This Is My Planet - Chapter 34 - Chapter 34 – Heavenly Dao Sect
Three days later.
“This self-righteous stuffy guy is actually not a good person at all,” Yin Xiaoru angrily explained to the robot. “Do you know what he’s been up to lately?”
Robot: “…”
Yin Xiaoru fiddled with the window telescope. In the distance, on a mountain peak, bamboo pavilions stood. Xia Guixuan leisurely leaned back in a chair, sipping tea, while looking at the holographic screen on his watch.
While others might not be using a telescope to spy on Yin Xiaoru, she, on the other hand, had raised her telescope to peep at Xia Guixuan.
Xia Guixuan, aware of her gaze, ignored her and continued reading his novel.
It wasn’t the typical text he used to read; it was a historical novel. He discovered that the current format of novels had changed significantly from what he’d originally imagined.
The main change was that a block of text could directly convert into virtual video.
One could visualize their reading turning into virtual images, but most users still preferred pre-recorded videos with real actors. By clicking on sections of text, the corresponding video would play.
Among them, the most popular were the video clips featuring Ling Moxue.
Ling Moxue, primarily a singer rather than an actress, rarely appeared in film and TV productions. Instead, she occasionally participated in video clips of high-quality novels, mainly focusing on martial arts and fantasy genres. With her superstar-level popularity, any book she participated in would become extremely popular.
Xia Guixuan specifically chose novels with videos featuring her.
Watching Ling Moxue on the screen, gallant and majestic, Yin Xiaoru ground her teeth in frustration. “Who wants another general-like character? Isn’t Sister Yan appealing enough? This singer doesn’t have her heroic spirit!”
Robot: “…”
“There’s no way he just likes singers, right? No, this rigid guy doesn’t like women at all, I’m sure of it!”
Yin Xiaoru paced in circles, appearing as if she wanted to storm over but had some reservations.
“Beep!” The robot made an electronic sound. “Master, reminder from the calendar: it’s meditation time, two-hour duration. Note: going to the ecological garden will result in being beaten up by Fat Tiger. Short-term goal: learn to use levitation to bypass Fat Tiger.”
Yin Xiaoru covered her face and flopped back onto the bed.
It’s not that she didn’t want to learn. In fact, once she started, it wasn’t as hard to concentrate as in the beginning. She could meditate on time every day. It’s not lacking joy either. Although she hadn’t started learning fun spells yet, sitting quietly seemed dull, but as she delved into it, it felt wonderful. The phrase “feeling like floating into immortality” was actually used to describe this kind of thing, not just a metaphor.
In theory, it should be an enjoyable thing, but it was too time-consuming.
One session of meditation lasted for at least an hour, sometimes two… Xia Guixuan mentioned that it would take even longer as she progressed further in her practice.
Then, what about other things?
The shows she was watching were all interrupted. She used to stroll around, treat herself to a spa, have coffee when she had time, but now she couldn’t do any of that. Her entire life rhythm was disrupted, and she felt overwhelmed…
She heard that meditation could eventually replace sleep, which sounded okay, but Yin Xiaoru felt she preferred sleep more…
The fox sighed.
She didn’t know when she could float and bypass the mountain guardian Fat Tiger… Actually, Yin Xiaoru knew Xia Guixuan was right. Regardless of anything else, the desire to fly was definitely the primary pursuit in her practice. At least she had to achieve this small goal before anything else.
Adjusting her posture, Yin Xiaoru let out a whimper and began her meditation.
Just as she began to meditate, it seemed like Xia Guixuan sensed it. He smiled faintly, “If she knew I could easily make her a flying artifact, would she be furious? Of course, I’m just motivating her…”
Fat Tiger felt like the master was getting revenge on her.
But it dared not speak up.
“Her talent is truly exceptional… It should also be related to undergoing genetic evolution once. Her physique has already improved a lot, coupled with her innate divine lineage. Born to sense the ways of heaven, it should be quite easy for her to achieve the Feng Chu realm, which should only take her a few days.”
Xia Guixuan pondered for a moment, “Genetic evolution isn’t suitable for her because her cultivation should involve the evolution of her physique and bloodline. The direction of the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox is her path, not that of humans…But to achieve this, she probably needs to take a trip to the divine descendant’s territory and obtain something.”
Fat Tiger really wanted to ask; ‘What about me?’ but Xia Guixuan stood up straight and entered the room directly. “It’s too early, let’s talk about it later.”
Fat Tiger: “…”
Xia Guixuan appeared to enter the house, but in fact, as soon as he entered, he was a thousand feet underground.
Underground, the original blood sea space was now filled with spiritual energy, ethereal and divine. In the center of the space sat a cauldron emitting a red glow and a fragrance of medicine.
Pill refining.
There were many good medicinal herbs in the ecological garden, and Xia Guixuan had been refining these medicine recently because his pill reserves had long been depleted. Although the grade of the medicinal herbs here was average, it was still passable to refine some useful items… It could also be given to the little fox and…
Kneeling by the cauldron was an incredibly beautiful figure, with a blood-colored mark on her forehead, her eyes fixed on the cauldron, filled with fervor yet refraining from even touching it.
Ling Moxue.
Xia Guixuan appeared in front of her suddenly, and Ling Moxue lowered her head deeply, whispering, “Master.”
Xia Guixuan smirked, seemingly joking, “How about it? Can you lift my curse?”
“N-No, I dare not.”
“It’s fine, you can continue trying.”
“…” Ling Moxue gritted her teeth in silence.
Her concert had been postponed. Yan Wuyue thought it might be due to absorbing sacred blood or something, but how could she be in the mood for that?
All her energy for the past few days had been dedicated to removing the slave mark, but no matter what she did, she couldn’t find any clues. She didn’t dare to mention this to her teacher, so there was no solution.
Who had the heart to hold a concert at this time? It was better to postpone it indefinitely.
But even in the extremely closed-off secret chamber, the voice of this man had inexplicably emerged in her mind: “Come to the usual place, I have something to ask you.”
Ling Moxue had no choice but to leave seclusion, quietly flying to the Sangyu City. The moment she infiltrated underground, she was stunned. The once space filled with destruction and blood had inexplicably transformed into a fairyland. The vast aura emanating from the central cauldron made her feel like she was facing the entire universe.
What kind of treasure was this… The pills refined within this cauldron, crafted from ordinary herbs, would probably be several grades higher?
Xia Guixuan seemed well aware of her thoughts. He patted the patterns on the cauldron and chuckled, “You’re clever not to touch it… I haven’t set any prohibitions, but if you dare touch it, its innate rejection will make you die a thousand times over.”
“W-What is this?” Ling Moxue couldn’t help but ask.
“If I mention what this is, you might have heard of it, so I won’t tell you.”
“…” Ling Moxue lowered her eyes with a strange expression. She had experienced the cruelty of this master and felt like she was dealing with some kind of evil cultivator. The only comforting thing was that this evil cultivator had no interest in her body.
In fact, Xia Guixuan was harsh to her purely because he didn’t have a good impression of her. The reason he kept her around was that she was useful.
“Since your Heavenly Dao Sect is about cultivating immortality, you must know something about alchemy and refining tools.” Xia Guixuan handed over a list. “Go and fetch these things for me. If you can’t find any, mark them for me. I trust you won’t dare deceive me.”
“Yes.” Ling Moxue took the list and scanned it. She found it wasn’t too demanding; some were even common items. Only one or two needed to be obtained from the divine descendants, but she had her means. She couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. “Moxue will complete this as soon as possible.”
Xia Guixuan nodded, “Additionally, I have another question for you… You mentioned that among humans, there’s a current of thought that considers technology reaching a bottleneck and cultivation being the way forward, leading to the formation of your Heavenly Dao Sect. The question is, where did the core cultivation techniques come from when your sect was initially established?”
Ling Moxue replied, “In the early years, the relationship between humans and the divine lineage was quite good. Humans shared technology with the divine descendants, and the divine descendants generously shared several cultivation methods with humans. However, cultivating immortality required exceptionally high aptitude, which most people couldn’t handle. Moreover, it was considered slow. Therefore, humans chose their own path of genetic evolution, in combination with technology.”
“So, actually, there were many cultivation methods circulating among humans. Your Heavenly Dao Sect emerged because some people successfully cultivated and formed an organization?”
“Yes.”
“Too quick, just a little over two hundred years….and your sect leader? What kind of cultivation does that person possess?”
“We know very little about our leader; he’s enigmatic, and his cultivation is unknown.”
“It’s not your grandfather?”
“No.”
“Hmm…” Xia Guixuan pondered for a moment. “Do you have the highest level cultivation technique of your sect?”
“No, I was appointed as the Holy Maiden due to my special status, not as the sect leader. I don’t even know who the sect leader is or where he is.”
“But you aspire to be the sect leader.”
“Yes.”
Xia Guixuan chuckled. “In that case, it’s simple. I’ll support you to become the sect leader, and you’ll bring me the highest cultivation technique to take a look at.”
Unexpectedly, Ling Moxue, who had been answering questions diligently, fell silent. It took her a while before she spoke again, “If the ultimate goal for the master is this, please make a Heavenly Dao Contract. After the matter is accomplished, release the slave mark and do not impose a second time. Otherwise… being a servant as the sect leader would be meaningless, better not to do it.”