Chapter 40: Stirring the Heavens
Chapter 40: Stirring the Heavens
“Can’t succeed…” The Seventh Young Master stuttered, seemingly unable to comprehend his mother’s words. “What do you mean?”
“Can’t succeed means he simply won’t,” the Madam replied coolly, her gaze fixed on the floating tea leaves in her cup. “Ling Crane Technique isn’t a martial art for ordinary mortals.”
“But didn’t Instructor Xu say that it allows one to cultivate the Dao through martial arts and enter the Immortal Sect?”
“Cultivate the Dao through martial arts?” The Madam’s lips curved into a faintly mocking smile. “More like a case of mistaken cause and effect, a figment of mortal imagination.”
“Why?” The Seventh Young Master’s expression darkened further.
“It’s not that practicing this martial art leads to the Immortal Sect; it’s that only those who are already in the Immortal Sect can practice it.”
Seeing her son’s puzzled expression, the Madam elaborated, “Do you know the origin of Ling Crane Technique?”