How Natural!

One of the benefits of the 'natural' state, Di Tou had found, was that it better let him execute his 'creativity.'

Cultivation was an interesting thing, but as a whole more than anything else it was a process of learning. In the process of learning, there are many principles and theories that are taught to us, where we memorize them but don't necessarily understand them. Thus, following a formula, we can create the desired effect, but even a small modification can be quite troublesome.

This was the relationship between techniques and cultivators. They were a form of 'standardised learning.'

The further one went down the path of cultivation, the more one was expected to innovate and take things beyond their original boundaries. After all, the original formulas had limitations, especially when applied in a real-world context! This could be related to writing a thesis and doing research!