Monster Chronicles: My Daoist Skill Comes from Mythology
Chapter 34: Taiyin Secret Technique, Three Challenges of the Netherworld (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

Chapter 34: Chapter 34: Taiyin Secret Technique, Three Challenges of the Netherworld (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

Real world.

In the secret chamber, a simple and ancient book floated before Song Lin. The book’s cover bore the four large characters, "Monster Chronicles," written in ancient seal script.

He opened the first page.

[World]: Taiyin Refining

[Thirty-Six Heavens]: Mortal world

[Time Flow Speed]: 1:365

[Descent]: Soul

[Category]: Eastern Penglai Myth, Pre-Qin Myth

[System]: Overseas Immortal Mountain Divine System

[Karma Effect Cycle]: Perfect.

A golden, plump fruit hovered before Song Lin.

This was karma.

Through this object, one could exchange items from that world.

After the battle that day, Song Lin stayed for three days, discovered Zou Yan’s relics, and obtained the instructions for using the Bone-shining Mirror and the Taiyin Refining Method.

He found out that it wasn’t the real Guan Yinzi but rather Guan Yinzi’s spirit emerging from his corpse after his Feather Transformation Ascension.

Before leaving, Song Lin ultimately reminisced about past bonds.

After all, unifying the world helped him fulfill his karmic debts.

He sought out Ann Qi, who was traveling far and wide, and handed him the Taiyin Refining Method and a single message.

He left Ying Zheng with two choices.

One was to reveal future events and provide solutions; under this method, the Qin Country could endure the normal dynastic cycle of 300 years rather than dying out prematurely.

The other was to teach him the Taiyin Refining Method, allowing him to achieve immortality. If he could refine seven beads, he indeed could attain eternal life.

The ultimate goal of the Taiyin Refining Method was to become the "Underground Master," akin to mountain gods and local deities in mythological stories.

Though one would be confined to a single region for life, achieving immortality was guaranteed.

Ying Zheng chose the latter.

He himself had only a few years left to live, leaving future matters to his descendants.

Under Song Lin’s suggestion, Fangxian Dao relocated to the overseas lands rich in resources.

According to Song Lin’s estimation, as the world expanded, the path of cultivation would reach its peak around the Wei-Jin era and then begin to decline.

The migration of the Jin Dynasty to the south and the exploration of the southern wilderness, combined with extraordinary individuals summarizing cultivation methods, would culminate during the Tang Dynasty.

However, decay was inevitable.

Song Lin remained in the Taiyin Refining world for over a hundred years; in truth, the essence and qi levels of this world were comparable to the previous one.

The only difference was the abundance of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from the Pre-Qin era, which strengthened cultivation here.

But not by much.

After summarizing his experiences in this world, Song Lin pondered how to use karma to exchange items.

Currently, there were three target options: Yin Yang Eyes, Fire Control Skill, and Bone-shining Mirror.

The first two were Divine Skills born from consuming exotic treasures, which could not be replicated in the real world.

As for the Bone-shining Mirror, it went without saying.

Other spells were not worth exchanging.

Spells exchanged through karma were limited by one’s Taoist Realm in the real world.

For instance, Song Lin’s two-hundred-year Taoist Realm produced a ten-zhang Red Dragon, but when exchanged, it lasted only for two hundred days.

Thus, using karma to exchange for spells was the worst deal.

However, there was one exception: if the spell were derived from consuming certain Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures or required very specific conditions to succeed.

"Forget it, I’ll go with the Bone-shining Mirror."

The full name of the Bone-shining Mirror was the Taiyin Bone Mirror, an Exotic Treasure Guan Yinzi obtained in his later years overseas.

As Song Lin’s thoughts shifted, the karma gradually disappeared.

A bronze mirror materialized in the void.

The mirror was the size of a human face, made of bronze with an simple and antiquated design. Floating before Song Lin, it reflected not a face, but skull and blood vessels within the meridians.

The Bone-shining Mirror possessed two Divine Skills: one could illuminate the entire body, immobilizing the subject; the other emitted golden light to suppress evil.

"It should be top-grade Magical Artifact level, right?" Song Lin stroked the smooth mirror surface.

Artifacts were generally divided into four levels: Magic Artifact, Spiritual Artifact, Dao Artifact, and Magic Treasure.

Each level had upper, middle, and lower grades.

The Three Yang Fire Sword was not even ranked, while the Green Pearl Miasma barely counted as a low-grade item.

Song Lin pondered briefly and suddenly thought of a brilliant idea.

He decided to thread a rope through the bronze mirror’s hole and suspend it midair, aiming it at himself.

The mirror clearly displayed his entire skeleton and meridians, with a thumb-thick blue light coursing along the meridian path—this was the route True Qi took through the meridians during operation.

"Haha, it actually works!"

From the beginning, Song Lin had held the notion of using the Bone-shining Mirror to enhance his cultivation. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

Through the mirror’s reflection, Song Lin found that the speed of channeling True Qi during fetal breathing had increased significantly, and some detours could be avoided.

Beyond fetal breath, this was even more advantageous for the next realm of Qi Cultivation.

The most dangerous aspect of refining True Qi was when external foreign energy couldn’t merge properly with True Qi, leading to damage from the body’s inability to fully absorb it.

This was akin to planting a bomb within oneself.

With the Bone-shining Mirror’s help, Qi Cultivation would be dozens of times easier compared to others.

"Only one month left..."

One month remained until the Netherworld Three Passes.

Before that, he would not open the world again, lest it consume his time.

For the next month, Song Lin was reclusive.

Between cultivation, he organized his gains from the Taiyin Refining world.

Spells should prioritize quality over quantity. He discarded useless ones.

Guang Chengzi’s Beidou Red Dragon Qi Gong, Red Scale Skill, Dragon Control Technique, Red-and-Yellow Dragon Qi Fist, and Red Dragon Flying Star Skill constituted a set of various applications of qigong, including defense, offense, ranged attacks, aerial retrieval, and flight.

He grouped them under qigong, naming it "Guang Chengzi’s Qi Gong."

Additionally, the Taiyin Refining Method and the Bone-shining Mirror’s usage instructions were grouped into "Taiyin Secret Techniques."

The Taiyin Refining Method was not practiced for now, just kept in reserve for potential future use.

Other spells he simply discarded—there was no time to cultivate them.

One month later.

Flutter, flutter!

A pigeon flew in and landed by the window.

"Song Lin! The time has come! Hurry to the Capital Institute, the temple master will personally escort you all!" The pigeon spoke human words—it was a messenger sent by Tongshou Taoist.

After delivering its message, the pigeon departed.

"Understood."

In the secret chamber, Song Lin suddenly opened his eyes.

Name: Song Lin

Realm: Fetal Breathing Stage

Taoist Realm: Five years

Divine Skills: "Lao Mountain Five Skills," "Guang Chengzi’s Qi Gong," "Taiyin Secret Techniques"

Items: Three Yang Fire Sword, Miasma Green Pearl, Black Evil God Blood, Taiyin Bone Mirror.

Having refined his spells sufficiently, it was time to take on the trials.

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