Chapter 622: Cultivation Has No Shortcuts

Lu Yang was stunned by his second senior brother's ingenious method. How could he have not thought of such a brilliant idea?

"Fairy, will this method work?" he asked, looking expectantly at the Immortal Fairy.

"You can fool yourself."

"Your second senior brother's Nascent Soul has intelligence; a few deceptive words would be enough. But your Invincible Nascent Soul has no intelligence, so how will you trick it?"

Lu Yang's spirits sank. It seemed this method wouldn't work; he would just have to honestly defeat the Nascent Soul.

Lu Yang returned to the "Cloud Spore Zone" and meticulously studied his senior sister's writings word by word. He found them profound and insightful, gaining significant understanding after reading them.

"As expected of Senior Sister, her insights are incredibly logical. Delving deeper reveals even more profound truths."

This was far more useful than the Immortal Fairy's guidance.

The more Lu Yang read, the more he felt these writings resonated with him, as if he had written them himself!

Two months passed in a flash. During this time, Lu Yang remained in the Scripture Pavilion, never leaving the second floor, completely engrossed in studying the Nascent Soul stage cultivation methods. He made considerable progress.

He sat cross-legged on a straw mat, palms and soles facing upwards, his breathing even. He looked as if he were asleep, or perhaps had entered a deeper state of enlightenment.

Various cultivation philosophies and methods swirled in his mind, a jumbled and disordered mess.

What he needed to do was to meticulously unravel these chaotic insights, extract what was usable, and then modify them according to his own circumstances to complete a cultivation method unique to him.

Studying various cultivation methods was a heavy burden on a cultivator's spiritual energy. Only because Lu Yang's spiritual power was unmatched at his level could he handle it; any other Nascent Soul stage cultivator would have long since been overwhelmed into unconsciousness by the vast amount of cultivation concepts.

Lu Yang opened his eyes, which shone brightly. A confident smile played on his lips as he wrote furiously, penning a new chapter.

"This must be the cultivation method Senior Sister wanted me to write."

"You've improved since last time; only eighty percent of the content needs my revision."

His senior sister said this after carefully reviewing the Nascent Soul chapter of "The Clear Mind and True Nature Scripture" written by Lu Yang.

Last time, when Lu Yang wrote the Golden Core chapter, eighty percent also needed revision, but the unrevised twenty percent was directly copied from his senior sister's sentences.

This time, at least twenty percent was original content approved by his senior sister.

"What does your Nascent Soul look like? What are its unique characteristics? Let me see it."

Before modifying the cultivation method, his senior sister wanted to see the appearance of Lu Yang's Nascent Soul to make targeted revisions.

"Uh — that's a bit difficult," Lu Yang said, looking embarrassed. He couldn't manifest his Nascent Soul until he defeated his Invincible Nascent Soul.

His senior sister raised an eyebrow. "Where can I see it?"

"My spiritual space."

Without another word, his senior sister's soul left her body and flew into Lu Yang's spiritual space.

Jiang Lianyi was also curious about Lu Yang's Nascent Soul. According to Lu Yang, his Golden Core was identical to Immortal Sister's, so his Nascent Soul should also be the same.

However, she had forgotten what Immortal Sister's Golden Core and Nascent Soul looked like.

During her two months in the Scripture Pavilion, she had generally grasped the current state of the cultivation world, and staying longer would be pointless.

Lu Yang's spiritual space became lively, with the native Immortal Fairy, the visiting Senior Sister, the visiting Jiang Lianyi, and the tenant Lu Yang.

Lu Yang skillfully disconnected from the Invincible Nascent Soul, skillfully got beaten by it, and then skillfully reconnected to it.

The performance ended.

Both Senior Sister and Jiang Lianyi's expressions were a sight to behold. Senior Sister was reminded of her second senior brother, whom she hadn't seen in a long time, while Jiang Lianyi regretted her amnesia, having forgotten that Immortal Sister also had such amusing experiences.

Nevertheless, Senior Sister, being Senior Sister, noticed that Lu Yang's Nascent Soul was different from her second senior brother's.

"The Immortal Fairy told me that, theoretically, as long as I defeat the Invincible Nascent Soul, it can be used by me."

His senior sister gave the Immortal Fairy a meaningful look. "Theoretically, you say..."

As if her little secret had been exposed by Senior Sister, the Immortal Fairy's gaze darted away, avoiding eye contact.

His senior sister turned her head and said sternly, "To defeat your Invincible Nascent Soul, you cannot rely on tricks. Just as there are no shortcuts in cultivation, you must cultivate diligently and surpass your Nascent Soul in all aspects!"

Lu Yang humbly asked, "Then Senior Sister, how did you manage to cultivate to this realm in less than a thousand years?"

"Through talent."

"Alright, I now know how to revise your cultivation method. It will be done in an hour."

His senior sister left the spiritual space, waving her hand to signal Lu Yang and Jiang Lianyi to depart. She preferred to write cultivation methods alone.

In fact, she mainly wanted the Immortal Fairy to leave, as she was too boisterous.

As the junior disciple, Lu Yang was very obedient to his senior sister.

As a formidable opponent, Jiang Lianyi respected the Sect Master.

The two descended the mountain.

"Oh, by the way, since you arrived, I haven't introduced you yet, but there's another senior in our Immortal lineage whom you haven't met," Lu Yang remembered the third in command of the Immortal lineage.

Lu Yang had privately asked the Immortal Fairy if Jiang Lianyi counted as part of the Immortal lineage, and the Immortal Fairy had given a negative answer.

'Although Lianyi and Xiaoling came from my sect, they haven't made any progress in the path of immortality, and their Dao fruits are already predetermined to be from the lineage of survival of the fittest.'

The Immortal lineage had strict classification standards.

It was currently afternoon, not yet dinnertime. The barbecue stall wasn't open, but the staff were expertly using formations to skewer ingredients.

After numerous improvements, the formation had evolved from only skewering meat to a specialized skewering formation with multiple functions, now capable of skewering enoki mushrooms, green beans, and other ingredients.

Under the Immortal Venerable's strategy of both offense and defense, the barbecue shop's influence flourished underground, secretly controlling several restaurants and becoming a true commercial giant.

In front of the barbecue shop, Lu Yang unexpectedly encountered someone.

"Junior Brother Man, what brings you here?"

"Senior Brother Lu, long time no see. It's been over half a year, hasn't it?" Mang Gu chuckled, rubbing the back of his head.

"I just broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, so I came to celebrate with some skewers."

"Congratulations! Junior Brother Man, your cultivation progress is quite fast," Lu Yang said with a congratulatory smile. "Shall we go eat together then?"

Mang Gu readily agreed.

Jiang Lianyi noticed Mang Gu's identity and let out a soft "Oh?"

"Is this young man the last of the ancient barbarians?"

"Speaking of which, since the Immortal Fairy's existence has vanished, how did the ancient barbarians appear in your memory, Senior?"

According to the Immortal Fairy, the barbarians resided on Polaris, and it was she who cursed their bloodline, leading to the formation of the ancient barbarians, one of whose bloodline characteristics was the suppression of demons.

Since the mastermind erased the Immortal Fairy's existence, the origin of the ancient barbarians should also have changed.

Jiang Lianyi's expression was peculiar. "It is said that Immortal Ying Tian was fond of women, regardless of beauty or ugliness, and one of them was an ancient barbarian female ancestor, who then bore the first generation of ancient barbarians."