Chapter 00221: The Little Universe Technique
# The Little Universe Technique
Chapter 221
Novel: After the Myth
Chapter 221: The Little Universe Technique
"Master, your life-saving grace is something I will never forget for the rest of my life."
Ji Xinting, now able to move again, was so emotional that he was about to kneel down.
Ding Huan's divine sense stirred slightly, and the former top powerhouse of the Three Heavens Star Continent found himself unable to kneel.
"I am leaving this place and will soon establish a sect..."
Ding Huan hadn't yet decided on a name for the sect.
Moreover, to establish the sect, he would also need to deal with Elder He.
"Master, I will go with you. I will help you..."
What Ji Xinting desired most at this moment wasn't helping Ding Huan establish a sect but rather obtaining Ding Huan's cultivation techniques.
Ding Huan waved his hand, "I need the Hidden Sword Mountain, so you will stay there, cultivating while guarding it."
Ji Xinting was dumbfounded.
After a while, he said, "Master, my cultivation is completely gone. Staying here for a while is fine, but if I stay too long, I will surely die from poisoning."
Ding Huan looked at Ji Xinting, "Old Ji..."
"Master, please call me Xinting. 'Old Ji' is too informal."
Ding Huan sighed, "I've gotten used to calling you Old Ji. Although you are learning my techniques, I am only guiding you into the door. The technique I am about to pass on to you... let's call it the Divine Meridian Scripture."
Originally, Ding Huan wanted to name it the Little Universe Technique, but he quickly realized that if he did, Ji Xinting would undoubtedly ask why he wasn't being taught the Great Universe Technique.
To avoid unnecessary explanations, and considering that Ji Xinting currently had no meridians in his body—each meridian would need to be opened by himself—he decided to name it the Divine Meridian Scripture.
As the former top powerhouse, Ji Xinting was quick to understand.
Upon hearing Ding Huan's words, he immediately grasped the meaning, "Master, does the Divine Meridian Scripture involve opening meridians and acupoints within my own body?"
His body currently had no meridians, so the new technique would naturally involve opening them.
"Correct. I can only teach you the first three layers. The rest will depend entirely on your own comprehension. There is a cosmic vortex here. You will cultivate and gain insights here while also guarding our sect's trial grounds."
As Ding Huan spoke, he pointed to the cosmic vortex before them.
"But..."
Before Ji Xinting could finish his question, Ding Huan continued, "Don't worry. The first cycle of the Divine Meridian Scripture involves opening a detoxification meridian. As long as you cultivate according to my instructions, you can practice here for ten thousand years without being affected by the poison. Now, just tell me if you are willing to learn."
Overjoyed, Ji Xinting quickly bowed, "Disciple is willing to learn. Master, will mastering this technique allow me to exude the vast cosmic aura like yours?"
Ding Huan snorted, "You haven't even learned to walk yet, and you want to run? The comprehension and talent required for our lineage's techniques vary greatly. Whether you can achieve that depends not on my teaching but on your own future efforts."
"Disciple understands."
Ji Xinting thought of the cosmic aura Ding Huan had exuded during his cultivation and felt a renewed sense of anticipation.
Ding Huan modified the Great Universe Technique.
Ji Xinting wasn't cultivating with his body as the universe and the Dao as the vast starry sky.
This wasn't something that could be taught; it had to be comprehended personally.
Even if Ding Huan taught Ji Xinting the Great Universe Technique word for word, Ji Xinting might only end up learning the Little Universe Technique.
The same person learning the same technique might comprehend different aspects of the Dao.
Thus, the Divine Meridian Scripture Ding Huan gave to Ji Xinting used the method of cosmic evolution to open meridians, rather than starting from a single star to condense a galaxy.
Ding Huan had cultivated the Great Universe Technique to the Star Accumulation level, with a star mountain in his dantian.
Modifying the Great Universe Technique took him only a short hour.
After modifying the technique, Ding Huan inscribed it onto a jade slip and named it the Divine Meridian Scripture.
To his surprise, as soon as he finished inscribing the name, the characters began to blur.
Unwilling to accept this, Ding Huan inscribed it again, this time enhancing his divine sense to make the characters clearer.
Yet, after inscribing, the name disappeared once more.
It was as if the name was cursed.
Ding Huan checked the contents of the jade slip with his divine sense and found that the technique itself was unchanged, but the name simply couldn't be inscribed.
After some hesitation, he decided not to inscribe the name and simply handed the jade slip to Ji Xinting, "Cultivate according to this. Just remember the name of the technique."
"Thank you, Master."
Ji Xinting took the jade slip and expressed his gratitude once more.
When he picked up the jade slip and saw the four characters on it, he asked in surprise, "Master, is this the Little Universe Technique? Not the Divine Meridian Scripture?"
"How do you know it's the Little Universe Technique?" Ding Huan asked in astonishment.
He indeed thought of it as the Little Universe Technique, but he had inscribed the Divine Meridian Scripture, which had inexplicably disappeared.
"You wrote it there."
Ji Xinting felt as if his intelligence was being insulted.
Ding Huan's divine sense fell upon the jade slip, and he was shocked to find that the words "Little Universe Technique" had appeared on the jade slip he had given to Ji Xinting.
"Forget it. From now on, this technique will be called the Little Universe Technique. How far you can go with it depends entirely on you."
Ding Huan had no choice but to accept this.
Although Ji Xinting found his master's words somewhat strange, he agreed.
Ding Huan was satisfied that Ji Xinting didn't ask about the Great Universe Technique.
As for Ji Xinting's future achievements, Ding Huan wasn't lying.
He had only given the first three layers of the technique, which would allow Ji Xinting to cultivate up to the Star Accumulation level.
Beyond that, Ji Xinting would have to create new layers of the technique himself.
"Thank you, Master."
Ji Xinting carefully held the technique Ding Huan had given him.
Even when he first joined a sect and began cultivating, he hadn't been as devout as he was today.
Back then, he had known the potential of his achievements.
Today, he had no idea how far he could go.
As the former sect master of the Desolate God Sect and the top powerhouse of the Three Heavens Star Continent, Ji Xinting naturally understood this principle.
...
When Ding Huan returned to his small courtyard in Westwind City, he found not only Sang Yuhe there but also Guan Wan and Mo Huaping, the direct disciple of Liu Yinzhu.
"Brother Ding."
Seeing Ding Huan return, Guan Wan was overjoyed.
Mo Huaping, however, looked at Ding Huan with a complex expression.
She hadn't expected that the man once regarded as a lowly mortal by everyone had now become someone even True Core experts had to wait for.
Not only Sang Yuhe, but even her master held Ding Huan in high regard.
She and Guan Wan had been hiding in Westwind City and didn't know that Purple Mist Valley had sealed its mountain.
"Ah, why are you two here?" Ding Huan was indeed surprised to see Guan Wan and Mo Huaping.
Mo Huaping quickly explained, "My master saw that the sect master wasn't willing to fully adopt your suggestions, so she had Guan Wan and me leave the sect to hide for a while. Our cultivation isn't high, and we had nowhere to go. Guan Wan said that only Westwind City was safe, so we secretly came here."
Ding Huan nodded approvingly, "Your master's thinking is excellent. This place is indeed safe, at least for a few years. Now that I'm here, you can all come back with me."
"Is Purple Mist Valley still there?" Guan Wan asked in disbelief.
They hadn't dared to inquire, but from scattered news, they had heard that Purple Mist Valley seemed to have been destroyed.
"The sect of Purple Mist Valley is no more, but the place still exists. We'll talk more when we return."
Ding Huan then summoned his flying ship.
Only then did Sang Yuhe realize where Ding Huan intended to establish his sect—Purple Mist Valley.
This was no ordinary place.
In the cultivation world, it had once been one of the top ten sacred lands.
"Ding Huan, you said Purple Mist Valley is no more?" Sang Yuhe knew that while Purple Mist Valley wasn't the strongest, it was still a mid-tier sect.
How could such a sect be gone?
Ding Huan briefly explained the great battle between Purple Mist Valley and the Nine Tones Sect, which had nearly wiped out both sides.
After hearing Ding Huan's explanation, Sang Yuhe fell silent.
She wanted to tell Ding Huan that even if he wanted to establish a sect, he shouldn't choose Purple Mist Valley.
Was this a place where an ordinary sect could survive?
Why had Purple Mist Valley been destroyed? Wasn't it because the land was too good?
Back then, Purple Mist Valley's strength was only average, with a lack of mid-tier experts and insufficient disciple training.
Now that Purple Mist Valley was destroyed, countless sects coveted the land.
Ding Huan had also set his sights on Purple Mist Valley.
Wasn't this a bit...
"Ding Huan, I think we should choose another place to establish the sect."
Sang Yuhe cautiously voiced her opinion.
"No need. It's precisely because of Purple Mist Valley that I want to establish a sect. If it were somewhere else, I wouldn't bother."
Ding Huan was being completely honest.
At his current level of strength, he didn't have the time to waste establishing a sect elsewhere.
Purple Mist Valley was an excellent cultivation site.
Establishing a sect here would kill two birds with one stone.
In the future, when his array skills reached a high level, he would definitely set up a teleportation array between Purple Mist Valley and Hidden Sword Mountain.
This teleportation array would be called the Sect's Trial Teleportation Array.
In less than two days, Ding Huan's flying ship landed on the outskirts of Purple Mist Valley.
"Ding Huan, has Purple Mist Valley sealed its mountain?" Sang Yuhe immediately realized that Purple Mist Valley had indeed sealed itself.
If the mountain was sealed, that meant they couldn't enter.
Ding Huan, however, took out an array flag and easily opened a passage through the seal.
To Sang Yuhe's astonishment, Ding Huan entered Purple Mist Valley.
In both the cultivation world and the ascension realm, it was an unspoken rule that once a sect sealed its mountain, no attacks were allowed.
There was one exception: if a sect appeared to have sealed its mountain but its disciples were still secretly coming and going.
"Ding Huan, if someone sees this, won't Purple Mist Valley be attacked?" Sang Yuhe was deeply concerned.
Ding Huan sighed, "Even if no one sees it, Purple Mist Valley will be attacked soon enough."
Ding Huan knew very well that a sacred land like Purple Mist Valley would naturally be coveted by many.
Now that the Nine Tones Sect had also sealed its mountain, and Purple Mist Valley had done the same, along with the surviving cultivators who dared not show themselves, many sects eyeing Purple Mist Valley didn't know the full story and thus didn't dare to act rashly.
Once these sects learned that Purple Mist Valley had been completely wiped out, they would find an excuse to attack, whether the mountain was sealed or not.
The best excuse would be that someone had entered and exited the sealed Purple Mist Valley.
Thus, Ding Huan had to quickly deal with Elder He and advance to the next level of Star Accumulation, equivalent to the Soul Formation realm.
Otherwise, even if no one saw him entering and exiting the sealed mountain, others would use it as an excuse to attack Purple Mist Valley.
(End of Chapter)