Chapter 972
Liang Yi's reserves had originally been sufficient. This time, after reading several Dao books, he had come to understand much and gained much. Most crucially, he had steadied his resolve and cast away the doubts in his heart.
Yet his greatest obstacle still lay in how deeply he had been influenced by his teacher, Yu Chang.
The method he cultivated had been passed down by Yu Chang and could be called exceedingly similar. Yet there were, after all, no two people in this world who were exactly alike.
At first, he had benefited greatly from the inheritance of the higher method. But the farther upward he went, the harder it became. Especially when crossing over to the higher realm, if the method one held to was not wholly suited to oneself, it was like carrying a crushing burden on one's back—making it difficult to climb any further.
Thus, during this period, he had been refining himself anew. Most importantly, he had dispersed the Visualization Diagram Yu Chang had originally arranged and shaped for him, then reorganized it from start to finish.
After reading the Dao books, he had realized that his teacher had likely intended to give him the method of guidance only after perfecting his own Dao method. His Visualization Diagram had likewise been prepared for the subsequent method; only when the two fitted together could he rise further.
But with Yu Chang imprisoned and his Dao method left incomplete, that path could no longer be traversed. Liang Yi could only seek a method and climb on his own.
In truth, this was not necessarily entirely a bad thing. One could receive another's aid in ascending the Dao, climbing step by step, but if one wholly accepted another's Dao, one would forever be confined within the frame