Chapter 357: Ever adept at saving people, thus abandoning none (2K words, please support with monthly votes at the start of the month~)
Deng Qingyang's generosity and decisiveness delighted Shi Tongxuan and Cheng Xinzhan beyond their expectations. After thanking him repeatedly, they left Yangming Mountain and returned to Yu Zhang.
"Patriarch, now that the sect's site is settled, have you thought of a name?"
On the way, Cheng Xinzhan chatted with Shi Tongxuan with a smile.
Shi Tongxuan nodded.
"Long ago. The Dao De Jing says, 'The sage is ever adept at saving people, thus abandoning none; ever adept at saving things, thus discarding none. This is called illuminating clarity.'
"These Yin Corpses who have returned from death resemble people yet are not people, resemble things yet are not things. Their ties to the past have been severed, leaving them without kin or connections, so they might also be called abandoned people and discarded things. Though I am only an ordinary cultivator, I have long heard the sage's words and emulated the sage's deeds. In founding a sect now, I also seek to save these abandoned people and discarded things.
"So, let us follow the sage's words and deeds, taking 'Illuminating Clarity' from the classic as our name, and call it the Illuminating Clarity Sect. Its doctrine shall be 'Ever adept at saving people, thus abandoning none; ever adept at saving things, thus discarding none.'"
Cheng Xinzhan repeated it twice, nodded, and said,
"Patriarch, your virtue is lofty and your learning vast. Both the name and doctrine roll off the tongue, and their purpose is noble."
Shi Tongxuan smiled.
"Enough flattery. We agreed that I would be Sect Master and you would be Vice Sect Master. Don't try to wriggle out of it when the time comes."
Cheng Xinzhan smiled