger Sect.’

After all, he had killed Zhang Taiyi. If not for coveting the Corpse Resolving Immortal Technique, he might not have risked infiltrating it.

’I just happen to possess the "Dragon Tiger Pill Book." If I could integrate this classic into the Thousand Transformation Skill, perhaps I might simulate the Daoist Divine Powers of Dragon Tiger Sect and further enhance them!’

’I don’t seek other changes; accommodating the Daoist Skills of Supreme Dragon Tiger Sect would be decent enough. As for the problem of even harder-to-find Gang Sha Qi after advancing the Daoist Skills... Heh heh... I have yet to see a cultivation technique that Heavenly Show Points can’t handle!’

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