Hearing Ancestor Tong's doubt, he said casually, "Under the Righteous Sect, that's not strange, is it?"
In True Monarch Pili's heart, she did not consider herself under the Righteous Sect.
Back when Little Heng had sent her away, they had also made an agreement: since she was leaving, she would cut ties cleanly and not act under the sect's name.
However, she could think that way herself, but if others wanted to slander Righteous, she might not agree—especially when it involved Little Heng!
"How could I be worthy of refining it?" Qu Jianlei could only smile bitterly. "It's just that the Dao Stele senior doesn't really reject me."
Showing off certainly felt great, but if he caused others to develop expectations they should not have, that would be his fault.
And in the current situation, there could not be the slightest ambiguity. He had to let his companions understand what he could do and what he could not!
If he did not make it clear, he would mislead others and harm himself too!
However, when Big-Headed Boy heard this, not only was he not disappointed, his eyes lit up instead. "I see you... don't reject Shaman Cultivator methods?"
"Please enlighten me, senior!" Qu Jianlei said without hesitation. "I'm just afraid I won't be able to learn it in such a hurry!"
He was not very interested in Shaman Cultivator methods—from Little Sister to True Monarch Kong Yu, those words could not have been lies.
But he had learned the body-tempering art earlier as soon as it was offered, and now... he had even less room to care about that much.
He rejected wielding Ritual Artifacts, but as for the Dao Stele... learning just a little bit should not be a problem, right?
At the end of the day, he also