"'Nether Yin'?"
Upon hearing this, Xuan Guang did not answer immediately, but murmured the words to himself.
Though curious at the sudden question, he did not ask why. Instead, he considered it before answering:
"The Netherworld's Yin Bureau lies within the Three Yin. The path of Nether Yin is where people ultimately return and where ghosts take shelter. This path fell into the Nether Bureau in ancient times and is seldom found in the human world. Purple Mansion cultivators who follow it are rarer still..."
"When I traveled through the Chu Kingdom in my youth, I encountered an Immortal Race clan called the Jing clan of Jinyang. Their ancestral Dao Lineage involved Nether Yin, but their ancestor had already been dead for many years. With their inheritance broken for so long, I do not know whether anyone has since attained divine powers."
Having said this, Xuan Guang turned to glance at Jiang Yang and said softly:
"If you wish, I can write to ask them for you once we return."
"Then... thank you, Master."
Jiang Yang was pleased to hear this, though also somewhat disappointed. The Three Yin were indeed exalted and difficult to find. Still, at least he now had another possible avenue; left to himself, he would probably only have been able to charge blindly ahead.
Then Jiang Yang brought up another Dao Lineage:
"What about 'Zhong Kui'? Are there any True Persons of that Dao Lineage active in the Mortal World?"
A gleam flashed through Xuan Guang's eyes, as though he had realized something. Turning to look at Jiang Yang, he teased him with evident interest:
"There are naturally far more Zhong Kui Cultivators in this world than Nether Yin cultivators, but divine powers are not so easily attained. Just because everyone you meet happens to be