Chapter 445: Chapter 314: The Benefits of a Celestial Immortal’s Preaching, Another Moment of Enlightenment

"Disciple pays respects to Master!"

"You may rise!"

Ye Lingfeng flicked his sleeve with the duster in hand, and said in a clear voice:

"Today, we begin the lecture on Dao!"

"The Dao that can be spoken of is not the eternal Dao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. Nameless, it is the origin of Heaven and Earth; with a name, it is the mother of all things. Therefore, constantly...

"...both are called mysterious. The mystery of mysteries is the gateway to all wonders,"

It is the very classic Tao Te Ching, passed down by Taiqing the Venerable, having endured the Calamity of Deification, Journey to the West Calamity, and countless eons through to the new Era of Calamity. It is now the essential reasoning for lectures across all sects.

This scripture contains the truths of Heaven and Earth, making it the easiest to convey the lecturer’s ideology and impart it into the hearts of the listeners.

From common Immortals to the mighty Golden Immortals, all can interpret their philosophies through the Tao Te Ching, much like how a thousand people would have a thousand interpretations of Hamlet, so would a thousand Immortals have a thousand different interpretations.

As Master passed his teachings through the lecture, more runes emerged in the air above the great hall, quickly coalescing into golden celestial flowers drifting downward, with runes beneath their feet forming golden lotuses, an epitome of celestial blossoms dispersing and earthly lotuses blooming.

The celestial flowers and golden lotuses increased in number, slowly spreading around and soon filling the entire great hall.

Su Yu caught sight of a celestial flower landing on his senior brother, whose eyebrows lifted, revealing a barely perceivable hint of joy.

Soon, a golden lotus barely touched his third senior brother, similarly integrating into his body, with a trace of happiness appearing on his face.

Celestial flowers and golden lotuses continued to be absorbed by the senior brothers, each showing joy, seemingly gaining some insight.

Su Yu raised his gaze, as a celestial flower fell upon him, but to his surprise, the golden flower did not merge into his body.

While puzzled, suddenly, he heard the voice of his master:

"Calm your mind, listen to the teachings!"

The voice exploded like a great bell beside him, leaving him dazed and disoriented, yet clearing all distractions from his mind, leaving only his master’s voice echoing within.

"The Valley Spirit never dies; it is called the Mystic Female. The gateway of the Mystic Female is the root of Heaven and Earth. It remains elusive, yet inexhaustible..." 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"Heaven and Earth are enduring. The reason Heaven and Earth can endure is because they do not exist for themselves, thus, they can last long. Therefore, saints put themselves last, yet they come first; they are outside themselves, yet they remain. Not by desiring..."

In this moment, Su Yu’s thoughts cleared, suddenly entering a state of enlightenment.

A refreshing coolness seeped into him from his forehead, making his mind even clearer.

A warmth surged from his chest, making his body transparent inside and out.

In this state of enlightenment, Su Yu clearly understood, with each golden flower absorbed, he could convert it into 10 billion cultivation points, and each earth-borne golden lotus into 10,000 Tao points.

"So this is the benefit of a master’s lecture!"

With newfound insight, a subtle force emanated from him, as celestial flowers and golden lotuses drifted closer to him, whereas previously touching them had bounced off, now, in the listening state, they merged into him.

The absorption pace was faster than any of his senior brothers.

Sitting at the head, Ye Lingfeng nodded slightly:

"Good!"

With a slight smile, he continued to give his lecture.

As time passed, with the continuous absorption of golden flowers and lotuses, Su Yu’s state improved, benefiting from feedback, absorbing at an increasingly faster rate, soon surpassing others by a wide margin. The gravity emanating from him constantly expanded until one moment, Su Yu’s consciousness suddenly entered a peculiar state.

"Buzz!"

A profound aura radiated from him, instantly attracting most of the celestial flowers and golden lotuses in the hall to form a whirlpool funneling them in.

The anomaly awakened the surrounding senior brothers, who looked on with astonishment.

"Sudden enlightenment!"

Astonishment quickly turned to envy.

Sitting at the head, Ye Lingfeng nodded with a smile, flicking the duster in his hand. The scattered celestial flowers and lotuses around the great hall floated towards Su Yu under invisible force.

"The highest good is like water. Water benefits all things without competing; it rests where others disdain, thus it is close to Dao..."

Su Yu couldn’t hear scriptures, but in this mysterious state of sudden enlightenment, he could perceive them.

In this state, without Su Yu even realizing, his experience pool of cultivation points and Tao points began consuming at an extremely fast pace.

Accumulated before and now added to the lecture, Su Yu’s experience pool contained an impressive 12 trillion cultivation points and 4.85 million Tao points, rapidly consumed in an instant like flowing water.

These cultivation points and Tao qualifications naturally merged into him during the state of sudden enlightenment, constantly enhancing his ancient dragon lineage.

A master’s lecture doesn’t just ramble on about the Tao Te Ching, but uses one’s own theories to expound on it, using it as a vehicle to convey one’s reasoning.

Ye Lingfeng focuses on bloodlines and body refinement, so the benefits gained from his lectures are mainly in these areas.

Even in the state of sudden enlightenment, it enhances these aspects, not suddenly gaining insight into something like Swordsmanship.

Within the mysterious enlightenment state, all cultivation points and Tao qualifications were exhausted, with Su Yu’s ancient dragon lineage continually enhanced.

An initial progress of 2/100.

As every cultivation point and Tao qualification was depleted, along with Master’s lecture assistance, the bloodline progress swiftly advanced.

+3

+4

.....

+8

In one breath, progressing to +9.... The cultivation points and Tao qualifications were used up.

"Just a bit short of +10."

Su Yu’s mind grasped, knowing every ten levels in the ancient dragon bloodline would undergo a small qualitative change.

Without hesitation, he decisively invested all stored Power of Heavenly Dao Origin within the Sea Suppressing Realm, with the excess at +9 combined, finally pushing the ancient dragon bloodline past its limit to +10/100.