Failure?
As they watched Lin Yu reject their recruitment offers, Ning Fengzhi, Bibi Dong, and Dai Tianfeng felt a pang of disappointment.
For these three influential figures, it wasn't just the allure of Lin Yu's current random cultivation method they coveted, but rather their high regard for Lin Yu himself. They believed that with the advantage gained from the first wish reward, Lin Yu would undoubtedly develop rapidly over time, with a future full of limitless potential. Whoever managed to recruit him would achieve unprecedented success!
Unfortunately, Lin Yu turned them all down.
Seeing that Lin Yu had refused the offers from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, the Spirit Hall, and the Star Luo Royal Family, other factions that had been preparing to make their offers quickly fell silent.
However, they had not given up hope. They understood that people's decisions could change over time. Lin Yu might currently be hesitant to join any faction due to fears of being exploited. But as Lin Yu grew stronger, the possibility of collaboration, or even submission, might become feasible.
For some factions like the Dragon and Snake Families, and the Four Great Clans of Li, Yu, Min, and Po, such an offer was not out of the question.
[Ding! The live stream quiz has ended. The stream will close temporarily in three minutes. Please exit the live stream room if you wish.]
[The next live stream quiz will be in fifteen days!]
With Lin Yu's refusals on display, the virtual screen showed a brief message before the live stream ended. As the screen went dark, a line of crimson text appeared, and a cold voice echoed:
As the live stream ended, viewers began to leave. Even though they hadn't answered any questions correctly, they discovered that the rewards included powerful techniques or top-level meditation methods.
Many factions started to consider a new approach. Previously, they had set up private libraries and hired scholars to memorize knowledge and answer live stream questions. However, the answers to recent questions had been elusive, except for the second one, which had been found in the library.
If they could recruit enough people willing to risk punishment to answer all possible questions, they might uncover the correct answers and win the rewards.
While this wouldn't work for soul bone or martial spirit evolution opportunities—since the rewards seemed to go directly to those who answered correctly—this method could be effective for knowledge-based rewards like cultivation techniques. Knowledge can be passed on!
Even if a commoner answered correctly, if they received the technique, they could pass it on, allowing others to learn and use it. This seemed like a promising approach!
The difficulty of this method was not too high if sufficient rewards were offered. Many commoners would likely be willing to take the risk for the chance of a reward!
After the live stream, many influential noble soul master factions, led by the Snow Star Prince and the Snowstorm faction from the Heaven Dou Empire, began implementing this strategy.
Meanwhile, back in the Windmill Village.
After exiting the live stream, Lin Yu began communicating with the system to claim his reward.
"System, given the environment of the Douluo Continent, can you recommend the best and most suitable cultivation technique for me?"
With previous experience in mind, Lin Yu didn't aim too high this time. He asked calmly.
Though he would have preferred powerful techniques like Star Transformation, Eternal Sutra, Devouring Heaven Demon Art, or Divine Elephant Crushing Prison, these required significant resources or specific physical attributes.
Lin Yu could only cultivate traditional martial arts on the Douluo Continent. Among the advanced martial arts he knew, the only options were the Demon Summoning Sutra from the God Tomb and the Celestial Stele Mystic Method from the Realm of Longevity.
However, the former required the Chen family's physique from the God Tomb world, and the latter was also resource-intensive. Thus, Lin Yu needed the system to provide a recommendation.
[Ding! After system analysis, the most suitable cultivation technique for you in the current Douluo Continent's spiritual environment is the Longevity Technique from the Great Tang Twin Dragons world!]
After a brief pause, the system's cold voice sounded.
"Longevity Technique?"
Hearing the system's response, Lin Yu was slightly surprised, but it wasn't unexpected. In the famous martial arts dramas and films from his past life, such as Great Tang Twin Dragons, Wind and Cloud, The Best, and Kung Fu, the Longevity Technique was the most suitable for his Chaos Blue Lotus martial spirit.
"Alright! I'll choose the Longevity Technique!"
After considering it, Lin Yu decided to choose the Longevity Technique.
With Lin Yu's decision, the system immediately transmitted a wealth of information into his mind about the Longevity Technique and its cultivation method.
Over the next fifteen days, Lin Yu focused on practicing the Longevity Technique.
As one of the four great classic martial arts books from the Great Tang Twin Dragons world, its pinnacle realm reached the Void Shattering stage, far surpassing Tang San's Heavenly Nether Method.
The technique's mystical nature and difficulty were evident. However, with the system's guidance on cultivating the Longevity Technique, Lin Yu found it manageable.
The greatest challenge in cultivating the Longevity Technique was starting without any martial arts or inner strength foundation. In the Great Tang Twin Dragons world, those who obtained the technique were typically not ordinary people, making it challenging for many.
Most would struggle to abandon their martial arts, not knowing the key to the Longevity Technique's practice.
However, Lin Yu met this requirement perfectly. Though he had soul power, it was not true qi but a pure, attribute-less energy that could be transformed into any true qi, including that needed for the Longevity Technique.
The Longevity Technique's uniqueness lies in its approach: directly absorbing and refining the world's spiritual energy into one's true qi, akin to innate true qi. Its greatest advantage was its rapid qi recovery, surpassing even the Nine Yang Divine Skill from Jin Yong's martial arts.
The Longevity Technique had seven parts: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Yin, and Yang. Each part could be practiced separately, making it a fragmented version of the complete Longevity Technique. Yet, it could still reach the Void Shattering realm.
In the Great Tang Twin Dragons, the protagonists, Kou Zhong, and Xu Ziling, practiced the Yin and Yang parts respectively. Lin Yu, with the correct method, cultivated the complete version, integrating all seven attributes into his Longevity True Qi.
With Longevity True Qi encompassing all seven attributes, Lin Yu would have an advantage over nearly any attribute-based attack in future battles against other soul masters!