18: Chapter 18 The rumors from the outside world are getting more and more outrageous.

On Changge Peak, the years passed peacefully.

However, the legends about Changge Peak had long since taken wing, flying out of the Taixuan Sect and spreading throughout the vast surrounding regions.

Eastern Wasteland.

A remote land of cultivation where Sects stood like trees and powerful clans ran rampant.

Here, the Taixuan Sect could only be considered a minor Sect at the bottom of the third tier, completely ignored in daily life.

But recently, on the desks of almost every power in the Eastern Wasteland, an urgent intelligence report regarding the Taixuan Sect had been placed.

"The Taixuan Sect has appeared with a mysterious 'Little Martial Ancestor'?"

"Thirty thousand miles of purple vapor coming from the east? An omen of a Saint descending into the world? Are you sure your intelligence isn't wrong?"

"A single breath can extinguish the sun? A drop of saliva can turn into a Spring of Life? These rumors are too outrageous!"

The leaders of the various powers in the Eastern Wasteland examined the secret reports in their hands, their expressions varied.

Some scoffed, concluding that this was fake news deliberately released by the Taixuan Sect to elevate their status.

"Hmph, a third-rate Sect, what kind of earth-shattering big shot could they produce? Send a spy to check it out; it must be a bluff!"

Others were half-believing, adopting an attitude of 'it is better to believe that it exists than that it does not'.

"The rumors might be exaggerated, but there is no smoke without fire. Closely monitor the movements of the Taixuan Sect, and do not make an enemy of them for the time being."

Meanwhile, some powers with more ancient Legacies, who knew more ancient secrets, sensed something unusual.

"Purple vapor coming from the east... this omen is no small matter; every time it has appeared in history books, it has been accompanied by the changing of eras."

"Regardless of whether it is true or false, immediately prepare generous gifts and send people to the Taixuan Sect to pay a visit; we must test the truth of it!"

For a time, the small Taixuan Sect had actually become the eye of the storm for the entire Eastern Wasteland.

Countless gazes, whether overt or covert, were focused on that cloud-shrouded Changge Peak.

Su Changge was completely unaware of the rising winds and surging clouds in the outside world.

At this moment, he was facing his precious Disciple, his brain throbbing with tension.

Stuck... again?

Ye Qingyao, his exceptionally talented Disciple, had seen her cultivation advance by leaps and bounds again after breaking through to the Early Foundation Establishment Stage.

In just one short month, she had touched the Bottleneck of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.

And then, she was stuck again.

This time, she needed a more profound Cultivation Technique to replace the basic Sect Mind-Cultivation Technique she had been practicing before she could continue to break through.

Thus, she came once again with starry eyes to seek guidance from her all-powerful Revered Master.

"Revered Master, this Disciple feels that the previous Cultivation Technique can no longer support subsequent cultivation. I implore Revered Master... to bestow upon me a supreme method!"

Ye Qingyao knelt piously on the ground, her eyes filled with longing and adoration for the supreme Dao.

Su Changge's inner heart was almost collapsing.

Cultivation Technique?

Where am I supposed to get a Cultivation Technique for you!

What he himself was cultivating was still the castrated version of the "Qi Induction Technique" produced by the System, which could only be upgraded by spending money!

He forced himself to remain calm, his consciousness sinking into his mind, quickly opening the System store to frantically search through the "Cultivation Technique Secret Manual" category.

["Chaos Dao Scripture": Points directly to the Immortal Emperor Dao, containing three thousand Laws. Price: 999,999,999 emotion points.]

["Indestructible Heaven Technique": Unyielding through ten thousand kalpas, Physical Body becomes Saint. Price: 888,888,888 emotion points.]

["Supreme Heart-Forgetting Record": Sever the three corpses, prove the Primordial Origin, Primordial Spirit becomes immortal. Price: 777,777,777 emotion points.]

That string of zeros that almost blinded him made the corners of Su Changge's mouth twitch wildly.

Can't afford it!

Goodbye!

The two million eight hundred and fifty thousand emotion points he had left now couldn't even touch a fraction of these top-tier Cultivation Techniques.

He could only change the price sorting from "Highest" to "Lowest".

The screen refreshed at light speed.

Finally, in the very corner of the store interface, he found something he could afford.

It was a tattered, thread-bound ancient book that looked like it was falling apart, with a cover that was almost crumbling.

The pages were yellowed, the corners were curled, and it had five large characters written on it in a crooked font that looked like a child's doodle.

"Swing Sword One Thousand Times".

["Swing Sword One Thousand Times": Introductory basic sword technique, teaching you how to correctly hold and swing a sword. Price: 100 emotion points.]

"..."

Su Changge's thinking stalled.

His gaze was nailed to this basic sword technique, which cost only 100 points and was outrageously cheap.

His mind went blank, followed by an overwhelming sense of absurdity.

Just this?

I'm going to use this to teach my future Empress Disciple?

Won't she have her Dao Heart shattered on the spot, and then draw her sword and hack me to death?

But... if I don't give it, my inscrutable Revered Master persona will collapse on the spot.

If I give it, this thing is too shabby; do I still want to keep the prestige of my "Immortal Venerable" persona?

Su Changge looked at Ye Qingyao, who was kneeling on the ground with increasingly expectant, even slightly fanatical eyes, and felt like he was being roasted repeatedly over a raging fire.

What to do?

What to do!

Got it!

Just as he was in extreme anxiety, a flash of inspiration suddenly split through his chaotic thoughts.

Su Changge's eyes suddenly lit up.

He thought of a brilliant idea.

A perfect plan that could turn decay into magic, packaging this trash sword manual into a supreme true explanation of the Sword Dao!