Early the next morning, mist wreathed the sea as the Linghua sailed quietly onward.
After leaving Lingxiu Manor the day before, Zhao Yi had boarded the Linghua and begun his return to Linghua Island.
He had stayed awake all night, thinking about what Wu Yuying had said.
It would have been a lie to say Zhao Yi was not tempted. Just as Wu Yuying had said, Linghua Island had no manuals whatsoever on how to break through to the Spirit Attraction Stage. Even the Record of Daoist Lingqing's Cultivation Experiences, which Zhao Yi regarded as his guiding authority, only mentioned the Spirit Drawing Three Barriers.
As for how to actually break through to the Spirit Attraction Stage, it merely touched on how to mobilize all the true qi in one's body after reaching Three Origins perfection and launch an assault on the Spirit Drawing barrier. It described none of the actual breakthrough process. Presumably, Daoist Lingqing had felt there was no need to record it.
"Ah!"
After turning it over and over in his mind, Zhao Yi suddenly slapped the table and shouted, "Disturbing my Dao heart! I refuse to believe I can't break through on my own without insights and guidance. In the end, paths are made by those who walk them."
With that thought, his mind cleared, and he promptly lay down and fell asleep.
He had no idea how much time had passed before an urgent knocking woke him.
"Immortal Master Zhao, bandit cultivators are attacking! They're less than a hundred zhang from the Linghua!"
"Immortal Master Zhao, bandit cultivators are attacking!"
Hearing this, Zhao Yi leaped out of bed, grabbed the Long Ji beside him, and headed outside. Fortunately, he always slept fully dressed aboard the ship, which saved him considerable time.
Leaving his cabin, Zhao