Chapter 166 — The Woodcutter Bestows the Secret
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The Grand Unification Art of the Great Nurturing Dark Demon Scripture was hidden within the woodcutter's discourse upon the stone — but this required each successive Cult Master to comprehend it himself from that discourse. How much he could comprehend, and what he comprehended, depended on each Holy Cult Master's own insight, his own chosen direction, his own wisdom, his own fortune.
It could well be said that the Grand Unification Art comprehended by each Holy Cult Master of the Dark Demon Cult was different. Some principles might be similar, but the Grand Unification Art cultivated by each Holy Cult Master was absolutely not the same as any other's!
Three hundred and sixty Cult Masters would yield three hundred and sixty ways of practice; ten thousand Cult Masters would yield ten thousand ways of practice.
Shen Mu's first thought was: what a swindle.
What a colossal swindle — the legendary Grand Unification Art could not simply be taken and used; one had to comprehend it oneself.
His second thought was: this is what true transmission of the Dao and imparting of teachings means. This is what a true sage-teacher is.
What one comprehends is one's own; what one learns is another's. The transmission of arts in the Dark Demon Cult had something that no other sect — the Grand Academy included — could match.
The young patriarch let out a breath and looked toward Granny Zhu. From Granny Zhu's mouth came Cult Master Li's voice: "Teacher, I am no longer the Holy Cult Master. This is my chance to break through my inner demon. Please, Teacher, do not stop me!"