Chapter 211: A journey of a thousand miles begins beneath your feet
Cheng Xinzhan stayed in the Three Pure Ones Palace for a good ten days or so. He felt that his elders would never reach a conclusion without discussing things for a year or more, so he took his leave first. Whatever instructions his teachers handed down later, he would simply follow them.
The elders were now immersed in a frenzy over the prophecy. The accomplished cultivators of the Pure Brightness School were like this, and the teachers of Three Pure Ones Mountain were no exception.
Cheng Xinzhan himself, however, remained relatively clearheaded. After all, he was only in the Third Realm, still a long way from immortality. Empty talk could not produce an Earthly Immortal, nor could accepting disciples. Only through Daoist arts that reached the divine could one cultivate into an Earthly Immortal.
He still had so much to do.
First of all, now that he had fulfilled the Pure Brightness Patriarch's prophecy, surely he could not remain unfamiliar with the school's Daoist arts? The prophecy did include the words "greatly spread my teachings." Enough true scriptures to fill several scripture palanquins were still waiting for him!
Besides, Cheng Xinzhan had not forgotten his original purpose in visiting Sanyuan Mountain: to seek scriptures and study the Jiao-Slaying Water Technique. He would set aside distant matters for now. A journey of a thousand miles, after all, began beneath one's feet.
Thus, while the True Persons and the Xuan cultivators were still studying the prophecy and Cheng Xinzhan's future path to becoming an Earthly Immortal inside the Three Pure Ones Palace, Cheng Xinzhan himself returned to Carefree Cave on Bright Governance Mountain and began reading scriptures and practicing techniques.
During the days between his main body's preparations to