"Do you think anyone in this world could be reincarnated with memories of a past life intact?"
Mu En's calm words sent towering waves crashing through Lu Yi's heart.
Despite his best efforts to control himself, Lu Yi's pupils widened slightly. "Maybe. There's too much about this world we don't know."
Mu En did not look at Lu Yi. Instead, he changed the subject.
"I've lived a full life. I'd say my talent was passable, yet I've created only two or three techniques of my own. The one I'm proudest of is Ruler Over All."
"Ruler Over All is a combat technique infused with spiritual power. It crushes an opponent's fighting spirit with each attack. It helped me make a name for myself when I was young."
Mu En's voice was full of reminiscence, but then he sighed.
"Even so, compared with our ancestor, the Sea God, I still feel like a firefly beside the bright moon."
"Before our ancestor Tang San, the Clear Sky Sect had its own inherited techniques, but they focused on breaking skill with brute force. They were worlds apart from Hidden Weapons, which demand exquisite technique. Nor did the sect have the Mysterious Heaven Skill, research into medicinal herbs, the Purple Demon Eye, the Mysterious Jade Hand, or the many other arts."
"If our ancestor Tang San had spent a century studying and creating so many Tang Sect arts, it would be astonishing, but understandable. He would simply have been gifted beyond compare."
"But he had already made a name for himself with them in his youth, and he was barely thirty when he ascended."
"Lu Yi, tell me: how could someone create an entire system of cultivation techniques by the time he had learned to read?"
This time, Mu En finally turned his gaze