3: Defy your heavenly understanding and feel the Golden Light Mantra!

Late at night.

After the Old Celestial Master entrusted Lin Yuan to Zhang Lingyu, he went to prepare for rest.

Lin Yuan followed Zhang Lingyu to his room.

"Lin Yuan, this is my room. You can stay wherever you like."

Lin Yuan nodded to himself and went to the backyard, carefully surveying his surroundings.

This was indeed a good place for cultivation, with a tranquil environment and no disturbances.

"Lin Yuan, are you hungry? Do you want me to bring you something to eat?"

Soon, Zhang Lingyu brought two porcelain bowls, which contained some sliced raw meat and water.

As a Zheng Yi sect, the Tianshi Mansion could eat all kinds of meat, except for beef and dog meat.

Lin Yuan was a snake now, and usually ate small animals, so Zhang Lingyu brought him some raw meat.

Lin Yuan felt a bit disgusted looking at the raw meat in the bowl. After all, his soul was still human, and in his previous life, he had never eaten raw human food.

However, fortunately, snakes are swallowing animals, so he might as well try.

After swallowing a few pieces, Lin Yuan found it truly unbearable, and he immediately used his tail to dip in water and write on the ground.

Zhang Lingyu squatted beside him, curious, watching Lin Yuan's actions with some confusion.

"Wait!? Is he writing!?"

Zhang Lingyu rubbed his eyes; this snake was really writing.

Soon, a line of text appeared on the ground.

"I eat cooked food, not raw."

Zhang Lingyu looked at the strong, vigorous handwriting on the ground, and he couldn't hold himself together.

Was this still a snake? Its writing was even better than his own.

Soon, Zhang Lingyu brought another plate of cooked food. He watched Lin Yuan swallow it in large gulps, and for a moment, he even wondered if the snake in front of him had been possessed.

After eating, Zhang Lingyu no longer bothered with Lin Yuan and went to wash up and prepare for bed.

He had just finished washing when he noticed something amiss in the backyard.

When he came to the backyard with a toothbrush in his mouth, he froze on the spot, and the toothbrush fell out of his mouth.

"Holy moly!? This snake can cultivate!?"

The Qi attracted by this snake was far greater than what he absorbed during his own cultivation.

To put it bluntly, if he cultivated near him, he would benefit from the snake's aura.

It could understand human speech, write, and cultivate!

Was this still a snake?

Zhang Lingyu had always believed that, besides the Old Celestial Master, he was the most talented person on Mount Longhu.

The Old Celestial Master also acknowledged this, but now, he truly felt that he was inferior to a snake.

What kind of feeling was this?

He was a painter who had painstakingly practiced for over a decade and finally produced a masterpiece, but then a snake suddenly appeared and painted better than him... This sense of defeat, of being inferior to a snake, deeply struck Zhang Lingyu.

"I must be dreaming! Yes! I'm dreaming right now!"

Zhang Lingyu muttered as he walked towards his room, leaving only Lin Yuan, the snake, cultivating in the courtyard.

Perhaps it was the new environment, but Lin Yuan wasn't very sleepy. He cultivated in the backyard all night long.

It wasn't until the sun rose in the east, and purple Qi came from the east, that he slowly opened his eyes after absorbing the last trace of morning Qi.

Just this one night of cultivation caused the Qi within him to continuously grow.

Now, the refined Qi constantly circulated through his meridians.

The scales on the surface of his skin had been tempered and became much tougher.

Now, the scales on Lin Yuan's surface already had some sparkling, diamond-like luster.

He tried to twist his body. This night of cultivation had brought earth-shattering changes to his body, and his strength had at least doubled.

In particular, his body had thickened by two circles, and his length had also increased by several centimeters.

At this moment, disciples at the Tianshi Mansion were already getting up one after another to begin their morning exercises.

Lin Yuan immediately followed behind Zhang Lingyu, preparing to go out.

As a Taoist sacred land, Mount Longhu's disciples must have cultivated many techniques.

If he could observe those disciples cultivating, perhaps he could rely on his heaven-defying comprehension to devise other life-saving techniques.

After all, his own cultivation method could only cultivate his body and forge his foundation, which was merely a basis for survival. If he could learn techniques like the Golden Light Spell or Yin Five Thunder, then he could truly establish himself in this world.

Since he had just arrived at the Tianshi Mansion, he definitely couldn't enter the Pavilion of Books where the classics were stored. So, watching Zhang Lingyu or the Old Celestial Master cultivate might also be effective.

Soon, Zhang Lingyu arrived at the main hall.

"Lin Yuan, go find a place to play for a while. Don't scare anyone else."

Lin Yuan immediately climbed along the pillars of the main hall until he reached the rafters, where he began to observe the disciples cultivating below.

Below, Zhang Lingyu, with his eyes closed, could see the images of Lin Yuan cultivating and writing from last night, unable to concentrate.

In the main hall, Rong Shan looked at Zhang Lingyu, who seemed unable to focus, and jokingly asked:

"Junior Brother Lingyu, what happened last night? You seem so distracted. Didn't you sleep well?"

"Senior Brother, have you ever seen a snake that can write and cultivate?"

"What did you say? A snake that can write? And cultivate? Were you dreaming last night?"

Zhang Lingyu shook his head.

"I wasn't dreaming! I really wasn't dreaming. Yesterday, Master brought back a snake, covered in black scales, that can write and understand human speech."

"Alright, alright, I think you've gone astray from your cultivation. I always told you to get proper rest and not look at things you shouldn't. Master is here, so stop talking."

As Rong Shan finished speaking, the Old Celestial Master, dressed in a Taoist robe, walked into the main hall. All the disciples of Mount Longhu sat down in order.

Everything was orderly, and the entire hall was solemn and majestic.

"Since everyone is here, for today's morning lesson, I will lead you through the Golden Light Spell once. Afterwards, everyone will begin practicing, and I will check your progress during this period of cultivation."

"Heaven and Earth, profound and mystic, myriad Qi, the root of all. Cultivating countless eons, to manifest my divine powers. Within and without the Three Realms, the Dao alone is supreme. My body has Golden Light, covering and protecting me."

Zhang Zhiwei continuously explained the key points of the Golden Light Spell in detail to everyone, and all the disciples below listened attentively.

Lin Yuan, coiled on the rafters, also listened very carefully.

This was the Golden Light Spell; he had top-tier cultivation techniques, he just lacked these methods.

On the entire Mount Longhu, no one could rival his mastery of the Golden Light Spell.

"The advanced use of the Golden Light Spell is transformation. After you initially learn it, your body will form a golden light. Transformation means you can condense the Golden Light Spell into various offensive techniques."

As the Old Celestial Master explained, a ball of golden light condensed in his hand.

Then, the golden ball of light began to transform, turning into a golden long staff.

Zhang Lingyu looked at the Old Celestial Master with envy, sighing inwardly, wondering when he could reach such a realm.

At this moment, various insights also arose in Lin Yuan's mind as he coiled on the rafters.

Immediately after, a familiar notification sounded in his mind.

Listening to the Old Celestial Master explain the Golden Light Spell, self-created: Myriad Transformation Spiritual Light.