The gathering at Dragon Pool Mountain was grander than ever before. Even holy monks from Transformation Crossing Temple had come to preach and spread Buddhist teachings.
The various gatherings for exchanging insights and expounding the Dao were precious opportunities as well.
Song Yan naturally had no wish to miss them.
With only two days left before the selection, he had been leaving Egret Cliff these past few days to visit various places throughout the valley.
Near Egret Cliff stood Cloud Terrace Book Hall. Song Yan sat cross-legged, surrounded by dozens of cultivators ranging from the late Qi Refining stage to the Foundation Establishment early stage.
Most were relatively young as well.
At the front of the book hall, a cultivator from the Sheyang Sect was expounding the Dao. His hair and beard were white, and his cultivation was at the Foundation Establishment late stage.
One glance was enough to tell that he was a specially invited senior.
The old man's cultivation was solid and profound, and he practiced a wood-element cultivation method.
He spoke of few earth-shaking secret methods. Instead, he focused on the finer points of circulating Spiritual Power, methods of concentrating the mind to cultivate one's state of mind, and experiences in breaking through minor bottlenecks.
He truly made profound principles accessible, like spring breezes and rain nourishing all things without a sound.
Song Yan listened intently and gained many insights, comparing them against some of the difficult passages in the Void Transformation Book he was studying.
With these pointers, many obscure passages became clear, like sunlight breaking through the clouds.
For disciples of many major sects, opportunities like this were available within their own sects.
For rogue cultivators, however, it was an entirely different matter.
That was precisely why countless rogue cultivators and cultivators from minor sects