Chapter 1 Taught by the Master

After calmly accepting Fang Yue’s apprenticeship ceremony, Master Han had Fang Yue rise, and pondered: “According to my deductions, Xiao Ye, you are a descendant of the Night Moon Clan. As long as the opportunity arrives, you have a better chance than anyone to achieve immortality.

"Being of the Night Moon Clan, naturally the moon or night attribute cultivation methods I mentioned before are the most suitable.

"But without a complete inheritance, even if you cultivate these techniques, you won't reach the Rain-rank. They're only for transitional use. You can learn martial techniques of these two attributes based on your own situation, rather than just a specific stage's mental cultivation method. It depends on your personal needs."

"Yes, I respectfully heed Master's teachings!"

"No need to be so restrained. It's fine to call me Master Han as before."

Even so, hearing Fang Yue call him Master, Master Han rarely showed a smile, in a great mood. He thought for a moment and said, "If Xiao Ye has any questions or doesn't understand anything, tell me. I… your master, will try my best to answer them for you."

Fang Yue wasn't polite and raised the problems he encountered in his cultivation one by one.

Compared to Fang Yue's rapid advancement in strength and realm, his knowledge of cultivation was shockingly shallow.

Fortunately, Master Han had a good temper. He didn't criticize Fang Yue for asking such basic questions, which lowered the average knowledge level of the Congenital realm, but patiently taught him basic knowledge step by step.

Once Fang Yue could understand the basics, he would then branch out from this foundation and explain the questions Fang Yue had asked before, giving Fang Yue a foundation to understand the principles behind these questions, instead of just knowing the answers.

During their all-night conversation, Fang Yue finally had a crash course in his understanding of cultivation and basic knowledge, no longer relying solely on brute force.

The night passed quickly. Just as Fang Yue felt his brain was filled with all sorts of knowledge and started to ache, Master Han stopped explaining.

"Let's stop here for today. Go back and consolidate what you've learned and understand it thoroughly, and then I'll explain more in-depth cultivation knowledge to you. Usually, you can read the insights and experiences I recorded in the inheritance. It should be of great help to you."

Everyone who reaches the Rain-rank level has their own understanding, whether in knowledge or insight. This is a necessary process. Normally, without sufficient knowledge reserves, one cannot go far on the path of cultivation and cannot reach the peak.

Fang Yue also felt that if he continued to learn, he might forget the knowledge points he had just understood.

If Fang Yue were to learn the knowledge taught by Master Han by reading books, it would definitely be a headache, and he would become sleepy after a few glances.

But Master Han's simple and thorough explanation allowed Fang Yue to listen.

Seeing that the sun had risen outside and it was already morning, Fang Yue got up to take his leave, but suddenly, he thought of something and sat down again.

"What's wrong?" Master Han was stunned.

"Uh… Master, do you know anything about the Bizarre Spiritual Root?"

Bizarre Spiritual Root?!

Master Han's pupils contracted sharply, obviously reacting strongly to the term.

He frowned and calmed his mood for a moment before asking in a deep voice, "Where did you hear about the Bizarre Spiritual Root? Did someone say you have a Bizarre Spiritual Root?"

"Not really, but I feel like I might have a… Bizarre Spiritual Root? As for the term, I heard it from Qing Chen this morning. Qing Chen said that the ultimate goal of the Phoenix Organization's test subjects is to achieve the effect of a Bizarre Spiritual Root."

Hearing this, Master Han was relieved and chuckled lightly, "The Phoenix Organization's research is indeed somewhat similar to the Bizarre Spiritual Root. Perhaps their goal is indeed this, but there is no possibility of success at all."

"Why?"

"Because their prototype, the Bizarre Spiritual Root, is just a big lie."

"Ah… what do you mean?"

"Simply put, the Bizarre Spiritual Root is a spiritual root that doesn't exist at all. Or rather, it's not a spiritual root at all. As for you, Xiao Ye, I checked you from the beginning. You don't have a spiritual root, so naturally you don't have a Bizarre Spiritual Root."

"But…" Fang Yue quickly told Master Han about how he had reused the Fierce Yuan Pill and manifested the Bizarre Eye state.

"So that's what happened? But it makes sense. This shouldn't be because you have a Bizarre Spiritual Root, but because Doctor An's method itself is very similar to the Phoenix Organization's method.

"It's just that compared to Doctor An's slow research progress based on personal ability, the Phoenix Organization's massive operational capabilities have made this research more thorough and in-depth.

"It's reasonable that you encountered a small problem after taking the pills given by Doctor An.

"Furthermore, look at Lin Ling. Isn't his current appearance a permanent Bizarre Eye? Does he also have a Bizarre Spiritual Root?"

"This…"

Fang Yue was depressed. Could it be that I'm overthinking things?

Seeing that Fang Yue was still confused, Master Han didn't just brush it aside because Fang Yue had brought up such a useless matter.

Instead, in order to clear Fang Yue's confusion, he began to explain carefully and in detail.

"The so-called Bizarre Spiritual Root is a legend from a long time ago."

"Legend has it that people with Bizarre Spiritual Roots can simultaneously possess the abilities and characteristics of the bizarre, while also possessing human martial arts and realms, perfectly merging the two forces into one and becoming the strongest person."

"However, the Bizarre Spiritual Root is a big lie. Countless people have relentlessly researched the Bizarre Spiritual Root because of this legend, this spiritual root that simply doesn't exist in humans, or rather, a spiritual root that can't be detected, or rather… an artificial spiritual root!"

"Under the relentless efforts of countless people, the first human cultivator to fall into the Bizarre Path appeared."

"This is the first person in the true sense to 'possess' a Bizarre Spiritual Root after the legend of the Bizarre Spiritual Root."

"That cultivator, as a pioneer, considered himself extraordinary and changed his name to Bizarre Path Person."

"Since cultivating the Bizarre Path, his strength as a cultivator has stagnated. He slowly improved from Black-rank bizarre to Blood-rank bizarre."

"And in the process of cultivation, he found that his human cultivation strength was slowly declining. In this rise and fall, the two seemed to maintain some kind of balance."

"When he cultivated to the Blood-rank bizarre, he discovered… that his human cultivation had fallen from the immortal realm to the Rain-rank."

"At the same time, his mind began to become crazy. He would suddenly attack anyone he saw, and he also said that every time he cultivated, he felt Yin Messengers surrounding him, as if they were about to take his life at any time."

"Not long after, he died."

"His death was bizarre. He clearly had more than a thousand years of lifespan, but he died of exhaustion of his lifespan in just a month or two! As if he was killed by Yin Messengers!"

"Since then, the saying 'Cultivate the bizarre root, and Yin Messengers appear' has spread."