Though Ling Feng's inner thoughts made Nuwa want to beat him up, she still wanted to ask more about attaining Sainthood. So she let it slide and continued trying to draw him out.
"I will soon enter seclusion to comprehend the method of attaining the Dao by severing the Three Corpses. During that time, stay in the Cave Abode and stop running around."
"Yes."
Though Ling Feng agreed outwardly, inwardly he was growing anxious.
Should I tell this little wench that attaining the Dao through the Three Corpses is a trap?
That old bastard Hongjun is far too sly. All that talk of severing the Three Corpses to attain the Dao-it's really just attaining Sainthood through merit. Laozi severed his Three Corpses, but in the end, wasn't he still unable to merge them and become a Saint? If not for Pangu's legacy, which granted all three of the Three Pure Ones Heaven Opening merit and destined them to become Saints, they could never have attained Sainthood through the merit of founding their teachings. They could forget about attaining the Dao through the Three Corpses.
Lady Nuwa's expression stiffened.
Could attaining the Dao by severing the Three Corpses be a conspiracy?
"Sigh..."
While Nuwa reeled inwardly, Ling Feng let out a long sigh in his heart.
That old scoundrel Hongjun schemed against every living being in the Primordial World to bring it under his control. He deliberately left his teachings on the path of Primordial Unity incomplete, leading all its creatures astray. I have to admit, his schemes really are brilliant!
*There aren't merely three paths to attaining Primordial Unity. More precisely, every path can lead to the Great Dao. So-called attainment through strength, the path of severing the Three Corpses, and Sainthood through merit are all, in truth, attainment through