Shi Tiexin had long known that cultivation arts could leave backdoors.
The obvious example was the incomplete version of the Freedom Minor Method—the more one practiced it, the more ruined one became.
The subtler example was the components of the Limitless Tribulation Divine Art. No matter how well one practiced them, as long as one failed to cultivate Limitless Tribulation Power, they would be completely countered.
Various other martial arts probably all had hidden weak points and flaws as well. This was one major means by which predecessors restricted those who came after, and it was also the norm today.
There were two ways to avoid this. One was to become the direct heir of a great clan—especially a reliable one—and cultivate versions of martial arts with no backdoors.
The other was to create one's own.
The former tested one's ability to be born into the right family, while the latter tested heaven-defying talent. Neither was easy.
Shi Tiexin's solution was a third method: use cheats.
No matter what kind of backdoor it was, one tap with a Golden Seed would make it disappear at once.
Every single foundational martial art Shi Tiexin relied upon in the First Heavenly Layer had been upgraded with Golden Seeds. Even if it was not for power, he still had to "disinfect" them.
But disinfecting Second Heavenly Layer martial arts was far too expensive, so it was better to settle everything in one go.
The Sage's Direct Transmission, an edited sub-Sage version, combined with "the first three flawless layers" and no backdoors—Shi Tiexin immediately gained a sense of the value of "Initial Understanding of Body Arts." "Thank you, Teacher Jia!"
"This is nothing. They're just little trinkets I no longer have any use for, so consider them gifts. The real transaction is this." Old