The two cultivators used their magical instruments to scrutinize Pu Lu again and again.
It was no easy matter to discern the origins of a Primordial Spirit True Person. Primordial Spirit True Persons stood apart from the world; if they wished, they could erase every trace of their past from this world, leaving you with nothing to see.
Thus, their method was to see whether he was closely connected to this heaven and earth. Even if a Primordial Spirit True Person had transcended the worldly realm, they still bore karmic obligations. No cultivator dared claim to have shed every last one of them.
These obligations might be the teachings of a Dao tradition, the grace of a master's instruction, the bonds of fellow cultivators, and countless other things. Most important of all was the grace of heaven and earth that had nurtured them. You came from heaven and earth, yet leapt beyond them; that obligation had to be repaid.
Yet no matter how one repaid it—or simply chose to ignore it—a cultivator from beyond the world would surely have no such karmic ties. This was how they could be distinguished.
The figure Pu Lu revealed shone with a soft, harmonious light, seeming to blend seamlessly with his surroundings. Only the mana upon him flickered constantly like flames, somewhat dazzling to the eye.
One of the cultivators said, "I see it. This True Person Pu has proper roots. Though the cultivation method he practices is somewhat strange, he must have brought it out of a secret realm. No technique would be surprising in such a place."
The other checked the register and said, "That visitor from beyond the heavens arrived here less than ten years ago, while the Pure Origin Sect has stood for more than six hundred years. This True