Only seven days had passed.
Only a sparse few figures remained atop the mountain.
Most cultivators had already left behind every Cultivation Method and Secret Technique they could think of and were willing to share.
In return, for each Cultivation Method or Secret Technique successfully left behind, they could record from the stone bricks a cultivation method of comparable quality, or even one somewhat better.
Yet no matter how broad their knowledge, the Cultivation Methods and Secret Techniques they possessed that were worthy of exchange were ultimately limited, and many of them overlapped.
Faced with the greater number of rare Cultivation Methods and Secret Techniques that remained, they could only reluctantly give up when they lacked methods of equal value to trade.
After that, some chose to sit cross-legged at the cliff's edge like Zen Master Shanfa and the others, continuing to attempt cultivation of the methods they had obtained.
Others set their sights on the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures scattered across the mountain.
Having understood Heaven's Gate Mountain's rules, quite a few cultivators brought out treasures of equivalent value and searched the mountain for the items they urgently needed.
Shen Miaoyin naturally made no move to stop such actions.
Su Shi'er, meanwhile, was still in no hurry to make a decision. He crossed the suspension bridge from the first peak and arrived at another summit of Heaven's Gate Mountain.
The layout of this mountaintop was exactly the same as that of the neighboring peak.
The only difference was that the stele bore the five words: "Heaven's Gate Dao Discussion Platform."
Other than Su Shi'er, only Shen Miaoyin and a scant few others came over.
Most cultivators merely swept the place with their divine sense while standing on the bridge, then gave up at once.
There was no other