Jiang Liu pondered for a moment and finally decided to reveal the hints he had received from the Saintly Sky Art.
"Does the sect leader know what conditions are required to advance to the Saint Realm?" Jiang Liu asked.
Flowing Cloud Matriarch thought for a moment and said, "I estimate that advancing to the Saint Realm should be similar to advancing to the Grandmaster Realm, not much different!"
Jiang Liu nodded and said, "It's about the same, but the order can't be reversed, otherwise, forget about advancing, you might even explode and die at any time."
Upon hearing this, Flowing Cloud Matriarch was immediately taken aback, and then a solemn expression appeared on his face.
"What is the order? Please explain in detail," Flowing Cloud Matriarch asked, frowning.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Liu quickly added, "The first step is to forge the physical body, followed by advancing the mental strength, and finally accumulating vital energy."
"What?" Upon hearing this, Flowing Cloud Matriarch stood up with a look of surprise, his eyes widening as he stared at Jiang Liu in disbelief.
Seeing the expression on Flowing Cloud Matriarch, Jiang Liu immediately knew that they must have gone astray when cultivating the Star Cloud Saint Art.
"Where did you get this information from?" Flowing Cloud Matriarch asked Jiang Liu with a tense expression.
Jiang Liu considered his words for a moment and said, "I obtained this information from the Star Cloud Saint Art. What? You didn't know this?"
Jiang Liu dared not reveal the information about the Saintly Sky Art, so he could only push it all onto the Star Cloud Saint Art.
Upon hearing Jiang Liu's words, Flowing Cloud Matriarch frowned and asked, "You really obtained this information from the Star Cloud Saint Art? How come we didn't see any of these?"
"Furthermore, I haven't asked you yet how you were able to cultivate the Star Cloud Saint Art before we combined the Flowing Cloud Art with the Star Moon Flowing Fire Art?" Flowing Cloud Matriarch continued to ask.
When Jiang Liu heard Flowing Cloud Matriarch ask this question, he immediately knew that Flowing Cloud Matriarch had noticed something that had been overlooked by him before.
He quickly declined, saying, "Actually, I have an unusual talent: whatever cultivation method I've ever studied, I can master it after just one glance."
"Oh? You have such talent? No wonder your cultivation speed is so fast. This really is your unparalleled talent." Flowing Cloud Matriarch said with a look of surprise.
"How did you manage to combine the Flowing Cloud Art and the Star Moon Flowing Fire Art so quickly?" Flowing Cloud Matriarch continued to ask.
"Furthermore, I feel that the Star Cloud Saint Art you cultivate is somewhat different from the one we cultivate?"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Liu was taken aback and asked, "Why would the sect leader have such a thought?"
Flowing Cloud Matriarch continued, "Because I sensed that your aura has changed a lot, and it is quite different from the aura emitted by the Star Cloud Saint Art that we cultivate."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Liu was immediately alarmed, for he feared that Flowing Cloud Matriarch would discover that the Saintly Sky Art was among the techniques he was cultivating.
That would expose the fact that I obtained the Saintly Sky Art from the Saint Heaven Sect ruins.
However, Jiang Liu immediately thought that as long as he didn't say anything, Flowing Cloud Matriarch would never be able to guess. He could simply claim that he had eaten some strange rare Natural Treasure, which caused the mutation.
Jiang Liu said without revealing his expression, "I don't know what happened either. It should be related to some unknown rare Natural Treasure I ate in the Ten Thousand Mountains before."
After saying that, Jiang Liu went on to describe in great detail the appearance of that Natural Treasure.
After hearing this, Flowing Cloud Matriarch thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure out what it was, so he put the matter aside.
Then he asked Jiang Liu, "Can you recite the Star Cloud Saint Art that you have cultivated?"
Jiang Liu nodded firmly, indicating that it was entirely possible.
Flowing Cloud Matriarch transmitted his voice to the attendants waiting outside the square, asking them to bring in some paper and pens.
Not long after, the attendant came in with paper and pen.
After Jiang Liu took the paper and pen, he wrote down the Star Cloud Saint Art synthesized from the Data Panel, and even wrote down the prerequisites for advancing to the Martial Saint realm.
After Jiang Liu finished writing, he checked that there were no omissions and then handed it directly to Flowing Cloud Matriarch.
After receiving it, Flowing Cloud Matriarch immediately began to examine it in detail.
As she read on, Flowing Cloud Matriarch frowned, because she discovered that the Star Cloud Saint Art written by Jiang Liu differed from her own in many ways.
There were also several places where the meaning was clearly the opposite, which made Flowing Cloud Matriarch feel frustrated.
He and Gongsun Haoyue had studied it together for so long, but the result was still not as good as Jiang Liu's research on his own.
Most importantly, there are some errors and omissions, which makes one feel even more embarrassed.
"You brat, with such a complete Star Cloud Saint Art, why didn't you bring it out sooner? You made us waste so much time," Flowing Cloud Matriarch said helplessly.
Jiang Liu looked at Flowing Cloud Matriarch with a hint of helplessness on his face. Back then, as soon as you heard that the cultivation techniques of the two sects could be combined into the Star Cloud Saint Art, you immediately became very enthusiastic about doing it.
They didn't even ask for my opinion, and now they're blaming me.
Flowing Cloud Matriarch realized she was being a bit unreasonable, but she wasn't going to reason with Jiang Liu. She continued, "During your cultivation, did you notice anything unusual?"
"Nothing unusual? There isn't! But I did find that this Star Cloud Power is quite effective for physical cultivation," Jiang Liu replied.
"Star Cloud Power? What Star Cloud Power? Does such a thing exist? I don't know anything about it!" Flowing Cloud Matriarch asked in confusion.
Jiang Liu was utterly speechless. He didn't even know about the Star Cloud Power, yet he dared to say that he had already mastered the Star Cloud Saint Art?
Jiang Liu then explained in detail the origin of the Star Cloud Power.
The text also mentions the power Star Cloud Power in forging the body and explains how to cultivate it.
After listening to this, Flowing Cloud Matriarch sighed inwardly, realizing that he and Gongsun Haoyue had indeed been cultivating the wrong things.
No wonder I haven't felt any desire to advance to the Saint Realm after cultivating for so long; it turns out I went in the wrong direction from the very beginning.
Because the most important function of cultivating the Star Cloud Saint Art was something that Flowing Cloud Matriarch and Gongsun Haoyue had not grasped at all.
Immediately, Flowing Cloud Matriarch felt happy, and her heart was filled with hope for advancing to the Saint Realm.
You have to understand, she has been at the Peak Grandmaster for a very long time. So long that she was almost ready to give up on whether she could advance any further.
Therefore, one can imagine how excited she was when she obtained the Star Cloud Saint Art last time.
Otherwise, the most important situation wouldn't have been overlooked: how could Jiang Liu be able to cultivate the Star Cloud Saint Art as soon as he arrived, and even succeed in cultivating it?
Fortunately, it's not too late now. Although there were some mistakes in the previous cultivation, they weren't too many, so we can still make amends.
"The Star Cloud Saint Art can forge the physical body, but what about spiritual power? Your spiritual power advancement is not slow at all! Do you have other cultivation methods?" Flowing Cloud Matriarch continued to ask.
Jiang Liu became a little nervous when he heard Flowing Cloud Matriarch ask that question.