Chương 173: Transitional Plot

After drinking tea, sitting for a while, and chatting for a while, Lin Daiyu gradually became familiar with Richard and his group.

No longer as restrained as at the beginning.

With Xiaoyao's witty banter, there's no female group member she can't handle.

"Would you like to come with me to meet that monk and the Taoist priest?" Richard asked Lin Daiyu.

"Brother Richard, have you found any trace of them? I also asked Father to send people to investigate, but we haven't found any information about them at all," Lin Daiyu said with delight.

That bald-headed monk had come to the Lin family when she was young, saying he wanted to ordain her as a nun.

Her parents naturally disagreed at the time.

The bald-headed monk left a prophecy: "Unless you never hear the sound of crying again, and never see any relatives or friends outside your parents, you can live a peaceful life."

But Lin Daiyu simply couldn't do it. She was born with a tendency to cry, which had already broken the prophecy. She had even visited her maternal family in the capital, who were not related to her own family.

Otherwise, if she had followed the bald-headed monk's advice and never cried or met anyone outside her family, she might have been able to avoid the tragedy that happened between her and Jia Baoyu.

So what is the bald-headed monk's stance?

If he were purely from Fairy Jinghuan's perspective, he shouldn't have come to the Lin residence to say these things.

If the bald-headed monk's stance is not pure, then what about the lame Taoist priest who is with him?

Daiyu had too many questions in her heart and needed the monk and the Taoist priest to help her resolve them.

Richard was also puzzled. What exactly was the so-called "predestined relationship between wood and stone"?

He had already seen it; there wasn't much karmic entanglement between Lin Daiyu and Jia Baoyu now, and it didn't seem like they were deeply connected by karma.

This is not right. Daiyu only had the opportunity to join the chat group, nothing else changed much. She herself had not cultivated to the point of defying fate.

If fate and karma were so easy to change, why would Yang Chan need to run away? She could have just severed her karmic ties with Liu Yanchang.

Isn't it precisely because they were afraid of not only failing to cut ties but also getting more and more entangled that they ran away?

Even Yang Chan, a deity who had cultivated for over a thousand years, couldn't handle it, so it's even more impossible for Lin Daiyu, a mere novice who has only cultivated for a few years.

Even though the worlds are different, things like cause and effect and destiny are sophisticated concepts in any world, and they are not so easy to sever.

So there's a big problem with the so-called "predestined relationship between wood and stone".

"Yes, they're near the capital. They've used a smokescreen; ordinary people can't see them unless they want to," Richard said.

"Brother Richard, take me there. I'm so curious about them," Lin Daiyu said.

As he spoke, he summoned a servant and instructed him that he was going out with a friend and that the return date was uncertain. He told his father to tell him when he returned.

Richard had been curious for a long time. These servants weren't even surprised that a few more people had appeared in their young lady's courtyard. They continued to do their jobs as if they hadn't seen them at all.

He randomly collected the scattered spiritual energy of these servants and extracted key information.

It turns out that as Lin Daiyu's cultivation level increased, her supernatural abilities gradually became apparent.

Fearing that the news would get out and cause trouble for his daughter, Lin Ruhai put a lot of effort into regulating the servants' behavior, getting rid of a group of unruly, undisciplined, and loose-lipped servants.

They'll either be sold off or sent out to manage the family business; they'll never stay at home.

Now, only three or five servants remain in Daiyu's courtyard. They are all the most discreet and efficient, and they don't interfere much with others.

Were the servants not curious about Richard and his companions? Of course they were!

But they would never ask a single question.

"Don't look, don't listen, don't ask." This is the rule for those working in the young lady's courtyard.

Don't be fooled by the strictest rules here; the pay is the best, several times that of the same position elsewhere.

These people aren't stupid enough to make a mistake and get kicked out.

As for Lin Ruhai, he indulged Daiyu to the extreme. He knew that Daiyu would never marry like an ordinary young lady in her boudoir. So why restrain her?

So all Lin Daiyu needed to do was give a heads-up before she could go out and have fun with Richard and the others.

After the servants left, Richard waved his hand and released a flying saucer-shaped metallic life form. There was no rush, so he let it fly over slowly.

After everyone boarded the metal lifeform, Richard concealed its presence. Then, the metal lifeform slowly took off and flew towards the capital.

Inside the flying saucer, Lin Daiyu looked curiously at the hall decorated like a super-modern sci-fi scene. This sci-fi style, different from the Eastern fantasy style, did indeed feel very novel to her.

However, I only glanced at it a few times before losing interest.

They then turned their attention to the footage of Richard's battle between Hellish warriors.

These were acquired by the wind god's avatar in Hell; some were spoils of war, and the rest were purchased specifically from the Bauhinia Castle.

He has tens of thousands of video materials, featuring powerful figures from all walks of life. It's not just limited to high-level gods; he would also buy videos featuring mid-level gods if their techniques catch his eye.

Richard would collect some books to read when he had nothing to do, just to pass the time.

Perhaps the moves of some powerful individuals can inspire him to create some great moves, or even advance his comprehension and integration of certain profound laws.

At this moment, Richard was probably witnessing a clash between two seven-star demon-level powerhouses.

As the two powerful figures clashed, the surrounding environment, spanning hundreds or even thousands of kilometers, was devastated and turned into a wasteland.

This is because the environment of Hell is far more solid than that of the material plane; otherwise, if they were to fight in the material plane, they would have to destroy a continent right from the start.

Even this destructive power shocked Lin Daiyu; she couldn't imagine when she could cultivate to such a level.

Will she have this level of destructive power once she cultivates to become an immortal?

Lin Daiyu harbored longings in her heart.

Seeing her interest in these battles between powerful individuals, Richard gave her many replicas of photographic stones.

Of course, there are anti-piracy measures in the Panlong world, but Richard is not only familiar with the methods of the Panlong world, and he easily cracked them.

If he wanted, he could even make money selling pirated videos in the divine realm, but now that he has a wind-elemental god avatar picking up money in the Purple Thorn Mountains, he no longer cares about such a small business.

"Are you currently practicing the cultivation method uploaded by Fellow Daoist Yang Chan?" Richard asked Lin Daiyu curiously.

Nowadays, there are many different cultivation methods in chat groups. It is impossible to cultivate them all, so everyone will choose one main path and then choose other traditions as supplementary cultivation.

Just like Richard, whose main body now cultivates the laws of the Origin World, while his various clones naturally still cultivate the laws of the Panlong World.

After reaching the God level in the Panlong World, there are no specific cultivation methods. Everything revolves around comprehending the profound mysteries of the laws. Once the laws are fully comprehended, one can ascend to the intermediate God, upper God, or Great Perfection Upper God.

But only he can walk this path; no one else can. Without the environment of the Panlong World, no one else can even become a god by taking this path.

So at first, some people still studied the warrior and mage paths he uploaded, but after the appearance of Dao Xuan Zhenren and the Three Holy Mothers from the Spirit Emperor World and the Eastern Mythology World, no one even studied them anymore.

"Yes, at the beginning, Sister Xia Mi helped me exchange for the Taiji Xuanqing Dao from Dao Xuan Zhenren's world as my main cultivation technique, and also gave me a flying sword."

Sister Bao'er passed on her body source to me as a supplementary training method to speed up the accumulation process.

Later, Sister Yang Chan uploaded some cultivation techniques, and Sister Xia Mi selected a celestial technique for me.

"Now I mainly cultivate this immortal technique, while the Qi Body Source Flow is still a secondary cultivation." Daiyu answered his question.

Given her Eastern worldview, she would naturally choose the path to immortality if given the choice.

As for strange and unusual magic, alchemy, body-refining techniques, etc., she felt they did not fit her worldview.

She was already very satisfied. Such a cultivation technique that could directly lead to the Celestial Immortal realm in the world of Lotus Lantern was a rare opportunity even in the myriad realms. She obtained it without paying any price, so what was there to be dissatisfied about?

"Cultivate diligently; the cultivation methods in Fellow Daoist Yang Chan's world are quite good."

You must be practicing a water-based cultivation technique, right?

"Here, take this bead." Richard said, handing over a light blue bead.

"Thank you, Brother Richard. What is this?" Lin Daiyu asked curiously as she took the beads.

After she got her hands on the bead, she felt the moisture in the world condense toward her. After a while, the bead began to emit water-attribute spiritual energy continuously.

It seems that ordinary water vapor can be transformed into spiritual energy that can be utilized by cultivators?

This must be an extraordinary treasure.

Lin Daiyu suddenly felt that the beads in her hand were a little hot. Just now, with Richard's casual appearance, she thought it was just some kind of trinket.

"It's nothing precious, just a little thing I casually conjured up."

If you like, you can call it the Yuan Shui Pearl. Besides being able to transform ordinary water vapor in the world into spiritual energy for your cultivation, it also contains some of my insights into the laws of water. You can keep it to yourself and comprehend it slowly.

It seems that this world is not very suitable for cultivators who cultivate the Heavenly Dao.

The primordial energy of heaven and earth is extremely inert, so your ability to cultivate to this level in such an environment is already a testament to your exceptional talent.

"I might as well lend you a hand. This bead will at least relieve your worries about spiritual energy."

Richard explained it to her in detail.

Cultivation methods also depend on the environment. The spiritual energy of Yang Chan's world is far more abundant and active than that of this world.

It can be said that Daiyu's current cultivation level is mostly due to the rare and precious herbs fed to her by her fellow group members.

These rare and precious materials ensured that she never lacked spiritual energy for her daily cultivation; otherwise, she would have found it quite difficult to cultivate in this world on her own.

Why do the "immortals" in that grotto-heaven world cultivate by relying on their seven emotions and six desires and the luck of mortals? It's because the human way in this world suppresses the heavenly way, and even the primordial energy of heaven and earth is full of inertia.

Relying on spiritual energy to cultivate, one might not achieve anything even after cultivating until death.

"Conjure it at will?" Lin Daiyu's mind went blank for a moment. At this moment, she had a more concrete understanding of Richard's strength.

If this is a deity, then what kind of person can be called a deity?

"Me too! Me too!" Xiao Yao stretched out her small hand, and a small emerald green ball quickly condensed in her palm.

She also gave the small ball to Lin Daiyu.

"How was it? Isn't Xiao Yao amazing too?" Xiao Yao raised her little face, waiting for Daiyu's praise.

"Yes, Xiao Yao is very clever. Can you tell me what the purpose of this little ball is?" Daiyu rubbed Xiao Yao's head and asked, holding up the emerald green ball.

"This can also gather spiritual energy, specifically the spiritual energy of plants. It can also make nearby plants grow faster."

That way, my sister can grow some spiritual plants herself.

"It can also condense spiritual liquid containing life force, which can prolong life, cure diseases, and heal injuries," Xiao Yao said.

"That's amazing! What's its name? We can't just keep calling it Little Green Ball, can we?" Daiyu asked.

"Then let's call it Yuanyao Ball. Of course, the ball I made should be named after me," Xiaoyao said matter-of-factly.

"Alright, let's call it Yuan Yao Ball. From now on, whenever I take out this ball, I'll think of Xiao Yao. Thank you so much, Xiao Yao. Now I won't lack cultivation resources until I become an immortal." Daiyu rubbed Xiao Yao's head again.

Perhaps to Richard and the others, these two small balls were insignificant, but to her, they were invaluable treasures to aid her cultivation.

It's enough for her to become an immortal, and even her father, who only works sporadically, can be brought into the immortal cultivation process along with her.

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