Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 2494 - 2514: Supreme Quality? This Seems Promising!

Chapter 2494: Chapter 2514: Supreme Quality? This Seems Promising!

The old switcheroo!

Lin Chen finally understood. Li Yunruo couldn’t change or resist the Sect Hierarch’s command, but she also didn’t want her beloved brother to suffer in the Kutuo Sea, so she came up with this plan.

Getting into the Kutuo Sea certainly wouldn’t be difficult, considering it was a place of exile. They could easily fabricate a reason to toss someone in, right?

Exile them for half a year or a year, then use that time to find Shangguan Wenyin. When her own term of exile was over, she would secretly bring him out, thus reducing the amount of time Shangguan Wenyin suffered.

When the century deadline was nearing, find another excuse to throw Shangguan Wenyin back in under a different identity, so he could leave the Kutuo Sea openly and legitimately under his own name.

"I heard about the Shang Wenyin incident. You managed to escape with Shang Wenyin silently from their entrance, so clearly, you have a way to hide people, making them impossible to find," she said.

"If you’re willing to go into the Kutuo Sea, find him, and bring him out, I will give you a generous reward. Of course, I know that mere rewards might not interest you since you are a disciple of Master Floating Cloud. I hope, for the sake of your friendship with Big Brother Shangguan, you can agree to help..."

Lin Chen thought for a moment. "You are also a member of the Sea God Sect. What grade is the cultivation technique you practice that absorbs the power of vows?"

Lin Chen hadn’t expected to be looking for Shangguan Wenyin but stumbled upon this issue.

To address the matter concerning Shang Wenyin’s practice of the Primordial Xuan Water Technique, it was necessary to find Shangguan Wenyin, and Lin Chen really didn’t want to wait a hundred years.

Cultivators have many centuries in their lives, but Lin Chen didn’t want to delay a century for this.

Lin Chen’s sense of time was still quite close to that of mortals. He felt a hundred years was a very long time, unlike some millennia-old geezers who think a century passes in the blink of an eye.

Li Yunruo’s eyes brightened. She wasn’t afraid of Lin Chen setting conditions; she was afraid he would flat-out refuse without room for negotiation!

"Top grade!"

Li Yunruo answered then quickly added, "The cultivation technique Big Brother Shangguan practices is of the highest grade..."

Lin Chen asked in surprise, "Didn’t you say that Shangguan Wenyin doesn’t have much of a background? How could he possibly possess a cultivation technique of the highest grade, when your own great-grandfather is a senior elder, and you can only practice a top-grade technique? As far as I know, there’s no possibility of changing the cultivation technique once it’s chosen—it’s set for a lifetime..."

"It is indeed impossible to change," she confirmed.

Li Yunruo explained, "Because the cultivation technique cannot be changed, there are rules for assessing talent and bestowing cultivation techniques of different levels. Big Brother Shangguan and his group were talented cultivator seedlings gathered from everywhere. After evaluation, all of them had peerless talent and were thus granted the highest grade cultivation techniques."

"The training these seedling cultivators underwent was incredibly tough. Although the conditions granted to them were very generous, the competition was also fierce, even brutal. Many talents fell, and by the end, only a few of that group remained. Big Brother Shangguan is the most formidable among them, and that’s why he eventually became the Saint Child."

Lin Chen suddenly realized why Shangguan Wenyin, with no background, could practice a cultivation technique of the highest grade and become the Saint Child. It turned out he was the victor of this seedling plan.

This was the Ocean weeding out the very best through a constant process of elimination.

"If I save him, can he teach me the highest grade cultivation technique?"

Lin Chen had initially thought Li Yunruo would at least ask why he, a disciple of Dragon Mountain Sect, would want to learn the Sea God Sect’s cultivation technique, but she didn’t ask at all and straightforwardly said, "As long as you promise not to teach it recklessly or reveal it, Big Brother Shangguan trusts you very much. He should be able to."

Lin Chen asked, "Can a cultivation technique of the highest grade really be leaked?"

Li Yunruo clarified, "This highest grade cultivation technique is merely a technique for cultivating through the power of vows. Even if it’s leaked, you would need vows to practice it, which means you would need to enter the vow system of the Sea God Sect. In a sense, wouldn’t that make you part of the Sea God Sect too?"

"Of course, there is control over the highest grade techniques, with strict rules. Those who teach them privately and are discovered face severe punishment. But there are still quite a few who practice such techniques. If an outsider gets discovered, as long as they are not caught or subjected to a Soul Search, and no one finds out who taught them, they won’t face any trouble."

"This doesn’t mean being exposed is free of consequences. If someone from the outside reveals they know a highest grade technique of the Sea God Sect, they will be hunted and killed. Of course, the exception is if they could be absorbed into the sect, provided they have enormous value."

"In short, the Sea God Sect is too large, with a bloated management too big to handle, leaving many loopholes. Many rules have become almost nominal as everyone pursues their own interests. Even if you want to practice, just don’t reveal it and secretly cultivate without letting others know. There are quite a few who do this; you certainly wouldn’t be the only one."

Lin Chen nodded in understanding. No wonder Li Yunruo didn’t ask—I get it now, she’s seen it all before.

Li Yunruo said, "The Kutuo Sea is a place of exile, but it also contains peculiar Clam Pearls. If you go in, although you may suffer somewhat, you could also possibly find Clam Pearls to help you in ’Breaking the Realm’ in your cultivation..."