Xu Chunniang laughed. "Then what does the Pavilion Master think my style is?"
The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Master gazed at her quietly.
"You were born into humble circumstances and suffered mockery and humiliation from childhood. While this made your temperament stronger than most, it also made it impossible for you to stand idly by when faced with injustice. You are not one to meddle in others' affairs, but whenever you encounter such matters, you always lend a hand.
"Because of your cultivation technique, you once cultivated in the demon realm for a time. Many who abandoned the righteous path midway to cultivate demonic arts eventually suffered qi deviation and fell into madness, because their hearts were not firm enough. They came to doubt the road beneath their feet and the choices they had made."
After a brief pause, the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Master continued.
"But you have never doubted your choice or the path beneath your feet. Even in the demon realm, even while killing without blinking, you were never shaken in the slightest. Though walking through an abyss, you could still preserve the clarity and peace within your heart, never allowing slaughter to make you lose your true self.
"That was why, in your later cultivation, you were able to smoothly fuse your Dao Fruit with the demonic seed. Since ancient times, there have been no few who cultivated both immortal and demonic paths, yet those who could fuse their Dao Fruit and demonic seed together were as rare as morning stars."
Xu Chunniang gave a soft laugh. "It sounds as though the Pavilion Master thinks rather highly of me?
"If immortals and demons must be judged by good and evil—immortals as good and demons as evil—then immortal cultivators fighting fiercely over a scrap of resources, even struggling to