"Good! A Heavenly-grade Five Elements Golden Core indeed!"
Inside the small courtyard, Zi Ling, dressed in flowing purple robes and looking languid, saw Zhou Ling's arrival. Her eyes lit up. She set down the wine gourd in her hand and said with a smile.
"Master, this disciple merely succeeded by luck!"
Hearing his master's words, Zhou Ling cupped his hands and replied.
Though he appeared calm on the surface, he could not help feeling a little pleased with himself.
His master had always held her head high and rarely praised anyone.
His cultivation progress over the years had not been slow, yet in his master's eyes, he had probably only barely passed.
Now, it was rare for him to receive praise from her.
"With the power of the Five Elements Dry Yang True Art, together with the Five Phases Sword Formation, your current combat strength should be more than enough to deal with ordinary Golden Core Cultivators!"
Sensing Zhou Ling's state of spiritual power, Zi Ling took a sip of wine and continued.
This was both her confidence in Zhou Ling and her confidence in those two cultivation arts.
"Master, now that this disciple has entered the Golden Core Realm, does the Five Elements Dry Yang True Art have any subsequent techniques?"
Zhou Ling cupped his hands and asked.
The Five Elements Qian Yuan True Art was a Profound-grade mid-tier cultivation art. Its spiritual power cultivation could reach Mid Golden Core.
And he had essentially already reached that level.
Next, he needed to switch to a higher-grade cultivation art.
Otherwise, his progress would slow.
When Master had instructed him to cultivate this art, she must have already made preparations.
Otherwise, if there were no subsequent techniques—
—it would be exceedingly detrimental to his future cultivation.
Just as Patriarch Wang had