Long Xi took the Ancestor Python’s blood and examined it incredulously, but it was real.
“How- how did you get this?” She was completely gobsmacked, as this was not something that could be bought.
Lu Yin answered, “It doesn’t matter how I got it. You can have it.”
Long Xi frowned. It seemed as though Lu Yin was specifically trying to destroy her worldview. His combat power surpassed the four Junior Progenitors’, and even with a false identity, he had somehow had gotten a hold of the Ancestor Python’s blood. Almost no one in the entire White Dragon Clan had any of the Ancestor Python’s blood, and only the patriarch and the Semi-Progenitor elders might have some.
She grew serious as she stared at Lu Yin and then lowered her head to speechlessly stare at the jar of the Ancestor Python’s blood that she held.
“So? Will this work?” Lu Yin asked.
Long Xi nodded. “Yes.”
She looked at Lu Yin. “I’ll use it after you leave.”
“I’m not from the White Dragon clan, so the Ancestor Python’s blood’s useless for me,” Lu Yin commented.
Long Xi’s eyes flashed. “Come find me in two days.”
Lu Yin immediately left Zenith Mountain to wait for Long Xi to use the Ancestor Python’s blood.
On Zenith Mountain, Long Xi sat down with the jar of the Ancestor Python’s blood to start her breakthrough.
Even though it was not as effective as opening the three meridian points, members of the White Dragon Clan could also absorb the Ancestor Python’s blood to greatly benefit their future cultivation. In other words, this meant that absorbing the blood would not lead to an immediate increase in strength. Long Xi had not received any before the trip to the Dominion Realm, as she would have used it long ago if it had granted immediate effects.
The Ancestor Python’s blood improved the user’s cultivation talent, not their actual strength.
Two days later, Lu Yin went to meet Long Xi.
She had changed a bit over the course of these two days. She seemed colder, but also paler and nobler.
Long Xi frowned as she casually threw the jar that had once held the Ancestor Python’s blood back to Lu Yin. It currently held a single drop of her own blood. “You can merge that with your own blood before worshiping the ancestors.”
Lu Yin was thrilled, and he solemnly put it away. He then suddenly thought of something. “If I use this blood while worshiping the ancestors, and then you come back in the future, won’t the White Dragon Clan use this blood to accuse you of knowingly helping me?”
Long Xi indifferently replied, “It doesn’t matter. I’ll just say that you forced me.”
Lu Yin had also thought of that answer. Wait a minute, the people on Zenith Mountain were supposed to be his prisoners, so how could they make so much trouble for him?
“Can you teach me the necessary etiquette now?” Lu Yin asked expectantly.
Long Xi stared at him and let out a silent sigh. “Let’s start.”
…
Learning the ritual to worship the ancestors was not difficult. Even though the movements for the ritual were cumbersome, cultivators were capable of memorizing the movements after seeing them once.
When worshiping the ancestors, it was important for a person to maintain a devout attitude throughout the ritual. Lu Yin knew that he had put on many such performances throughout his life, so this should not be a problem for him.
He left right after learning the proper aspects of the ritual. For some reason, he always felt like he was being groomed and trained when with Long Xi.
Although he wanted to see Luo Shen before he left the Zenith Mountain, he did not want to deal with that complicated matter just yet.
He still had several months remaining in the Timestop Space, and with his remaining time, Lu Yin planned to look into the Extremes Must Be Reversed battle technique.
This was Progenitor Ku’s battle technique, and Lu Yin had been quite impressed by the withered creatures that he had fought against in the Dominion Realm’s Withered Glory Region. Whenever the creatures were attacked, they would only grow stronger, unless the power of the attack exceeded a certain limit.
Lu Yin had no desire to actually use this battle technique, as he saw no benefit to withering himself. However, it was still possible to research the technique.
The battle technique had entrenched itself into Lu Yin’s mind, though it was not without reason that he wanted to learn it. After all, it was a Progenitor’s battle technique.
After thinking about it, Lu Yin sat down cross-legged and started carefully mentally reviewing the Extremes Must Be Reversed battle technique.
Right when Lu Yin entered the Timestop Space, Xia Xing, the lord of Shenwu’s Sky who had arrived at Dragon Mountain early, met with a certain person: the great elder of the White Dragon Clan, Ni Huang.
The White Dragon Clan was one of the four ruling powers, and they naturally had more than a single Semi-Progenitor powerhouse. Ni Huang was another such Semi-Progenitor, and he was just as famous as the All-Dao family’s Wan Zhiyi, who had been renowned for being the Semi-Progenitor closest to becoming a Progenitor. Ni Huang was the White Dragon Clan’s second most powerful person, and he always remained at Dragon Mountain to stand guard over the clan.
“Junior Xia Xing greets Senior Ni Huang.”
“Many years have passed. I did not expect the child from back then to now become the master of Shenwu’s Sky.”
“Might I ask why senior has asked this junior to come see him?” While facing Ni Huang, even though Xia Xing referred to himself as the junior, he actually had a very indifferent attitude. He was the master of Shenwu’s Sky, so if he was meeting Ni Huang in an official capacity, there was no difference in status between them.
However, Xia Xing had heard stories of Ni Huang during his childhood.
“Your daughter is not married yet,” Ni Huang stated.
Xia Xing was taken aback. He had not expected Ni Huang to suddenly bring up Xia Taili. Her marriage had practically nothing to do with the White Dragon Clan, as their clan members typically did not marry outsiders.
Some time later, Xia Xing left, though no one knew what they had discussed, not even Long Ke.
Inside the Timestop Space, Lu Yin did not know how much time had passed, but he suddenly felt that something was off with his arms, prompting him to open his eyes. When he looked down, his pupils shrank to pinpoints when he saw that his arms had shriveled, even his bones.
He was startled by what he saw, and he immediately stopped practicing Extremes Must Be Reversed. Only when his arm eventually recovered did a profound wave of relief wash over him.
Fortunately, he had noticed in time, as otherwise his entire body would have withered. If that had happened, then he would have had to rely on others to return his body to normal, which would have its own bevy of problems. If he showed up to worship the ancestors with the body of a desiccated corpse, he could very well imagine that the White Dragon Clan’s Long Zu might jump down from the Dominion Realm in outrage.
Lu Yin once again realized how miraculous this battle technique was as it could force a person’s body to an extreme state, but it was almost the same as gaining a second life. Lu Yin could not even imagine how Progenitor Ku had come up with such a thing.
It was no surprise why the legends had claimed that Progenitor Ku had mastered the secret of immortality. He had definitely been able to completely wither his own body, which would allow him to survive for a long time, much like cryostasis.
Cryostasis was used to preserve one’s life, while Extremes Must Be Reversed brought about a reversal of vitality. Comparing these two options side by side, the battle technique could preserve a person’s body for much longer than cryostasis.
However, this preservation was just a side-effect of cultivating the battle technique, as it could also instantly reduce an opponent to ash, just like what Lu Yin had seen on the ancient battlefield. Using self-destruction to eliminate the enemy was a very difficult attack to counter.
Even though Lu Yin was thoroughly impressed by the power and utility of this battle technique, it was, unfortunately, one that he could not use.
He let out a silent sigh. Maybe one day, after he grew old, he would be able to practice this battle technique. Then, perhaps he would be able to reverse his vitality, restore his youth, and live forever. However, if he became a Progenitor, there would be no need to cultivate this particular technique.