Chapter 187: All of Them Want It

Chen Mobai admitted that he had borrowed the original text from the library but hadn't had time to practice it yet. The Critical Law was so remarkable that he had naturally included it in his cultivation plans long ago. However, he hadn't even perfected his Qi Condensation stage yet and was far from Foundation Establishment, so there was no need to waste time on the Critical Law for now.

Che Yucheng remarked, "This Twin Aspects Art is quite insightful. If you genuinely want to cultivate it, I suggest you temporarily abandon the Pure Yang Scroll during the Qi Condensation stage and focus solely on the Scripture of Eternal Life." This statement left Chen Mobai completely bewildered.

"Teacher Che," Chen Mobai asked, "doesn't the Twin Aspects Art require balancing two mutually generative elemental cultivation methods? If I only practice the Scripture of Eternal Life, wouldn't it be useless?" Despite Chen Mobai's limited understanding, Che Yucheng patiently explained, even pulling out a Faceless Puppet.

"Come, let me demonstrate," Che Yucheng said. He imported Chen Mobai's body data model into the Faceless Puppet. Then, to Chen Mobai's surprise, he simultaneously input the three major cultivation methods: the Scripture of Eternal Life, the Twin Aspects Art, and the Pure Yang Scroll.

No one knew how Che Yucheng managed it, but the spiritual energy cultivated by the Scripture of Eternal Life and the Pure Yang Scroll connected vertically within the transparent Dantian Qi Sea. This formed a green spiritual vortex below with a faint flickering flame image in the center. "This is the Twin Aspects Art simulated using the Faceless Puppet, integrating both the Scripture of Eternal Life and the Pure Yang Scroll," Che Yucheng explained.

Chen Mobai immediately nodded. Although he still didn't fully grasp Che Yucheng's point, it didn't stop him from pulling out his notebook and starting to record. While a standard cultivation puppet could only run one method, an advanced Faceless Puppet was capable of running three simultaneously. However, running three methods at once required Che Yucheng's direct manual operation; it couldn't be fully automated.

Next, the Faceless Puppet began cultivating the Scripture of Eternal Life, simulating the process up to Qi Condensation Level 9 and attempting Foundation Establishment. This attempt, however, failed. "Just as I thought," Che Yucheng remarked, apparently having anticipated this outcome. Chen Mobai could only take photos and notes, jotting down his questions to ask after the demonstration concluded.

"Do you know why the Foundation Establishment failed?" Che Yucheng asked, pressing the pause button and directly beginning his instruction. "Perhaps this cultivation method doesn't suit my physique? Or maybe there's an issue with the Scripture of Eternal Life?" Chen Mobai guessed.

"No, it's the other two cultivation methods that hindered your Foundation Establishment," Che Yucheng stated. After reviewing Chen Mobai's Scripture of Eternal Life and Twin Aspects Art, Che Yucheng seemed to have a clear understanding. He explained, "The Twin Aspects Art links the Scripture of Eternal Life and the Pure Yang Scroll. For the Pure Yang Scroll to achieve Foundation Establishment, one must cultivate the Three Suns Body. In the puppet's demonstration, all the Foundation Establishment conditions for the Scripture of Eternal Life were met, but the burden of the Three Suns Body prevented it from succeeding."

At this point, Che Yucheng began adjusting the conditions again. With the Faceless Puppet having perfected the Qi Condensation stage of the Scripture of Eternal Life, he also had it perfect the Pure Yang Scroll and the Three Suns Body. Then, when simulating Foundation Establishment, it succeeded immediately, just as it had when running the Pure Yang Scroll alone.

"If you attempt Foundation Establishment with any single cultivation method, you have over a 50% chance of success," Che Yucheng said, expressing satisfaction with Chen Mobai's potential. However, he then pointed to the screen on the Faceless Puppet's head, which displayed the earliest age for successful Foundation Establishment when the Twin Aspects Art linked the Scripture of Eternal Life and the Pure Yang Scroll: 52 years old!

"This is too slow," Che Yucheng stated. "At that age, you'd essentially only get one chance to achieve Foundation Establishment. Even though the Faceless Puppet shows you have over a 50% success rate for Foundation Establishment, it's not 100%. If you fail, your life would be ruined."

Upon hearing this, an expression of realization dawned on Chen Mobai's face. He understood Che Yucheng's meaning. "Teacher, I understand. From now on, I will focus on a single cultivation method." He assumed that method would be the Pure Yang Scroll, the broad path favored by the immortal sect. But no sooner had he spoken than Che Yucheng shook his head.

"Wrong," Che Yucheng corrected. "Actually, this Scripture of Eternal Life is quite interesting. It increases lifespan, giving cultivators of the Twin Aspects Art more time to advance and break through. It's just limited by shallow understanding, preventing it from being even better." "Teacher Che, what do you mean?" Chen Mobai was completely confused, scratching his head. Then he saw Che Yucheng smile faintly and begin his operations.

Chen Mobai had thought that running three cultivation methods simultaneously was the Faceless Puppet's limit. However, Che Yucheng then revealed the formidable potential of the Faceless Puppet, renowned as the pinnacle of immortal sect puppetry. The silver-haired elder continuously tapped the screen, and between the Scripture of Eternal Life and the Pure Yang Scroll, which were integrated by the Twin Aspects Art, another cultivation method was forcibly inserted. This new method directly severed the link between the Scripture of Eternal Life and the Pure Yang Scroll. Yet, it did not break the Twin Aspects Art itself. It appeared to be a seal, or perhaps a lock. The Twin Aspects Art link between the two methods remained, but it was no longer active.

Subsequently, the Scripture of Eternal Life, without the Pure Yang Scroll or the Three Suns Body being perfected, surprisingly succeeded in simulated Foundation Establishment. Following that, the Twin Aspects Art's seal was lifted. The Pure Yang spiritual energy, originally rooted in the Scripture of Eternal Life, began continuously absorbing wood-elemental spiritual energy, growing robustly, and soon also broke through to the Foundation Establishment level. Afterward, the Pure Yang spiritual energy continuously refined and absorbed the essence of the eternal life spiritual energy. However, when the simulation progressed to a realm beyond Foundation Establishment, the Faceless Puppet's spirit stones ran out.

After watching, Chen Mobai's eyes widened. He recalled Che Yucheng's initial question. His breathing quickened. "When you young ones encounter situations where you can't have both, due to your limited abilities, you often choose to give up one option," Che Yucheng said. "But we old folks are different." At this point, he copied the results of the Faceless Puppet's demonstration to a USB drive and handed it to Chen Mobai. "We can achieve the best of both worlds through our knowledge and abilities."

Chen Mobai, visibly excited, accepted the USB drive and bowed respectfully to Che Yucheng in gratitude. Che Yucheng settled back into his chair and pointed to the spirit energy-depleted Faceless Puppet. Chen Mobai, understanding the implication, nodded, indicating he would come every day to recharge its spiritual energy.

Che Yucheng nodded with satisfaction and began to instruct. "Actually, with your talent, the Pure Yang Scroll isn't suitable for you. I originally planned to dissuade you after the Faceless Puppet's demonstration. However, this is also a good opportunity. For now, focus solely on cultivating the Scripture of Eternal Life. You should be able to achieve Foundation Establishment around the age of thirty by following the cultivation path derived from the demonstration puppet. You can link the Scripture of Eternal Life and the Pure Yang Scroll with the Twin Aspects Art either now or when you reach Qi Condensation Level 9. Regardless, thirty years old is your deadline. If you can master the Critical Law before then, fulfilling the prerequisites I demonstrated with the Faceless Puppet, then you may continue to preserve this seed of Pure Yang spiritual energy. Otherwise, abandon the Pure Yang Scroll and single-mindedly cultivate the Scripture of Eternal Life. Only after achieving Foundation Establishment will you truly have a future."