I Have Countless Past-life Identities-Chapter 66 - 58: That Black Mountain City, Guardian Named ’Song Chai Xin’ Decades Ago!
[Ruan Xiuxiu’s goodwill towards you has increased from ’regret meeting too late’ to ’mutual trust and loyalty’!]
[In the kitchen of the City Demon Hunting Department, you devour the flesh and blood of a mystical creature and ponder over the ’Dragon and Tiger True Gang’. You realize that if you could master the External Gang, you would achieve Vajra Perfection, and if you could cultivate the Internal Gang, you could establish the ’Yellow Court’.]
[While you are contemplating, the Sword Observation Elder from Yunluan Mountain and Ruan Xiuxiu enter the room. With her hands behind her back, Ruan Xiuxiu proposes the idea of joining you in taking a position in the city.]
[As a Copper Seal Patrol of the City Demon Hunting Department, with Ruan Xiuxiu’s breakthrough to the Great Innate, she has already been promoted to a Silver Seal Patrol. Although holding the position of a City Demon Hunting Department Chief would generally require at least the Vajra Realm, it’s already settled given her backing.]
[After all, with support from the Sword Observation Elder and Prefecture Venerable cum Imperial Demon Hunter Xiang Zhulu, it’s a sure thing.]
[Three days later, at Xie Mansion.]
[The news that you have been summoned by Pei Nanbei and the Demon Hunter General has reached Xie Qiaoxuan. Upon learning that you have received the ’Dragon and Tiger True Gang’, he silently retrieves the original ’Great Innate Skill’ he had prepared.]
["Dragon and Tiger True Gang..."]
["You’ve truly had a stroke of luck, young one," Xie Qiaoxuan remarks with a hint of emotion as he explains to you:]
["The Golden Lock Jade Technique, rated as a prestigious technique, reaches a certain threshold allowing you to cultivate into the Vajra Great Innate. It’s a bit unfitting to call it just an ordinary Foundation Establishment Method."]
["But there are vast differences between techniques."]
["For instance, the Golden Lock Jade Technique only gets you to the Vajra Realm, with no further paths for cultivation."]
["However, this Dragon and Tiger True Gang teaches you how to open up the Yellow Court and also allows you to condense a ’Protective True Gang’, surpassing the second-step cultivators of a typical Leakless Vajra Body."]
["What is the gap?"]
["This is the gap."]
["Vajra, Yellow Court, Carefree; these correspond to the body, magical power, and soul respectively. The extent to which a Great Innate Skill delves into these realms indicates its preciousness."]
["Take, for instance, the Xie Family’s ’Mahayana Vajra Skill’, which details how to open the ’Vajra’s Furious Gaze’, as well as the effect of tempering the physique, it’s far superior to the Golden Lock Jade Technique."]
["But compared to your ’Dragon and Tiger True Gang’, it’s still inferior by a large margin." Xie Qiaoxuan takes out a Transmission Jade Scroll, sighing slightly.]
["Before the establishment of the Great Zhao, the Xie Family had rooted itself in Wutong Prefecture, becoming a noble clan of the prefecture."]
["Didn’t our ancestor say that our family heritage is long-standing? How come there isn’t even a single method that cultivates true gang and divine soul?" you curiously ask.]
Wutong Prefecture, Xie Family.
Gazing at Song Chai Xin, who had been summoned obediently for a lecture, Xie Qiaoxuan’s face darkened.
He originally thought after Song Chai Xin returned from the Ancient Path of Reception, it was time for him to advance into the realms beyond the ’Great Innate’ and cultivate.
He intended to pass down the Xie Mansion’s secret techniques and, with his experience, provide meticulous guidance.
This way, he could help avoid detours and let him catch up to his long-yearned-for Senior Sister ’Song Brahman Mirror’.
But who would have thought that without a word, this boy would get a huge breakthrough, receiving instruction and transmission from the Demon Hunter General!
If this isn’t fate,
Xie Qiaoxuan doesn’t know what is.
"Cultivating true gang and divine soul methods, the Xie Family doesn’t have them?"
"Listen to what you’re saying, is this something a person should say?"
Xie Qiaoxuan’s aquiline nose wrinkled, his face stern: 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮
"Perhaps long ago there was, even a genuine third-step profound skill. "
"But by the time I achieved the Primordial Pill, our branch had declined and severed. The legacy had long scattered."
"Even obtaining this ’Mahayana Vajra Skill’ took monumental efforts from this old man."
"Do you think techniques for casting the Yellow Court and understanding Carefree, and comprehending the dantian or condensing divine soul are easy to find?"
"They are not something money can buy!"
"At least in all my cultivation life, it’s been all self-exploration. Whether it’s Yellow Court, Carefree, or Primordial Pill, each step has been fraught with risks."
"This is the importance of inheritance, those with it progress rapidly, whereas those without could see years of effort vanish in a blink if they take one wrong step, sigh."
"Though our Xie Mansion has a firm footing in Wutong Prefecture, by comparison in the entire Baoping State, it doesn’t count for much."
Sitting in the chair, recalling the struggles of managing the family for years, Xie Qiaoxuan sighed with emotion.
Thinking back to his youth, during those times, the location of Xie Mansion was unknown, and the path before him unclear.
Joining the Government Office, starting as a constable, and the few Prefecture Examination quotas every four years, he had no chance.
If he couldn’t compete, he would be likely spending his life as a constable or squad leader in the Prefecture City, with no hope for advancement.
If relegated to subordinate cities, he might have the chance to become a Government Office Head and make some extra income.
Joining the Jianghu, entering a sect, and regardless of becoming a direct disciple in a prominent sect,
even if you succeeded, you’d have nothing to do with your family. Cultivation methods and martial arts could not be kept within the household.
Otherwise, it would be considered leaking methods, and severe punishment like ’piercing the scapula’, or even ’abolishing martial arts’ would follow!
Without background, this era is utterly unforgiving for you.
Xie Qiaoxuan, clawing his way to today, reigning over the Prefecture City, is definitely not an ordinary character.
