Luo Zhong had not expected Zhu Yici to raise this point, but it opened his mind. He realized that his own perspective in the past might have been too narrow.
Though he bore the duty of transmitting the Dao, those he could draw upon did not necessarily have to be disciples who had obtained the Chaotic Dao. Those who were inherently at odds with Origin Xia could also be temporary partners.
His previous contact with Celestial Xia had in fact followed this very path. Yet Celestial Xia's wariness and vigilance toward him, together with Origin Xia's control over every aspect below, had kept him from giving this much thought at first.
The main reason was that ordinary cultivators were truly of little use. Even Primordial Spirit cultivators were the same; the Upper Layer power Origin Xia possessed could crush them with a casual hand.
But judging solely from how much trouble they could save in matters of calculation, these people were not useless. It only depended on how he employed them.
Moreover, he realized that, for himself at present, he had no right to be picky. With these people's open and covert support, he could at least gain certain channels of information and respond to Origin Xia's movements.
After all, the Chaotic Dao needed to be realized. Once within the world, it also had to conform to certain laws of the present age, following the principle of growing from weak to strong. It was not like a Chaotic Reliance, where merely gaining a body seen in the future counted as an achievement.
But he had no mind to worry over such specifics. "Are the people you mentioned easy to contact?" He added, "I have no interest in recruiting followers. After all, you will not believe in the Great Dao of