The setting sun's afterglow, like molten gold, spilled over the enormous crater in the ruins, stretching Lin Yi's shadow long.
He stood at the center like a pillar anchoring the sea, calmly announcing the start of the Q&A.
Although Lin Yi primarily cultivated Metal-type Rules, many principles were, after all, interconnected.
Besides, over the thousands of years he'd spent as a mercenary in his previous life, he'd had all kinds of comrades who cultivated different Rules, and they'd often sparred with one another.
With his past experience and his current understanding of the Rules at Star Nebula Rank, Tier 5, guiding these youngsters who hadn't even gotten started was well within his abilities.
After a brief silence, following the order of questions Xuanji had marked out, Elizabeth, standing at the very front, was the first to bow slightly. Her icy-blue eyes brimmed with a thirst for knowledge and reverence as she asked in a clear voice:
"Principal, I've become extremely proficient with my special technique, 'Frost Silence,' and I can sense and draw upon the rudiments of the Rules. Yet I always feel as though there's an invisible barrier between me and true mastery, preventing me from making them an extension of my own will."
"Please tell me, what am I still lacking before I can open this door to the Rules?"
Her question struck at the heart of the matter, representing the shared bottleneck faced by the strongest people present.
Lin Yi looked at her, his gaze seeming to pierce the chill that swirled around her. "Rules aren't external objects. They're the resonance between your own soul and will and the fundamental frequencies of the universe. You can sense them and draw upon them, but you don't truly understand them, nor have you fused your heart with them."
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