"Master, why didn't you say you were coming?"

As soon as Bai Cang returned to the courtyard, he saw Sun Hongbo sitting upright in the main hall with a gloomy expression.

"You dare come back? Do you know the enormity of the mess you've made?"

Sun Hongbo lowered his voice, as if squeezing it out from his throat.

Upon hearing this, Bai Cang looked at Sun Hongbo with an innocent expression: "Li said Gan is a god or demon? I don't understand."

"Tell me! What exactly did you do last night?"

Bai Cang said "righteously": "I was just taking a stroll, how did I cause trouble?"

Sun Hongbo laughed angrily upon hearing this, "The world in Guobei County is about to change, and you've almost killed the abbot. You still want to play dumb?"

Huh? It can't be that bad, can it?

Bai Cang was a little confused. "Wasn't it said that Han Tao had already been rejected by the inspector?"

"What does his death have to do with the abbot? Why is this such a big deal?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Hongbo gasped, his face filled with disbelief. "You really did it?"

I was just trying to bluff, hoping for the best.

You actually gave me a huge "surprise"?

Why don't you take back what you said and pretend I was never here?

Sun Hongbo's feelings at this moment can only be described in one word: regret! Extreme regret!

"What did I do? Don't make things up. Can't I just listen to hearsay?"

While Bai Cang vehemently denied it, he was inwardly reflecting on his actions.

It seems things have been going too well lately, and he's gotten a little carried away.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been tricked by Sun Hongbo and revealed his true colors so easily.

"Han Tao's death remains a secret within the temple."

Sun Hongbo sneered, "Apart from the abbot and me and other high-ranking members, no one in the entire Sanyin Temple knows about Han Tao's death, unless it's the murderer himself."

What you said makes so much sense, I'm speechless.

"How exactly did you do that?" Sun Hongbo pressed.

Even if Han Tao is no good, he is still a dignified Xiantian. How could he be defeated by Bai Cang, a mere youth?

Bai Cang smiled without saying a word upon hearing this, but with a surge of his true essence, protective qi manifested around him.

Silence speaks louder than words!

"Innate... innate? How the hell is that possible?"

Sun Hongbo jumped up, hardly believing his eyes. "When did you exchange for the Dao Entry Pill? How come I didn't know?"

Bai Cang shrugged. "I was so emotional last night that I accidentally broke through."

I'm coming clean, I'm not pretending anymore, I'm a genius prodigy!

"Nonsense! How can you be so reckless about such an important matter?"

Unexpectedly, Sun Hongbo rebuked him sternly, saying, "Why didn't you tell me beforehand? Do you think I would be short of your Dao-Entering Pill?"

"What a crucial moment it is to break through to the Innate Realm!"

"Even if it's inconvenient to arrange the corresponding rituals, you should still fast for ten days, bathe and change clothes, and listen to your master explain the key points and experiences to you. Then prepare the initiation pill and the meridian protection pill, and try it under your master's protection..."

Bai Cang: ? ? ?

No, it's just advancing to the Innate Realm, is it really that big of a deal?

It's just a thin membrane that can be punctured with a single poke, why are you making it sound like a life-or-death crisis?

However, listening to Sun Hongbo's rambling, Bai Cang was still somewhat moved.

Even if it's hindsight, at least the old man did show genuine concern for me.

Moreover, even though he was still stunned by the two major news items of Bai Cang's advancement to the Innate Realm and the killing of Han Tao, he immediately switched to "concern mode".

If he could act out such a stress response, then Bai Cang would be called the "Emperor of Acting." Even if he had deceived people's feelings, he would accept it.

Everyone else is making amazing plays throughout the game, so why can't we win in the peak tournament?

Thinking of this, Bai Cang immediately took out a silver-white paper raft from his sleeve. "Master, look, what is this?"

Sun Hongbo took it and looked at it. "Did you take this from Han Tao?"

Bai Cang said sincerely, "Those who see it will have a share. I am willing to share this opportunity to enter the Dao with my master."

Upon hearing this, Sun Hongbo looked at Bai Cang seriously for a moment, then suddenly laughed, "Isn't it just the Taishang Ganying Pian? Can this be considered an opportunity to enter the Dao?"

"Among those at the Innate Realm, while not everyone has one, at least veteran Innate Realm experts would never lack one. What's so strange about that?"

After saying that, Sun Hongbo reached into his sleeve and pulled out an identical silver-white paper raft, which he then slapped onto the table. “I have been reciting this scripture for thirteen years, eight months, and seven days. Why have I not yet entered the Dao?”

I thought you were so capable, but it seems you're nothing special after all.

Besides your monstrous talent of advancing to the Innate Realm after only three months of cultivation, what else do you have?

He's just a reckless young man; he still needs my help and guidance to avoid going astray!

"ah?"

Bai Cang looked embarrassed and couldn't help but scratch his head, "Is this thing so common?"

Sun Hongbo laughed and said, "It's not that it's common, but if you encounter someone who has just been promoted to the Innate Realm, you might be able to rip them off, cough cough... and sell them for a good price."

"But since the patriarch of Xuandu Temple, the Supreme Dao Ancestor, transmitted the Dao to this world, the Taishang Ganying Pian and the Xiaozhutian Qi-gathering Elixir Method are no longer secrets in the cultivation world, and no one dares to obstruct the spread of such techniques and ruin the merits of the Dao Ancestor."

"Nine out of ten unorthodox cultivators have recited this scripture, and ten out of ten miscellaneous alchemists started their practice with the Lesser Heavens Qi-Gathering Scripture."

It's Xuandu Temple again? Just who is that Supreme Dao Ancestor?

Bai Cang silently memorized the two names in his heart. "Master is very knowledgeable. It seems that I still have a lot to learn from you."

Upon hearing this, Sun Hongbo felt completely at ease, both physically and mentally, and couldn't help but grin.

You think I can't handle you?

Do they really think that geniuses and prodigies can do whatever they want?

"Let me teach you a trick: This kind of silvery-white thing is called a cloud raft. No matter what secret techniques are recorded on it, you can't go wrong if you just try to bargain it down to less than 10,000 taels."

Sun Hongbo was in high spirits and took out a golden paper raft from his sleeve. "This is called the Golden Scale Book. All the real treasures are on this."

Upon seeing this, Bai Cang naturally accepted it, and immediately felt the Daoist aura rise, with the great Dao's divine voice resounding in his heart.

【The Complete Solution to All Poisons (Extremely Incomplete)】

A line of seal script appeared before his eyes, then transformed into something else entirely.

【The Five Poisons Secret Record (Entering the Path)】

In an instant, countless pieces of knowledge about making, using, raising, and using poison arose in Bai Cang's mind.

The most precious of them all is a secret method for entering the Dao called "Five Gu Devouring Yuan Technique".

This method requires using the Five Poisons as a foundation, refining one's own Five Gu, and then performing the Devouring Yuan Technique to absorb and refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth with the power of the Five Gu.

If everything is prepared properly, the success rate is "as high as" 20%.

Moreover, if the breakthrough fails, the backlash can be shared by the five natal Gu.

Although he was inevitably severely weakened, he was not in danger of losing his life.

It just doesn't have any subsequent Qi cultivation content, but it's not something you can fool with a piece of trash like the "Three Yin Qi Absorption Method" which has a success rate of only one percent.

Compared to superior methods like the "Five Aggregates Yin Magic," it has its own advantages and disadvantages, and can barely be considered a mid-level method.

"Good heavens, I actually collected three secret techniques for entering the Dao in one day?"

Bai Cang thought to himself with a strange feeling, "If those innate martial artists who have no way to enter the Dao were to know about the three levels of secret techniques, wouldn't they be so angry that they would die?"

Holy crap, I've never fought such a rich war before!

Just then, Sun Hongbo's expression suddenly turned serious. "You can't stay at the Sanyin Temple any longer!"

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