Gao Wu: Others practice martial arts, but you cultivate immortality?

"professor."

"Chu Yuan, is there something you need?" Shen Zhengqing turned around and asked with a gentle smile;

"I have some questions I'd like to ask the professor for clarification."

"Come with me." Shen Zhengqing nodded and walked towards his office. "Xing Zhao mentioned you to me a long time ago. Nobody expected you to have cultivated to this point in one go..."

"..."

Upon entering the office, Shen Zhengqing poured himself a cup of hot water and sat down in the chair.

"Is there anything you don't understand?"

Of course, Chu Yuan's question was not about his own cultivation.

He sat down opposite Shen Zhengqing and tentatively asked, "Professor, do you know about the 'Star Tempering Body Technique,' the 'Soul Burning Manual,' and the 'One Sword Meteor'?"

Shen Zhengqing, holding the water glass, asked in return, "Of course I know, but the question is, how did you know?"

"Could it be that you've only cultivated this much in the past two months?"

Chu Yuan nodded: "The Star Tempering Technique was a reward for my participation in the outer battlefield trial, and the latter two were exchanged for with military merits."

Shen Zhengqing was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "You really are willing to give them up... What, did you encounter some difficulties in the process of cultivating them?"

Let me make this clear first, I might not even know that much about these three things...

"No, no, I meant to ask, this cultivation technique, these two martial arts techniques... do they have anything in common?"

Shen Zhengqing gave a meaningful smile: "You've discovered it?"

Chu Yuan was somewhat confused. What had he discovered?

"Hmm...I have made a discovery..."

"Don't you feel that they are more powerful and have a deeper meaning... Compared to them, the secret manuals created by other powerful beings seem somewhat immature?"

"Yes, yes..."

You don't have permission to know this yet;

But since we've already come into contact with it, telling you won't hurt... This cultivation technique and these two martial arts skills were indeed not created by the strongmen of my Great Qin; they all originated from relics!

"Relics? What relics?" Chu Yuan had never heard of such a thing before;

He knew about Earth, outer battlefields, secret realms, and mystical realms... but what were relics? And where did they exist?

"Relics, of course, are the products left behind after a powerful civilization has perished," Shen Zhengqing explained. "Generally speaking, only those who have reached the eighth realm are qualified to explore relics."

It's not that we don't want you to go, but for martial artists with too low a cultivation level, exploring the ruins is simply courting death!

The ruins not only harbor the dangers inherent in the ruins themselves, but also the lurking alien races that could appear at any moment... So you'd better not try anything with them right now.

After Shen Zhengqing's attempt to scare him, Chu Yuan didn't argue with him and smiled, saying, "No, I was just asking casually."

Shen Zhengqing nodded and put down his water glass: "The Star Tempering Technique, Soul Burning Manual, and One Sword Starfall that you mentioned are indeed enough for you to use for a long time."

But Chu Yuan, you are a talented person;

Do you know why almost all ninth-realm experts choose to create their own cultivation techniques?

Chu Yuan thought to himself, "I really didn't know..."

"Please enlighten me, Professor."

"The Ninth Realm is not the end of martial arts. If you want to go further... the only way is to create your own martial arts technique."

The self-created techniques, regardless of their starting point, are always the most suitable for one's own martial arts path!

"What's suitable is the strongest..." Shen Zhengqing warned, "Therefore, I don't want you to focus on these kinds of relics."

Chu Yuan wondered to himself, who could possibly be interested in him...?

"The best path is to create your own cultivation method. Other methods, no matter how powerful, should only be used as references, and their essence should be taken!"

However, this path is still quite long for you. You'll need to reach at least the seventh realm and comprehend the laws before you can begin.

"To be honest, I have already comprehended the laws of the soul," Chu Yuan said hastily.

Shen Zhengqing was taken aback: "Xing Zhao didn't tell me..."

Since that's the case, it depends on your own choice. If you want to improve your strength as soon as possible, you might as well start by practicing the Star Tempering Body Technique.

If one considers the long term, one can create their own cultivation method based on the principles they have comprehended.

Chu Yuan's expression was somewhat strange. He asked in distress, "Professor, I still don't understand."

Creating your own cultivation method to advance your level... isn't that a paradox?

Isn't it all just conjecture and speculation?

If a high-level martial artist creates a cultivation technique that a low-level martial artist can practice, it would be perfectly reasonable.

But what if you are at the seventh realm and there is no way forward, so you decide to create your own exclusive cultivation method to cultivate to the eighth realm... Isn't that a bit against the natural order?

Shen Zhengqing nodded in agreement: "Yes, it does sound like a paradox, and it's very difficult to do..."

But if it's not difficult, why hasn't a single person above the ninth realm appeared in the entire outer battlefield?

Chu Yuan then asked, "Since no one has successfully proven it, how do we know this path is correct?"

"Because there was no other way..." Shen Zhengqing paused, then said, "Someone once had a chance to succeed."

"Who?"

"The Martial God Talisman you cultivate was created by him."

"The former director of the Zhenwu Bureau?"

"Hmm... I've also observed the Martial God's Talisman. If Director Qin hadn't died, the situation on the outer battlefield would definitely not be what it is now," Shen Zhengqing sighed, seemingly reminiscing.

"The Martial God's Talisman is only in its initial stages and has not yet touched upon the most fundamental laws. If you can perfect it... you might as well be forging your own path."

Shen Zhengqing mentioned it casually, but in his opinion, perfecting the Martial God Talisman was no simpler than Chu Yuan creating his own technique.

It might even get more difficult...

Who is Director Qin? Even just the opening scene is enough to deter many people.

Chu Yuan remained completely calm. Me? Perfect the Golden Core Dao Song? What a joke...

If it were merely the Martial God Scroll, he felt that once he reached a higher level, he might have the opportunity to complete it.

However, considering his conjecture about the system's transformation logic... even the Martial God Talisman he completed probably won't be able to transform into anything of great quality.

It's not impossible that the system might even ignore him;

After all, the things he obtained through immortal means were never within the scope of the system's transformation.

"Professor, I clearly see many cultivation techniques created by experts at the Ninth Realm in that cultivation technique library." Chu Yuan asked another question that puzzled him.

Shen Zhengqing chuckled and shook his head, saying, "How come you can't even figure this out?"

Didn't you also create a martial art today: One-Finger Divine Skill?

But does it represent you?

Of course, the cultivation techniques created by ninth-realm experts in the cultivation technique library are not so crude. They also hope that their martial arts can be practiced by others, so that they can work together to identify and fill gaps, and open up new paths...