After Zhang Yu and Daoist Wan Ming exchanged formal greetings outside the Guardian of Rectitude Palace, he invited him into its main hall.
After reminiscing for a while, he asked, "Has Fellow Daoist Ming Zhou told you about the affairs of the Upper Layer?"
Daoist Wan Ming said, "He only gave me a brief account."
Zhang Yu nodded. "Your achievement has come at a time of crisis, yet it has also come at precisely the right time. The current situation differs from the past. Upper Firmament Heaven may very well join forces with the Vast Yang Sect to invade our Celestial Xia in the near future. When that time comes, all Celestial Xia's Profound Venerables may have to take the field and fight. You must be prepared for this."
In truth, for a newly achieved Profound Venerable such as Wan Ming, the Profound Court would certainly not send him straight into battle. Celestial Xia was not so shortsighted.
As for Zhang Yu himself, when he had achieved this realm, it was because he had immediately displayed extraordinary prowess in combat. But if he had been unwilling to serve as a Guardian of Rectitude, he could naturally have declined.
Yet if the moment of utmost peril truly arrived, preserving Celestial Xia would naturally take precedence over all else. Then, any Profound Venerable might have to enter battle.
Without the slightest hesitation, Daoist Wan Ming said, "If it is to defend Celestial Xia, Wan Ming will naturally not begrudge his life."
For some time now, he had been in secluded cultivation seeking the higher realm and had paid no attention to outside affairs. He had not even followed the Vast Yang Sect matter that was now causing such a stir in the Heaven-Training Dao Canon. However, he had taken note of it