Chapter 5: Rewarding the Disciple, Taiqing Wuji Technique!

[Ding, you have gifted your disciple "Lin Qingzhi" with a high-grade Profound Rank cultivation technique and received an 80,000-fold reward: a high-grade Heaven Rank cultivation technique "Taiqing Wuji Technique".]

[Ding, the number of times you can gift today has decreased by 1.]

Inside Lu Changsheng's Daoist robe, a scroll of a cultivation technique appeared—it was a high-grade Heaven Rank cultivation technique!

Cultivation techniques are divided into four major ranks: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow, each rank is further divided into high-grade, mid-grade, and low-grade.

The Taiqing Wuji Technique, being a high-grade Heaven Rank cultivation technique, was six ranks higher than the high-grade Profound Rank technique "Taxuan Skills" that Lu Changsheng had been cultivating before!

"Disciple is grateful for Master's profound kindness, but such a technique is invaluable, I dare not..."

Lin Qingzhi held the scroll of the Taxuan Skills, still somewhat hesitant.

"Take it, cultivate according to the technique, and if you encounter anything you don't understand, come back and seek guidance from your master."

Lu Changsheng, eager to cultivate the Taiqing Wuji Technique and having used up all of today's gifting and Power-infusing Initiation opportunities, waved his hand to indicate that Lin Qingzhi should go back and cultivate.

With the Taiqing Wuji Technique in hand, Lu Changsheng truly didn't care about the Taxuan Skills anymore.

What is that rubbish to him?

Seeing Lu Changsheng disdainfully toss the Taxuan Skills to him, Lin Qingzhi thought to himself, "The depth of Mount Shu's foundation is truly unfathomable. A mere Elder dismisses a high-grade Profound Rank technique as nothing. It seems my own experience is far too little. How embarrassing..."

"Disciple will never forget Master's deep kindness and will cultivate diligently, aiming to enter the Qi Transformation Realm as soon as possible."

Lin Qingzhi respectfully put away the Taxuan Skills, kowtowed again, and then left Lu Changsheng's cave dwelling to head to the mid-mountain area where disciples lived to cultivate.

After Lin Qingzhi had left, Lu Changsheng flipped his palm, and the scroll of the Taiqing Wuji Technique appeared.

"To know the white, yet hold to the black, is the model for the world. To be the model for the world, the constant virtue remains unerring, returning to the infinite..."

Muttering the mnemonic verse, Lu Changsheng followed the diagrams of the Taiqing Wuji Technique to circulate Spiritual Energy through his Zodiac Meridians.

Lu Changsheng's Nascent Soul entered a wondrous state.

All around was chaos, boundless and indistinct, with no up or down, left or right, nor directions of east, south, west, and north.

Lu Changsheng's Nascent Soul practiced Sword Flight within the chaos, but he could never depart from it.

Lu Changsheng reached out and faintly touched the laws of the universe, gaining a deeper understanding of the Dao.

"An undifferentiated mass of chaos was born before heaven and earth. Silent and vast, standing alone unchanged, circling endlessly... I do not know its name, and so I call it 'Dao'!"

With a thunderous boom as if enlightenment was being poured into him, akin to the ringing of bells and gongs!

Hum!

Lu Changsheng's Nascent Soul returned to his Sea of Consciousness, his eyes flashing open, his Daoist robe soaked with sweat.

"The 'Dao' existed before heaven and earth were born?"

Lu Changsheng was greatly shaken by the profound state of the Taiqing Wuji Technique; just brushing against the edge of the Dao, his Nascent Soul Realm was already struggling to bear it.

According to the Taiqing Wuji Technique, the Dao existed before heaven and earth.

"Whew..."

Lu Changsheng exhaled a breath of stale air, then took a deep breath as nature's spiritual energy from around Qingyun Peak rushed frantically towards him!

"The Taiqing Wuji Technique is actually so astonishing!"

Lu Changsheng's inhalation and exhalation had become ten times stronger than before, meaning his cultivation speed was now also ten times faster!

Such is the preciousness of a high-grade Heaven Rank cultivation technique.

Even with a foundation as robust as Mount Shu, Heaven Rank techniques are limited and only available to the Sect Leader of Mount Shu or Elders and disciples who have made significant contributions to the sect.

Not to mention that the Taiqing Wuji Technique is among the elite of Heaven Rank techniques.

"In this way, I'll soon be able to break through the Nascent Soul Realm and step into the Dao Palace Realm. Then I can join the core circle of Mount Shu... No, that's wrong, a cultivator should keep a low profile, stay low-key..."

Lu Changsheng was a cautious man, always striving to keep a low profile.

This great continent is not as peaceful as one would imagine. From the Sect Leader to the disciples of Mount Shu, all adhere to the rules and uphold the Righteous Dao, trustworthy indeed.

But in Xia State, there are also five other Orthodox Sects and four Demon Sects.

The five Orthodox Sects are dissatisfied with Mount Shu's position as the foremost, as Mount Shu's reputation is so great that many cultivators with exceptional talents choose to join them. Consequently, the number of cultivators that join the other five Orthodox Sects is naturally fewer.

Therefore, the five Orthodox Sects subtly show a tendency to vie with Mount Shu for the status of the first Orthodox Sect.

The four Demon Sects, even more, share a feud with the six Orthodox Sects so deep that each year sees the fall of disciples from both sides; some elders of Mount Shu even meet their demise at the hands of the four Demon Sects.

The number of Demon Sect elders who fell to the sword of the eldest senior brother, Li Changye, is countless.

The four Demon Sects are quite wary of Mount Shu and even send disciples to infiltrate, attempting to probe the cultivation levels of the Mount Shu elders.

To pretend weakness to hide one's strength is truly the superior way to survive.

With the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator at my disposal, I can quietly improve my cultivation and live until I achieve sainthood.

Lu Changsheng slightly sorted out his thoughts and then continued to practice the Taiqing Wuji Technique.

The Taiqing Wuji Technique is divided into nine levels. As the unnamed sage who created it described in the preface, reaching the ninth level is merely the beginning of comprehending the Great Dao.

"This sage is indeed modest, truly a role model for our kind."

After circulating the True Qi through the Zodiac Meridians twelve times, Lu Changsheng finally achieved comprehension of the first layer of the Taiqing Wuji Technique.

However, starting from the second layer, it became even more arcane and difficult to understand.

If the first layer of the Taiqing Wuji Technique is like basic addition and subtraction, then the second layer is calculus.

"Fortunately, I have the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator. As long as I perform the Power-infusing Initiation, I can regain my cultivation and should swiftly come to fully grasp the essence of the second layer of the Taiqing Wuji Technique."

"What? Three days have already passed?"

Lu Changsheng had only been guiding his True Qi through the Taiqing Wuji Technique within his body for twelve Zodiac Meridians, and upon counting, he realized three days had gone by.

No wonder the ancients said that seven days in the mountains are a thousand years in the world.

"That means I can perform the Power-infusing Initiation for my disciple and reward them again."

Lu Changsheng smiled slightly, looking forward to the feeling of exploiting the system's loopholes.

"Wait, I haven't used the function that simulates a disciple's life."

Lu Changsheng discovered he had overlooked a feature of the Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator.

The Disciple Apprenticeship Simulator can simulate a disciple's future to enable a master to better guide the disciple and alter the disciple's life.

The reason it's a simulation is that such forecasts are not necessarily set in stone.

Obviously, if Lu Changsheng does not intervene, the simulation might become reality.

"I wonder to what realm my disciple will eventually reach?"

Lu Changsheng cared quite a bit about his first recruited disciple, so he decided to use this function of the simulator.

[Ding! You have begun simulating your disciple 'Lin Qingzhi's' life.]

[Ding! Number of simulations available today -1.]

[Simulation begins:]

[At 15, Lin Qingzhi became your disciple. Under your perfunctory guidance, he broke through to the Qi Transformation Realm in one month.]

Soon, the first line appeared.

"I performed the Power-infusing Initiation for him, and he broke through to the Qi Transformation Realm in a month. How can that be called perfunctory?"

Lu Changsheng could not help but murmur to himself, then continued to read further.

[At 16, Lin Qingzhi, under your perfunctory guidance, broke through to the Golden Core Realm within a year.]