"The Five Viscera Chapter... What a unique idea. So the five viscera could be cultivated this way!"
"The Five Elements Chapter..."
"The Five Spirits Chapter... Brilliant!"
"The Divine Heart Chapter... Extraordinary!"
"The Dragon-Transformation Chapter..."
"The Indestructible Chapter..."
"The Void-Cleaving Chapter... Hmm?"
By the time he reached this point, Ancestor Linyuan's expression had grown utterly solemn. He closed his eyes, seemingly lost in deep contemplation.
After a long while, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Yu Xiu. "What do you mean by Void-Cleaving?"
He wasn't testing him so much as asking for his guidance.
Yu Xiu answered honestly. "Opening up the empty apertures within the physical body. But I believe there should be additional apertures beyond the human body."
Ancestor Linyuan fell silent for a moment. "So you found an eighth aperture beyond the seven apertures of the human body?"
There should be nine apertures, Yu Xiu thought.
It was just that the Soaring Sword Scripture was the first cultivation technique he had created, so he still didn't fully understand many things. Most of it was simply experimentation, and naturally, it wasn't perfect.
In fact, the sword scriptures he created afterward all had nine apertures.
"The eighth aperture! What an eighth aperture!" Ancestor Linyuan said, though it was hard to tell whether he was praising him or steadying his own Dao heart.
"Do you know the legends say there are nine apertures in all, both within and beyond the human body?
"Yet the Qingwei Sword Sect has never produced an Emperor, so our foundations are still lacking. Every cultivation technique we have has only seven apertures, or even just six.
"Back then, I visited many ancient ruins and endured countless hardships in my search for the eighth aperture. Only then did I finally come to understand it!"
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