"It was from then on that my senior brother would go down the mountain to train for several months every year… Suddenly, one day, my senior brother rushed back and knelt before our master." Fang Qing seemed to recall that day very clearly.
"Not just my senior brother, but many of the exceptionally talented senior brothers and sisters from the outer sect also made the same decision back then. And they, just like my senior brother, would go down the mountain to train every year."
"At that time, I heard my senior brother say something."
"'When the nation is in peril, I must step forward.'"
Fang Qing looked at Lin Xiao. "Master said he still had earthly ties and let him go down the mountain. Those senior brothers and sisters too, they all went down together."
As he walked away, Master and Uncle Master sighed with regret, lamenting that all the good seedlings in the Immortal Palace were leaving.
"Then…"
Lin Xiao suddenly thought of something.
Among the cultivation techniques passed down by his great-grandfather, there was the Grand Absorbing Technique.
He had practiced the techniques of the Immortal Palace, but what allowed him to reach this height so quickly in five years was largely thanks to the Grand Absorbing Technique.
But…
Was this thing truly from the Misty Immortal Palace?
"Senior Fang, do you know about the Grand Absorbing Technique?" he asked as if casually, "I've heard of it before."
"Grand Absorbing Technique? That's not a good thing at all," Fang Qing frowned. "This technique robs others of their true qi and spiritual energy to make it one's own. If someone with an impure heart obtains it, it would be a disaster… Where did you hear of such an evil art?"
"I heard about it when I was in the Northern Frontier," Lin Xiao said. He lied with a straight face, as if it had nothing to do with him.
"The Northern Frontier, indeed, is a melting pot of people…" Fang Qing sighed. "You must be careful. This technique is extremely wicked. If you're not careful, even if you've reached the Divine Realm now, all your cultivation can be drained."
"Drained? If someone who hasn't reached the Divine Realm uses the Grand Absorbing Technique on me, I'd probably explode, wouldn't I?" Lin Xiao said with a smile, recalling many such scenes from television.
"Lin Xiao, don't underestimate this thing. What you're talking about is an incomplete version of the 'Grand Absorbing Technique.' According to the history of our Misty Immortal Palace, there is a true 'Grand Absorbing Technique.' Within this technique, there is a method to widen one's meridians and solidify the dantian. There have even been individuals who practiced the Grand Absorbing Technique and drained a Divine Realm expert when they were still in the Clear Mind realm."
Fang Qing spoke with great seriousness. "Lin Xiao, if you encounter someone who possesses the Grand Absorbing Technique again, you must be extremely cautious in your response. These people are not to be trifled with."
"I will."
Lin Xiao didn't say much to Fang Qing this time, just agreeing with him.
Is this thing really that powerful?
"Brother Xiao! Everything is arranged! I've also contacted the Northern Frontier. We depart immediately! I'll take them to see the world today!" Ye Chen strode over, a gun slung over his shoulder.
"First, take off that thing on your shoulder and secure it," Lin Xiao pointed to the gun on Ye Chen's shoulder.
"Got it."
Ye Chen chuckled awkwardly and quickly dismantled the gun, placing it into his backpack.
"This thing… was it originally prepared to deal with us?" Fang Qing asked casually as he watched Ye Chen's movements.
"Yes, I was planning to shoot you a couple of times when you guys arrived, to see if I could take down two of you."