"You were able to enter the world within the painting scroll, so you do have some foundation," the purple-horned beast said. "But whether you can obtain this secret technique will depend on your strength. Look carefully—"
Four beams of light suddenly shot from the purple-horned beast's sharp horn.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The four beams struck four different locations in the grand hall. At once, enormous scroll paintings appeared upon all four walls. The scrolls unfurled and hung down, each covered in countless words, though the words on three of the scrolls were impossible to make out.
Only one scroll was different.
The writing on the scroll hanging in midair before the hall entrance was perfectly clear, and Cao Bing could read all of it.
"These four great scrolls," the purple-horned beast said, "the one before you—the only one you can see clearly—is the Nayin Secret Art of this entire secret technique."
"The Nayin Secret Art?" Cao Bing nodded.
The Nayin Secret Art was a safeguard used by peak existences of ancient civilizations. It had not been easy for them to find an inheritor. If that inheritor was killed during their growth, so be it. But if they were killed and their memories were searched, allowing the supreme secret technique they took pride in to be leaked, that would be a serious problem. Thus, they would establish many protective measures.
When using methods such as a "secret technique spirit" to cast a wide net in search of inheritors, they would generally use the Nayin Secret Art. Once the Nayin Secret Art was mastered, the truly powerful secret technique could be "drawn into" it. Even if one's memories were searched, under the influence of the Nayin Secret Art, the true secret technique could not be uncovered.
Besides protecting secret techniques, the