As far as he's aware some qi-refinement cultivator who should be around 40 was able to break through without a pill and posses high mastery in talisman making as well. Probably thinks he has Violet Palace or even Golden Core potential, so maybe an exaggeration but from his perspective it's not really a lie.
If you're lucky, it's not impossible for you to become a disciple of the ancestor of the Ganyang Sect who is in the Golden Core Realm in the future.
Eastern · West Traveler
In these type of novels Sword cultivators often pursue the idea of "using a Sword to cut through challenges", so the act of scheming would work against their Dao heart - hurting their cultivation prospects. I could just be compensating for the author's laziness, but it does make the world seem less two dimensional.
Such people were usually more straightforward and would not scheme against others.
Eastern · West Traveler
this novel was so good, hopefully not cancelled
ch 125 Curse Again
Eastern · Barber Number2
That probably has more to do with his talent than the cultivation technique. With enough talent, you could probably reach immortality from morning breathing exercises.
Seeing it was as useless as rumor said, the Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator finally gave up on the Five Elements True Technique and started to cultivate other cultivation techniques.
Following a Hundred Years of Cultivation, I'm dying Before I Got Cheats
Eastern · West Traveler