"Other than first-rate cultivation methods, the number of second-rate and third-rate cultivation methods shouldn't be fixed, should it?"
"That seems unlikely. How many people in the Iron Clothes Department alone have practiced the Thief-Catching Saber Technique?"
"And there are the Tiger Catching Saber Technique and Dragon Catching Saber Technique. If you really counted, even if ten thousand people haven't practiced them, eight thousand must have."
A thought stirred in Yang Ling's mind, confirming the direction of his conjecture.
He believed that Little White using Fire Flood Dragon Breath to refine Zhu Xiu's remains into a Martial Way Manual of one of the internal skills he had practiced in life had to be just one method.
"This method is far too brutal... the higher-ups can't keep extracting Martial Way Manuals this way forever."
"So there must be another, gentler method: active extraction.
"There's another question here. Perhaps after actively extracting a Martial Way Manual of second rate or below, its original owner can still retain their internal energy and martial skills?"
"...No, something doesn't quite make sense."
Yang Ling's gaze grew more solemn.
Suppose burning a martial artist's remains could produce one of the internal skills or martial skills they had practiced in life.
The world would surely descend into chaos.
How could the disciples of the Major Sects stay alive? Wouldn't those craving high-level internal skills and martial skills secretly hunt them down?
"There should be some fairly stringent conditions involved that I haven't noticed yet."
"Or is the very fact that burning remains can produce Martial Way Manuals a secret?"
"Either way, I've gained another first-class internal skill. The rewards the White Bone Cave Instance gives in reality really are excellent."
Seeing that there was still no movement at the other end of the passage, Yang Ling was now