Tales of the Mortal World
Chapter 887

Seizing the Chance to Curry Favor

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Daoist Xue had known years ago that Old Man Yu was a genuine Immortal. Perhaps he had even imagined how extraordinary Old Man Yu's cultivation of the Immortal Dao was, but when the day came that he truly witnessed it, even with all his preparation, he still could not keep his heart calm.

After helping Daoist Xue up, Old Man Yu saw the excitement in his eyes and spoke.

"Is there anything you wish to ask?"

"Master, what exactly is the Immortal Dao?"

The question seemed simple. Ordinary people could probably offer several answers, yet for Daoist Xue as he was now, and for everyone present, it had taken on a different weight.

"A fine question!"

Old Man Yu swept his sleeve, his clothes changing along with his face. In an instant, he became Yi Shuyuan before Daoist Xue, leaving the latter stunned.

This was Master?

"What is the Immortal Dao? The cultivation of your successive lives is the Immortal Dao. Everything you have experienced is the Immortal Dao. The feelings of the mortal world are the Immortal Dao, and seeing through things after living through them is the Immortal Dao. These are all aspects of the Immortal Dao that others cannot simply explain to you. Even truths known to ordinary people are not necessarily believed. What the mouth professes to believe, the heart may not revere; what the heart reveres may vanish with the next passing thought."

"Of course, there are also paths that the eyes, ears, mouth, nose, mind, and spiritual intuition can perceive directly. Through long years and fleeting time, witness the vitality of all things and observe nature's transformations-a mayfly lodging between heaven and earth, a single grain lost in the vast ocean."

Yi Shuyuan did not conceal anything from the others. With a sweep of

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