Yinshan Record

Chapter 232 The Devoted Dharma King
The Yin-Yang Dharma King remained silent for a long time, seemingly pondering the meaning behind Su Che's words.

It makes no difference.

"So, in your opinion, Xiao Su, if it's a game of chess, then winning one move is considered winning one move?"

"Take it one step at a time, and accumulate small victories into a big one." Su Che said something that Yin Yang Dharma King couldn't understand: "It's like if the strength of our troops in the battle is 800,000 to 600,000, I feel that the advantage is on our side."

There was no fighting involved.

"You don't need 800,000 soldiers to conquer the world." The Yin-Yang Dharma King looked at Su Che and said, "Given the current situation between the North and South, you have 100,000 elite troops, which is enough to dominate the world."

"I've gone off on a tangent, but I've finished answering. Now, please tell me why you look down on the Northern Mang Ghost Ancestor."

The Yin-Yang Dharma King looked at Su Che.

"Actually, I have no grudge against the Ghost Ancestor of Beimang."

"Oh?"

“I imprisoned myself in the Yin-Yang Realm of Cizhou, while he established the Ghost Ancestor Palace in Beiman. One is in the south and the other in the north. Even if it is his method of using a punch or a kick, what does it have to do with me?”

Su Che nodded.

This guy is a real homebody, studying all sorts of techniques in the Yin-Yang Realm. Although I don't know why he doesn't leave the Yin-Yang Realm, he certainly doesn't seem like an ambitious person.

Anyone with even a hint of ambition would have their soul scattered and their ashes turned to dust by the six ghost generals of the Yin-Yang realm.

"People call me the Yin-Yang Dharma King, but I don't care. I am Yi Yangzi, born into the Xuanmen sect, and I inherit the lineage of the ancient Black Emperor." The Yin-Yang Dharma King said quietly, "Although I am a ghost, I am also a Xuanmen cultivator and a person of the Dao."

The Yin-Yang Dharma King pointed north as he spoke.

"He is the Ghost Ancestor of Beiman, a proper ghost cultivator. Yet he attracts followers and interferes in human dynasties. People in the world regard me as that kind of person. Do you think I would be happy about that?"

Su Che wasn't sure if his understanding was correct. If he had to make an analogy, the Yin-Yang Dharma King was like a graduate student majoring in food science. He spent every day researching how to fry dough sticks properly so that they would be crispy and delicious.

Bei Mang Gui Zu is the old man who runs a breakfast stall near the school gate. He works hard every day and naturally puts in the effort to study the art of frying dough sticks. To most students, both of them are frying dough sticks, so they can be said to have arrived at the same destination through different paths.

However, the Yin-Yang Dharma King seemed to feel that he should not be compared with the Ghost Ancestor of Beimang.

"The saying from Xuandu Palace, 'Even the most venerable spirits cannot attain sainthood,' was originally meant to refer to me. But the world is ignorant and insists on attributing it to ghost cultivators. Hasn't the Ghost Ancestor of Beimang already attained immortality?"

"Is there no other immortal ghost cultivator in the entire world besides him?" Yin Yang Dharma King said with considerable pride, "He uses the name of Xuandu Palace to cultivate his reputation; he is truly too cunning."

The old ghost looked disdainful of being compared to the Ghost Ancestor of Beimang.

"Senior, I still don't understand, why are the seven words 'Eternal Spirits Cannot Enter Sainthood' specifically referring to you..."

"This story begins with the ancient Heavenly Court..."

The Yin-Yang Dharma King suddenly fell silent.

"Senior, what happened to the ancient Heavenly Court?"

"You're not old enough to know those things yet."

The Yin-Yang Dharma King waved his hand and said, "Besides, I've already answered the question we agreed on."

"Actually, in my heart, I have always regarded you as a senior of our sect." To be honest, if Zhongyuan hadn't revealed the identity of the Yin-Yang Dharma King, Su Che would have really thought that this was an old senior from the Xuanmen sect, and for a while he even thought that the Yin-Yang Dharma King might be an outcast of the Xuandu Palace.

“Actually, there’s nothing wrong with your argument.” Yin Yang Dharma King looked at Su Che and said, “Back then, His Majesty the Black Emperor and Huang Tian Dao Shou had an excellent relationship. If we go by that, your master and I are of the same generation. It’s not a loss for you to call me Uncle-Master.”

"Senior is joking."

Su Che doesn't want to acknowledge this senior master right now. What the Third Young Master Su is most afraid of is finding himself attracting attention everywhere, from the Northern Mang Ghost Ancestor to the Yin-Yang Dharma King, once Yu Lizi's side has recovered.

He already possesses a Buddha-like aura; if Master Yu Lizi were to uphold righteousness and eliminate his own family, he would be in dire straits.

"Speaking of which, when Yu Lizi passed on the Zhou Jue Yin Tian Secret Manual to you, did he tell you about the method of forming the core?"

Forming a pill?

Never heard of it.

Su Che shook his head: "When my master passed on this method to me, he only said that it suited my condition at the time and that I could quickly get the hang of it. As for Core Formation, Master Yu Lizi may have other plans."

The Zhou Jue Yin Tian Secret Manual, as its fundamental method, is based on the power of talismans and magic, but it follows the path of Xuanmen's preservation of spirit.

Having cultivated the divine form and manifested various supernatural powers, one naturally enters the sixth rank of the realm upon reaching this stage.

However, if he were to continue practicing the Rejuvenation Elixir, it wouldn't be because the Zhou Jue Yin Tian Secret Manual wouldn't be able to reach the end, but because Yu Lizi hadn't had time to pass it on to Su Che.

When Yu Lizi accepted Su Che as his disciple, he naturally knew that Huang Tiandao was planning a big move.

However, he did not expect his master's actions to be so violent.

They joined forces with Shenxiao Dao and Lingjiu Temple to venture deep into the outer void and confront the Lord of the End of Dharma in a decisive battle. Even in this era of isolation and self-preservation, back in the early days of the Heavenly Court, when the Five Emperors of the Five Directions were at their most powerful, there was no such grand undertaking.

As a result, Huang Tiandao led a group of powerful beings to set up a battlefield in the outer void, leaving only Yu Lizi to guard the house.

Those degenerate lords who dwell in the outer void are naturally eager to make their move.

Few Dharma Lords could resist such a good thing as breaking into an empty gate, especially since it would bring countless benefits to these extraterrestrial demons if they could corrupt the foundation of the Yellow Heaven Path.

It can be said that Yu Lizi was struggling to maintain the Huangtiandao Mountain Gate during this period and really had no time to take care of Su Che.

The fifth rank in the Xuanmen (Taoist school) is called the Rejuvenating Elixir. Reaching this stage requires harmonizing Yin and Yang and taming the Kan Tiger and Li Dragon. Many Xuanmen practitioners even refer to this fifth-rank Rejuvenating Elixir realm as the "Mortal Heavenly Gate".

To put it bluntly, only by refining the Elixir of Immortality can one be considered to have stepped onto the threshold of the Immortal Path. Before that, one is merely a mortal with slightly higher skills.

The Rejuvenation Pill is a hurdle that holds the vast majority of rogue cultivators in this world, because refining the Rejuvenation Pill cannot be achieved by trial and error on one's own; one must have a pill-refining method as a guide.

Alchemy is further divided into internal alchemy and external alchemy. Neither is superior to the other; they simply differ in the methods used to condense and refine the elixir.

"Since you address me as 'senior,' I can't just take advantage of your words. Since Yu Lizi isn't here, how about I give you some pointers on how to cultivate?"

The Yin-Yang Dharma King smiled warmly, displaying a truly kind heart.

"Huang Tiandao's Supreme Yellow Heaven Six Dragons Returning Sun True Method and my Six Heavens Purgatory General Principles are from the same source. Why don't you demonstrate your supernatural powers to me first?"

(End of this chapter)