The elders from Moon Embracing and the three sects looked at one another, wearing the exact same expressions as those from the Myriad Transformation Sect and Daoyuan Mountain earlier.
Sending Pang Yong out had been meant to give the Tiger Chasing side a show of force. Who could have expected him to lose?
The remaining early-stage disciples were far inferior to him. Sending them up would only be throwing them away for nothing.
Seeing them like this, the elders of the two sects felt utterly vindicated. Several of them stroked their beards until they nearly curled into the sky.
"Junior Brother, this cultivation companion of yours has some real skill."
Xiao Yize praised him.
Yang Lingshu nodded. "Fangxuan comes from a clan affiliated with my family. He was a promising cultivation talent that family had awaited for decades. He embarked on cultivation alongside me from childhood. Though his aptitude can only be considered above average, his comprehension in the path of techniques is much stronger than mine."
With those words, he attributed Lü Fangxuan's outstanding performance to his innate talent for techniques.
Lü Fangxuan did indeed possess some attainments in techniques. Elder Yu had already discovered this while he was cultivating in Sanglu Valley.
But compared to a true technique genius like Yang Linghu, he still fell far short.
By relying on himself alone, there was absolutely no way he could have advanced his techniques beyond the norm to the Fourth Layer within three months.
The reason he had managed it was entirely thanks to the copy of Li Yuande's cultivation insights that Yang Lingshu had transcribed for him.
To prevent others from peeking at it, Yang Lingshu only allowed him to study it in his own cave dwelling. Once he had memorized it, the copied version was burned and