Shen Luo's gaze fell on the ordinary-looking round jade pendant. After taking a quick look at it, a look of disbelief suddenly lit up in his eyes.
"Uncle-master, could this be the Pure Yang Manual?" Shen Luo asked in astonishment.
The old Taoist nodded, and used his hands to continuously perform mysterious magic spells, continuously hitting the jade pendant in Shen Luo's palm.
After a flash of white light on the jade pendant, a light curtain was projected from it, on which were projected a large piece of constantly changing text, the content of which was exactly the secret formula of the "Pure Yang Treasure Book".
Shen Luo scanned the words and was about to see them clearly when the white light on the jade pendant suddenly flashed and then suddenly retracted, and the changing words also disappeared.
"Shen Luo, if you want to inherit the treasure book, there is one last thing you need to do." The great-grandmaster said in a deep voice.
"Uncle-master, please speak." Shen Luo took a deep breath and said.
"I want you to swear an oath with your Taoist heart and the name of the Three Pure Ones. In the future, whether you do it yourself or find someone else, you must pass on the Chunqiu Temple, and promise not to teach the skills and spells contained in the Chunyang Treasure Book to anyone other than the Xiaomaoshan lineage." The thin old Taoist looked at Shen Luo, with an imperceptible hint of murderous intent in his eyes.
Shen Luo's heart trembled. Looking at the situation, if he did not agree, this great-grand-master would rather kill him first and then destroy the book than pass it on.
"What? You don't want to swear an oath?" The old Taoist saw that Shen Luo didn't say anything and his voice became harsh.
"Disciple Shen Luo is willing to take a vow." Shen Luo agreed solemnly.
The old Taoist's expression then relaxed and his eyes softened a little.
Then, under the watchful eyes of his uncle, Shen Luo swore a vicious oath in the name of Daoxin and the Three Pure Ones, stating that if he violated the oath, he would die and his bones would be crushed to dust.
After the old Taoist watched Shen Luo swear word by word, his expression finally relaxed completely.
"This is the mantra and method to open the jade pendant. You must remember them carefully." After saying that, the old Taoist recited the mantra twice and demonstrated the method to open the jade pendant twice.
After Shen Luo memorized them, he put away the jade pendant and his talisman fork.
"Okay, let's go without further ado." The uncle-master looked at Shen Luo deeply and said.
"Farewell, great-grandmaster!" Shen Luo looked solemn and bowed respectfully.
The old Taoist nodded, pinched his hands together, and a scarlet magic sword suddenly shot out, heading straight for the top of the stone chamber.
Wherever the sword reached, the stone wall of the roof became as soft as tofu, and a hole about one foot wide was directly split open, revealing a ray of light from the sky.
"Go!" The old Taoist pinched some magic formula with one hand, shook his sleeves, and raised his palm upwards.
Shen Luo immediately felt a layer of heat rising under his feet. When he leaned over to look, he found that there was a ball of red glow beneath him, which supported his body like a cloud and began to rise towards the sky.
The whistling sound in his ears became louder and louder, and his whole body soared into the sky along the hole above his head, flew out of the crack in the mountain wall, and arrived in the sky.
Shen Luo glanced downward and suddenly felt that the forest below looked familiar. After taking a closer look, he found that he was actually above the back mountain, and the stone chamber he was in was actually built inside the mountain.