Junior sister, I really need to control you.

Before the ancient peach offering ceremony, Li Yinsheng looked at the stone offering table and stroked his chin.

Although according to the records in the Xuanzhen Temple, even if the correct offerings are made to the sacrificial spirits, the ancient methods and techniques obtained may still be of little use.

But since we're already here, there's no harm in giving it a try.

However, the offerings are related to fate and have no set rules. So what offerings should be made?

"Junior sister," he said after a moment's thought, "why don't you try putting that stone up there?"

Mu Xiaoyu nodded and placed the strange black stone she had been holding onto the altar.

The peach tree swayed slightly, and the faint firefly light swirling around it dimmed a bit.

There are no further changes.

"Hmm?" Li Yinsheng was somewhat surprised. "Could it be that this stone isn't the correct offering?"

He asked his junior sister to take the black stone back, pondered for a moment, then took out a Taoist scripture from his Qiankun bag and placed it on the offering table.

The spiritual light emanating from the ancient peach spirit dimmed slightly once again.

Li Yinsheng retrieved the Daoist scriptures.

According to the ancient records, practitioners of the temple valued the concept of affinity. If one could not offer the correct offerings after multiple attempts, it would prove that the person had no affinity, and the lineage would disappear on its own.

"Judging from the changes in this sacrificial spirit, it seems that as long as the offering is wrong once, the spiritual light on its body will dim a bit. I estimate that when the spiritual light completely dissipates, the inheritance inside will also disappear."

"The ancients were right; this spirit-offering ritual probably won't last many times."

He shook his head, but there wasn't much disappointment in his tone.

In any case, most of the legacies left behind by ancient cultivators are not considered good things and may not be truly practical.

In terms of the transmission of cultivation methods or spells, the Xuanzhen Temple's scripture pavilion can be described as all-encompassing.

This ancient peach offering was a chance encounter; the ancient cultivation tradition within it is neither something to be overjoyed by, nor something to be saddened by.

Since he had no psychological burden, Li Yinsheng was too lazy to dwell on anything. Seeing that the black stone and the Daoist scripture were both wrong, he took out a few items he carried with him from his Qiankun bag and put them on.

First, there was a yellow talisman obtained from someone's Qiankun bag at Huanghe Temple.

Then came a bottle of Nourishing Essence Pills.

Next were the chessboard and pieces he had previously used to play chess with the deputy abbot of Huanghe Temple.

I also tried putting in a few talisman coins.

Finally, after hesitating for a moment, he simply grabbed a handful of soil from the ground and sprinkled it on the offering table.

Each time he added new offerings, the spiritual light of the ancient peach sacrifice would dim even further.

After he finished spreading the soil, the light had faded to the point of being as faint as a candle flickering in the wind.

Li Yinsheng estimated that he could try one or two more times at most, and if that still didn't work, then the inheritance would probably disappear.

He also considered trying treasures like the Cold Bright Sword or the Silver Silk Robe, but then he thought that if the offering was correct, the offering itself might disappear.

If the offerings disappear, he will suffer a huge loss.

As the light faded, the disappointment on Mu Xiaoyu's face grew deeper.

Unlike Li Yinsheng, she was quite excited after realizing that this was a kind of serendipitous encounter.

When she read storybooks at home, she often read about a certain hero who had a miraculous encounter and then soared to great heights.

Today I finally had a wonderful encounter, but it seems I'm going to gain nothing.

Just as Li Yinsheng was hesitating about whether to break off a branch from the peach tree as a sacrifice, Mu Xiaoyu tugged at his sleeve.

"Senior brother...can I try it too?"

Li Yinsheng looked down at her and smiled, "Junior Sister, you also want to offer a sacrifice? Alright, then you can do it this time. What do you want to offer?"

Anyway, I didn't have any hope for this spirit offering anyway. My junior sister found this place, so it wouldn't hurt to let her give it a try.

Mu Xiaoyu stepped forward, brushed the dirt off the offering table, took out a plate, placed a string of candied hawthorns on the plate, and set it on the offering table.

Li Yinsheng shook his head and chuckled.

It's a choice that's not surprising at all.

But the next moment, something unexpected happened to him.

Suddenly, the ancient peach tree burst into a brilliant light, and a stream of light emerged from the tree canopy, disappearing into Mu Xiaoyu's brow in the blink of an eye.

Li Yinsheng was dumbfounded.

Does this work? !

After emitting a stream of light, the spiritual light on the ancient peach tree completely disappeared, as if it had turned into an ordinary peach tree.

Mu Xiaoyu stood there blankly in front of the offering table, her large eyes looking completely lost, much like she was after receiving the divine consciousness jade slips every day, as if she was digesting the inheritance flooding into her mind.

However, this time her period of confusion lasted much longer than when she used the divine sense jade slip.

Li Yinsheng stood beside her, not disturbing her, but simply waiting silently.

It took Mu Xiaoyu about three incense sticks' worth of time to come back to her senses.

"Senior brother!" she exclaimed excitedly, pointing to the peach tree where the spiritual light had dissipated. "The offering! That's right! It gave us an ancient cultivator's spell!"

"Hmm...and I feel like it's actually pretty amazing!"

She casually picked up a candied hawthorn that hadn't disappeared despite being used as a sacrifice, and ate it as she spoke.

"Oh?" Li Yinsheng was skeptical.

His junior sister has only learned a few spells so far, including the Splitting Light Sword, the Fierce Appearance Sword, the Art of Object Manipulation, and the Art of Armored Horses. Her perspective is limited, so he finds it hard to believe her assessment of the level of spells.

"It's true, senior brother. If you don't believe me, I'll tell you!"

With a candied hawthorn in one hand and Li Yinsheng in the other, Mu Xiaoyu found a relatively flat rock to sit on.

After taking a candied hawthorn from her Qiankun bag and handing it to Li Yinsheng, Mu Xiaoyu began to explain the ancient arts she had inherited.

"According to the legacy that the sacrificial spirit gave me, this ancient technique is called 'Kanli Tunji'. Although I think I've learned it, I don't fully understand it. Let me recite it to my senior brother first..."

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After a long time, more than a dozen bamboo skewers were scattered on the ground.

Mu Xiaoyu finally finished explaining this ancient technique and picked her teeth with a bamboo skewer.

Li Yinsheng glanced at the peach tree with a strange expression, and had to admit that the legacy left by the ancient cultivator was indeed quite valuable.

The ancient technique that my junior sister obtained cannot be strictly considered a conventional spell used by ancient cultivators, but rather a "secret technique" of ancient cultivators.

One of the methods ancient cultivators used in their practice was to "harmonize the dragon and tiger, and capture Kan to fill Li," thereby refining their Qi and cultivating their spirit to prolong their lives.

The goal of this approach is to achieve the harmony of "dragon and tiger, and the balance of Kan and Li".

However, this achievement is extremely difficult to attain, and most ancient cultivators cannot reach this stage.

Therefore, some people had ideas—

Perhaps I cannot reach the level of "Kan and Li in balance", but could I imitate it in advance in some way?

There must be some advantages to this, right?

The result of this idea was that the junior sister obtained the "Dragon and Tiger Devouring the River" technique, which can also be called "Kan and Li Devouring the River".

A normal interaction between the dragon and the tiger, or the balance between Kan and Li, requires that Kan and Li, and the dragon and the tiger, spontaneously and actively converge and merge.

However, the person who created this secret technique felt that water and fire are inherently incompatible, and dragons and tigers are inherently competitive. It would be too difficult to achieve compatibility between water and fire and harmony between dragons and tigers, so it would be better to do the opposite.

Instead of pursuing compatibility and harmony, we simply let the dragon and tiger devour each other, and then naturally merge into one.

After all, isn't this also a kind of integration?

Therefore, this secret technique is called "Dragon and Tiger Devouring the Earth," which directly uses devouring instead of melting, opening up a new path and quickly achieving the Great Dao!

Then the first creator killed himself.

They died a terrible death.

But his unorthodox ideas have been passed down, and over the years people have been interested in them, with a constant stream of people trying them out of defiance.

It wasn't until a genius came across the prototype of this method and then spent many years perfecting it that it became useful.

This secret technique can temporarily mimic the effects of "Dragon and Tiger in Harmony" through a limited amount of "Dragon and Tiger Devouring Each Other," allowing one's magical power to increase significantly in a short period of time.

Moreover, since the dragon and tiger devouring each other is limited, the consequences of this technique are not severe.

It just means that after using it, you will feel listless, your magical power will be weak, and you will be frail for a period of time.

Unless used frequently or for an extended period at a time, it will neither shake the foundation nor affect future practice.

Li Yinsheng was not unfamiliar with those secret techniques that could temporarily boost one's cultivation level; there were several such techniques in the Xuanzhen Temple's scripture pavilion.

But this Dragon-Tiger Devouring the Water technique was indeed the best secret technique he had ever seen for improving cultivation.

Those with better effects all have extremely severe side effects.

It has similar side effects, but its effects are far inferior.

If there is any drawback, it is that as one's cultivation level increases and one gets closer to the achievement of "Dragon and Tiger in Harmony," its effect will naturally become worse.

Most importantly, the approach of "harmonizing the dragon and tiger, capturing Kan and filling Li" is the mainstream of ancient cultivation methods, but modern cultivation methods have not abandoned it. It's just that its status is not as important as it was in ancient cultivation.

Therefore, this ancient secret technique of Dragon and Tiger Devouring the Earth can still be used by non-traditional cultivators!

"Hmm..." Li Yinsheng nodded in agreement. "Although the ancient cultivation methods have been phased out and are declining, they still have many merits."

With this secret technique, whether it's the Trial of Brilliance in the spring and summer of next year or the Shaoyang Dao Examination at the end of next year, Junior Sister will have a better chance of winning.

As for the side effects of feeling listless and having diminished magical power after using it...

It also states that, if conditions permit, one can rely on the assistance of someone with profound cultivation to recuperate, thus greatly shortening the duration of side effects.

Moreover, since my junior sister cultivates the Pure Profound Scripture, the first three levels of which refine her vital energy, giving her a solid foundation, the duration of side effects should be further shortened.

"Not bad, junior sister," Li Yinsheng said with a smile, tapping Mu Xiaoyu's nose. "You really are destined for this art. This ancient technique might be of great use to you."

Mu Xiaoyu rubbed her nose.

For some reason, looking at her senior brother's smile made her feel a little uneasy.