Chapter 209 - 102: Ritual Dharma Aspect: Lord of the Clouds

Chapter 209: Chapter 102: Ritual Dharma Aspect: Lord of the Clouds

After waking, Jiang Xuan only took a moment to nurture his spirit before closing his eyes. His consciousness entered the Memory Palace - Scripture Pavilion, where he retrieved the complete memory of his recent Enlightenment and began to repeatedly deconstruct and comprehend it.

With a clear direction and an immersive memory to work with, Jiang Xuan comprehended the meaning of Spring Revival by noon.

And this comprehension meant one thing: he had cultivated the *Forest Spirit Scripture* to the Minor Success stage.

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This scene left the three onlookers—Yan Shouzhuo, Luo Yong, and Xiao Ningxiang—utterly stunned, their Heart Spirits trembling.

Among them, the most shocked and shaken was, without a doubt, Luo Yong.

As Yan Shouzhuo had said before, Luo Yong himself cultivated the *Forest Spirit Scripture*. Because of this, he knew better than anyone just how difficult it was to reach this stage.

"Half a day... Minor Success... HAHAHA! So the Cultivation Technique of our Valley of Spring is this easy?!"

His laughter was half the ecstatic joy of finding a priceless treasure and half the bitterness of a wounded Dao Heart. Beside him, Zhou Qing looked as if his own Dao Heart was on the verge of shattering.

After all, his current Realm was also only at Minor Success.

Although he had progressed far in the Third Realm: Mastery, he had ultimately failed to step through the gate to the Fourth Realm.

In other words, Jiang Xuan had completed an entire year of his Cultivation path in just half a day.

"If we cultivate the same path, seeing him is like a mayfly seeing the vast blue sky... So that saying was never an exaggeration. It’s the most literal truth! HAHAHA..."

Thinking about how someone else had caught up to his entire year of progress in just half a day, Zhou Qing began to laugh as well. But his laughter was filled with an unconcealable bitterness and confusion.

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Jiang Xuan’s heaven-defying Cultivation speed had dealt a massive shock to Luo Yong and Zhou Qing, but Luo Yong was a Valley Master, after all. He quickly suppressed the turmoil in his Heart Spirit.

However, there was one question that this Valley Master of Spring, who had just been forcibly dragged out of his seclusion chamber, couldn’t figure out.

He looked directly at Yan Shouzhuo and Xiao Ningxiang and blurted out, "How on earth did our Four Seasons Valley manage to pick up a peerless genius like him?"

"And how did our Four Seasons Valley manage to keep a genius like this?"

His words sounded somewhat self-deprecating toward the Four Seasons Valley, but neither Yan Shouzhuo nor Xiao Ningxiang had the slightest objection.

Even they themselves found it a bit incredible that they had managed to find a peerless genius like Jiang Xuan and convince him to stay.

Yan Shouzhuo explained, "It’s not actually that surprising that Jiang Xuan came to us. His Spirit Root Talent is only Profound Level Middle Grade, which is considered low even in the Shenxiao Sect’s Lower Court. And as you know, in the Initial Stage, Comprehension is slightly less important than one’s Spirit Root.

"Also, his Comprehension seems to be related to books. The more he reads, the more outstanding his Comprehension becomes. But he comes from the Lower Classes and hadn’t read many Daoist Books in the beginning, which prevented his Comprehension from being fully utilized. That’s how we were able to pick him up.

"As for keeping him here, first, it’s because he’s a person of deep sentiment who honors his promises. Second... Xia He also deserves some credit."

"Little Xia He? A relationship?" Luo Yong’s eyes flickered. He had clearly misunderstood something.

However, having recognized Jiang Xuan’s Talent, he quickly suppressed his stray thoughts and spoke with a solemn tone to Yan Shouzhuo and Xiao Ningxiang. "No matter what, we must keep Jiang Xuan here. He may very well be our Four Seasons Valley’s hope to soar once more and even completely resolve our hidden dangers."

Xiao Ningxiang shot him an exasperated look. "As if we needed you to tell us that! If it wasn’t to show him how much we value him, why would we have bothered dragging you out of your death seclusion?"

"Is there anyone who can’t teach the Initial Stage of Cultivation for the Valley of Spring?"

"Haha..." Luo Yong let out an awkward laugh. At the same time, any displeasure he felt from being forcibly dragged out of his seclusion chamber completely vanished.

Now, the only thing remaining in his Heart was joy.

’They did the right thing, dragging me out! I absolutely should have been dragged out!’

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Although he had only spent a morning cultivating the *Forest Spirit Scripture* to the Minor Success stage, Jiang Xuan did not immediately begin his Cultivation of the *Flame Splendor Supreme Profound Chapter*.

After all, he had forced his use of the Awakening Golden Bell, and he wasn’t in a good state.

Another reason was that his Spring Spirit Seed had just condensed. Jiang Xuan needed to nurture it so that it could fully grow and blossom in the future.

Fortunately, even if he couldn’t practice the Valley of Summer’s Cultivation Technique for now, there was still much that the Valley of Spring could teach him.

As a Dharma Vein that could stand firm in the Shenxiao Sect even if it were independent, the Valley of Spring had not only a Core Cultivation Method but also a complete set of supporting Techniques. Among them were six core Secret Techniques whose power, under the corresponding Celestial Time and Solar Terms, was enough to rival those of the Upper Veins’ Direct Lineages.

’Come to think of it, my Winter Solstice is the same. Four Seasons Valley, the Twenty-four Solar Terms... My Winter Solstice has never actually displayed its full power.’

’It’s a Swordsmanship that can only reveal its true might in the dead of winter.’

This kind of Cultivation path, which relies on Celestial Time and Solar Terms, might seem to have a fatal weakness, but that wasn’t actually the case.

The past sages of the Four Seasons Valley had long ago found a solution: once all the Secret Techniques corresponding to the Twenty-four Solar Terms were mastered, then for all 365 days of the year, no matter the time, place, or environment, a cultivator would have a corresponding Technique to receive the blessing of Celestial Time and season when facing an enemy.

’The ancestors of the Four Seasons Valley were once prosperous, after all. They spent some time in an Upper Vein, so there’s no issue with the power of their Cultivation Techniques. The only problem is the existence of the Death Tribulation, which makes cultivating the complete technique, the *Four Seasons Reincarnation Technique*, far too difficult.’