Zhang Yu took out the talisman and saw that a wisp of qi remained attached to it. Raising his head, he saw Chen Yu and Wu Qingxu looking at him.
He said, "This is the talisman my teacher gave me when I last met him. Ordinarily, it is only used for transposition, but just now, it seemed to have conveyed a cryptic message through it."
"Oh?"
Chen Yu's expression grew solemn. "Fellow Court Administrator Zhang, you may as well take a look and see what this mystery is."
They had previously believed that after Chief Administrator Zhuang attained the Dao, if Origin Xia launched an attack, Xun Ji would very likely send them word in advance so they could prepare their defenses.
But unexpectedly, this cryptic message had not been sent to the Origin Capital Sect. Instead, it had been delivered directly to Zhang Yu. Was this because of Xun Ji's trust in Zhang Yu himself, or because he did not trust those within the Origin Capital Sect and was unwilling to make a detour through them?
Zhang Yu examined it and said, "This intent must be viewed through the Origin Capital Mysterious Diagram. I need to leave briefly and enter that treasure of stabilizing the Dao to discern its meaning."
Chen Yu said in a deep voice, "This should be a concealment arranged by Fellow Daoist Xun, to prevent the message from being intercepted by others. Fellow Court Administrator Zhang, go ahead. We shall wait here for the result."
Zhang Yu nodded. "I shall be gone briefly."
He withdrew from the Dao palace and arrived upon the cloud steps outside. At a thought, golden light descended upon him. After it persisted for a while, he reappeared upon a broad platform that seemed to drift through boundless void.
Daoist Zhan