The tempo of his speech entered a brief lull as he said, "Unfortunately, we have no way to confirm that conjecture. But we did confirm that, with our level of skill, we can't copy the golden seed and create a version under our control. So we decided to create an alternative as you did."
"We hoped it would be something special and better than the current system of cultivation to entice mortals to join our sect and compete with the Gemini. But even if it isn't stronger than the current cultivation system, we hoped we would be able to use it to gain lifespan from mortals."
"We succeeded in creating a cultivation system. Unfortunately, we've failed on both fronts of our objective," he said, shaking his head in shame.
"The cultivation system we created relies on something we call Power Packs. They are like Metacs, but they come prepackaged with instructions that will initiate evolution upon complete fusion."
