Youyou breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, this person was reasonable. "Since you've agreed, let's go get the inheritance." Getting the teaching materials is the most important thing!
"Alright!" Qiu Zhang nodded vigorously, then raised his hand and made a hand seal. A white light shone from his hand, as if he was about to touch her forehead.
Youyou was startled and instinctively dodged to the side. "Wait, what are you doing?"
"Inherited cultivation technique!" Qiu Zhang was also taken aback. After thinking for a moment, he explained, "Young friend, don't be afraid. I will directly use magic to transmit my sword-wielding cultivation technique into your consciousness."
"Huh?" So this is how inheritance works? Direct wireless transmission? "Don't you need to give me any secret manuals or cultivation techniques jade slips or anything?" Is inheritance in this world just copied and pasted? I thought I had to read it myself.
“Of course I have those!” Qiu Zhang nodded, then frowned. “But I’ve put them, along with some other collected cultivation manuals, in the main hall’s storeroom. Even the jade tablet where my remnant soul resides is there.”
"You mean, apart from the two professional inheritances of swordsmanship, all the other professional cultivation methods are kept in the main hall?" You You was taken aback.
"That's true. When I was young, I traveled to the Immortal Marsh and collected many top-notch cultivation techniques. However, because I specialize in both weapon cultivation and other cultivation methods, my understanding of them is not deep, and I have never studied them in detail."
Youyou remembered the half-collapsed main hall; it really was inside.
“I know you are a generous friend, and you wish to pass on those cultivation techniques to me as well. However, with the sword energy raging outside, it seems we cannot enter the main hall. But the method of cultivating both sword and weapon is part of my own cultivation.” He said with a regretful expression, then added, “Jade slips and secret manuals are not as complete as direct spiritual transmission. Rest assured, in my lifetime I have already integrated all my cultivation insights into this wisp of my remnant soul. I will pass it all on to you, which will be more beneficial to your cultivation!”
"And what happens after the inheritance?" You You was taken aback. "What will happen to you?"
"My remnant soul was sustained by these things. After passing it on to you, it will naturally dissipate into the world." Qiu Zhang said matter-of-factly, "My wish has been fulfilled, and I have no regrets."
"Huh?!" Youyou frowned. What a waste! Why risk your life when you can explain it verbally? So she stepped forward and said earnestly, "I do have another idea..."
"What?"
"Fellow Daoist Qiu... are you looking for a job?"
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In an inconspicuous temporary passage on the right side of the secret realm, the two people and one person were bending over and struggling to pass through.
The one at the front, while squeezing forward to try and widen the passage, turned back to explain, "This path was something I casually made when I built my cave dwelling; it leads directly to the side hall."
"The side hall? Aren't your cultivation manual jade slips in the main hall?" You You asked.
Qiu Zhang's expression wilted slightly. "The cultivation technique jade slip is indeed in the main hall's storeroom, but the sword is also in the main hall. After we go in, we can go around through the side hall, which might allow us to avoid those sword energies."
"Oh." You nodded. "There shouldn't be any sword energy in the side hall, right?"
"When I escaped, it wasn't there. The sword energy only spread forward, so it shouldn't be in the side hall at the back." He wasn't sure, but it was definitely less than in the front hall. Qiu Zhang's face darkened. He shuddered as he recalled the rampant sword energy outside. He was just a remnant soul; he probably couldn't withstand even a single blow from such fierce sword energy. That's why he drifted out of the main hall and hid in that small stone chamber.
Who knows why he's here now, and even willingly offering himself up? It's just that my young friend said, "Don't you want to personally watch your successor carry on the martial arts?"
He instantly felt his blood boil, forgetting all the dangers. By the time he realized what was happening, he was already leading the way in the passageway.
"We've arrived!" Qiu Zhang stopped in front of a stone door. He took a deep breath and pointed to a mechanism on the right, saying, "Just press this mechanism to move this stone door, and the side hall will be outside." As he spoke, he floated to the side and reminded him with some concern, "Young friend, please be careful. I don't know what the side hall is like. Right now, I'm just a remnant soul, so I'm afraid I can't be of much help."
Youyou looked up and saw a protruding rock on her right. Just as she was about to open it, she thought for a moment and looked at Qiu Zhang and said, "Why don't you squeeze into this bag first?" After saying that, she directly opened the spirit beast bag on her side.
"..." Qiu Zhang's lips twitched. He wasn't a spirit beast! How could he, the dignified Patriarch of Danxin, possibly be put into a spirit beast pouch!
"Thank you, young friend... but no need!"
"Alright." Youyou didn't insist and pressed the switch directly. The next moment, the stone door in front of her slid to the side with a rumble, opening a crack, and instantly a strange heat wave rushed out. Immediately afterward, with a loud bang, the stone door, which hadn't completely moved, was hit from the outside by something, and countless cracks appeared on the door, which looked like it was about to shatter.
A familiar sound of air being torn apart could be heard outside, as if something was raging wildly, and the sky was filled with sword energy that was several times denser than outside the palace.
Youyou: "..."
Feng Rong: "..."
What happened to the promise of no sword energy? What was the point of them going through all this trouble?
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"Young friend is right, I'd better squeeze in." Qiu Zhang's figure flashed, and in a whoosh, he rushed into You You's spirit beast pouch without hesitation.
"..."
The next moment, the stone door in front of them shattered, and rubble rained down, instantly filling the passage with an even more intense heat. Feng Rong reacted quickly, stepping forward to block You You and summoning a barrier to isolate the scorching heat from outside.
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