Volume One, Chapter 18: The Urgent Need for a New Technique

Wang Zide hurriedly ran up to Chiyang Peak, his expression excited as he shouted, “Who! Who has broken through to the Sword Heart Enlightenment realm!?”
“Such a prodigy in swordsmanship must not be left out of my Sword Peak—it is an outrage against heaven’s will!”

Watching Wang Zide’s excitement, Zhang Xianfeng snorted coldly.
“You’re late. Lin Yang has already accepted disciples.”

Instantly, Wang Zide’s excited face stiffened, then he complained indignantly, “Lin Yang, you’ve gotten addicted to taking disciples, haven’t you? One month’s delay for Lin Hongye wasn’t enough, and now you want to delay this sword genius too?”

Faced with Wang Zide’s aggressive approach, Lin Yang shrugged indifferently.
“If you have the ability, go ask if they’re willing to take you as master. If they agree, then I have nothing to say.”

Seeing this, Wang Zide immediately began earnestly persuading Lu Chen, but unsurprisingly, Lu Chen still refused.
“I said, apart from Lin Yang, I will not take any other as master.”

Faced with Lu Chen’s resolute stance, Wang Zide sighed helplessly. Lin Yang smiled brightly and said,
“Sorry, Chief Wang, whether I delay them or not, they simply don’t want to leave Chiyang Peak.”

Wang Zide glanced at Lin Yang, scoffed, and then turned to leave. Zhang Xianfeng also shook his head helplessly and turned away from Chiyang Peak.

After the two departed, Lin Yang waved his hand.
“Alright, you two should hurry back and cultivate.”

“Xiao Lu needs to officially become a cultivator soon. Hongye, you must not slack off either. The sect’s grand competition is in a few days—you must seize first place, understood?”

The two of them exchanged determined looks and replied in unison,
“Understood!”

...

Lin Yang returned to his cave abode, and the system panel instantly appeared before his eyes.
[ Ding! Congratulations to the host on completing Task Two! Reward: Celestial Sword Technique!]

Seeing this swordsmanship manual, Lin Yang didn’t need to think twice—it was clearly prepared by the system for Lu Chen.

But that didn’t matter; since Lu Chen successfully cultivated it, Lin Yang would receive the return. It made no difference who it was meant for.

At present, Lin Yang already possessed the Fiery Wrath of Heaven Technique and the Celestial Sword Technique. He muttered,
“Looks like I need to find an opportunity to give these two manuals to Hongye and the others to cultivate.”

...

Three more days passed. In the cave, Lin Hongye sighed softly, feeling troubled.

The sect’s foundational cultivation method, the Great Wilderness Technique, was excellent for forging a solid foundation and strengthening the root essence. It was undoubtedly top-tier.

But precisely because it was too basic, now that Lin Hongye had broken through to the Golden Core stage, it felt like a mere bone to pick at.

Previously, she had used the Imperial-grade Crystal Pill, which had made her foundation extremely solid. She no longer needed the Great Wilderness Technique to consolidate it further.

Generally, cultivators at her stage would stop using the sect’s basic technique and choose other methods.

However, Lin Hongye dared not cultivate the Yaochi Immortal Technique from her previous life, since the Yaochi Sacred Land was a powerful force; she could not risk being discovered by them.

Lin Hongye also wanted to go to the sect’s Scripture Pavilion to buy a new technique to cultivate, but to her frustration, she simply couldn’t find a suitable one.

Of course, there was another option—she could seek her master and cultivate the technique he had passed down.

After pondering for a while, Lin Hongye finally sighed,
“Forget it. Maybe Master has some technique. I’ll go ask.”

Although she planned to ask, she didn’t hold much hope, since Lin Yang himself cultivated the Great Wilderness Technique.

But it was worth asking—perhaps there would be a surprise.

Thinking of this, Lin Hongye stopped her cultivation and set out to find Lin Yang.

At the same time, Lu Chen was also troubled by his cultivation methods.

He was about to lose his mind. He found that the extremely rare and powerful techniques in his mind were completely unusable.

“Damn it... Why can’t I cultivate the Upper Realm’s techniques in the Lower Realm?”

Three days ago, Lu Chen returned to his cave, intending to follow his previous life’s path and continue cultivating the Azure Lotus Sword Technique, the strongest swordsmanship technique in the Immortal Realm.

But as he began, he was dismayed to find he simply couldn’t cultivate it.

The Azure Lotus Sword Technique was an Immortal Realm technique, and to cultivate it required immortal energy.

Yet, in the Lower Realm, where was there any immortal energy? Helplessly, Lu Chen abandoned cultivating the Azure Lotus Sword Technique and planned to cultivate other techniques temporarily.

But after trying every technique in his mind and finding none could be cultivated, he realized that all the techniques in his mind were Immortal Realm techniques.

As for the Lower Realm techniques, he had chosen to forget them when he ascended to the Immortal Realm.

Without any technique to cultivate, it wasn’t just a question of returning to the Immortal Realm—he might not even be able to cultivate again at all.

After a long moment, Lu Chen sighed,
“Fine, looks like I have no choice but to ask Master for a technique to cultivate for now.”

With that, he rose and left the cave, only to bump into Lin Hongye, who was also leaving to find Lin Yang.

The two stared at each other for a moment before Lin Hongye spoke,
“What’s up, junior brother? Are you going to find Master too?”

Lu Chen nodded, then looked at Lin Hongye with suspicion,
“Senior sister, you’re going to find Master as well?”

Lin Hongye nodded,
“Alright, let’s go together.”

...

The two of them arrived at the teahouse but found no sign of Lin Yang—only a teacup still warm to the touch.

They then went to the flower garden, but again found no Lin Yang, only flowers freshly watered.

“Where has Master gone?” The two exchanged puzzled looks, as Lin Yang usually stayed in these two places.

With curiosity, they went to the back mountain of Chiyang Peak and found Lin Yang opening up farmland, continuously planting something.

“Master!” they called out, then ran up to him, curious about the seeds in the soil. Lin Hongye asked,
“Master, what are you doing?”

Lin Yang put down his hoe and wiped the sweat from his brow. He explained,
“I’m planting spirit rice. It will be ready for harvest next year, and its nutritional value far surpasses ordinary rice.”

Lu Chen scratched his head, puzzled.
“Master, why don’t you just use your spiritual power? Wouldn’t that get this done faster? Why do it yourself?”

Lin Yang shook his head and said earnestly,
“You don’t understand. Not using spiritual power is also a way to stabilize one’s Dao heart.”

“You two should do the same—cultivate your mind and body, don’t just train all day.”

The two nodded obediently. Lin Yang then asked,
“What brings you to me?”

Lu Chen spoke first,
“Master, I need a cultivation technique—any technique will do.”

Lin Hongye also nodded,
“Me too. The Great Wilderness Technique no longer suits me, so I want to ask if you have something better.”

“Coincidentally, I do have something.”