Shrouding the Sky: Creating Your Own Cultivation Technique at the Start

Chapter 12 Dao Palace Scroll

After Lu Zhao used the "Changing Heaven and Earth" technique, he also changed his clothes. When he reappeared the next moment, he had become a completely different person.

This time, he appeared in his true form and walked along the original path towards the outside of the holy city.

"Damn it, it's that trick again." The two saw the white fog on the street and immediately knew they had been tricked, so they rushed towards the fog area.

But when they arrived here, Lu Zhao was nowhere to be seen.

They were surrounded by strangers, none of whom they knew.

Seeing the unfamiliar pedestrians, the two of them were almost driven mad with anger, but there was nothing they could do, and in the end they could only stand there in helpless rage.

Lu Zhao naturally recognized the two men and knew that they were of high status.

They are the Supreme Elders of two minor sects, and their strength should be at the Dragon Transformation Realm, far inferior to the Supreme Elders of major sects.

Lu Zhao had urgent business to attend to, and besides, he might not be able to defeat the two men. Otherwise, if they had followed him like this, he would have been lured outside the city and killed long ago.

"I'll keep you for now. I'll use you to test my strength after I enter the Four Extremes." Lu Zhao turned and left the Holy City.

He traveled north to the ancient land of Yaochi, which was very close to the ancient mine of Taichu.

Approaching the Primordial Ancient Mine, Lu Zhao began to circulate the Western Emperor Scripture. Although it was only an incomplete scripture, he could still feel the Dao principles associated with it.

Guided by this principle, he was able to determine the location of the ancient Yaochi.

Because the Dao principles of the Western Emperor must exist in the ancient land of Yaochi, he inquired with the Holy Maiden of Yaochi and obtained a bit of the Western Emperor's Scripture.

"There are some subtle principles here." Lu Zhao quickly determined the direction.

So he increased his speed and rushed towards the direction from which the Dao principles were coming.

The closer he got to the Ancient Jade Pool, the clearer those principles became.

"We found it after all." Lu Zhao looked towards the distant horizon.

That place has the wondrous sight of immortals flying from the Jade Pool, though it was merely a remnant of the Dao traces that Lu Zhao captured and pinpointed its exact location.

Finally, in the red sand, Lu Zhao found the buried jade well.

Lu Zhao continued deeper into the ancient well, and after traveling for about several dozen miles, he finally arrived at the other end of the well, where a dried-up lake was located.

As you venture deeper into the lake, many pavilions and towers come into view.

However, these pavilions are all half collapsed. Even though they are covered with Taoist patterns, they cannot resist the erosion of time after so many years.

As Lu Zhao continued deeper into the area, he saw the former fairy pool of Yaochi.

As soon as he approached this place, Lu Zhao discovered a major problem.

This place has a kind of blue Dao principle that is full of malice towards ordinary cultivators.

Looking into the pool, Lu Zhaochao discovered that the water was densely filled with those blue Dao principles, permeating every part of the lake.

If a cultivator is in contact with water for a long time, he will inevitably be corroded by the blue Dao principles.

"This is a curse, the same as the curse power in the source stone, which will actively enter the cultivator's body." Lu Zhao stared at those curses.

Normally, the principles of the Dao can only be grasped or absorbed by cultivators after they have comprehended them.

However, curses are different; they will actively enter the cultivator's body.

"Although the power of curses is special, it is also part of the Great Dao, and I can comprehend it just as well," Lu Zhao muttered to himself.

Lu Zhao closed his eyes slightly, attempting to absorb some of the curse's power.

He quickly mastered a portion of it and was able to activate some of the curses.

"These are enough. We can gradually deduce and develop more later. I have quite a few curses at my disposal, which is enough to deal with ordinary enemies."

After leaving this special fairy pool, Lu Zhao arrived at a cluster of mountains.

This place is barren, with sheer cliffs and rocky mountains everywhere. There is no soil on the ground, only large rocks.

Lu Zhao was quickly stunned. A woman was carved on the stone wall, giving people the feeling that the Dao was naturally formed. Although it was a stone carving, it had the wonderful realm of following the natural way and the unity of heaven and man.

This place is filled with complex principles, which even ordinary people can sense.

Not to mention Lu Zhao, who felt as if he had entered an ocean of Dao principles here.

Lu Zhao did not linger there and continued walking deeper into the rocky mountain, passing by cliffs and seeing many unique stone carvings.

Especially among the mountains, he saw stone carvings that deduced the secrets of the "Dou" character.

Following the other party's line of thought, Lu Zhao also attempted to evolve the secret technique.

After some attempts, I got a feel for it, but I always felt like something was missing, which is why I couldn't succeed.

However, these things may be of great use in the future, helping him to create a secret technique that can rival the Douzi Secret Technique.

"I haven't seen the Douzi Secret yet, so I can't comprehend the complete Douzi Secret just by relying on these incorrect inscriptions. I need to see others demonstrate it first." Lu Zhao stopped his comprehension and focused his attention on the Xihuang Scripture.

He came to another mountain peak and saw the sun rising from the cliff.

The sunlight and sky on the cliff nurtured the Dao principles, which resonated with Lu Zhao in an instant.

These special principles resonated with the scriptures within Lu Zhao's body, and the scriptures given to him by the Holy Maiden of Yaochi also began to operate involuntarily.

The next moment, countless words appeared, transforming into scriptures arranged in front of him.

This is the complete text of the scripture, specifically the Dao Palace chapter of the Western Emperor Scripture.

His comprehension speed is so fast that he can complete his comprehension in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, above the rocky cliff, the sun, as large as a mountain, filled the sky, and the surrounding area was a vast expanse of white, as if daytime had arrived. Lu Zhao was in the center of the sun and sky, sitting cross-legged, motionless, with a serene and detached expression, completely immersed in a state of Dao.

The next moment, the sun disappeared, and Lu Zhao had already comprehended the Divine Treasury of the Heart.

He then went to the other stone mountains and studied the other Western Emperor stone carvings one by one.

The scriptures carved in the stone were no challenge for Lu Zhao.

Others need guidance to comprehend the meaning, but Lu Zhao is not limited by this.

The five divine treasures were gathered and began to operate continuously within Lu Zhao's Dao Palace.

"This is the advantage of the Western Emperor Scripture. It can stimulate the power of the five elements at a deeper level and is more suitable for the mutual restraint of the five elements. However, the Dao Palace Scroll of the Undying Heavenly Art follows the mutual generation of the five elements. The two paths are completely opposite." Lu Zhao realized after studying it.

Both of these imperial scriptures have their own advantages regarding the Dao Palace Secret Realm.

After comprehending the Undying Heavenly Art, he created the prototype of the Dao Palace Scroll.

Now that he has the Western Emperor Scripture, he uses the prototype of the Dao Palace Scroll as a reference to make his self-created Dao Palace Scroll more perfect and more in line with his own physique.

At the same time, countless new characters appeared, tightly enveloping Lu Zhao within them.

This is the scripture of the Dao Palace, which he has created at this moment.

Meanwhile, within Lu Zhao's body, the new Dao Palace Scroll had been activated, and the power of the Five Elements was mobilized and circulated within the Dao Palace.

"The five elements generate each other." Lu Zhao's consciousness entered the Dao Palace.

The five elements flow within the Dao Palace, nourishing every divine treasure within it.

The first divine treasure to benefit was naturally his heart's divine treasure, where the fire path roared and gave rise to a ball of fire burning.

Under the scorching heat of this Dao fire, Lu Zhao's mind resonated within it.

The heart beats faster, causing the blood throughout the body to boil.