Their third meeting came when he was ninety-five.
By then, he had already begun farming. While he was working the fields, Gu Daotian silently appeared at his residence. The years had left no trace whatsoever upon him.
He simply did not seem like someone of this world.
The first thing Gu Daotian said upon seeing him was, "When I learned that you had lived past ninety, I knew you had grasped the profundity of the earth and cultivated True Steel Qi."
After that, the two talked through the night again. That night, Gu Daotian told him much about True Steel Qi and also experienced his Steel Qi firsthand. He did not know how much Gu Daotian had gained, but he himself had benefited immensely.
And it was precisely because he had cultivated True Steel Qi that Gu Daotian told him where he lived, saying that if he had any doubts about martial arts, he could come seek him out. Then he drifted away.
That was the extent of Yang Yue's three encounters with Gu Daotian.
Yet though they had met only three times, through Yang Yue's own investigations and his eye for judging people, he had keenly sensed that behind Gu Daotian's wild and unrestrained nature lay an obsession with martial arts.
This man had been born for martial arts.
Otherwise, given his talent and martial prowess, it was not as though he had no chance of forging a hegemony if he wished.
But he had no interest in anything beyond martial arts.
As the saying went, obsession made demons.
His state could be called a sincere heart in pursuit of martial arts, but it could also be said that he had already fallen into madness.
For the sake of martial arts, he had no notions of good and evil,