#187 - Chapter 187: Strength!
“Father, this…” Hearing Qin Wushang's question, the Fourth Prince was dumbfounded. He froze, unsure how to answer. According to his understanding, he lost to Lin Changqing because he hadn't created his own divine abilities and techniques. By that logic, his Third Uncle, who created his own divine abilities in his forties, should have defeated his father. But the reality was that his father defeated his Third Uncle.
“Father, please explain in detail how you defeated Third Uncle back then?” The Fourth Prince cupped his hands, humbly seeking guidance. He vaguely understood what Qin Wushang was trying to say with the story, but he felt like there was a barrier he hadn't broken through, so he asked Qin Wushang.
“How did I defeat your Third Uncle?” Qin Wushang smiled. “I obtained an opportunity on the Ancient Starry Road, a legacy from a powerful figure. I used someone else's techniques and divine abilities to defeat your Third Uncle's self-created techniques and divine abilities. So, it's not that a strong person isn't strong if they haven't created their own techniques. As long as they are good at using other people's techniques and divine abilities. Do you think you lost to Lin Changqing because you didn't create your own divine abilities and techniques? No, the real reason you lost to him is because you are a flower in a greenhouse. You have too little combat experience.”
“I endured for thirty years, experiencing countless assassinations and countless life-and-death trials. Then, I fought my way through the Ancient Starry Road, and finally, in that illusionary inheritance, I underwent tens of thousands of years of training. That's why I mastered that person's techniques and divine abilities to perfection. Finally, I came out of the Ancient Starry Road and defeated your Third Uncle. But what about you? After obtaining the inheritance of the Great Sun Immortal Sect, how many life-and-death battles have you experienced?”
“The real reason you lost to Lin Changtian isn't that you didn't create your own divine abilities and techniques, but that you have too little experience fighting others. You haven't fully understood the Great Sun Golden Crow Body!”
“Remember, there's nothing shameful in using other people's techniques and divine abilities, inheriting other people's paths to defeat the enemy. The one who survives is the strong one, the one who wins is the strong one. Back then, your Third Uncle's self-created divine abilities were defeated by me. Could you say that I, who defeated him, am not a strong person?”
Hearing Qin Wushang's words, the Fourth Prince fell into deep thought. He suddenly vaguely understood something and began to reflect on his past.
Indeed, just like his father said, he was truly a flower in a greenhouse. His journey had been too smooth. He had encountered a fortuitous event at birth, obtaining the inheritance of the Great Sun Immortal Venerable. His talent was also good, and the imperial family provided him with all the resources he needed. His cultivation speed was extremely fast.
Thinking carefully, the Fourth Prince seemed to realize that he hadn't fought anyone much in his life. When he encountered those with lower cultivation levels, he relied on his superior cultivation to slap them to death. When he encountered those with higher cultivation levels…
No one with a higher cultivation level dared to attack the son of Human Emperor Qin Wushang. So, thinking about it that way, the Fourth Prince seemed to realize that he really hadn't experienced any life-or-death pressure.
He really lacked some life-and-death combat experience.
“Father, I vaguely understand. I lost to Lin Changqing not because I didn't create my own techniques and divine abilities, but because I have too little combat experience and I haven't fully understood the Great Sun Golden Crow Body,” the Fourth Prince said after pondering for a while.
Qin Wushang nodded and replied, “It's good that you understand. Otherwise, if you stubbornly believe that you lost to Lin Changqing because you didn't create your own techniques and divine abilities, then you'll be walking down a dead end. Even if you create your own techniques and divine abilities in the future, it will all be for nothing without combat experience. In the future, you should focus on experiencing more life-and-death battles and thoroughly understand the Great Sun Golden Crow Body.”
“Obtaining the Great Sun Golden Crow Body is your good fortune, not an obstacle on your cultivation path. It's wrong to think that only self-created things are good. We humans can't defeat beasts with our bare hands, but we can drive away and kill beasts with fire and weapons. It's the same for cultivators. Don't think that everything has to be self-created. What you need to do now is to treat the Great Sun Golden Crow Body as the torch and weapon in your hands, and strive to learn and comprehend it.”
“For example, if your current Great Sun Golden Crow Body can only unleash one phenomenon, then it can only be said that you have only learned the superficial aspects of the Great Sun Golden Crow Body and are far from the true pinnacle.”
As he spoke, Qin Wushang formed a rune with his left hand. Subsequently, a sun and a golden crow appeared, which was the very Great Sun Golden Crow phenomenon that the Fourth Prince had just summoned.
Finally, Qin Wushang moved again, and the runes were drawn again. The imagery changed, and a滔天sea appeared, with a great sun and a golden crow overhead. Next, Qin Wushang displayed various phenomena such as the Great Sun Golden Crow fighting a True Dragon and the Great Sun Golden Crow unleashing ten thousand swords.
Watching Qin Wushang display these things, the Fourth Prince was shocked, because these were all core imageries of the Great Sun Golden Crow Body, but he could only display one, while his father could display several in succession: “Father, what is this…”
“One technique mastered, all techniques mastered,” Qin Wushang replied. “These are not phenomena displayed by the Great Sun Golden Crow Body, but are displayed using my path. Back then, you showed me the Great Sun Golden Crow scriptures, and I carefully studied them. This is what I have comprehended over the past ten years. Look at you, you obtained the core inheritance of the Great Sun Immortal Venerable and obtained the Great Sun Golden Crow Body. Logically, you should be able to display more Great Sun Golden Crow Body phenomena, after all, I only comprehended the scriptures. But the reality is that you have only comprehended one phenomenon of the Great Sun Golden Crow Body.”
“Imagine, if you were like me and could also display many phenomena of the Great Sun Golden Crow Body, would you have lost to Lin Changqing today, or would you have lost so miserably?”
Hearing this, the Fourth Prince remained silent for a long time. He suddenly felt that he had comprehended many cultivation principles. Before, Lin Changqing said that the path of a strong person is always under their own feet, that is, to create their own techniques and divine abilities, but after hearing his father's words, he had some new insights.
His father said that a strong person can borrow from others, especially that analogy, saying that humans can't defeat beasts with their bare hands, but can drive away beasts with weapons.
At this moment, the Fourth Prince suddenly felt that he had understood a lot.
“Father, thank you for the many principles you have taught me today. Your son understands now and will work harder in the future, will strive to study the Great Sun Golden Crow Body, and will put down the arrogance in my heart, and strive to defeat Lin Changqing in the future, even if I endure for decades, I will persevere,” the Fourth Prince finally said.
Qin Wushang laughed loudly after hearing this: “It's good that you can think like this, but as my son, how could I let you endure for decades like I did before you can defeat Lin Changqing. I now have a way to quickly improve your strength, to transform your combat power several times, and win against Lin Changqing in a fair duel.”
“Oh? What way, Father?” Hearing this, the Fourth Prince's eyes lit up. His father had a way to quickly improve his strength?
If there really was one, that would be great!
According to his original idea, he would cultivate diligently like his father in the future, participate in more life-and-death battles, and go to Lin Changqing for revenge after decades of accumulation.
But now, listening to his father, there was actually a way for him to immediately increase his strength!
