The First Elder's words struck the Third Elder and the two great protectors like a blow to the head. They realized just how much twilight weariness lingered in them, and that they were far inferior to the First Elder's lofty ambitions. Their original greed for the Green Ram Scroll of Green Ram Palace gradually faded as well.
The Green Ram Scroll was indeed a wondrous tome, encompassing countless martial arts, every one of them profound and exquisite. Yet even a hundred or a thousand such scrolls could not compare to a single Ice Heaven Tribulation, for their fundamental levels were simply different.
The most profound martial arts in the Green Ram Scroll, even cultivated to their utmost realm, reached no further than the Heavenly Man Realm. But if Ice Heaven Tribulation were perfected, then paired with a realm at the pinnacle of perfection, it could unleash Divine Might capable of blasting apart mighty experts who had attained the Dao. It could be called an ultimate move, martial arts bordering on godhood.
Moreover, even if one could not cultivate Ice Heaven Tribulation to completion, one could still follow the example of Great Snow Ridge's forebears, painstakingly study it, comprehend martial arts from it, and create new divine arts. It would not be an exaggeration to say that one Ice Heaven Tribulation could give rise to a hundred or so martial arts.
Just as the First Elder had said, when one had a mountain of gold at home, why covet someone else's three taels of silver? That was the most foolish of notions—abandoning the root to chase the branches.
There was something deeper still, but with Wen Xu listening nearby, the First Elder did not elaborate.
The Snow Heart Pill's formula was intricate and complex, truly beyond the grasp of ordinary people.