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Chapter 57 - 57 57 - How Do You Know My Intention Isn't to Be Deceived

57: Chapter 57 – How Do You Know My Intention Isn’t to Be Deceived?

57: Chapter 57 – How Do You Know My Intention Isn’t to Be Deceived?

“What does that mean?”

Zhang San vaguely felt that something was not quite right, especially with Zhao Siyang’s smug smile on his face; it didn’t seem like he had come across any good fortune.

“It means, from the moment you were born, what your parents raised was essentially a placenta!”

Zhang San glared at Zhao Siyang.

“Let me explain it simply.

Innate Qi, everyone is born with this once they come into this world, during infancy, all people have it.”

“This is why some from the Demon Path want to cultivate with infants involved; they aim to take their Innate Qi to replenish their own.”

“It could be said that the more Innate Qi one has, the higher their aptitude is, making cultivation much more effective.”

“But you are different; you don’t have any, not a trace of Innate Qi!”

Only then did Zhang San understand why Zhao Siyang had just called him the “Eternal Dual Sky Supreme.”

Without Innate Qi, he wouldn’t be able to achieve Core Creation; therefore, he could only remain stuck at the stage of Innate Qi for his entire life, unable to make any progress.

“Could it be that I was used by the Demon Sect for cultivation when I was a child?” Zhang San wondered aloud.

But Zhao Siyang shook his head.

“If you had been cultivated by the Demon Sect, you would be no more.

How could you possibly live to be this old?

I said you were a placenta as a metaphor, you didn’t take that seriously, did you?”

Zhang San was stunned because another question suddenly occurred to him.

Could it be because he died once in his previous life, and thus his Innate Qi was lost?

And then he transmigrated over, which led to his current awkward situation of having no Innate Qi?

“What should I do?

Although the Town Martial Office calls my Heavenly Punishment Sect a Demon Sect, I can’t possibly start cultivating Demon Path techniques, right?”

Actually, in his heart, Zhang San felt that cultivating Demon Path techniques was not entirely out of the question.

He wouldn’t face much psychological pressure in using evil or adversarial people for cultivation.

But the idea of targeting infants was hard to accept.

Zhao Siyang sighed helplessly and gave Zhang San a very displeased look.

“Since you seem to be a decent person, I’ll give this to you.

Remember, you owe me a favor, a huge favor; and this thing is not to be disclosed!

If it’s leaked, I will have you hunted down!

Understand?”

Zhao Siyang took out a very thin Secret Manual from his chest with great reluctance.

He flipped to a certain page, and those pages were not bound but stacked together.

Zhao Siyang gritted his teeth, pulled out that page, and handed it to Zhang San.

There was no title on it when Zhang San looked, just some text of a mental method.

“Sex is of nature…”[Note 22]

“What kind of fortifying divine technique is this?”

Zhao Siyang was also taken aback, peeked over for a look, and curled his lip.

“This is the Qin Heart Triple Layer, the most difficult but also the strongest Core Formation technique within Core Creation methods.

However, this is too far-fetched for you.

Look at the other side; that’s what suits you.”

Zhang San quickly turned the page to see the other side.

“To nurture is to cultivate the Three Qualities of the Postnatal, to fortify the Innate as well…”[Note 23]

This made sense!

Zhang San began to study it immediately.

Although the content was somewhat arcane and difficult to comprehend, he had cultivated every night for eight years during this period.

Who would have thought that a boy not even seventeen years old had already cultivated for decades?

A programmer couldn’t even accrue such experience with overtime on an eight-hour work schedule!

So, Zhang San could roughly understand it.

But Zhang San found that he could easily understand Wood Series Techniques, yet this single page Zhao Siyang gave him only yielded a general grasp.

Reading it again brought new insights, as he realized what he initially thought might not be quite right.

Yet to ask Zhao Siyang again, Zhang San felt somewhat embarrassed.

After all, he had been captured by Zhao Siyang, and though he didn’t quite feel like a captive at present, who was Zhang San to them?

A little backbone was still necessary!

“Zhao Siyang, there’s nothing wrong with this stuff, is there?

You’re not using me as a test subject, are you?”

Zhao Siyang glared at him and said angrily, “Do you realize what that is?

After my master passed it to me, I never let him see a single page, and now I’ve directly torn a page out to give to you.

If you don’t want to read it, just give it back!”

Zhang San naturally knew that this must be something valuable.

Although it was only a piece of paper, it felt as heavy as a slab of iron in his hands.

“You give it away and then you want it back, have you no shame?

And what’s written here is just not right, don’t believe me?

Look!”

Zhao Siyang waved his hands repeatedly and said, “It’s yours now, I can’t look at it anymore.

But you’ll understand if you keep reading, observe with the Three Views Technique.”

Zhang San was utterly confused.

What does he mean by observing with the Three Views Technique?

Am I being tested on my worldview, life outlook, and values just by reading a mental method?

Zhao Siyang, seeing the puzzlement on Zhang San’s face, suddenly thought of something.

“You don’t even know the Three Views Technique, do you?”

“What’s the Three Views Technique?”

Zhao Siyang gritted his teeth.

I knew it!

How did this guy cultivate to the level of Innate Qi without knowing the Three Views Technique!

Zhang San noticed the look Zhao Siyang gave him, like a top student in the eighth grade looking at the class underachiever with eyes filled with incomprehension and frustration!

That look seemed to say, “It’s just about finding the area of a shape, right?

How simple can it be?

Just use calculus!”

“Come on, I’ll teach you the Three Views Technique.”

“Follow me and chant…

You can remember it all after I recite it once, right?”

Zhang San clicked his tongue in annoyance.

“Just recite it!

You talk too much!”

“Observe the heart within, the heart has no heart; observe the form without, the form has no form; observe the distant object, the object has no object.

Once all three are understood, only emptiness is seen…”[Note24]

Zhang San had no idea how, after just twenty-four characters, he was supposed to have understood all three aspects.

I really don’t get it!

Luckily, Zhao Siyang was smart.

Seeing Zhang San’s lack of understanding, he tried different ways to teach him, and finally, just as Zhao Siyang was about to have a meltdown, Zhang San got it.

The woman standing by, watching Zhao Siyang’s fiery teaching and Zhang San’s equally fiery cultivation, covered her mouth with laughter.

“Is this what daily life is like for you cultivators?

It seems so fun.”

Hearing Third Miss Gan say this, Zhao Siyang, who had very little patience to begin with, immediately calmed down and patiently guided Zhang San.

“Taoist Priest Siyang, can I also learn your method of cultivation?

It seems so interesting.”

Zhao Siyang replied nonchalantly, “No need!

I can protect you!”

At this moment, Zhang San, who had finally thoroughly grasped the Three Views Technique, turned and made a sarcastic remark to Zhao Siyang: “Be careful not to be tricked.”

Zhao Siyang was furious!

I’m just trying to show off in front of a lady, why do you have to make such a fuss!

So he turned and stared intently into Zhang San’s eyes, gritting his teeth and whispering in a voice only the two of them could hear, “How do you know my purpose for descending this time isn’t to be tricked?”

Zhang San was in admiration.

Other Taoists revere The Three Pure Ones, but you worship Little Black Tiger and Sheep Sheep Dual Faced Turtle, right?

It takes one to know one!

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[Note22]Citation Explanation

This content is the Qin Heart Triple Layer, sourced from Qiu Chuji’s “Direct Pointers on the Great Elixir”: “Nature is heaven, always hidden at the crown.

Life is earth, always hidden at the navel.

The crown is the root of nature.

The navel is the stem of life.

A single root and a single stem are the origin of heaven and earth, our ancestor.

Below the navel, the Yellow Court.

Always guarding the crown and the navel, this is called the Triple Layer.

The Yellow Court says: Qin’s Heart Triple Layer dances with the immortal embryo…”

[Note23]Citation Explanation

This content is about nurturing the latter to supplement the former, sourced from the Eight Immortals of the Qing Dynasty’s “Heart Method of the Golden Elixir of the Immortals”: “To nurture is to cultivate the three grades of the post-heaven, to supplement the pre-heaven…

Nurturing the latter to supplement the former is to solidify essence, nurture Qi, and concentrate spirit.

The body and its functions are both complete, each of the three talents obtained.

Returning essence to where it generates essence, Qi to where it generates Qi, spirit to where it generates spirit, thus the post-heaven abundantly supplementing the deficiencies of the pre-heaven.”

[Note24]Citation Explanation

This content is the Three Views Technique, sourced from Du Guangming’s annotations of “The Scripture of Constant Purity and Tranquility Spoken by Laozi”: “Observe the heart within, the heart has no heart; observe the form without, the form has no form; observe the distant object, the object has no object.

Once all three are understood, only emptiness is seen.”

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