After receiving the memories, Shi Lan sighed before even opening her eyes.
What a silly girl. Is it so easy to get into the inner sect?
The inner sect is the core of a sect. Those who can mingle there are either the sect's elites or disciples who are about to become elites.
The original owner was just a country bumpkin who stumbled into the world of cultivation. She had neither strong strength nor a powerful background. With only the spirit stones she had from hunting spirit beasts and a disciple who had just emerged and had not yet established himself, how could Yunmeng Sect make an exception and accept her?
Shi Lan shook her head; it was nothing but wishful thinking.
The original owner was foolish enough to believe Liu Minde's lies, which led to that tragic end.
After sitting quietly for a while, Shi Lan felt her hands and feet regain some strength, guessing that the effects of the medicine should have worn off. She then slowly got up, went to the man who was already stiff all over, and touched him all over. Finally, she felt a small, dark bag.
Shi Lan tugged at it, but it didn't budge. After thinking for a moment, following the original owner's memories, she squeezed out a drop of blood and dripped it onto the surface.
A glint of light flashed across the bag. Shi Lan gently tugged at it, tearing open a hole. She easily saw some spirit stones, a small booklet, and a knife less than two inches long inside.
Shi Lan took out the booklet and flipped through it casually. She found that it contained methods on how to absorb the other person's true essence during intercourse, as well as methods on how to take over all the true essence that the other person had painstakingly cultivated.
Shi Lan frowned in disgust; it seemed the cause of the original owner's death was already quite clear.
Following her memory, she made a hand seal, and a burst of fire spread from her fair fingers onto the book. Moments later, the pages turned to ashes and fell to the ground.
Shi Lan put the remaining spirit stones and dagger from the bag into her own storage bag. After thinking for a moment, she stuffed the empty storage bag into her bosom, then stroked her chin and carefully searched around the cave entrance.
Before long, a round object was found under the grass at the edge of the cave entrance, with a somewhat dull spirit stone embedded in it. Shi Lan guessed that this object was the array plate that the original owner had heard of.
Shi Lan picked up the spirit stone from the array plate, and the thin film emitting a pale pink halo at the doorway immediately disappeared.
Shi Lan smiled and went back to put away the glowing sphere.
After leaving the cave, Shi Lan was somewhat troubled. The original owner of this body had poor aptitude and weak spiritual roots, yet her wish was to become a cultivator who was admired and respected by others. This made Liu Minde regret abandoning her, and that's why he killed her.
Liu Minde possesses three spiritual roots and has successfully established his foundation. He is now a highly sought-after figure in the Yunmeng Sect, able to freely use the sect's resources. His cultivation progress is undoubtedly rapid. In contrast, she is a useless person with only five spiritual roots, having only reached the fourth level of Qi Refining. Not only is she practicing the most basic cultivation techniques, but she is also penniless. If she hadn't robbed this man, her storage bag would probably be emptier than her face.
In the world of cultivation, everything depends on strength. Shi Lan currently has too little power, and the path of cultivation is too arduous. She is not entirely confident that she can fulfill the original owner's wish, but she cannot shamelessly ask Hao Ze for help. After all, this is her mission, and she cannot always ask others for help.
After hesitating for a moment, Shi Lan decided to rely on her own efforts.
If that doesn't work, it's not too late to ask him for help, right?
Shi Lan felt a little uneasy.
Smoke was faintly rising in the distance. Shi Lan squinted and looked for a while, making sure it wasn't her imagination, and then quickly ran towards it.
As the saying goes, "Looking at a mountain makes a horse run itself to death," meaning that the wisp of smoke that seems close is actually very far away.
Shi Lan ran all the way until her legs ached and the smoke cleared before she could vaguely see the outlines of some buildings in the distance.
Shi Lan rested her hands on her knees, catching her breath for a while. Once she had caught her breath, she straightened up and, bathed in the evening glow, slowly walked towards the populated area.
The town was still bustling at this time. Children played along the streets, some vendors who had closed late were still hawking their wares along the street, and most shops were open and doing business.
Shi Lan found a relatively quiet inn along the street, tossed a spirit stone to the innkeeper, and asked him to find a room.
Upon seeing the spirit stone, the shopkeeper knew that the visitor was a celestial master. He quickly waved away the waiter who wanted to come forward, and jogged forward himself, bending down to lead Shi Lan to a secluded courtyard in the backyard.
Pushing open the courtyard gate, the shopkeeper respectfully said, "This is the quietest place in my shop. I wonder if the immortal master is satisfied?"
Shi Lan looked around and nodded.
Seeing that she was satisfied, the shopkeeper couldn't help but smile. He bowed again, took two steps back, and then left respectfully.
Shi Lan watched him walk away before stepping into the courtyard.
The courtyard was small, and the house was also small, with only one bright room and two dark rooms, totaling three rooms. However, all of them were decorated in a very elegant and quiet manner, and there was also a faint sense of transcendence. It seemed that this was specially reserved by the innkeeper for cultivators.
Shi Lan took out the array plate, and only then did she realize that this thing seemed to have its own special incantation, which she, as a complete novice, did not know how to use.
With a soft sigh, Shi Lan put away the array plate and went inside. She sat cross-legged on a separate futon and silently circulated the original owner's cultivation technique, feeling the indescribable aura flowing through her body and finally settling into her dantian.
After a long while, Shi Lan opened her eyes and let out a long sigh.
She couldn't help but sigh. This cultivation technique was truly terrible. After circulating it for a full cycle, almost nothing could be truly utilized. At this rate, catching up with Liu Minde, who possessed a superior cultivation technique and had already established his foundation, was undoubtedly a pipe dream.
A warm feeling suddenly came to my mind, a golden halo slowly extended, and words slowly appeared.
Shi Lan quickly skimmed through it and felt it was very similar to the Returning to Origin Chaos Technique, but upon closer examination, it was more refined, more complicated, and more comprehensive and systematic than the one she had cultivated before.
"Discard the garbage cultivation techniques of this body and practice this instead."
Haoze's cold voice echoed in her mind. Shi Lan was slightly taken aback, then nodded reflexively and said, "Oh, okay." At this moment, she completely forgot that he was not in front of her at all, and might not be able to see or hear her.
The halo faded, the writing became clearer, and then slowly faded again.
Seeing this, Shi Lan dared not delay and quickly recited the text silently, finally memorizing the contents before the writing completely disappeared.
Having obtained the best cultivation method, Shi Lan felt overjoyed. She gently pressed her fingers on her dantian and gradually exerted force.
Finally, a soft 'hiss' sound came from her dantian. Shi Lan felt energy flowing through her body and then quickly escaping through her pores. Then her body felt weak and her hands and feet felt heavy.
Shi Lan sat for a while, quietly sensing the changes in her body. Only when there was no trace of residue left in her dantian did she close her eyes and begin a new cultivation journey, following the path of the Chaos Technique.
A faint golden light slowly emerged in the air. As Shi Lan circulated her cultivation technique, the golden light gradually adhered to her body, like drops of water merging into rivers and lakes. It slowly seeped into her meridians from the surface of her body, traveling along the pathways, and finally returning to her mind, merging into the golden sphere she had condensed while cultivating her divine soul. In an instant, it spread throughout her entire body. (To be continued.)
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