Chapter 702: Goodbye Yan Fajue

**Angry Squid**

Looking around, Xu Bai found himself still in an enclosed space. However, it was significantly more spacious than what he had seen in his previous life when using a Nascent Soul-level Law-Seeking Jade Tablet.

On the bookshelves, besides the works he had previously encountered, such as "Instructions for Using the Derivation Jade" and "Ten Treatises on Derivation Law," there were also several short, unsigned articles. These included titles like "Discussion on the Future Hundred-Year Relationship between the Myriad Immortal Alliance and the Five Elders Council," "The Secret of Immortal Maiden Kongyou's Special Physique," and "A Preliminary Discussion on the Myriad Immortal Alliance's Foremost Beauty."

To avoid appearing unusual, Xu Bai first went through the motions, flipping through "Instructions for Using the Derivation Jade" and other related books. Then, with renewed focus, he diligently read each of the anonymous articles.

"There are quite a few extraordinary people in the Immortal Alliance," he mused. "However, those who can enter this Dao Integration-level waiting room are certainly not ordinary individuals."

After finishing a few books, Xu Bai still felt a longing for more. With a sigh of emotion, he took out another one and began to read. It turned out that these anonymous articles were all left by cultivators who had visited this place before. Without leaving their names, they couldn't be traced, thus allowing them to speak freely. The topics discussed were varied, comprehensive, and uncensored. Although they were all personal opinions and might not be entirely accurate, they were more than enough for entertainment. Even better, later visitors could add comments to these anonymous articles, creating interaction. It truly had the flavor of a hundred schools of thought contending.

Xu Bai was engrossed in his reading, and thirteen hours passed in a flash.

"Cultivator Xu Bai, it will soon be your turn. Please prepare yourself."

That same prompt startled him awake. Xu Bai glanced at the countdown displayed on the spatial wall and put the book back in its place. He also didn't forget to leave a comment on "A Preliminary Discussion on the Myriad Immortal Alliance's Foremost Beauty": "Fellow Daoist, you are greatly talented. Why not try evaluating the Five Elders Council's foremost beauty as well? Combining both, they could surely rank on the Profound Yellow Beauty List!"

With a faint smile, the countdown reached zero. The scene in the room instantly became illusory, transforming into countless specks of light that drifted towards a certain direction in the distance, like long ribbons of light, shining brightly in the darkness.

Following the direction of the light ribbons, Xu Bai arrived before the Derivation Jade. Beneath a massive sphere composed of countless constantly shifting and transforming characters, on a floating desk, the little loli of the Derivation Jade was propping her chin with both hands, her eyes half-closed, half-open, nodding continuously. A trace of drool even trickled from the corner of her mouth; she seemed very sleepy, dozing off. Even when Xu Bai flew closer, she remained groggy and unaware.

"Ahem!" Xu Bai lightly coughed.

The little loli's body jolted, and she instantly woke up. A hint of displeasure appeared on her face as she frowned and pouted, looking towards Xu Bai, the one who had woken her. After clearly seeing Xu Bai's appearance, her eyes widened and her small mouth slightly parted. Wiping the drool from the corner of her mouth, she sat up straight and primly.

"You... Hello!"

A hint of shyness actually emerged on the little loli's face. Xu Bai recalled his experiences in his previous life and couldn't help but feel a silent understanding. His body movements, however, didn't delay. He bowed very politely: "Excuse me, are you the Derivation Jade..."

"It's me, it's me. Do you have any requests?" The little loli nodded repeatedly, her big eyes fixed on Xu Bai. "Just tell me, I'll help you!" She patted the table with her childish voice, and then a blank piece of paper flew to Xu Bai.

This piece of paper, somehow, looked much larger than the one his true self received in his previous life.

"..." Xu Bai was silent for a moment, but then, with a thought, he began to write on it. Lines of text appeared:

"Using the Core Formation cultivation method 'Sitting Mountain Technique' as the blueprint, with the Great Dream Spring Autumn Array as a reference, and the Heaven-Sight Earth-Listen technique as a reference, derive a Dao Integration version of the 'Sitting Mountain Technique'. While retaining the 'Sitting Mountain Technique's' characteristic of benefiting without effort, I hope it can allow for a certain degree of surveillance over the cultivators who provide the feedback cultivation. In an even more ideal scenario, the consciousness of all cultivators involved in the 'Sitting Mountain Technique' could be connected and shared in some way."

Xu Bai wrote down his requests as thoroughly as possible. Although the paper had not yet flown into the Derivation Jade's hands, she seemed to have already seen its contents. Her face showed a mix of surprise and distress. When the blank paper was densely filled with writing, Xu Bai handed it over. The little loli pretended to take it and examined it carefully. The space fell silent for a moment.

"What's wrong? Is there some difficulty?" Xu Bai asked with a pleasant smile, showing concern. "If you find it a bit difficult, I can slightly lower the requirements for the cultivation method," he said softly.

The little loli slammed her chubby hand on the table: "What? Don't look down on me! How could such a small matter stump me!"

"Hmph!" She frowned deeply, seemingly becoming serious. She looked at the paper Xu Bai presented again and then tossed it upwards. The characters on the paper instantly seemed to come alive, rushing towards the giant sphere above her head.

"Creak..."

Instantly, the frequency of the sphere's character transformations became countless times faster than before. There were even faint sounds of it being overwhelmed.

"Plop."

Xu Bai looked and saw the little loli's head resting on the table, sound asleep. With a faint smile, Xu Bai tilted his head back and continued to fix his gaze on the massive luminous sphere above. Having advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, his vision was several times clearer than when he was at the Core Formation stage. He could now barely discern some of the changes occurring within.

As the characters continuously transformed, some gradually faded and disappeared, seemingly removing invalid combinations. And sometimes a burst of brilliant white light would erupt, engulfing countless characters and erasing them together. However, this blank area would soon be filled with new sequences of characters, and the derivation would resume with renewed flashing.

"This must be the successful derivation of a new cultivation method."

Xu Bai carefully observed the massive character sphere. He found that nearly a tenth of the area was still undergoing this ordinary cultivation method derivation. While in the other nine-tenths of the area, the characters were flashing and transforming at a much faster rate.

"It must be helping me derive the subsequent parts of the 'Sitting Mountain Technique'," he thought. "Compared to my previous life, it truly seems to be putting in its full effort. This can no longer be explained by merely being good-looking or using provoking tactics. Favored by Heaven and Earth, the embodiment of Heaven's marvel..."

"So that's how it is." Xu Bai's peripheral vision glanced at the little Derivation Jade loli, who seemed to be asleep, and he instantly understood.

The allowed time for cultivation method derivation with a Dao Integration-level Law-Seeking Jade Tablet was two days. Xu Bai quietly stood beneath the sphere, waiting for the Derivation Jade's final derivation result.

However, perhaps Xu Bai's demands were simply too stringent. The difficulty of deriving this cultivation method seemed to be somewhat beyond the Derivation Jade's capabilities. When a phantom countdown appeared before Xu Bai's eyes, the little loli still had not completed the cultivation method derivation.