"Chariot Water Deposes Bi?"
Fang Qing nodded. No wonder Water Virtue's rightful position seemed so ambiguous. It had undergone a change, just like Earth Virtue...
He wanted to ask more, but Leshan's face turned inscrutable, and he said no more. Fang Qing immediately understood that the matter was of great importance.
"Wall Water once carried the image of gathering and storing all the waters under heaven. But after its rightful position was taken, only the image of 'nurturing' remained. Wall Water cultivators are mostly skilled at healing... A pity."
That was Leshan's final assessment.
"I see it differently. Wall Water is water hidden beneath the earth; it was never well suited to the rightful position. Chariot Water, on the other hand, is also called 'Ocean Water'... It has the very image of the sea receiving a hundred rivers. Rather than 'Chariot Water Deposes Bi,' I'd call it setting chaos right. The two fit together beautifully..."
Sanmu offered his view.
"That... makes sense too."
Fang Qing nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "On my way east, I also encountered some lesser cultivators preaching about a 'Four-Silence Sect'... Have either of you heard of it?"
"I have. This Four-Silence Sect claims that 'All Things Are Four' and spreads a pack of twisted heresies... It extinguishes human nature, too. It is no proper path."
Leshan answered him.
"But when I heard 'All Things Are Four,' I felt it aligned rather well with Buddhist principles."
Fang Qing pressed his palms together.
"Haha. Miss by a hair, and you're a thousand miles astray... Besides, what of the Golden Core? Are the great figures above the Golden Core for the likes of us to speculate about?"
Sanmu, as carefree as an idle cloud or wild crane beside them, laughed. "Whether or not a realm exists above the Golden