"Someone was watching?"
The Mind Daoist stirred slightly. Ripples spread through his spiritual light, and a thread of tangled cause and effect emerged. Chen Cuo sensed it. Another thought gave him an inkling of what was happening, so he drew his attention back.
He had come to the Eastern Observatory with a clear purpose this time. Rather than have anyone fetch books or classics for him, he simply sat down. A wisp of Myriad Manifestation Thought drifted out and intertwined with the Human Thought filling the room, setting it all in resonance.
He had used this very Legalism to suppress Shen Zunli yesterday: one thought levering a multitude of thoughts.
With Myriad Manifestation Thought as the lever, the Human Thought in the books unfolded on its own. The Mind Daoist watched the changes, which amounted to a quick read—and a rough understanding!
In the blink of an eye, all the Human Thought in the room began to seethe.
Chen Cuo held his breath and stilled his mind. The Mind Daoist leaped out and raised the Facial Mask in his right hand. The Ghost-Faced Mask opened its mouth and, like a great whale drawing in water, dragged the roomful of Human Thought over and swallowed it whole!
The East Observatorium gathered the finest works of the entire Southern Dynasty. Its tens of thousands, perhaps even hundreds of thousands, of books mostly had histories and foundations of their own. Stirred by Myriad Manifestation Thought, each released a wisp of Human Thought that converged on the Mind Daoist!
In an instant, spiritual light blazed around the Daoist like the morning sun!
A radiance like that was visible not only to cultivators, but even to ordinary people with mortal eyes!
"Uncle Bao, this... You believe what I told you before now, don't you?" In