Within the Eastern Origin Way, after Zhang Yu finished speaking with Jiao Yao, he raised a finger and tapped lightly. The few incomplete pages Jiao Yao had displayed earlier reappeared before him.
When he had seen these things earlier, the records upon them had caught his attention.
Jiao Yao's account had come from incomplete pages of the Apertureless Canon. This should only have been a retelling, for judging from the content, it was not, strictly speaking, part of the main text.
In truth, these were records left by that Daoist Sui concerning his journeys through certain realms, along with scattered casual notes. He had written freely, a stroke here and a stroke there, with countless threads of thought, so it was understandable that they had not been included in the main work.
According to what was recorded, this man had greatly enjoyed roaming about and visiting ancient ruins from before Origin Xia had taken shape. Several lines also mentioned that he had entered "Lingering Gloom" on several occasions, though it was unknown what sort of place that was.
It was there that he had found many strange objects. One of them had been particularly peculiar. He did not know what it was, but he could always sense profound mysteries hidden within it, and so he kept it at hand to examine and play with from time to time.
Others might have taken such a description for some rare treasure, but Zhang Yu vaguely felt that it greatly resembled an object bearing a Dao Seal.
Could it have been a fragment of a Dao Seal?
However, after Daoist Sui had been imprisoned, the things he left behind had either been divided up among the cultivators of the various Ways or taken away and destroyed.
Even if he asked the man himself,