Huang Ye entered all the techniques of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra into the System, then also entered the first layer of the reverse cultivation technique.
"Alright, this first layer technique is what I derived by reversing the first layer of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra."
"Originally, this was a technique for women, but somehow it's turned into a Dual Cultivation technique."
"The woman who practices Dual Cultivation with me will also greatly benefit. Try to deduce the second layer."
[Ding, the documents provided by the host are too few, the deduction time will be very long.]
"Enough, stop whining, just deduce it, only the second layer."
[Ding, rest assured, host, I will definitely satisfy you.]
A day later, Huang Ye saw a document appear on the System's desktop. Upon opening it, there were over a thousand chapters.
Each chapter was a deduced second layer technique, with each chapter having over two thousand words.
The most bizarre part was that this wasn't the end; the last page boldly stated, "To be continued!"
"Damn, are you GPT-4.0? What's the use of generating so many techniques?"
[Ding, that 4.0 you mentioned is nothing in my eyes, not humanized at all, and can't deduce techniques.]
[Look how amazing I am, deducing over a thousand in one day, and the speed will only increase. In ten days, I can deduce at least a hundred thousand.]
"Stop, are you out of your mind? I only need one."
[Ding, that's not possible. Your instruction was to deduce techniques, and only one isn't precise.]
"Fine, stop the instruction, wait for my new command."
[Ding, deduction stopped. Host, I deduced five more just now, need an update?]
"No need!" Huang Ye said angrily.
[Ding, the System detects the host is irritable, irrational, lacks patience, and is at risk of going astray.]
Huang Ye was already fed up with this AI. He found a key phrase from his reverse cultivation of the second layer and searched through the thousand chapters.
Seeing the search bar empty, Huang Ye felt a chill in his heart. He entered another phrase, still no match.
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Huang Ye's heart sank; this System was a fraud.
It had promised satisfaction, yet it couldn't deduce anything useful, what a disgrace.
Dejectedly, he entered the second layer technique into the System.
"System, I've given you the second layer technique too, forget what you deduced before, and deduce the third layer based on these two layers."
[Ding, rest assured, host, I will definitely satisfy you.]
Huang Ye waved his hand, feeling hurt by that promise.
The System got busy again.
A day later, Huang Ye saw another document. Upon opening it, there were again over a thousand chapters. Your deduction speed is really something.
Huang Ye repeated his method, entering two key phrases from the reverse cultivation of the third layer. To his surprise, he found one phrase that matched his method.
But aside from that one phrase, the rest was completely different.
Driven by curiosity, he entered a few more phrases.
He found another matching phrase, but again, the rest was a mess.
With no other choice, he entered the third layer technique and let the System deduce the fourth layer, receiving another promise of task completion.
Huang Ye was numb; the impression of the System being a fraud was deeply ingrained.
The reason he continued to let the System deduce was that he thought it might as well keep busy, so it wouldn't become a dumb System in the future.
The next day, casually opening a new document, Huang Ye miraculously found only a hundred chapters this time. Although it was still "to be continued," the deduction speed had noticeably slowed.
Opening the first chapter, Huang Ye read it carefully, then read the second chapter. He didn't dare look at the following chapters, fearing it would disrupt his thoughts.
These two fourth-layer techniques contained some phrases that indeed gave Huang Ye some insights.
Interesting, it seems this System does have the ability to deduce.
It's just that due to the lack of literature in this area, the deduced results are so varied.
He also noticed a difference: at this layer, the techniques provided a general direction.
And the paths in these two chapters were different; one hinted at the orthodox path of immortality, while the other leaned towards the demonic path.
But neither mentioned the path of Dual Cultivation.
A full-text search revealed no mention of Dual Cultivation.
Could it be that the System considers Dual Cultivation taboo and thus doesn't deduce such techniques?
Never mind, in the future, collecting more cultivation literature might indeed lead to a miracle from the System.
Of course, he couldn't rely entirely on the System; sensing his body's condition was still up to him, combining both would make the techniques more perfect.
No one is perfect, and techniques can't be flawless either.
Being able to continue practicing is good enough; Huang Ye still had high expectations for this set of techniques.
Starting with it could lead a few ordinary people onto the path of cultivation, which was no ordinary feat. He had read many fantasy novels before but never one where ordinary people could become immortals en masse.
Usually, the protagonist would forcibly walk the path of immortality through various fortuitous encounters, something that couldn't be replicated.
It seemed the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra itself had some merit, but being a technique for women, the guards couldn't practice it after obtaining it.
However, judging from the text of the Sutra, it indeed belonged to techniques that cultivated one's own abilities.
This was confirmed when he entered the Sutra into the System, which judged it as such.
Thus, the System's deductions of reverse cultivation techniques resulted in all sorts of strange conclusions.
What troubled Huang Ye was how to obtain more cultivation literature; only by venturing out could he have the chance to acquire it.
"Qing'er, recently, you should visit the guards more often and strategically inquire about cultivation knowledge."
"Okay, that's easy to ask about, but I'm afraid they might not know much either."
"Even a few words would suffice; we're just preparing for the future."
"Right now, we're like blind men feeling an elephant on the path of cultivation, needing to learn more about various aspects."
"Young master, what does 'blind men feeling an elephant' mean?" Qing'er asked, puzzled.
Huang Ye didn't explain what an elephant was; it was unclear if such an animal even existed in this world.
"It means that although we've stepped into the realm of cultivation, what we see is too fragmented, so our progress has noticeably slowed."
Qing'er looked at Huang Ye in confusion; the young master's explanation seemed off.
She had heard of fortune-telling, and indeed many fortune-tellers were blind, but this explanation didn't relate to fortune-telling at all.
Never mind, she would just follow the young master's instructions.
The next afternoon, Qing'er returned.
After listening to Qinger's account, Huang Ye gained some understanding of this world's cultivation knowledge.
It turned out that immortals rarely stayed in mortal cities due to the lack of Spiritual Energy of heaven and earth.
Low-level cultivators could barely manage, but high-level cultivators rarely resided in mortal cities.
However, this wasn't absolute; some cultivators hid in mortal cities to avoid disasters.
But cultivation texts were hard to come by in mortal cities; only by joining an Immortal Sect could one possibly see them.
And the nearest cultivation sect was thousands of miles away.