After leaving the main hall, Zhang Yu returned to his residence within the Profound Residence. Once seated, he could not help recalling his conversation with Yun Chen just now.
According to Yun Chen, the method hidden within the Azure Yang Wheel was precisely a mystic method—or rather, a means of seeking the higher realm through the Great Dao Unified Text.
In truth, this was not strange at all.
There were no few who switched from true cultivation methods to mystic methods. Yet once one embarked upon the path of mystic methods, one could no longer continue along the path of true cultivation.
Although all relied upon the Turbid Canon, each school's cultivation art was different. Yun Chen's method had been established by his grandmaster, and its unique feature was that, once successful, it allowed one to attain the higher realm in a single instant.
Yet doing so was not without future troubles, and one's path of cultivation would end there as well.
Yun Chen's grandmaster had left behind this method only so that his disciples could try to climb higher when the road ahead became impassable.
However, this should originally have been a secret transmission of their lineage. As for why the other side knew of it, Yun Chen said that he did not know either.
Zhang Yu guessed that this might be connected to Bai Xiu.
Bai Xiu had once cultivated under Zhu, and could be considered half of Zhu's disciple. Perhaps he had learned of this matter at that time.
As for Bai Xiu's various actions, it was impossible that Zhu had been completely unaware of them. To some extent, he had even indulged him.
Zhang Yu inferred that this stemmed from exchanges of interest and compromises among those at the upper levels.
In his heart, he did