Everything was a mess—an absolute mess. The righteous crusaders, who'd been itching to clear Jun Wuxie's name, had gotten their faces thoroughly rubbed in it by the very victim they'd meant to defend.
The atmosphere in the hall had grown so awkward that, for a time, not a sound could be heard.
True Man Scarlet Fire sighed inwardly. What a misfortune for the sect, to produce such a freak. I'd better not spend too much time around that fellow from now on. Who knows, one day he might drag me into becoming just like Jun Wuxie.
Everyone dispersed without a word. Even True Man Scarlet Fire went into the hall, leaving Jun Wuxie standing there in a daze. Then he suddenly remembered something and hurried away.
Jun Wuxie was in a rush to report his glorious achievements to Xu Yi, but Xu Yi had already left Xuanqing Sect.
Before leaving, he'd made a trip to the Cultivation Technique Building, where he took the Hidden Scripture that was always bestowed upon newly promoted elders. He'd also spent the merit points in his token—points he'd hardly ever used—to exchange for three rather profound cultivation techniques based on mathematics.
Early the next morning, Xu Yi returned to Guanglong Hall and began poring over the three techniques. With mathematics as their foundation, he mastered them quickly.
He felt that though the three techniques were marvelous, they were still far inferior to the Hun Tian Sword.
It seemed True Man Scarlet Fire had been right. Within the Spiritual Root stage, a cultivation technique that cultivated four Domain Sources was already a pinnacle divine art. There was no benefit in seeking more.
Once he'd thought it through, Xu Yi stopped obsessing over cultivation techniques. Instead, he began studying the mathematical problems covered in the three books,