Chapter 270 - 109 [Supreme Heaven Repairing Strategy]_2
Lu Sisi nodded solemnly upon hearing this: "Rest assured, I will never pass it on to others! Except for Chen Yan, I won’t tell anyone, nor will I teach anyone!"
"It’s not just anyone..." Gu Qingyi chuckled and said, "This Cultivation Technique originally belonged to the Chen Family.
The senior who created this technique was also an ancestor of the Chen Family.
In the future, if you and Chen Yan have children, you can pass it down to your descendants. It is forbidden for anyone outside the Chen family to cultivate this technique!"
Lu Sisi blushed upon hearing this, especially at the line "if you and Chen Yan have children," which made her lower her head. However, she then hesitated and asked, "But... I am not a Chen, can I still cultivate it?"
Gu Qingyi waved her hand: "The old rule of the Chen Family is that this Cultivation Technique can be passed to daughters-in-law, not sons-in-law. Since you are with Chen Yan, you will become the daughter-in-law of the Chen family in the future, and it can be passed to you—as long as you don’t pass it to anyone outside the Chen family."
After saying this, she looked at Lu Sisi’s blushing cheeks and sighed slightly in her heart.
Gu Qingyi did not tell Lu Sisi the origin of this Cultivation Technique.
This technique was given as a betrothal gift by Chen Jue, who is now infamous in the Domain Realm, when he personally visited the Gu Family to arrange a marriage long before Gu Qingyi was born.
It was originally meant for Gu Qingyi, the future daughter-in-law of the Chen family.
Now, passing it on to Lu Sisi isn’t a problem.
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In the room, Chen Yan and the little girl sat facing each other.
"Cannot practice concurrently, cannot practice concurrently..."
Chen Yan fell silent for a moment, pondering deeply, and after a long while, he shook his head and said, "If that’s the case, doesn’t it mean every cultivator has a weakness?"
The little girl glanced at Chen Yan with interest: "Oh? How so?"
Chen Yan sighed: "Even if one cultivates to the highest realm, such as reaching the Saint Tier, Venerable, or even Great Celestial Venerable, they are still cripples walking with one leg.
Either the Primordial Spirit is strong, or the physical body is strong.
I’m not even talking about fighting strength; it’s about lifespan, which seemingly never reaches its full potential.
If one follows the Primordial Spirit path, even if they strengthen their Primordial Spirit, their body will decay. Conversely, for those who practice combat techniques, their bodies may become invincible, but if their Primordial Spirit is not strong enough, they will perish."
Chen Yan’s meaning was quite clear.
Often, it really comes down to lifespan.
If your talent is 95%, and you cultivate for a hundred years, you will die.
If my talent is also 95%, but I can cultivate for a thousand years.
In terms of final achievements, who is stronger?
From this perspective, all cultivators are limited by their lifespan from the very beginning.
Just like the barrel theory, the short plank determines how much water the barrel can hold.
This realization made Chen Yan uncomfortable, as if there was some kind of limitation, some kind of shackle?
Chen Yan suddenly asked curiously: "Then, what about those at the top level, the Celestial Venerables? Do they also cultivate only one path, walking with one leg? Hmm, wait, what I want to ask is, how do Celestial Venerables solve the lifespan issue?"
The little girl pouted and said calmly, "How would I know? If I knew, I would be a Celestial Venerable myself."
"...Alright." Chen Yan sighed.
The little girl thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, Celestial Venerables are not immortal. Although I don’t remember many things, I am certain of at least one point: Celestial Venerables will naturally die of old age!"
Immortal Celestial Venerables?
Chen Yan’s eyes brightened: "So, if one breaks through to the Saint Tier, they can avoid the lifespan limitations due to their shortfalls...
Hmm, in other words, Entering the Saint Realm is cultivating the Longevity Technique!"
Chen Yan suddenly had an inkling: No wonder the Heavenly Dao limits the number of Saint Positions to forty-two in the Domain Realm.
Otherwise, if everyone could cultivate to the Venerable Realm and become Saints...
Wouldn’t everyone achieve eternal life?
Wouldn’t that throw the world into chaos?
In such a situation, without war, as long as people don’t die, the population will keep growing. No matter how abundant the resources are, they would eventually be exhausted, leading to...
Something feels off...
"I’ve considered your doubts too," the little girl slowly said, "You’re thinking about lifespan, but I’ve thought about other aspects, like the power of Saints.
A Saint with a strong Primordial Spirit and a Saint with a strong body both have weaknesses. Hence, they have natural weaknesses in their power."
"How so?" Chen Yan was puzzled.
The little girl frowned and said, "Cultivation, whether of the Primordial Spirit or the physical body, no matter which path you choose, the ultimate goal is the same: flawlessness!
When cultivating the Primordial Spirit, one aims to make it pure and flawless!
When cultivating the body, one aims to make it extremely flawless!
But if the pursuit is ’flawlessness,’ how can the end result be a significant weakness?
Isn’t that contradictory?"
Chen Yan nodded: "It seems quite reasonable."
The little girl showed a conflicted expression and whispered, "Actually... I think there should be a way to practice both."
"A way to practice both?"
"Yes, but..." The little girl grabbed her hair hard with a frustrated expression: "I remember there was such a method, but it also seemed to have shortcomings, just... I can’t recall."
Chen Yan watched the little girl and could fully understand her feelings.