Lin Su's ascent to Heavenly Dao Island had to be kept secret from ordinary people.
Because he knew that the Heavenly Dao Journey meant something entirely different to him. If the Palace Examination had once been a threshold that bound him, then Heavenly Dao Island was another threshold.
The Palace Examination bound his literary Dao; the Heavenly Dao Journey bound his martial Dao and Cultivation Way.
Just as Zhang Wenyuan, Zhao Xun, and the others had exhausted every possible means to keep him outside the gates of the Palace Examination, countless people on the Cultivation Way also hoped to block him outside the threshold of the Heavenly Dao Journey.
Everyone could foresee that once Lin Su set foot on Heavenly Dao Island, his martial Dao and Cultivation Way would soar into the heavens, beyond anyone's power to suppress.
That was why his path to Heavenly Dao Island was destined to be filled with hardships and perils.
The Jade Pool Saintess had seen this long ago. Thus, while Lin Su was returning from Great Corner, he received her message sent across thousands of miles. She hoped he would first enter Jade Pool, where Jade Pool experts would escort him through the final stretch.
Jade Pool had seen it. Naturally, the other sects had seen it as well.
Dishuiguan included.
Dishuiguan was also a top-tier sect.
Facing this old Daoist, Lin Su did not conceal anything and simply nodded.
Old Daoist Wuyun said, "The Heavenly Dao Journey is the crucial journey where countless heavenly prodigies break open their shackles and emerge from their cocoons as butterflies. Naturally, there are also countless scoundrels who would throw obstacles in the way, seeking to sever the chance for the righteous path to rise. Young Master Lin, would you be willing to travel alongside my sect's