"Your old servant Yu Haozhen had cultivated since Dao Entry for over sixty years. Ever since my sect suffered catastrophe, I had become one with a broken bridge and severed path, lamenting by day and tossing in bed by night..."
Elder Yu walked out of the cave dwelling, looked toward Pine Mountain's main family, then bent his knees and knelt. Two streams of clear tears ran down his aged cheeks.
Ever since his sect had been destroyed, he had never revealed his true name to anyone.
Even Yang Guanfeng knew only his surname.
Yet today, after Chen Yang had imparted the teachings to him, Yu Haozhen spoke his true name aloud.
"I cannot repay the Immortal Venerable's great grace in restoring my path. I can only serve with all my strength, unto death and beyond!"
Afterward, Elder Yu summoned Xie Chuan, settled the matters within the valley, and began his closed-door cultivation.
The next day, Zhao Qi, Wu Tong, and Liang Yi each received a personally transcribed copy from Chen Yang of the <Essential Secrets for Ascending the Twelve Floors of Qi Gathering>, though it contained only the early- and middle-stage portions.
These transcribed essential secrets contained only words. They were far inferior to the immersive realizations Yang Lingqing and Elder Yu had received through true soul Thought Transmission.
Yet for cultivators of outside surnames, this transcribed secret was already more than enough for them to comprehend and digest.
Afterward, Yang Liu, Dai Wei, Liu Zihao, and Xie Chuan each also received a personally transcribed fragment of the essential secrets from Chen Yang.
Over the following month, three members of the Yang Family broke through in succession.
Yang Lingqing reached the Fifth Level of Qi Gathering, Elder Yu entered the seventh level, and Yang Liu condensed her qi palace.
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