Chapter 3179 — The Bashful Eldest Miss

"Oh? What does this cultivation method mean, and what good does it do?" Gu Mengyao thought it over. The name of Wei Zhao's cultivation method was rather crude too, so she picked up the Silkworm-That-Drives-the-Phoenix Manual and asked.

"This cultivation method is said to have been created in ancient times by the First Silkworm, and our founding ancestor discovered that this method was exceedingly well suited to the Dark Phoenix constitution of our Palace of the Dark Night. After she cultivated it, she truly did become exceptionally powerful! It is only that none of us possess the Dark Phoenix constitution, and so none of us succeeded in cultivating this method," the Grand Elder explained.

"The First Silkworm? Who is that?" Gu Mengyao was taken aback.

"The First Silkworm is said to have been, in ancient times, the wife of Emperor Xuanyuan. Emperor Xuanyuan had four consorts and ten concubines, and the First Silkworm was his first wife…" the Grand Elder explained.

"Ah? The First Silkworm was Xuanyuan's wife?" The eldest miss's face flushed without the slightest warning—bashful, and a little sweet—which left the Grand Elder and Elder Li standing beside her somewhat dumbfounded. What had come over the Palace Master?

Gu Mengyao was, after all, very good at making associations. The cultivation method Wei Zhao practiced was called the Xuanyuan Tames-the-Dragon Manual, and the one she was to practice was called the Silkworm-That-Drives-the-Phoenix Manual. Xuanyuan and the First Silkworm, dragon and phoenix—each had its counterpart. Did that not mean that she and Wei Zhao were counterparts as well?

Thinking of this, the eldest miss grew bashful! The First Silkworm was Xuanyuan's first wife—then was she? Mm, mm, she must be. She had kissed him before, and that meant their love was pledged… The eldest miss began to let her thoughts run wild…

"Ahem… Palace Master, is something the matter?" Elder Li finally could not restrain himself and asked.

"Ah! It is nothing!" Gu Mengyao could hardly voice what was in her heart, and she shook her head hurriedly. "I will cultivate this Silkworm-That-Drives-the-Phoenix Manual. It is quite good, and the name is quite pleasant to hear!"

"That is naturally good!" The Grand Elder was rather puzzled as well. A moment ago Gu Mengyao had said the name of the Silkworm-That-Drives-the-Phoenix Manual was strange, and now it was pleasant to hear? But such matters were not what the Grand Elder cared to know—so long as Gu Mengyao cultivated this most supreme of cultivation methods, that was enough! "Yaoyao, none of us have ever cultivated this method either, so you will have to feel your way through it alone. If there is anything you do not understand, you may come find us and we will study and discuss it together!"

"Very well, I understand." Gu Mengyao's expression returned to normal, and she nodded.

"Then Elder Li and I will be going back first!" the Grand Elder said. "That you have successfully received the inheritance is momentous news. I must go inform the disciples of the sect and have them celebrate!"

"All right!" Gu Mengyao rose and saw the Grand Elder and Elder Li out, then returned to her mat. Looking at the Silkworm-That-Drives-the-Phoenix Manual in her hands, she smiled sweetly.

True, she had left, and for the time being was no longer at Wei Zhao's side—but the next time she returned, the eldest miss believed, she would surely have grown very powerful and become a help to Wei Zhao!

At this thought, Gu Mengyao opened the Silkworm-That-Drives-the-Phoenix Manual in her hands and began to read the cultivation method carefully.

"The Silkworm-That-Drives-the-Phoenix Manual"—these were the large characters, and beneath them was the body of the method!

"First Tier—Heavenly Silkworm. Mortals are as ants and gnats; how then may one alter the Great Dao and hold sway over all living things…"

At such grand words in the cultivation method, Gu Mengyao frowned slightly, but she read on. The first tier of the Silkworm-That-Drives-the-Phoenix Manual was itself divided into three levels—early, middle, and late—though the boundaries between them were not clearly drawn, nor were there any rank barriers; only through ceaseless accumulation and diligent, bitter practice could one attain the great perfection of the first tier of the method!

Back in the mortal world, Gu Mengyao had yearned to become a cultivator, and now that the opportunity was before her, she did not rest, but threw herself into cultivation day and night!

In cultivation there are no years; in the blink of an eye, Gu Mengyao had passed more than half a month in the Dark Phoenix Mountains!

Perhaps because the heaven-and-earth spiritual energy of the Dark Phoenix Mountains was abundant and suited Gu Mengyao's constitution, and because she was the inheritor besides, her speed in cultivation could be called a thousand li a day. The Silkworm-That-Drives-the-Phoenix Manual was not so easy to cultivate, but the eldest miss's perseverance was astonishing—she cultivated every day without sleep, and there was in her something of the very perseverance with which Wei Zhao had first set foot upon the path of cultivation!

It was this astonishing speed and this diligent, painstaking attitude that made the Grand Elder value Gu Mengyao all the more!

She regarded Gu Mengyao as the hope of the sect's revival. In but a short span of time, Gu Mengyao had already risen from an ordinary person to the peak of the late Yellow Rank; and an inheritor who had successfully gained the inheritance through enlightenment had no rank barriers, so Gu Mengyao's cultivation was not only fast but unobstructed. So long as she broke through in the method, advancing all the way to become a Heaven Rank expert would be very easy!

Yet the Dark Phoenix cultivation method of the Palace of the Dark Night was not so easily mastered either. Though Gu Mengyao was already an expert at the peak of the late Yellow Rank, her method still remained at the first tier and had not broken through to the second!

As a result, Gu Mengyao's cultivation speed slowed as well. The first tier of the method absorbed and converted heaven-and-earth spiritual energy at a rate no longer quite sufficient to meet the quantity of true qi needed to break through from the peak of the late Yellow Rank to the early Mystic Rank, and so Gu Mengyao chose to rest for the time being.

Only after Gu Mengyao set foot upon the path of cultivation did she truly take control of the Palace of the Dark Night's forces. The Grand Elder no longer interfered in certain of Gu Mengyao's affairs, and Gu Mengyao was free to communicate with the outside world at will!

The first thing Gu Mengyao did after ending her cultivation was to want to call home. As for whom to call first, she dialed the villa's number without a second thought! In truth, Gu Mengyao had meant to call Gu Pengzhan and ask how her mother, Ye Rou'er, was doing after returning—but when she picked up the phone, she could not help dialing the villa's number!

Had it been before, the eldest miss would certainly have laid the blame on Xiaoshu; she would have thought that she must be missing Xiaoshu, and that was why she called the villa first. But now the eldest miss had settled her own heart, and she was quite certain that this call was meant for Wei Zhao! To be continued.)

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