Not long after the court deliberations above the sea of clouds concluded, Zhang Yu received a report from the Profound Court delivered by Daoist Ming Zhou, informing him that the Profound Court would arrange a discourse on the Dao between him and Cen Chuan.
In truth, when the Daoist child beside the Chief Executive had come to inquire and he had expressed his unwillingness to yield, he had known that the two of them would inevitably have to decide who stood higher and who lower.
After giving it some thought, he knew he should begin preparing for this battle.
Ever since Cen Chuan, a cultivator of the Zhengqing Lineage, had returned to Celestial Xia, he had reviewed the records concerning this man. Yet Guardian of Rectitude Palace contained very few accounts of him.
More than three hundred years ago, after Celestial Xia had occupied the Upper Layer, the situation had still been extremely unstable. The primary pressure came from without: they had to constantly face Upper Firmament Heaven cultivators invading the Inner Layer, as well as all manner of evil monsters. It could be said that not a day passed without battle.
Moreover, the Profound Method had not yet been established at the time, and the number of cultivators was far less than it was now. There had been no spare manpower to maintain other matters. Internal conflicts had been concealed by the wars beyond, so naturally the records kept on each cultivator had been quite casual.
Besides, these materials had been personally written by Cen Chuan himself. It was difficult to say how much truth they contained.
Zhang Yu understood that even if all of it were true, it was only worth a look now. These were records from over three hundred years ago; the Cen Chuan of today