Divine Bond of Servitude

[Ding! The host has consumed one Sect Master Trait extraction opportunity. Blind box extraction in progress...]

The faint blue light screen unfolded before his eyes once again.

This time, the color was standard, neither the silver-white from yesterday nor the dark red from just now, but a warm, jade-like gold.

The stream of light rotated at a moderate speed. A few breaths later, the phantom of an ancient scroll appeared in the center of the light screen.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining a special item, the Heavenly Dao Enslavement Contract!]

Lin Yan raised an eyebrow.

Heavenly Dao Enslavement Contract?

This name sounded quite extraordinary.

He quickly checked the system description.

[Heavenly Dao Enslavement Contract: A contract scroll refined from fragments of the ancient Heavenly Dao. Can contract a servant, ignoring any cultivation realm restrictions and race restrictions.]

[Note: The other party must be willing and drip blood onto the contract for it to take effect! After the contract is formed, the servant cannot disobey any commands from the master, cannot harbor thoughts of betrayal, and cannot reveal the contents of the contract to anyone. Violators will face punishment from the Heavenly Dao, and even Saints cannot escape it!]

"Holy crap!!!"

Lin Yan suddenly sprang up from his rocking chair. His movements were so large that he almost overturned the tea table next to him.

The spiritual tea in his hand spilled all over him, but he was completely unaware.

Ignoring any realm difference!

Even Saints cannot escape!

These words boomed in his mind like thunder.

How was this some ordinary contract?

This was simply a heaven-defying divine artifact!

In other words, even if a Saint stood before him, as long as the other party was willing, he could turn them into his servant with a single piece of paper!

As for how to make a Saint willingly become a servant...

The corners of Lin Yan's mouth curled up slightly.

Not willing?

Then go practice swordsmanship with Mo Wentian!

With a thought from Lin Yan, a completely golden scroll appeared in his hand.

It was unknown what material the scroll was made of. It felt warm to the touch and had no text on it, only countless golden Heavenly Dao runes slowly circulating, exuding a vast, majestic, and irresistible pressure.

"Good, good, good!"

When he encounters those powerful old monsters who are driven into a corner in the future, taking this out to use will definitely have a miraculous effect.

Lin Yan took a deep breath to calm his excited emotions.

Looking at the system panel, there was one last Sect Master Trait extraction opportunity left.

"Should I draw another blind box?"

He rubbed his chin, a bit hesitant.

Two consecutive blind boxes had yielded heaven-defying treasures, and his luck was already bursting.

But blind boxes were ultimately random. If he drew something useless, it would be a loss.

After thinking about it, Lin Yan decided not to gamble on the blind box anymore.

He didn't lack magical treasures now. The attack of a Half-step Imperial Weapon, the defense of a top-tier Dharma robe, and the trump card of the Heavenly Dao Contract were already enough for him to handle most situations.

"Sys, for the last Sect Master Trait, just draw the trait directly."

[Ding! The host has consumed one Sect Master Trait extraction opportunity. Sect Master Trait extraction in progress...]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Sect Master Trait: Enlightenment!]

[Enlightenment: Can see through the cultivation bottlenecks of any living creature, accurately point out the problem, and provide the optimal path for a breakthrough!]

Lin Yan's eyes lit up fiercely after reading the description.

Sure enough, the system would never let him down.

This trait was simply tailor-made for him!

Although it didn't give him any combat power bonuses, couldn't increase his attack power, couldn't increase his defense, and didn't even increase his charm.

But in Lin Yan's eyes, the value of this trait was greater than the first two blind boxes combined.

He could increase his cultivation while lying down, but his disciples couldn't.

Although his few personal disciples were incredibly fierce right now and basically didn't need his guidance, what if they asked him? If he couldn't say a thing or two then, wouldn't it be embarrassing?

He couldn't just spout a few lines from the Dao De Jing to brush them off every time, right?

With this clear-sighted wisdom eye, these were no longer problems.

He could see where everyone was stuck, know how they should break through, and the system would even automatically generate the optimal plan.

This meant that starting today, he held the cultivation walkthrough guide for every disciple in his hands.

With a thought, the trait instantly merged into Lin Yan's body.

A wondrous feeling welled up in his heart.

He felt that his eyes had become different.

Looking out, the flow of spiritual energy across the entire Qingyun Mountain, the growth of the vegetation, and even the circulation of spiritual power within every disciple's body could be seen clearly.

Clairvoyance activated.

He could clearly see that Wang Hu, who was practicing his sword at the foot of the mountain, had a blocked meridian in his body, causing his swordsmanship to always lack a trace of power.

Zhang Hao, who was tinkering with the steam engine, had his brows tightly furrowed. His mechanical Great Dao was stuck at the crucial point of fusing spiritual power and machinery, just a paper-thin layer away from breaking through.

Murong Yanran, who was cultivating in the Training Pavilion, only had a seventy percent fusion rate between her exotic water and her own spiritual power, leaving a lot of room for improvement.

"So that's how it is."

Lin Yan suddenly understood.

In the past, when he watched his disciples cultivate, he couldn't see anything.

Now with the Enlightenment trait, any cultivation problems had nowhere to hide from his eyes.

"Good, good, good!"

Lin Yan leaned back in his rocking chair and stretched comfortably.

Today's draws were simply a massive profit.

A top-tier Dharma robe, a Half-step Imperial Weapon, a Chaos-grade Heavenly Dao Enslavement Contract, and a God-tier Enlightenment trait.

His personal combat power was maxed out, and the sect's development was also guaranteed.

His days in the future would only become more and more comfortable.

In a great mood, he casually picked up the green bamboo fishing rod leaning against the old locust tree. With a slight flick of his wrist, the fishing line drew an arc in the air, and the hook landed precisely in the center of the pond.

He didn't scatter any bait.

Yet the koi fish swarmed up like crazy, as if they had been waiting for half their lives.

The largest red and white koi leading the pack slapped the water surface loudly with its tail. It bit the hook in one gulp and refused to let go, being pulled out of the water with a gentle lift from Lin Yan.

The fish thrashed its tail in the air, water droplets sparkling in the sunlight.

Just as Lin Yan was about to take it off and throw it back into the pond, he suddenly stopped his movements.

He subconsciously took a look at this fish.

Then, he froze.

The large koi writhed in his hand, its slippery scales reflecting fragmented light.

But in his vision, there was actually a flow of spiritual power within this fish's body.

It was extremely weak, so weak that it could almost be ignored, but it truly existed.

It wasn't a meridian, nor a dantian, but something more primitive and chaotic, like heaven and earth spiritual energy naturally forming a natural spirit mark within this fish under some coincidental chance.

Wild, without any cultivation, yet naturally possessing a trace of spirituality.

Lin Yan became interested.

He held the large koi in his palm, extended his index finger, and gently tapped the fish's head.

He didn't use any force, just lightly touching it. His fingertip could even feel the slight coolness of the scales and the faint trembling of the fish's body.

He saw it.

That natural spirit mark was extremely crude, like the very first crack when chaos was initially opened.

If spiritual energy could be drawn into the body along this crack, this fish could awaken its spiritual intelligence.

But with the current strength of this spirit mark, probably only this single fish in the entire koi pond had this potential. It would take another few hundred years for that spirit mark to grow strong enough on its own to awaken its spiritual intelligence.

"A few hundred years?" Lin Yan chuckled. "That's a bit too slow."

His fingers traced slowly along the fish's back. Wherever his fingertips passed, they left behind several invisible imprints of spiritual energy.

His movements were entirely casual, like someone idly teasing a fish to pass the time.

Yet, the large koi's body gave a sudden jolt, all of its fins flaring out simultaneously.

The next moment, a strange phenomenon emerged.

The spiritual energy within the pond began to converge toward the large koi at an incredibly slow and silent pace.

From the Dao Enlightenment Tree, a single leaf drifted down without a sound, landing perfectly upon the fish. A faint ripple spread outward from where the leaf touched.

The large koi suddenly grew completely still.

It lay quietly in Lin Yan's palm, its two bulging eyes staring straight into his. Within that gaze, there was no panic, nor was there any bewilderment; there was only an indescribable emotion.

It looked like deep adoration, or perhaps profound awe. It was like a tender sprout that had just broken through the earth, gazing up at the vast, boundless sky for the very first time.

"Go on."

Lin Yan bent down and gently released the large koi back into the pond.

The koi slipped into the water with barely a splash. However, it did not plunge straight into the depths as it normally would. Instead, it hovered just three inches beneath the surface, slowly swimming in a half-circle.

Then, it paused. Facing Lin Yan, its mouth opened and closed, as if it were trying to say something.

Lin Yan smiled. It was just a fish, after all...