Chapter 58: Yuanhe Immortal Prefecture, Choosing the Dao Scripture (Part Two)

Although Lin Yuan stood in the crowd looking unremarkable, no Outer Sect Disciple looked down on him. Possessing an Innate Dao Body was even more astonishing than Inner Sect Disciples who had two or three Immortal Roots. Probably only a few Dragon Maidens and dragon descendants from the Dragon Palace could compare with him.

His cultivation speed might only slow down after achieving the level of a Primordial Spirit Great True Lord.

In contrast, several Outer Sect Disciples from pure peasant backgrounds felt very uneasy. Gazing at the many Outer Sect Disciples, they were restless and fidgety.

Even though no one looked down on him, many Outer Sect Disciples gazed at the several preparatory Inner Sect Disciples from prominent families with increasing envy and showed friendlier expressions.

Wang Zhen left some words and then turned to lead the elders on the law ship away to report back.

By now, part of the cultivators from the Chengyuan Immortal Sect had already received the news and were waiting here.

Seeing this, many Outer Sect and Inner Sect Disciples on the law ship showed joy on their faces. They clearly recognized these Chengyuan Immortal Sect cultivators who had come to welcome them after receiving the news.

Lin Yuan watched from the side and saw many boys and girls looking envious. Having connections in the sect would undoubtedly make it much easier to establish oneself later.

Many boys and girls glanced at those few Inner Sect Disciples from prominent families. In this aspect, these Inner Sect Disciples undoubtedly had an advantage. It indeed seemed like a good choice to pledge allegiance to these few Inner Sect Disciples now.

There were already overseers from the Yuanhe Dao Academy nearby, calling out to another group of boys and girls who had no fellow disciples to take care of them.

“Everyone, follow me!” the overseer said.

Lin Yuan looked to the side. Yun Yi was following a young man with a cold expression. They had already left now. Perhaps noticing Lin Yuan’s gaze, Yun Yi glanced over but didn’t pay it any mind.

There was no hatred, nor any particular feeling, but inside burned a fierce fire of hatred.

Lin Yuan felt strange inside and sneered coldly. He knew who Yun Yi hated.

First were the crooked disciples of the Fire Spirit Palace. According to the elder on the law ship, when Yun Yi was rescued long ago, that fiendish woman from the Fire Spirit Palace had tormented him terribly, almost ruining his foundational yang energy.

Yun Yi considered this a great disgrace!

Second were the disciples of the Tianhe Sect. Yun Bufan had become an idiot, and that Wang Shi disciple from the Tianhe Sect had also killed many clansmen of the Yun Manor, making the narrow-minded Yun Yi hate them bitterly.

Nearby, there were also some Outer Sect and Inner Sect Disciples who recognized Lin Yuan and extended olive branches. Lin Yuan had just entered the Chengyuan Immortal Sect and wasn’t clear about the situation. He didn’t want to get involved in any trouble rashly, so he politely declined.

Instead, the choice of Dao Scripture mentioned by that Outer Sect elder earlier interested Lin Yuan greatly.

Upon entering the sect, the only thing Lin Yuan was interested in was the various Daoist Canon texts and scriptures left behind by these ancient immortal sects.

The Yuanhe Dao Academy was established upstream of a clear stream in this Immortal Prefecture. The scenery here was beautiful, with large areas of palaces and refined dwellings, and the spiritual energy was extremely abundant.

After this overseer elder led the group of disciples to receive their Dao robes, Magical Artifacts, and part of the distributed Daoist Canon, he was about to leave immediately. Lin Yuan promptly stopped the overseer.

“Elder, may I ask where the Dao Scriptures for Inner Sect Disciples are collected?”

Lin Yuan had already inquired earlier. After Outer Sect Disciples entered the Dao Academy, they still had to do one year of coursework, carefully polishing their Dao Heart, Dao skills, and cultivation, before they could access cultivation methods. Inner Sect Disciples, however, were much more direct. They could go directly to the Dao Academy’s Scripture Repository Tower to select Dao methods for tempering the Dao Heart, and access the various superior Foundation Building Methods stored in the Scripture Repository Tower.

Of course, rules were dead, but people were alive.

There would be plenty of time to polish Dao Heart, Dao skills, and cultivation later. As long as one had connections and protection from someone higher up in the sect, and a word was put in, the overseers in the Dao Academy wouldn’t be too strict. Outer Sect Disciples could also obtain an overseer’s seal and go to the Scripture Repository Tower to select Dao Scriptures and directly begin cultivation.

Unless they offended an overseer in the Dao Academy who deliberately made things difficult.

The Dao Academy overseer who was stopped was middle-aged, with graying temples at his forehead. He was also a man experienced in human affairs, usually quite authoritative in the Dao Academy. He had cultivated some cultivation methods. Although not reaching Jade Mystic, he was around the seventh or eighth layer of Upper Mystic.

However, facing Lin Yuan, he didn’t dare to be negligent and said with a smile, “Nephew Lin Yuan, you’re too polite. ‘Elder’ is not necessary. You can call me Overseer Bai from now on!”

“It seems Nephew Lin also wants to compete for that Blessed Land Cave Abode reward. Since you have this intention, I’ll take you to the Scripture Repository Tower right now to select Dao Scriptures!”

“Blessed Land Cave Abode reward?”

Lin Yuan was momentarily stunned, then suddenly understood. This Overseer Bai had probably misunderstood something.

The Scripture Repository Tower of Yuanhe Immortal Prefecture was located beside a huge palace in the Yuanhe Dao Academy. It was said to be the largest Scripture Repository Tower in the outer sect of the Chengyuan Immortal Sect.

To Lin Yuan’s surprise, many purple bamboos were planted here. It was a type of bamboo almost like a spiritual bamboo. As a main body, it was virtually a spiritual bamboo species that could reverse its origin. Lin Yuan himself was considered an ancestral-level existence among Spiritual Roots. Those purple bamboos instinctively emitted wisps of misty Purple Qi, very mystical.

All plants paid homage to their ancestor. However, Lin Yuan quietly suppressed this phenomenon with great power.

This scene made several white-haired Daoists with profound cultivation guarding the Scripture Repository Tower slightly surprised. But everyone glanced around and didn’t notice anything unusual.

Overseer Bai stepped forward, quickly negotiated with the several white-haired Daoists guarding the entrance of the Scripture Repository Tower for a moment, and then returned.

“Nephew Lin Yuan, you can go up now. Take the jade token representing your identity. You can choose two Dao Scriptures. One is a superior Foundation Building Method, the other is a superior Dao method for tempering the Dao Heart!”

After a brief pause, Overseer Bai looked Lin Yuan up and down and said, “Nephew Lin, you should have already stepped into cultivation, right? No matter which Foundation Building Method you practice, it’s best to cleanse your bones and constitution. Every superior method in the Scripture Repository Tower has been compiled by generations of masters of my Chengyuan Immortal Sect, leading directly to the thirteen methods of Earth Immortal, or the Four Methods and Four Formulas!”

Lin Yuan gave a slight nod. He didn’t really care about those thirteen Earth Immortal methods or the Four Methods and Four Formulas. He mainly wanted to use this opportunity to find a Five Elements Dao method, to fully complete the step of Five Elements returning to Yin and Yang, laying a solid foundation for proving Scattered Immortal and achieving the Acquired Thunder Ancestor Primordial Spirit.

“Other than that, does Elder Bai have any advice for me?”

Lin Yuan looked at the overseer with sincere eyes. Overseer Bai secretly nodded in his heart. His impression of this Inner Sect Disciple was quite good. He was neither humble nor arrogant, unlike many Inner Sect Disciples with exceptional bones who looked down on others. Both his temperament and bones were remarkable.

Overseer Bai became a bit more cautious and, after a moment of thought, said, “There’s not really anything to teach. The various techniques in the Scripture Repository Tower have been sifted through by the sect over thousands of years. They are balanced and peaceful, all the most superior Mystic Gate Foundation Building Methods. Any book can be chosen… Hmm, that’s right, when you choose, it’s best to avoid that ‘Chengyuan Dao Scripture’!”

Lin Yuan looked up. “Avoid this Dao Scripture? Why? Is this Dao Scripture incomplete or considered inferior?”

Overseer Bai said, “That’s not it. On the contrary, this ‘Chengyuan Dao Scripture’ is actually the most top-notch among all the Foundation Building Dao Scriptures collected in the Scripture Repository Tower!”

“The Dao foundation it builds is considered first in mystical wonder!”

He slightly raised his head, a sigh on Overseer Bai’s face. “However, this method is also the most complex superior method among all the Foundation Building Methods in the Scripture Repository Tower!”

“Over the generations, how many young disciples of the Chengyuan Immortal Sect with what could be called peerless talent spent enormous effort on it, yet gained nothing, wasting their time in vain, and were instead surpassed by other ordinary disciples!”

Overseer Bai looked at Lin Yuan and said sincerely, “Nephew Lin, unless absolutely necessary, it’s better not to choose this method!”

In Overseer Bai’s view, Lin Yuan’s urgency to go to the Scripture Repository Tower was undoubtedly for the title of the first to achieve Inner Sect status.

The reward for the first to achieve Inner Sect was indeed very tempting.

A Blessed Land Cave Abode!

Blessed Land Cave Abodes were scarce resources within the sect, also symbols of strength and status!

According to sect rules, ordinary Inner Sect Disciples could not obtain a Blessed Land Cave Abode!

Unless they could overpower many Inner Sect Disciples in the sect’s sword competitions held every half year by each peak, it was very difficult to have a chance to obtain their own Blessed Land Cave Abode. Either they endured until the end, gave up the path of True Inheritor, and found an opportunity to advance to elder rank!

Either way, Blessed Land Cave Abodes were hard to come by!

However, Lin Yuan’s expression changed slightly. He originally hadn’t paid much attention, but hearing Overseer Bai say this, he now wanted to take a look at this scripture.

So far, no complex Dao Scripture had been able to stump him. If one glance wasn’t enough, a few more glances, and he could always cultivate it successfully…