Chapter 115: Chapter 99: Senior Brother Treats Me Truly As A Junior
It was on this day, outside the main hall, that the voice of Chong Yuan was heard.
"Master, a young man named Li Changxiao, who claims to be your senior brother, has come to Dao Peak and says he wishes to see you."
"Oh? Senior brother has left his seclusion?" Upon hearing this, Yang Ji's eyes instantly brightened. He straightened his robes and walked out.
"Where is he?" Yang Ji asked with a smile.
"I have invited him to the guest hall," Chong Yuan said.
Yang Ji nodded and immediately headed to the guest hall.
Upon entering the grand hall, he saw a handsome and extraordinary young man with a carefree demeanor meticulously tasting the Spiritual Tea.
"Senior brother," Yang Ji's face brightened with a smile as soon as he saw the man.
"Junior brother, congratulations on passing the first assessment and successfully joining the Dao Sect. I've been in seclusion all these years and didn't know you had come here; I failed to meet you, which neglects my responsibility as a senior brother."
Li Changxiao came up happily, a hint of guilt flashing across his face.
"Senior brother, your cultivation is of paramount importance. Do you really think your junior brother would get lost at the gates of the Dao Sect?" said Yang Ji with a laugh, pulling Li Changxiao to sit down again.
Meeting again at the Dao Sect, the two brothers had much to reminisce about. Although they hadn't seen each other for many years, their relationship did not feel at all estranged.
Yang Ji poured some Spiritual Tea for Li Changxiao and said, "Junior brother also came to the Dao Sect a few years ago. Luckily, I passed the first assessment and broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm a few years later, becoming an Inner Sect Disciple."
"What luck, junior brother, that's your ability. Don't be so modest in front of your senior brother."
Li Changxiao said, then suddenly smiled mysteriously and added, "By the way, junior brother, you'll have to undergo the second assessment in a few years. Senior brother has brought you something good, which will surely increase your chances of passing the assessment by several folds."
"Oh? What good thing?" Yang Ji asked curiously.
"The latter four moves of the Gui Cang Sword Technique, along with a Great Divine Power Technique of the Primordial Spirit Class called 'Yin Yang Separation at Dawn,'" said Li Changxiao with a slight smile. He reached back, produced two Jade Slips, and placed them on the table.
"The first Jade Slip contains the latter four moves of the Gui Cang Sword Technique, which I received as a divine skill when I passed the second assessment."
"The second Jade Slip contains a rare Primordial Spirit Class offensive Great Divine Power Technique. This technique is exquisitely refined and immensely powerful. The Yin Yang Energies it cultivates specialize in severing the Primordial Spirit, capable of killing people invisibly, and is called 'Yin Yang Separation at Dawn,'" Li Changxiao explained.
"Primordial Spirit Class offensive divine skills? Senior brother, where did you obtain this?" Yang Ji was slightly surprised, as such divine skills were extremely precious and rare, and he hadn't expected his own senior brother to possess one.
Hearing Yang Ji's question, Li Changxiao couldn't help but feel a sigh of wistful lament in his heart and said, "I acquired this technique by accident during the execution of the second assessment task."
"I mistakenly entered the Immortal Ghost Cave Mansion and was attacked by the remnants of an immortal ghost's soul, which greatly damaged my own soul, splitting it into two parts."
"Before reaching Divinity Transformation, to have the Primordial Spirit split was indeed a defy-the-heavens deadly tribulation. At that time, I was on the brink of danger, barely clinging to life."
"But it was only with a strong will that I managed to hold on and eventually exhausted the immortal ghost's remnant soul to death; it was truly a narrow escape."
"However, 'With great trials come great blessings.'"
"I obtained the legacy of a predecessor in the cave. He was known as Xuan Yang, and the cultivation technique studied by that ghost immortal was also passed down from him. This 'Yin Yang Separation at Dawn' was also a divine skill created by him."
"Because my soul was split, I coincidentally met the learning conditions, formed the Yin Yang Energies, and that's how I managed to preserve my Primordial Spirit from dispersal."
"However, the damage had been done, and it took me years to recover. Fortunately, I turned misfortune into a blessing and cultivated this profound Primordial Spirit technique."
As Li Changxiao spoke, a gentle smile emerged on his face.
Yang Ji's expression steadied slightly, he knew, even Li Changxiao, who always seemed serene, showed a trace of solemnity in his words, it was clear just how perilous the matter behind it was; otherwise, he wouldn't have mentioned a nine-in-ten chance of death.
"Senior Brother, this is the technique you acquired by taking such a life-threatening risk, your Junior Brother I..."
"Junior Brother!" Li Changxiao suddenly interrupted him and said, "Among the tens of thousands of people in the Canglan Sect, only you, Junior Brother, stand behind me in this vast Wuji Dao Sect."
"There are not many people I can trust, and not many who can help me on the path to immortality. On the long road to longevity, I am counting on Junior Brother to brave the journey ahead with me."
"Junior Brother, are you unwilling to accept it, or are you unwilling to walk the Great Dao with your Senior Brother?" Li Changxiao said with a light smile.
"Senior Brother, your Junior Brother naturally wishes to." Yang Ji blurted out.
Li Changxiao's face showed a trace of a smile and said, "In a world of longevity, I watch all beings as mere guests! The name Chang Xiao encompasses my desire, which I, Li Changxiao, vowed in my heart at the beginning of my cultivation journey."
"I am of average talent, and although my comprehension is quite good, it is not top-notch; it is only my will that can break through the heavens and earth to contend with others."
"But will alone is not enough, the path to immortality is neither clear nor bright; it is filled with many dangers and crises."
"I can see that Junior Brother's comprehension surpasses that of your Senior Brother. Previously, you were only limited by your environment, your thinking was constrained, your understanding somewhat one-sided, and still in a period of growth."
"If after the baptism of the Dao Sect, widening your horizon, increasing your knowledge, recognizing the myriad worlds, hearing the laws of many schools, your mind will become insightful, and your comprehension will inevitably reach its peak."
"I believe this is no worse than the possessors of a Taoist Body."
"Junior Brother's strength surpasses your Senior Brother's; on the road to longevity, with your support, I, Li Changxiao, am certain to go much farther."
"Senior Brother's little thought is contained within this 'Yin Yang Separation at Dawn'. Now, I am slowly offering it to you, Junior Brother, are you willing to accept it?" Li Changxiao asked with a faint smile.
This candidness touched Yang Ji's heart deeply, his Senior Brother treated him truly like a brother.
In the journey of cultivation, wealth, partners, techniques, and lands, the "technique" is of utmost importance, people are inherently selfish, and Yang Ji is no exception.
Because of Luo Xiong, he reserved a measure of "wariness" and "caution" towards others.
Which was why he had not surrendered the Humanoid Weapon at the start.
Now, Li Changxiao had taken him to a higher level of spiritual existence, into a greater world.
He felt as if his soul had been emptied, as though undergoing a transformation and purification, with a mind that had become expansive and open.
With Senior Brother treating him so, how could he, Yang Ji, be someone who could not appreciate kindness?
"Senior Brother, I also have two Divine Skills to give to you," Yang Ji said with a slight smile, taking out two Jade Slips that were marked with the Humanoid Weapon and the Three Immortals Formation.
These two Jade Slips were crafted inside the Mountain Sea Pearl over the years, these Divine Skills were unlike the Buddha Child's Buddha-Demon Scripture, which specified the cultivator.
As long as the techniques are imprinted onto the Jade Slips, they could be passed on to others.
He had prepared them early on, initially intended for Li Changxiao; now that they were presented, the two brothers exchanged smiles, the meaning becoming even more profound.
Seeing Yang Ji smiling as he accepted the Gui Cang Sword Technique and the Yin Yang Separation at Dawn.
Li Changxiao didn't ask what Divine Skills were contained in the two Jade Slips, and he too casually put them away.
(Thank you to the Supreme True Ghost for the reward of 100 coins.)