People were astonished. At this, Yu Ci nodded at Lu Qing and beckoned to retrieve the medicinal vial. The stall owner's expression was as though he had died a second time.
Seeing its bereft and soul-fractured state, Yu Ci pointed at the jade slip that recorded the Impermanence Method Explanation: "The difficulty of seeking longevity lies not before the transmission of the Dharma, but after it. It is merely that among the path-seekers of the world, nine out of ten cannot even clear the hurdle of 'transmitting the Dharma'—truly a pity and a lament... That you are able to obtain this single method makes you one in ten thousand in your good fortune."
"Is it even considered a 'path-seeker'?"
The one who replied turned out to be You Rui. This woman always consciously or unconsciously placed herself at the center of events, quite unwilling to fade into obscurity. Yet it had to be admitted that she could always hit the nail on the head, sharp as a blade.
Yu Ci glanced at her and smiled slightly, "These were the words an elder once spoke to me."
Indeed, apart from the final sentence, Yu Ci was simply repeating the remarks of the old Daoist Yu Zhou from back then. When the old Daoist governed Zhixin Temple, it was precisely according to this method that he opened the door of convenience for rogue cultivators, and Yu Ci was among the greatest beneficiaries of it.
He also found it strange, wondering why on earth he had suddenly thought of these words. With him being like this, the others had no way of knowing Yu Ci's intent in saying these things, yet they could still appreciate some of the underlying meaning. That stall owner looked at him with eager eyes, seemingly harboring a tiny