It was quite interesting. Lin An had just finished compiling the "Manual of Antler Cultivation", which was likely to need an update to version 2.0 once it was published.
If his research was correct, it might indeed be necessary to add notions like "First Transformation shedding" or "Second Transformation shedding" later on.
As for why it was called "shedding", Doctor Zhang, who had a profound understanding of the transcendent path, proposed—it shouldn't be about brutally snapping off the antlers, which would be suicidal. It should be about "shedding the old to bring forth the new"; one's own will refining the antlers, leading to the inherited external antlers being shed like a snake's skin.
This was what needed their meticulous contemplation and study.
Lin An was adept at theoretical construction and deduction, but the actual practice of cultivation at every step was the strong suit of these uncles and elders.
