The Dao Heir Trial!
After all, both the Dao Heir and the Buddhist Heir had requirements to meet and trials to pass.
Just as a Zhuangyuan had to pass the Palace Examination.
The difference, however, was that Ge Hong had already handpicked Lin Ke as the Dao Heir, so his Dao Heir Trial was destined to be a mere formality.
It was like a company hiring an undergraduate who applied for a sales position and a postgraduate who applied to be a sales manager.
Both would certainly start with basic work at the bottom, but one already had a solid foundation. His superiors only wanted him to gain some experience; ultimately, he was meant to settle into the pace and become a manager.
The other had an ordinary foundation, so he was hired as a rank-and-file employee. He could climb step by step to a managerial position, but that was only a possibility.
Thousands of troops and horses crossing a single-log bridge was not the same as having a road paved straight to Rome.
Lin Ke was now going to go through that formality.
"I have always walked the world through the Dao. What distinction is there between my original body and my doppelganger? The Dao resides in the heart, regardless of the body."
Lin Ke focused his mind and explained to Ge Hong why he had sent his doppelganger.
Of course, the most important reason was that Lin Ke had always had far too much to do.
He could barely keep up as it was. Where would he find the time to take some Dao Heir or Buddhist Heir trial?
It was like someone who had already become a company president. How would he have time to compete for an outstanding rank-and-file employee award?
Still, Lin Ke had come