The first to regain clarity was the person from Sunlight Peak, "Brother Tang, if you achieve the Golden Core, what’s the harm in killing soone?"
He thought this condition was great, a huge win. Regardless of the reliability of the modified cultivation technique, the key was that it didn’t require any Spirit Stone!
Even if the cultivation technique was very reliable, Brother Tang might not necessarily succeed in attaining the Golden Core, so he wouldn’t have to pay any price.
If it truly led to the achievent of becoming a Golden Core Master, such a great favor, what’s the big deal in killing soone in return?
Moreover, Mountain Master Feng had already clarified in advance that the person to be killed was unrelated to Brother Tang, so it wouldn’t put him in a position of wrongdoing.
With such good conditions, why not agree?
Tang Shixun was awakened by this shout. He cupped his hands to Feng Jun, his eyes full of admiration, "Mountain Master Feng truly lives up to the title of soone who sees through the mysteries of heaven, seeing the big picture through the small, hearing the thunder in silence. I have been enlightened!"
"Is it really as profound as you say?" Feng Jun laughed as he waved his hand, thinking to himself that he just had a bit of a mischievous streak, "That’s just my insistence, it’s unrelated to you... My path may not suit you."
"I understand," Tang Shixun smiled and nodded, "Individual differences... is that how it’s said?"
At this mont, Kong Ziyi finally snapped back to reality, her gaze still a bit wandering, "Mountain Master Feng, is there really such a thing about saving soone? Brother Tang is not incurably ill."
"How is it not a serious illness?" Tang Shixun glanced at her, "The Golden Core grants a thousand years of life. If I can’t achieve becoming a Golden Core Master, wouldn’t I live five hundred fewer years? If I live longer, others must live shorter... This request is quite reasonable."
"Alright, it seems you have agreed," Feng Jun spoke in a deep voice, "Did you bring the Yang Thunder Scripture cultivation technique? Oh, by the way, modifying the cultivation technique requires so ti, is that alright?"
"I brought the cultivation technique with because I wanted you to help analyze it," Tang Shixun indeed brought the cultivation technique, "Ti is no issue, how long will it take?"
After a mont of thought, Feng Jun replied, "Let’s set a limit of twenty days."
He thought he could resolve it within ten days, so he extended it a bit, making it twenty days.
Upon hearing this, even the person from Sunlight Peak was surprised and decisively stated—I’m not in a hurry to leave, I’ll wait to see your customized cultivation technique.
In fact, Feng Jun’s modification of the Yang Thunder Scripture went smoother than he expected.
The cultivation technique originally had a compatibility of only seventy-seven percent with Tang Shixun. After Feng Jun’s modification, he increased the compatibility to eighty-four percent in just one day, a smoothness that surprised even himself.
The reason was actually quite simple, just as he said: The Heavenly Thunder Scripture was rely an auxiliary cultivation technique for Tang Shixun, used for tempering the Gold Attribute within him, so Feng Jun didn’t need to consider the overall reasonability of the cultivation technique, just focusing on tempering.
Five days later, Feng Jun presented the modified cultivation technique. By this ti, the compatibility of the technique had already reached eighty-nine percent, twelve percentage points higher.
This was even when he deliberately delayed the delivery by three days; otherwise, he would’ve produced this result in two days.
As he continued to deduce, he could further increase the compatibility of the cultivation technique, but... he truly felt a bit apprehensive.
So he could only apologetically inform the other party, "Currently, this is the level I can achieve. Return and cultivate with this. If you’re not satisfied, you can co back to , but I truly can’t guarantee the next result."
Tang Shixun took the cultivation technique and looked at it, finding the changes quite significant. As a longstanding cultivator at the ninth level of detachnt, he considered himself experienced. From the modifications, he could analyze that Feng Jun focused more on the tempering aspect, but as for whether this thing... could really be cultivated?
Fortunately, during the five days of waiting, he had already made up his mind that, regardless of how Feng Jun modified the cultivation technique, he would first take it back to Taiqing for analysis before deciding whether to cultivate it.
Thus, he returned to the mountain with three fellow sect mbers, first consulting the Taiqing Patron, Master Duhe, the Golden Core who was relatively good at deduction. The person from Sunlight Peak also went with him.
Master Duhe had never studied the Yang Thunder Scripture before, so for comparison, he even took the original version to study. Tang Shixun watched with twitching lips: I spent a lot of Spirit Stone to buy the technique for cultivation, while they got to study it openly in the na of research.
In the end, however, even the Poison Crane Minister couldn’t co to any conclusive judgnt. His evaluation was similar to Tang Shixun’s: I don’t fully understand the changes in this cultivation technique, but the person who modified it clearly didn’t treat it as a primary cultivation technique.
Next, the Patron Master used the old thod: divination.
Master Duhe gave Tang Shixun six white shells polished into the shape of copper coins, then took out a black stone plate, instructing Tang Shixun to hold the cultivation technique in one hand and the shells in the other, and then scatter them on the stone plate.
Tang Shixun scattered both the original and modified versions once.
Master Duhe calculated with his fingers for a while, then nodded confidently, "This custom version... is indeed more suitable for you. Off you go."
Tang Shixun couldn’t quite understand the thods behind the opponent’s deduction, but he couldn’t ask either. This was Master Duhe’s exclusive secret technique. Just like how he didn’t know how Feng Jun perford his deductions, he was content to accept the results. Trying to inquire further would be taboo.
After expressing his thanks, he turned and left to seek the Peak Master of Wuwei Peak.
The Peak Master was also very interested in this matter. Even though he was in the midst of closed cultivation, upon hearing that Tang Shixun had brought back an improved version of the Heavenly Thunder Scripture, he imdiately summoned him to his retreat.
The Peak Master of Wuwei Peak was truly skilled in various cultivation techniques. After taking just two glances at the improved version provided by Feng Jun, his eyes lit up, "This, this, this... it can be changed like this?"
He then put away the cultivation technique, "I’ll study it for a few days. You may go now."
Tang Shixun didn’t agree. He hadn’t co to the Peak Master imdiately because he knew the Master got quite obsessed when researching cultivation techniques, taking three to five years normally. "Peak Master, I’m waiting to cultivate... maybe I should wait here?"
The Peak Master, aware of his own quirks, spoke rather embarrassedly, "I’ll only look at it for two days. If I beco too engrossed, you can knock on the door."
On the third day, Tang Shixun almost broke the door, and only when the restrictions started countering did the Peak Master open it.
With bloodshot eyes, he handed the technique back, apologetically saying, "I got carried away again. This is the case... I went through it. You can cultivate with confidence. Although the scope of changes is quite large and more focused on tempering, the Dao is self-consistent, the rules are reasonable, without major flaws."
He ant that this was a qualified cultivation technique, even though the developnt direction was focused, there was no significant issue if it were used as a main cultivation technique.
Tang Shixun wasn’t angry; instead, he felt a little sorry for the Peak Master. As a Golden Core Master, how could he have bloodshot eyes from staying awake two days? It was due to ticulous research, and the blood in his eyes wasn’t from visual strain, but from his emotional, spiritual, and energetic expenditure.
So he apologetically replied, "How about this, I’ll take a copy and try to cultivate first. You can make a copy to slowly research? Please don’t overwork yourself."
A glint flashed in the Peak Master’s eyes, but after hesitating, he firmly shook his head, "Forget it, it’s not worth researching. It doesn’t align with my research direction... his changes should be personal, a bit narrow in scope."
That’s because it’s not happening to you! Tang Shixun felt amused and helpless: As a person involved, I actually like this narrow scope.
However, he still respectfully asked again, "Do you really... not need a copy?"
"Go, go, go," the Peak Master waved him away, "I finally decided not to study it, don’t disturb my Dao Heart... by the way, if you notice anything unusual during cultivation, rember to inform ."
Unusual? There definitely was. Feng Jun’s changes increased the compatibility from seventy-seven percent to eighty-nine percent. Just in numbers, this increased the effectiveness by fifteen percent; eighty-nine divided by seventy-seven equals 1.159.
But probabilistic issues aren’t calculated like this. Is a ninety-nine percent versus a hundred percent compatibility just a matter of one percent?
It should be described as a decrease in failure probability, from twenty-three percent down to eleven percent.
In any case, Tang Shixun, being at the ninth level of Dust Removal, was far more sensitive to Qi chanisms than Zhang Caixin. With such an efficiency improvent, he determined within two days that the improved cultivation technique was much better.
This was still because he was cultivating the Yang Thunder Scripture for tempering, not as a main cultivation technique. Otherwise, he would have discovered abnormalities in even less ti—a tempering matter, sotis a bit of pain is good, but sotis comfort is better, and quick judgnts can’t always be made.
After he made his judgnt, he imdiately reported it to the Peak Master.
What he didn’t expect was, just as he was reporting to the Peak Master, a guest arrived at Wuwei Peak—the Peak Master of Kongxing Peak.
Broadmaster Xiaosong of Kongxing Peak was an Immortal Second Generation. His great-grandfather was also a Master of the Taiqing Sect, who successfully ford a Nascent Soul and went to the higher Taiqing Gate, and hadn’t been heard from for a long ti.
But that’s normal. After entering the higher gate, one must let go of certain matters since Taiqing ultimately is a sect, not a family power. It’s a ritocracy, not about playing with lineage.
Take Kong Ziyi for example, although she was the granddaughter of Master Sumiao, Master Sumiao put her into Taiqing through so covert operations—that process was ntioned previously.
Master Xiaosong, while growing up, also benefited sowhat from his ancestors’ influence, yet he indeed had his own abilities and, based on those, beca the master of a peak.
He despised people saying he was an Immortal Second Generation, akin to how Earth Realm’s affluent offspring say, "I got into New Ivy League and Haverford based on my abilities," without ntioning how much the family spent on hiring high-end private tutors.
Therefore, when Master Xiaosong heard of so recent anomalies in the sect, where many hidden fierce-wind-gold attribute disciples had breakthroughs, he felt he needed to look into it.
The reason being, nothing else, Kongxing Peak is the place with the most wind attribute cultivators in the entire Taiqing. Eighty percent of the wind attribute cultivators, plus fifteen percent of sword cultivators, and the remaining five percent are other attributes.
Coincidentally, Tang Shixun is the most famous hidden fierce-wind-gold in the Taiqing Sect, recognized as being stuck at the ninth level of Dust Removal.
User Comments
0 comments from readers