The middle-aged Daoist laughed heartily. "Good disciple! I am not alone on my path!"
After his laughter, he looked at Fang Cheng and said solemnly, "In cultivation, one must first have ambition, second, have knowledge, and third, have perseverance. With ambition, you will never be content with mediocrity. With knowledge, you will know the Great Dao is endless and never dare to become complacent with a single achievement. To be like a river god gazing upon the sea, or a frog in a well peering at the heavens—these are the ignorant. With perseverance, there is nothing you cannot accomplish. Not one of these three can be missing."
As he spoke, he pointed to the ancestral master painting of the Yinluo Sect's founder. "The Ancestral Master was a Dharma Realm cultivator from the Netherworld Sect of the Mingcang Domain. As his successors, we must aspire to surpass his realm."
