Longevity: Start by practicing the ruthless way

If Gu Chi and Big Black Dog were at the scene at this time, they would definitely be stunned.

"It seems that his cultivation has greatly increased again." An elder of the Holy Spirit Academy frowned.

At the same time, the void twisted, and a hunched, weathered old man emerged from it, leaning on a cane. He glanced at the place, sighed softly, and said, "Let's go back. After all, we owed him back then. Although he did some ridiculous things later, it was all within reason."

There was a brief silence. Several elders opened their mouths, but they didn't know how to say it.

"Are we really going to let him snatch away our academy's peerless genius? It takes a thousand years for a peerless genius like this to complete the Mountain and River Stage!"

"Having Tianxuan is enough. Didn't Lingxiaoke also complete the Mountain and River Steps in the past? But did he choose to stay in the end?"

The old man who was leaning on a cane had a face full of white hair that hid his weathered features. No trace of cultivation could be detected from him. If he was not able to walk in the air, he would be no different from an old villager in the countryside.

"He's a remnant of Hongmeng! Naturally, he thinks he's extraordinary. He joined our academy just to learn from us!"

"Forget it, let's leave it at that." The old man on crutches turned around shakily, stepped into the void, and said, "What we did back then was indeed wrong."

The remaining three elders stared at the dilapidated mountain gate below for a long time, and finally stepped into the void and left.

Two days later, in a desolate desert.

A man and a dog sat cross-legged on the gravel facing Lingxiaoke.

"I have nine magical powers and the unique skills of various major sects. What do you want to learn?" Ling Xiaoke asked.

"Only children make choices. I want them all!" Gu Chi raised his fist, and the big black dog nodded repeatedly beside him.

"You are quite ambitious, little girl, but you have to eat one bite at a time. You can only choose one practice now."

"Then I want to learn the way of invincibility."

"Ouch~"

"Not bad, you have good taste." Ling Xiaoke nodded with satisfaction.

Gu Chi was really curious. What kind of heaven-defying method could be used to claim that he could defeat all enemies in heaven and on earth?

"It's called Wuji Gong!" Ling Xiaoke said seriously.

"Wuji Gong?!" Gu Chi's eyes lit up. Just from the two words "Wuji", this method must be extraordinary!

"This method is neither a magical skill nor a secret technique."

"What is that?" Gu Chi rubbed his hands excitedly, already impatient. He sat up straight with the big black dog, quietly waiting for the old man's next words.

"I refer to all the myriad magical powers and secret techniques in this world as 'techniques'. Simply put, they are a means."

"The ancients said: 'The Way is revealed through technique, and technique is communicated through the Way.' This method of mine has transcended the highest level, evolving from technique into the Way, and can evolve into all the techniques in the world."

Lingxiaoke talked eloquently, giving people the feeling of an old immortal sitting and discussing Taoism.

Gu Chi was shocked. A 'Tao' that could evolve into a myriad of arts? In other words, as long as one mastered the Wuji Gong, it would be equivalent to mastering all the magical powers in the world?

But on second thought, Gu Chi felt that this was unrealistic. Could anyone in the world really create such a heaven-defying martial art?

As if he had read Gu Chi's mind, Ling Xiaoke proudly said, "I have spent my entire life studying the inherited secret techniques of all the major sects and schools, meticulously researching countless methods, and finally, after a thousand years of seclusion, I was able to create this Wuji Gong!"

Learning the unique skills inherited from all the major sects and schools? Gu Chi narrowed his eyes slightly, and his suspicion grew even stronger. How could the old dean of the Holy Spirit Academy learn the unique skills of all the major sects and schools?

"Little girl, what's with that look in your eyes? I'm teaching you the way to invincibility, and this is your attitude?" Ling Xiaoke blew his beard and glared, pointing at the big black dog and said, "Look at this big dog, how attentively he's listening. Can you learn something from him?"

"Hehe, I was distracted for a moment, please continue!" Gu Chi laughed and decided to see what the so-called invincible way was like.

However, the old man had no intention of continuing his explanation. He pointed to two towering stone mountains a few hundred meters away and said, "This Dharma cannot be passed on lightly. From today on, you will each carry a stone mountain on your back and run for 30,000 miles every day. Once your physical fitness has improved, you will be qualified to practice Wuji Gong."

"What?!"

"What what what, go now!"

There was no other choice, so Gu Chi and the big black dog each carried a heavy stone mountain and started running around the desert.

With their physical physique, it is naturally no problem for them to carry such a huge mountain. However, Lingxiaoke asked them to run, which was really embarrassing. Because if they didn't control it well, they would be sunk into the yellow sand, leaving only a stone mountain there.

Ling Xiaoke sat on a rock and shouted, "Don't stop! Run! As the heirs of my Hongmeng Dao Field, you are destined to rule the world in the future. If you can't even withstand this kind of hardship, what qualifications do you have to talk about practicing the way of invincibility?"

Gu Chi was speechless. What kind of weird sect had he joined?

Ling Xiaoke continued, "I will arrange some opponents for you later. For example, in a fair duel, you can kill the Holy Son of Xuanyuan Immortal Palace. Do you have the confidence?"

"Have confidence!"

"Ouch——"

The emotions of the man and the dog were aroused and they responded loudly.

"Very good, keep refining!" Ling Xiaoke squinted his eyes, looked up at the sky and muttered to himself, "Just wait, one day, the Hongmeng Dojo will return to its peak and become the supreme inheritance that you can't even hope for!"

On the other side, while Gu Chi was running with the mountain on his back, he was also thinking about what the old man had said, such as the world was going to be in chaos, and the source of the chaos seemed to come from the people above.

What are the people above? Are they the Taoists from the upper realms, or other people in high positions?

Unfortunately, the old man did not explain much about this. When no one disturbed him, he would often look up at the sky. His cloudy old eyes seemed to be looking through the universe and the stars, and he would occasionally murmur a few words.

"Huh? Why did you all stop? Keep running." Ling Xiaoke turned around and saw that the man and the dog had put down the stone mountain and were walking towards him.

Gu Chi pointed to the starry night sky and said speechlessly, "It's already dark, why are you still running?"

"Who cares if it's a crime or not? Just keep running if I tell you to. Do you still want to learn the way to invincibility? Or do you want me to clean up the mess right now?"

For some reason, the old man's mood suddenly became a little bad, and he said with a blank expression.

"Okay, okay, can't I just run?"

Gu Chi and the big black dog lowered their heads, each picked up the stone mountain on their backs again, and ran away.

"Damn it! I've already traveled to the world of cultivating immortals, but why can't I escape the fate of military training?!" Gu Chi couldn't help but complain in her heart. What she was experiencing at this moment reminded her of the hard days of military training in the past.

The difference is that if you are lazy during military training, at most you will be scolded by the instructor, but here you will be kicked out at any time!

"Boom!"

The earth shook, and that night, all the creatures living in the desert were unable to sleep due to the noise, and they also saw a strange scene.

Under the cover of night, there were two huge mountains running wildly!

The height of Gu Chi and the big black dog is insignificant compared to the mountain they are carrying on their backs. Therefore, when they are walking with the mountain on their backs, their figures cannot be seen from a distance. Aren’t they just two mountains running in the night?