Mysterious mirror hanging high

Chapter 962 Parting Gifts

"Master, do you mean that I was released by the Heavenly Mang Sect because Ming Yutai personally pleaded for me? Does this young master of the Ming family have such great influence?"

Guan Lingxiao looked hesitant, as if he had many questions about Jing Yu's words.

Inside the private room of Zuixianlou, Jing Yu was sipping a steaming cup of spiritual tea, and sitting opposite him was his eldest disciple, Guan Lingxiao.

"Would I lie to you?"

Jing Yu smiled gently and said, "The Ming Yutai of the past would not have been able to do it, but now he has overcome his inner demons, his Dao heart is clear, and with a mysterious high cultivator guiding his path, Ming Yutai now has the appearance of a true immortal."

"Although the probability of him becoming a true immortal may still be low, a slim probability is a different concept from a zero probability."

"A prodigy with the potential to become a True Immortal, even the patriarch of the Heavenly Light Sect, Ming Yaoguang, has to take his attitude seriously."

"Besides, the marriage alliance between the Tianmang Sect and the Ling family has already been cancelled. Even if you really are Ling Qishuang's lover, what does it have to do with the Tianmang Sect? Why would they continue to imprison you?"

"But... according to you, Master, the reason Ming Yutai and Ling Qishuang are getting married is to give birth to a peerless genius?"

Guan Lingxiao asked in confusion, "Would the Tianmang Sect really give up on a marriage alliance like this?"

"It's very simple. The so-called prodigy who hasn't been born yet is just a myth. No one knows how strong the aptitude of the offspring born from Ming Yutai and Ling Qishuang's union will be... What if it's not even as good as Ming Yutai?"

Jing Yu said leisurely, "Even if Ming Yutai truly has the destiny to improve his descendants, it is not 100% certain that he will give birth to a genius like you. For the Tianmang Sect, Ming Yutai himself is clearly more certain than his offspring."

"What about Ling Qishuang?" Guan Lingxiao gritted his teeth as he mentioned the eldest daughter of the Ling family: "That crazy woman caused my disciple to be imprisoned and suffer a lot. Just wait, I will avenge this sooner or later."

"Let's be lenient when we can. You're not missing any limbs..." Jing Yu shook her head: "Ling Qishuang went to great lengths to save you this time. Let's let bygones be bygones."

"Besides, the Ling family is the only overlord of the [Shattered Mist Starfield], and the [Formless Sword Sound Pavilion] is still spreading its teachings in that starfield. Why do you want to make enemies for that old man, Sword Immortal Yixian?"

Jing Yu smiled and said, "Now Ling Qishuang has also received guidance from a mysterious high cultivator and has mastered the alternative path of [Enlightening the External Elixir]. She has a chance to become a true immortal and can be considered a prodigy with the potential to become a true immortal."

"The Ling family's protection of her will probably be unprecedented. Not to mention sending her out for a marriage alliance, she may not even be able to touch a man in the future. If she gets pregnant by accident, it will be a huge blow to her moral foundation."

Guan Lingxiao seemed thoughtful upon hearing this: "What a coincidence? Both Ming Yutai and Ling Qishuang received guidance from a high-level cultivator? There aren't many senior experts who can guide others on their path to immortality. Could it be that the expert is..."

"Hey, I'll see through it but not say it." Jing Yu waved her hand.

Being able to guide others on their path is no easy task. It requires not only extremely high comprehension and vision, but also expertise in deductive laws or supernatural powers such as the "Divine Dream Law".

The prerequisites alone are difficult to meet, and even if the conditions are met, there is still the issue of willingness.

After all, deducing the path of cultivation using the [Divine Dream Law] requires a real and significant loss of consciousness!

Jing Yu dared to guarantee that even if a True Immortal was proficient in the [Divine Dream Law], they would never be able to guide someone else's path to immortality. After all, for a True Immortal, consciousness is lifespan, and even a direct disciple would probably not be able to afford such treatment.

That's why Jing Yu used the excuse of a "mysterious high-level cultivator" to brush it off. He didn't want too many people to know that he was the one who deduced the subsequent path for Ming Yutai and Ling Qishuang.

“Disciple, what are your plans next? Are you going to seek refuge with Xiao Buyi? Now that Senior Xiao has established his lineage on the Immortal Continent Star in the Changyang Star Region, many cultivators who ascended from the Immortal Continent Realm are gathering here. You can meet many old acquaintances there.”

Jing Yu paused, then teased, "Who knows, in a few more years, your old flame might have already ascended to the immortal realm."

Guan Lingxiao blushed, but after a moment he shook his head: "Not yet... This disciple needs to stay in the [Formless Sword Sound Tower]."

"When I joined the Wuxiang Sword Sound Pavilion, I was favored by the Pavilion Master, the One-String Sword Immortal. He promised that I would only be allowed to leave the sect if I trained at least three sword disciples with the appearance of celestial immortals."

Guan Lingxiao said, "A gentleman's word is as good as his bond, and I do not wish to break my promise."

Jing Yu stroked his chin: "Old man Yi Xian has a good plan. If you personally teach three disciples to become successful, even if they leave the Wuxiang Sword Sound Tower, can you, as their master, just ignore them if they encounter trouble in the future?"

Guan Lingxiao laughed and said, "If you want to establish yourself in the Second Heaven, you can't even secure the Celestial Immortal lineage. For the sake of the lineage's survival, a few petty thoughts are harmless. Master, with your extraordinary talent, you are bound to be a bit 'let them not eat cake'."

Jing Yu chuckled: "Fine, you can stay here if you want."

"Where does Master intend to go?"

"I was planning to travel around, and if it weren't for what happened to you, I might already be in the Third Heaven by now."

After bidding farewell to Guan Lingxiao, Jing Yu arrived at the gate of the Ming Mansion of the Tianmang Sect before leaving the place, where she met a disciple.

“Lord Xuanjing, my young master has sent me here to wait for you. This storage bag contains a gift from my young master to express his gratitude. Please accept it.”

The Tianmang Sect disciple was a beautiful woman, but her cultivation level was only at the Golden Core stage. Jing Yu glanced at her and saw that her foundation in the immortal path was also unremarkable. Logically speaking, she was not qualified to become a formal disciple of the Tianmang Sect.

But when Jing Yu saw the man's appearance, his lips twitched, a rare occurrence for him. He accepted the storage bag the woman respectfully offered and probed it with his divine sense:

"A large amount of immortal stones, an ancient spiritual artifact to aid in body refinement, and several valuable body refinement elixirs... Fellow Daoist Ming, you are very kind."

"Huh? There's another secret technique?"

Jing Yu took out the jade slip containing the secret technique, glanced at it briefly, and his expression instantly changed:

"This……"

"【Guyang Peisheng Xuanzhang】?"

This secret technique can lock in a cultivator's vital energy, condensing the essence of life and innate qi in the dantian, significantly enhancing the innate foundation and aptitude of offspring during their first childbirth.

During the operation of this secret technique, one must keep one's vital essence intact. Once one engages in sexual intercourse with another person or even manually touches another person, all previous efforts will be in vain, and all effects will be lost.

The woman said, "Young master asked me to pass on a message: This secret technique is something you have practiced since you were a child, but you can no longer use it. Seeing that you seem to have no interest in romantic love, I thought I would give it to you as a way to make the best use of it."