Yao Lao's words flowed slowly through Xiao Yan's heart like a warm current. He lowered his head to look at the scroll in his hand, as though the warmth of the girl's fingertips still lingered upon it.
He could imagine the worry and concern Xun'er must have felt when she found this cultivation technique. She feared he would fall into the abyss again, feared he would never find the strength to rise, and so she had gone to such lengths to find him this seemingly humble yet utterly resilient path of retreat. The weight of her affection was more precious than any heaven-tier cultivation technique.
He gently stroked the bold characters spelling out "Jade Pivot Void Danger Scripture" on the scroll. Beyond being moved, he felt an even stronger curiosity.
What kind of person could have created a cultivation technique that took such a crooked, unconventional path, one that could even be called a defiance of orthodoxy? A "worthless scripture" that could be cultivated without Dou Qi was itself an enormous contradiction.
"Teacher, who exactly created this cultivation technique?"
Yao Lao's soul form fell silent for a moment, seemingly searching through memories long buried beneath dust. Only after a long while did he let out a complicated sigh.
"As for this man, even I could describe him only as a madman. His true name has long since been lost to history. The world knew him by only one title-Crazy Moon."
Yao Lao's voice carried a trace of wariness and... admiration that even he had not noticed.
"He was an absolute anomaly, a monster who could not be measured by common sense."
Xiao Yan hurriedly asked, "Was he powerful?"
"Powerful? No. In terms of the sheer strength of his own Dou Qi, he was only at the level of a Dou