"Different from what Tiantong sells?" Guo Xiaosong was stunned at first, then sighed. "This again."
Independent cultivators had it hard. That was not just something people said—it was genuinely hard.
Without an inherited cultivation method, they could only buy one, and that was an enormous test of luck. If they bought a fake, the loss would not merely be Spirit Stones.
Fake cultivation methods had once run rampant in the cultivation world, and there had been several harsh crackdowns. Once cultivators were driven to despair, they could cause tremendous trouble. Some had even performed Soul Searches everywhere in an attempt to find the flaws in fake methods. It had become impossible not to crack down.
Cultivation method shops nowadays paid fairly close attention to authenticity, but if one wanted complete peace of mind, it was still best to visit large stores or long-established businesses.
Why had Old Man Su asked for one hundred thousand Spirit Stones when Feng Jun bought the Azure Severing Net? It was because he was certain that what he had was genuine. Selling it at a higher price could strengthen the buyer's trust.
Just imagine it: if someone spent one hundred thousand Spirit Stones on a fake cultivation method, could Old Su's grandson in a major sect withstand the fury of their revenge?
Of course, anyone who could open a shop in a relatively central part of a market town generally would not do something so shortsighted.
But no matter what, counterfeit and inferior cultivation methods still objectively existed. They were simply no longer as rampant as before.
After sighing, Guo Xiaosong suddenly realized something was off. "Little Four, isn't your family pretty wealthy? How did you end up buying a fake cultivation method?"
Little Four, at the Seventh Layer Qi Condensation, sighed. "I told you,