Chapter 1210: Chapter 1209: The Status of the Master Through the Pupil’s Prestige

Lu Yang was resurrected, Yun Zhi retired, and Daoist Buyu once again took control of Seek Dao Sect with great power, much to everyone’s joy.

Under the moonlight, everyone continued to dine, toasting and laughing together, yet only Daoist Buyu remained downcast.

Among the four disciples, only Ye Zijin, who had spent days and nights with Daoist Buyu, was the most filial and comfortingly said,

"Master, today is a day of reunion for our Sky Gate Mountain, please smile a bit more. Tomorrow, when you become Sect Leader, you might not be able to smile at all."

Daoist Buyu: "..."

You have already surpassed me.

"I originally intended to impart Sword Opens Heaven’s Gate to Xiao Yang as a congratulatory gift for his ascending to Sect Leader, but it seems now that it won’t be necessary."

Just now, Lu Yang’s feigned death had given Daoist Buyu quite a scare, and upon recalling the exchange of moves during their clash, as well as the power of the Immortal Sword Technique,

Daoist Buyu faintly felt that the Immortal Sword Technique was a sword skill even more formidable than Sword Opens Heaven’s Gate.

Since Xiao Yang already had his unique sword technique, there was no need to learn his moves.

For sword cultivators, focus is of utmost importance; biting off more than one can chew is unwise. Sword Opens Heaven’s Gate is not easy to master and Xiao Yang shouldn’t waste a year and a half to learn it.

...

The news of Daoist Buyu regaining great power spread throughout the entire Seek Dao Sect, leaving everyone immensely shocked.

"Who is Daoist Buyu?"

Of course, this was a rarity, comparable to those like the initial Lu Yang, who knew little about the Cultivation World and had never heard of the famous Daoist Buyu.

"What, you mean our Seek Dao Sect actually has a Sect Leader?"

"What, isn’t the Sect Leader called Eldest Senior Sister?"

"Are you dumb? If she’s called Eldest Senior Sister, could she be the Sect Leader?"

"I always thought calling Yun Zhi Eldest Senior Sister meant that she was the eldest amongst the elders’ generation, and it just became a habit passed down to our generation. So, she’s actually from ours?"

"Quiet! You shouldn’t speak carelessly, making it sound like Eldest Senior Sister is over two thousand years old!"

Occasionally descending the mountain, Lu Yang heard the discussions of the junior brothers and sisters and sighed at how young they were. He remembered the times when he was just as ignorant of danger until Eldest Senior Sister threw him to the border, where he quickly learned to behave.

"Speaking of which, there was never an official statement regarding the relationship between Eldest Senior Sister and the position of Sect Leader."

Lu Yang recalled his experiences since joining Seek Dao Sect. The matter of Eldest Senior Sister acting as the Sect Leader was always passed down by word of mouth, so it was no wonder the new disciples were unaware of the facts.

Daoist Buyu looked at the congratulatory letters fluttering in like snowflakes, feeling quite angry.

"Did you all have Zijin write these congratulatory letters? They all sound so sarcastic!"

What consoled Daoist Buyu was that there were also a few letters that were sincerely meant.

Such as those from Demon City, from Western Paradise Temple, from the East Sea Dragon Clan.

The only problem was that they began their messages differently from others, all uniformly starting with: Lu Yang, his master, and so on...

"This must be what people mean by ’the disciple’s honor reflects upon the master.’"

Outside Seek Dao Sect, several Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivators gathered to discuss heatedly, their indignation causing them to slap their thighs in frustration.

"Didn’t Old Buyu just tell us he was going to visit Lu Yang? How has he become the Sect Leader now?"

"Damn it, we’ve been tricked by that old sly fox!"

"Always so treacherous and cunning!"

"I knew we couldn’t believe a word that old thief said!"

After much discussion, they reluctantly came to a conclusion that there was nothing they could do, they couldn’t very well squat at the gates of Seek Dao Sect waiting for Old Buyu, who might not come out for a whole year and a half.

At the top floor of Scripture Pavilion, the minimum requirement to access this level was to be in the Body Integration Realm.

Now that Lu Yang had surpassed this requirement, he easily entered the highest floor.

As Lu Yang walked on the top floor, any scripture he casually picked from the shelves was at least of the Body Integration Realm, even the Transcendance Tribulation Stage techniques were not in short supply.

In order to compose the "Mind Seeing Method", Tribulation Crossing Chapter, these references were indispensable.

"But why do these techniques look so ancient?"

Lu Yang noticed that some techniques were noticeably different in color from the rest, extremely old, it was unclear how long they had been there.

"Ah, I see, these techniques were provided by the prisoners of Captive Peak."

Lu Yang realized, with each capture of a prisoner from Captive Peak, a treasure location was obtained, where these prisoners had collected these techniques.

Considering there were more than a hundred prisoners from the Body Integration Realm, it was clear that these old techniques had been acquired from them.

Presumably, Elder Brother Dai had led people to scour these treasure locations, keeping the valuable Heaven and Earth Treasures in the treasury of Sky Gate Mountain and placing the techniques on the top floor of Scripture Pavilion.

Previously, Lu Yang did not have the privilege to access the top floor, unaware of these matters; now seeing them, he figured it out quite simply.

"Mountain and Sea Immortal Technique", "Sealing God Technique"?

Two techniques were particularly conspicuous, their names indicating they were anything but ordinary.

With Lu Yang’s level of insight, he wasn’t fully capable of comprehending the mysteries of Immortal Level Techniques, but he could grasp the general idea.

"Are these Guan Shanhai and The Controller’s techniques?"

"The two of them sure gave a thorough account," Lu Yang chuckled. These two’s techniques, if released into the world, would cause untold chaos, for they directly pointed towards becoming an Immortal, and with careful study, one could find the opportunity to form an outline of Dao Fruit.

Of course, whether one could condense an outline of Dao Fruit depended on one’s comprehension.

"One embodies the universe within the heart, evolving the world and the other uses the Power of Faith to seal the gods and become the source of belief, both quite imaginative." Fairy Eternity marveled, finding the approaches of these two techniques unique, never having appeared even in Ancient Times.

Although Guan Shanhai and The Controller were prisoners, they were also Immortals, protagonists who had dominated their respective eras for a hundred thousand years.

Those who cultivated to Immortal status were without exception geniuses, each with their own unique skills.

Their luck was just poor, having encountered Yun Zhi.

Hearing Little Yang mutter as he scrutinized the techniques, Fairy Eternity was quite astonished, "Isn’t it because their fates weren’t as strong as yours, and you imprisoned them in Captive Peak?"

Lu Yang could only roughly understand Immortal Level techniques, but he could leisurely read Tribulation-Passing Level techniques and comprehend them with ease.

Something other Transcendance Stage cultivators could not accomplish, not even Daoist Buyu.

Lu Yang’s level of insight had already surpassed that of the Transcendance Stage.

If insight had a level, Lu Yang’s would be of the Half-Immortal level.

"These techniques can only serve as reference, yet they’re still not enough," Lu Yang put down a technique left by Blood Demon Venerable, shaking his head slightly, feeling something was missing.

"That’s right, these techniques only discuss the methods of cultivation at the Transcendance Stage, but there’s nothing about the outline of Dao Fruit."

Half-Immortal techniques were also available; if Lu Yang wished, Ao Ling, Jiang Lianyi, and others would also be willing to share their respective techniques with him.

But intuition told Lu Yang that none of these were what he needed.

He had a vague sense that he had grasped a shred of inspiration regarding the outline of Dao Fruit, yet couldn’t quite articulate what it was.

"Does it have something to do with my cultivation technique?"

"What’s this... ’Sword Opens Heaven’s Gate’?"

"My master’s ultimate move? Perfect for a change of pace and some relaxation."

Lu Yang set aside his concerns about cultivation techniques and eagerly began to learn.

Five days later, Lu Yang returned Sword Opens Heaven’s Gate to its original place.

"I’ve learned it."