In the separate courtyard, Xuan Zhen was dozing beneath the shade of a tree in the yard.
Over the past few years, Xuan Zhen's appearance had aged greatly. His head was full of pale white strands of hair, his face was covered in deep wrinkles, and even his back had grown hunched. Even his eyes had become much cloudier.
"You finally came!"
Seeing Yang Zhengshan walk over with his hands clasped behind his back, Daoist Xuan Zhen showed a faint smile.
Yang Zhengshan looked at Daoist Xuan Zhen in some surprise. He had not expected Daoist Xuan Zhen to have aged to such an extent.
As though seeing Yang Zhengshan's surprise, Xuan Zhen smiled and said, "If you still didn't set out, this poor Daoist would be about to die of old age!"
Yang Zhengshan sat down beside him. "Why go this far?"
"If this poor Daoist doesn't go and see it, I won't be reconciled!" Xuan Zhen's expression grew much more complicated.
"That's true. If it were me, I wouldn't be reconciled either!" Yang Zhengshan said, deeply agreeing.
If one hears the Dao in the morning, one may die content at dusk.
Although the Great Zhao Dynasty could not represent the Great Dao, it could allow one to find a higher realm of Martial Dao within Great Zhao.
Yang Zhengshan had two purposes in going to Great Zhao. One was to seek more spirit roots, that is, the seeds of spirit fruits; the other was to find a method to break through the Innate Realm.
In the Wanli Sea Region, one might be able to find a method for Entering the Dao, but it was absolutely impossible to find a method to break through the Innate Realm—that is, a method to step into the Martial God Realm.
If Yang