Chapter 152: The First Appearance of the ‘Stable’ Shan Yao

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Shan Yao’s strange thoughts were naturally not formed overnight, but the result of Lu Yuan’s repeated brainwashing.

Whether it was the idea of striking first to be strong or the idea of not standing under a dangerous wall, they were all a form of stable performance.

While Lu Yuan was imparting Shan Yao cultivation technique and divine ability, he would naturally subtly change some of her thinking habits.

These thinking habits might not be obvious, but it could save a person’s life most of the time.

For example, in the current situation, if Shan Yao did not strike first, she might not even reach the top of the mountain before she fail.

After dealing with the three small demons, Shan Yao did not encounter too much trouble.

After all, the strongest demon on this mountain was the five-hundred-year-old demon.

The other demons were only some small demons that were comparable to Qi Cultivation Stage.

These little demons were naturally unable to cause too much trouble to Shan Yao.

Before long, Shan Yao arrived at the top of the mountain.

After she arrived here, she naturally met the 500-year-old demon.

The original form of this great demon was a willow tree that had cultivated into a spirit.

Relying on his special divine ability, this willow tree directly occupied the mountain and became the King of this land.

Facing this tree demon, Shan Yao did not choose to strike first.

Instead, she chose another principle that Lu Yuan had taught her… If she couldn’t beat them, she should run!

Therefore, after discovering that this tree demon’s strength seemed to have surpassed her current strength, Shan Yao rushed into the cave and took out a book that Lu Yuan had placed inside.

Then, she ran down the mountain at lightning speed.

Throughout the entire process, Shan Yao’s actions were very decisive and without any hesitation.

This shocked Xu Wan’er, Ge Xiu, and the others who were secretly observing her.

That’s right. Ge Xiu and the others had also quietly followed.

After all, this was the first time that Shan Yao had truly left the village, unlike the previous time she had sneaked out.

They were also very curious about what kind of ability Shan Yao had now.

Previously, when they saw that Shan Yao could decisively attack the three demons, they already felt that Lu Yuan had taught her well.

After all, he was one of the four masters of Shan Yao.

Village Chief, Ge Xiu, was in charge of imparting Shan Yao Swordsmanship.

Blacksmith, Tang Hongzhi, was in charge of imparting the techniques of forging the body and iron.

Pharmacist, Lian Caijun, was in charge of teaching Shan Yao about venomous insects and medical skills.

Lu Yuan, on the other hand, taught her a bit of everything.

This included but was not limited to spells, body cultivation, pill refinement, array, conduct, and so on…

Among them, in terms of spells and formations, it could not be said that Shan Yao had no talent in them. It could only be said that she had no possibility of mastering them at all.

Thus, Lu Yuan placed his focus on teaching Shan Yao strategy, pill refinement, and body cultivation.

Lu Yuan actually wanted to let Shan Yao learn more so that he could have a stronger sense of participation as a master.

From there, he could obtain more luck value.

However, this child… only had food in her mind.

How could Shan Yao, this silly girl, learn pill refinement?

Lu Yuan had to lie to her that pill refinement could make her food taste better.

When she heard that the pill refinement technique had such an effect, Shan Yao naturally became enthusiastic.

Of course, using ‘eat’ to trick Shan Yao into learning had become the consensus between Lu Yuan, Ge Xiu and the others.

Ge Xiu lied to her that learning swordsmanship would allow her to cut roasted meat better.

Tang Hongzhi lied to her by saying that the forging technique could better make bowls for eating and ensure that the food would not go bad for a long time.

Lian Juncai was the most ruthless. This guy who played with venomous insects simply said that if Shan Yao learned the venomous insect techniques, she could raise her own food and carry her own reserves with it.

With the bonus of the ‘foodie’ attribute, Shan Yao was fooled by Lu Yuan and the others. She studied very seriously and the effect was also very gratifying.

In the process of Shan Yao escaping from the tree demons, Lu Yuan and the others saw that the girl was already proficient in using physical techniques, swordsmanship, pills, and venomous insect worms.

Although her techniques were still a little tender, one should not forget that she was only an eleven-year-old child.

To be able to attain such an achievement with a body of innate first stage was enough to show the potential of Shan Yao.

In fact, in these five years, Lu Yuan and the others had also tried to let Shan Yao absorb spiritual energy and try to reach the foundation establishment stage.

However, the strange thing was that this child did not have any spiritual roots in her body at all, so she could not store spiritual power.

However, she also had an extremely astonishing rate of absorbing spiritual energy.

Even Lu Yuan, who had the support of the system, could not find the reason for this.

Fortunately, even without spiritual energy, Shan Yao could still use her inborn vitality to perform some special techniques.

In addition, she was also a body cultivator, so it was not very important whether she cultivated spiritual energy or not.

In the end, thanks to Shan Yao’s wonderful performance, she successfully escaped from the hands of the tree demon.

She had also successfully obtained the item that Lu Yuan had asked her to find from the mountain. It could be considered that she had perfectly completed Lu Yuan’s assessment.

After Shan Yao successfully descended the mountain, Ge Xiu and the others, who had been secretly observing her, sighed with emotion.

“Fellow Daoist Lu, it seems that Shan Yao has indeed learned a lot from you.”

Tang Hongzhi nodded, “This is the quality of a cultivator.”

Lian Juncai couldn’t help but interject, “If only this child knew how to poison in advance before striking first.”

Hearing the three master’s words, Lu Yuan’s face was calm, but internally, he was very surprised.

“Damn, I thought I was the only one who was cunning.” He thought. “1 didn’t expect the three of you to be no better.”

“It’s not that I didn’t want to teach Shan Yao some more ‘stable’ methods, but she is still young.”

“One had to eat one mouthful at a time, and take one step at a time”

“These current tricks were enough for Shan Yao to learn.”

After all, ‘a gentleman does not build a dangerous wall’ followed by ‘striking first to gain the upper hand’ and finally, a dying man’s words are kind’, this set of combined tricks was enough to prevent Shan Yao from suffering most of the losses in her future life.

And the final ‘run if you can’t beat him’ had eliminated the only possible danger that Shan Yao might encounter.

As for whether this method was too overbearing.

Ge Xiu and the others expressed that this was not a problem.

This was because the more a cultivator experienced the dangers of the world, the more they understood the importance of being alive.

‘Striking first to gain the upper hand’ could ensure that Shan Yao is put in an advantageous position.

‘Run if you can’t beat him’ can ensure that you can still avoid life-threatening danger even if you lose the advantage.

In short, only the living were qualified for celestial cultivation.

Seeing that Shan Yao had gradually mastered one percent of his steadiness, Lu Yuan felt that his Myriad Bone Forest plan could begin.

It would be less than six years before the Myriad Bone Forest opened.

If he wanted to enter the Myriad Bone Forest, Lu Yuan needed to make some preparations in advance.

After all, the only people who could enter the Myriad Bones Forest were cultivators who had joined the Yue Imperial Family.

Unaffiliated cultivators like Lu Yuan were not allowed to enter..