Daoist Lord Juehua bestowed a method to steady Fading's true heart.
Daoist Lord Miaoyan bestowed a method to examine the inner palace.
The two patriarchs of the Qinghua Dao Sect could hardly have been more attentive in their guidance of Jiang Sheng.
As the two patriarchs of the Qinghua Dao Sect taught him and revealed their methods, Daoist Lord Yueheng, who sat amid the circling sea of stars in the north and reflected the myriad forms of the starry river, finally opened his eyes.
The moment he did, his eyes shone like great suns, illuminating hundreds of millions of miles of void and chaos and drawing Jiang Sheng into their blazing gaze.
"Lingyuan!"
"This disciple is here."
Jiang Sheng turned and bowed.
Daoist Lord Yueheng said calmly, "Juehua tested your Dao, and Miaoyan examined your methods. Now guess what I intend to teach you."
Jiang Sheng immediately began to ponder. As the first to test him, Daoist Lord Juehua had seemed the gentlest, yet his test had also been the most dangerous. It was a method of Heart Inquiry, probing Jiang Sheng's heart and nature to see whether his soul could withstand ten thousand trials without wavering.
Daoist Lord Miaoyan, meanwhile, had tested Jiang Sheng's Dao and its fruit. He had measured another's heart against his own and used chaos to verify innate nature, shifting Yin and moving Yang to see whether Jiang Sheng possessed an unchanging fruit and an unmoving truth.
Both Daoist Lords had tested the true heart behind Jiang Sheng's Dao Fruit. With that examined, surely it was time to test his Divine Abilities and skills?
After some thought, Jiang Sheng replied, "Patriarch, this disciple believes you intend to teach me the arts of combat."
Daoist Lord Yueheng nodded. "Earlier, Dejing said you could not contend with