No hope for eternal life

"Unless you have unrivaled power, you must learn to compromise, compromise with the rules, compromise with the world. Compromise itself is a rule of the world." Yang Wuque continued: "But you also need to know that compromise must be done in moderation. Unlimited compromise is no longer compromise, but self-degradation."

"Student understands, and has no more confusion." Mu Changsheng bowed solemnly and said. He also realized that what Yang Wuque was talking about at this time was no longer the empty principles in the book, but the real way of dealing with people.

Yang Wuque nodded slightly, and then suddenly asked solemnly: "Did you buy the practice essay I asked you to buy?"

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng quickly took out the practice notes and said doubtfully: "Please forgive my poor eyesight. I don't see what's so special about this practice notes."

Mu Changsheng read the practice notes a lot on the way back, but the practice principles in it were no different from what he knew. He was very confused as to why Yang Wuque was so interested in this practice note. Was it because the author was a ninth-level cultivator?

Mu Changsheng's intuition told him that Yang Wuque couldn't be so superficial.

Yang Wuque took the practice essay from Mu Changsheng, but did not rush to answer Mu Changsheng's question. Instead, he lowered his head, turned the pages, and quickly browsed through the contents. After confirming that there was no change in the content of the book, he closed the book and gently stroked the cover, feeling a little emotional. Many years ago, he also had a practice essay like this.

Afterwards, Yang Wuque asked Xiang Muchangsheng: "How many spirit stones did you spend to buy this book?"

"One thousand low-grade spirit stones." Mu Changsheng answered truthfully.

"One thousand low-grade spirit stones." Yang Wuque suddenly laughed. Except that his laughter was not loud, Yang Wuque laughed very wantonly, which made Mu Changsheng a little confused.

When Yang Wuque gradually calmed down, he saw Mu Changsheng's puzzled expression and said with a smile: "I see this book is worth tens of millions of top-grade spirit stones, and it's not something you can buy with spirit stones."

Tens of millions of top-grade spirit stones!

Mu Changsheng was stunned by this number. Even at the lowest exchange rate, tens of millions of high-grade spirit stones were equivalent to hundreds of billions of low-grade spirit stones. This was a number that Mu Changsheng could not imagine.

"Why, you don't believe it?" Yang Wuque asked with a raised eyebrow.

"The students dare not not believe it, but they don't know how to believe it." Mu Changsheng clasped his fists and smiled bitterly, saying truthfully.

"Ha." Yang Wuque laughed again when he heard that. This laugh not only relieved the depression that had been in his heart for many years, but also made him laugh at Sha Tongmo. Did he really think that what he said, "The great way is in the books", was just a casual remark?

After laughing, Yang Wuque returned the practice notes to Mu Changsheng and asked, "Take a look at the main text of this book. What are the first two words at the beginning?"

Mu Changsheng immediately replied: "Sir, it is the word 'flesh body'."

There was no need to flip through the book to read it. On the way back, Mu Changsheng had already read it several times and remembered the opening content very clearly.

"Look again, what are the last two words at the end of the book?" Yang Wuque continued calmly.

Mu Changsheng didn't remember it clearly, so he flipped through it and replied, "It's the word 'Nine Changes'."

"How do you read the four words together?" Yang Wuque asked again.

"Nine transformations of the physical body." Mu Changsheng blurted out subconsciously. As soon as the words came out, Mu Changsheng seemed to realize something and his heart began to beat violently.

"Nine Transformations of the Physical Body, this name sounds like a secret technique." Mu Changsheng was thinking of this, and coupled with what Yang Wuque had said before that this book was worth tens of millions of top-grade spirit stones, he couldn't help but become even more suspicious.

"Sir, does this book record a secret technique?" Mu Changsheng directly asked the question in his mind.

Yang Wuque did not directly answer Mu Changsheng's question, but calmly said to him: "Just follow the method just now, first look at the first two words, then look at the last two words, and so on, split them up and look at them two by two. You can read them first."

Mu Changsheng was excited when he heard this. What Yang Wuque said was probably the method of interpreting this practice essay. It seemed that this book was indeed special.

Then, Mu Changsheng started to look through the book as he was told, imprinting each character firmly in his mind.

It was a book of spiritual practice essays, with more than 100,000 words. Mu Changsheng read it in parts, so it naturally took him longer. Before he knew it, the sky had brightened slightly.

Yang Wuque stood up slowly without disturbing the sound of Mu Changsheng turning pages. Instead, he walked gently to the window, pushed it open, and brought a ray of morning breeze into the classroom.

Yang Wuque leaned against the window, looking at the young boy Mu Changsheng who was flipping through a book. He seemed to see his younger self, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After another half hour, Mu Changsheng, who had been buried in the book, finally raised his head, his eyes full of bloodshot. He had finished reading, and he had memorized all the contents. The bloodshot in his eyes was proof of his desperate efforts to memorize.

Because in the process of interpretation, Mu Changsheng already knew that this practice essay really contained a secret technique, the name of the technique was, Nine Transformations of the Physical Body!

Although Mu Changsheng had never practiced any secret arts, he could tell from the description of the Nine Transformations of the Physical Body that it was extremely extraordinary. As a low-level cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm, he rarely had the opportunity to see secret arts. Now that he had encountered such a chance, he naturally wanted to try his best to remember it for fear of missing it.

Facts have proved that Mu Changsheng's idea was correct. After reading this secret technique in its entirety, he realized that this secret technique was more than just extraordinary. It was simply a road to heaven that led directly to the top of the avenue.

There are nine grades of secret arts in the world. Although the grade of the Nine Transformations of the Physical Body secret art is not specified, Mu Changsheng can roughly guess that the grade of this secret art may have reached the ninth grade. Because according to the description in the secret art, if this art can be cultivated to the perfect state of the ninth transformation of the physical body, then the physical body can be used to fight against the ninth realm cultivators!

After Mu Changsheng looked up, he immediately stood up and bowed to Yang Wuque: "Sir, I will never forget your kindness in teaching me today."

"Get up." Yang Wuque accepted this great gift calmly, because he knew better than Mu Changsheng what the secret art of Nine Transformations of the Physical Body meant.

Then, Yang Wuque helped Mu Changsheng up and said calmly: "You have the secret technique, but it does not mean that your strength has improved. There is an old saying in the Nine Realms: realm is the foundation. Now, even if you have the strongest secret technique in the Nine Realms, you can't even defeat a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm."

"Students understand that they must guard against arrogance and impatience and practice diligently." Mu Changsheng said respectfully.

"Yes." Yang Wuque nodded gently, then handed a jade slip to Mu Changsheng and said, "Take a look at this jade slip first."

Mu Changsheng took the jade slip, on which was engraved the words: "I, Mu Changsheng, swear here that if I take the initiative to tell others the secrets in Senior Yu Daoling's practice notes, I will be destroyed in body and soul."

The body and soul are completely destroyed! Seeing these four words, Mu Changsheng's pupils shrank slightly. For a 17-year-old boy, these four words were too intimidating.

Mu Changsheng understood that this should be the Heart Demon Oath that Yang Wuque had written for him in advance. Legend has it that all major forces have the tradition of taking the Heart Demon Oath after passing on the secret technique to prevent the secret technique from being leaked. Mu Changsheng understood this very well.

However, Mu Changsheng said with a somewhat embarrassed look: "I am willing to take this oath, but I don't know how to take the Great Heart Demon Oath."

Mu Changsheng had only heard of the Inner Demon Oath. He was very young and normally would not need it, so he naturally did not know how to swear the oath.

"Let me teach you." Yang Wuque said gently: "First prick your finger and write the oath again with blood."

Mu Changsheng did as he was told and wrote the oath on a piece of paper.

After Mu Changsheng finished writing, Yang Wuque stretched out a finger and pointed at the blood paper. The blood words on the paper were peeled off out of thin air, and then those blood words were sent into Mu Changsheng's dantian by Yang Wuque. Finally, the blood words were completely integrated into Mu Changsheng's dantian and disappeared.

"The inner demon's great oath has been fulfilled." Yang Wuque reminded.

"Is this the Great Oath of the Inner Demon?" Mu Changsheng clenched his fists, feeling no change, as if the Great Oath of the Inner Demon did not exist at all.

"Be careful with your words in the future." Yang Wuque reminded again.

"Student understands." Mu Changsheng said hurriedly. This was a matter of his own life. If he accidentally let the cat out of the bag and was killed by his inner demons, it would be too unfair.

In addition, Mu Changsheng could also see that the oath written by Yang Wuque was very rigorous. As long as he did not take the initiative to tell the secret, nothing would happen. Even if someone tricked him and forced him to tell the secret without knowing it, he would not suffer any backlash.