The Two Halls, Origin Upper Summit. Councillor Lan watched the two fellow cultivators being sent out once more and said with some regret, "What a pity Yin Zhong was one move short. He failed to destroy Zhengqing just now; otherwise, Daoist Chao's Dao technique would have had room to show its prowess."
The True Adept Chao he spoke of was a Daoist standing some distance away from them, with a kindly expression. He was not dressed in a Councillor's robe and was clearly not a Councillor of the Two Halls. Hearing Councillor Lan mention him, he said, "It is indeed regrettable, but fortunately, we suffered no losses. We can keep watch for another chance next time."
When Daoist Yin Zhong had gone forth to battle and fought Daoist Zhengqing earlier, he had even made use of a treasure that suppressed the Dao. Having expended such great effort, he had naturally not done so merely to defeat an incarnate body.
It was because Daoist Chao's Dao technique possessed a marvelous use: so long as the person bearing his Dao technique defeated a fellow cultivator—even if the victory came through a treasure or some other method—his Dao technique could borrow that momentum to establish a faint connection in Dao technique with the defeated person.
This connection was ordinarily useless. But if someone fought that person again, it could, at a crucial moment, use the influence of that connection to interfere with their Dao technique for an instant.
When those of the same level fought, not the slightest mistake could be made. Take Yin Zhong and Zhengqing: if either had exposed a flaw at any point over those ten-odd days, there would have been no need for the subsequent exchanges. Victory or defeat would have been decided at once.
Thus, if Yin Zhong