Seeking Guidance from Senior

Li Xuan calmly looked at Xie Lingfeng and his companion and said, "I understand what your intentions are."

"1 beg you, sir, to guide us through confusion!"

Xie Lingfeng respectfully replied.

"To find a solution to the confusion, one must first understand its root. What cultivation technique are the two of you practicing?"

Li Xuan twisted the Jade Ruyi around his hand, revealing a faint smile on his face.

"Humbly be it known, we are practising the legacy cultivation technique of Sword Cliff."

Xie Lingfeng responded.

"How much have you comprehended from the cultivation technique?"

Li Xuan continued to ask.

Xie Lingfeng was startled, how much had he comprehended?

"I have fully comprehended it in my heart."

Li Xuan's smile was filled with mystery and profundity, "Have you truly comprehended it in your heart?"

Confronted with his question, Xie Lingfeng's self-confidence faltered.

"Could it be that I have missed something and failed to fully understand it?"

Hu Shan was deep in thought. Had he truly comprehended it?

"Bring the cultivation technique to me. I'll peruse it, ascertain your capability, and determine if you have truly understood its essence."

Li Xuan seemed confident that they had not understood the essence of the cultivation technique.

"Yes, senior!"

Xie Lingfeng and his companion didn't think any further.

They were convinced that they had been practicing fake martial arts, and no longer cared about its exclusivity.

Moreover, would such a high personage even care for such crude and counterfeit martial art technique?

"Senior, please wait a moment while I write down the cultivation technique."

Xie Lingfeng respectfully said.

"No problem!"

Li Xuan nodded.

Shi'er brought pen and paper for them.

Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan started writing silently.

Li Xuan spoke again, "Write down all the cultivation techniques you know. Perhaps you just bit off more than you could chew and failed to grasp its true essence."

"Yes, senior!"

Xie Lingfeng and his companion felt revitalised.

"What I've practiced, could it be genuine martial arts? It's just that I have failed to understand its true essence and thus haven't cultivated true martial arts?"

With this thought in mind, their eyes gleamed with excitement.

An hour later.

Xie Lingfeng and Hu Shan had written down everything they knew.

Li Xuan received their writings and glanced over them. Just one glance, he didn't even look at the specific contents of cultivation technique.

A high personage indeed!

Taking a mere glance, how like a high personage.

Furthermore, he didn't even intend to give a true critique of their cultivation techniques.

"True or false, as long as the martial arts heart is firm, there will be achievements."

Li Xuan placed down the cultivation technique, speaking placidly.

Xie Lingfeng and his companion looked despondent.

"It indeed is a false martial arts cultivation technique, sir carefully softens the blow with comfort."

Hu Shan's eyes dimmed, his heart sank, seemingly, the ignited hope had been extinguished again.

"I earnestly entreat senior to guide us, where lies the path of my martial arts?"

Xie Lingfeng knelt down and pleaded.

"I earnestly plead, senior, to guide us!"

Hu Shan followed suit and knelt down.

Weighing his words, Li Xuan slowly said, "The two of you, have made your foundation and it is late to start fresh… However, you have nonetheless.Jet's call it True Qi."

"Your True Qi is chaotic, hence, your martial path wavers and foundation is unstable.

"The primary issue at hand is to refine the True Qi and put martial arts back on track."

This was all long ago contemplated by Li Xuan.

"Senior, how can I refine the True Qi?"

Xie Lingfeng asked respectfully.

During his exchange with Xu Yan in Qi country's capital, he thought about this issue.

But Xu Yan had not yet broken through to Innate Realm and couldn't give a method.

As long as the martial arts Inner Qi could be condensed to True Qi, it would mean returning to the track of martial arts. This was the first, critical step.

If they were unable to refine True Qi, everything would be in vain.

In that case they would have to continue practicing false martial arts until they break through to the stage of Great Grandmaster.

Xie Lingfeng did not want this.

Even as a Great Grandmaster, so what?

He would still not be able to enter Sword Dao and become a true martial artist.

"Refining True Qi, it is challenging yet not challenging."

Li Xuan did not offer any assurances.

After all, the method he proposed to condense martial Inner Qi into True Qi was adapted from the basis of refining blood and energy into Innate True Qi. Whether it would be a success, he could not guarantee.

Hu Shan was somewhat confused, "Sir, what do you mean?"

Meng Chong, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but explain, "What my master means, whether you can refine True Qi or not, depends on your talent and comprehension of the cultivation technique.

"You must know that people vary while learning a cultivation technique, some might succeed, yet some others might not find the entryway.

"This is the meaning of 'it is challenging yet not challenging.'"

Upon hearing this, Hu Shan's face turned flush with embarrassment, he lowered his head in shame and said, "I'm slow witted!"

He panicked, "Will 1 be unable to understand and refine True Qi?"

Xie Lingfeng did not panic, he firmly believed that he could refine True Qi.

"Sir, please teach us the method to refine True Qi!"

He respectfully knelt down and said.

"Our encounter is destiny, so be it!"

Li Xuan nodded in agreement.

"Thankyou, sir!"

Xie Lingfeng and his companion were ecstatic.

"You both listen carefully…"

Li Xuan shared the method for refining True Qi with them.

After hearing the method, Xu Yan suddenly realised, "It is so!"

The method was not much different from refining blood and energy into Innate True Qi.

"Have you memorised it?"

Li Xuan finished his explanation and asked.

"We have memorised it!"

Xie Lingfeng respectfully replied.

Hu Shan opened his mouth, but finally also nodded, "I have memorised it too!"

Li Xuan glanced at Hu Shan, knowing that the latter had not memorized it, but he couldn't be bothered to mind anymore. Anything he didn't understand, Hu Shan would ask Xie Lingfeng.

This showed the difference in their talents..