I Seek Immortality Through Serendipity

Gu Yuan still couldn’t see the structure inside the Transmission Hall clearly.

The green light guided him, as if the heavens and earth were spinning. Upon reopening his eyes, he found himself inside the Transmission Hall, where jade scrolls and precious books floated in the air, appearing like scales on a jade dragon’s body, gently moving around him at his will, available for him to peruse.

After Foundation Establishment, the cultivator’s mana greatly increases, adding three hundred years to their lifespan. They are no longer ordinary disciples; many Dharma Seals can be freely chosen, as long as one can comprehend and refine them.

However, the Transmission Hall is not the sole place for teaching in the Daoist School. Within the Seven Vein Families, many ancestors secretly pass down secret seals and divine powers, unrecorded in the Transmission Hall.

These secret seals and divine powers often become the key to the Seven Vein Families’ disciples winning in magical combat.

But the items within the Transmission Hall are not ordinary either. Those with exceptional comprehension can also acquire formidable methods.

Gu Yuan did not hastily choose; instead, he read through everything, taking an initial look.

Even after just a few glances, he felt his horizons broaden considerably.

"The Supreme Yang Sword Seal, the method to refine this seal is simple but its power is vast. Once unleashed, there’s no turning back, and it will instantly drain all the mana within the cultivator, transforming into a sword light of extreme hardness and brightness—either you win, or you die."

"The Flame Four Pillar Seal requires finding four types of Heaven-Earth Strange Fire and merging them into one to form the seal. Once used against enemies, the four fires spring forth, summoning endless fire spirits that form four pillars of celestial flame, unmatched in might, which can’t be broken without Great Magical Power."

"The Unbinding Seal requires the bone of the exotic beast Bai Ze as its foundation. Once refined, your eyes become discerning, allowing you to identify the effects and age of rare herbs and monster spirits across the land with one glance; nothing remains unrecognized, truly miraculous."

"Five Directions Dietary Seal requires finding five spiritual objects and comprehending Dao Patterns to form the seal. Once formed, with a thought, you can summon five spirits to cook food, incredibly delicious and a true delicacy of the world." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"The Yin Yang Transformation Seal requires gathering forty-nine corpses of men and women, extracting the yin and yang qi, and using secret materials and spiritual treasures to refine it. Once refined, you can freely change between male and female bodies, acting as normal, and even conducting affairs as a man or woman, unseen by those without Great Magical Power."

"..."

After Foundation Establishment, the Dharma Seals in the Transmission Hall clearly increased. Besides combat seals, there are also many strange methods, unbinding, dietary, Yin Yang transformation, encompassing myriad phenomena, everything one could wish for.

Gu Yuan read with great interest, increasingly realizing the profundity of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

During Qi Refining, a cultivator’s mana cannot unite with the heavens, and their life is exceedingly short, unable to afford any slack except in cultivation.

But after Foundation Establishment, although a cultivator’s mana still cannot unite with the heavens, the Dao Foundation within brings innate wonder, offering vast and surging mana, enabling many previously unimaginable methods to be easily performed.

After observing for a long time, Gu Yuan eventually focused his attention on the "combat seals."

With the Red Moon River campaign imminent, time is short for him, and he still needs to enhance his combat methods for self-protection; those mysterious seals can be trained later in leisure.

Over the years, the Daoist School has actually already explored various Dharma Seals very thoroughly.

The most profound and adept at magical combat seals have already been highlighted by predecessors.

"Golden Brilliance Great Sword Seal is one of the Daoist School’s secret true seals, only accessible to those who practiced the Golden Sword Seal during Qi Refining. Once unleashed, its sword light is as bright as the sun, shattering clouds and cities, immense and mysterious, unstoppable by those without extraordinary mana!"

"Profound Yang Nether Sulfur Seal requires transforming all of a cultivator’s mana into a Gilded Red Flame and then refining it with the Profound Yang True Flame to form the seal. Once completed, celestial fire spews like breaths, turning even careless cultivators of the same realm into ashes instantly."

"Celestial Spirit Star Seal, once completed, can draw star power, causing a rapid rise in mana. Every move is empowered by star power, like an endless star river. Purely through mana, it can even slaughter fellow cultivators—extraordinarily formidable. However, cultivation requires those with exceptional comprehension and knowledge of star secrets!"

"Mysterious Cloud Golden Cauldron Seal can mobilize vast cloud qi, transforming into a Cloud Qi Golden Tripod. Any magic, once unleashed, will be eroded by the vast cloud qi, dispersing like clouds and fog, impervious to a thousand techniques. Yet, it requires day and night refining, needing a grinding effort of attracting cloud qi, consuming substantial time."

"Toad Light Godslaying Seal harnesses moonlight, possessing the ability to sever one’s soul. Once the divine light in the eyes is unleashed, the enemy cultivator’s soul will disperse in an instant."

"Dragon-Binding Truth-Sealing Seal, drawing upon the Earth’s wood qi, can manifest vast power. If cultivated to its peak, it could bind Flood Dragons and subdue Great Demons, exceptionally formidable. However, cultivating this seal requires finding ’Dragon-Binding Wood’, comprehending Dao Patterns, and refining it to mobilize endless spiritual power. The higher the quality of Dragon-Binding Wood and the stronger the cultivator’s mana, the more vast the power of the seal becomes. Once refined, one can even seek higher-quality Spirit Wood to re-refine the seal."

"Great Five Elements Capturing Seal, once unleashed, can restrain an enemy cultivator’s mana, capturing them in a moment. However, this seal’s power depends on the cultivator’s mana; the stronger the mana, the stronger the seal, and if the mana is weak, the seal is merely ornamental."

Seven Daoist Seals match the Daoist School’s Seven True Maps and are all renowned seals within the school. Mastering one can grant tremendous power, but cultivation is also extremely challenging, requiring either extraordinary comprehension or rare spiritual materials, or grinding effort with the Dao Foundation, bitterly training day and night.

These Seven Daoist Seals made Gu Yuan quite eager.

But True Map Dao Foundation differs; the seals don’t fit well. Trying to forcefully cultivate them could be detrimental.

The True Map Dao Foundation represents a person’s path on the grand way; as they say, out of the myriad ways, one can only draw from one stream. A person cannot walk two paths simultaneously.

Even the Five Elements True Wheel Diagram can’t practice all seals simultaneously; the Five Elements are merely one grand way, and once the Dao Foundation is forged, non-composite Five Elemental methods can’t be practiced.

Only Gu Yuan’s Three Dharma Celestial Human Diagram breaks this limitation, forging three kinds of Dao Foundations, allowing simultaneous cultivation of three methods.

However, apart from the "Dragon-Binding Truth-Sealing Seal," the Transmission Hall does not offer the prestigious "Vast Ocean Dao Foundation" and "Golden Rainbow Dao Foundation" methods.

The Golden Brilliance Great Sword Seal is considered a seal that matches the Golden Rainbow Dao Foundation, but since Gu Yuan did not complete the Golden Sword Seal during Qi Refining, it’s not feasible for him to cultivate this seal.

"In such a case, I can only pick the lesser from among the poor choices in generals, or perhaps seek other methods..."

After reviewing the numerous seals in the Transmission Hall, Gu Yuan couldn’t help but sigh silently.

Among the Three Dharma Celestial Human Diagram, apart from Planting the Heaven and Earth Evergreen Map, the other two True Maps come with innate Dharma Gates, unable to be chosen, and these two True Maps are not possessed by the Daoist School.

As such, the seals he needs are not readily available from the Daoist School.

The Golden Sword Technique remains accessible, but the Cangming Technique is quite rare.

After some contemplation, Gu Yuan ultimately selected three Dharma Seals.

The first choice is naturally the "Dragon-Binding Truth-Sealing Seal," as it aligns with the Cyan Ginseng Dao Foundation, with its vast power, making it an essential choice.

Besides, he also chose the "Thousand-Colored Glazed Sword Seal," which can split into a thousand sword lights like a glaze hue, sharp and peerless, captivating the heart and spirit, another Superior Sword Seal aligning with the Golden Rainbow Dao Foundation.

For the Vast Ocean Dao Foundation, Gu Yuan selected the "Vast Sea Qi Seal," which can summon vast water qi, adept in both offense and defense. For attacking foes, it can condense into an impressive water light, formidable beyond measure, and for defense, it can replicate like thousand overlapping waves, persistently lapping and eroding most technique attacks.

These three Dharma Seals are enough to comprehend for a long while. Gu Yuan did not overreach, and after making his decision, he copied the three methods and left.

The new Cave Mansion hasn’t been visited yet.

It will not only be his place of cultivation but also the "Sub-Elemental Qi" site—if well managed, he might not even need to cultivate both subsequent seals.