Haotian and Yaochi turned into streaks of flowing light, left Huoyun Cave, and flew toward the Heavenly Court.
Neither of them spoke until the outline of Huoyun Cave had completely vanished behind them.
"Senior Brother." Yaochi finally spoke, breaking the silence between them.
"We already have Fellow Daoist Hongyun's cultivation insights, and he verified them personally. They're absolutely foolproof."
"Tell me, do we still need to let the Dao Ancestor know about our cultivation?"
"In my opinion, we might as well follow Fellow Daoist Hongyun's method and cultivate in secret."
"After we succeed, we can think of other ways. That's still better than having everything held in his grip."
Yaochi's thinking was very simple. Since they had already confirmed the cultivation method was real and had Hongyun's experience to share, they could completely avoid Hongjun and cultivate on their own.
As for the Haotian Mirror, they could just let it sit in Lingxiao Treasure Hall as a decoration.
Haotian did not answer immediately, and the speed of his escaping light slowed slightly.
He was also thinking about this question.
Completely breaking free from Hongjun's control was something he had dreamed of.
But could it truly be done?
Since Hongjun had dared to give them the cultivation method, how could he not have expected them to go verify it?
Since he had dared to let them verify it, that meant he had absolute confidence that everything was within his control.
Now, holding Hongyun's insights, they thought they could hide the truth from heaven and cross the sea.
But what if this itself was one link in Hongjun's plan?
Hongjun needed them to pass a message to Zhou Ming.
Before that message was delivered, he absolutely would not let anything happen to them.
So Hongjun's "guidance" was instead the safest protective talisman.