Zhang Ji Yuan stared at Chu Zhiyuan in disbelief.

"Giggle..." Lu Xiaolu laughed sweetly. "Junior Brother, what are you talking about? What Heavenly Person Sect?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "Senior Sister, this is some information I picked up back in the original Little Outer Heaven. After the Divine Race, there were Heavenly Persons, but sadly those inheritances have gradually been cut off."

Lu Xiaolu shook her head. "The Divine Race I know, but Heavenly Person Inheritance I’ve never heard of. What is it?"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "I forgot where I saw it in an ancient record. After the Divine Race disappeared, some people wanted to inherit the Divine Race Martial Arts, to use a human body to achieve the body of the Divine Race, so they created new Martial Arts to reach this goal, calling them Heavenly Person Martial Arts."

Lu Xiaolu said in amazement, "There’s even something like that? I really never heard of it... Mr. Zhang, is Junior Brother right?"

"How is that possible!" Zhang Ji Yuan looked at Chu Zhiyuan in astonishment.

He felt it was incredible, beyond imagination.

He never would have thought that Chu Zhiyuan could directly point to Heavenly Persons.

Heavenly Persons had left no traces in Biyuan Heaven, nor in Little Outer Heaven. How could Chu Zhiyuan know of them?! 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Lu Xiaolu clapped her hands and laughed. "Junior Brother, you’re amazing, you actually managed to guess it!"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "I was just making wild random guesses."

Lu Xiaolu’s smile was like a blossoming flower. "Even wild random guesses can hit the mark. That’s just like you, Junior Brother."

Chu Zhiyuan waved his hand with a smile. "Senior Sister, you flatter me."

Zhang Ji Yuan looked Chu Zhiyuan up and down in surprise. "I underestimated you, Xiao Chu. I didn’t expect you could really guess it!"

Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "No wonder the Heaven-Reaching Sect is so formidable. So it’s a Heavenly Person Inheritance."

"Sigh..." Zhang Ji Yuan shook his head with a bitter smile. "It’s called a Heavenly Person Inheritance, but we’ve never managed to open the complete inheritance. It’s only a fragment."

Lu Xiaolu asked, "You want Junior Brother’s help so you can get the complete inheritance together?"

"Yes." Zhang Ji Yuan said, "Things have come to this, there’s no need to hide it from you. The Inheritance Hall needs nine people acting together to open it... Xiao Chu, don’t you want to practice the Heaven-Reaching Sect’s complete mental method? Don’t you want to become a Spirit Venerable? Or even above Spirit Venerable!"

"Above Spirit Venerable, that would be the Divine Race?" Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "Heavenly Person Martial Arts shouldn’t be able to truly reach the realm of the Divine Race, right?"

"With the complete inheritance, there might not be no hope!" Zhang Ji Yuan said. "But reaching Spirit Venerable is certain!"

Chu Zhiyuan pondered.

If it were some other Martial Arts, he wouldn’t believe such words, but Heavenly Person Martial Arts were different.

The goal of Heavenly Person Martial Arts was to reach the realm of the Divine Race and become Divine Race, and the Divine Race’s power was probably even greater than a Spirit Venerable.

Lu Xiaolu’s bright eyes sparkled as she looked at Chu Zhiyuan.

Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "Mr. Zhang, I can agree to help, but I don’t want to join the Heaven-Reaching Sect."

"These three secret techniques—whether you join the Heaven-Reaching Sect or not—you can practice them." Zhang Ji Yuan sighed. "But if you want to join the Array and open the inheritance, you must be a Heaven-Reaching Sect Disciple. You understand that."

"Then there’s nothing I can do." A look of regret appeared on Chu Zhiyuan’s face.

Zhang Ji Yuan frowned. "Xiao Chu, I really can’t understand. Is the Heavenly Sword Sect so important to you that you’d rather give up such a great opportunity than take me as your master in the Heaven-Reaching Sect? ...Moreover, it’s not as if you’d have to leave the Heavenly Sword Sect. You could serve both Sects."

Chu Zhiyuan nodded. "The Heavenly Sword Sect is my root in this world. I can’t cut off my root."

"Heh heh..." Zhang Ji Yuan suddenly laughed. "You want to be the Sect Leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect, don’t you?"

Lu Xiaolu’s eyes lit up.

Chu Zhiyuan couldn’t help but laugh.

Zhang Ji Yuan said, "Even if you become a Heaven-Reaching Sect Disciple, you can still be Sect Leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect. As long as your Cultivation is high enough and you become a Spirit Venerable, do you think they wouldn’t beg you to be Sect Leader?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head. "I did originally want to become Sect Leader of the Heavenly Sword Sect, but now I’ve lost that intention. I just want to quietly focus on Cultivation."

"Then why not enter my Heaven-Reaching Sect? Don’t tell me you think the Heaven-Reaching Sect’s reputation isn’t big enough?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head with a smile. "I can’t stand being bound."

"What bindings do my Heaven-Reaching Sect Disciples have? Besides, once you become a Spirit Venerable, who could bind you..."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "On this matter I truly can’t help. Mr. Zhang, please look for someone else."

Zhang Ji Yuan frowned and looked at him.

Chu Zhiyuan’s expression was calm and firm.

Zhang Ji Yuan shook his head and sighed. "Then I’ll take my leave and come again another day."

When he finished, he cupped his fist toward Lu Xiaolu with a smile, then flickered and disappeared.

As soon as he disappeared, Lu Xiaolu hurriedly said, "Junior Brother, you could have agreed, couldn’t you?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head.

"Leaving aside the three secret techniques, there’s still the Heavenly Person Inheritance leading straight into the Spirit Realm," Lu Xiaolu said. "They’re not asking you to leave the Heavenly Sword Sect. With such great benefits, why not?"

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head with a smile.

Lu Xiaolu was puzzled. "Junior Brother, you’re pretty smart, how can you be so stubborn?"

Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile, "I prefer to be a pure Heavenly Sword Sect Disciple. Besides, I believe that with the Martial Arts I have now, I can step into the Spirit Realm."

"Sigh..." Lu Xiaolu was helpless. "You’ve just always had a smooth ride and never really suffered setbacks, so you don’t know how precious this opportunity is."

Chu Zhiyuan said with a smile, "Being able to practice this Ascension Technique is already enough for me."

Lu Xiaolu tilted her head at him and shook her own. "This doesn’t sound like you at all."

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head with a smile. "Senior Sister, let’s go, let’s take a walk outside."

"...All right." Although Lu Xiaolu didn’t understand and felt it was a pity, she didn’t keep trying to persuade him.

She didn’t think Chu Zhiyuan was any less intelligent than she was. Whatever she could think of, he could think of too.

Since he still made this choice in the end, he must have his reasons.

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Heavenly Sword Peak

Sect Leader’s Hall

The noonday sunlight made the hall bright and clear.

After hearing what Chu Zhiyuan had said, Zhou Chongming, the three Elders, and Lu Wanshan all frowned and pondered.

Lu Wanshan said, "Zhiyuan, you actually could have agreed."

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head with a smile. "Sect Leader, I still want to be a pure Heavenly Sword Sect Disciple. I don’t want to mix in other identities."

"What’s the point of that?" Lu Wanshan shook his head. "As long as your heart is on Heavenly Sword Peak, there’s nothing wrong with entering the Heaven-Reaching Sect."

Chu Zhiyuan shook his head. "In the end, it’s still different."

"You... you’ll regret this in the future." Lu Wanshan shook his head.

Zhou Chongming said, "Heavenly Person Inheritance... there’s actually such a Miracle Technique. Truly eye-opening."

Chu Zhiyuan said, "I originally intended to help them, but without joining the Heaven-Reaching Sect. Since they insisted I must join the Heaven-Reaching Sect to help, I could only refuse."

Meng Xusheng said, "Zhiyuan, you really don’t want to learn such a Miracle Technique?"

"Of course I want to. But if it means leaving the Heavenly Sword Sect, then forget it," Chu Zhiyuan said.

His real confidence came from the Three Elements Technique of the Taiqing Primordial Sect.

The Three Elements Technique was Divine Clan Martial Arts, only the progress in Cultivation was slow.

He had now already cultivated the Second Layer of the Earth Origin Technique. At his current rate, it would probably take a long time.

The Second Layer of the Heavenly Yuan Technique was even further away.

If he could cultivate all three Elements Techniques to the Second Layer, he felt he would definitely be able to step into the Spirit Realm.

And the Heaven-Reaching Sect’s mental method was incomplete. Even if they obtained the truly complete inheritance, it might not be stronger than the Three Elements Technique.

Lu Wanshan said in a deep voice, "Zhiyuan, you should still join the Heaven-Reaching Sect."

Chu Zhiyuan was stunned.

Lu Wanshan said, "Just have him keep it secret. We won’t speak of it, and the other Disciples won’t know."

Chu Zhiyuan hurriedly said, "Sect Leader..."

Lu Wanshan waved his hand to cut him off. "Zhiyuan, you can refuse to betray our Heavenly Sword Sect, but how could our Heavenly Sword Sect betray you? We mustn’t become an obstacle on your path forward."

"Senior Brother is wise," Meng Xusheng said with a smile. "Zhiyuan, just go ahead without worries. We believe in you. If you can cultivate an even more powerful mental method and truly step into the Spirit Realm, it’ll be all the better for us."