Whether it was Buddhism or Daoism.
When accepting disciples, the first thing to test was a property known as comprehension.
Comprehension was insight into the heavens and earth, and understanding of human life.
Because everyone comprehended different things, it would shape each person's distinct life.
Some people comprehended the Dao of fame and wealth, and thus their renown spread throughout the world and their names echoed across the seas.
Some people comprehended the Dao of power, and thus they dominated the realm, their authority shaking the imperial court.
Some people comprehended the Heavenly Dao, and thus they could transcend life and death, untouched by the pain of reincarnation.
The word "comprehension" was profoundly mysterious.
Lin Bai began to carefully study what was discussed in Zhang Zinan's Dao Domain Elucidation: "Everyone is a unique existence of heaven and earth, and everyone is born different, which is why this world is so splendid"... "I do not hope for later generations to follow this old man's Dao to comprehend the Dao domain"... "Everyone should have their own comprehension..."
Over the past few days, Lin Bai had read many books and perused numerous ancient texts.
Among them were both the Dao Domain Elucidation by Snow Sect's founding master Zhang Zinan, and the Dao domain insights left behind by various senior experts of the Snow Sect...
Having read so many books, Lin Bai felt that even if he were a cook who started halfway, he ought to have at least a smattering of knowledge about the Dao domain.
Yet the more he read, the more confused it made Lin Bai.
Zhang Zinan's Dao Domain Elucidation described one kind of Dao domain.
Meanwhile, the books of other senior experts explained yet another kind of Dao domain.
This left Lin Bai increasingly perplexed, bewildered, and at