The Lowly Inner Sect Disciple and the Noble Outer Sect Disciple

Looking at Wan Lin's puzzled expression, Ma Liang felt a surge of emotions.

Once upon a time, you Wan Lin, were a woman who could rival me Ma Liang, for Senior Brother Xinghe's most trusted confidante.

I, Ma Liang, even worried that Wan Lin might compete with me for my position as the Grand Elder in the Future.

But now, looking at Wan Lin's bewildered expression, Ma Liang knew... Wan Lin was no longer qualified to be his opponent.

Outer disciple Ma Liang, with a serious expression, began to give ideological education to inner core disciple Wan Lin.

Ma Liang said, "Wan Lin... your current thinking is very dangerous."

You're so focused on cultivation that you've completely forgotten your original aspirations.

Compared to cultivating oneself, following in Senior Brother Xinghe's footsteps, and understanding Senior Brother Xinghe decisions, what does cultivation even amount to?

Back in the day, you, Wan Lin, were someone who could compete with me Ma Liang, on the same stage.

But look at you now... you're just a lowly inner core disciple, while I, Ma Liang, am already the only permanent outer disciple of the Vast Heaven Sect.

Junior Sister Wan Lin, how can you, a lowly inner disciple, compare to me, a noble outer disciple?

Do you realize that the gap between you and your Senior Brother Ma Liang is widening significantly?

Cultivation is very important... but compared to assisting Senior Brother Xinghe, cultivation can be completely abandoned.

When did I, Ma Liang, ever practice cultivation?

But honestly, even if there were ten more Wan Lins, let alone just one Wan Lin, could they be a match for me, Ma Liang?

How did I, Ma Liang, get to where I am today?

Isn't it because he's assisting Senior Brother Xinghe?

Do you, Wan Lin, think that you can improve just because you acquired the Charm Art during your seclusion?

Your cultivation has improved, but your thinking has regressed!

So you're in big danger right now... You're about to lose your qualification to be Senior Brother Xinghe's confidant, do you know that?

After hearing what Senior Brother Ma Liang said, Wan Lin turned pale.

Senior Brother Ma Liang is absolutely right... You've become attached to appearances!

Previously, I was focused on cultivating diligently, going into seclusion to hone my skills, and then emerging to assist Senior Brother Xinghe.

But look at Senior Brother Ma Liang, he's already become the only permanent outer disciple of the Vast Heaven Sect... I, Wan Lin, am just a lowly core disciple.

Are the core disciples really that great?

How many core disciples does our Vast Heaven Sect have?

But there's only one outer disciple like Senior Brother Ma Liang.

Look at how Senior Brother Ma Liang disciplines his core disciples; which one dares to utter a single word?

They were all silenced and bowed their heads after being scolded by Senior Brother Ma Liang...

But I, Wan Lin, used to go to the Myriad Flowers House with my Senior Brother Ma Liang to see the courtesans and even fight people together.

But what about now?

I, Wan Lin, am merely a lowly core disciple of the inner sect. Let alone following in Senior Brother Xinghe's footsteps, I even have difficulty catching a glimpse of Senior Brother Xinghe's back.

Just as my Senior Brother Ma Liang said, I have indeed forgotten my original aspirations...

Wan Lin sincerely thanked Senior Brother Ma Liang for his advice, saying, "I, Wan Lin, was wrong... I will never waste my time cultivating recklessly in the future. I beg Senior Brother Ma Liang Wan Lin to give me some guidance, considering that we went to the Myriad Flowers House together... cough cough... to see the courtesan together."

I, Wan Lin, am of dull talent, and I certainly have no chance of becoming Senior Brother Xinghe's number one confidant. However, I, Wan Lin, still want to compete for the position of Senior Brother Xinghe's number two confidant.

Ma Liang agreed with Wan Lin's statement that she wanted to become Senior Brother Xinghe's second confidante without warning.

Wan Lin, although you fell behind for a while, you were one of the first to follow Senior Brother Xinghe, and with my guidance, Wan Lin Ma Liang, you Future have a bright future.

As long as you, Wan Lin, don't lose your resolve, there will definitely be more solutions than problems to help Senior Brother Xinghe!

As for the question about Hu Wenhai that Wan Lin had just mentioned, Ma Liang smiled slightly and gave Wan Lin the answer on the spot.

"Senior Brother Xinghe did say that the Great Sage was not allowed to teach Hu Wenhai talismans, but Senior Brother Xinghe didn't say that the Great Sage couldn't teach you the Wan Lin Talisman, right...? You can learn it from the Great Sage and then teach Junior Brother Hu Wenhai... Wouldn't that solve the problem?"

Wan Lin: "!!"

If it weren't for the fact that it was Senior Brother Ma Liang, Wan Lin would be completely bewildered. Yes... he was completely misled, and all he could think about was how to get the Great Sage to teach Hu Wenhai.

However, the Great Sage had Senior Brother Xinghe's instructions: even if you captured the Great Sage and tortured him for a hundred years, the Great Sage would only become more excited and would never impart even a single bit of knowledge to him.

However, if one were to learn it oneself, given the character of Great Sage, one would certainly speak freely and without reservation.

Wouldn't it be the same if I learned it myself and then passed it on to my junior brother Hu Wenhai?

However, another question arose. Wan Lin was even more puzzled as to why Senior Brother Xinghe restricted the Great Sage from directly passing on his Great Sage to Hu Wenhai.

Ma Liang smiled slightly and offered another explanation to this question.

"Junior Sister Wan Lin... tell me, what is Hu Wenhai's greatest strength?"

"Talismans?" Wan Lin thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Let's hurry!"

"That's right!" Ma Liang nodded and continued, "Hu Wenhai was personally recruited by Senior Brother Xinghe. Everyone has seen that Hu Wenhai has been in our Vast Heaven Sect for so long, but his talent in talismans alone is not particularly strong."

"But Hu Wenhai's speed is terrifying. Senior Brother Xinghe is a teacher who teaches according to aptitude. Think about it, if Senior Brother Xinghe had the Great Sage teach Hu Wenhai the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art the moment Hu Wenhai entered our Vast Heaven Sect, would Hu Wenhai have focused on learning the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art, or would he have honed his speed like he is now?"

Wan Lin said he would definitely learn the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art, which is an ancient secret technique that no talisman master could resist.

Ma Liang nodded, saying that what Junior Sister Wan Lin said was absolutely right. If Hu Wenhai were to learn the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art directly, Hu Wenhai might become a talisman master in a short time, but Hu Wenhai would definitely have to give up his greatest advantage, which is speed.

Are we in the Vast Heaven Sect really unable to find talisman prodigies with the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art? With the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art, can't we just find anyone and turn them into a talisman master?

But is Senior Brother Xinghe someone who needs a talisman master?

Senior Brother Xinghe wants the King of Talismans!

An absolutely invincible king of talismans!

Senior Brother Xinghe knew that Hu Wenhai was making no progress in learning other talismans, so he could only frantically increase his speed. As his speed continued to increase, he could reach an unbelievable level in terms of talisman making speed.

Imagine if Hu Wenhai reached his peak speed and then went on to learn the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art. Would you say Hu Wenhai was more terrifying, or would you say he directly learned the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art Hu Wenhai?

Therefore, Senior Brother Xinghe never someone who only looks at immediate benefits; he considers the big picture!

Wan Lin was shocked after hearing this!

I've been too shallow... too shallow...

Hu Wenhai, a fat guy who normally learns the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art, and Rushing Thunder Hand first masters speed to its limit and then learns the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art... they're not even in the same league!

He had thought that Senior Brother Xinghe was going to block Hu Wenhai's opportunity to learn talismans, but now it seemed that wasn't the case at all. Senior Brother Xinghe planned to let Hu Wenhai's talent reach its peak before he could learn.

Wan Lin's expression as he looked at Ma Liang was filled with admiration and a hint of sadness.

Senior Brother Ma Liang was right... I've fallen... I actually need Senior Brother Ma Liang's insightful guidance to understand things clearly now...

I, Wan Lin, am utterly unworthy to assist Senior Brother Xinghe...

I've studied this Charm Art so diligently, but what's the point?!

Seeing Wan Lin's dejected state, Ma Liang offered words of comfort, "Wan Lin... learning the Charm Art may have caused your thinking to slip, but you awakened in time, and it's not too late yet."

"If you can truly enable everyone in our Vast Heaven Sect to control demonic beasts this time using your Charm Art, then you will still have some value."

"You have, to some extent, assisted Senior Brother Xinghe."

"But you still have a long way to Future... so you still need to work hard and improve!"

Wan Lin thanked his Senior Brother Ma Liang for his guidance, and then headed straight for the Dark Moon Palace.

Just as Senior Brother Ma Liang had said, when Wan Lin expressed his desire to learn the Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art from the Great Sage, the Great Sage agreed without hesitation.

After all, the Holy One instructed that Hu Wenhai was not to be taught talismanic knowledge, but he didn't say that he couldn't pass it on to others.

Wan Lin is such a studious child, there's no reason not to teach him.

And so, Wan Lin spent his days in the Dark Moon Palace, diligently studying the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art under the guidance of the Great Sage.

Although Wan Lin doesn't have much talent in talismans, Wan Lin's quick-witted...

Great Sage, you are responsible for teaching, and I am responsible for understanding the theory and then passing it on to Junior Brother Hu Wenhai. Of course, in order not to disrupt Senior Brother Xinghe's plan, Wan Lin knew that he could not pass on all the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art to Hu Wenhai at once.

He started with the Mirror Image Talisman... and then patiently waited for his junior brother Hu Wenhai to increase his speed while gradually teaching him the Ancient Heaven-Reaching Talisman Art...

Only in this way can we continuously bring new surprises to Senior Brother Xinghe!

Chu Xinghe has been studying poison techniques with Ji Changfeng at the Dark Moon Palace for the past two days, and he's almost numb from it all...

But you have to admit, Ji Changfeng's poison skills are truly amazing; his Poison Saint Inheritance is in no way inferior to that of the Medicine Saint Inheritance.

However, the difficulty of combining medicine and poison to comprehend Voodoo Art is indeed quite high.

After all, Voodoo Art has been lost for too many years; nowadays, medicine and poison are separate arts.

Integration is not so easy.

Although studying was painful, Chu Xinghe was also happy watching everyone in the Dark Moon Palace consuming resources.

Especially Wan Lin Sister Wanlin...

A few days ago, Junior Sister Wan Lin went into seclusion to study, which terrified Chu Xinghe... He was even more frightened when he learned that Junior Sister Wan Lin had mastered the Charm Art.

No way... Wan Lin isn't going to continue her seclusion, is she?

Could she possibly have grasped something new?

Recently, Chu Xinghe discovered that Wan Lin had absolutely no intention of going into seclusion. He spent his days wandering around the Dark Moon Palace, completely neglecting his duties. Wan Lin showed no interest in learning anything about Charm Art.

Chu Xinghe couldn't stop laughing at the sight of his unambitious junior sister, Wan Lin!

Wan Lin... please continue in your current state. Senior Brother Xinghe is extremely satisfied with your current decadent state...