While Lin Chang'sheng was up on the mountain top, grinding away at his waist twists, shaking his hips, stirring up the Five Elements Fire Potion, and splitting rocks, two sword lights suddenly flew overhead!

Riding those sword lights were two female cultivators, both looking about eighteen or nineteen, slim and graceful, faces gorgeous, one in yellow, one in white, each embroidered with three drifting cloud emblems on their robes.

"Pfft! Senior Sister Li, look, the guy down there—is he dancing? He's really going at it!"

Suddenly, the younger-looking girl in white halted midair, peeking down at the mountaintop, at the young man immersed in his waist-twisting routine, covering her mouth as she giggled.

"He's really shaking his hips. And what's he cooking in that huge cauldron? Is he training some kind of cultivation technique? ...Hey? Isn't he one of our outer sect disciples?"

Li Muyun peered closer, her bright eyes suddenly widening with curiosity.

"Senior Sister Li, should we go down and check it out?"

Xin Yun'Er's beautiful eyes also glimmered with pique.

"Sure!"

Li Muyun nodded. She was just as curious—why was an outer sect disciple out here dancing alone instead of doing tasks?

"Three drifting clouds! They're direct disciples!"

Lin Chang'sheng was in the middle of his routine when he suddenly spotted the two fairy-like female cultivators descending by sword. Noticing the triple cloud emblems on their robes, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately cupped his fists. "Outer sect disciple Lin Chang'sheng greets the two Senior Aunts!"

Three drifting clouds meant they were direct disciples of the sect, able to ride swords—at the very least, Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

"Lin... Lin Chang'sheng?"

Li Muyun and Xin Yun'Er exchanged glances, then asked in unison, "Wasn't there a sect rumor about a disciple named Lin Chang'sheng who got attacked by demon cultivators and stranded out there recently...?"

"Reporting to Senior Aunt, that's me."

Lin Chang'sheng nodded.

"You managed to overcome so many difficulties and find your way back to the sect—your heart for the Dao is truly steadfast!"

Xin Yun'Er nodded, then asked curiously, "Nephew Lin, why are you here all alone...well...dancing?"

"Uh..."

Seeing the two Senior Aunts ask, Lin Chang'sheng replied, "Disciple reached the peak of Qi Refining Sixth Layer but couldn't break through, so I figured I'd come up to this deserted mountaintop and dance a bit, loosen up, and see if I could get unstuck. Didn't expect it to actually work—felt better, things just clicked, and I broke through to Qi Refining Seventh Layer!"

"He really is at Qi Refining Seventh Layer—dancing does help relax the mind!"

Xin Yun'Er and Li Muyun shared a look, totally agreeing.

When you're feeling down, a little dancing really does help. Only, it's usually girls who dance, but this Nephew Lin is a guy—and his moves seemed pretty... wild, kinda embarrassing over-the-top.

"By the way, Nephew Lin, what are you cooking in that pot? Doesn't look like soup…"

Xin Yun'Er peeked at the steaming Five Elements Fire Potion with curiosity.

"Senior Aunt, I'm hoping to learn alchemy, but I'm broke, so I'm just trying to get the feel for it first this way. Hope you two don't mind me looking silly."

Lin Chang'sheng cupped his fists again.

He was actually grinding experience for the Five Elements Fire Element Technique, but when the two Senior Aunts asked, he could only claim he was getting used to alchemy.

"Ah, so that's it!"

"Though this won't help much with alchemy, honestly. Besides, alchemy is tough to master, costs a fortune. You're better off focusing on cultivation—don't get distracted by pills..."

Xin Yun'Er nodded, her eyes sparkling.

"Thank you for your advice, Senior Aunt. I understand."

Lin Chang'sheng nodded and cupped his fists again.

"Alright, we just saw you here and thought we'd drop by. You get back to your stuff."

Xin Yun'Er nodded to Lin Chang'sheng; she and Li Muyun hopped back onto their sword lights, shot skyward, and vanished into the clouds in no time.

"Whoa! Flying Heaven with Sword! Now that's style!"

"Gotta reach Foundation Establishment ASAP, so I can fly sword-style too!"

Staring after the two dazzling beauties, Lin Chang'sheng couldn't help but look envious—then got right back to swinging his hips, twisting his waist, and dancing again.

Then—

Up in the clouds—

"Pfft! Senior Sister Li, he's back at it again with the waist twists—feels... kinda wild... like, bold!"

Xin Yun'Er peeked down at Lin Chang'sheng atop the mountain, giggling behind her hand.

"Yeah, and rumor is, he came from Great Yu with Gao Ziyue—word in the sect is, Gao Ziyue really cares about Lin Chang'sheng…"

Li Muyun's eyes showed curiosity.

"Oh really?"

Xin Yun'Er's eyes sparkled.

Far as she knew, Gao Ziyue was a Dual Spirit Root cultivator—did Lin Chang'sheng have some hidden strength?

Did he really attract Gao Ziyue?

....

Eight days later—

Celestial Ridge Mountain Range, on a mountaintop—

"Finally perfected everything."

Lin Chang'sheng checked his own stats panel, looking very satisfied.

[Five Elements Fire Element Technique (Perfection)]

[Swift Wind Flash (Perfection)]

[Mountain Breaking Slash (Perfection)]

[Wind-Blown Willow Technique (Perfection)]

[Purple Thunder Wind Blade (Perfection)]

In eight days, he'd only meditated three hours a night, still felt energized, and kept racking up experience points.

[Detected: Perfection-level Five Elements True Flame Technique, Perfection-level Five Elements Fire Element Technique. You may consume 10 Spirit Stones to fuse into a higher-tier Cultivation Immortality Technique. Proceed with fusion?]

[Detected: Perfection-level Magic Mountain Breaking Slash, Purple Thunder Wind Blade, Yin Soul Slash. You may consume 15 Spirit Stones to fuse into a higher-tier Cultivation Immortality Magic. Proceed with fusion?]

[Detected: Perfection-level Light Body Technique Swift Wind Flash, Wind God Scroll, Wind-Blown Willow Technique. You may consume 15 Spirit Stones to fuse into a higher-tier Body Technique. Proceed with fusion?]

Just then, Lin Chang'sheng's panel popped up with red prompts.

"Fuse!"

Lin Chang'sheng instantly slammed 'Confirm' on all of them.

[Fusing Five Elements True Flame Technique & Five Elements Fire Element Technique... Fusion successful... You gained new Cultivation Immortality Technique: Five Elements Pure Yang Technique!]

[Fusing Mountain Breaking Slash, Yin Soul Slash, Purple Thunder Wind Blade... Fusion successful... You gained new Cultivation Immortality Magic: Taiyin Formless Slash!]

[Fusing Swift Wind Flash, Wind God Scroll, Wind-Blown Willow Technique... Fusion successful... You gained new Cultivation Immortality Body Technique: Wind and Thunder Movement!]

In less than a hundred breaths after hitting confirm, the red system prompts leapt out again.

"Huh?"

"Wind and Thunder Movement? Five Elements Pure Yang Technique? Taiyin Formless Slash?"

"From the names alone, these gotta be way stronger than the originals!"

Looking at the new fusions, Lin Chang'sheng's eyes lit up, eager to try out the fresh techniques.

[Detected: Cultivation Immortality Technique Five Elements Pure Yang Technique. Consume 15 Spirit Stones to simplify. Proceed?]

[Detected: Cultivation Immortality Magic Taiyin Formless Slash. Consume 15 Spirit Stones to simplify. Proceed?]

[Detected: Cultivation Immortality Body Technique Wind and Thunder Movement. Consume 15 Spirit Stones to simplify. Proceed?]

With that, another set of prompts bounced up.

"Simplify! Simplify 'em all!"

Lin Chang'sheng clicked Confirm instantly.

[Great Dao is Simple: Simplifying Cultivation Immortality Technique Five Elements Pure Yang Technique... Simplification successful! Five Elements Pure Yang Technique == Invite Five Elements Spirit Roots for Sunbathing]

[Great Dao is Simple: Simplifying Cultivation Immortality Magic Taiyin Formless Slash... Simplification successful! Taiyin Formless Slash == Slap Women's Butt]

[Great Dao is Simple: Simplifying Cultivation Immortality Body Technique Wind and Thunder Movement... Simplification successful! Wind and Thunder Movement == Running in the Wind Playing Rattle]

Lin Chang'sheng hit confirm, and two shakes later—red prompts, simplification successful.

"Uh..."

"What the hell did it simplify to this time?"

Staring at the panel's results, Lin Chang'sheng felt a bit floored.

"First up: Invite Five Elements Spirit Roots for Sunbathing? So I need to round up five male disciples with Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth Spirit Roots and sunbathe with me? If that's the case, I'll just spend some spirit stones to hire my bros for a sunshine hangout."

"Second: Slap women's butt? If I start slapping random female disciples on the ass for no reason, won't everyone call me a creep? This... is dicey! I'll deal with this one later!"

"Third: Running in the Wind Playing Rattle? That one's not bad—I've got a pile of rattles stored up! Time to give the sticks a spin!"

Having read the simplification results, Lin Chang'sheng immediately made up his mind.

Lin Chang'sheng opened up his storage bag.

He'd already prepped dozens of rattles; picking one out, grabbing the stick, he charged into the mountain breeze, running and shaking.

"Dong dong dong!"

"Dong dong dong!"

The rattle's clatter echoed out!

Wind and Thunder Movement Experience Points +1!

Wind and Thunder Movement Experience Points +1!

......

Red prompts kept popping up on the panel. Within moments, Wind and Thunder Movement experience breached 200 points!

"Okay, this one works!"

"For the sunbathing, I'll just splash out on spirit stones to get five junior brothers with Spirit Roots—though the butt-slapping one is tough..."

Seeing Wind and Thunder Movement working, Lin Chang'sheng was very pleased.

"Maybe I should hit the brothel and just slap butts—keep my hands clean, nothing else? See if that counts?"

Out of nowhere, that thought shot through Lin Chang'sheng's mind.

You can't hit female cultivators in the sect.

I'll just head out of the sect, find a big city, drop by the Yihong Courtyard or a brothel, pay them a bit of silver, spank some butts, and max out Taiyin Formless Slash!

But then—

Lin Chang'sheng wondered if he could resist temptation?

If he cracked, wouldn't his Pure Yang Child Skill be wasted?

"Whatever, don't overthink it. First, back to the sect, find five fellow disciples with Spirit Roots for a sunbathe!"

"Then head out to the city for that brothel trip!"

Resolved, Lin Chang'sheng packed everything up and set off for the sect.

.........

Liuyun Immortal Sect.

Foreign Affairs Hall.

"Qian Feng greets Elder Li!"

Steward Qian Feng bowed respectfully to an old man with a wine gourd on his waist.

"Mm, after a sect meeting, considering the outer sect disciple Lin Chang'sheng crossed a hundred thousand li but kept a firm Dao heart, and set a fine example for our disciples, the sect decided to grant him his missed eighteen months' stipend!"

"Plus reward him with 30 Essence Pills, 500 Spirit Stones, one Top Grade Magical Artifact! If he reaches the Peak of Qi Refining Ninth Layer, he can claim a Foundation Establishment Pill with his identity token at the Pill Hall!"

"We need to post this on noticeboards throughout all the peaks and halls, so all disciples know, showing our sect's care for its people!"

Li Jiantang nodded to Qian Feng, speaking solemnly.

He also handed over a storage bag, placing it in front of Qian Feng.

"Yes!"

"I'll take care of it right away!"

Qian Feng was visibly shaken at the words. For an outer sect disciple, this reward was simply as generous as it gets!

......

Liuyun Immortal Sect.

Sect Leader's Hall.

Sect Leader Su Changkong stared at the Communication Talisman in his hand, eyes glinting. With a flick, he sent out four talismans in a flash.

Soon—

"Li Jiantang greets Sect Leader!"

"Ji Ruyan greets Sect Leader!"

"Liao Bugui greets Sect Leader!"

"Liu Jinyan greets Sect Leader!"

Four figures streaked like rainbows from distant peaks, landing in front of Su Changkong, bowing deep with cupped fists.

All were Elders of Liuyun Immortal Sect—each radiated Golden Core aura!

"You're here because I heard news—out past Celestial Extreme City, a thousand miles away, a rare phenomenon occurred with Heaven and Earth Qi appearing. It's enough to forge the strongest Dao Foundation!"

"Your disciples—Zhao Fuhu, Zhuge Buping, Ling Caiyin, Gao Ziyue—all have dual Spirit Roots. Especially Zhao Fuhu's Anomalous Thunder is the strongest. If they forge the top Dao Foundation, their future will go further!"

"Jade must be carved to become a gem—it's time for them to go out and train!"

"Among the Five Great Sects, our Liuyun Immortal Sect has four prodigies in this generation, but we're lagging by a few years. So, they need to speed up and prep for the major contest between Righteous Sects in three years!"

Su Changkong looked at the four Elders, his voice heavy.

"Heaven and Earth Qi!"

At these words, Li Jiantang and the others' eyes all lit up.

Heaven and Earth Qi, according to legend, was the essence of the earth, brewed over ten thousand years. Even a wisp could let a Qi Refining Cultivator forge the strongest Dao Foundation!

Sect Leader Su Changkong had become a Nascent Soul and sect leader in just a hundred and eighty years, precisely because he'd been lucky enough to obtain a wisp of Heaven and Earth Qi back in the day!

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