Author: Pinxian
There was no problem with Lin Xuan giving the complete Jade Maiden Seven-Heart Technique to Shangguan Muyu; that was perfectly normal. But at first glance, handing the Five Elements True Explanation to the Hundred Herb Sect for cultivation seemed a little like pulling up seedlings to help them grow. Although it could produce quite a few high-level Cultivators in the short term, they would only be used to overawe others with their presence, borrowing a tiger's might like a fox. They would have no real combat power, and their cultivation would never be able to break through to Dongxuan.
After carefully analyzing Lin Xuan's mindset, perhaps he had been thinking this: sacrifice the first generation of Hundred Herb Sect disciples in exchange for future development.
As everyone knew, few among the first generation of Hundred Herb Sect disciples had good aptitude. Almost none of them could cultivate to the higher realms. Although the Hundred Herb Sect had now obtained considerable cultivation resources, giving all of them to these people would undoubtedly be a reckless waste of heavenly gifts.
Yet the sect's development urgently required layers of clearly ranked Cultivators as its foundation, especially Golden Core and Nascent Soul Cultivators. Only then would the Hundred Herb Sect possess the prestige to attract people with exceptional Spirit Roots in the future. Those with poor aptitude naturally became Lin Xuan's sacrifices.
Several hundred years later, those Hundred Herb Sect Cultivators with "unexceptional Spirit Roots" would become the Golden Core and Nascent Soul Cultivators displayed to the world, and the Hundred Herb Sect's hierarchy of Cultivators would be completely established. Though the sect's ranks would appear formidable on the surface, they would all be merely ornate stands with no substance. The other powerful sects of the Chaotic Sea Region might be able