Chapter 97: Dao Produces One, One Produces Two
If a master lacks benevolence, then the disciple lacks filial piety.
If a master like mine doesn't uphold martial virtue, then he shouldn't be surprised if the disciple retaliates. Jiang Li decided that he would let Tianxuan know the consequences of violating the master's code.
As for now...
Jiang Li glanced at the figure not far ahead and sighed lightly in his heart, 'Better stay put.'
The Primordial Lord Rain Master probably didn't know the complex relationship among the three master-disciple members, or perhaps he noticed a bit of the clues, but he definitely wouldn't have expected that the three were entangled with each other.
Therefore, Jiang Li couldn't straightforwardly confront Tianxuan because doing so would let the Primordial Lord Rain Master suspect the truth. Tianxuan surely used this concern to restrain Jiang Li, making him stay here peacefully for a few days.
After making up his mind, Jiang Li temporarily calmed his thoughts, gently waved his hand, and the Four Weapons surrounding him floated and arranged themselves to the rear, while a faint Evil Qi connected with Jiang Li's Qi Mechanism, sketching a faint silhouette behind him.
Bull-headed, human-bodied, with four eyes and four arms, the mere outline displayed an unparalleled ferocity, dimming the moonlight illuminating Jiang Li by several degrees.
"Chi You Phase?"
The Primordial Lord Rain Master spoke with a tone of surprise, her delicate face beneath the watery blue veil showing a touched expression, "You've even read the 'Chi You Three Disks Scripture' and cultivated the Chi You Phase?"
As far as she was aware, it had been many years since anyone in the Dinghu Sect had cultivated the Chi You Phase. Although the Yellow Emperor had integrated the Chi You Phase into the 'Form Tomb,' subsequent cultivators were not the Yellow Emperor. Even if predecessors had paved the path, successors may not be able to follow it to the end.
This is the greatest difference between the two worlds of present life and past life.
Scientific development is continuously evolving, becoming more primitive the older it is, while modern people stand on the shoulders of ancient people, updating technology constantly.
Cultivation, however, is different. Even with a complete cultivation technique, one may not reach the same height. Sometimes there's a complete break in continuity where no one can match the past's strength, leading to different eras where cultivators' overall power sharply declines.
This results in a situation where the present doesn't match the past.
In reality, it's not that the older the cultivation technique, the stronger it is, but rather that later people haven't been able to reach the height of ancient strong ones, so naturally, the techniques they created are not as esteemed.
The myriad cultivation techniques passed down in the Dinghu Sect are a typical example, among which the Chi You Phase is especially unique, with very few successfully entering its door throughout history. In this generation, there was Fifth Brother Ling Wujue who cultivated the 'Jiuli Saber Scripture' derived from the 'Chi You Three Disks Scripture,' but Jiang Li has already slain him.
If we look back a few generations, it seems that only the Heavenly Monarch delved into the 'Chi You Three Disks Scripture' and even secretly taught the Jiuli Vast Sky Realm Law to the Four Gods of the Taiping Sect. But it's clear that this was not his main focus, and he may not have actually practiced it himself.
"It is the subtlety of Primordial Lord's Three-Phases Transformation that enabled a junior like me to grasp something by communicating with the Military God's Five Weapons, which could be considered a cultivation of the Chi You Phase, with no difference otherwise."
While answering, Jiang Li also deduced the Chi You Phase, and the shadow behind him started to solidify.
He realized that the Primordial Lord Rain Master indeed harbored thoughts of elevating the Three-Phases Transformation to a level comparable to the One Qi to Three Pure Ones. If this transformation could be cultivated to the extreme, it might even disconnect from the main body, serving as an external avatar.
However, the legendary supreme skill of the Daode Sect, One Qi to Three Pure Ones, splits into three primordial spirits, tripling the power, while this Three-Phases Transformation couldn't transcend the traditional method of external avatars, relying entirely on the main body for power.
It just divides one portion of force into three, so the total remains the same.
The main characteristic of One Qi to Three Pure Ones is four fighting as one, adding two more compared to Jiang Li's one-person, one-dog combination.
The Primordial Lord Rain Master, observing the increasingly distinct silhouette, couldn't help but secretly admire Jiang Li's profound understanding of 'Form Tomb.' To construct the Chi You Phase by sensing the Military God's Five Weapons, such ability made even her, a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, feel embarrassed.
With such talent, it's no wonder Tianxuan would seek tender grass.
Nonetheless, there's one point the Primordial Lord Rain Master still had to mention.
"Your Yinglong Transformation is not yet complete, and starting to cultivate the Chi You Phase at this moment might result in conflicts between the two. The Chi You Phase itself is extremely overbearing, and although cultivators throughout history have achieved the Chi You Phase, it has often precluded the cultivation of other forms."
The Primordial Lord Rain Master warned, "Only the Ancestor Yellow Emperor could accommodate the Chi You Phase."
She didn't believe Jiang Li couldn't accommodate both, after all, he had already demonstrated his capability, but the conflict between the Yinglong Transformation and the Chi You Phase was likely unavoidable.
Yet Jiang Li was confidently prepared, and he said: "This brings us to the topic of the Heavenly Monarch... specifically the 'Yin Talisman Scripture' he created when Ji Jiji reincarnated over two hundred years ago. He created this technique, deriving the Heavenly Dharma, which encompasses all forms with its formlessness and shapelessness, making all transformations of 'Form Tomb' inclusive."
"However, this is the Heavenly Monarch's Heavenly Dharma. My Heavenly Dharma differs slightly from his."
Jiang Li extended his palm, his skin becoming transparent like crystal, with acupoints inside revealing the traces of talismans.
But the talismans, understood by the Primordial Lord Rain Master, differed slightly; these talismans were entirely composed of Yin Yang Yokes.
"The Dao produces the One, the One produces the Two, the Two produce the Three, and the Three produce all things. All things emerge from the One, are born from the Two, and completed by the Three, having intrinsic connections, with Yin Yang being the connection point I perceive. Using Yin Yang Yokes as the foundation, all forms remain in flux."
As Jiang Li spoke, the Yin Yang Yokes in his palm shifted and rearranged, materializing into a rocky texture, then transforming into an ethereal state of wind and clouds, next morphing into a dragon claw, followed by the fingers closing together, forming wings and sprouting golden feathers.