"Pure Brightness Three Tribulations Finger?"
Cheng Xinzhan looked at Shen Zhaoming.
Shen Zhaoming frowned and said quietly, "It is indeed one of our spells, and an extremely practical one. Everyone from disciples to the school head can use it. But it is also exclusive to our Pure Brightness School, and must not be passed on to outsiders."
Retribution had certainly come swiftly. They had only just forced out a secret Emei technique, and now they had discovered that their own spell had gone missing too.
Keeping their spells from outsiders was every disciple's duty. So even though Shen Zhaoming had learned the Pure Brightness Three Tribulations Finger long ago, he still had to bid now-it was inconvenient to expose his identity and make a scene, but once he had it, he would naturally have to question this Water Gang properly about where exactly it had come from!
But just then, the auctioneer added another remark.
"This is an undeciphered authentic text from a great school. Prospective buyers, please weigh your bids carefully."
At those words, the eagerly expectant crowd immediately lost interest.
Although authentic texts from great schools contained richer dharma essence and were easier to learn from, if they had not been deciphered, they were not worth the money or the risk.
What, then, was an authentic text from a great school? Generally speaking, the essential principles of a spell written down by its creator were called the master text. It recorded the creator's understanding of the spell, and was the hardest to come by.
Next came a version produced through collective discussion and repeated refinement by figures at the level of transmission elders within each school, intended for teaching disciples. This was called an authentic text, and explained a spell's crucial points in simple, accessible terms.
Finally, a