Fruit and Sugar (Bonus Chapter for Silver Grand Alliance "Jie Kunte" 25)

An interesting and bold idea.

It was well known that even within the Academy, the hierarchy of contempt and prejudice between the different schools was quite pronounced.

Few people would be willing to accept that the two were so closely connected.

"You mean the Miracle Potion originally had no effect, but Kanna Kisaragi's talent complemented it, which was why it worked?"

Some things were only a thin layer of paper away from being understood. Su Gao thought it over briefly and quickly caught on.

"But she's clearly advanced to the transcendent level through her cultivation talent."

"And she did master the ability to return from the dead much earlier, though she showed no transcendent traits during that time."

Fu Qian blinked.

"Could her cultivation talent have resonated with the transcendent potion? It wasn't enough to turn her into a transcendent, but she still received a fragmentary gift?"

"Maybe, but it's still incredible."

Though Fu Qian had guided her to the idea, and Su Gao had already begun to suspect as much, she still couldn't hide her shock.

"By the way, although you've always used a sword, it has nothing to do with the sword path, does it?"

Fu Qian continued.

"That's right."

Su Gao nodded.

"I haven't devoted as much effort to understanding and practicing it as they have. To me, it's just a technique."

"From what I understand of the sword path, cultivation is almost a process of uniting with the Dao: refining a concept to its utmost limit, then receiving something in return."

Fu Qian spoke with the air of a grandmaster.

"Not long ago, I realized that the word 'Dao' is too easy to misunderstand. It might be easier to understand if we used Kanna Kisaragi's talent as an example."

"For Kanna Kisaragi, the process of uniting