Every path had its own way of learning.
There were also connections between different paths, allowing lessons from one to illuminate another.
Take the path of forging that Xu Kun had first encountered. It was not merely as simple as the study of forging.
It included, but was not limited to, the Path of Fire, parts of the Path of Water, metal smelting, ore forging, and more.
Daos came in great and small. Great daos were broad highways, while small daos were narrow mountain trails.
Yet the breadth of a road had never been fixed. Someone had once said that there had originally been no roads in the world; when enough people walked the same route, a road naturally appeared.
A narrow mountain trail could also be widened into a broad highway.
Just like the difference between elevators and stairs, those seemingly soaring highways attracted countless travelers. In the end, countless boats raced side by side, creating unbearable congestion. Meanwhile, the difficult little paths that demanded more effort had fewer competitors, making it easier to attain the Dao through them.
Jixia Academy gathered the paths of countless schools of thought, but that did not mean every path had been pushed to its limit.
It was simply that generation after generation had studied here, grown here, and left behind theories and ideas concerning the paths they had walked.
Even if flaws existed, they could still provide others with experience to learn from.
Jixia Academy perfectly embodied the words, "No one is flawless."
Everyone who came here to study achieved tremendous growth through discussing and debating the Dao, while also giving Jixia Academy a thriving academic atmosphere and limitless potential.
Xu Kun immersed himself in it and could not pull himself away.
The Path of Fire was his strongest path. Even the