"Your disciple, Di Yang, pays his respects to you, Master!"
Di Yang knelt respectfully, his forehead touching the ground and his back held ramrod straight.
Chu Mo watched him quietly. Naturally, he had not taken this disciple for amusement, but to deepen the karmic ties between them and prevent him from unexpectedly slipping out of his grasp.
The source of the True Edict of Netherworld Righteous Method seemingly lay with that wonderful fellow disciple of his, so he absolutely would not cultivate it himself. Besides, this undertaking involved applying the principles of Divine Investiture to lower realms-a process of deduction and verification.
He would leave the role of lab rat to Di Yang, the Eternal Night Sea's child of fortune.
Whether it was harmful did not matter. He was not the one cultivating it, after all. As long as the final results remained in his hands, that was enough.
With that thought, a hint of something strange entered Chu Mo's gaze as he looked at Di Yang. On closer examination, the destruction of the Heart-Settling Abbey had some karmic connection to him as well... Was he being too wicked?
Then he silently shook his head.
How could that be? Eliminating Urban Legends, battling Taboos, passing on righteous methods, saving the people... No matter how he looked at it, he ought to be one of the finest good people in this world.
"Rise."
Chu Mo extended a hand in a gesture of support. Di Yang hurried to his feet, his eyes burning bright. "Teacher, when can the Earth Foundation be established?"
"Simplifying a cultivation method touches upon its very fundamentals. How could it be so easy?" Chu Mo chuckled. "Let me thoroughly understand this method first, then we can make further plans."
A trace of urgency flashed through Di Yang's eyes,