"Do you know why Forbidden techniques are forbidden?"
Instead of answering Yang An's question, the Lamp Dragon asked one of its own.
"I ask Dragon Lord to enlighten me."
Yang An was puzzled.
"Other than the universally acknowledged Light-based techniques, any technique that one cannot cultivate oneself and will surely die upon touching is, to cultivators, a Forbidden technique!"
"..."
It seemed to have said something pointless?
Yet Yang An did not refute it, because whether something was a Forbidden technique meant little to him. In his eyes, there were no Forbidden techniques.
Still, through the Lamp Dragon's words, it had mentioned Light-based techniques. Yang An's goal had been achieved.
"In other words, so-called Forbidden techniques are merely called forbidden because some people cannot cultivate them and the price is enormous. Light-based techniques, meanwhile, are universally acknowledged as Forbidden techniques because no one can cultivate them.
"May I have the honor of witnessing the legendary Light-based techniques?"
"Are you sure?"
The Lamp Dragon's eyes widened slightly, as though it had suddenly found its spirit.
Yang An nodded.
"What a bold lad. But Light-based techniques are not something you can see just because you want to. If anything happens to you, I will have no way to explain myself to Elder Zhuan Yu—unless you can pass my trial!"
The smile on the dragon head grew ever more pronounced.
"May I ask, Dragon Lord, what does this trial entail?"
"Do you see this?"
The Lamp Dragon raised its enormous head. Countless bubbles surged from the depths of the sea, and a huge scaled claw stretched out from the darkness, pointing at the spherical lamp above its head that radiated golden light.
"Touch it, and you will be able to feel the power of light! If you can endure for three breaths, I