114: Chapter 114 Improved Cultivation Technique

Celestial Pivot Sect, atop the main peak.

An Immortal Cave, sealed for ten thousand years, lay quietly in the sea of clouds. Before the cave gate was a smooth, clean jade terrace.

On the jade terrace, a three-year-old child was squatting in the corner, slowly fiddling with a newly sprouted Spiritual Plant.

Su Yu was toying with the grass, but his mind was not on it.

These three years, he had lived very peacefully.

In the Immortal Cave, there were spiritual servants to take care of his daily life, while Tianshu was in seclusion deep within the main peak, occasionally coming out to check on him.

The old monster did not watch him closely.

After all, he was a big shot at the Soul Transformation Stage; he had to maintain his status.

Besides, in his view, a child with overwhelming Luck staying in this Saint Immortal Cave, protected by layers of Restrictions, was the safest thing in the world; nothing could go wrong.

However, this was exactly what Su Yu wanted.

Someone who had lived four lifetimes knew best that some things are harder to do when someone is watching.

And what he was currently planning was exactly one of those difficult things.

The Earthly Spiritual Root is a good thing.

This was something Tianshu had spent a Fortune to forcibly cleanse for him; it was stronger than his Aptitude in any of his previous lives.

The Cultivation Techniques passed down by the old monster were also top-tier treasures from the bottom of Celestial Pivot Sect's chest.

Outside, countless Cultivators would beg for even a single scroll.

If it were anyone else who had obtained this bone structure and these Cultivation Techniques, it would have been enough to reach the heavens in one step.

But Su Yu knew in his heart that he had even better things.

The two Cultivation Techniques in his hands were something he had chiseled out stroke by stroke in his previous life, using his nearly monstrous Comprehension Ability.

"Creation Melting Furnace Art"!

This was a Cultivation Technique where one could Cultivate just by breathing!

Let alone those given by Tianshu, even looking across the entire Southern Wasteland, where else could one find a second Cultivation Technique where "one can Cultivate just by breathing"?

With these two Cultivation Techniques as a foundation, paired with this Earthly Spiritual Root, his cultivation speed in this life would never be caught by ordinary Geniuses.

But that is where the problem lies.

He could not just bring out the Cultivation Technique like that.

A three-year-old child, pulling out a Cultivation Technique that even a Soul Transformation old monster might not have seen.

This isn't being a Genius; this is courting death.

The secret of his Reincarnation was something he only exposed when he was certain of the situation.

For instance, to his trusted descendant Su Yuan within his Bloodline, or in front of Mortals in his previous life.

But Tianshu was different.

The old monster treated him well, but they had only spent three years together, and he was a Soul Transformation big shot.

Therefore, this Cultivation Technique needed an origin.

An origin that could withstand Tianshu's repeated verification.

Su Yu had been thinking about this for more than a day.

He didn't intend to fabricate a coincidence himself.

Things that are fabricated always have flaws.

He wanted a real event, so real that even Tianshu would only be able to sigh at how lucky this kid was.

And in this life, the thing he lacked the least was Luck.

Su Yu stood up and, taking the wobbly little steps of a child, walked towards the rocky slope at the edge of the jade terrace.

No one stopped him.

This was the Forbidden Ground of the Saint's Immortal Cave, and a hundred miles around was covered under Tianshu's Restrictions, safer than any other place in the Southern Wasteland.

He walked very slowly, as if he were simply intrigued by that pile of stones.

Upon reaching the edge of the slope, he stepped one foot onto a moss-covered boulder.

The stone collapsed.

It wasn't him who caused it to collapse.

What strength could a three-year-old child have?

It was that boulder, which had lain there for who knows how many years, that just happened to loosen and crumble the moment he stepped on it.

The loose stones rolled away, revealing a deep, dark crevice beneath.

A stale, musty odor that had been trapped for a long time slowly drifted up from the gap.

Su Yu peered down through the gap.

Below was an Immortal Cave.

Through the faint light filtering in, one could see a figure sitting cross-legged, long since withered to ash, with some scattered remnants of belongings beside it.

Su Yu carefully moved down along the slope created by the collapse.

His three-year-old body was inconvenient, and he moved very slowly, though he did truly have the curiosity of a child exploring a new place.

Upon reaching the bottom, those remnants were clearly visible.

Two rusted Magical Artifacts, half a scroll of a rotted classic, and two Jade Slips covered in thick dust.

Who that ancient Cultivator was or how they died, Su Yu didn't care at all.

He reached out his small hand and picked up the two Jade Slips.

The moment his fingertips touched the Jade Slips and his Divine Sense probed inside, something in the Jade Slips seemed to be startled.

An ancient Restriction suddenly lit up, then quickly dimmed.

The two Jade Slips silently cracked with fine lines, and the things contained within, along with that bit of remaining spiritual light, dissipated entirely, leaving not even dust behind.

It had self-destructed.

Su Yu pinched the two empty Jade Slips, stunned for a moment.

This stun was half due to confusion at seeing the items break, and half because he truly hadn't expected it.

He had intended to see what was carved inside, never imagining it would be destroyed upon contact.

But after the confusion, his heart actually calmed down.

It was good that it was destroyed.

If it was destroyed cleanly, there would be no proof.

What these Jade Slips originally contained was no longer important.

Now, they were the shells for the "Creation Melting Furnace Art" and the "Heaven-Swallowing Yuan-Transformation Technique".

In the cultivation world, those ancient Legacy Jade Slips would naturally have Restrictions set upon them.

Once triggered, the Divine Thought inside would be forcefully injected into the Sea of Consciousness of the person who touched it, and then the Jade Slip itself would self-destruct.

Su Yu brushed the dust off his hands and lifted his two small hands to rub his temples.

He furrowed his brows slightly, feigning a look of discomfort from being impacted by the massive amount of information.

The disturbance was not large.

But the faint spiritual power fluctuation generated at the moment of the Jade Slip's self-destruction was like a lamp in the night within this heavily guarded back mountain of the main peak.

Less than three breaths later, a purple-gold figure had already landed silently on the edge of the stone platform.

Old Ancestor Tianshu looked at the collapsed cave, then at the Jade powder still on Su Yu's hands that hadn't been brushed off, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Yu'er, what happened?"

Su Yu tilted his head up, following the expected reaction of a three-year-old child, and pointed to his head in a somewhat bewildered manner.

"Revered Master, I stepped on that rock, and it collapsed. There was a Jade Slip underneath, and as soon as I touched it, it shattered."

"Then, some strange things appeared in my head, and my head hurts a little."

Hearing this, Old Ancestor Tianshu not only did not panic, but instead stroked his beard and chuckled softly.

An accident?

For others, walking around the back mountain of their own home—which had been turned over countless times—and finding an ancient Legacy just by stepping on a rock would be a fairy tale.

But for this disciple of his, who had triggered the four great auspicious omens and carried the Luck of Heaven and Earth, this was simply normal, routine operation.

He was a Child of Luck, after all; if he didn't pick up something when going out, could he still be called a Child of Luck?

Old Ancestor Tianshu stepped forward, his expression composed, and gently tapped Su Yu's brow with one finger.

"Don't panic, let Revered Master see what kind of Opportunity is hidden in this back mountain that would rush to land in your hands."

He probed in with his Divine Sense extremely gently, intending to help his disciple sort out the chaotic Divine Thought left by the ancient Cultivator.

As a result, the moment his Divine Sense made contact, the incantations of the Cultivation Technique that Su Yu had deliberately placed in the shallow layer of his Sea of Consciousness were clearly revealed before him.

"Using the body as a furnace, Heaven-Swallowing Energy Transformation..."

"Every breath is cultivation?"

Old Ancestor Tianshu withdrew his finger, a flash of amazement appearing in his eyes.

He knew that things picked up by a Child of Luck were definitely not ordinary, but the peculiarity of this Cultivation Technique still exceeded his expectations.

Forcibly binding the operation of the Meridians to the instinct of physical breathing.

No need for deliberate meditation, no need for Divine Sense guidance.

This was simply challenging the ironclad Laws of the cultivation world for these past ten thousand years.

"As expected of a blessing from the Heavenly Dao, even such a Heaven-Defying ancient method can be delivered into your hands."

The old monster whispered to himself.

He carefully deduced the pathways of the Cultivation Technique in the Sea of Consciousness and soon discovered some stiff and rough parts.

That feeling was as if this Cultivation Technique had been forcibly carved out in some dead land where Spiritual Qi was extremely scarce and even the Laws were incomplete.

"The era this ancient Cultivator lived in must have been extremely dangerous."

Old Ancestor Tianshu completed the origin in his mind.

If Su Yu were to practice this Cultivation Technique directly, absorbing the dense and pure Spiritual Qi on the main peak today, there would inevitably be some repulsion, leaving behind hidden dangers.

"Yu'er."

Old Ancestor Tianshu looked at Su Yu, his tone serious.

"Don't be in a rush to practice what is in your head."

"This Cultivation Technique is from too long ago and doesn't quite get along with the current Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. Revered Master needs to go into seclusion for a period of time to re-deduce and refine this Cultivation Technique."

Su Yu nodded obediently.

This was exactly the result he wanted.

In fact, even if Old Ancestor Tianshu hadn't proactively suggested the improvement, Su Yu would have had to find a way to hint at him to do the manual labor.

Nothing else, because he couldn't change it himself right now.

Thinking back to his previous life, with 9999 points of Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability, the operation of Cultivation Techniques and the Laws of Heaven and Earth in this world were like stripped naked in his eyes.

He could discern the essence just by glancing at them, and all sorts of brilliant inspirations would bubble up like a spring.

But in this life, in order to max out his Fortune, his Comprehension Ability was a pitiful 38 points.

That god-like feeling of seeing through the essence of things at a glance was long gone.

Looking at the stiff and incompatible parts of this Cultivation Technique with the current Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, his mind was a blank slate; he couldn't even find a clue on how to change it.

Other than these five thousand-plus points of unreasonable Fortune, he really had nothing left now.

Since he no longer had that Heaven-Defying brain, he could only honestly be a lucky "waste".

This kind of brain-draining work was better left to a big shot at the Soul Transformation Stage.

And Old Ancestor Tianshu was a man of action; when he said he would do it, he did it.

After giving a few instructions to the spiritual servants, he dove into the deepest secret chamber.

The old monster was in seclusion for three months.

The day he came out of seclusion, he handed a new Jade Slip to Su Yu.

With the foundation of the Soul Transformation Stage, combined with the complete Laws of the current cultivation world, the roughness and stiffness in those two Cultivation Techniques were completely eliminated.

The improved Cultivation Technique ran as smooth as silk, perfectly fitting the current environment.

Su Yu took the Jade Slip and, from then on, began his true cultivation.