Chapter 38: Deciding on the Technique

“Hahaha, Fellow Daoist, there is no need for so many formalities,” Zhang Sanfeng said, waving his hand.

“After all, as a reincarnated being, you are born with a powerful divine soul and a solid temperament, which meets the cultivation conditions for this Pure Element Technique.

Otherwise, even if I had the mind to suggest it, you would not be able to cultivate this technique anyway.

However, what I offered were merely suggestions.

You can take a look at this Pure Element Technique first.

If you truly feel it is suitable, then you may cultivate it.

If you still insist on cultivating my Pure Yang Limitless Technique, then naturally, I am more than willing to gain another successor.”

After saying this, Zhang Sanfeng gently waved his hand, signaling Lin Yang to look at the secret manual in his hands first, while he himself placed his hands behind his back and left the alcove.

Looking at Zhang Sanfeng’s departing back, Lin Yang sat cross-legged directly on the floor and gently opened the Pure Element Technique in his hands.

The opening of the Pure Element Technique was likewise a passage of profound Daoist text.

Perhaps Zhang Sanfeng’s Pure Yang Limitless Technique was created by referencing the format of this Pure Element Technique.

However, compared to Zhang Sanfeng’s Pure Yang Limitless Technique, the opening of the Pure Element Technique appeared even more profound and concise:

“Before chaos split, the Dao was the root,

Swirling primeval Qi nurtures the true self.

Turtle-breathing reposes, linking to the deep sea,

A single mysterious pearl illuminates the clear void.”

Lin Yang’s brow furrowed even tighter as the Daoist scriptures he had read in Mount Wudang’s Library Pavilion repeatedly flashed through his mind.

Relying on the heightened comprehension gained from the Top Student System’s rewards, he carefully pondered the opening of the Pure Element Technique—the general outline of the technique—time and time again.

After sorting through it meticulously several times, a trace of enlightenment gradually formed in Lin Yang’s heart.

Only then did he turn to the pages behind.

Lin Yang flipped through this Pure Element Technique much slower than he had with the Pure Yang Limitless Technique earlier.

Because it contained numerous Daoist terms that required him to recall carefully in order to interpret.

Even though these Daoist terms had corresponding explanations in the Daoist scriptures he had read previously, Lin Yang still felt stumbles and hurdles while comprehending them.

It was not until the sun set in the west and the light inside the alcove gradually dimmed that Lin Yang slowly let out a breath and gently closed the Pure Element Technique in his hands.

He closed his eyes in thought.

After a whole day of careful pondering, he had gained a general understanding of the cultivation method of this Pure Element Technique.

Comparatively speaking, the cultivation method of the Pure Element Technique was actually somewhat simpler than that of the Pure Yang Limitless Technique.

At the very least, cultivating the Pure Element Technique did not require searching for the innate Yang inside the human Mingmen that only a virgin boy possessed, as was necessary for the Pure Yang Limitless Technique.

What the Pure Element Technique required was to refine an extremely pure pearl of internal energy at the very center of one’s basic internal energy—that is, in the exact center of the Dantian—through an extremely intricate method of breathing, expiration, inspiration, and intentional guidance.

This process demanded immense effort and required maintaining this method of breathing and intentional guidance for a hundred days.

This was the Foundation Establishment method of a hundred days whispered about in Daoist legends.

Through a hundred days of guidance and tempering, a vast amount of internal energy would be used to refine a pearl of ultimate purity.

Once this pearl was formed, it could serve as a foundation to slowly refine other basic internal energies, gradually elevating their quality.

As the quality of the other basic internal energies continuously improved, it would also cause this pearl to gradually grow larger.

As for how large it would grow, Lin Yang did not know, as it was not specified in the Pure Element Technique.

However, looking at the cultivation process of this Pure Element Technique, Lin Yang inexplicably thought of a cultivation method from ancient legends.

That was the legendary Inner Alchemy cultivation method.

He wondered whether the cultivation method displayed by this Pure Element Technique was indeed the legendary Inner Alchemy method, or if Ancestor Chen Tuan had created the Pure Element Technique based on the Inner Alchemy cultivation method.

Regardless, once Lin Yang understood the cultivation method of this Pure Element Technique, he made up his mind that this was the technique he ought to cultivate.

After all, the cultivation process of this technique was remarkably similar to the process he used earlier to create his basic internal energy method.

With the prior experience of creating the basic technique, cultivating this Pure Element Technique would pose few major difficulties for Lin Yang other than being more complex.

With his mind set, Lin Yang placed the Pure Element Technique back into the box, turned around, and left the alcove.

Stepping out, he traversed the passage and departed from Zhenwu Hall.

Zhang Sanfeng was no longer outside.

Only Song Yuanqiao stood in front of Zhenwu Hall, quietly watching the distant sunset.

Hearing the movement behind him, he turned around.

“Qingyang! It seems you have made your choice,” Song Yuanqiao spoke.

“Sect Master Martial Uncle,” Lin Yang bowed gently.

Song Yuanqiao nodded softly and did not ask further about which technique Lin Yang had ultimately chosen: “You must be tired after a whole day today. Go back and rest.”

“Yes, Sect Master Martial Uncle.” Lin Yang said no more, turning around and heading toward Yu Daiyan’s courtyard.

Returning to the courtyard, Yu Daiyan, along with the two senior martial brothers Qingyuan and Qingliang, were still waiting for Lin Yang.

The moment he entered the courtyard, Yu Daiyan immediately asked: “How did it go? Which technique did you choose? Was it Master’s Pure Yang Limitless Technique?”

Lin Yang shook his head gently: “Reporting to Master, this disciple did not choose the Pure Yang Limitless Technique, but chose the Pure Element Technique instead.”

“Pure Element Technique?” Yu Daiyan slightly furrowed his brows.

“Master did not pass this technique down to us back then, saying only that its contents were incomparably profound and not something we could learn.

To think he actually passed this technique to you; it seems your talent has indeed gained Master’s recognition.” Yu Daiyan nodded with emotion.

He then shook his head and sighed: “What a pity! If you could cultivate Master’s Pure Yang Limitless Technique, with your talent and potential, you might have become a top-tier expert in the martial arts world in less than thirty years.

However, it does not matter.

That Pure Element Technique is passed down from the Daoist school after all.

Although it cannot compare to the Pure Yang Limitless Technique, it is still considered a top-tier internal mental cultivation method in this martial arts world.

Presumably, after cultivating this technique, your chances of becoming a top-tier expert in the martial arts world in the future are by no means small.”

Lin Yang smiled in his heart.

It seemed that Yu Daiyan, and perhaps the entire second generation of Mount Wudang disciples, did not truly understand the story behind the Pure Element Technique or how powerful this technique actually was.

Compared to mundane internal energy methods like the Pure Yang Limitless Technique, the Pure Element Technique was a cultivation method inherited from legendary immortal figures.

In terms of grade, it was far superior to the Pure Yang Limitless Technique.

However, this was just as well.

Making a fortune quietly—Lin Yang liked this feeling.

“Oh, that’s right, Master. Did you and the other martial uncles and aunts not learn Grandmaster’s Pure Yang Limitless Technique?” Lin Yang suddenly asked out of curiosity.

Hearing Lin Yang’s words, Yu Daiyan turned his head away in slight embarrassment and coughed gently: “When I joined Master’s lineage back then, I was no longer a child.

Although I was unmarried, I was no longer of a pure Yang body.

The same was true for your several martial uncles.

The only one who could receive the heritage of the Pure Yang Limitless Technique was your Martial Uncle Zhang.

Although your Sixth and Seventh Martial Uncles were young when they joined Wudang, their temperaments were not suited for the Pure Yang Limitless Technique.

Therefore, among the second-generation disciples of Mount Wudang, only your Martial Uncle Zhang managed to inherit it.

As for the third-generation disciples, they are not even worth mentioning.” Yu Daiyan shook his head, his face filled with disappointment.

“I originally thought that with your talent, Master would pass you the Pure Yang Limitless Technique.

Now it seems it was still lacking a bit.

The cultivation requirements for the Pure Yang Limitless Technique are simply too high after all.”

“It seems this disciple did not have such good fortune,” Lin Yang cooperated, shaking his head with emotion, his face filled with disappointment.