Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 399: Method of Breakthrough
Lu Zheng had read a lot of ancient books in Wanjing Tower before, and had seen many records about ancient times.

Shen Yu couldn't help but ask curiously, "What about the records about the Divine Mirage Clan?"

Lu Zheng thought about it and said slowly, "A mirage is a large shell. In ancient times, there was a divine mirage that lived on the shores of the East China Sea. Its shell can be used as medicine, and its meat can be eaten. It can prolong life, calm the mind, and remove obstacles... There is also a mirage girl, born from the union of a dragon and a mirage, a dragon..."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yu's eyes moved slightly and he said, "These are not important. I want to know if there is any method for practicing Shen Shen?"

Lu Zhengdao said, "The Wanjing Building has a huge collection of books. How can an outsider like me have the right to read them all? I've only read a small portion of them over the past few months, and haven't discovered any divine mirage cultivation techniques."

When Shen Yu heard Lu Zheng say this, he couldn't help feeling disappointed.

Lu Zheng paused, then added, "But I do know a thing or two about the cultivation methods for divine beasts to advance."

In order to figure out a new path of cultivation, Lu Zheng learned about the cultivation methods of various creatures, including some information about mythical beasts.

"Tell me about it!" Shenyu said immediately.

Lu Zheng said slowly: "The bloodlines of the ancient divine beasts are all extraordinary. If you want to advance and break through, you can devour and refine the power of the bloodlines of your own kind."

Upon hearing this, Shenyu said, "I know this method."

This method is a practice known to everyone.

Some ordinary monsters would even refine the blood power of their fellow monsters when they practiced.

However, the bloodline of the same race's divine mirage is not so easy to find, nor is it so easy to refine.

Among the Mirage Clan of Xinghai Bay, there are only a few with the bloodline of the Divine Mirage, and the relationships between them are not so strong that they would hate and kill each other for such a small opportunity for improvement.

Lu Zheng added: "There is another way, to cultivate the divine way."

"Shinto?" Shen Yu couldn't help but look at Lu Zheng. "Although they both have the word 'shen' in them, the bloodline of a divine beast and Shinto are not the same thing."

Lu Zheng smiled faintly and said, "It's true that they are not the same thing, but the Taoism of the world has different paths and the same goal. It is said that the human race's Shinto practice is a kind of cultivation method created by imitating the power of the innate gods. The divine power of the two is different, but there is some overlap."

"The power of divine beasts is similar to that of Shinto. According to the ancient texts of the Yunmeng Sect, divine beasts can use the Shinto path to gather the incense of all living beings, and then through special training methods, they can be further enhanced. This method is derived from Shinto practice, but there are some differences."

Shen Yu was surprised when he heard this. "Kung Fu? Didn't you just say you had never seen it?"

Lu Zheng couldn't help but say, "I mean, I haven't seen any techniques related to the Divine Mirage, but I have read some information about the Divine Beast."

Shenyu was speechless. She didn't expect Lu Zheng to be so picky with words.

She quickly asked, "Is that technique complete?"

Lu Zhengdao said, "It's complete, but it requires Yunmeng Sect's contribution points to redeem. I've only read the brief summary of the technique and don't know the specifics or how to practice it."

Shenyu's heart was in turmoil, and his expression kept changing.

The Yunmeng Sect may have some skills that can help her practice, but it is not easy to obtain skills from such a place.

Did she go to Yunmeng Sect to ask for a deal? The other party might not give her such a favor.

Shenyu asked curiously, "Exchange with contribution points? How much does it cost?"

Lu Zhengdao said, "Three hundred thousand contribution points, according to the Yunmeng Sect, is worth about a million spirit stones, but even with so many spirit stones, you might not be able to buy it. That's a technique from the third floor, and it's not usually sold to outsiders. After all, outsiders usually don't have contribution points."

Shenyu was thinking. A million spirit stones was a considerable fortune for her, and she had no way to buy any martial arts skills now.

Shen Yu stared at Lu Zheng and couldn't help asking, "How do you know so much? It's not usually sold to the public. Is there something special going on?"

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "That's what I asked. For some books, you can read them as long as you exchange them for something the Yunmeng Sect doesn't have. But for some books, you need contribution points. I'm not from the Yunmeng Sect, but the sect elders were generous enough to give me a million contribution points. My case is a special one."

Upon hearing this, Shenyu was surprised. "You...what are your origins?"

Shenyu was feeling uneasy. Even the Yunmeng Sect treated the young man Lu Zheng specially. What kind of terrifying background was behind this?

However, she had also never heard of any top-level powerful people or powerful clans with the surname Lu.

Lu Zheng couldn't help but laugh and said, "I may have a special background, but mainly I have demonstrated my own value."

After all, the young geniuses who studied with him in Yunmeng Sect did not get so many contribution points.

It was his own abilities that convinced the Yunmeng Sect that they could invest in him.

Demonstrate your own value? Shenyu thought about it, but for a moment he didn't think he had any value that could be valued by a top immortal sect like Yunmeng Sect.

Shenyu turned to look at Lu Zheng, "Your contribution points?"

Lu Zhengdao: "It's all used up."

Shenyu continued, "Can you still go to Yunmeng Sect to exchange for that technique? If you can, I can give you more spiritual objects as compensation."

It was rare to find a method that could potentially lead to a breakthrough, so Shen Yu didn't want to give up so easily. Lu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "You can't just go to a place like the Yunmeng Sect if you want to."

Yun Fuyao had calculated the time and had someone send them out, which meant that it was no longer appropriate for them to stay in Yunmeng Sect.

At least in the short term, it is unlikely that Lu Zheng will go to Yunmeng Sect again.

With his current strength, it is obviously impossible for him to break through the various formations set up by the Yunmeng Sect.

Even though he had expected this, Shen Yu still felt a little disappointed when he heard Lu Zheng say this.

Lu Zheng couldn't help but say, "Actually, there's no need for you to rush to learn this technique. I don't think you're that desperate yet. Furthermore, this technique requires the incense and spiritual energy of all living beings, and you won't be able to gather that much in the short term. Even if you want to practice this technique, you need to prepare first... But you shouldn't be able to practice Shintoism and gather incense here, right?"

Lu Zheng had never heard that there were any demons practicing Shinto in Xinghai Bay.

After hearing this, Shenyu thought about it and felt that what Lu Zheng said made sense. She shouldn't be so anxious. Since she knew this method, even if she didn't have the specific exercises, she could try it slowly by herself.

When she heard Lu Zheng ask this, she began to explain, "It's not that you can't practice the way of the gods here, it's just that the way of practicing demons is easier."

Shenyu thought that collecting the incense power in Xinghai Bay was not an easy task, so he had to think about it carefully.

"That's it..."

Lu Zheng nodded slightly. He thought about the situation in Xinghai Bay. It was indeed troublesome to take the divine path. This place was originally a gathering place for demons, and there was no shortage of various demon skills. There was no need to practice the divine path, and it was easy to offend other demon forces.

Shenyu took a sip of wine to calm down, then looked at Lu Zhengdao with a smile and said, "Anyway, you have provided me with a clue. If you want any benefit, you can tell me directly."

Lu Zhengdao said, "I came to Xinghai Bay for another reason: to buy a spiritual boat. This way, I can have a better means of transportation when traveling around the world."

"Travel around the world?" Shenyu's eyes flickered. "You're so young, and yet you're thinking of traveling around the world? This world is far from peaceful."

Lu Zheng said seriously, "I want to emulate the ancient saints and wise men and look at the world. Because the world is in such bad shape, scholars like me should do our best to contribute to this world. I am far from being a saint, but I also want to spread some culture and ideas to educate all living beings."

Shenyu stared at Lu Zheng with interest, smiling as she said, "You do have great ambitions. Could it be that you came to Xinghai Bay to spread your Confucian and Taoist knowledge?"

Lu Zhengdao said, "Education is not something that only Confucianism and Taoism can do. There's nothing wrong with doing more."

As he spoke, Lu Zheng took out a few books and passed them to Shen Yu with his spiritual power.

Shenyu flipped through it curiously, her eyes twinkling as she asked, "Is this the book you compiled?"

She had never read these books before, but she felt that they were written by Lu Zheng.

"Senior, you have a keen eye." Lu Zheng nodded. "Enlightenment books, agricultural books, and medical books—not books related to Confucian cultivation—sending these books here shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Shenyu flipped through the book and said quietly, "The book is good. These books are not banned. I can ask my tribesmen to help you spread the word."

This kind of thing is not a big deal. She handed it over to her subordinates, and it wouldn't take long for these books to spread among the Mirage Clan.

Shenyu then took out a palm-sized white jade shell and gently threw it to Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng reached out and took the white jade shell steadily, feeling the special spiritual energy it emanated.

Mirage Jade said quietly, "There is a spirit boat inside. When you need it, you can take it out. When you don't need it, you can keep it warm inside..."

Shenyu slowly explained to Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng used his spiritual sense to gently open the white jade shell, and saw an inch-long boat placed inside, small and exquisite, like a small pendant.

Lu Zheng took out the spirit boat according to the method that Shen Yu said.

The originally small spirit boat flew out of the white jade shell and suddenly became several feet long, enough to accommodate several people.

The streamlined boat body is flowing with spiritual light, which clearly shows that this spiritual boat is extraordinary and its speed is not slow.

Lu Zheng felt that this spirit boat was better than Bai Lu's.

Lu Zheng took a look and put the spirit boat away again.

He gave the space magic weapon he got from the old man of the turtle tribe to Shenyu in exchange. He couldn't take other people's things for free.

Shenyu took the tortoise shell magic weapon and looked at it. "This space magic weapon is more precious than the spirit boat. It contains a space. Why don't you keep it for yourself?"

Lu Zhengdao said, "I have the Wen Palace Space, so I don't really need this thing. But please don't despise this thing because it's damaged. I was locked up in it before, and I smashed a few cracks in it."

Shenyu's face showed surprise when he heard this. Lu Zheng's methods were quite powerful as he could damage this space magic weapon from the inside.

This item contained the original spiritual energy of water. Shen Yu did not hesitate to collect it directly, and then took out some spiritual items to give to Lu Zheng and Qing Wan, so as not to take advantage of it.

(End of this chapter)