"Know fear now?" Shang Huan grinned, one foot planted on the long bench.
"It is pretty scary." Chen Mu nodded.
He had smoothly cultivated the Spirit Armor Technique before and had even wanted to seek out its later stages. Who would have thought he had been walking a tightrope!
"That's why they're called Heterodox Paths." Shang Huan shrugged indifferently. "They cultivate fast, go mad fast, and die fast too."
"How could they compare to our orthodox Daoist sects? Step by step, safe and reliable."
Chen Mu silently nodded.
Body Refining, Armor Soul, Spirit-Soul Unification into a Jade Seed, chanting scriptures to cultivate Spiritual Light—he had come this way step by step. Though difficult, the path had been clear, and no danger had arisen.
Heavenly Demon rebirth, inhuman mutation, madness and death coming swiftly—just hearing it was enough to know it was no proper Secret Art.
A proper person like me is better suited to becoming an orthodox Daoist heir.
Two days later, at the Scripture Transmission Courtyard.
Chen Mu walked out of the Octagonal Wooden Tower with an aching expression.
Six hundred White Jade Coins, gone!
"And this is only the cheapest Hundred Intents Shattering-Illusion Technique." Chen Mu sighed mournfully.
"The Seven Siblings of Wushan are seriously rich!" Chen Mu said enviously.
He had also looked through the "Lesser Floating Cloud Daoist Shattering-Illusion Method" Lu Ku bought. It cost seven hundred and sixty-six White Jade Coins.
Tsk, tsk...
"I really want to pay them a visit..."
Beneath the wooden shed in the Low Mountain Courtyard.
Chen Mu sat in the Rocking Chair. Rather than reading the newly purchased Shattering-Illusion Method, he counted and inspected his White Jade Coins one by one.
"One hundred and nineteen..."
Should he pick up some side work?
He had too little money on