"You can work diligently and read the scriptures in peace. That's pretty good."
Senior Brother Wan nodded, stroked his beard, and mused.
"As I recall, in this temple, aside from those who couldn't hold out and went down the mountain on their own,
everyone who came with you was taught a method.
Even some who arrived after you received one before you did.
Do you have any grievances?"
Ling Qing was taken aback again. But Senior Brother Wan had always worn a placid expression, and there was nothing else to read on his face.
So Ling Qing could only answer cautiously.
"If I said I felt nothing when I watched all the other senior brothers receive immortal arts, I'd be lying.
But as for grievances, I wouldn't go that far."
At the same time, he wondered if this was probably his final test.
"Oh?
You came up the mountain to seek immortality and ask the Dao, didn't you?
Now everyone else has been taught, and you alone haven't. You truly have no grievances?"
Senior Brother Wan continued.
"Senior Brothers have their reasons for deciding whom to teach. If I haven't been taught, then the time for my fate to unfold hasn't come yet.
But I firmly believe that I'm someone with a connection to the Dao."
Ling Qing answered honestly, saying exactly what he thought.
Whatever the reason he hadn't received a method from the senior brothers, they—and even Master—surely had their reasons.
There must have been something he hadn't yet done to meet their expectations.
As for being someone with a connection to the Dao, whether it was the Druid inheritance or the Spirit Restraint and Transformation Method, both were paths that led straight to the Great Dao.
If he had obtained those two things and someone still said