The Duanmu Family had heard of most of the Grand Void Sect's cultivation methods.
The Void-Breaking Hand was a basic technique, not an obscure one, and quite a few people practiced it. However, virtually no one elevated it into the Void-Breaking Silver Shuttle.
Duanmu Guzhu knew how difficult the Void-Breaking Silver Shuttle was to master, and he knew even better the sect's secretive attitude toward this technique. It seemed that no one cared about it, but in truth, people had always been watching it in secret. Now that Liu Xingyu had mastered the Void-Breaking Silver Shuttle, he was more than qualified to enter the Upper Court's sight.
If he could advance to the Nascent Soul Intermediate Stage a little sooner, entering the Upper Court would be a sure thing.
In other words, Liu Xingyu had already changed half his fate through his own efforts. Once he entered the Upper Court, his relationship with the Duanmu Family would be reversed—being a direct sect disciple, he would have plenty of reasons to make things difficult for the Duanmu Family.
The Grand Void Sect would not strongly stop him then. After all, the overall attitude of Heavenly Zither's Seven Sects toward clans was primarily one of suppression.
Once Duanmu Guzhu realized this, he had no choice but to compromise and obediently let Liu Xingyu place a restriction on him.
Seeing that things were going badly, Duanmu Zhenghong tried to flee, but the refined scholar forced him back. Smiling pleasantly, he said, "Fight honestly. I don't want to bully the young with my seniority, understand?"
Then what the hell was there left to fight? Duanmu Zhenghong knew that True Immortal Mo Ran would never let him go, much less fight him one-on-one—Heavenly Zither also valued individual combat strength, but True Immortal Mo Ran was