Chapter 26: The Turtle Immortal

Chen Mobai took out his phone and opened "Turtle Treasure."

Just as he was about to press the prominent [Proxy] button, he remembered something.

He exited "Turtle Treasure" and opened "National Library," first logging out of his account.

"Will it work without an account?"

Muttering to himself, Chen Mobai pressed [Proxy], and the interface immediately bounced back to his phone's home screen.

[Please select a proxy app]

Huh?

Why did it directly select "Auxiliary Cultivation" last time? Perhaps the [Proxy] function, when activated, automatically proxies the app you are currently using. If you start it from "Turtle Treasure," you need to manually select.

Chen Mobai didn't think much about it and tapped the icon for the "National Library" app.

Another interface popped up.

[No account found, cannot proxy. Would you like to create a new account?]

This feature is quite user-friendly!

Chen Mobai tapped [Yes].

While inputting the account name, he thought for a moment. The first thing that came to mind was: "Report to the peach blossoms."

It perfectly complemented his previous line, "If I were the Green Emperor in the future."

But after some thought, he decided it might expose him, so he opted for something less literary.

Finally, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he entered two characters:

Turtle Immortal!

After registering the new account, the proxy function activated.

He saw a cute little turtle appear in the center of the "National Library" app he had opened. It spun around and then merged into his user avatar in the top right corner.

However, this time it was different from proxying "Auxiliary Cultivation." The little turtle struggled to circle his avatar repeatedly, indicating that the "National Library's" protective power far exceeded that of "Auxiliary Cultivation," and it couldn't achieve its goal in one go.

In the end, it managed to elevate his permissions to nearly four halos before it could no longer move and disappeared.

Third-stage user.

Which meant he was now a Golden Core True Person.

Seeing this, Chen Mobai felt a mix of relief and a slight disappointment.

The Turtle Treasure wasn't omnipotent; it seemed there were forces within the Immortal Sect that could suppress it.

But this was for the best. If he had been elevated to the fourth stage, the Immortal Sect would have definitely noticed that his new alias, Turtle Immortal, was problematic.

After all, every Golden Core True Person in the Immortal Sect was well-known. A mysterious Turtle Immortal suddenly appearing would be too suspicious.

Suppressing his thoughts, Chen Mobai excitedly opened the "National Library" app, which had been successfully proxied.

He wasn't sure what the difference was between third-stage and his previous first-stage permissions.

The interface looked the same.

He glanced at the user guide and was immediately intrigued by the opening lines.

For first-stage users, there was no choice; they had to read whatever cultivation method the National Library provided. However, third-stage users had a great deal of freedom.

By inputting your thoughts, expected goals, and available resources, the National Library's artificial spirit would compare them with the 84,000 Daoist texts in its collection and list 30 cultivation methods in order of priority for you to choose from.

In a sense, 95% of the National Library was already open to third-stage users.

After all, for fourth-stage users, who were Golden Core True Persons, the number of useful Daoist texts was limited.

Chen Mobai suppressed his excitement, entered his spiritual root attributes in the input field, and pressed the search button.

Instantly, 30 cultivation methods appeared.

Five in a row, six rows in total.

At the top of the list was still the "Five Elements Technique"!

Chen Mobai opened it and found it was the complete version, capable of cultivating up to the Golden Core stage. He was about to download it when a prompt appeared.

[Insufficient points, cannot download]

It seemed even the most noble users couldn't get away with freeloading.

Third-stage users got a 30% discount, but since Turtle Immortal was a new account, it had no points.

However, Chen Mobai didn't intend to take all the advantages, so he was quite balanced in his mindset. He exited the "Five Elements Technique" interface and continued browsing.

"The Boundless Technique," "Water Flower Sword Canon," "Mystic Yin Great Method," "Nine Curves Diagram," "Ten Thousand Rivers Book," "Jade Purity Scripture," "Pure Yang Scroll"...

Each title was more impressive than the last.

The "Jade Purity Scripture" was the highest method of the Great Origin Academy and one of the seven methods in the Immortal Sect that could cultivate a divine soul.

The "Pure Yang Scroll" was no less impressive, being the supreme method of the Pure Yang Academy and also a divine soul method.

However, as he continued reading, Chen Mobai realized a principle.

All methods ultimately converge.

Although the National Library had 84,000 Daoist texts, most of them were derived from the seven divine soul methods. Regardless of your spiritual root, if you wanted to achieve the Great Dao, you would eventually have to follow one of these seven paths.

As a third-stage user, the artificial spirit provided at least methods for reaching the Golden Core stage, assuming he had the potential to cultivate a divine soul. Therefore, among the 30 methods, the "Jade Purity Scripture" and the "Pure Yang Scroll" were included based on his spiritual root attributes.

The "Jade Purity Scripture" could be considered the ultimate version of the "Five Elements Technique," with low requirements for spiritual root attributes, and even better if they were balanced.

However, the "Jade Purity Scripture" was extremely difficult to cultivate, and only after reaching the Golden Core stage could one comprehend it.

So, when Chen Mobai excitedly opened it, he found his permissions were insufficient, and he could only read the introduction and table of contents.

Feeling somewhat disappointed, he read through the brief introductions of all 30 methods, trying to find the one most suitable for him.

"The Boundless Technique," a method from the Natural Academy, cultivated pure and powerful magical power, making one invincible in battles at the same cultivation stage, but it required a large amount of spiritual energy and had a slow cultivation speed.

"The Water Flower Sword Canon," a sword cultivation method from the Mountain and Sea Academy, condensed water into swords and formed sword formations. Once mastered, one could fight multiple opponents and was invincible in water.

...

Just reading the introductions made Chen Mobai, who had a choice paralysis, quite hesitant.

But he soon realized something.

The new account "Turtle Immortal" had zero points.

He couldn't download any of the 30 methods.

Even his main account "Green Emperor" only had about 3,000 points, representing the good deeds he had accumulated from childhood, with nearly 1,000 added recently from purchasing Green Arrow Talismans and Qi-replenishing elixirs online.

There were simply not many places to spend points.

Chen Mobai opened the last method, the "Pure Yang Scroll."

Although it was also a divine soul method, compared to the high threshold of the "Jade Purity Scripture," it was more gradual and had a clear and straightforward progression path.