Chapter 014: The Xuan Yuan Dragon Control Technique

Lin Yi was quite relieved that he had almost forgotten the time. If he had really missed it and the stone door had closed, trapping him inside, he would have no chance to practice any divine skills. Unless he could become a god who doesn't need to eat or drink, he would eventually starve to death.

As the first ray of sunlight from the east shone upon the valley, the stone door in front of Lin Yi suddenly made a mechanical sound and closed with a "thud."

After the stone door closed, Lin Yi approached it again. However, no matter what he did, the stone door remained closed, showing no sign of opening.

It seemed that the eight sentences on the first stone tablet were not lying. If the stone door closed, it would indeed not open again. To open it again, one would have to wait for five years.

Although Lin Yi was slightly disappointed, he was still glad to have obtained the box containing the secret manual. He would wait until he returned home to study it and make a decision.

"Xiao Yi, are you okay?" A familiar voice sounded behind Lin Yi. He turned around and found that Old Lin had somehow appeared behind him.

"Damn! Old man, do you want to kick me to death? You gave me an aerial kick from such a high mountain. Do you really think I'm Superman?" Lin Yi thought about how he had fallen from the mountaintop last night, and his bones still ached slightly.

"You didn't die, did you?" Old Lin felt a great relief when he saw that Lin Yi was fine. Although he had always appeared calm, he was actually very anxious. After all, Lin Yi had fallen from such a high mountain, and although his body had been soaked in the herbal medicine he had prepared, Old Lin had no confidence in the outcome.

"Almost." Lin Yi hesitated about whether to tell Old Lin about what he had seen and heard, but after some thought, he decided to tell the whole story, as Old Lin was well-informed.

"Old man, I entered the cave yesterday..." Lin Yi pointed to the stone door of the cave behind him and said to Old Lin.

"Uh-huh..." Old Lin had already seen the box in Lin Yi's hand and knew that he had definitely been in the cave last night. However, hearing Lin Yi admit it made him very happy. At least Lin Yi didn't treat him as an outsider, and it was worth all the effort he had put into raising him.

"Then..." Lin Yi, not understanding Old Lin's reaction, told him about what he had seen and heard in the cave. Finally, he handed the box to Old Lin and said, "This is the box!"

"You keep it yourself." Old Lin glanced at the box and said indifferently.

"Aren't you going to take a look?" Lin Yi was puzzled. How could Old Lin not care about such a miraculous thing?

"Looking won't help." Old Lin shook his head.

Although Lin Yi had many questions, Old Lin's attitude of "don't ask me" and "do as you please" made him hesitate to speak.

Together with Old Lin, they struggled to return home from the bottom of the valley. Old Lin fell asleep on the bed, leaving Lin Yi alone, staring at the box.

Since Old Lin showed such indifference, Lin Yi could only study the contents of the box himself. He placed the box on the old eight-legged table and began to examine it.

The small box was exquisitely crafted, like the wooden boxes used in the past to hold imperial edicts or medicines. However, it was not locked. Lin Yi opened the clasp on the box, and the lid easily opened!

Lin Yi's eyes widened, and his breathing became rapid. Finally, the lid opened, revealing a silk scroll inside.

He picked up the scroll and noticed a jade pendant at the bottom of the box. Lin Yi quickly picked up the jade pendant and examined it under the light.

The jade pendant was of excellent quality but very unique. It was carved with a pattern similar to a totem and inscribed with characters that Lin Yi could not understand, definitely not in seal script. The jade pendant and the characters on the scroll were clearly not from the same system.

This made Lin Yi curious. Logically, the characters in the cave and on the scroll should be the same, but the jade pendant was an exception.

Later, Lin Yi also asked Old Lin about the jade pendant, but Old Lin did not know its purpose. In fact, when Old Lin saw the jade pendant, he showed a very surprised expression, even more surprised than when he saw Lin Yi bring the box out of the cave.

Later, Lin Yi could only guess that the jade pendant was used for practice and decided to wear it all the time.

Lin Yi carefully unfolded the scroll, but he was slightly disappointed. The scroll was very thin, just a piece of silk.

However, Lin Yi had read martial arts novels and understood that powerful manuals did not depend on the number of words. The Nine Yin White Bone Claw, practiced by Mei Chaofeng, could be written on a piece of human skin. Therefore, Lin Yi read the scroll with great anticipation.

The five large characters in seal script, "Xuan Yuan Dragon Control Technique," immediately caught Lin Yi's eye. The same font was used on the stone tablet in the cave's main hall.

However, below the title, there was a line of small text: "First Stage — Heavenly Silkworm." Then came the main text: "Ordinary people are like ants. How can they change the great path and control the world..."

Lin Yi quickly scanned the main text. The first stage was divided into three levels: early, middle, and late. However, on this page of the scroll, there was only the first stage of the "Xuan Yuan Dragon Control Technique."

Of course, Lin Yi was not foolish enough to think that the "Xuan Yuan Dragon Control Technique" had only one stage. Since there was a first stage, there must be a second and third stage.

As for where the other scrolls were, Lin Yi did not know. They might be behind the stone door in the main hall or somewhere else. Everything would have to wait until he completed the first stage of the "Xuan Yuan Dragon Control Technique" before making other plans.

Although the introduction to the "Xuan Yuan Dragon Control Technique" was difficult to understand, the cultivation process was described in great detail, even with diagrams of human acupoints for reference. This was not a problem for Lin Yi, who had practiced martial arts since childhood.

Without much thought, Lin Yi began to practice the first stage of the "Xuan Yuan Dragon Control Technique" — Heavenly Silkworm. Because he was young and had no reservations, he believed that practicing a more advanced skill could help him defeat Old Lin. He never considered whether this practice would conflict with his current martial arts or even lead to a mental breakdown.

It wasn't until many years later that Lin Yi realized that his initial motivation for practicing the "Xuan Yuan Dragon Control Technique" was mostly because the name sounded impressive! A skill that could defeat dragons must be incredibly powerful! Although Lin Yi later learned that what he was practicing was not a martial art.