Chapter 259: Chapter 254: The Most Terrifying Thing in the World
In the gloom of night, Chengxin set down one Array Flag after another by the well.
Zi Shan watched her with intense focus. Song Ciwan stood a short distance behind Zi Shan, the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting circulating silently within her, not leaking a single wisp of her aura.
But in truth, she was already cultivating the Yuan Magnetic Technique!
The Yuan Magnetic Technique was, in fact, an internal Cultivation Technique. In other words, it could be used to build a Dao Foundation.
This was completely different from application-focused Daoist Techniques like the Blazing Flame Technique and the Wind and Thunder Technique. In other words, the Yuan Magnetic Technique could cultivate True Qi, raise one’s Cultivation, and lead to higher realms of practice—it was a fundamental method, the same type of technique as the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting!
The various kinds of Earth Element Magic and Gravity Manipulation that Lv Yun frequently employed were all derived from the Yuan Magnetic Technique.
Only after reading through the technique did Song Ciwan realize that most of the world’s Cultivation Methods—setting aside the low-level, common ones—so long as they were even slightly unique and at the Profound Level or higher, came with their own offensive and defensive Dharma Gates.
These Dharma Gates matched the attribute of their corresponding Cultivation Technique, their very roots intertwined. When cast, they would often unleash even greater power.
Yet the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting, as a Super Grade Cultivation Technique beyond the Celestial Level, was a bare-bones Cultivation Technique that only cultivated True Qi and had no inherent applications. All the various types of Magic Song Ciwan knew had been learned separately; they did not come with the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting.
This didn’t mean the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting was weak, or that its power didn’t match its grade.
On the contrary, the power of the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting lay precisely in its lack of applications.
’Having no applications means that all techniques in the world are mine to use!’
The Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting didn’t enhance one specific aspect of a person, but every aspect. This included Spiritual Sense, Divine Soul, and comprehension... all the most ethereal, elusive qualities that were incredibly difficult to improve.
Take this moment, for example, as Song Ciwan cultivated the Yuan Magnetic Technique.
Ordinarily, since she had already cultivated the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting, the True Qi produced by the Yuan Magnetic Technique should have inevitably conflicted with her original Foundation Establishment Technique.
Yet, miraculously, the moment Song Ciwan began circulating the Yuan Magnetic Technique, all the True Qi in her body spontaneously changed its nature.
True Qi surged like a current through her meridians. Gradually, the attributeless, silent energy of the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting vanished. In its place was the True Qi of the Yuan Magnetic Technique—heavy and hard, yet at times turbulent and buoyant, as light as smoke!
’Did the Yuan Magnetic Technique replace the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting?’
’Of course not. In truth, the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting was *simulating* the Yuan Magnetic Technique!’
The true marvel of the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting was finally revealing itself.
At that moment, a flash of inspiration struck Song Ciwan. She had suddenly discovered the true use for Fetal Transformation and Shape-shifting!
’Fetal Transformation and Shape-shifting should be combined with the Sutra of Sitting and Forgetting! With one to change my form and the other to simulate the Cultivation Technique, I can become anyone in the world!’
’Even her enemies—’
This was practically a technique for sowing chaos. If she wanted to, Song Ciwan could walk out right now and stir up pandemonium anywhere in the Great Zhou in a matter of minutes.
Of course, Song Ciwan had no such plans at the moment. She wasn’t that bored.
After adjusting her aura, she immediately sold another portion of the essence collected from Lv Yun.
[You have sold human desires: the hatred, fury, and fear of a Quasi-Deification Stage Cultivator. Weight: two jin and one tael. You have obtained twenty-one years of Cultivation time.]
It was impossible for Song Ciwan to imitate the Yuan Magnetic Technique to a profound degree in such a short time. So, if real-world time wasn’t enough, she would use her Cultivation time to make up the difference.
She stood behind Zi Shan, her aura flickering in and out of existence. Leaving a sliver of her awareness to stand guard, she sent the vast majority of her consciousness into the void, fully immersing herself in cultivating the Yuan Magnetic Technique within the ethereal Cultivation Space.
Her focus was on several classic Daoist Techniques within the Yuan Magnetic Technique, such as the Earth Element Technique, the Earth Element Technique from the Five Elements Escape Technique, the Five Mountains Spell, and the Thick Earth Transporting Technique.
Twenty years flashed by in the Cultivation Space, though only a quarter of an hour had passed in the real world.
During this time, Song Ciwan’s aura occasionally fluctuated, causing Zi Shan to turn and look at her in confusion. "Lv Yun, what are you doing?" she’d complain.
Although Song Ciwan had left a sliver of her awareness in the real world, she couldn’t answer Zi Shan’s questions.
But Zi Shan never suspected that the "Lv Yun" before her was an imposter. After all, the aura of the Yuan Magnetic Technique leaking from Song Ciwan was so authentic. The conditions for cultivating the Yuan Magnetic Technique were extremely harsh; without the resources provided by the Second Young Master, it was next to impossible for an outsider to learn.
Zi Shan couldn’t possibly imagine that someone could master Lv Yun’s signature Cultivation Technique to such a profound level in such a short time!
What Zi Shan could imagine even less was the utter devastation the real Lv Yun—currently a bug held in Song Ciwan’s palm—was feeling.
Being turned into a bug and held in someone’s hand was already hard enough to accept. But on top of that, the person holding her had somehow managed to master her own Supreme Skill in a mere instant.
This terrifying person had replaced her, and not a single one of her companions had seen through the disguise.
Lv Yun felt as if she were trapped in the most terrifying nightmare of her life. She couldn’t even decide what was worse: being turned into a bug and held captive, or having someone master her Supreme Skill in an instant and completely usurp her very existence.
’Who is this person? Where did she come from? What does she plan to do with me? Will she replace me forever? Is she going to kill me?’
’Do I... even have a future?’
The Heaven and Earth Scale had originally stopped being able to collect Lv Yun’s human desires. After all, there’s a limit to a person’s emotional fluctuations; once that limit is surpassed, it’s difficult for any more essence to leak out.
However, at this moment, Lv Yun’s emotions surged so violently that the Heaven and Earth Scale appeared once more, successively collecting several new clumps of essence from her.
[Human desires: the confusion, terror, and panic of a Quasi-Deification Stage Cultivator. Weight: one jin and nine taels. Ready to sell.]
[Human desires: the fear, remorse, and pain of a Quasi-Deification Stage Cultivator. Weight: one jin and two taels. Ready to sell.]
...
When Song Ciwan emerged from the Cultivation Space and opened her eyes, she was taken aback to see so many new clumps of essence on the Heaven and Earth Scale.
’What happened?’
Just then, Zi Shan turned her head and chided her again. "Lv Yun, what on earth are you doing? Didn’t Chengxin tell you to be ready at all times? I called your name over and over, and you didn’t respond once..."
Before Song Ciwan could reply, Chengxin finished setting up the Array. She raised her hand, and the final Array Flag fell into the well.
Chengxin shouted, "Lv Yun, Earth Element Technique!"
Song Ciwan shot forward and pointed a finger. An invisible ripple of light, like a meteor chasing the moon, followed closely behind the Array Flag and plunged into the well.
The earth and stones around the well churned. Though no one could see into its depths, the Array Flags floating outside the well suddenly unfurled. In the next moment, a translucent image appeared, reflected in the air above the well’s opening.
It was the scene from the bottom of the well, projected to the surface by the Array!
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