Chapter 557 - 420: Nameless Town
"Sect Leader, we’re not excluding Elder Zheng," Lin Junrong carefully explained to Wenn Ziyan. "It’s just that this matter involves Elder Zheng, and we can’t possibly discuss something related to him in front of him."
Wenn Ziyan listened and found it increasingly strange.
Others were fine, but Lin Junrong was one of her closest people, and he couldn’t not know how much she valued Zheng Yi.
In such a situation, it was impossible for her to target Zheng Yi.
She wanted to see what had caused this situation, where the elders of Star Sea were in such disarray.
The noise created by the elders when they quarreled made it impossible for her to focus on her retreat.
Listening to them, Wenn Ziyan gradually felt that something was off.
"Wait... Are you saying Zheng Yi gave you a secret manual, and you’re unsure whether to allow all the sect’s disciples to cultivate it?"
Even though these words came from Lin Junrong’s mouth, Wenn Ziyan still found it hard to believe.
The cultivation technique that Zheng Yi presented had led all the elders of Star Sea to convene just to decide whether to let all the sect’s disciples practice it.
What kind of cultivation technique could be so powerful?
Lin Junrong slowly shook his head, "No, Elder Zheng brought out not one, but two manuals."
When she heard the first half of the sentence, Wenn Ziyan felt a bit disappointed. But the moment she heard the second half, her jaw dropped in shock.
Wang Haiwong quickly held out both manuals with both hands and presented them to Wenn Ziyan.
"I want to see what kind of powerful cultivation technique this is."
Only a glance, and Wenn Ziyan’s gaze was firmly captured by the content.
To her, these were indeed the most basic things.
But precisely because of this, Wenn Ziyan could more clearly feel the brilliance of these two cultivation techniques.
To ordinary people, Cultivators seemed like Immortals untouched by the mundane world.
However, all cultivators knew that in this world, you can’t have it both ways; gaining in cultivation always comes with loss.
If one wants a solid foundation, the cultivation speed will inevitably be slow. If one wants rapid progression with risky moves, it will inevitably lead to an unstable foundation.
Yet the two cultivation techniques that Zheng Yi brought out, while not the pinnacle in every aspect,
achieved excellence in the vast majority of aspects.
Individually compared, these cultivation techniques fell short of those accumulated over generations in the Star Sea’s Scripture Pavilion.
But if you comprehensively compare the Nine Yin Scripture with the Nine Yang True Technique, their overall level could surpass the other techniques by at least a fold or even more.
Ignoring all other disruptive factors, if all disciples of Star Sea were to cultivate the Nine Yin Scripture, their disciples’ strength might practically double.
After thorough study, Wenn Ziyan even felt an impulse to abandon her current techniques and start anew with these two techniques.
"What’s there to consider? Such excellent techniques should naturally be cultivated by our Star Sea’s disciples as soon as possible."
Wang Haiwong hesitated for a moment and said, "Sect Leader, the techniques are indeed good. However, since these are Elder Zheng’s techniques, haven’t you considered whether there’s anything amiss with them?"
Though his words were implicit, Wenn Ziyan immediately understood what he meant.
"Is that so?"
Meticulously, she examined the two techniques again.
This time, Wenn Ziyan approached them with the mindset of finding issues, scrutinizing almost word by word.
Everyone watched Wenn Ziyan tensely, the assembly hall so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
After a full half hour, she finally finished reviewing the two techniques.
When she put down the two manuals, the elders were so nervous they barely dared to breathe, fearing bad news from the Sect Leader’s mouth.
"These two secret manuals should be fine. At least, I don’t see anything hidden in them."
"Perhaps only those at the Enlightenment Stage, or cultivators with even higher cultivation levels, might see any issues within."
The elders still hoped the Sect Leader coming out could provide them with a definite answer.
Yet Wenn Ziyan couldn’t be certain whether the techniques Zheng Yi presented had any issues.
"So... should we still let the disciples cultivate them?" Wang Haiwong asked, apprehensive.
"Practice them." Wenn Ziyan decided without a second thought.
"If these two techniques really contain issues subtle enough that even I can’t detect, could Zheng Yi not use these techniques to deal with the Heaven-supporting Sword Sect or Jinghang Mountain instead?"
"It would be quite the overkill to use them against our Star Sea."
Regarding this issue, Wenn Ziyan was very clear-thinking, regardless of Zheng Yi’s motives.
These two techniques seemed problem-free.
If this truly was bait set by the other, whose cost was so steep, Wenn Ziyan would accept it.
"I will return to closed cultivation and leave the remaining matters to you." Before finishing her words, she vanished from sight.
Wenn Ziyan initially only sensed her own elders quarreling, so she came temporarily to resolve it.
But she never expected that when she went back to her retreat, she would suddenly discover,
her mind was filled with the two cultivation techniques Zheng Yi had presented.
Even though these were the most basic cultivation techniques, the words seemed to hold a certain magical power, concealing profound mysteries.
Wenn Ziyan faintly felt that if she could fully comprehend the content of these two techniques, she might truly be able to understand the Great Dao and make a breakthrough in one fell swoop.