The Distant Mirage Tower, Evergreen Gate's Recent State (Part 2)

Across the world, there were perhaps thousands upon thousands of elixir arts, regardless of quality. Calling Void Stepping Arts one percent of them was a bit excessive, but there could not have been more than one or two thousand in total, and quite a few were undoubtedly there merely to make up the numbers.

As for the higher-level tribulation-crossing secret arts, even if every sect in the world pooled theirs together, there would probably be no more than a hundred. Those hundred were spread among fewer than twenty great sects. One also had to consider complete cultivation systems that linked all three stages together. The paths of cultivation were far fewer than one might imagine.

In truth, in the cultivation world, if a cultivator possessed upper-stage Returning Core cultivation and a clear inheritance of an elixir art, he was already qualified to found a sect. If he had a Void Stepping Art, that was even more extraordinary—he could command a region and proclaim himself king. People would fight until their heads were split just to squeeze in. As for those who possessed a systematic tribulation-crossing secret art, every one of them stood among the great sects counted in this age.

Gu Zhi had long struggled in a place like the Northern Wasteland and deeply understood a cultivator's hardships and bitterness. In his eyes, Jiu Yan was without question one of fortune's favorites.

When even half of Void Stepping cultivators might not be able to find a Void Stepping Art suited to themselves, nothing less could describe Yu Ci's luck. Especially since he was still at the Returning Core realm.

Gu Zhi could not help entertaining some thoughts. It was not that he harbored any ill intent, but he wanted to encourage Jiu Yan to open his doors and take disciples.