Even though Ying An knew that Ying Zheng's actions towards him, besides a few traces of paternal affection, were more for the purpose of reclaiming Great Qin's power from Lu Buwei's hands, Ying An held no grudges in his heart.
As Ying Zheng's son, Ying An had no standing to oppose Ying Zheng, no matter from what perspective.
Because as father and son, Ying An and Ying Zheng's interests were aligned.
However, although Ying An now had the Hong Yi template, he had not yet truly increased the integration level, and his strength had not significantly improved, making it impossible for him to exert much subjective initiative in Ying Zheng's power struggle.
His top priority was to first restore his strength; only strength was the key to everything, especially in this world where martial arts and profound techniques flourished.
In just a few days, Ying An's body seemed to have shed all its chronic ailments.
Not only did his complexion become rosy and return to normal, but even his breathing became light and smooth.
Of course, Ying An had not been idle these past few days.
Although he couldn't practice any martial arts or self-defense techniques because his body hadn't fully recovered, during this time, Ying An had Xiao Lingdang continuously bring in box after box of bamboo slips.
As part of the Qin royal collection, these bamboo slips encompassed almost everything from the Hundred Schools of Thought.
While there were no secret martial arts manuals, the doctrines and philosophies of each school were thoroughly expounded in these classics.
These bamboo slips were originally given to the royal families of the Seven Kingdoms by the Hundred Schools when they were promoting their doctrines, so the content naturally contained various arguments beautifying their own theories and ideas.
While continuously trying to increase the integration level of the Hong Yi template, Ying An also discovered a flaw, though not a major one, in the Myriad Worlds Character Template System.
For example, with the current Hong Yi template, if Ying An wanted to increase the integration level, he had to continuously read the various doctrines of the Hundred Schools of Thought.
These classics, filled with the wisdom of the ancients, rapidly strengthened Ying An's spirit.
However, the reading process was not merely about looking through them; it required Ying An to fully immerse himself, even needing to constantly ponder, absorb wisdom, and clarify his own mind.
Otherwise, simply skimming through them, while still able to increase integration, would be so inefficient as to be unbearable.
After only a few days of reading, Ying An clearly felt that although his appearance hadn't changed and he still looked like a frail scholar, his mind and will had undergone earth-shattering transformations.
When he reread Han Fei's "The Five Vermin" and carefully savored its principles, Ying An suddenly felt an unprecedented tranquility in his heart.
It was as if his spiritual world was instantly filled with wisdom.
In the depths of his consciousness, a Buddha image, identical to Ying An in appearance, appeared in the void, radiating immeasurable relic Buddha light, like a primordial deity breaking through dark chaos.
The moment this Buddha image appeared, Ying An's face immediately showed a serene and joyful expression.
Past Amitabha Sutra!! It finally appeared!!
As Hong Yi's true golden finger, the appearance of the Past Amitabha Sutra had allowed Hong Yi to overcome countless calamities that would have caused others to lose their souls.
With the template system by his side, in the cultivation of spirit Dao techniques, Ying An could achieve the stage of stabilizing his spirit almost immediately after integrating the Hong Yi template.
Even soul departure was not a problem for him.
However, Ying An was well aware of the risks involved in soul departure.
Even Hong Yi had suffered many losses.
Had it not been for good luck, he might have lost his soul during his first soul departure in the Western Mountains of Yujing.
Knowing this, Ying An, even with the Hong Yi template, was absolutely unwilling to rashly experiment with his life.
He continuously read various classics to improve his wisdom and increase the template integration level, all while waiting for the appearance of the Past Amitabha Sutra.
And now, days of diligent reading had finally paid off.
Submerged in his spiritual space, Ying An clearly felt a true meaning of immediate Buddhahood and eternal immutability.
Previously, out of concern for his fragile spirit, even a gust of wind after soul departure could cause instability, so Ying An had been suppressing his inner restlessness.
Now that he finally had the Past Amitabha Sutra, which was sufficient to suppress his spirit, even if his spirit were to be scattered, he could re-coalesce it with the help of the Past Amitabha Sutra.
At this point, how could Ying An hold back?
He sat cross-legged, and following the Pagoda Soul Departure Method, his spiritual consciousness climbed to the top of the pagoda, then leaped.
With a roar, Ying An felt as if the entire world had changed.
Everything around him was vivid, yet completely different from his physical senses.
Moreover, with physical eyes, one could only see forward, but in the spirit state, it was a full 360-degree view without blind spots.
However, having become accustomed to the physical eye's perspective, even in the spirit state where he could observe 360 degrees, Ying An still habitually ignored his surroundings.
His first soul departure instantly filled Ying An with confidence.
After a slight hesitation, he couldn't suppress the restlessness in his heart and prepared to leave the palace to roam Xianyang Palace.
But before Ying An could float out of the palace gate, a scorching aura instantly assailed him from outside the door.
His heart tightened, and Ying An hastily retracted his spirit back into his physical body.
At the same time, outside the palace gate, a young woman, dressed in a red, blue, and gold long dress, with a graceful and exquisite figure, and a noble and elegant demeanor, suddenly frowned just as she was about to push the door open, a grave expression flashing in her eyes.
Seeing the young woman seemingly frozen, maintaining the motion of pushing the door but making no further movement, the red-haired man beside her said, "Dong Jun, this is Young Master Ying An's residence! However, the young master is frail and has always disliked being disturbed.
I hope Dong Jun will not linger too long here with Young Master Ying An."
"Thank you, Zhao Gao." Dong Jun looked back at the red-haired man with a meaningful gaze, then slowly pushed open the door.
At this moment, Ying An, whose soul had just returned to his body and who was still shaken, never dreamed that the scorching aura he had felt through the door was none other than from his fiancée, Dong Jun!
While the power system of the Yang God World certainly had a distant future, it wasn't to say that the martial arts of the Qin World were truly ineffective before one truly stepped into the profound realm.
Although the martial arts true energy of the Qin World was not as mysterious and unfathomable as the Yang God immortal Dao, it was quite similar to Qi cultivation methods.
With Ying An's current spirit cultivation, which barely reached the Night Roaming level, martial arts true energy was enough to cause damage to his spirit.
Especially for someone like Dong Jun, who cultivated Soul Manipulation containing a hint of scorching sun true meaning.
One must know that Dong Jun's Dragon Wandering Energy from Soul Manipulation could transform into a vivid Three-legged Golden Crow!
This was precisely the bane of yin souls and similar powers!
Of course, this was also because Ying An's current spirit cultivation was too low.
Even if he had the cultivation of Day Roaming now, he wouldn't have been scared back into his body by Dong Jun just now, merely by feeling her through the door.