[The Mortal World].
By the time Pan Huang regained his senses, a heroic and spirited young Daoist had already appeared in front of him, pinching a crimson jade slip in his hand.
!...
Instantly, Pan Huang furrowed his brows, his heart filled with shock and doubt. When did he appear? And when was the jade slip taken away?
And the young Daoist's stature made him secretly alarmed even more. It was higher than his... not higher than he was now, but higher than when he was still in the Heaven Treading Realm back then! Although the difference was very limited and not enough to form a qualitative change, it was enough to show the gap between him and the other party.
No wonder I was specifically asked to come see him.
Even from Pan Huang's perspective, a cultivation level like Lingxiao's would have been a resounding big shot in the golden age of antiquity, second only to the Dao Lords!
It was just that morals had declined and people's hearts were no longer as they were in ancient times.
Otherwise, a Great Perfected Lord who could reach this step could even discuss the Dao with the Dao Lords, listen to the teacher preach the Dharma, and seek his own path to the Primordial Spirit.
Thinking of this, Pan Huang couldn't help but shake his head.
On the other side, Lingxiao swept the crimson jade slip with his divine sense, and then he furrowed his brows. His already serious expression became even more solemn because of it.
What a wondrous method!
The contents of the jade slip flooded into Lingxiao's mind like a tide, transforming into two methods, one long and one short. Each one brought him tremendous shock.
[Method Transformation and Reform Dao]
[Heart-Cleansing Chapter]
The former, even with Lingxiao's Dao comprehension, he scrutinized for a long time, simply because its foundation completely exceeded the existing system and had to be comprehended from scratch.
Transforming methods and reforming. If one cultivates according to this method, one should ultimately cultivate a ability and using it to alter one's foundation. It will probably break out of the limitations of the Grotto-Heaven Method. This is switching Dao Lineages! And it's a Dao Lineage that has never appeared in the Light Sea before. What Dao will it ultimately attain?
Lingxiao's heart was filled with shock and doubt.
Besides that, the [Heart-Cleansing Chapter] also deeply moved his heart. The descriptions of the Dao Heart within even gave him a feeling of perfect enlightenment.
So that's how it is!
The Dao Heart... So Dao Heart Perfection is still not the limit. Above it, there is Fasting of the Mind, and even the Primordial Spirit. To a Dao Lord, the Primordial Spirit is the true foundation of cultivation!
This reminded him of the nameless Dao Lord who advised him to go to the false history to seek the unorhtodox path of [Yin and Yang] in the Netherworld not long ago. A realization surfaced in his heart.
I knew it. He openly and brazenly pointed it out to me because he was certain I couldn't succeed. Is it because my cultivation of the Dao Heart is insufficient?
Thinking of this, he hurriedly continued to read on.
As a result, the next second, he almost crushed the jade slip. Unlike the complete [Method Transformation and Reform Dao], the [Heart-Cleansing Chapter] actually had no follow-up!
Why was it cut off? Bastard!
Monstrous waves instantly surfaced in the depths of Lingxiao's eyes. It was only after a moment that he regained his calm. Raising his head, he turned to look at Pan Huang, a thought flashing through his mind.
Whose chess piece is this person?
Which Dao Lord?
Right at this moment, Pan Huang suddenly spoke: "The one from my family said, trade one thing for another. He doesn't force it; everything is up to you to consider at your own discretion, Fellow Daoist."
"If you are willing, Fellow Daoist can give me a strand of Golden Nature, and I will return to report."
"..."
Golden Nature, the very life of all Grotto-Heaven Method cultivators. And the higher the cultivation, the more important it was. Reaching his stage, not even a little bit could be lost.
If it were in the past, if anyone dared to say such things in front of him, even if he didn't turn hostile on the spot, he would definitely start plotting how to scheme the other party to death in his heart.
However, now, Lingxiao's emotions were quite stable. With a shift of his gaze, he landed once again on the [Method Transformation and Reform Dao] within the jade slip.
The importance of Golden Nature is premised on the Grotto-Heaven Method.
If you don't cultivate the Grotto-Heaven Method and switch to other Dao Lineages, then Golden Nature naturally becomes meaningless... It's just that generally speaking, this kind of thing cannot be done.
Take him as an example.
If he wanted to switch to cultivating the Ancient Method now, he would have to abolish his Grotto-Heaven. Setting aside whether the Ancient Method could be successfully cultivated, his cultivation base would inevitably plummet first.
Who would be willing?
This was the drawback of switching Dao Lineages—an almost uncontrollable plummet in cultivation base, which doomed the transition between Dao Lineages to be very difficult to achieve, almost impossible.
Thinking of this, Lingxiao looked at the [Method Transformation and Reform Dao] again, his eyes filled with amazement.
This method is completely different. It seems to be able to perfectly transform Dao Lineages. It's simply an innate Dao Lineage meant for poaching... No, that's not right. It was deliberately designed this way; its original design intention was precisely to poach!
Such high methods.
Scrutinizing the jade slip in his hand, Lingxiao reviewed the "Five Great Heavenly Destinies" explained to him by the nameless Dao Lord previously, and faintly realized something in his heart.
Incredible.
Evolving [Change] to the extreme, it even has somewhat of the concept of the [Variable]. Who exactly is it? Which Dao Lord has such ability?
Lingxiao's expression fluctuated, changing rapidly.
By this point, he already understood the underlying meaning of the jade slip.
This was a transaction.
The Lord who created this method wants me to switch to cultivating his Dao Lineage. As long as I switch, he will inform me of the follow-up to the [Heart-Cleansing Chapter].
And Golden Nature is the token of allegiance.
After all, only by handing over Golden Nature and cutting off my own path in the Grotto-Heaven Method can I prove that I have made a clean break with the Grotto-Heaven Method. This is not allowing me to sit on the fence.
you want to buy me out at a fixed price?
With this thought, Lingxiao's thoughts became increasingly heavy. However, he didn't get tangled up in the underlying meaning of the jade slip. After all, he never minded selling himself. That's just how the world was. As long as he still wanted to climb higher, he could only sell. The only difference was whether he could sell himself for a good price.
Selling well was the only way to climb higher.
Selling poorly, let alone climbing higher, falling halfway and being schemed to death would be the most normal thing in the world. He could only blame himself for lacking ability.
So his question was...
Is this buyer reliable? Is his price high enough?
An unreliable buyer, like the Dao Lord who advised him to go to the false history to attain the unorhtodox path of [Yin and Yang], fundamentally didn't want to spend money to buy him from the very beginning.
He was purely trying to scam him.
Whether the price was high or not depended on himself. With his current cultivation, only a price that could help him attain the Dao of the Nascent Soul could be considered high! Thinking of this, Lingxiao let out a long breath.
Words are weak. These two questions of his couldn't possibly be answered just by talking. But as long as he did one thing, he could verify it.
"Fellow Daoist, I'm sorry."
As his words fell, the young Daoist in Pan Huang's eyes abruptly disappeared like a wisp of ethereal blue smoke, making him stare blankly. Following that came an intense bout of severe pain.
Pfft!
The next second, a fair palm pierced through Pan Huang's chest. Endless wonders gathered within it, and then exploded within its palm!
Instantly, as if an invisible giant hand had wiped away dirt, Pan Huang's figure was lightly erased by Lingxiao.
Half of his body turning into nothingness!