【At this moment, Ye Yu really wanted to go crazy!】
【When the former sect master of Yellow Springs Temple, Ma Jintian, died, he specifically mentioned that this forbidden technique was the key to the rise of Yellow Springs Temple.】
【From this, it’s clear that it must be extremely powerful.】
【If that’s the case, then why not let me learn it?】
【Why?】
【Facing Ye Yu’s questioning, Xiao Yinzhang said in a deep voice: Anyone can learn this forbidden technique, except you.】
【The price… is too great. You should give up!】
【Ye Yu covered his face with one hand.】
【Afraid of a great cost? I’m eager to find a few forbidden techniques that kill you the moment you use them.】
【For others, this might be a path to mutual destruction, but for Ye Yu, this was the ultimate weapon.】
【Sacrificing the enemy’s life to kill the enemy!】
【A cheat move, no doubt!】
【Ye Yu was certain that this “Disaster Diversion” was meant to be used exactly like this.】
【But with a master like this, he was left speechless. So, in order to trick this forbidden technique out of him…】
【Ye Yu resolved to show off some acting skills.】
【Commonly referred to as teenage angst, or perhaps the “middle-school syndrome”!】
【Anyway, given the age in the dream, it wasn’t out of place at all!】
【Ye Yu lowered his head slightly, clenched his fists, and let the stubbornness of youth wash over him.】
【Then, in a deep voice, he said: Actually, I carry a deep-seated grudge of blood. I need power…】
【Before Ye Yu could finish speaking, Xiao Yinzhang’s lips curled into a grin on the spot.】
【Stop it, save it.】
【Since you joined Yellow Springs Temple, your parents, Ye Jing and Mo Haitang, haven’t stopped laughing.】
【Your ancestors made a living through hunting—where does this deep-seated grudge come from?】
【Ye Yu was stumped.】
【How am I supposed to make up a story now?】
【Just as he was thinking about how to get the forbidden technique, Xiao Yinzhang bent slightly, patting Ye Yu on the shoulder with one hand.】
【I am not one blessed with fortune. For us to be master and disciple, I truly cherish it. That’s why I don’t want to see you take any crooked paths.】
【I know my talents are limited, and I have no hope of reaching the Great Dao.】
【But you’re different. You can go much further.】
【Don’t disappoint the expectations placed on you. The future of the sect will be in your hands!】
【Ye Yu couldn’t help but widen his eyes.】
【He could sense that Xiao Yinzhang was serious.】
【Thinking back over the past two or three years, Xiao Yinzhang had truly treated him with kindness. He cared about everything, always attentive and responsible.】
【Not only did he forbid Ye Yu from taking any wrong paths or dead ends, but he wouldn’t even let him practice techniques that could easily taint him with karma.】
【Such a master, putting aside his cultivation level, was surely one of the best in the world.】
【Far better than the drunken romantic Hongluan!】
【Yet the more sincere Xiao Yinzhang was, the more puzzled Ye Yu became.】
【What’s really happening here? Aren’t demonic sects supposed to be fickle, cruel, and bloodthirsty, with everyone focused on their own interests?】
【Why did he end up with such a good master?】
【Why, exactly?】
【Ye Yu couldn’t make sense of it, so he finally voiced the confusion in his heart.】
【Xiao Yinzhang looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, his expression one of deep sorrow.】
【Who says that a demon must be a bad person?】
【At this moment, the atmosphere of story and wine was almost palpable.】
【Xiao Yinzhang began recounting the story of himself and Ma Jintian.】
【Over two hundred years ago, Xiao Yinzhang and Ma Jintian were both wandering cultivators. Though they had only reached the Golden Core realm, even that was quite difficult to achieve.】
【One night, while drinking together, the two of them came up with a bold idea.】
【In these times, roaming the cultivation world without some kind of backing made it easy to be bullied.】
【However, with their strength, they couldn’t even make it into a big sect as an honored elder.】
【Small sects had too many rules!】
【So, fueled by wine, they decided to establish their own sect. They would create a support system for themselves!】
【And since they were establishing a sect, they needed a powerful name, one that would shake the world.】
【The two of them struggled for a long time, thinking it over. Finally, they decided to call it Yellow Springs Temple.】
【It sounded so imposing!】
【And so, three days later, the Yellow Springs Temple was established on a mountaintop in the central region of the Northern Desolate Continent!】
【Sect Master Ma Jintian, Grand Elder Xiao Yinzhang!】
【Initially, they even made a plan: in five hundred years, they would rank among the top sects, and in a thousand years… rise as a Sacred Land.】
【From then on, they were to embark on a life of rising success!】
【Both of them were full of confidence in this plan!】
【But building a sect is not something that can be achieved with just blind courage. Sometimes, names and gimmicks truly matter!】
【Within just five days of the sect’s founding, more than ten wandering demon cultivators came to join.】
【Ma Jintian and Xiao Yinzhang were almost losing their minds.】
【They were supposed to be future contenders for the Sacred Land, a righteous sect on the rise. Why were these demon cultivators coming to join the fun?】
【Are you deliberately here to sabotage us?】
【As soon as those words were said, the demon cultivators were quite offended.】
【Damn it! What kind of righteous sect are you talking about? Yellow Springs Temple—that’s clearly the name of a demonic sect!】
【Why are you pretending to be something else?】
【Ma Jintian and Xiao Yinzhang were furious on the spot.】
【They shut the sect doors immediately, preparing to discuss whether they should change the name.】
【But by then, it was already too late.】
【Several nearby righteous sects had announced they were coming to join forces and eliminate the demons!】
【At that time, Xiao Yinzhang was still quite naïve. He asked with a curious face: Who are you here to eliminate? There’s no demon sect here!】
【Over a hundred cultivators from the righteous sects, all pointed straight at Ma Jintian and Xiao Yinzhang.】
【You’ve named yourselves Yellow Springs Temple, and you say you’re not demons?】
【Xiao Yinzhang and Ma Jintian collapsed.】
【You’re judging us as a demon sect just based on our name?】
【This is genuinely insulting!】
【Although it was quite absurd, for the sake of their lives, they had no choice but to suppress their anger and explain.】
【But the righteous sects wouldn’t listen at all—they insisted on eliminating demons.】
【With their forces too weak, Xiao Yinzhang and Ma Jintian had no choice but to flee.】
【They escaped to the northern part of the Northern Desolate Continent, intending to reflect on their failure and start over with a new sect name.】
【But that plan didn’t work either.】
【Someone recognized the two of them, immediately pointing at them and saying, These two guys are the infamous demon heads of Yellow Springs Temple from a while back!】
【They tricked everyone by claiming to be a righteous sect, and after their lie was exposed, they ran off in a hurry!】
【Xiao Yinzhang and Ma Jintian went crazy!】
【How could someone still recognize us after moving to a distant place?】
【They later found out that their escape had been recorded by someone using a recording stone. It had been circulated throughout the entire Northern Desolate Continent.】
【The reason given was: These two demon heads failed to establish a righteous sect. After fleeing at high speed, they’re likely to join another sect.】
【It warned all sects to beware of traitors from within, and suspected them of harboring a grand conspiracy.】
【Upon learning of this, Ma Jintian fainted on the spot.】
【The next day, when he woke up, he clung to Xiao Yinzhang, wailing bitterly.】
【Brother, we’ve become famous… and it’s for all the wrong reasons!】
(T/N: Yellow Springs the underworld of Chinese mythology equivalent of Hades or Hell)