Peacock City, the Qian estate's Dao lecture grounds.
When Cheng Xinzhan finished speaking, silence filled the valley.
Qian Boya's eyes shone. He could scarcely believe that anyone could study the generation and restraint of the five elements and the nurturing of the organs and body to such profound depths!
The Qian Household had struck it rich!
Arts of slaughter were easy to obtain; arts of nourishing life were hard to find!
This was a truth universally acknowledged in the cultivation world. Cultivation pursued longevity, not fighting and killing. For the Qian Household to exchange a manual of Extinction Divine Light for principles of nourishing life through the Life Treasury was an enormously profitable bargain! It was a bargain that would bless their descendants!
Moreover, the Grand Master had explained the generation and restraint of the organs and body so thoroughly that, properly applied, it was both an art of nourishing life and an art of slaughter, able to foster life or kill, to work within or without. This might have seemed like a single lecture on the Dao, but in truth, he had taught two supreme secret arts and imparted the principles of a great Dao.
To put it more plainly, even someone utterly alone in the world could, after hearing such a lecture, go straight out and found a sect, provided permission was granted!
By now, Qian Boya was also certain that this Grand Master had indeed understood the "Great Five Elements Annihilation Divine Light" in less than a night. And he had not merely understood it—he had integrated it into his knowledge to a considerable degree! In his lecture just now, the Grand Master had drawn widely on supporting references, extending "generation and restraint" into "overriding and insulting." When discussing "overriding and insulting," he had plainly quoted content