Hearing Grand Preceptor Pang's answer, Feng Ran was instantly dumbfounded.
"Senior, I've heard of the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart, but I've never even heard of the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart. Does such a talent truly exist in this world?"
At that, Grand Preceptor Pang said blandly, "Forget you—I hadn't heard of it either."
"When I was eight years old, I was attacked by wild beasts and subsequently awakened the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart."
"Later, after a long period of cultivation, two more holes appeared in my heart."
"Thus, I named it the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart."
Having received this answer, Feng Ran asked curiously, "Senior, what is the use of this Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart?"
"The Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart naturally offers many benefits to cultivation, but its greatest use is helping me see through falsehoods and remain unaffected by external things."
"It was precisely by relying on this Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart that I was able to gain a foothold in a chaotic place like the Greenwood Epoch."
"And now, it is precisely by relying on this Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart that we have repeatedly escaped danger."
As he spoke, Grand Preceptor Pang pointed ahead. "Everything you see before you now is basically void."
"If not for the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Heart, we would have died countless times already."
Hearing this, Feng Ran asked, "Senior, why do you say that?"
"I'll put it as simply as I can. The second checkpoint is actually an enormous formation."
"The reason the others are finding every step so difficult is that every move we make is under someone else's surveillance."
"But the formation itself isn't the most troublesome part. A formation is dead; as long as you have patience, you can always find a flaw."
"The most troublesome thing is often the unfathomable human heart."
"If you want to survive here,