The young Daoist sneered, then said to Zhang Yu, "Inspector Zhang, you have heard of Zhengqing's affairs from back then, have you not?"
Zhang Yu said, "I have heard something of them."
The young Daoist stood there with a whisk cradled in his arms and said, "The Zhengqing lineage moved against the tide back then, prattling on about reviving the True and extinguishing the Profound. They repeatedly obstructed the affairs of the Profound Court, so after being severely punished, they were driven out by the Profound Court.
"Yet not no one echoed his words at the time. Quite a few stood on his side. After he vanished, those people ceased speaking, but that did not mean they had necessarily let go of such an obsession in their hearts."
The moment Zhang Yu heard the words "Zhengqing," he understood who had been targeting him. He had considered this possibility before, but had been unable to confirm it.
The matter of the Eastern Court Protectorate could be said to have been the remnants of the Zhengqing lineage stirring up trouble from behind the scenes. He had not expected to encounter members of this faction in the outer layer as well.
He said, "By the envoy's words, this jade pearl was the handiwork of one among them?"
The young Daoist gave a cold laugh. "I will seek this person out and question him. But Inspector Zhang, so long as the delusions in men's hearts remain, this matter will not end because of this. Do you understand?"
Zhang Yu nodded. "I naturally understand."
The opposition between the True and the Profound could also be called a dispute of Daoist convictions. It would not be easy to make people abandon it, unless all the Profound Venerables who secretly supported the rhetoric of extinguishing the Profound