Chapter 38: A single Original True Interpretation blew the cover of two lurking players!

Zhu Chen knew that Lin Dong's Ancestral Stone had energy limitations.

He just hadn't expected this guy to use up the Ancestral Stone's energy so quickly.

However, he couldn't blame Lin Dong.

After all, in the past, he was the only one using the Ancestral Stone.

Now, it was practically becoming a shared bike for the entire group.

How could the energy inside not be depleted rapidly?

[Zhu Chen: Brother Lin Dong, once the Ancestral Stone is recharged, remember to let me borrow it first. I have an urgent need.]

Zhu Chen sent such a bullet comment helplessly.

Since the Ancestral Stone couldn't be used immediately, he could only make a reservation to prevent someone else from snatching it away.

[Lin Dong: No problem. Anyone who wants to borrow it can come to me, except for that Tang San.]

Lin Dong agreed readily.

The offer to lend the Ancestral Stone was something he had put out there himself.

A real man's word is his bond; how could he be untrustworthy?

However, there was one person in the group he resolutely refused to lend it to.

That was Tang San.

Because he felt that Tang San never had a single good thought in the group; his character was definitely problematic.

Especially last time when everyone was sharing things.

Everyone else brought out their best items.

But Tang San only threw out a piece of trash cultivation technique to get it over with, while boasting that it was a top-tier technique from his region.

He was practically treating them like fools.

[Zhu Chen: Alright, I'll remember this favor.]

[Lin Dong: Don't mention favors, we're all brothers!]

[Xiao Yan: Haha~ Brother Lin Dong is right, we're all brothers. Brother Zhu, you're being too formal!]

Looking at the replies from Xiao Yan and Lin Dong, Zhu Chen felt a slight sense of warmth in his heart.

These two guys were straightforward, frank, and valued friendship; they had no hidden agendas and were indeed true friends worth knowing deeply.

Just as he was thinking, Xiao Yan sent two more messages to the group

[Xiao Yan: By the way, Brother Zhu, what are you planning to do that requires borrowing the Ancestral Stone so urgently? If you're planning to refine pills, just send the medicinal ingredients to me. I'll have my teacher refine them for you. He is a peak Grade 8 alchemist and can basically refine any kind of pill!]

[Xiao Yan: If you don't have enough ingredients, you can also give me a list. I'm about to arrive in the city, so I can check if the pharmacies there have what you need.]

After sending these two bullet comments, Xiao Yan suddenly remembered Lin Dong's generous act of lending the Ancestral Stone, so he silently added another one at the end.

[Xiao Yan: If anyone else in the group wants to refine high-quality pills, you can also send your formulas and ingredients. I'll have my teacher refine them for you—except for Tang San!]

He knew that Wang Lin and Han Li were cultivators from the cultivation world and certainly understood alchemy.

But understanding alchemy didn't mean mastering the Dao of alchemy.

That was why he specifically emphasized the words "high-quality pills"!

Yao Lao was a peak Grade 8 alchemist; his mastery of alchemy was likely no lower than that of Wang Lin or Han Li.

As for Lin Dong's Ancestral Stone, ever since he learned that the thing needed recharging, he hadn't taken it seriously anymore.

Something that needed charging was just like a machine.

Could things processed by a machine truly be good?

Their Yao Lao refined pills manually—guaranteed quality, honest dealings for all!

[Zhu Chen: Thanks, Brother Xiao Yan, but I'm not borrowing the Ancestral Stone to refine pills. I'm borrowing it to repair a cultivation technique!]

Zhu Chen explained.

Xiao Yan was being so enthusiastic that it actually made him feel a bit of pity for Yao Lao.

When Lin Dong saw that Zhu Chen wanted to borrow the Ancestral Stone to repair a technique, his eyes instantly lit up.

[Lin Dong: Brother Zhu, a technique that requires you to step in for repairs must be incredibly powerful, right?]

[Zhu Chen: Yes, it is indeed very powerful.]

[Xiao Yan: How powerful? How does it compare to Tang San's "Crane-Controlling Dragon-Seizing" technique?]

Xiao Yan had also become interested.

The Vermillion Bird Treasure Technique that Zhu Chen had uploaded last time possessed power that surpassed Heaven-tier Dou Skills.

The technique this person had specifically come to borrow the Ancestral Stone to repair certainly wouldn't be inferior!

[Zhu Chen: Are you specifically here to annoy me? Can that thing of his even be called a technique?]

[Xiao Yan: Haha~! Sorry, sorry, I misspoke. I meant to ask how it compares to your Vermillion Bird Treasure Technique?]

[Lin Dong: You call that misspoke? I think you did it on purpose, but I like it...]

[Xiao Yan: Ahem~! A good brother sees through it but doesn't expose it.]

[Zhu Chen: The technique I want to repair this time is called the "Original True Interpretation." It is not a spell or divine ability, but a method to assist others in their cultivation!]

[Xiao Yan: A method to assist cultivation? Isn't that just like my Flame Mantra?]

Xiao Yan was somewhat disappointed.

He had thought Zhu Chen had obtained some other powerful Treasure Technique!

He didn't expect it to be a method for assisting others in cultivation.

He already possessed the Flame Mantra; as long as he absorbed enough Heavenly Flames, he could continuously improve himself.

More importantly, he already knew where those Heavenly Flames were located.

The version of himself in the *Battle Through the Heavens* novel was already incredibly powerful without even absorbing all the Heavenly Flames of this world.

This time, if he swallowed all the Heavenly Flames, including the Void Devouring Flame beside the Soul Heaven Emperor, his strength would surely be even more staggering.

It was only a matter of time before the Flame Mantra surpassed the Heaven-tier.

There was no need to learn any other cultivation methods, even if they were provided by Zhu Chen.

[Zhu Chen: To be honest, compared to the Original True Interpretation, your Flame Mantra is basically nothing.]

Zhu Chen was speechless.

What on earth was this guy thinking?

Actually trying to compare the Flame Mantra to the Original True Interpretation?

Even if it were just the Divine Induction Chapter of the Original True Interpretation, it could still crush the Flame Mantra!

[Lin Dong: Original True Interpretation? Is that the name of the technique you want to repair? It sounds very impressive. What kind of technique is it that allows you to give such a high evaluation!]

Although Lin Dong did not practice the Flame Mantra, he had downloaded it.

He remembered Lord Diao mentioning it to him before—that while the initial level of the Flame Mantra wasn't high, if it could be allowed to devour enough special flames, it would surely grow to a level above Heaven-tier Martial Arts in the future.

If it weren't for the fact that his world didn't have enough special flames for the Flame Mantra to devour, he might have actually practiced it.

However, Lin Dong never imagined that a technique capable of almost infinite progression would be considered "basically nothing" in Zhu Chen's eyes.

Could it be that the "Original True Interpretation" he mentioned was some kind of heaven-defying technique?

Seeing Lin Dong ask, Zhu Chen did not hide it.

He directly shared the information regarding the Original True Interpretation in the group.

For a moment, everyone in the chat group gasped, including the lurking Han Li and Tang San.

[Xiao Yan: Holy crap...! The source of all laws! The vessel of the Great Dao! Is this for real?]

[Wang Lin: Does such a heaven-defying technique actually exist in this world?]

[Lin Dong: As expected of Brother Zhu, you're always full of amazing things!]

[Han Li: Analyzing the source of the Heavenly Dao, providing cultivators with a foundation for enlightenment that transcends the norm, and even enhancing a cultivator's speed of cultivation and the power of their spells... if this technique is real, it truly can be called a heaven-defying method.]

[Tang San: If you have something this good, why are you hiding it? Upload it quickly so I can verify if it's real or fake!]

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(End of Chapter)