The two "Chen Fangqings" gave Chu Zhengdao utterly different impressions. Feeling the oppressive pressure rolling through the air around him, he murmured, "Venerable Master, do you know..."
"Whatever you have to say, say it afterward!"
How could Xu Yanming be in a good mood now? He waved off his disciple and looked at the two figures, his expression complicated.
With his master setting the example, Chu Zhengdao finally fell silent and studied the two "Chen Fangqings" carefully—
The white-robed Chen Fangqing shone with waves of radiance. With every breath he took, all heaven and earth seemed to answer him!
By contrast, light and shadow swelled and shrank around the gold-robed Chen Fangqing, while a blurred Golden Light outline hovered faintly behind him!
A gale howled past, whipping Chu Zhengdao's long hair.
"A Shikigami?"
Surprise and doubt showed on his face.
His teacher rolled his eyes. "Look properly. That's a Dharma Form born of Dao Thought!"
"A Dao Thought Dharma Form!?" Chu Zhengdao's eyes widened. "Doesn't that make him a True Person? Chen Fangqing has reached Return to Truth? How long has he even cultivated? Even I haven't..."
Xu Yanming sighed. "And that's only one of his avatars!"
"An avatar?" Understanding dawned on Chu Zhengdao. "No wonder there are two. But these two..."
The master and disciple from the Eastern Isles had mixed feelings. Chu Zhengdao, in particular, was full of frustration and questions, unable to understand what had just happened to him. But he knew this was no time to ask.
Before either could make a move, Chen Cuo swept his sleeve. Incense smoke coiled around the master and disciple, wrapped them up, and carried them through the clouds across a great distance to the outskirts of a city.
"Huaiyin City!"
Xu Yanming recognized it at a glance. He and