Palace Master finished speaking to those gathered below, then turned his gaze to the two men beside him and said,
"Brother Qiao, Brother White Bone, such a gathering is a rare opportunity indeed. Let me cast a brick to draw forth jade and begin by discussing an extraordinary technique I have studied in recent years—the Golden Refining Hand. The essence of this art lies in..."
The first martial topic Palace Master brought forth was not some mysterious and profound Grandmaster martial art, but rather a combat technique: the Golden Refining Hand. It focused on condensing a force of immense dissolving power within the palms, capable of melting gold and refining iron, omnipotent in its application and extraordinarily formidable in might.
Those around them all pricked up their ears, committing every word Palace Master spoke to memory. Though he did not touch upon specific cultivation methods, certain key points and applications of force were still refreshing to their ears and eyes, leaving them with much to gain.
Meng Zhao listened with great interest as well. At the same time, he guessed that this Golden Refining Hand was likely an original technique created by Palace Master himself. By rank, it counted as an Innate martial art—both a cultivation method and a combat art. Moreover, its combat prowess was tremendously fearsome, its killing power perhaps not inferior even to certain Grandmaster martial arts.
Yet this technique had quite a few flaws. First and foremost, the force it condensed was simply too terrifying. Not only could it melt gold and refine iron, it could also corrode one's own meridians, blood vessels, and even bones. It might even lead to the Golden Refining Hand remaining unformed while the practitioner himself was refined away first.
This danger existed from the very beginning of cultivation. Once the