The three old men did not dispute Huang Xiao's words, because this was indeed the truth. Had they succeeded, it would probably have been the Demon Hall that perished, rather than their Three Great Families.
"You cannot call it a failure, only an incomplete success," Old Man Zhu said with a frown, offering a rather strained explanation.
"Failure is failure!" Jiang Liuli said coldly.
"You insolent girl, what do you know?" Old Man Wang's voice turned cold. "Back then, our ancestors obtained countless cultivation methods, including many useful ones, and went on to create quite a few cultivation methods themselves. All of them were related to 'imperishability.' Unfortunately, time ran out before our ancestors could fully integrate and master them. With enough time, perhaps they could have created a miraculous cultivation method capable of rivaling the Imperishability Chapter!"
"I doubt that. If sheer quantity alone could produce a divine skill, wouldn't that be ridiculous? There is nothing wrong with integrating and mastering them, but you have all lived so long-surely you know that the more cultivation methods there are, the harder they are to integrate? Trying to create a divine skill that way leaves you with no direction at all, like a headless fly. How could you accomplish anything? If you have concealed nothing in what you just told us, then all I can say is that your ancestors were nothing special either!" Jiang Liuli said.
"Insolence!" Old Man Wang roared, about to strike Jiang Liuli.
Old Man Fan swiftly moved to stop him. "She is only a junior. Be angry if you must, but wouldn't striking her be beneath your dignity? Besides, this young girl is clever. What she said was indeed not wrong."
Only then did Huang Xiao and Zhangsun Youyue's hearts settle back down. Although they had