The Original Mind Sutra

After all, even though the Taoyuan Wankong Art was already an A-grade cultivation method, there was still the S-grade above it.

Now that the sect's development had somewhat stabilized, Lin Xiao pondered whether he should try synthesizing more cultivation methods.

What if he managed to synthesize an S-grade one?

Wouldn't that accelerate everyone's cultivation speed?

Action over hesitation!

Lin Xiao, who had been sitting to the side with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them. Seeing Jiang Youfu earnestly studying the Language of the Hundred Beasts nearby, he immediately pulled him up and headed outside the main hall.

"Let's go, Fuzi! Come with me to strip some tree bark!"

The paper mulberry bark he had stored in his private vault had mostly been used up for duplicating cultivation methods and spells. He planned to gather a large batch to synthesize new methods!

After the two gathered a pile of mulberry bark, Jiang Youfu returned to the cultivation room to continue practicing, while Lin Xiao locked himself inside the sect's main hall and began his cultivation method synthesis journey.

[Cultivation Method Songyang Art successfully synthesized. Grade: B. Set as the sect's core cultivation method? (Note: Can be changed later)]

[Cultivation Method Sunflower Manual successfully synthesized. Grade: B. Set as the sect's core cultivation method? (Note: Can be changed later)]

[Cultivation Method Qianyuan Four Symbols Scripture successfully synthesized. Grade: A. Set as the sect's core cultivation method? (Note: Can be changed later)]

...

Lin Xiao synthesized over a dozen cultivation methods in one breath.

During the process, he tossed random things like stones, dirt, and Misty Spring Grass leaves into the cultivation method synthesizer as catalysts.

The result was only two A-grade methods, with the rest being B-grade.

It seemed that synthesizing the Taoyuan Wankong Art on his first try had simply been a stroke of luck.

Sitting on the floor in the center of the main hall, Lin Xiao rested his chin on his hands, staring blankly in frustration.

Why couldn't he synthesize an S-grade cultivation method?

Was it because the core concepts he inputted each time weren't advanced enough?

But he had already tried to think as grandly as possible every time.

Clueless, Lin Xiao felt a bit distressed.

He simply lay flat on the floor, staring up at the ceiling of the main hall, his mind wandering.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he did a kip-up and sat up straight.

He took out all the cultivation methods from his private vault and began to carefully ponder the differences between the three A-grade methods he currently possessed and the other B-grade ones.

First was the Taoyuan Wankong Art.

The core of this method lay primarily in the word "void."

From beginning to end, the entire method was structured around the central concept of "void."

At the time, Lin Xiao had created it precisely because his mind had been completely and utterly blank.

The same was true for the Qianyuan Four Symbols Scripture and the other A-grade method, the Yin-Yang Chaos Technique.

In contrast, the core of the B-grade methods was relatively loose and not as solid.

Lin Xiao scratched his head.

So, the more solid the core, the higher the grade of the cultivation method?

Moreover, it seemed that the final "catalyst" thrown in needed to align as closely as possible with the core.

For example, with the Taoyuan Wankong Art, he had put in peach blossoms. Because the peach spring was inherently illusory, it resonated with the concept of "void," thus creating that specific method.

Lin Xiao felt that, with his current self, even if he tried to think in grander directions, he wouldn't be able to come up with anything too advanced.

Everything he understood was merely superficial exposure from his previous life.

So, he decided to stop inputting cultivation method cores from those grandiose perspectives.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Xiao opened the cultivation method synthesizer once again.

After slowly placing the paper mulberry bark and pine soot ink into the first and second slots in order, his gaze fell upon the third slot.

He decided he would no longer input concepts he only half-understood.

He was going to input the thing he understood the most.

In this world, the thing he understood best, and wanted to continue understanding the most, was himself.

He reached toward the third slot and closed his eyes.

Thirty seconds was neither long nor short, yet it felt like an eternity.

During these thirty seconds, Lin Xiao's entire mind was filled with a single, constantly repeating concept of "self"—seemingly uniform, yet endlessly ever-changing.

An unknown amount of time passed before Lin Xiao opened his eyes again, feeling as though the fragmented light in the entire hall was shimmering toward him.

There was only one slot left!

Lin Xiao raised his right hand.

Looking at his right hand, he pursed his lips, resolutely gathered all the spiritual energy in his body into his right hand, and swiftly thrust it into the fourth slot.

For this final part, the catalyst he intended to input was his own spiritual energy.

Consequently, the cultivation method synthesizer began to frantically absorb the spiritual energy from his body through his right hand.

In just the blink of an eye, Lin Xiao was drained of all his spiritual energy.

For the first time, he felt the physical and mental exhaustion of spiritual energy depletion.

[Cultivation method materials successfully inputted. Beginning synthesis. Please wait.]

Hearing this prompt, Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed onto the straw mats scattered across the floor.

For some reason, he felt that the cultivation method produced this time would definitely be the best one yet.

Because he was crystal clear about what he had inputted.

It felt just like writing an essay for a language exam in the past; when you wrote well, you would have a premonition in your heart that you were definitely going to get a high score.

A short while later.

Before the exhaustion in Lin Xiao's body had faded much, he heard the notification tone in his mind.

[Cultivation Method Fundamental Origin Heart Sutra successfully synthesized. Grade: S. Set as the sect's core cultivation method? (Note: Can be changed later)]

An S-grade, it was a success!

Lying on the floor, Lin Xiao raised his left hand to cover his eyes, a silent smile curling on his lips.

He immediately swapped out the sect's core cultivation method.

[Ding—Congratulations to the Sect for obtaining an S-grade core cultivation method. The Sect Stone Stele has been successfully upgraded. Received hidden rewards: Key to the Green Field Mystic Realm (Permanent), Tier 1 Spirit Vein Fragment x1. Rewards have been distributed to the private vault. Please check them, Host.]

There were actually hidden rewards!

This was truly an unexpected delight.

However, right now, Lin Xiao didn't have the time to check these two hidden rewards. He first took the Fundamental Origin Heart Sutra out of his private vault.

The moment he held the Fundamental Origin Heart Sutra in his hands, a profoundly familiar sensation crept up his fingertips and into his heart.

Unlike those previous methods, this Fundamental Origin Heart Sutra could be said to be a cultivation method entirely created by himself.

Even as he flipped through its pages, despite having never seen the contents before, every word and sentence felt as familiar as if it had flowed through his heart countless times.

Furthermore, unlike when he first obtained the Taoyuan Wankong Art and simply tossed it to the AFK function without any desire to cultivate it himself, seeing this Fundamental Origin Heart Sutra ignited an immense craving in his heart to practice it!

Always a man of action, Lin Xiao immediately held the manual and began to meditate in the sect's main hall.

He started his cultivation.