"Master Jianji's Scripture Case?"
Cheng Xinzhan was somewhat surprised to hear this, and his interest was piqued.
Who was Master Jianji?
His contemporaries praised him as "a man of radiant bearing and penetrating clarity, profound serenity and discernment, who plumbed the depths of the classics and exhaustively studied celestial patterns." Later generations admired him for "encompassing the Three Caverns and laying the foundations of the Daoist Canon, his achievements benefiting his age and shaping all ages to come." In short, he was a grandmaster of his generation whose learning spanned heaven and humanity and whose contributions to Daoism were immense.
He had established Jianji Study on Mount Lu to oversee the compilation of the Daoist Canon. After he organized the Lingbao scriptures, "the teachings of Lingbao spread throughout the world"; after he organized the Shangqing scriptures, "the name of the Yellow Court became known to young and old"; after he organized the Three Sovereigns Scripture, "the ancient classics shone anew, emerging from obscurity into light." For these boundless merits, the Numinous Treasure Sect, Shangqing Sect, and Ten Thousand Methods School had successively honored him with the title of Master. The world called him Master Jianji, or Master Lu.
His title of Grand Master was far more illustrious than Cheng Xinzhan's own, and far more deserved.
Among all Master Jianji's accomplishments in the mortal world before his ascension, restoring Mount Lu's Book Sword legacy counted as one, but it was certainly not the most important. It might not even rank among the top five.
During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Mount Lu's Book Sword legacy was renewed, going from abandonment to prosperity. There were, in truth, no heroic tales to move one to tears, nor any soul-stirring twists and turns. It was simply because Master Jianji had taken a liking to