Chapter 0014: 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 wouldn't be able to practice any divine skills. Unless he could become a god and not need to eat or drink, he would eventually starve to death.

When 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, "rumbling" as it closed.

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

It seemed that the eight sentences written on the first stone tablet were not deceiving him. 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, it was fortunate that he had obtained the box containing the secret manual. He would have to 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 the old man, Lin, had somehow appeared behind him.

"Damn! Old man, are you trying 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 mountain top last night, and his bones still ached slightly.

"You didn't die, did you?" The old man felt a great relief when he saw that Lin Yi was fine. Although he had appeared calm before, 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, the old man had no real confidence.

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

"Old man, I entered the cave yesterday..." Lin Yi pointed to the stone door of the cave not far behind him.

"Uh-huh..." The old man 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 hadn't treated him as an outsider, and it was worth all the effort he had put into raising him.

"Then..." Lin Yi, unsure of the old man's intentions, told him everything he had seen and heard after entering the cave. Finally, he handed the box to the old man, saying, "This is the box!"

"You keep it yourself." The old man glanced at the box and said indifferently.

"You're not going to look?" Lin Yi was puzzled. How could the old man not care about such a miraculous thing?

"Looking won't help." The old man shook his head.

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

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

Since the old man 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 easily opened the latch and lifted the lid!

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

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

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

This puzzled Lin Yi. Logically, the inscriptions in the cave and on the scroll should have been consistent, but the jade pendant was an exception.

Later, Lin Yi asked the old man about the jade pendant, but the old man did not know its purpose. In fact, the old man was even more surprised when he saw the jade pendant than when he saw Lin Yi bring the box from the cave.

Later, Lin Yi could only rely on his own judgment, guessing that the jade pendant was used for practice. He kept the jade pendant with him.

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 were not necessarily long. The Nine Yin White Bone Claw, for example, could be written on a piece of human skin. Therefore, he 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.

However, below the title, there was a line of small text: "First Stage — 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, this page of the scroll only contained 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" only had the first stage. If 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 hall or somewhere else. For now, he would have to wait until he completed the first stage of the "Xuan Yuan Dragon Control Technique" before making any 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 cultivate the first stage of the "Xuan Yuan Dragon Control Technique" — the Silkworm stage. Because he was young and had no reservations, he believed that cultivating a more advanced skill could help him defeat the old man. He did not consider whether this cultivation would conflict with his current martial arts or even lead to a mental breakdown.

It was only many years later that Lin Yi realized that his initial motivation for cultivating the "Xuan Yuan Dragon Control Technique" was largely due to its impressive name! A skill that could defeat dragons must be incredibly powerful! Although Lin Yi later learned that what he was cultivating was not a martial arts skill.

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