Relentless Difficulties

Mother River and the others could not hear it, but the disciples of the Three Pure Ones in Langtian Continent recited the Dao De Jing day and night. It was difficult indeed to truly escape the ears of these Eight Fruits Saint Ancestors.

Of course, the Dao De Jing possessed its own wonders. Those who eavesdropped would hear broken sentences and scattered words—a twisted scripture.

Without listening reverently face-to-face, how could they obtain the true Dharma?

"Heh, since the Saint Ancestors wish to hear it, how could this poor Daoist refuse? Only, should you feel the taint of corruption, you must promptly close off your hearing," Li Qingyun said.

"Of course!" Qiu Shou, Su Han, and the others paid it no mind.

None of them thought that merely listening would amount to anything serious.

Li Qingyun smiled faintly and began reciting the true Dharma. "The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name. The nameless is the beginning of Heaven and Earth; the named is the mother of all things... Mystery upon mystery, the gate to all wonders!"

He had only finished the first chapter when Qiu Shou and the other seven already had brilliant light blazing in their eyes, unable to conceal their astonishment.

If this had not been the Seal Conferring Hall, but a private discussion of the Dao, they would surely have been unable to resist slapping their thighs in applause and crying out, "Wonderful!"

At their Eight Fruits position, especially since all of them had walked at least five or six Great Daos to the eighth-rank divine position before attaining the Myriad Laws Fruit, whether the Dao De Jing was profound or marvelous was something they knew the instant they heard it.

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