Chapter 71: Branching Out, the Taixiao Lineage Spreads

Besides promoting his own Mystic Gate doctrines and cultivation methods during this lecture, Lin Yuan originally intended to pass down all the various arts of the Immortal Dao, including formation arrays, artifact forging, and pill refining. But he quickly restrained that thought. These things could prove extremely useful at critical moments.

However, this time, Lin Yuan did seize the opportunity to pass down many parts of the Daoist Canon!

This was the most important part.

The various scriptures and principles within the Daoist Canon were the true foundation of cultivation.

In this, Lin Yuan also learned from the many Primordial Divine Demons who gave lectures: transmit the Dao, not the specific methods.

Spreading specific techniques easily invited strange and unpredictable Causality.

The bond between master and disciple was already one with extremely deep Causality. While teaching a few disciples who achieved great things brought immense honor and the feedback of Fortune, teaching one who committed terrible sins easily led to being implicated.

Transmitting the Dao but not the specific methods only created a thin thread of Fortune connection, without any Causality ties.

After finishing his lecture on the Mystic Gate’s Great Dao, Lin Yuan looked down from the high platform. Below, most Human Race cultivators now had a strand of Mystic Gate magical power swirling around them. What pleased Lin Yuan most was one Innate Being and one Postnatal Being.

That Innate Being had actually already grasped the basics. Over the decades of lecturing, they had cultivated a Yang Spirit and were only a step away from forming a Primordial Spirit!

The other Postnatal Being had extraordinary comprehension. Although they lacked the Innate Dao Body of an Innate Being, they possessed unique bones, and their natural talent was no less than an Innate Being’s. They had also cultivated a Yang Spirit True Lord body. What was even rarer was that they had inherited a portion of the Taixiao Five Elements Thunder Method.

At this moment, most of the numerous Human Race cultivators wore joyful expressions, carefully recalling their gains in their minds!

Many cultivators from the various Human Race tribes originally cultivated knowing what to do but not why they did it!

Now, having received this Taiyuan Immortal’s Daoist Canon inheritance, many Human Race cultivators felt a sudden enlightenment!

Even if they themselves couldn’t achieve great success in cultivation upon returning to their tribes, they could still pass down this Daoist Canon inheritance. Perhaps in a few decades, perhaps in a few centuries, as long as the tribe survived, one or two cultivators would eventually grasp its true meaning and continue its transmission.

And this was precisely Lin Yuan’s goal. Even if only fragments were passed down, the Mystic Gate’s Taixiao Lineage would gradually take root and sprout.

As for those with ordinary aptitude, while they gained little and were quite envious of the other Human Race cultivators nearby, they were still satisfied. They felt they had broadened their horizons and could at least now find a direction forward, no longer needing to grope in the dark on their own.

After the lecture ended, the many Human Race cultivators all returned. Lin Yuan alone kept two people back.

“Wang Shan, Geng Sangzi, would you two be willing to become my nominal disciples?!”

The two young cultivators, called to a halt by Lin Yuan, initially felt somewhat apprehensive. Upon hearing his words, they were overjoyed.

This Taiyuan Immortal was not only immensely powerful but also a great sage widely praised among the Human Race tribes. How could they refuse? They immediately knelt and bowed.

“Disciple Wang Shan (Geng Sangzi) pays respects to Master!”

Lin Yuan had observed them for some time. One had a steady, stable temperament, while the other, although somewhat restless, was extremely sharp and clever.

Both had excellent natural talent and temperament, and each held a certain position within their respective tribes.

This was what Lin Yuan valued most.

If the Taixiao Lineage wanted to spread, it certainly couldn’t rely on him alone. It needed many disciples and followers. These disciples might not be of much use now, but in the future, expanding the sect would depend on them.

Lin Yuan couldn’t possibly do everything himself with bare arms; then when would he ever find time for quiet cultivation?

After a brief moment of contemplation, Lin Yuan waved his hand at the two Human Race cultivators.

“Rise, both of you!”

The two stood up, but then heard Lin Yuan continue. “My Taixiao Lineage is newly established, and its disciples consist only of you two for now. Follow me for a century. I will teach each of you a few of my best skills. After a hundred years, I will send you back to your tribes. By then, you should be able to accomplish something!”

“Yes!”

The two listened, their faces filled with joy.

Lin Yuan smiled slightly. According to his plan, the Taixiao Lineage in the future would not be limited to just one sect or one school. It should let a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend, ultimately selecting the main lineage from among the many branches.

In an instant, Lin Yuan’s thoughts turned to the several Taixiao secret techniques he had compiled.

Currently, the number of methods he could credibly offer was limited.

First was that Reverse to Innate State technique.

Second were the Heavenly Secrets principles and the formation array, Yin-Yang arts he had learned from the Xi Emperor Dao Lord.

Then there was the artifact forging method he had figured out on his own.

Of course, the fully mastered “Taixiao Dao Ming Scripture” was the foundation, containing over a dozen methods for achieving a Taixiao Primordial Spirit!

Especially the most powerful method for achieving the Thunder Ancestor Primordial Spirit, which was comparable to the inheritances of those God-Demon Dynasties!!

After just a moment’s thought, Lin Yuan had an idea.

Over the following decades, based on Wang Shan and Geng Sangzi’s personalities, Lin Yuan taught each a portion of the Taixiao True Inheritor teachings.

But he made selective emphases.

Wang Shan’s temperament was steady and patient. Lin Yuan taught him the incredibly tedious Heavenly Secrets principles and formation array, Yin-Yang arts. He instructed him on using formation arts to protect tribes, set traps, and various life-saving escape and stealth methods.

Geng Sangzi’s temperament was restless. Lin Yuan focused on teaching him the powerfully offensive Five Elements Thunder Method. Coincidentally, Geng Sangzi’s physique leaned towards the Five Elements. Lin Yuan further taught him the immensely powerful Great Five Elements Extinction Divine Light, Flying Sword control methods, and Sword Immortal combat techniques.

Teaching according to their aptitude!

Indeed, these two progressed with astonishing speed. Within a few decades, each achieved the Primordial Spirit Great True Lord body and cultivated one Taixiao Primordial Spirit.

This progress made Lin Yuan both happy and slightly puzzled.

At this rate, in a little more time, they might catch up to him, their master!

By the bank of the Tongtian River, atop the cliffside cave abode, watching his two disciples whom he had sent out to help the Lishui Tribe deal with the Yao Clan bandits, Lin Yuan sensed the gradually evolving, mysteriously profound Yin-Yang aura of his internal magical power and sighed inwardly.

In truth, if he was willing to give up the Primordial Divine Demon Dao Body, he might have already achieved the Scattered Immortal stage, or even the Earth Immortal stage.

It was just that he really couldn’t bear to part with the Primordial Divine Demon Dao Body.

What a tremendous opportunity that was.

With the end of the Primordial Era, achieving Innate Being status through Reverse to Innate was relatively easy, but achieving a Primordial Divine Demon Dao Body was exceedingly difficult. Even in the numerous God-Demon Dynasties, or among the legendary peerless geniuses of the Heavenly Court who received lectures from Innate Dao Lords, attaining the status of an Innate Divine Demon was not guaranteed.

Once an ordinary Primordial Divine Demon achieved it, their future minimum achievement was becoming a Golden Immortal, also known as a Heavenly Capital Divine Demon.

Considering such potential, Lin Yuan felt the time spent was not a loss.

Ordinary Innate Beings found the early stages easier but later harder. Once one achieved Primordial Divine Demon status, the path was basically smooth sailing all the way to the Golden Immortal stage before any major hurdles!

He considered this time as sharpening the axe without delaying the wood chopping.

Moreover, achieving Primordial Divine Demon status might even happen earlier as the comprehension of the Innate Yin-Yang Dual Qi was about to be completed.

Lin Yuan still had that much patience!

Just then, Lin Yuan’s gaze flickered slightly. The Heavenly One Water Mother Divine Rune within his body vibrated intensely. Vaguely, the torrential flow of the Tongtian River before him surged.

The position of the Tongtian River God was actually becoming slightly unstable at this moment!