Blue-Wave Martial Academy.
"Brother Shen, what brings you here today?"
"After personally trying it, how did you find the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique, Brother Wang?" Shen Congyun asked with a smile.
"So Brother Shen came for this matter!"
"What else could it be?" Shen Congyun smiled faintly and continued, "Did Brother Wang think I had come to invest in one of your academy's disciples? Myriad Splendor Tower has always preferred quality over quantity in its investments. Everything depends on fate—when we encounter someone and like what we see, we invest."
Wang Jin nodded. "True enough. How could ordinary so-called prodigies possibly catch the eye of Brother Shen and Myriad Splendor Tower?"
Shen Congyun merely smiled without confirming or denying it.
Myriad Splendor Tower did indeed invest in and befriend true Martial Dao geniuses.
The reason Myriad Splendor Tower had grown so vast was because it could recognize hidden gems. Before each prodigy had spread their wings and soared, it placed its bets and made its investments.
Only by sending charcoal in the snow could one gain true friendship.
With such connections spread across the world and among every major faction, how could Myriad Splendor Tower fail to grow?
That had also been the reason he had befriended Wang Jin before.
As they spoke, the two continued toward the martial academy's rear courtyard.
Wang Jin said, "The Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique Brother Shen mentioned truly is miraculous. As expected of an orthodox Daoist method for strengthening the body from within. I can now feel that many of my bodily functions have recovered, and there may be a chance for me to advance further."
Shen Congyun glanced sideways at Wang Jin, sensing from afar the rhythm of his breathing and the cadence of his heartbeat.
"Brother Wang, have you cultivated the fragment I gave you?"
Wang Jin nodded, a sharp gleam appearing in his eyes. "I have. I officially got started several days ago! Now I feel that many of my bodily functions have recovered, as though I've become five to ten years younger."
"Brother Wang's talent truly is impressive!" Shen Congyun praised.
"Impressive, my ass!" Wang Jin shook his head. "If not for that box of secret medicine you gave me, Brother Shen, I would never have been able to sense the so-called vital essence between heaven and earth, much less get started."
Shen Congyun smiled and shook his head. "Even ordinary people who use that box of secret medicine still cannot sense the essence of the sun's radiance. Brother Wang was born with Spiritual Wisdom—that alone is extraordinary."
"Successfully getting started after using the secret medicine for just two months proves Brother Wang's exceptional nature all the more. No wonder you reached the peak of seventh rank in the Martial Dao within this tiny county town."
By the end, Shen Congyun sounded quite moved.
Yet Wang Jin showed a puzzled expression. "I've heard Brother Shen mention Spiritual Wisdom several times before. You said I was born with Spiritual Wisdom, but what exactly is it?"
Hearing this, Shen Congyun smiled. "Brother Wang does not know that during the Primordial Era, in the age of immortals and gods, only those born with Spiritual Wisdom could cultivate the Immortal Dao. Once the Immortal Dao was achieved, one could stand shoulder to shoulder with gods, unfettered and free, attaining supreme freedom and boundless ease."
"The Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique is an ultimate art derived from Immortal Dao methods of the Primordial Era. Only those born with Spiritual Wisdom can use my secret medicine to sense the sun's vital essence and cultivate this Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique."
At those words, Wang Jin's face filled with shock.
"Brother Shen, did you just say that the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique is an ultimate martial art? An ultimate art ranked above high-grade martial arts?"
A smile appeared on Shen Congyun's face. "Naturally. The Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique is precisely an ultimate art ranked above high-grade martial arts. Moreover, even among ultimate arts, it was originally exceptionally profound and exquisite."
"What price would Brother Shen require before being willing to teach me this Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique?" Wang Jin asked, a hungry light instantly filling his eyes.
As a man who pursued martial arts, who would not yearn for powerful Martial Dao techniques?
Especially since the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique was an ultimate art that strengthened the five viscera and six bowels from within. It would be of tremendous help to him, restoring his bodily functions, extending his lifespan, and preserving his health.
That way, he would have a chance to advance further and step into the ranks of sixth rank in the Martial Dao.
"Easy enough!" Shen Congyun continued with a smile. "You and I address each other as brothers, and I think very highly of Brother Wang's talent. Naturally, I am willing to invest in you. Therefore, if Brother Wang wishes to learn this Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique, it will not be difficult."
"Only—"
Wang Jin immediately took up the thread. "Only what?"
Shen Congyun continued, "I only hope Brother Wang is mentally prepared. This Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique is incomplete. I do not possess a complete copy capable of cultivating it to the level of perfection."
"To what level can it be cultivated?" Wang Jin hurriedly asked. This technique concerned whether he could restore his bodily functions and seek the path to sixth rank in the Martial Dao, so naturally he cared deeply about this point.
Shen Congyun said, "I possess only the method for cultivating the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique to major accomplishment, while the most crucial method for perfection is missing. However, even the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique at major accomplishment is comparable to a high-grade martial art. Thus, if Brother Wang can bring it to major accomplishment, your five viscera will thunder, your inner breath will be like force, and you will reach the realm of major internal strengthening. You may then enter the ranks of fourth rank in the Martial Dao."
Upon hearing this, Wang Jin immediately let out a great breath of relief, and a smile soon appeared on his face.
"That is enough! Even if the method is incomplete, it is still comparable to a high-grade martial art and can be cultivated to major internal strengthening, with five viscera thunder and inner breath like force. Is that not enough? Even fifth-rank Martial Dao powerhouses who have reached major internal strengthening are only so much."
Shen Congyun sighed faintly, his expression brimming with deep regret. "Though that is true, the core and essence of the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique lie in the realm of perfection."
"Draw the fire of the blazing sun at noon into the body, make the body like a furnace, and refine a golden elixir within."
"Once the golden elixir is formed, it fulfills the legendary saying: swallow a golden elixir into your belly, and my fate shall be mine, not Heaven's."
"Only then can it be called a true ultimate art. At the very least, one may gain over a hundred years of lifespan, and one's inner breath will undergo a qualitative transformation."
Hearing those words, Wang Jin's eyes also lit up. Such a powerful Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique had simply shattered his understanding.
Then his gaze dimmed slightly.
Because the most crucial part of this technique was missing. Even Shen Congyun, the deputy tower master of Myriad Splendor Tower here, could not find that lost core method—what right did he have to find it?
At this moment, Shen Congyun and Wang Jin walked shoulder to shoulder, and Shen Congyun was extremely satisfied with Wang Jin.
Wang Jin had been born with Spiritual Wisdom and had been discovered by Shen Congyun by chance. Shen Congyun had tested him, and after confirming today that Wang Jin had gotten started with the Inner Elixir Life-Nourishing Technique, he had completely made up his mind to invest in and support Wang Jin.
The reason Myriad Splendor Tower could open branches in every prefecture and county across the nine provinces of Great Xia was the unfathomable breadth and depth of its network.
Whenever it discovered someone worth investing in, it would often offer support while they were still weak, or solve their difficulties when they were in trouble.
As the saying went, many added flowers to brocade, but few sent charcoal in the snow.
Once a genius supported in this way was able to grow, the returns would be immense.
The favor of a powerful person was something ten thousand gold could scarcely buy.
And Wang Jin was precisely the genius Shen Congyun had set his sights on.
A genius remained a genius even if he was already advanced in years.
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