After leaving the Library of Scriptures, Ye Lin was in no hurry to head to the temporary dormitories.
From morning until now, he had undergone the Spiritual Root test, traveled on a flying vessel from Great Desolation Village to the academy, and endured a long, tiring journey without drinking a single drop of water.
Listening to his growling stomach, he could only follow the map in the freshman manual to the Outer Academy cafeteria.
As soon as he stepped into the cafeteria, the enticing aroma of food wafted over to him.
It was currently dusk, so there were quite a few senior disciples eating in the cafeteria.
After waiting in a long line for a while, he held his disciple token and swiped it over an eight-trigram-shaped stone platform. The cafeteria ladies quickly served him a large plate of food with a balanced mix of meat and vegetables.
Compared to the cafeteria workers before his transmigration, the ladies here did not have shaking hands at all; instead, they kept scooping meat onto his plate, as if terrified he would not eat his fill.
Most importantly, all meals at the academy were completely free.
Carrying his food tray, Ye Lin found a random table and began to wolf down his meal, completely ignoring his surroundings.
“Have you heard? The dark creatures have been too rampant lately. Many villages within the dynasty's borders have vanished overnight.”
“Of course I have. Word is that the Demon Suppressing Division has lost many Demon Suppressing Guards to suppress this evil spirit outbreak. Even a silver-robed Inspector at the Foundation Establishment Stage was killed.”
“The demon outbreaks are happening too frequently, and the Demon Suppressing Division is severely understaffed. That's why the academy has dispatched elders and disciples to assist them. I heard this year's freshman trial quest is to help suppress the demon outbreak.”
“Holy crap, who arranged this trial? That's insane! With the freshmen's pitiful Body Tempering cultivation, sending them to help suppress a demon outbreak is just sending them to their deaths, isn't it?”
“Who knows? That's the secret intel I got anyway. Supposedly, it's to temper the freshmen's resolve and give them combat experience.”
While Ye Lin was still devouring his food like a whirlwind, several senior disciples at the neighboring table were chatting in hushed voices.
At first, he did not care about what they were discussing. After all, demon outbreaks were a common occurrence on the Heavenly Desolation Continent, so there was nothing novel about it.
But when he heard them say that this year's freshman assessment quest was actually to assist in suppressing the demon outbreak, his hand holding the chopsticks paused slightly.
After all, this news was too absurd. Even well-trained Demon Suppressing Guards, who were all at or above the Qi Condensation Stage, had suffered so many casualties. If a group of freshmen who had not even reached the Qi Condensation Stage were sent to help suppress the outbreak, what difference was there between that and letting an ordinary three-year-old tear an adult tiger apart with their bare hands?
However, since he did not know whether what these people said was true or false, Ye Lin simply listened without saying a word.
He quickly finished the food on his plate, returned the tray to its designated spot, and stood up to leave the cafeteria.
Following the map's guidance, he quickly arrived at the temporary dormitory area.
Rows upon rows of small wooden cabins were built here, numbering in the tens of thousands at a glance.
The freshman manual mentioned that the temporary dormitories were all single rooms.
Since he was only staying for one night anyway, Ye Lin picked one at random.
He walked over and pushed open the door. Inside, there was only a single wooden bed and nothing else, epitomizing simplicity.
Not paying much mind to the room's layout, he pulled out his disciple token and activated the wooden cabin's independent formation.
This formation was called the Isolation Formation. It could block out noise and prying eyes, while also signaling to outsiders that the room was occupied.
“Buzz!”
As the formation activated, the noisy clamor of the outside world instantly vanished.
Without wasting any time, he sat cross-legged on the wooden bed and immediately checked the taboo cultivation method and the wisp of Origin Ancestral Qi in his left eye.
The cultivation method was named 《Origin Unity Art》, and its grade was Taboo-grade.
The term "Taboo" referred to an existence that stood above all grades in the world and was no longer restricted by rules.
The special thing about a taboo cultivation method was that it required no comprehension; as long as one cultivated it, their mastery would automatically reach the maximum level. Furthermore, it came with a built-in hundredfold combat power right from the start. This was the true value of a Taboo-grade method.
“Incredible!” Ye Lin was completely stunned when he saw that he received a hundredfold combat power right from the start.
He had a seven-attribute Spiritual Root. Although his cultivation speed was slower than others and he required far more resources, his combat power was seven times that of a single-attribute Spiritual Root cultivator of the same rank.
If he added the hundredfold increase from this cultivation method, he could not even imagine how strong he would be. No wonder the description for the ‘A Daily Immortal Destiny’ trait said this method could allow ordinary cultivators to stand on par with top geniuses.
Looking at it now, there was absolutely no exaggeration.
Filled with anticipation, Ye Lin flipped to the first page of the cultivation method. On the general outline, it read:
“The heavens are unjust, and the Dao is incomplete. With this method, I shall contend with the heavens; with this method, I shall attain the Dao. The people of the world face countless hardships to ultimately attain the Dao, yet I shall face all hardships with the Dao already attained.”
The general meaning was that the creator was unwilling to accept natural mediocrity, so they forged a new path and created this supreme technique that stood above the Heavenly Dao, allowing one to become the Dao itself.
Simply put, other cultivation methods involved progressing step by step, enduring countless hardships to eventually achieve the Dao. The 《Origin Unity Art》, however, did the exact opposite—it first turned oneself into the Dao before going through those so-called hardships.
“Amazing. You really didn't want to deal with any pressure at all, did you?” After reading the general outline, Ye Lin's admiration for that senior grew even deeper.
Having understood the meaning of the general outline, he eagerly wanted to check the specific cultivation method.
Unfortunately, this method was a taboo of the world. If it were fully opened, it would immediately attract an unspeakable, immense horror, causing the cultivator to vanish without a trace.
Therefore, the senior had set a rule when leaving behind the inheritance.
Future cultivators could only open the cultivation method for the next realm once they had reached the absolute limit of the Myriad Heavens in their current realm.
This was because the extreme limit was crucial to whether one could attain the Dao and whether one could hide from the unspeakable, taboo horror.
In other words, the reason he could not open the cultivation method for the Qi Condensation Stage right now was that his accumulation in the Body Tempering Realm had not reached the absolute peak yet?
“But I clearly feel like I can't progress any further in the Body Tempering Realm.”
Filled with doubts, Ye Lin looked at the Body Tempering chapter of the 《Origin Unity Art》.
“Using the Origin Ancestral Qi as a guide, condense the Origin Dao Seed within the body. Irrigate it daily with vital energy or special energy. On the day the Dao Seed sprouts, it will feed back a hundredfold increase in vital energy.”
“Note: A hundredfold feedback is the limit for a Dao Seed condensed from a single wisp of Origin Ancestral Qi. The more Origin Ancestral Qi used when condensing the Dao Seed, the greater the feedback, up to a maximum of twenty wisps.”
After reading the contents of the Body Tempering chapter, Ye Lin did not hesitate for a second. He immediately activated his 【Random Replication】 trait to perform a multiplier replication on the wisp of Origin Ancestral Qi in his eye.
The so-called Origin Ancestral Qi was actually a special energy that transcended the rules of the Great Dao.
“Boom!”
The moment the trait was activated, the familiar virtual red roulette wheel emerged once more.
Right after, the pointer spun fiercely before stopping on the 30x multiplier.
“It seems that even with a random multiplier, as long as my Luck Value is high enough, I can consistently draw high multipliers.”
Seeing the pointer land steadily on 30x, just like it did after his Luck Value was upgraded last time, Ye Lin confirmed some of the conjectures in his mind.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
As the multiplier was finalized, the single wisp of Origin Ancestral Qi in his left eye instantly multiplied into thirty-one wisps.
“Now, let's do this. Condense the Origin Dao Seed!” With the resources replicated, Ye Lin did not hesitate.
After deciding on his spine as the location to condense the Dao Seed, he immediately began running the Body Tempering chapter of the cultivation method, which already came with max-level mastery.
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