Betraying the Sect

From the moment he entered a realm through the Yin Yang Great Compassion Nine Heavens Incantation, Zhang Xuezhou had never imagined his cultivation would become entangled in so much.

The teachings passed down within the sect were not shared publicly. During a break at noon, Zou Bugui found a place away from everyone else and began teaching him the relevant practices hands-on.

This was the kind of instruction Zhang Xuezhou had longed for in the past, but as Zou Bugui went on, his brow gradually furrowed.

"In other words, a conflict between us and the inheritors of the Nine People Sect is inevitable?" Zhang Xuezhou asked doubtfully.

"Inevitable," Zou Bugui said with a nod. "The Nine Heavens Sect inheritance explains it clearly. Whenever an inheritor of the Nine People Sect keeps pushing for higher realms, people of our branch become their cultivation furnaces!"

"Why is that?"

Zhang Xuezhou thought of Jin Chang, who was still alive, and then of his strength. Cultivating under Zou Bugui felt like courting death.

If he gave Jin Chang the Nine Heavens Sect inheritance, Jin Chang would inevitably seek a "furnace" when he tried to break through to a higher realm.

Cultivators like them who practiced the Nine Heavens Sect inheritance were furnaces, each one a "Human Pill" for Jin Chang to feed on.

"Because yin and yang complement each other," Zou Bugui said. "You can also think of it as harvesting yin to nourish yang, or harvesting yang to nourish yin. Once a cycle of yin and yang is formed, breaking through to a major realm is bound to be easier."

"Why did the Yin-Yang School's founder create a cultivation technique like this?" Zhang Xuezhou asked, his head aching. "Couldn't he have come up with something normal?"

"You mustn't make wild guesses about the