In the secret chamber, Rin Tianhai's face was stricken with terror, his complexion drastically changing.
A few moments later, his expression slowly regained calm as color returned to his cheeks. He fell into deep contemplation.
"Haha… Hahaha…" Rin Tianhai suddenly burst into wild laughter, as if driven to madness.
From the golden tower, he had obtained a cultivation technique namely Tanxhu Revolving Art. It turned out to be a Heavenly Grade Technique that allowed dual cultivation of both body and law, capable of being practiced up to the Divinity Transformation Stage. It was a top-tier technique, formidable in both offense and defense, yet it required a terrifying amount of cultivation resources.
Seeing the introduction of the technique, Rin Tianhai's expression turned solemn.
Not only did it demand vast resources, but the process itself was also excruciatingly arduous, involving the cultivation of both spiritual power and the body.
Starting from the vital organs and extending to skin, bone, and soul, the process was unimaginably painful, few cultivators could endure it.
But the rewards were directly proportional to the effort. The Divine Power of this technique was balanced in offense and defense, with few weaknesses. If cultivated to a profound level, it could easily allow one to defeat average cultivators and demonic beasts of the same stage — truly a rare, top-tier art.
Before discovering this, Rin Tianhai had suspected that the jade tube contained profound knowledge, given the restrictions placed on it. However, he had never imagined it held a Heavenly Grade Technique, far surpassing all expectations.
In the cultivation world, though several Heavenly Grade Techniques existed, most were tightly controlled by millennia-old great clans, rarely leaking out. Occasionally, one would surface within ancient cultivators' cave dwellings and every such appearance led to bloodshed and strife, with countless cultivators perishing in battle for its possession.
The fact that Rin Tianhai had obtained such a treasure could only be described as a stroke of heavenly destiny.
Destiny, though intangible and invisible, played a crucial role in a cultivator's journey. It often determined one's potential and, at times, allowed one to sense danger before it struck, turning misfortune into blessing.
It was often said that every top-tier, super-powerful cultivator was one blessed with great destiny.
Rin Tianhai entertained these thoughts inwardly, but suddenly his face became dark thinking of Red Robe Cultivator. He doesn't want to think himself as a destiny child to be only killed by someone else later. It's better to control his imagination, and seriously remind himself to be grounded.
Coming back to his senses, he turned his focus back to the technique.
The Tanxhu Revolving Art was divided into upper and lower parts. The lower part could be cultivated up to the Late Stage of Core Formation, and the upper up to the Late Stage of Divinity Transformation. It was undoubtedly one of the top techniques in the cultivation world.
In the ancient times tens of thousands of years ago, there were not a few super-powerful cultivators who practiced this type of technique.
As the Cultivation World's resources dwindled over time, and the massively resource-dependent cultivation technique like Tanxhu Body Art became too burdensome for most cultivators to practice. The number of cultivators who practiced these type of technique dwindled, and it gradually vanished from the Cultivation World, not seen for tens of thousands of years.
"To cultivate… or not to cultivate?"
Rin Tianhai's expression grew solemn, his eyes flickering with hesitation.
The Rin Family's foundations were shallow, struggling even to nurture a single Core Formation cultivator, far from being comparable to the great sects or ancient clans.
This technique demanded not only high aptitude, but also vast resources and an endurance for tremendous pain.
Although Rin Tianhai considered himself above average in talent, with a tenacious will, he couldn't rely on his family for resources. He would have to depend solely on himself.
He could be sure that cultivating his clan's technique would likely allow him to reach the Core Formation Stage, but choosing this one, he might not even reach that far.
Rin Tianhai, since childhood, had browsed through the family's treasured books and longed to explore the civilizations of the vast world. To achieve these dreams was incredibly difficult, and cultivation was absolutely critical.
The world's expanse was unimaginable; even a Core Formation cultivator would struggle to cross a single region. To travel across the world with relative safety, one needed at least the cultivation of a Nascent Soul Stage expert.
The thought of journeying across the world invigorated him, filling him with a boiling passion and a sense of soaring ambition.
Cultivators are meant to defy fate, to contend with the heavens and battle with the earth. If one cannot become a strong practitioner, then what is the point of cultivation? Better to settle down early, marry, and enjoy life!
Returning to reality, his current practice of the Fire Origin Decision could only take him up to the Late Stage of Core Formation; to give up such a defiance of the heavens would truly be a pity.
"To cultivate… or not to cultivate?"
"Cultivate. As a man of spirit, I shall achieve greatness, or die trying."
Rin Tianhai wore a determined expression, as there was no better choice at the moment, neglecting to cultivate the Heavenly Grade Technique would indeed be a waste.
Having made up his mind, he began to comprehend the first half of the technique, carefully committing each word to memory.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
The cultivation technique was now engraved in his mind; he could recite it effortlessly.
To cultivate this technique, it was necessary to dissipate all the Spiritual Power that had been cultivated up to the Seventh Level of Qi Refinement and start over from the First Level of Qi Refining to establish Qi circuit. Though because of his enlarged Sea Dantian and strong spiritual sense of seventh Qi Refining stage, re-cultivating should be fast.
But definitely now was not the time to cultivate. He carefully retrieved the jade tube from the golden tower.
After re-searching the entire cave mansion several times, ensuring nothing was overlooked, appeared behind the waterfall's curtain of water.