But the thought lasted only for a moment.
Ji Xiu shook his head to himself.
’The Great Xuan Territory is as vast as a misty sea. A place like Jiangyin Prefecture is but a drop in the ocean. You won’t find true Nobles here.’
’Someone of that stature wouldn’t end up in a backwater mountain county like this.’
’Jiang Li... she must be an accomplished Great Martial Artist, or maybe a big shot skilled in Dao Skills from the Prefecture, or even a province?’
’She’s a golden thigh to hug! Besides the Ancestral Master that Master Duan spoke of, I’ve never met anyone whose mysterious power could compare to hers.’
’But why is it that every expert I cross paths with is either missing or crippled?’
’The Secret Inheritance’s Ancestral Master of the Crescent Celestial Saber lineage vanished without a trace, and now this mysterious Miss Jiang Li is asking me to take her to the Prefecture City...’
’Am I really a Celestial Killer Lone Star?’
The thought surfaced in Ji Xiu’s mind, but he immediately quashed it.
’I’ve worked this hard to earn these opportunities and meet so many powerful people. This is clearly my destiny! How could it possibly be because of some unlucky fate?’
Ji Xiu’s heart tightened, but he began to ponder inwardly.
’Hasn’t Cai Ling’Er gotten pretty good with her Side Sect skills?’
’Her Martial Artist skills are so-so, but she’s a master of everything else—Artifact Refining, Geomancy, even digging up ancestral graves... She must know a little about Divination, Fortune-Telling, and reading a person’s fate and Qi Number.’
’I’ll have her take a look for me another day.’
’I’ve overcome every obstacle to get where I am today. At this point, I’ve got to have a Hidden Dragon’s Destiny, right?’
Ji Xiu looked at Jiang Li, wondering if he could wheedle some ’benefits’ out of her. With his Primordial Daoist Talisman, he might be able to cultivate some new skills for self-protection.
Before he could even open his mouth, he heard Jiang Li point to the door and say:
"Didn’t that little sister of yours just say she was going to teach you the ’Dao Skill’ for Divine Soul Cultivation?"
"As it happens, helping you break the Divine Soul of that Central Yellow Sect’s Dharma Guardian General has put more strain on this body. It was already an incompatible vessel, and now the rift has grown."
"Give me some time to fuse a little more with this girl’s body..."
After speaking, Jiang Li closed her eyes as if no one else was there. Ji Xiu let out a small "Uh..." and after a moment’s thought, turned and left the room.
From Jiang Li’s explanation, Ji Xiu now understood that Divine Soul Cultivation was just as important as the mortal vessel.
Otherwise, the next time he encountered these Evil Deities of the Central Yellow Sect, or other strange Outer Demons... he would inevitably be at a disadvantage.
Know yourself and know your enemy.
Only then can you be victorious in every battle!
’Let’s see, then.’
’Just what kind of ’surprise’ has my ’prodigy’ of a sister brought me back from her grand dream!’
...
「Ji Wei’s room.」
Ji Xiu stared at the ’Wordless Celestial Scripture’ that his sister had meticulously traced, character by character, and fell silent.
He had the Primordial Daoist Talisman.
As long as he could see a Dharma Gate or come into contact with a skill, he could instantly enter a meditative state of comprehension, fall into an epiphany, and master it without a teacher.
No matter how difficult it was... he could always achieve entry!
But there was one prerequisite.
He had to be able to see and feel the Dharma Gate or skill in question.
Ji Xiu looked at the White Paper before him, on which not a single character was visible...
He really wanted to say that even with his cheat, there was nothing he could do!
"Little sis, are you sure your so-called master’s Secret Inheritance Dao Seals are on here?"
Ji Wei nodded vigorously, pointing proudly at the White Paper she had poured her heart and soul into creating.
"Yes, yes!"
"Master took me into the secret palace of the Ten Thousand Laws Sect and passed down to me the introductory Dao Foundation of the sect’s Three Classics, Four Scriptures, and Ten Great Heavenly Skills. He inscribed a Luminous Seal Visualization Map with Eight Hundred Dao Seals for me."
"Master said that Divine Soul Cultivation is not without basis. These Eight Hundred Dao Seals are the Primordial Dao Characters, created at the very beginning of time."
"At first, people couldn’t comprehend their meaning, so they named them ’Dao,’ calling them ’Dao Characters.’ Every single Dao Seal represents a phenomenon, principle, or manifestation within the Human World."
"By comprehending and mastering these Dao Seals, one can strengthen their Divine Soul, allowing their ’spirit to become a guiding light.’ This enables one to carry and manifest all sorts of incredible, otherworldly skills."
"The first stage of Dao Skill is called ’Licensing,’ also known as inscribing Dao Seals. All Practitioners in the world begin by learning to recognize and study the Dao Seals."
"It is said there are a thousand Dao Seals in total. For an ordinary, small sect, obtaining just eight or ten is enough to lay the foundation for entering the Dao."
"A sect that can forcibly record eighty to a hundred of them for future generations to study and comprehend is considered to have a true ’Legacy.’ To be able to inscribe Eight Hundred Dao Seals like the Ten Thousand Laws Sect means they are one of the greatest major sects!"
Ji Xiu held the Wordless Celestial Scripture, studying it over and over, but in the end, his mouth twitched as he could only come to one conclusion.
Forget eight or ten Dao Seals.
He couldn’t see a single one.
’Do I not have even a shred of Innate Talent for Dao Skill?’
Ji Xiu couldn’t help but feel a little dejected. It was the frustration of having waited so long for something only to get nothing at all. However...
"A secret text for Licensing that contains Eight Hundred Dao Seals would belong to the Upper Level of an Outer Dao that cultivates an Immortal Technique."
"Take the Water Monarch’s Mansion that fell from the East Canghai, for example. Those Dragon Species are able to ’rule the rivers’ within the Great Xuan Territory precisely because they have a deep foundation, with legacies in both Dao Skill and Martial Arts to support them."
"Although I don’t know how you came by the Mortal Transformation: Soaring Dragon Gate, the Bone Tempering Technique you took from the ’True Dragon Nine Transformations’..."
"But for an inheritance of this level, Restrictions are always placed on it to maintain its secrecy."
"Otherwise... even if you had a heaven-sent Innate Talent for Dao Skill and could memorize a ’Dao Seal’ just by seeing it, you wouldn’t be able to comprehend a single thing from it."
Jiang Li’s voice drifted in from outside the door. She then knocked and entered, startling Ji Xiu. He turned and was shocked, having not even noticed when the hell she had gotten so close.