Xie Daoling took the jade slip and examined it carefully.
A quarter of an hour later.
She turned to Gu Qingshan and said, "This is the Incense Burning Hall. According to the ancient customs, all cultivators preparing to Ascend the Heavenly Pillar must burn incense here for a day before they can climb the pillar and head to Mount Sumeru."
Gu Qingshan asked, "The Heavenly Pillar is already broken, and the Heavenly Pillar World has become completely desolate. Does Master still intend to follow Ancient Etiquette?"
"Mm. I plan to meditate here for the night and start ascending the Heavenly Pillar tomorrow."
After speaking, Xie Daoling summoned the Spirit Turtle.
She handed the jade slip to the Spirit Turtle and said, "The usual way. Return it."
Gu Qingshan asked, "Have you memorized it all, Master?"
Xie Daoling nodded. "There are ninety-four flaws in the cultivation method in this slip, a thousand and eighty-nine places that can be improved, and sixty-one ambiguities. I marked them all and made the corresponding improvements. Consider it my thanks for having used their Dao Arts."
Gu Qingshan asked again, "Did you do the same for every cultivator's Dao Arts before?"
"Yes. We have no enmity with them, after all. I use what they have, then offer a few pointers to help them avoid detours. That way, neither side owes the other anything. It's best that way."
Gu Qingshan was impressed. Then he recalled the scolding those people had just given them. His thoughts churned for a moment, but he managed to hold his tongue.
The Spirit Turtle took the jade slip and vanished in an instant.
Only the two of them remained in the hall.
After thinking for a while, Gu Qingshan asked, "Master, can you really keep breaking through and advancing without undergoing tribulations?"