Chapter 3: The Mysterious Womb of the Devil's Prison

  The white fox didn't rush to tell Jiang Nan what the other benefits were, and said leisurely: "Young master, I've come to ask you, what is your purpose in cultivating martial arts?"

  Jiang Nan's eyes widened slightly, and he thought of his humble and lowly life after arriving in Jianwu Country. He didn't know what to say for a moment before speaking in a hoarse voice: "I cultivate martial arts just to change my current status and position, I don't want to continue being a servant or an inferior person..."

  "With your current cultivation, in another half year you can enter the Refining Qi realm. Once you reach the Refining Qi realm, you can participate in the Martial Exams and naturally will no longer be a lowly person. Cultivating to the Refining Qi realm is the purpose of your martial path?"

  The white fox's eyes revealed a sarcastic color, saying: "Young master, if you become a high-ranking martial artist and successfully cultivate the Divine Wheel, only a few top-ranked martial artists in Jianwu Country who have also cultivated the Divine Wheel can rival you. Will you still be satisfied with just not being a lowly person? You currently possess the Jiangyue Broken Wave Technique's eighteen forms, are you still afraid of failing to cultivate the Divine Wheel?"

  Jiang Nan's heart stirred upon hearing this, and he smiled: "If I were a master of the Divine Wheel realm, my goals would naturally be even higher! If that day truly comes, I will ascend to the throne and pay homage to the generals, opening up new lands for the Jianwu nation and leaving a mark on history!"

  "What if your achievements surpass those of the gods, entering the path through martial arts, and with one move, you attain divine powers, becoming someone who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the founding emperor of the Qi Kingdom?"

  The white fox took a step forward, gazing straight into Jiang Nan's eyes, his words directly pointing to the latter's heart: "At that time, you were agile and versatile, with divine powers and abilities. With just a thought, you could take someone's head from a thousand miles away! Your martial power is such that even if the Emperor of Jianwu and all the high-ranking officials in the imperial court were combined, they would not be your match. You can rely on your own strength to overthrow an empire, or even become the emperor yourself, establishing a new nation and expanding its territory!"

  The throat of Jiangnan was dry, the white fox almost drew out all his ambition in his heart. If he really had that kind of martial power, rather than risking his life for others, it would be better to open up territory and establish a vast empire for himself!

  "Martial arts connect with the divine. Suppose one day, you cultivate to perfection and become a divine king or emperor, all heavens and ten thousand realms will be at your beck and call, unifying all realms!"

  "Tell me, was your goal in cultivating back then simply to not be a lowly person? Don't you want to seek revenge against the heavenly god that destroyed your home and caused your family to be broken and scattered?"

  "The voice of the white fox was not loud, but it was thunderous: 'The greater the ability, the greater the ambition. The greater the ambition, the greater the ability will be! Only infinite ambition is the driving force for you to move forward, and only infinite ambition is the driving force for you to achieve even greater accomplishments!"

  The thunder in Jiangnan's mind was deafening, and the concept that had supported his martial arts practice suddenly collapsed with a loud crash!

  His original intention of practicing martial arts was to get rid of his current situation and no longer be a slave, and his greatest ideal was to revive the Jiang family that had already perished.

  But the white fox's words opened his eyes, revealing a vast expanse of heaven and earth that was beyond compare, and his gaze was no longer limited to the humble abode of the Jianwu State Qi Wang Fu!

  "Now, you tell me, what benefits are you looking for?" The white fox said calmly.

  "Girl, who are you?"

  Jiang Nan felt his lips dry, and he couldn't help but think that the white fox he had inadvertently saved seemed increasingly mysterious.

  Being able to say what was just said, being able to easily deduce the Jiangyue Broken Wave Technique, which is even more exquisite and profound than the original heart method, and even surpassing eight boundaries, such a fox demon is certainly not one of those ordinary fox spirits that only know how to absorb the yang energy of scholars!

  Jiang Nan suddenly remembered that the white fox in front of him had said earlier that he was cultivating and suffered a great calamity, being secretly calculated by someone, which led to his current situation. What level of cultivation achievement did he reach before suffering this calamity?

  "Who am I?"

  The white fox fell silent, her moon-like eyes dimming as if recalling past events. After a moment, she spoke in a low voice: "I've now lost all my cultivation and spiritual energy, my soul almost shattered, no different from being reborn... My former glory is gone, what relation does it have to me now? Young Master, you used your yang energy to repair my soul, so I'll take the surname Jiang too... From now on, I am Jiang Xue; in front of outsiders, you can call me sister..."

  The white fox Jiang Xue raised her head and looked towards Jiang Nan, her tone calm and soft as she said, "Have you thought it through? What exactly do you want in return?"

  "Jiang Xue...... sister......"

  Jiang Nan suddenly raised his head, his voice still carrying a hint of youthful innocence: "Sister, I want to learn martial arts from you! I want to avenge my family's destruction and the gods who destroyed my home, make those high-and-mighty gods pay the price!"

  If it were in the past, he might have been satisfied with wealth and status or restoring the Jiang family. But now, hearing Jiang Xue's series of deafening questions, he suddenly realized that this opportunity in front of him was a real chance to change his own destiny!

  The war of the gods, destroying my hometown, how could Jiangnan forget this great hatred? It's just that in the past, he was really humble, and in front of the gods, he was like an ant, but now, he has sought back this deliberately hidden hatred!

  Revenge on the Heavenly God!

  "The true martial way, after great accomplishment, will allow one to communicate with the gods and change at will, transcending the ordinary, overturning oceans and uprooting mountains, plucking stars and grasping moons, all of which are mere child's play!"

  By the river Yangchuan, a white fox solemnly opened its mouth to talk about martial arts, while beside it was a fourteen or fifteen year old youth, concentrating his mind and listening intently.

  This white fox, although a monster, gives people a sense of elegance and refinement, as if she were not a fox but a stunning beauty sitting there.

  The scene was eerie beyond compare, but the man and the fox felt nothing out of place. The speaker spoke with eloquence, while the listener listened with relish.

  "Zi Chuan, Jiang Yue Po Lang Jue is indeed a good martial art mental method, but this set of mental methods can't be considered a true ultimate skill!"

  Jiang Xue paused slightly, then continued: "Among the techniques I know, I don't know how many can surpass Jiang Yue's Broken Wave Technique. Any one of them can be used as a foundation for teaching. For example, the Great Majesty Heavenly Dragon Scripture is an unparalleled and extraordinary skill!"

  "Dragon Ball"?

  Jiang Nan's eyes lit up instantly. This technique sounded majestic and powerful, far surpassing the Jiang Yue Broken Wave Technique by who-knew-how-much.

  "Cultivating this mental technique will make your vital energy and yang energy extremely vigorous, almost comparable to that of a true dragon!"

  Jiang Xue smiled and said, "When you cultivate to the realm of spiritual power, you will refine the dragon clan's spiritual power. The higher your cultivation, the more you can refine the mighty power of a great dragon like Tianlong. Your spiritual power will be vast, and roaming the four poles will be effortless!"

  Jiang Nan's heart was stirred, and he said: "Can we defeat the heavenly gods?"

  Jiang Xue slightly furrowed her brow and shook her head, saying: "It's impossible. Even if it were the true Great Dragon of Heavenly Might, it would still be a dragon king under the Heavenly God Seat, how could it possibly defeat the Heavenly God?"

  Jiang Nan's expression turned gloomy: "Sister, is there an even more ruthless mental technique?"

  Jiang Xue pondered for a moment, then said: "I also have a Mixed Yuan One Qi Degree Evil Scripture here, which is the orthodox Buddhist mind method. When cultivating, the yang energy is strong and fierce. When cultivated to the peak, one will possess boundless magical powers, penetrating heaven and earth, plucking stars and moons, moving stars and changing fate, all within reach!"

  "Can this technique defeat the Heavenly God?" Jiang Nan asked hastily.

  "Hmm..."

  Jiang Xue hesitated, saying: "Although the Huayuan Yiqi Du'e Scripture of Buddhism is very powerful, it's not considered a divine-level technique, and it doesn't have much attacking power. It might be difficult to defeat a heavenly god with this alone, but it should be enough for self-defense."

  "I'd rather not learn at all than be inferior to a heavenly being."

  Jiang Nan shook his head again: "Sister, don't you have a better way?"

  Jiang Xue furrowed his brow and patiently said, "I still have a mental technique called Tian Can Jiu Bian. Cultivating this technique can rival the gods, but it takes an extremely long time to cultivate. By the time you reach the realm of the gods, I'm afraid countless tens of thousands of years will have passed..."

  "Sister, don't you have a shortcut method?" Jiang Nan asked.

  Jiang Xue thought carefully, and suddenly his eyes lit up as he smiled: "I have another technique here called the Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture. It's a technique I obtained after killing a Demon Prison Demon Lord. The Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture uses one's own body as a demon prison, condensing true energy into a mysterious fetus of demonic energy. Its yang energy is extremely vigorous and doesn't lose out to the previous few techniques, and might even surpass them! If this technique is cultivated to an extremely high level, it can absolutely defeat heavenly gods. However, I only obtained an incomplete version of this technique, which only allows me to cultivate up to the eighth level of divine ability, but without the corresponding divine abilities. But judging from the technique itself, after cultivating it to completion, one can indeed surpass heavenly gods."

  "There is no distinction between the Righteous Path and the Demonic Path; there is only a distinction in the cultivator's state of mind."

  Jiang Nan let out a breath of relief and smiled, "Practicing the Orthodox Heart Method to cultivate demonic heads is the Demonic Path. Practicing the Demonic Heart Method to cultivate the Orthodox Path is the Orthodox Path. Just because I practice the Demonic Heart Method doesn't mean I'll become evil. This Mystic Fetus Sutra of the Demon Prison, I've learned it!"

  Jiang Xue nodded, with a hint of admiration in his eyes: "I didn't expect you to have such insight at your young age. However, the distinction between orthodox and evil is not that simple. If you are cultivating the Móyù Xuántǐng Jīng, you must be cautious and never let anyone find out! If people discover that you are cultivating the top-level magic of the demonic path, not only will the powerful demons try to kill you to seize this technique, but also the powerful orthodox cultivators will try to kill you to suppress the evil and protect the righteous way!"

  In the south of the river, he couldn't help but mutter to himself: "Being hunted down by both the Orthodox and Evil Sects? Isn't that saying my future is pitch black... Never mind them, if it weren't for Jiang Xue's sister, I wouldn't have had even a glimmer of hope for revenge in this life. Now that there's a thread of hope, I must grasp it tightly!"

  "Our ancestors' teachings are insufficient, the heavenly way is insufficient to be feared. My way is the heavenly way, my law surpasses all laws!"

  "This is the opening of the Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture, which speaks of the heart method and ultimate learning created by our ancestors. It's not enough to be one's own law, nor should one fear the Heavenly Way. The person who created the Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture was extremely arrogant, believing that this life surpasses past lives, and that the accomplishments of this world surpass the divine ultimate learning of ancient times. One's own law, one's own way, can transcend all previous generations, opening up a new heaven and earth!"

  "Is it insufficient to follow the laws of our ancestors? Is it insufficient to fear the Way of Heaven?"

  Jiang Nan muttered to himself, repeating the phrase. He had been diligently studying the classics since childhood, and now hearing such a rebellious statement, he felt both terrified and thrilled in his heart. Suddenly, a heroic spirit arose within him, as if he saw a mighty demon standing tall, looking up at the sky, towards the gods of past and present, saying: "My law surpasses your laws, my way surpasses your ways!"

  "The words of 'Moyu Xuantai Jing' are indeed arrogant, but they make a lot of sense."

  Jiang Xue smiled slightly, saying: "Most people in the world think that now is not as good as ancient times, and the martial arts of the world are gradually declining. The techniques of ancient times, far ancient times, were incredibly powerful. With this mindset, it's impossible to surpass the ancients, surpass the gods! However, although the demonic prison's mysterious fetus technique has a big name, it's not the top-level mental method in the world."

  She recited the Móyù Xuántāi Jīng once, immediately drawing all of Jiangnan's attention to herself. The Móyù Xuántāi Jīng was indeed profound and abstruse, its text mysterious and unfathomable.

  If it weren't for Jiang Xue, who had once been all-knowing and all-seeing, to explain things to him, even if he were given the Mieyuan Xiantai Jing, Jiang Nan wouldn't have stood a chance of understanding and mastering this mental technique!

  The opening of the Demon Prison Xuan Tai Jing is the Building Foundation Chapter, where the physical body transforms into a prison, and the true energy condenses into a demon seed. Within this prison, the true energy is tempered, the demon seed is ground, advancing bravely and fiercely, refining the physical body, ultimately transforming the energy to mix with the origin, the origin forms a halo, and condenses into a wheel!

  When the divine wheel is about to be repaired, it will be the time when the devil's species matures and transforms into a mysterious fetus!

  This mental technique is indeed far superior to Jiang Yue's Broken Wave Technique!

  Unfortunately, the Demon Prison Mysterious Fetus Scripture is incomplete, with only the mental method and no techniques. The mental method is the key to improving one's cultivation, while techniques reflect the mental method, and the power of the mental method is directly reflected in the techniques.

  Only techniques that match the heart method can fully exert the power of the heart method, while other techniques can only exert a part of the power of the heart method.

  "Sister, what is a divine wheel?" Jiang Nan asked, unable to bear mentioning it repeatedly.