Huang Long took it and had a look. With a snort, he said, “You may not take the river water from the back mountains anymore. I’ll take these two bottles this time. You may go back for now, and remember to come here tomorrow morning. I’ll bring you to the sect’s Hidden Scripture Building and pick a suitable skill for you.”
After hearing those words, Wang Lin looked forward to it, and he bowed then left. Currently, his cultivation was very high, but he only had one skill: The Gravity Technique.
After Wang Lin left, Huang Long turned around and respectfully bent his body forward then said, “Elder Shanguan, how much truth was in Wang Lin’s words and how should we treat this?”
An elder wearing blue and was as thin as bones walked out from the main hall. His face was heavy and after snorting, he said, “How much truth? Can you not find how much truth he said? Not one word was the truth!”
Huang Long revealed an embarrassed expression on his face as he was talking to one of the ten elders who reached the Foundation Building stage. Everything in the cultivating world was reliant on strength. Him, the Head of Sect, and his fellow elders were only pushed towards the front stage.
The Heng Yue Sect rules state that as long as you reach the Foundation Building stage, you could become an elder and also enjoy the privileges. If you reached the Jiedan stage, then you could leap and become one of the sect’s real heads. If you reach the Yuanying stage, then pretty much you would be the founder of the entire Heng Yue Sect.
The 10 elders that were in the Foundation Building stage were usually training behind closed doors. Because of the exchange with Xuan Dao, Huang Long immediately contacted the elder, and got the elder to contact the two heads who were in the Jiedan stage.
Huang Long really did not expect the overwhelming appearance of Wang Lin. So, as the Foundation Building stage elder was out from closed doors, he brought Wang Lin for some questioning and had the elder observe him.
Shang Guan took the jade bottle from Huang Long’s hands. He scanned with his soul, then nodded and said, “This boy said a bit of truth. This is indeed the river water from the back mountains. If one drinks this often, then it would increase the speed of cultivation.”
Huang Long hesitated a bit, then respectfully asked, “Elder Shanguan, was it really the Gravity Technique that Wang Lin used earlier?”
He looked at Huang Long and said, “I’ve seen his few battles, and I can confirm that he did use the Gravity Technique.”
Huang Long’s expressed changed, and he said with astonishment, “It’s really the Gravity Technique? How can it be so powerful? It can even grab onto the magical treasures!”
Shanguan snorted and said, “For any skill, as long as you train it for a long time, then it will produce a magical effect. But for the Foundation Building stage, those don’t count as much. This Gravity Technique is the most basic skill in the cultivation world. The more basic it is, the longer it has been in time. Do you not even understand this?”
Huang Long quickly nodded.
Shanguan paused then said, “This child’s cultivation does really seem to be in the 3rd layer, but his inner spiritual power is extremely huge. I cannot be definite on it, but I’m guessing that he should be around the 14th layer of the Concentrated Qi stage and he may reach the Foundation Building stage in the future. With a disciple like him, even if he has some secrets it can be allowed as our current state of our sect is in imminent danger. Hmph, the Xuan Dao Sect being called the Sect of Elders is well deserved. Some random people in the Concentrated Qi stage can be called as an elder! They even tried to entice Wang Lin with sound in front of our Heng Yue Sect. They really go too far!”
Huang Long hesitated, and didn’t ask for details about that sound. He said respectfully, “I will follow your orders. Elder Shanguan, about the founders that the Xuan Dao Sect talked about…”
Shanguan sighed, and worry sprung up from his face. He shook his head and said, “Our founders have not given any news back in 300 or so years, I’m afraid…Sigh, don’t worry about those things. If Xuan Dao Sect really wants to take our Heng Yue peaks, then it can’t be helped. The Zhao country is big now, so naturally there’s a place where I belong. Hmph, when our two heads breakthrough the Jiedan stage and enter the Yuanying stage, then we will return all the humiliation back to them.”
Huang Long smiled bitterly, nodded and said nothing.
On Wang Lin’s side, after walking out of the main hall, all the inner court disciples cast sideway glances, and their attitude was very respectful. It was completely different from yesterday.
“Strength. Everything in the world of cultivation is about strength. This is absolutely not false.” Wang Lin sighed rather sorrowfully, and returned to Sun Dazhu’s medicine garden.
Just as he entered, he saw Sun Dazhu’s face with smiles and friendliness as he walked up and said, “Good disciple, I’ve been waiting for you for quite a while. Come come, this is the best quality medicine tea that I personally made, and I guarantee that you will feel vigours after you drink it.”
Saying that, he picked up a teacup from the stone table in the garden, and personally gave it to Wang Lin.
Wang Lin had a strange expression on. This Sun Dazhu changed way too fast, and he couldn’t react in time.
Looking at Wang Lin’s expression, Sun Dazhu smiled awkwardly, and with sincere eyes, he said, “Wang Lin, your master hasn’t really been doing his job, and we had a lot of misunderstandings between us before.”
Wang Lin didn’t not take the cup of tea. With a scan of his soul, he found out that it did contain spiritual power, so he said, “I feel a bit tired, so I’m not going to drink this tea.”
Sun Dazhu immediately said, “Tired? Then you should rest more rest more. Your place is way too small. How about this…From today on, you can sleep in my room.”