Gong Huai was taken aback. From what the man before him meant, Divine Saber Hall was not truly incapable of cracking the mysteries within the Eight Demonic Saber Techniques.
On the contrary, perhaps many of its higher-ups already knew that the key to entering the path lay in the word "demonic." But knowing was one thing; how to achieve it was the most crucial and important part, just like the principle that knowing was easy while doing was hard.
"You mean that Divine Saber Hall may have long known the trick to getting started with the Eight Demonic Saber Techniques, but for some reason, they were unable to succeed?"
That was truly astonishing. If they did not know, then so be it—without a trick or shortcut, all the prodigies and exceptional talents since Divine Saber Hall's founding being stumped by this could be understood.
But they clearly knew, yet still could not find a way to enter the path, while Bei Tangsu had succeeded. What did that mean?
Gong Huai's first thought was that Bei Tangsu truly might have some fortune upon him. His talent was likely no inferior to Meng Zhao and Shen Tianci, who had been praised to the point of nearly becoming martial world legends.
But he immediately realized that he had been thinking incorrectly. The truly formidable one might not be Bei Tangsu, but rather the great figure of the demonic path supporting him.
"That's right. Some methods are exceedingly peculiar. Even if you know the key to cultivation, you may not necessarily be able to enter the path.
"For example, suppose cultivating a true qi ultimate technique required the aid of some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that had already gone extinct. Do you think it could still be cultivated successfully?
"By the same reasoning,