Without time to think, Jiang Chen immediately shouted aloud, "What sorcery? Cultivation techniques are inert, while people are dynamic! For those who follow the path of goodness and practice them, it's a Righteous Cultivation Method; for those who follow the path of evil and practice them, it's Sorcery. What does that have to do with the techniques themselves?"

The golden figure was taken aback and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Descendant, if it's sorcery, then it's sorcery. What are you afraid of? What can't you admit? Just boldly accept it. Haven't you killed people before?" A stern voice came from the palace.

Jiang Chen glanced at the palace and a mocking smile curved his lips, "I don't know who you are, nor do I know why this senior seems to be suppressing you here.

But if a person is controlled by a cultivation technique and commits slaughter of the innocent, then he deserves to be suppressed.

While practicing this technique, I also felt some bloodthirsty impulses, but I could control myself. I have killed, but those were people who deserved it.

I, Jiang Chen, may not be a good person, but I definitely have never killed the innocent!"

"You... if you don't massacre recklessly, you are insulting the divine power!" the person in the palace seemed to become increasingly frustrated.

The mockery on Jiang Chen's face became even more apparent, "It seems to me that you just couldn't control your own urge to kill, and now you're blaming the cultivation technique for your faults. And you even take pride in slaughtering left and right? You deserve to be suppressed here. Dream on if you think I'll save you!"

"You..." An enraged voice came from the palace.

Buzz buzz buzz!

An extremely formidable presence spread out, pressing heavily on the palace, silencing the voice inside.

The huge figure in mid-air looked at Jiang Chen, spoke with complicated eyes, "Young lad, remember your words, don't let the technique control your true nature!"

Whoosh!

As soon as the figure finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a beam of golden light showered over Jiang Chen.

The intense light pained Jiang Chen's eyes, forcing him to close them. When he opened his eyes again, he was back behind the wooden house in the valley.

"This..." Jiang Chen trembled, breaking out in a cold sweat, feeling as if he had just taken a walk by the gates of hell.

"Good thing I'm quick-witted! Although I don't know who those two people were, at least I didn't make any mistakes in dealing with them!" He muttered under his breath, then suddenly froze.

At this moment, Jiang Chen was floating in the air, his body emitting a faint blood light.

"This..." Startled, Jiang Chen tried to stop the cultivation technique, and his body swiftly fell to the ground.

"Levitation?! I can actually levitate?!" Jiang Chen jumped up from the ground and shouted joyfully.

Buzz buzz buzz!

An overwhelming pressure came from the front courtyard, and Jiang Chen's expression changed as he dashed to the front yard.

"Grandfather has made a breakthrough!" Fu Ling'er had already run into the courtyard, joyfully looking at the Medicine Saint outside.

Jiang Chen paused, looking at the Medicine Saint who was also levitating cross-legged outside, and pondered silently. Levitation... is it a signature ability of an Innate Grandmaster? So, do I truly possess the strength of an Innate Grandmaster now?

Thinking this, Jiang Chen felt relieved that when he had fought Elder Liu not long ago, Elder Liu had started with a defensive stance and hadn't levitated to engage in aerial combat with him, otherwise, the outcome of the battle might have been difficult to say!

Buzz buzz buzz!

As soon as the Medicine Saint landed, another wave of pressure spread out, Qiu Boyuan's body emitted a faint white glow, and he slowly floated up.

With a slight smile, Medicine Saint stepped up to Jiang Chen's side and whispered, "Young Jiang, thank you!"

"Elder Medicine Saint is too polite," Jiang Chen said with a smile, shaking his head.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

A burst of multicolored light shone upon Qiu Boyuan.

Jiang Chen, surprised, looked up to see an abrupt appearance of a tricolored auspicious cloud directly above Qiu Boyuan's head.

"A tricolored phenomenon, the young Qiu has good talent indeed!" Medicine Saint glanced at the tricolored auspicious cloud in the sky and chuckled.

Jiang Chen paused for a moment—was this the phenomenon caused by a breakthrough to the Innate Grandmaster level? No wonder Medicine Saint had said that breaking through in Dingjing would cause a big commotion. If such an auspicious cloud appeared over the skies of Dingjing's city center, it would certainly create a sensation.

"Elder Medicine Saint, can the auspicious cloud be of other colors?" Jiang Chen glanced at Qiu Boyuan, who was suspended in mid-air, then turned his head and asked Medicine Saint.

Medicine Saint was taken aback and looked at Jiang Chen with surprise: "Young Jiang, you don't know? When you broke through to the Innate Grandmaster level, was it also a tricolored auspicious cloud?"

"I... my Cultivation Technique is a bit special; there was no auspicious cloud when I broke through to the Innate Grandmaster level," Jiang Chen said hesitantly in a soft voice.

"No auspicious cloud?!" Medicine Saint exclaimed, and then his expression changed as he said in a deep voice, "Young Jiang, have you experienced some sort of extraordinary event?"

Jiang Chen fell silent for a moment, unsure of how to respond. He absolutely could not tell Medicine Saint about the memories from his dreams.

"Oh, I apologize, I was being presumptuous!"

Medicine Saint quickly realized his error and bowed apologetically to Jiang Chen, then said with a serious face, "Young Jiang, remember, do not tell anyone else that there was no auspicious cloud when you broke through to the Innate Grandmaster. Just say… just like me, it was a five-colored auspicious cloud. That's considered the strongest qualification in the martial artist circle!"

At this, a proud expression appeared on Medicine Saint's face.

"The strongest qualification?" Jiang Chen looked at Medicine Saint with a peculiar gaze. How old are you to have only just broken through to the Innate Grandmaster level, yet you claim to have the strongest qualification?

Medicine Saint's expression changed and he snapped in a low voice, "What's with that look? If it hadn't been for..."

Glancing at Fu Ling'er and seeing her intently staring at Qiu Boyuan, Medicine Saint breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his voice even further: "If it hadn't been for the incident with Ling'er years ago, which caused this old man to fall from the Innate Grandmaster Realm to the Semi Innate Realm, I might have become a Venerable by now!"

"Venerable?" Jiang Chen looked at Medicine Saint, full of confusion. "Is Venerable the realm above Innate Grandmaster?"

Medicine Saint rolled his eyes at Jiang Chen: "Do you really know nothing at all? Alright, alright, this old man will enlighten you today."

"In the eyes of ordinary people, martial artist levels are divided into four categories: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. Heavenly Level signifies a Grandmaster, which is the highest realm recognized by most secular people who are aware of martial artists.

But as you now know, above Heavenly Peak Grandmasters, there are Innate Grandmasters, and above Innate Grandmasters, there are those in the Venerable Realm, or Venerables. And above Venerables, there are Saints.

However, whether there are Saint Realm Experts in the entire Flame Dragon, or even in the entire world, I don't know either; that circle is beyond my reach."

Medicine Saint paused, then continued: "And the auspicious cloud is the most obvious proof of a martial artist's talent.

Everything under Innate is insignificant. The Innate Grandmaster represents a clear divide within the martial artist circle. Reaching Innate allows one to found a sect or establish a martial family.

Auspicious clouds range from one to five colors. There are legends of six-colored, even seven-colored auspicious clouds. However, that is taboo. If I'm not mistaken, you, when you break through to the Venerable Realm, should be able to summon six-colored or even seven-colored auspicious clouds."

With that, Medicine Saint looked at Jiang Chen with envy.

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