Chapter 598: Candidates
After Zhang Yu descended from the ritual dais, he pondered Dai Xuanzun's words from earlier.
On the surface, those words were indeed fair. If one wished to seek the higher realm through mystic arts, then the conventional path truly could not lead there. Every mystic cultivator would eventually create their own chapter seals; each had their own path, so no one could guide him. The road ahead could only be walked by oneself.
This was a truth he had long understood. But on further thought, Dai Xuanzun would not have repeated such words without reason. Unless the man had merely spoken from sudden feeling, perhaps he had been trying to remind him of something.
Yet after thinking it over, Zhang Yu found there were too many threads involved, and it was difficult to sort them out for the moment.
Since that was so, there was no need to overthink it. He would do as he should. He was already walking this path firmly according to his own ideas; there was no need to throw his mind into disorder over it for nothing.
Since Daoist Peng had originally been serving at the Military Affairs Office, Zhang Yu entrusted the still-unrecovered man to its care. He then left Sky City and returned to Yeya Prefecture.
In less than a quarter-hour, he landed atop his celestial terrace. Seeing him return, Wonder Elixir Lord immediately leapt down from the platform, ran to him, and let out a meow.
He rubbed the little leopard cat's head a few times and let it go play. Then he sat down upon the couch, formed a hand seal, and rolling Jade-Mist vapors streamed forth, blanketing the entire celestial terrace.
With another thought, he summoned the Purple-Star Cinnabar. A shimmering layer of violet qi immediately enveloped