"What's wrong?"
"Why do you have that look on your face?"
Chu Feng asked.
"Brother Chu Feng, you really are..."
"Oh my, you shouldn't pick it just because it's an Eighth-rank Supreme Forbidden Martial Technique."
"Even if it were a Ninth-rank Supreme Forbidden Martial Technique, if you can't cultivate it, then choosing it would be meaningless."
"You'd be better off learning another one—something like a Seventh-rank Supreme Forbidden Martial Technique that's actually helpful to you."
Shengguang Xintian said.
"How do you know I can't cultivate this Eighth-rank Supreme Forbidden Martial Technique?"
"I already told you—it suits me perfectly."
Chu Feng said.
"How does it suit you?"
"This Hellfire Sword Draw Slash—nobody has ever truly cultivated it successfully. Not even our Holy Lord himself grasped more than the surface of it, let alone unleash its true power."
"Brother Chu Feng, I'm not trying to stop you from learning one of our Holy Valley's Eighth-rank Supreme Forbidden Martial Techniques. This martial art wasn't even created by someone from our Holy Valley to begin with. I just don't want you to waste this opportunity for nothing."
"Sigh... fine, fine. You've already taken it."
Shengguang Xintian said, somewhat helplessly.
"You seem to know quite a lot about this martial art. Have you cultivated it yourself?"
Chu Feng asked with a smile.
"I haven't cultivated it, but I know about this martial art."
"Wasn't it created by the Demon Slaying Great Emperor?"
Shengguang Xintian said.
"That's right."
Chu Feng nodded.
The reason Chu Feng felt this martial art suited him was precisely because it had been created by the Demon Slaying Great Emperor. And in a strict sense, Chu Feng could be considered a successor of the Demon Slaying Great Emperor—which was why he said this martial art had been carefully chosen for him by the Sacred Light Scripture Pavilion.
"Sigh, it seems you really do have your heart set on this martial art."
Shengguang Xintian looked at the excitement on Chu Feng's face and felt even more helpless. She knew... Chu Feng had already made up his mind about this technique.
"I know this martial art is very tempting, but it's extremely difficult to cultivate."
"Sigh... forget it, forget it. Since you've already taken it, you can try to cultivate it."
"But remember—don't get tunnel vision. This martial art is very likely to lead you astray and throw your cultivation into chaos."
"Many of our Holy Valley's seniors were injured while cultivating it. Even the Holy Lord's reclusive disciple, Shengguang Jin'an, gave up immediately after attempting it."
Shengguang Xintian said.
"Wait—Shengguang Jin'an? Is it this Shengguang Jin'an?"
As Chu Feng spoke, he raised his hand and released a wisp of barrier power. That barrier power immediately outlined the form of a person.
It was the appearance of Shengguang Jin'an.
"That's him. You know him?"
Shengguang Xintian was somewhat surprised. She hadn't expected Chu Feng to know Shengguang Jin'an.
"I've met him. So... he's your Holy Lord's reclusive disciple?" Chu Feng was equally surprised.
He had met Shengguang Jin'an before. Shengguang Jin'an was refined and gentle, always willing to help others, completely lacking the arrogance and pride typical of those from great families. Chu Feng had a favorable impression of him.
But he never imagined that Shengguang Jin'an was actually someone from the Holy Valley—and the Holy Lord's disciple at that.
When Shengguang Xintian saw that Chu Feng knew Shengguang Jin'an, she didn't directly answer his question. Instead, she asked first: "Brother Chu Feng, how well do you know this Shengguang Jin'an?"
"Not very well, but I have a good impression of him."
Chu Feng said.
"I see. Shengguang Jin'an is the Holy Lord's only reclusive disciple."
"His talent is exceptional in every respect—he's the most gifted of our Holy Valley's current younger generation. Even Sister Meng Lai isn't his match."
"However, he wasn't originally from our Holy Valley. He obtained the Sacred Light Bloodline through a chance encounter."
"But he has no other family and grew up in our Holy Valley from a young age."
"Nowadays, he's no different from the rest of us."
"Still, there are many in our Holy Valley who don't like him—they see him as an outsider. I'm... one of the few who actually get along with him."
Shengguang Xintian said.