The self-contained world within Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave was divided into seventy-two peaks and thirty-six regions. Each place possessed unique natural wonders and phenomena, along with a distinctive cultivation method suited to the local environment, available for all disciples to study freely.
Bodhi Patriarch would occasionally travel through the various regions. If he discovered someone who cultivated diligently or possessed exceptional talent, he would secretly offer a word or two of guidance. In truth, among the more than four hundred disciples here, fewer than twenty had ever spoken with Bodhi Patriarch.
Jia Xin was more diligent than ordinary disciples and had traveled through all seventy-two peaks and thirty-six regions. Yet the scenes in every location gave him no clue regarding the key in his hand. Jia Xin had never seen any mechanism-controlled stone gate, thatched hut, or grass cottage that required such a stone key to open.
"The only place in this blessed land that differs from the rest is this bamboo pavilion, which can only be reached under Master's guidance. Wait, Master did not take away the chessboard this time either..."
Jia Xin returned to the chessboard and examined the entire game. He had already noticed some clues.
The bamboo pavilion was located along a mountainside path on the forty-ninth peak, and the chess game before him seemed to be showing Jia Xin a special route.
"There seems to be something hidden within the forty-ninth peak. I should help Master put away the chessboard. The forty-ninth peak is the place disciples of the sect least enjoy visiting. At its summit stands a cultivation stele engraved with a Basic Cultivation Method, the 'Mighty Ox Strength Technique.'
"Judging from its description, it is a technique without any threshold, but one that requires relentless practice. According to the explanation, it would