Spirit Control Technique was only mentioned in the intermediate cultivation methods practiced by Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators. Such intermediate methods were kept on the second floor of the Library Pavilion, which low-ranking disciples like Lin Xuan had no right to browse.
Yet during his trip to Lingyun Sect, Lin Xuan had obtained no fewer than two intermediate cultivation methods. One had been purchased with medicinal pills, while the other had come from the belongings left behind by the father and son.
Lin Xuan took out two Jade Slips and scanned each one with his divine sense. He skipped over the sections on cultivation methods at the front; those required Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation, and reading them now would only leave him staring helplessly. Instead, he selected the sections introducing Spirit Control Technique and studied them closely.
He then compared the two. One was the Ice Heart Art he had bought with medicinal pills, while the other was the Purple Sun Hun Yuan Force he had looted from the father and son.
The Purple Sun Hun Yuan Force had originally been reserved by the Wang Family, another great cultivation clan. Yan Tianheng had ambushed them halfway, murdering them for their treasures. In other words, the methods recorded in this book were certainly superior to the publicly sold Ice Heart Art. But as far as Spirit Control Technique was concerned, the two books were much the same, differing only in minor details.
Thus, Lin Xuan had no need to choose. He casually picked one and began practicing according to its instructions.
Spirit Control Technique and Object Manipulation Technique came from the same lineage. The latter was comparatively simple, merely a foundation, while Spirit Control Technique was far more intricate and profound.
Over the next dozen or so days, Lin Xuan suffered greatly.