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This isn't about courage or bravery; it's about intelligence.

If there were no other options, people would attempt the *Reversing Divinity Art* even with a fifty percent mortality rate, simply because there would be no other way.

But Qingyun Mountain is different. With so many other techniques available, who would gamble on cultivating the *Reversing Divinity Art*?

The Spirit Beast Sect's concern is for other reasons.

The reason is simple: Two and a half years ago, Luo Feng put in a lot of effort but still couldn't find the last of the Five Elements Anomalies. Hearing that the Spirit Beast Sect had one, Luo Feng came to request it.

At that time, Luo Feng hadn't yet revealed his *Reversing Divinity Art*, and the Spirit Beast Sect initially refused.

However, Luo Feng was determined and wouldn't give up until he achieved his goal. He revealed his *Reversing Divinity Art* to Sun Bole and other high-level members in advance, and even provided some extensions and discussions based on the Spirit Beast Sect's Natal Beast Imprint.

Ultimately, he successfully persuaded Sun Bole and obtained what he wanted.

The price was that he would personally guide the Spirit Beast Sect in learning the *Reversing Divinity Art*.

Although only a fifty percent success rate was announced, Luo Feng actually had a hidden method, a secret technique that improved the success rate.

It's understandable that he didn't reveal the secret technique.

Wu Tong's *Gu Poison Art* also has its own unique secret techniques, which he also hasn't taught.

With Luo Feng's guarantee, Sun Bole and the others were very willing to agree to this deal, not just for their own sake, but also for the sake of their disciples.

They were confident in breaking through the fog and entering the Fourth Order, but what about the other disciples?

If a force wants to be passed down permanently, it needs successive generations of followers.

Recently, Sun Bole and a group of high-level members have been constantly concerned about one thing.

This matter is also something that the entire Qingyun Mountain cultivation world is concerned about.

It's about Luo Feng's closed-door breakthrough.

Why is his breakthrough as a rogue cultivator attracting everyone's attention? It's not because Luo Feng is about to break through to the Second Order Profound Connection, but because he's about to break through to the First Order Profound Transformation of True Will.

Although the Four Great Sect Leaders are currently at the Second Order Profound Connection cultivation level, their True Will is still at the Ninth Layer of Entry.

They don't even have the possibility of entering the First Order True Will in the short term.

Luo Feng being able to enter the First Order True Will first naturally touched everyone's hearts.

If Luo Feng succeeds in his breakthrough, he will be the first existence to achieve transcendent will, the significance of which is greater than breaking through to the Second Order Profound Connection.

… …

"Sect Leader Sun, did your Spirit Beast Sect really reach some secret agreement with Daoist Luo Feng?"

The Four Super Sect Leaders form one circle, and the Eight Great Sect Leaders and Alliance Leaders form another.

The eight people consciously walked together. Although they envied the cultivation and strength of the Four Super Sect Leaders, it was only occasional and they wouldn't live forever in the shadow of the Four Super Sect Leaders. Life still had to go on.

Wang Daqiang's question instantly attracted the attention of the other six people.

They all looked at Sun Bole, hoping to get the answer they wanted.

Sun Bole smiled indifferently, unable to conceal anything.

Back then, when Luo Feng publicly sought pure Five Elements Anomalies, everyone knew that the Spirit Beast Sect happened to have one, and many people personally witnessed Luo Feng walking out of the Spirit Beast Sect.

Naturally, they understood that Luo Feng and Sun Bole had reached some secret agreement.

"That's right, there were indeed some agreements, but don't overthink it, everyone. It's just some sharing of experience, nothing too secretive… After all, if you don't believe me, don't you believe the Merit Hall's records? The fact that the Merit Hall successfully recorded the *Reversing Divinity Art* means that it's complete."

After Sun Bole finished speaking, the seven people nodded in agreement.

It's easy to understand. As mentioned before, Wu Tong's *Gu Poison Art* also has its own secret techniques.

Moreover, it's been almost nine years since Wu Tong recorded the *Gu Poison Art*. Do you think Wu Tong hasn't made any new in-depth discoveries in these nine years?

How can any of the big shots who can create their own path be simple?

The techniques they create are constantly changing and improving every moment.

Just like the saying goes, the same technique is different in the hands of different people, let alone in the hands of the founder.

The same *Nine Yin Manual*, one person practiced it into Nine Yin White Bone Claw, and the other is a orthodox Taoist technique.

The Eight Great Sects have both cooperation and competition. Currently, the Spirit Beast Sect is firmly in the top four, on par with谛听楼, the Warrior Alliance, and the Origin Array Sect.

The competition between them is also not small.

"That's not true!" Zhu Changxun of the High School Alliance said: "Alliance Leader Wang is underestimating the Spirit Beast Sect. It has already taken off; there's no need to wait for it to be just around the corner."

"Oh? I'd like to hear the details!" Seeing Zhu Changxun say this, Wang Daqiang cooperated and cupped his hands.

After all, who wouldn't want to know more about their opponent's secrets?

"Don't forget the auction five years ago. Does everyone remember it?" Zhu Changxun said.

Hearing him say this, everyone suddenly understood.

The auction five years ago was a grand occasion, so everyone remembered it.

The broodmother that the Spirit Beast Sect bought for a million points instantly appeared in everyone's minds.

"I see, I see. I've learned a lot." Wang Daqiang acted very convincingly.

"Haha…" Only Sun Bole gave a depressed wry smile.

It would have been better not to mention this. Mentioning this is truly a handful of bitter tears.

Back then, the Spirit Beast Sect was jointly suppressed by the other seven families because the Spirit Beast Sect bought the broodmother regardless of the cost.

This had a great impact and still affects the Spirit Beast Sect to this day.

It took a long time for the Spirit Beast Sect to recover.

They have been very low-key for the past five years, silently nurturing the broodmother, and no news has spread out.

Some short-sighted people even thought that the Spirit Beast Sect was declining, or that the value of the broodmother was not as great as everyone thought, and that the Spirit Beast Sect had suffered a great loss.

Only Sun Bole knew that the broodmother, which had been silently nurtured for five years, was already ready for use.

As the Sect Leader, he is bound to the broodmother, and only he knows the power of the broodmother at present.

After five years of nurturing regardless of the cost, the broodmother has reached the limit of the First Order.

It can even fight against Second Order Spirit Masters, and even Second Order Flawless Anomalies dare to touch it.

The broodmother is raised by them in a small world that they bought, and the entire small world is full of the broodmother's nests.

First Order war insects can now be mass-produced. Although their strength is only at the early stage of the First Order, the significance is different.

This is a First Order Zerg army that can be infinitely expanded, and it can sweep any force or sect below the Four Super and Eight Great.

With a group of fearless First Order troops, unless the other seven use their trump cards, it will be difficult to defeat this army.

The broodmother has also become a trump card for their Spirit Beast Sect.

The current benefit is that the problem of manpower shortage has been solved by the Zerg army.

As long as there is a Spirit Beast Sect disciple, they can control a large battlefield or a small world.

“It’s not that outrageous, just a few more tricks… Don't tell me the seven fellow Daoists don't have similar tricks? It's just that the seven of you were really ruthless back then, jointly suppressing my Spirit Beast Sect. My Spirit Beast Sect still hasn't recovered. Alas!”

When it comes to acting, the Sect Leaders and Alliance Leaders of the Eight Greats are no slouches either.

What was originally a trump card was made to sound pitiful by him, and he even put everyone on the spot.

Complaining about how they jointly suppressed him back then.

“Sect Leader Sun, you can't blame us for this; we were afraid back then!” In order not to appear mysterious, Bai Xiaosheng was very good at acting, communicating in a way that made everyone see him as a normal person.

“Yes, weren't we afraid back then?” Following the local customs, Yuan Tianchun also said.

He and谛听楼 are recognized as the strongest, so Yuan Tianchun also spoke when Bai Xiaosheng spoke.

（No mistake, one head, one hair, one inside, one appearance, one existence, one look!）

“Ahem…” Sun Bole said with an exaggerated expression, “I would believe it if others said they were worried about me, but for Tower Master Bai and Sect Leader Yuan to say that? Are you treating me, Sun, as a fool?”

“One of you is a disciple of the Mysterious Master and a Grandmaster of Formations, and the other is an affiliated force of the Hall of Merit, knowing five hundred years into the past and five hundred years into the future. Would you be afraid?” Sun Bole said exaggeratedly.

“Ahem, not a Grandmaster, don't call me that. I'm just a beginner in the Dao of Formations. There is only one Grandmaster of Formations, and that is my benefactor, Dao Lord Xuan Huang. I wouldn't dare say that I am a Grandmaster, or people would laugh at me.” Yuan Tianchun quickly denied.

He wouldn't dare say that he was a Grandmaster of Formations.

Currently, on Qingyun Mountain, or rather, in the entire cultivation world, the only standard that is not clear is the title of the Hundred Arts.

Whether it is the four core arts of Weapon Refining, Pill Refining, Talisman Crafting, and Formation, or other Hundred Arts.

Who would dare say that they are a Grandmaster?

Even Masters are rarely willing to admit it.

After all, with Xuan Huang as such a towering mountain, who would dare call themselves a Master or Grandmaster?

They would truly be ridiculed.

“Sect Leader Yuan is right; I wouldn't dare say that I know five hundred years into the past and five hundred years into the future. I am just a little Taoist who tells fortunes, unworthy of Sect Leader Sun's title… In the Dao of Bagua deduction, fate, and fortune, there will always be only one towering mountain, and that is the Dao Lord. I am at most a small Daoist child under the protection of the Dao Lord.”

Bai Xiaosheng also quickly denied, absolutely not admitting the high hat that Sun Bole was putting on him.

Knowing five hundred years into the past and five hundred years into the future, it would be great if he really knew.

Moreover, with the current Heavenly Dao twisted like this, if anyone knew five hundred years into the future, then… that's impossible.

“I can take it back, but please also take back the so-called fear of the Spirit Beast Sect. What virtues and abilities does my Spirit Beast Sect have?” Sun Bole quickly said.

“This, haha… just kidding, Sect Leader Sun, don't take it seriously. Wasn't it an overreaction back then? I saw that the other fellow Daoists were doing the same, and it wouldn't be good if I didn't.” Bai Xiaosheng quibbled.

Putting the blame on the other forces, saying that he had no choice and that suppressing the Spirit Beast Sect was not his wish.

Okay, everyone is an old fox; no one should pretend to be a good person. Sun Bole knew that he couldn't win the argument, so he just complained a bit. Could he really pursue it?

If he really pursued it, wouldn't that force the seven families to unite again and suppress him?

“We were really afraid.” Zuo Dao of the Small World Alliance interjected.

“Uh…” Seeing his serious appearance, Sun Bole didn't know what to say.

Indeed, the Small World Alliance had a reason to fear him obtaining the Mother Nest, and it was a very good reason. As the recognized weakest of the Eight Greats, the Small World Alliance was afraid of everyone.

Zuo Dao looked like, 'I'm weak, therefore I'm invincible'.

Which of the other seven families would dare say that they were inferior to others?

Every family would dare say it, even if they knew the gap, they wouldn't say that they were weak. Only the Small World Alliance dared to say that.

Because their weakness met the expectations of all cultivators, everyone was used to it. It would be unreasonable for the Small World Alliance to be strong.

Others didn't dare to admit it, but they dared. In fact, this was also a very useful method.

This method had been fully verified and had helped their Small World Alliance many times.

In the struggles between the Eight Greats, when it came to them, the other seven families would be gentler. It had to be said that snakes have snake paths, and rats have rat paths.

Everyone has their own way of survival.

As they talked, Sun Bole finally breathed a sigh of relief, diverting the attention of the seven families, as long as they weren't staring at him.

However, he was obviously thinking too much.

Just as he breathed a sigh of relief, Zhu Changxun spoke again.

“Sect Leader Sun, don't change the subject. Haven't you revealed to us the agreement between you and Daoist Luo Feng? Is it really possible to avoid casualties?”

TMD, Sun Bole was very annoyed.

谛听楼 and 源阵宗 were aloof, but the most annoying were the University Alliance and the Warrior Alliance. These two families were always staring at him.

After all, their strength and power were similar, and the competition between the three families was the most intense.

On the contrary, the Hundred Herbs Pavilion, which had the greatest reputation before, which was the force of Wang Zihai, now seemed to be the most low-key and extraordinarily detached.

The key was that the business of the Hundred Herbs Pavilion hardly overlapped with theirs. It was just selling herbs and spiritual plants, and Wang Zihai's spiritual root method, which spread all over the world, also had a great influence.

Therefore, it was extraordinarily different.

“Could it be that Alliance Leader Zhu has obtained some wrong secrets from the students?” Sun Bole also had a temper, so he asked like inserting a knife.

“You, you, you don't talk nonsense. When did I get secrets from the students? The students of my University Alliance are free to come and go. This is the foundation of our foothold. It is their freedom to join any force after graduation. I…”

Zhu Changxun stopped abruptly, feeling that the more he said, the more wrong he was. He had been checkmated.

Trust is a place where the University Alliance has been attacked many times.

For example, conspiracy theorists say: The students of the University Alliance seem to have no restrictions, but they still have their hearts set on the University Alliance and will provide the University Alliance with some secrets of other forces. This needs to be guarded against.

This kind of rumor is the lifeblood of the University Alliance. They are most afraid of other forces thinking this way.

It will completely destroy their foundation.

Although the Four Supers and Seven Greats have investigated and proved that this is a rumor and that there is no such problem with the students who join them.

But it is best not to say such things. Saying it once will plant a thorn in the hearts of the Four Supers and Seven Greats.

“Sect Leader Sun, why bother being embarrassed and angry? Even if there are any secrets, we won't know if you don't tell us. Okay, let's just say that Zhu asked the wrong question. Zhu apologizes to the Spirit Beast Sect here.”

Zhu Changxun was not simple either, and immediately corrected himself.

He also said: “On the contrary, Sect Leader Sun's words are a bit accusatory. Why go so far? Alas, to be honest, my University Alliance has also suffered deeply from this. At this annual gathering, we happen to have a decision and plan to announce some decisions to everyone in front of Sect Leader Sun of the Hall of Merit to completely resolve everyone's doubts.”

“In the future, all students will need to swear an oath to the Mysterious Master with their Dao hearts after graduation. Can this prove it?”

Zhu Changxun said decisively.

Everyone:…(End of this chapter)