"Fellow Daoists, it has been quite some time since we last exchanged insights and discussed the Dao. Since Fellow Daoist Li is here today, let us take this opportunity to compare our Dao Paths and share what we have learned."
As the host of the banquet, Feng Mingzhu was responsible for entertaining the guests and keeping the atmosphere lively. Before long, he proposed that everyone sit together and discuss the Dao.
You Renzhi suggested, "Fellow Daoist Li is our guest of honor today. Why not invite him to explain the mysteries of the Dao of Painted Skin?"
Fu Wei smiled. "Agreed."
Qi Yuetian also said in his muffled, rumbling voice, "I would gladly listen to its mysteries."
Feng Mingzhu therefore followed the wishes of the gathering and said to Li Chen, "Fellow Daoist Li, feel free to speak on whatever you like."
Had another newly advanced Foundation Establishment cultivator come here, they would surely have been at a loss. The others would soon have seen through them: a youngster who had only just entered Foundation Establishment, with little depth to their knowledge and hardly worth taking seriously.
But Li Chen had been fortunate enough to study under the two Artisans Zhao for many years. Though he had not held the title of disciple, he had been one in practice. Watching them exchange insights and discuss the Dao with other Foundation Establishment cultivators had given him some experience.
The Dao of Painted Skin happened to be a Dao Path he knew well, so the words came readily. He chose to begin with the foundations upon which it was established.
"My Dao is called Painted Skin, but in truth, it paints bones and paints substance. It takes the human form and appearance to win subjective recognition, drawing upon the profoundest Dao of