"Senior brothers, the master asks that you come over..."
Elsewhere, after wandering through the city for half a day, they saw that the common people, soldiers, and scholars alike were jubilant over Qiu Yan's arrival. Many more revealed yearning in their eyes for the Way of Knowledge and Action of Qiu Learning. All of them were deeply troubled.
They then returned to Principle Sect Academy, but the moment they entered, someone called out to them, saying that Junior Chen wished to see them.
"The master wishes to see us?"
Upon hearing this, Zhen Zhizuo and Huazhang exchanged glances, each seeing a trace of surprise in the other's eyes.
Zhen Zhizuo then asked the junior brother who had delivered the message, "Has the master emerged from seclusion?"
Those who pursued learning were unlike cultivators, who would enter closed-door cultivation for years, decades, or even centuries at a time. If they did that, an entire lifetime would pass by.
However, when certain studies reached a bottleneck, or when one stood on the verge of a breakthrough without quite breaking through, one needed to concentrate fully and shut out outside disturbances. At such times, one would find a place or a room where no one could interfere, settle down in peace, study, and slowly probe the depths of knowledge.
Thus, it was not surprising for a sage like Junior Chen to enter seclusion. Besides, a Grand Confucian in seclusion could not simply go without food, and food, clothing, and daily necessities still had to be attended to. Therefore, Zhen Zhizuo, Huazhang, and the others could still see him from time to time. Yet whenever they saw Junior Chen, though his expression remained composed, urgency showed through his words and bearing. They knew that what their teacher had encountered this time was no simple