Earlier, at the foot of the mountain, Song Qingming had learned some things about the Taiyi Sect from Zheng Xingyun. However, Zheng Xingyun had never mentioned the inheritance of the Jade Profound Scripture that Song Qingming cultivated.
Although Zheng Xingyun was also a disciple of the Taiyi Sect, he had never cultivated this technique. Not only him—even the vast majority of the sect's core disciples had never cultivated it.
Thus, when Song Qingming asked about the matter, Zheng Xingyun could only tell him to wait patiently. Once their master, Daoist Lingxu, emerged from seclusion, he would naturally explain it to Song Qingming.
Now that Daoist Lingxu had brought up the Jade Profound Scripture, the technique Song Qingming most wanted to know about during this journey, Song Qingming fixed his eyes tightly upon him.
Yet Daoist Lingxu's next words left Song Qingming standing there in a daze.
"However, after this Jade Profound Scripture was created by that senior patriarch, its inheritance only reached the Golden Core Realm. No subsequent technique was left within the sect."
"Senior, are you saying that the Jade Profound Scripture has no follow-up technique?"
Hearing this, Song Qingming's heart turned cold. His mood felt as though it had suddenly plunged from the heights into a deep valley, and his face filled with gloom.
He had spent so long on this, risking danger to travel hundreds of thousands of miles to finally find this place. He had even stayed behind to do farm work for more than half a year, only to receive such an answer. How could he possibly accept it?
Seeing Song Qingming's expression change so drastically, Daoist Lingxu seemed to have anticipated it long ago. He nodded and said, "That is indeed the case. This technique has been passed down in the sect for so