Their words quickly revealed something.
Lu Qing sank his consciousness into the Dao Sect version of Talisman Light.
Sure enough, he saw several Divinations coming true.
"Someone really did intend to provoke me. But after I did not choose that Divination, he had evidently chosen the wrong opponent as well."
Lu Qing saw the disciple who had acted in secret. The other party's bone age had already exceeded the standard for True Inheritance, yet his cultivation had reached the perfection of the Void Realm. He was only half a step away from entering the Dongzhen Realm.
He also saw True Inheritance prodigies who had already made a name for themselves.
As for the True Inheritance disciples, Lu Qing now saw several figures as well.
Some of the names were somewhat familiar. As fellow Sword Lineage disciples, Lu Qing had committed to memory the True Names of those outer disciples and Direct Disciples.
Lu Qing skimmed past the discussions of the ten greatest True Inheritance disciples. Talisman Light also mentioned the prodigious successors of other lineages.
"Xuanyangzi, and Innate Divine Spirits, Spirit Path monsters..."
All this information spread through Talisman Light.
They were indeed powerful. Given an opportunity, or upon encountering the right moment, they might be able to advance into the Dongzhen Realm like that eldest senior brother.
Yet such opportunities were far too rare.
When one comprehended the Dao, when one entered the Dongzhen Realm—every stage of a cultivator's cultivation was a process of selection.
Lu Qing had returned merely to gain a rough understanding of the ten greatest True Inheritance disciples here. More importantly, he was preparing for his upcoming journey.
Of course, there were also missions. Lu Qing was so diligent chiefly because of contribution points.
"Contribution points, minor merits and major merits, the Dao Sect Treasury...