Chapter 3178 — The Eldest Miss Chu's Recent Situation
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And Elder Li's standing had risen with the tide. A supporter of Ye Rou'er, he was naturally a supporter of Gu Mengyao as well, and now that the Supreme Elder had reinstated him, his position in the Palace of the Dark Night was second only to the Supreme Elder and Gu Mengyao.
"Supreme Elder, shall we fetch the Palace of the Dark Night's mental cultivation methods and let Yaoyao choose one to cultivate?" Elder Li suggested. Once the inheritance was received, formal cultivation could begin—and the speed of that cultivation was very great indeed.
"Good, let us go at once!" The Supreme Elder nodded, and went with Elder Li to the Scripture Pavilion. In truth, the Palace of the Dark Night possessed two superior metal-attribute mental cultivation methods: one called the Golden Rooster Crows at Heaven Formula, and the other the First Silkworm Drives the Phoenix Formula. Both the Supreme Elder and Ye Rou'er had cultivated the Golden Rooster Crows at Heaven Formula, for the First Silkworm Drives the Phoenix Formula could be cultivated only by an inheritor. Ye Rou'er had cultivated while awaiting the inheritance, and so had naturally chosen the Golden Rooster Crows at Heaven Formula.
"I wonder whether Yaoyao can cultivate the First Silkworm Drives the Phoenix Formula?" Elder Li said hesitantly, looking at the two mental cultivation methods the Supreme Elder had brought out.
"Let us hope so!" The Supreme Elder too hoped that Gu Mengyao would cultivate the First Silkworm Drives the Phoenix Formula. That method was stronger than the Golden Rooster Crows at Heaven Formula: though both could drive one to the perfection of peak late-stage Heaven-rank power, the First Silkworm Drives the Phoenix Formula had the greater benefits.
Only, this mental cultivation method could not be cultivated by just anyone. To date, among all the successive founding ancestors of the Palace of the Dark Night, only the first—the one whose constitution had first been transformed into that of a dark phoenix—had been able to cultivate it. All the others could not.
Gu Mengyao's constitution was the same as that ancestor's, and the manner in which her constitution had been transformed was the same as well; she too was an inheritor. So the Supreme Elder naturally harbored high hopes, hoping that Gu Mengyao might cultivate this First Silkworm Drives the Phoenix Formula.
Once the two had selected the mental cultivation methods, they went up the Dark Phoenix Mountains. By now the golden light over the mountains had begun to dim, and the sky was gradually turning white—dawn was near.
When the golden light had faded completely, the Supreme Elder and Elder Li exchanged a glance, knowing that the inheritance was concluded.
Thereupon the two pushed open the door and entered Gu Mengyao's room, where they saw her sitting cross-legged upon a mat, resting—plainly not yet returned to reality from the visions of the inheritance. The two were in no hurry and did not disturb her, but stood to one side and waited quietly.
About an hour more passed before Gu Mengyao slowly came to. She opened her eyes and saw the Supreme Elder and Elder Li, yet did not rise to greet them. She was, at present, the Palace Master; even before the Supreme Elder she need not observe ceremony.
"Supreme Elder, Elder Li, you have come?" Gu Mengyao said only, "I have already received the inheritance. It felt exactly as it did in my dreams of old, and just as our Palace of the Dark Night's records describe—such a wondrous sensation! May I now begin to cultivate?"
"Indeed!" The Supreme Elder was both startled and delighted. "Elder Li and I have come this time to prepare mental cultivation methods for you. I have two here—choose one!"
With that, the Supreme Elder handed the two volumes of mental cultivation methods to Gu Mengyao.