Walker Of The Worlds

Lin Mu wondered if the Dao of Scholars and the Four Scholars Compendium Dao Embryo was what Daoist Chu had focused on.

"Indeed." Daoist Chu nodded. "But the Dao Of Scholars is something that eludes even the most erudite of people. Whether it be us formation masters, Alchemists, Weapon refiners, or immortal tool refiners… any occupation you choose in the path of cultivation needs endless study.

There is never a stage of perfection and one needs to forever continue in the pursuit of knowledge. Billions upon billions of cultivators do this for their entire lives, and yet they never come close to touching upon the Dao of Scholars. I thought that as long as I studied hard and expanded my scope of knowledge, I would eventually be able to touch upon the Dao of Scholars. But it was simply my foolishness. It comes from a burst of enlightenment that one can only wish for and never obtain it on demand." The man explained his struggle.

"That does seem quite tiring." Lin Mu could understand, since he himself was someone who was often enthralled by scholarly pursuits.

He couldn't even count the number of times he had been lost in reading records, books, tomes, manuals and more. Whenever he slept, he would always try to have some time to read while his body passively cultivated.

The Sleepscape allowed him to progress in it without a stop, and whenever Lin Mu had free time, such as when he was traveling atop Little Shrubby, he would be reading too.

His learning never stopped, and even when he didn't have a book in his hand, his mind would still be working on organizing and analyzing all that he had learned. Being and immortal meant that his memory was far greater than any mortal and the only limiting factor he had was that he needed to recall the things himself.

And the best way to make sure that one could recall and remember things was to organize them in the best way possible. Even now, Lin Mu wouldn't say that he was the best at it and was trying to improve at every chance.

This was why he couldn't remember things at times, even though he might have read them and had to revise them. It wasn't that he had actually forgotten about them. He did remember them, but he didn't know what part of his brain it was stored in.

As such, the revision helped him recall it and then recognizing it for better recall in the future.

"Perhaps it is best that you give up on the Four Scholars Compendium Dao Embryo." Ziran said, surprisingly. "It is not a Dao Embryo that one can obtain by pursing it. In my entire life, I've only known of two individuals that have it and both of them obtained it by chance." He added.

"He is correct." Elder Hu spoke up as well. "One does not simply create the Four Scholars Compendium Dao Embryo… One has to be chosen by the Dao itself to obtain it." He added.

The advice of the two individuals who could be considered seniors to Daoist Chu hurt him slightly, but he also knew that they held truth in it. Both Ziran and Elder Hu had lived longer than Daoist Chu and were older than ten thousand years.

They had also seen a lot of the world, especially Ziran, thus their advice held quite a lot of weight.

"I don't know why my master and uncle masters would assign the Four Scholars Compendium Dao Embryo to me then. When the other two Dao Embryos are even farther for me." Daoist Chu knew he had no talent in the Dao of Restrictions and Dao of Confinement.

The two Daos sounded similar, but they were different in the end.

The Dao of Restrictions had multiple applications and could not only be used in formations, but was also used in countless Qi skills and cultivation techniques. It was very broad and as such, anyone that could comprehend it would have quite an advantage in multiple fields.

The Dao of Confinement, on the other hand, was a bit simpler. In some ways, it derived a bit from the Dao of Restrictions, but its scope was more focused around isolation and imprisonment. It could be used in formations as well as several Qi skills that were meant to imprison foes.

But both were distant for Daoist Chu, who had focused on talismans.

"Hmm… I don't think your master and uncle master would have suggested an unachievable goal for you." Lin Mu said after thinking for a bit. "I think you might be mistaken about what they said in the first place." He added.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Daoist Chu asked.

"Like you said… they 'suggested' you these three Dao Embryos. They never told you to 'only' pick from these three Dao Embryos." Lin Mu clarified, making the expression of Daoist Chu change.

"It… It was that literal?" Daoist Chu couldn't almost believe it. "And here I thought they merely said it as a suggestion as a more kind way of speaking." He was bewildered.

"Teachers often test students not only on their learned skills, but their skill to understand their words." Monk Hushu spoke. "Perhaps it was a test for you." He advised.

"Yes. What if the real goal they set for you was to learn your own limits?" Lin Mu stated. "Being realistic about one's goals is also very important after all." He added.

"If it is like that, then… haven't I already fulfilled the goal?" Daoist Chu wondered.

"Perhaps." Lin Mu said with a smile.

The others couldn't help but chuckle as they realized the trick of Daoist Chu's masters. It might have been an exhaustive way of testing the man, but depending on how long he took to learn, the effect would be a lot better.

"Take Daoist Mu Lin's advice." Lady Kang suggested. "He is perhaps the closest to the Dao of Scholars among all of us here." She added with a smirk.