"That's right!" High Person Qianshan nodded firmly. Without waiting for any further questions, he explained, "Here's what happened..."
As it turned out...
As an old monster who had cultivated for thousands of years, High Person Qianshan already possessed an exceptionally profound understanding of the teachings of the Dao Scripture. Naturally, he knew the version circulating in the Human Realm so thoroughly that he could recite it backward. While transcribing this original scripture in Ancient Clerical Script, he had unconsciously compared it with the version he knew, gaining an entirely new appreciation of its meaning. Gradually, his mind had sunk into it, and that golden light had appeared without his noticing. Clearly, it was a manifestation of his newfound insight into the Dao Scripture...
"Ugh! So we have to read this blasted Dao Scripture just to get a treasure?" Old Dragon Head remarked disdainfully after hearing High Person Qianshan's explanation.
"Hmph! If you're so capable, figure out your own way!" High Person Qianshan shot him a sidelong glance and snapped back.
"..." That left Old Dragon Head speechless...
Now that they knew the method, everyone naturally studied the Original Ancient Clerical Dao Scripture even more earnestly.
However!
Perhaps they were trying too deliberately, or perhaps there was some other reason, but Li Xiaoya and the Medicine Venerable of Spring Returning finished transcribing the entire Dao Scripture without producing the golden light High Person Qianshan had manifested. After finishing his own transcription, High Person Qianshan sat cross-legged on a Yellow Meditation Cushion, apparently meditating on what he had learned. His golden light had disappeared as well. Old Dragon Head was still transcribing. He had been the last to start, after all...
Although no golden light appeared after they finished transcribing the Dao Scripture, neither Li Xiaoya nor the Medicine Venerable of Spring