What Song Xiaotian's grandfather said made us even more certain that Daoist Song had been a true master.
Daoist Song had actually been able to foresee events decades in the future. That was beyond what an ordinary master could do.
Seventh Master had been right. The masters of that era had possessed abilities that reached the divine.
"What did your father mean by the right timing, favorable conditions, and the right person?"
After a moment of astonishment, Seventh Master eagerly asked the question.
The old man thought back for a moment and said, "The right timing referred to the time itself. By then, the Thunder Ancestor Temple had long since been destroyed, and the wronged souls in the Luo Residence had been growing for nearly a century. My father was alone back then. Although he had some ability, he couldn't defeat so many wronged souls."
"Favorable conditions referred to the place at the time. It was densely populated, with many ordinary people living there. To deal with those wronged souls once and for all, every resident would have to be evacuated. And there was no way to set a date, either. There was no telling which day he might be able to resolve it."
"There were all sorts of obstacles to doing that back then. First, there would be nowhere to house so many residents after evacuating them. Second, making such a huge commotion would definitely attract the attention of the higher-ups. If things went badly, my father might have been arrested for promoting feudal superstition and disrupting public order."
"That was actually part of the timing, too. Under those circumstances, there was no way to resolve it."
"As for the right person, I can't explain it clearly, either. From what my father meant, the wronged souls in the Luo