The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi had already undergone aberration for several hundred years—what sect had not tried to find a solution? Even small sects without foundations like the Chan He Sect had sought ways to change; how could other sects with foundations and strength possibly remain idle? Now that they saw Old Man Gu Qiong and True Person Ji Yan praising the Ye family's cultivation technique so highly, the dozens of late Tribulation Stage cultivators nearby could no longer sit still. One after another, they produced their own modified cultivation techniques and methods for selecting disciples, handing them to Old Man Gu Qiong in hopes of exchanging them for the Ye family's technique!
Old Man Gu Qiong was in no hurry. Each time he received a cultivation technique, he examined it before explaining it aloud. Not only could the cultivators atop the Alliance Meeting's tree canopy hear him, even Xian Xiaozhi heard every word clearly! Unfortunately, beyond coveting them and feeling his heart burn with longing, Xian Xiaozhi could do nothing. He knew full well that while the Luoxian Sect was indeed the foremost sect in Fengyan Kingdom, compared to those sects, it truly amounted to nothing. Back then, Xian Xiaozhi himself had made some attempts in this regard. He merely waited for the Qu Pu Immortal Alliance's turn, when he too would offer up his jade slip in exchange for better cultivation techniques and secret arts.
Yilin Continent truly deserved its reputation as a place where the Daoist Sect flourished. Leaving aside the Heavenly Alliance, which stood shoulder to shoulder with the Dao Alliance, the disciple-selection methods produced by these Tribulation Crossing cultivators of the Dao Alliance alone nearly covered every aspect of Daoist cultivation! Beyond the earlier Bone Selection and Meridian Identification, there were also secret arts