Shang Ruyi murmured, "So, all these years of cultivation, he was just trapping himself."
"..."
"Then this time he returns—"
Shen Wuzheng said, "I remember that at the Dharma Assembly at Dayan Temple, the Crown Prince composed a verse."
Shang Ruyi nodded. The impact of that assembly was profound; not only did she clear her name from the crime of regicide, but the verses composed by the high monks and virtuous ones at the Inner Altar Dharma Assembly were widely spread, with the one composed by Yu Wenqian being the most popular among common folk.
Learning the Way is like learning to paint a dragon; originally, one can never follow the brush traces.
Only when realizing the true dragon does one feel the past efforts were in vain.
"Only when realizing the true dragon..."
