"Martial Aunt Shu, didn't you say the Scripture of Forging Time, Refining Years, and the Four Seasons' Life and Death would never be taught to outsiders?" A trace of defiance showed in Martial Nephew Zhao's eyes.
His divine sense was powerful. He had been watching Chen Beiwu's expressions ever since he appeared, and naturally noticed the jade slip that had quietly materialized in his hand.
"What, not convinced?"
Shu Yunlan raised an elegant brow, her expression almost a smile. "There are exceptions to everything. Chen Beiwu is that exception."
"Then could you give your martial nephew a chance as well?"
Martial Nephew Zhao drew a deep breath and sincerely cupped his hands in salute.
As a True Lord of Zhouhua Grotto-Heaven, he had long coveted the Scripture of Forging Time, Refining Years, and the Four Seasons' Life and Death in his martial aunt's possession, but she had always refused him.
Now that she had made an exception and passed this supreme immortal technique to another sect's prodigy, perhaps he could seize the opportunity to fulfill his wish.
"You?"
Interest deepened in Shu Yunlan's eyes before she declared flatly, "You cannot master it."
Martial Nephew Zhao's innate talent and aptitude were certainly decent, barely qualifying as middling within Zhouhua Grotto-Heaven, but he was not suited to the Four Seasons Life-and-Death Scripture.
The reason was simple: the purer and more powerful a supreme immortal technique was, the pickier it became about its practitioners.
Even her master had failed to follow the Dao of the Four Seasons through to becoming a Void Refinement Dao Venerable, let alone Martial Nephew Zhao with his mediocre aptitude.
"There is something this junior doesn't understand: Chen Beiwu is a prodigy of the Jade Purity Sequence. Aren't you afraid of aiding a rival, Martial Aunt?"
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