Chapter 1365: Comprehending Dao (IV)
In another location.
Zhang An was surprised by Li Hao’s request; he frowned at the unexpected title.
“My grandfather... did write this book. Well, it’s more like a log of the era rather than a book. It records a lot of battle methods, but doesn’t go into detail for any of them. It only mentions them briefly—people like to treat it more as a gossip magazine,” sighed the man. “And so the Human King sealed it away later on!
“Of course, there’s more to this book than just gossip. My grandfather once said that this was a recounting of his entire understanding of the great dao. It also means that some people say my grandfather spent his whole life gossiping!” awkwardly admitted a helpless Zhang An. “After it became taboo, my grandfather gave it up since no one could understand it. He said to let it be sealed away then!
“It would be worthy of perusal if there came along someone who could read it. The caveat is that they won’t pay too much attention to all the gossip...”
“Is there a lot of gossip in it?” Li Hao was suddenly interested.
“Quite a lot!” A rueful smile cracked Zhang An’s serious visage. “My grandfather... loved keeping the world under surveillance! He did so to plan for the greater picture and to keep an eye on enemies and spies.
“However, that didn’t stop people from slandering my grandfather and saying he did it all in the name of gossip. There were boycotts across the land when his book was published!”
“So you must have a copy, right?” Li Hao laughed. “Lend it to me. I don’t want to read the gossip, I just want to study the meaning of great dao!”
“......” Are you sure? Zhang An really wanted to point out that there weren’t that many words dedicated to great dao in the book. Ninety-nine percent of it was the retelling of gossip. But after some thought, he nodded and took out a storage ring.
“Here’s a set of the most well preserved copy. Some other places in Silver Moon have copies too, but just incomplete portions that have edited out the gossip. But doing so... makes the book very dry and boring.”
“I’ll be sure to study it well.” Li Hao couldn’t help but laugh as he accepted the storage ring. “I think there is a lot of depth to the supreme’s dao heritage. Your book of great dao only seems to scratch the surface.