Jiang Liu, who was cultivating in his room, was unaware that the village chief had already seen through his cultivation technique, the Saintly Sky Art.
He was now only thinking about pushing the Saintly Sky Art to its limit in order to digest the large amount of Special Essence Particles that had been absorbed this time.
He never imagined that the quality of the Special Essence Particles produced in this small mountain village would be so high.
Once Jiang Liu started using the Saintly Sky Art, he couldn't stop, and he didn't want to stop either.
The main reason for cultivating here is to absorb the Special Essence Particles, which is much more comfortable than cultivating in Yunzhou.
Jiang Liu made a rough estimate: one hour of cultivation here is equivalent to two days of cultivation in Yunzhou.
However, no matter how comfortable the cultivation is, it will eventually come to an end. As the Jiang Liu and absorbs the energy, the special spiritual energy around it becomes less and less, until it is almost non-existent.
Jiang Liu then stopped cultivating. Looking up, he saw that the sky was already getting dark. He hadn't expected to have been cultivating here for more than two hours.
Noticing that Jiang Liu had stopped cultivating, the village chief appeared in front of Jiang Liu's room.
Jiang Liu stepped out of the room. The village chief smiled at Jiang Liu and said, "Young hero, let's have our meal first! We can talk later." After saying that, the village chief led the way to the side hall.
Jiang Liu nodded and followed the village chief into the side hall. This time, no one would accompany him for dinner; it would just be the village chief and Jiang Liu.
The two finished their dinner in silence, and the village chief led Jiang Liu to the central hall.
After the two were seated, the village chief personally poured Jiang Liu a cup of tea and asked, "Young hero, are you cultivating the Saintly Sky Art?"
Upon hearing the village chief's question, Jiang Liu was immediately startled. He hadn't expected that his cultivation technique would be exposed so easily.
Jiang Liu pretended not to know and asked, "How did the village chief find out? But I don't cultivate the Saintly Sky Art, and I've never heard of the name Saintly Sky Art before."
The village chief smiled and shook his head, saying, "Young hero, there's no need to hide it. I sensed the aura of the Saintly Sky Art on your body the moment you activated it."
"Moreover, I have no ill intentions toward those who cultivate the Saintly Sky Art, and I will even give them a benefit."
Jiang Liu shook his head expressionlessly and said, "Old man, you really misunderstand. The cultivation technique I practice is not the Saintly Sky Art, and I have never even heard of the name Saintly Sky Art."
Jiang Liu thought to himself, "Little brat, you think you can trick me with this? Give me benefits? You're probably trying to harm me!"
When the village chief heard Jiang Liu's repeated denials, a look of doubt appeared on his face. Could it be that he had really sensed something wrong, and that Jiang Liu was not cultivating the Saintly Sky Art?
However, judging from the aura he sensed, there was absolutely no mistake.
The village chief sized Jiang Liu up and down, and immediately chuckled to himself. This little rascal, trying to fool me?
"Alright, since you're not practicing the Saintly Sky Art, young hero, please get some rest and set off again tomorrow morning!" the village chief said calmly.
Jiang Liu also wanted to leave this place as soon as possible. He always felt that the village chief and this mountain village were very mysterious. He nodded and stood up.
Suddenly, an aura erupted from the village chief, and the Saintly Sky Art within Jiang Liu began to operate automatically and uncontrollably.
This caught Jiang Liu completely off guard.
He didn't even have time to process what was happening before it turned out like this.
The village chief just smiled at Jiang Liu without saying a word.
Left with no other choice, Jiang Liu sat down again and said apologetically to the village chief, "Please forgive me, sir. After all, one must be wary of others when traveling."
The village chief nodded and said, "I have no intention of blaming the young hero."
He then continued in a slightly sentimental tone, "If the Saint Heaven Sect had remained vigilant like this back then, it wouldn't have ended up like this."
"Young hero, do you find it strange that I possess a technique capable of triggering the Saintly Sky Art?"
Jiang Liu nodded and looked at the village chief, hoping he would explain.
"That has to do with the connection between our sect and the Saint Heaven Sect. Our sect is called Mystic Gate, and it is a companion Sects of the Saint Heaven Sect."
Seeing that Jiang Liu didn't seem to understand what a companion Sects was, the village chief explained it to him, "A companion Sects is Sects creates complementary cultivation techniques to assist the main Sects's disciples in their cultivation."
After the village chief's explanation, Jiang Liu understood that the Mystic Gate Sects established to assist the disciples of the Saint Heaven Sect in their cultivation.
This also shows how powerful the Saint Heaven Sect was at that time.
After all, these companion Sects, to put it nicely, are called companion Sects, but to put it bluntly, they are servant Sects.
To put it bluntly, the Xuanmen Mystic Gate was created as a servant Sects to enable the disciples of the Saint Heaven Sect to cultivate faster. It was probably created because there were too many people, and the Sects was created to manage them more easily.
The relationship between the servant Sects and the main Sects is one of mutual support. Now that the main Sects is declining, the servant Sects are probably not faring well either.
"Do you know why the Saint Heaven Sect declined?" Jiang Liu asked.
The village chief shook his head and said, "I don't know either. There's no record of this in our Sects's chronicles."
"However, according to my speculation, it was probably because the Saint Heaven Sect had problems with its own successor, and later it was targeted by other Sects, which is why it declined," the village chief explained.
Jiang Liu thought for a moment. If the problem was with the successor, then it must be that no one could advance to the Saint Realm, or even a higher realm. That's why they couldn't withstand attacks from other sects.
If that's the case, then it explains why the Saint Heaven Sect later hid inside the mountain wall and carved out such a large space; they were probably hiding from their enemies.
Seeing that Jiang Liu seemed to be deep in thought, the village chief asked, "Do you know something? By the way, I haven't asked you yet, where did you learn your Saintly Sky Art?"
Jiang Liu glanced at the village chief, then recounted how he obtained the Saintly Sky Art, and followed up with his own speculations.
Of course, Jiang Liu embellished the process of obtaining the Saintly Sky Art slightly, only saying that he obtained it in the Technique Repository of the Saint Heaven Sect ruins.
The village chief looked at Jiang Liu and sighed, saying, "The fact that you were able to obtain the Saintly Sky Art means that you are destined for this technique, allowing the Saint Heaven Sect to have a successor in the next generation."
"Moreover, your guess is probably correct, because at that time the Saint Heaven Sect may have already been forced by its enemies, which is why it moved there."
"After all, the Saint Heaven Sect's Sects has always been located on Saint Heaven Mountain, so how could it possibly be hiding inside the mountainside?"
After he finished speaking, the village chief still looked saddened, after all, the powerful Saint Heaven Sect was wiped out so easily.
This also led to the decline of their sect.
"After talking for so long, I still don't know your name, young hero!" the village chief said.
Jiang Liu cupped his hands in greeting and said, "I am Jiang Liu."
The village chief also cupped his hands in greeting and replied, "I am Xuan Yi from the Mystic Gate."