"The method for cultivating soul patterns is in the Cultivation Technique Hall. Your title as the top newcomer is enough to exchange for it. It's called the [Soul Pattern Condensation Technique]. Just ask Elder Sun at the Cultivation Technique Hall. Oh, and Elder Sun has a bad temper, but as long as you don't provoke him, there won't be any trouble."
Zhang Xiaolin offered a long string of earnest advice before the other disciples on the mountain called him away. Lin Lan went to the Cultivation Technique Hall alone.
"Lin Lan? You reached the Viscera Refining Realm as a Great Grandmaster just fifteen days after joining the mountain. Your talent is passable, I suppose. Tell me, what brings you here?" Elder Sun was a stern little old man. Unlike the Left and Right Guardians, he showed no enthusiasm toward Lin Lan. Instead, his attitude was decidedly cold... but that coldness wasn't directed at Lin Lan alone. He had always been this way, which was why a veteran disciple like Zhang Xiaolin, who had spent years on the mountain, had stressed it repeatedly.
"I'd like to apply for the [Soul Pattern Condensation Technique]," Lin Lan said calmly.
Elder Sun glanced at him and said little else. "Area Four, third row, twelfth book on your left."
"Thank you, Elder Sun." Lin Lan was just about to withdraw.
Elder Sun suddenly spoke again. "Condensing soul patterns is a complicated and dangerous process. Remember not to act rashly during condensation. Though you're quite strong, you haven't cultivated for very long, after all. Your understanding of many aspects of the Martial Dao may not be comprehensive. My advice is not to practice that condensation method right after you take it back. Study it for a few days first, and only practice when the time is