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Chapter 256 - 146: True Understanding of the Two Principles, The Escaped One

"What I am about to teach you is, in essence, the same. However, its classification of source energy is far more refined."

Lin Hanshan’s voice was calm, yet it carried an unquestionable authority.

"Today, the Cultivation Technique I will teach you is called the *Tai Xu Two Principles True Understanding*."

"During this course, you will not be provided with any written outlines of the Cultivation Technique. For the next twenty days, I will hold a two-hour class here daily. Within the first ten days, I will give a detailed lecture on the entire technique once. The remaining ten days will be for two review lectures."

"How much you comprehend and how far you go will depend entirely on your own aptitude and fortune."

*Tai Xu Two Principles True Understanding*!

An Earth-rank, low-grade Cultivation Technique!

Lin Ye could clearly feel the breathing of many people around him grow heavy, their eyes bursting with an incredibly fervent light.

Even Dongfang Zhen and Zhang Daoxuan’s expressions became intensely focused.

Lin Ye also reined in his distracting thoughts, focusing his full attention on the lecture.

He knew the truly crucial part was only just beginning.

Lin Hanshan’s voice was not loud. His tone was steady and devoid of any emotion, as if he were reciting an ancient scripture.

"The beginning of heaven and earth is the mother of all things. Its nature is inconstant, its form unfixed. Hence, the hundred schools of thought arise..."

As Lin Hanshan began to recite the introduction to the Cultivation Technique,

Lin Ye finally understood why Dongfang Zhen had called Lin Hanshan an academic.

The old man truly just recited the original text during his lecture, without breaking it down or explaining it in simpler terms.

But you couldn’t say his lecture was shallow.

Quite the opposite, in fact. After each seemingly archaic and abstruse line of the original text, he would add one or two incisive remarks, like adding the eyes to a painted dragon, dissecting the core principles with penetrating insight.

"The theory of the Five Elements draws its analogies from physical things: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Each has its own nature and use. However, beyond the five elements, there is light and dark, wind and thunder. How can these all be lumped together?"

"Therefore, the *Tai Xu Two Principles True Understanding* simplifies the complex, returns to the origin, and posits that all source energy in the world is either yin or yang."

Lin Ye’s heart stirred.

The *Five Qi Guiding Formulas* he had previously cultivated was a typical five-element Cultivation Technique, which crudely divided the world’s source energy into the five attributes of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

But as his perception of source energy grew sharper, he had long since discovered the limitations of this classification method.

In his perception, the Source Energy Particles in the world were far more than just five colors.

For example, there was a type of golden particle that shimmered with a brilliant radiance. The energy it contained was far more intense and pure than ordinary Fire Attribute Source Energy, but the methods of the *Five Qi Guiding Formulas* were completely unable to draw it into his body.

In contrast, there was also a type of dark particle that was almost imperceptible. They were mixed into the sea of source energy, and if one didn’t perceive them carefully, they could easily be mistaken for part of the empty background.

The existence of these particles went beyond the scope of the five-element theory.

And now, this *Tai Xu Two Principles True Understanding* directly offered a grander, yet simpler, answer.

All things in the world are either yin or yang.

This was the core of the entire Cultivation Technique’s general principles.

After finishing the general principles, Lin Hanshan suddenly paused, his cloudy eyes sweeping over the crowd below.

"From the beginning of the Martial Dao Era to the present day, a hundred schools of thought have contended, and the exploration into the fundamental nature of source energy has never ceased."

"Cultivation Techniques are constantly being innovated, and our understanding of source energy is also advancing, albeit with twists and turns."

"The theory of the *Tai Xu Two Principles True Understanding* is not necessarily the ultimate truth."

"Explaining source energy with yin and yang, in my opinion, is still insufficient."

"However, if you can thoroughly master this Cultivation Technique, it will be enough to support your cultivation all the way to Divine Realm Perfection."

As soon as he said this, a wave of irrepressible gasps echoed through the great hall.

After Gang Condensation comes the Divine Realm.

This is the fourth great realm of the Martial Dao.

A single Earth-rank, low-grade Cultivation Technique could support him across two entire major realms!

Lin Ye’s heart began to race with excitement.

’This meant that for a long time to come, he wouldn’t have to worry about finding a Cultivation Technique. Nor would he have to worry about the experience points gained from killing monsters being drastically reduced because his technique was too low-grade.’

’This experience lock was finally about to be broken!’

After explaining the general principles, Lin Hanshan began to lecture on the specific cultivation methods.

The beginning of all methods lies in perception.

The incantations for the method that came from the old man’s mouth were abstruse and difficult to understand.

Lin Ye saw many people around him frowning, their faces showing expressions of deep, troubled thought. They were clearly lost in a fog of confusion.

A few people, unable to restrain themselves, raised their hands, wanting to ask questions.

But Lin Hanshan acted as if he hadn’t seen them. Not only did he not stop to explain, but he actually increased his speaking speed slightly.

The few who had raised their hands could only awkwardly lower their arms, their faces filled with disappointment.

Lin Ye did not grow anxious. He just listened quietly.

What he could understand, he mentally rehearsed over and over.

What he couldn’t understand immediately, he simply forced himself to memorize verbatim—both the original text of the technique and Lin Hanshan’s annotations.

He wasn’t afraid of difficulty; he was only afraid of having nothing to learn.

As long as he got his hands on the material, he had plenty of time and methods to study it slowly.

He glanced at Dongfang Zhen and Zhang Daoxuan beside him and saw that both were listening with rapt attention, their expressions focused. They even showed looks of sudden enlightenment from time to time.

The cultivation techniques passed down in their families were likely of a much higher rank than the *Tai Xu Two Principles True Understanding*, yet they could still learn new things from it.

This devotion and focus toward the Martial Dao earned Lin Ye’s admiration.

A little over an hour passed in a flash.

Lin Hanshan finally stopped his lecture.

He picked up the piece of white chalk again and, on the Tai Chi Diagram on the board, drew a small circle inside each of the two "fish" of yin and yang.