Chapter 330: Chapter 330

[Triggered side quest: Gift from the Otherworld]

[Nascent Soul Realm cultivator Lin Feng fled the Otherworld carrying his family treasure, gaining numerous encounters and rewards upon arrival in the Otherworld. After unexpectedly perishing, the treasure he left behind remains untouched. Please assist Wan Mingchuan in inheriting the gift from the Otherworld to secure generous special rewards.]

[Quest 1: In a month, take Wan Mingchuan to participate in the secret realm selection at the Celestial Sword Sect, assisting him in successfully breaking through to the Enlightenment Realm. Reward: Skill Proficiency Points +2 (can be directly used on mastered skills)]

Just as Lin Feng’s words finished, the system popped up with a notification of a new side quest.

Jiang Yuan pondered the information he heard from Lin Shuo. The Vice Sect Leader of Celestial Sword Sect was his disciple’s grandfather. The old man’s wife was a mortal and had long since passed away. They had only one cherished daughter, Ouyang Ying, who married into the Lin Family, and after failing to advance, he retired.

Previously, the disciple mentioned wanting to repay his grandfather’s kindness, which coincidentally aligned with the system’s quest to head to the Celestial Sword Sect next month!

"The last thing - people tend to speak kindly before dying, listen to an elder’s advice: you are fortunate to have had encounters at a young age, remember to maintain your true intentions, and clarity of mind will lead to achievement!

I heard a legend about an Evil God in the Otherworld, it is said that he was once a rightful cultivator from a renowned sect. Because he hated the evil rampant in the world, causing ruin to nations and people, he swore to eradicate evil completely, but his methods were so extreme that he created an evil technique, more cruel and brutal than ordinary evil cultivator methods.

It involved tormenting evil things before devouring and refining them, using evil to fight evil.

Over time, he became a demon among evil cultivators, devouring so much that his body was surrounded by evil energies, and his methods became increasingly bloody and eerie, ordinary people regarded him as a great demon.

Yet he persevered in his core beliefs without wavering until his ascension; you see, even though he was branded as an Evil God, he ultimately attained the Immortal rank. It proves that, whether one is righteous or evil, as long as one doesn’t hesitate to act, follows true intentions unwaveringly, nothing can stop the path to immortality!"

"So, that Evil God’s achievement of divine rank, wasn’t it because, although his actions were more evil, the intention and result were both good?" Jiang Yuan immediately objected upon hearing this.

This speaks to the heart, not the deed, no matter how someone accomplishes it, in eradicating villains and preventing innocents from suffering evil, a good result is all that matters.

He then thought of the system’s improved Soul-Devouring Demon Skill, pondering if it might be the same Evil God. Seems like a journey to the Otherworld might complete the fragmented version of the skill.

Bai Yunqi also nodded in agreement, "That’s called using their own methods against them, just watch if he uses the created technique to devour innocent mortals or cultivators? Unless, like those evil cultivators, they dare not face tribulations, otherwise they would be struck into ashes, how can they ascend to immortality? Anyone who ascends must have complete merit without loss, otherwise, they cannot break through the barrier between the Mortal and Celestial Realms."

Lin Feng’s resentment paused as he murmured, "But he clearly fell into the crooked path of evil... He is the arch evil, a demon among evil cultivators, even his ascension resulted in an Evil God rank. Isn’t the divine rank a sarcastic remark to his nature?"

"You can’t understand these principles at your age?" Wan Mingchuan felt some disdain, thinking if he lived his age doggedly, "Even if he fell into the evil path, he targets only evil. For the majority of innocents, mortals and cultivators alike, it resulted in a more peaceful environment, that is immeasurable merit!

If he did all sorts of evil but did not harm any innocent, instead benefited a region. Your escape with the family treasure, although not falling into the evil path, truly abandoned wife and children, harming future generations’ interests, especially selling out the family’s bloodline inheritance secret..."

Accurate sniper directly hitting the sore spot, Lin Feng’s residual resentment became increasingly transparent, tears streaming as he sobbed, "So it’s true, so it’s true! Cultivation first cultivates the heart, after all these years I’ve tangled myself in contradictions without facing reality, young kids, take my fall as a warning!"

As his words faded, his figure dissolved into a radiant light, hovering to Wan Mingchuan, awaiting guidance to complete a revenge journey yielding rich rewards.

"Tch~" Hu Zhile rolled his eyes, "Always thinking about possession for rebirth, even scheming against descendants, what kind of good creature could he be? Though not fallen into the evil path, his behavior and thoughts are almost alike.

Little Chuan, now his remaining resentment energy is weak, can’t cause much trouble, if he tries to provoke you to kill for revenge in the future, discern right from wrong, don’t harm the innocent for a bit of profit, lest it ruins your own cultivation."

Wan Mingchuan nodded and smiled, "With my cultivation, heading to the Otherworld is uncertain when that will be. Moreover, with Lin Feng’s character, I doubt avenging him would yield any gift.

Escape in dire situations is understandable, but someone who neglects spouse and children won’t save something good, he’s likely already used it himself! Even if there is any inheritance, at most it’s whatever he didn’t manage to enjoy.

Let’s ignore him and quickly co-study the ’Supreme Divine Technique,’ that’s the proper action. Master..."

He glanced at Jiang Yuan, embarrassedly scratching his head, and whispered, "And brothers and sisters, you know I just succeeded in Foundation Establishment, I have no experience of cultivating techniques so naturally, I won’t have insights.

So I’ll try to explain the contents etched in my mind, if my explanation is poor, please don’t rush, give me some time to slowly convey it."

"The higher the level of techniques, the more difficult to impart, only those who can independently create or modify techniques can etch them, so cultivation techniques are precious and hard to obtain in the cultivation realm."

Bai Yunqi, sitting cross-legged, casually comforted, "The only way to impart one’s obtained technique is through oral teaching, otherwise even if you write it word for word, reading it would be of no use and can’t be cultivated, thus preventing the spread of evil techniques."

Hu Zhile, knowledgeable, also laughed, "I heard many esoteric sects have lost their original techniques, only when a master cultivates to a certain realm can they orally teach it to the disciple. You’ve barely succeeded in Foundation Establishment at such a young age, already able to impart techniques to us, is quite impressive!"

Yun Mo understood little and could only quietly listen attentively.

"Let me have a try first." Wan Mingchuan, slightly nervous, with content imprinted in consciousness yet elusive like clouds, with a sense of the Dao being formless.

He cleared his throat and spoke, "Dao is the essence of heaven and earth, without form or appearance, transforming into myriad things..."

[Is disciple Wan Mingchuan imparting the Heavenly Level mid-grade technique ’Supreme Divine Technique,’ do you accept to learn?]

Jiang Yuan could understand the first sentence, but increasingly confusing language made comprehension difficult, even sleepy. Thankfully the system was reliable, popping up to ask if he wished to learn; how could he refuse?

After clicking to confirm learning, sure enough, a slender progress bar with the ’Supreme Divine Technique’ title appeared, waiting for quite some time before it progressed 0.1%.

"Gosh! How long will it take to learn a new skill?" Jiang Yuan was stunned, simultaneously realizing the true meaning of rare techniques as discussed by Xiao Bai and others.

It seemed akin to computer data transfers, where the original secret technique manual is like stored knowledge in a computer, direct viewing allows faster comprehension; but if the monitor is broken and can’t be seen directly, downloading data transmission is necessary.

If the teacher’s cultivation realm is high, the signal is good, data transfers quickly;

If the teacher’s cultivation realm is low, poor signal means even transmitting 1kb takes a while.

At this rate, he estimated mastering this new skill might take a year or two.

Despite this, Xiao Bai and they were quite content, as spending a little more time to learn orally imparted Heavenly Level techniques is trivial for the unearned benefit.