Yu Changqing thought of one possibility: perhaps he wanted to figure out her background before deciding whether to teach her.
That possibility was quite likely. Cultivators had their conflicts too, no less fierce than those of the mortal world.
Sect conflicts, resource conflicts, clashes of ideals, struggles over the Great Dao... Strictly speaking, cultivators died in battle at a far higher rate than ordinary mortals.
So Yu Changqing could understand his concerns—if he taught someone from an opposing force, that would truly be unpleasant.
Still, she was somewhat surprised. "Carefree Platform is one of the Five Platforms. Haven't you heard of it?"
"The Five Platforms?" The muscles on Feng Jun's face twitched as he asked with an odd expression, "Is that... the path of attaining immortality through Merit?"
He had actually wanted to say the Incense Apotheosis Path, but since arriving in this plane, he had yet to see any temples or shrines receiving Incense Faith offerings. Everyone's incense was offered to their ancestors, so he used a rather strange expression instead.
"Attaining immortality through Merit?" Yu Changqing gave him a strange look. "That is an ancient Great Dao. Why would you think... my sect follows that? And your way of putting it differs from how we usually say it."
"The wording is unimportant." Feng Jun spread his hands and spoke calmly. "It is merely a name. The Dao that can be spoken is not the eternal Dao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name... The Dao gives birth to all things. As long as we know we are speaking of the same essence, why cling to terminology?"
"Senior Feng, those are marvelous words!" Second Young Master Yu rose to her feet and clapped excitedly, an unusual gleam appearing in her eyes.
She had always been