An auxiliary cultivation technique that doubled efficiency! That was obviously nonsense.
If such a technique truly existed, it would surely be a secret tome never passed on to outsiders. Even the foremost great sects would treasure it as dearly as gold, and its value would be immense. Why would anyone need to peddle it everywhere?
One look at the male cultivator told Lu Ye that he had not come specifically for him. He had been lurking outside the Merchant Alliance, picking targets at random.
Lu Ye had merely happened to catch his eye.
"Not interested." Lu Ye had no intention of getting tangled up with him.
Yet the man remained relentlessly persistent, continuously extolling the technique's virtues to Lu Ye—how simple it was to cultivate, how highly compatible it was with all kinds of low-grade techniques, how anyone could easily get started with it. He even solemnly declared, "If Fellow Cultivator does not believe me, I can swear a Heaven's Mystery Oath. Every word I said is true, and I will absolutely not deceive Fellow Cultivator."
Lu Ye stopped and frowned at him.
He had taken a Heaven's Mystery Oath before, so he knew that an oath witnessed by the Heavenly Mechanism was no joke.
He could not help feeling doubtful. Could such a powerful technique truly exist in this world? Tripling a person's cultivation efficiency—what kind of concept was that?
Seeing Lu Ye was tempted, the male cultivator gestured ahead. "There are too many people here and too many prying eyes. It is not convenient to talk. This way, Fellow Cultivator."
After thinking it over, Lu Ye followed the man to a less crowded place.
"Swear the oath." Lu Ye went straight to the point.
The man swallowed the words already on his lips and laughed. "Fine. But if