That was why Ren fell silent, turning the matter over in his mind.
Seeing Ren lost in thought, Yun Zhongzi stroked his beard and asked, puzzled, "Ren... what's on your mind, boy?"
Ren had gone so long without answering that Yun Zhongzi could no longer hold back his curiosity.
Ren smiled. "I'm thinking about Merit. I still can't figure out how I earned it."
"What? You don't know? You actually don't know?!" Yun Zhongzi cried, stunned.
Everyone in the Primordial World longed for Merit, but earning it was incredibly difficult. And here stood someone who had earned Merit without knowing how. If word got out, envy would eat people alive!
Ren shrugged. "Who knows? But Merit came to me, so what can I say? Maybe the Heavenly Dao made a mistake."
"Pfft..." Yun Zhongzi sputtered in exasperation. "How could the Heavenly Dao make a mistake? Master once said it's like a collection of rules, without any Sentience at all. It simply follows the rules laid down for it. How could it make a mistake?"
Chapter 1673: Doubts
Ren naturally had no idea what the Heavenly Dao truly was.
Yun Zhongzi did, though. After hearing his explanation, Ren understood too, and a trace of worry faded from his heart.
He had feared that if the Heavenly Dao knew he had created the Shrouding cultivation method, it might also know the details of its practice and spread the method on its own.
Now he understood that its nature prevented it from doing so. The Heavenly Dao might know of the Shrouding cultivation method, but Ren was its creator. Only he could pass it on; the Heavenly Dao had no such right.
Put simply, the Heavenly Dao was like a system that managed data according to fixed rules. It had no thoughts