Chapter 193: Chapter 14: The World’s Life Talismans: Ten Percent in the Late Stage

The three of them went to the tea room, where Feng Ziang expertly retrieved some Spirit Tea, brewed a pot, and poured three cups.

Huang Shen, meanwhile, used Flying Sword Communication to ask the other disciples from Demon Lion Peak to come over.

After a few moments of idle chat, two streaks of Escape Light arrived in unison outside the Cave Mansion’s entrance.

One of them wore a floor-length dress, had a dignified air and a beautiful face, and looked to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.

It was none other than Fang Cheng’s Fifth Senior Sister.

The other was a young girl of about ten, with delicate features that made her look pretty and cute.

Fang Cheng came out to greet them. When he stood before the young girl, the Fifth Senior Sister smiled and said, "Lao Qi, this is your fourth senior sister, Shi Wanqing. She was a greedy child and accidentally ate an Immortal Fruit, so her appearance is permanently fixed as it was back then."

"Fang Cheng greets you, Fourth Senior Sister." Fang Cheng hurriedly bowed to the young girl.

Shi Wanqing nodded and said in a world-weary, old-fashioned tone, "I heard everyone talking about you after I returned. Master has taken in a fine disciple."

Her voice was melodious and pleasant, soft and delicate like a child’s. The immature, childish tone was a complete mismatch for her world-weary demeanor.

Huang Shen invited everyone to sit in the tea room and said, "Eldest Senior Sister is presiding over the Law Enforcement Hall and can’t get away. We’re gathering today, first, to remember Old Sixth, and second, to drink tea and discuss the Dao. If anyone has encountered any difficulties in their cultivation over the past few years, feel free to bring them up. We can exchange ideas, verify our insights, and learn from each other’s strengths."

Sun Fugai was in closed-door cultivation year-round, preparing to break through to the Life Soul Realm. He only personally instructed Fang Cheng for a few months after accepting him as a disciple.

Normally, matters of the master’s teachings were handled by Eldest Senior Sister, Cai Li, and Second Senior Brother, Huang Shen.

The master leads you to the door; cultivation is up to the individual.

Cultivation within the sect was more about "passing on the Dao," or rather, its core principles!

True skill had to be slowly honed by oneself.

Sun Fugai had "snatched up" Fang Cheng as a disciple mostly because he wanted to cultivate an expert who could reach the Life Soul, or even the Dharma Realm.

He wasn’t like the other factions in the Yinluo Sect, who were obsessed with forming cliques and amassing power.

As Fang Cheng exchanged cultivation insights with his four fellow disciples, he, as expected, gained many new understandings.

It showed that no matter a person’s background or experience, there was always something to learn from them.

Second Senior Brother Huang Shen was from the Dong Family and was also a master sword-forger. His understanding of the Sword Dao was unique, excelling in intricate and clever variations.

Third Senior Brother Feng Ziang came from the Feng Family. A prodigy of a great family since youth, he had advanced triumphantly all his life. His Sword Technique was similarly grand and imposing, domineering and heroic.

Fourth Senior Sister Shi Wanqing had a peculiar background. She was a scion of a certain Life Soul Family in the Jin Country, and her family’s foundation was even deeper than that of Huang Shen or Feng Ziang.

Years ago, while Sun Fugai was traveling the world, he passed through the Jin Country and came into conflict with the Shi Family. With a single sword, Sun Fugai defeated more than twenty of the Shi Family’s Life Talisman Elders in a row, finally alarming the Shi Family’s Life Soul Ancestor.

The two fought fiercely for over a thousand moves, but neither could defeat the other. In the end, they made peace with a laugh and discussed the Dao for several days. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Afterward, the Shi Family sent Shi Wanqing, the one in their family with the most talent for the Sword Dao, to the Yinluo Sect to cultivate. This was because they had been won over by Sun Fugai’s astonishing Sword Technique.

Fifth Senior Sister, Hua Yutang, was a concubine of an Inner Sect Elder from the Wang Family, one of the four great preeminent families.

Because of this connection, she was directly granted the status of an Outer Disciple. Afterward, she gradually revealed her talent for the Sword Dao and began to be valued by that Inner Sect Elder.

Later, Hua Yutang passed the Inner Sect trials, cultivated the Netherworld Sword Technique, and then smoothly condensed her Life Talisman, becoming a True Disciple.

Now, although she was still technically a concubine, her status in the Wang Family was completely different. Everyone in the Wang Family, from top to bottom, treated her as if she held the position of a family elder.

Finally, the group began to talk about cultivation in the Life Talisman Realm. They all felt that cultivating from the Early Life Talisman Stage to the middle stage was incredibly difficult, a far cry from the satisfying, unimpeded progress they had experienced in the Sensing Realm.

And going from the middle stage to the late stage was even harder!

They had tried countless methods but were unable to break through, as if they were firmly stuck at an invisible barrier.

Huang Shen said, "Of all the Life Talisman Cultivators in the world, seventy percent are in the early stage, twenty percent are in the middle stage, and ten percent are in the late stage. Those at the peak are as rare as a phoenix feather."

"Among us, only Lao Qi used High-Grade Myriad Manifestations Celestial Dew to condense his Life Talisman. He has a promising future of reaching the Life Soul Realm!"

His words were tinged with deep envy.

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